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Pottinger Collection

Background imagePottinger Collection: Parchment commission, 2nd Lieutenant Henry Vaughan

Parchment commission, 2nd Lieutenant Henry Vaughan
Parchment commission document for 2nd Lieutenant Henry Vaughan, Madras Corps of Engineers, East India Company Date: 1852

Background imagePottinger Collection: Cartoon, If it comes to that, who are you

Cartoon, If it comes to that, who are you! (And collaborators, too, once!) Edward Solomon (left) and Henry Pottinger Stephens (right) collaborated on many theatrical projects

Background imagePottinger Collection: Cartoon, Messrs Stephens and Yardley

Cartoon, Messrs Stephens and Yardley don t like being harassed, and are now running the " Vicar" themselves. Possibly a reference to the comic operetta, The Vicar of Bray

Background imagePottinger Collection: Cartoon, Gilbert and Sullivan, Stephens and Solomon

Cartoon, Gilbert and Sullivan, Stephens and Solomon
Cartoon, Ws Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan ignoring their rivals Henry Pottinger Stephens and Edward Solomon in the street -- We never speak as we pass by. 1882

Background imagePottinger Collection: William George Pottinger

William George Pottinger
A portrait of the senior Scottish civil servant William George Pottinger. He was found guilty on seven charges of corruption in connection with receiving gifts from the architect John Poulson in 1974

Background imagePottinger Collection: Cartoon, John Hollingshead and two street musicians

Cartoon, John Hollingshead and two street musicians
Cartoon Comic Opera at the Gaiety. John Hollingshead (1827-1904), English theatre manager, producer, journalist and writer, calls out to two street musicians: I say poy

Background imagePottinger Collection: Caricature, Ws Gilbert and Pottinger Stephens

Caricature, Ws Gilbert and Pottinger Stephens
Caricature, Ws Gilbert (1836-1911) and Henry Pottinger Stephens (1851-1903), English dramatists. Gilbert, in the form of a schoolmaster, says of the younger man

Background imagePottinger Collection: Cartoon, Burnand, Byron and Sims in hospital -- All In

Cartoon, Burnand, Byron and Sims in hospital -- All In
Cartoon, three prominent writers ill in hospital -- F C Burnand (1836-1917), H J Byron (1835-1884) and G R Sims (1847-1922)

Background imagePottinger Collection: Caricature of Henry Labouchere, politician and writer

Caricature of Henry Labouchere, politician and writer
Caricature of Henry Du Pre Labouchere (1831-1912), English politician, writer, publisher and theatre owner. A commentary on a libel case between Henry Labouchere

Background imagePottinger Collection: Sir Henry Pottinger

Sir Henry Pottinger
SIR HENRY POTTINGER British soldier and diplomat Negotiated Treaty of Nanking in 1842 and became the first British governor of Hong Kong Date: 1789 - 1856

Background imagePottinger Collection: Eldred Pottinger in Herat, Afghanistan

Eldred Pottinger in Herat, Afghanistan
Eldred Pottinger (1811-1843), Anglo-Indian soldier and diplomat, in Afghanistan, helping a local commander at Herat during a conflict. Date: circa late 1830s


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