Private Collection (page 2)

Gertrude Lawrence by Autori
Stylised caricature of Gertrude Lawrence (1898 - 1952), British actress and musical comedy performer at the time she was appearing in Private Lives by Noel Coward at the Phoenix Theatre in London

Swimming Baths, Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London
View of the Swimming Baths of the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London. The club was founded in 1897. Date: circa 1920s

Harrow School - 4th Form Room, with panelled walls covered with the carved graffiti signatures of generations of students, including the signatures of Byron, Palmerston and Archbishop Trench

Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden
View of Drottningholm Palace and part of the Park, in Stockholm County, Uppland, Sweden, with a fountain in the foreground

Kangol advertisement 1956
Advertisement for Kangol hats showing three chic, elegant women wearing Kangol hats (of course) at an event, possibly a private view at an art gallery

Army Intelligence Satire
Cartoon on the comparitive intelligence of British Privates and Officers. the Sergeant-Major stating hes " ad orficers whats d more h intellec than what you got!"

Wales / Portmeirion
A girl stands by an iron gateway at PORTMEIRION, the village that Clough Williams- Ellis built between 1925 and 1975 on his own private penninsula in Snowdonia

The Special Private Despatch by Margaret Bradley
A colour illustration of lady dressed in a glamorous ballgown accepting a love letter from a unseen gentleman. Date: 7th December 1927

Private - 83rd Regiment of Foot. The regiment became the Royal Irish Rifles in 1881

Edward VII enjoying theatricals at Chatsworth
Edward VII enjoys private theatricals at Chatsworth: his mistress Mrs George KEPPEL on his left, the Duchess of Devonshire on his right, the Duke in the foreground

Edwardian couple at Lion Rock, Dovedale, Derbyshire
Finely dressed, on the left is Kate Nash and beside her is Edgar Battersby, brother of the photographer. Edgar volunteered as a Private for service in the Great War

REMINGTON, Frederic (1861-1909). The Conversation, or Dubious Company. 1900. Realism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection

Feast in front of a palace (12th-13th c. ). Japanese
Feast in front of a palace (12th-13th c.). Japanese

DEGAS, Edgar (1834-1917). Dancer at Rest, her Hands on her Hips, Right Leg Forward. ca. 1882-1895. Impressionism. Sculpture on bronze. Private Collection

Piccadilly, London
Window Studies -- the Festive Hour, early evening in Piccadilly. At 7.45 pm anyone who is anyone is on their way to a dinner party, a dance or the theatre

Gents Private Carriage
The comfort of being driven like a gentleman

The Lighthouse; Rudyerds Eddystone Lighthouse
An engraving of The Lighthouse, a painting by Clarkson Stanfield, R.A. for some private theatrical events at Campden-House

Light Phaeton 1819
A light phaeton : the cover is an unusual feature

Race to Gretna / Newhouse
ONE MILE FROM GRETNA A couple desperate to marry race to Gretna Green in a four horse open top carriage but are pursued by those who wish to stop them

Carriage to Hammersmith
A coachman drives two horses pulling a carriage away for hamersmith (sic) in this scene (presumably) from Ed Finch, his Perambulations

Mike Parker, equerry to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Lieutenant-Commander John Michael Avison Parker, CVO, AM (23 June 1920 29 December 2001), Australian who served as an officer of the Royal Navy (RN), and as Private Secretary to Prince Philip

Miner at coal face -3
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Gentleman in Black Tie attending a Private View
A smart Gentleman in Black Tie attending a Private View of an Art Exhibition - unknown shoot/client. Date: circa 1960s

Miner at coal face -2
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

British soldier in uniform, 1915, WW1
A British private soldier, commonly known as a Tommy with annotations showing the tools and equipment that made up his kit when marching to the trenches during the First World War

Unveiling the Christmas Truce Memorial, Frelinghien
The most fully documented Christmas Truce story of 1914 took place between the 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Saxon 133rd Infantry Regiment plus the Prussian 6th Jager Battalion at Frelinghien

Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu, Japan. Completed in 1745 as a private strolling garden and villa for the local feudal lords, and opened to the public in 1875

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 71-0291 (msn 0012/B002), at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 6 September 1980. Built as the second TF-15A

Field Gun outside the TJaegershof Restaurant
The restaurant has a small but interesting museum which is concerned with the activities nearby, including the St Sixtus Abbey

Charing Cross Dressing Station bunkers, Ploegsteert
These are close by the Plugstreet Experience 14-18 (Interpretation Centre) and served the Dressing Station which, like many of the sites around here, used a series of Central London names

Headsone of German Jewish soldier Max Seller, Belgium
The burial is in the CWGC Cemetery, Hyde Park Corner. In this same cemetery is the grave of Private Albert Edward French, a 16 years old who was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary in 1983

Eric Ravilious
11th anniversary poster for the Golden Cockerel Press, an Englishfine pressoperating between 1920 and 1961. The private press made handmade limited editions of classic works

Wisconsin Air National Guard - Northrop F-89J Scorpion 53-2536, of the 126th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. built as an F-89D-60-NO and upgraded to F-89J. Wisconsin ANG 126th FIS

Not a word to the boss - I m writing this to you! Date: 1954

Miner at coal face -1
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Grenville Collins with Princess Michael of Kent
Grenville Collins (1943-) - art dealer, postcard collector and former rock band manager showing Princess Michael of Kent (nee Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz) (1945-) around an art exhibition

Travelling Salesman failing to keep his expenses down
A travelling Salesman (for Sweatem, Grand & Co.) is spectacularly failing to keep his expenses down! He is piling through the whiskey, occupying a private room

Queen Victorias Munshi, Abdul Karim
Favourite attendant of Queen Victoria, Abdul Karim (18631909), who served the queen in the final 15 years of her reign. They had a close relationship which caused friction amongst the other members

Private lifeboat Carolina Hamilton probably in Lowestoft, Victorian period

Fire Brigade, Warehousemen and Clerks Schools, Russell Hill, Purley

School band, Warehousemen and Clerks Schools, Russell Hill, Purley

Fire drill, Warehousemen and Clerks Schools, Russell Hill, Purley

Warehousemen and Clerks Schools, Russell Hill, Purley

Dormitory, Warehousemen and Clerks Schools, Russell Hill, Purley

Gymnasium, Warehousemen and Clerks Schools, Russell Hill, Purley

Classroom, Warehousemen and Clerks Schools, Russell Hill, Purley

Sergeant and Private of the Dublin Fusiliers - Boer War Military print, photo by Gregory and Co

Private and Corporal of the Gordon Highlanders - Boer War Military print, photo by Gregory and Co

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