Prize Collection (page 5)

Bleriot XI / 11
A Painting of Louis Bleriot Landing the Bleriot XI Monoplane on Northfall Meadow, Dover, UK, at the End of the First Crossing of the English Channel on Sunday 25th July 1909 by the Artist J

A Prize-winning rabbit and two proud owners (and cup!)
A Prize-winning Champion rabbit and the two proud owners (and cup!). Date: circa 1920s

Duke of York at the Richmond Horse Show
Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) at the Richmond Horse Show, presenting a prize to a 13-year-old rider who was judged the best all-round child horseman in the show. Date: 1929

Victorian Scrap - Circus Clown with Pig and Hoop
Victorian Scrap - Circus Clown with Pig jumping through a hoop - A Prize Jump. late 19th century

Crufts Dog Show - dogs and owners
Crufts Dog Show -- sketches of winning dogs and their owners. circa 1899

Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). German physicist. Rontg
Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). German physicist. Discovered Roentgen rays or X-ray (1895). In 1901 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

Lucky Dip / The Bran Tub
Three girls in beautiful white lace dresses and hats try their luck in the bran tub. They peek over the edge to try and win a good prize... Date: 1894

PLANCK, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (1858-1947). German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. Oil

Beautiful Legs Contest
A group of young women competing in a contest to decide which of them has the most beautiful legs, the prize being a pair of silk stockings! Date: early 1930s

Tiger Hunting in Malaya
An English Colonial genteman with his prize bag following a Tiger Hunt in Malaya Date: 1911

Johannes Stark
JOHANNES STARK German physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1919

Winners at the Bath Club including Lady Alington
Prize winners at the Bath Club in London in 1933. Miss Nona Davies, Miss Venetia Fripp, Lady Alington and Miss Mary Evans (no relation to our founder as far as we know!). Date: 1933

Robert Koch (1843-1910). Engraving. Colored
Robert Koch (1843-1910). German physician. Nobel Prize, 1905. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored

Archbishop Luka (born Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky), (1877-1961). Russian outstanding surgeon, founder of purulent surgery, spiritual writer

21st Birthday Card with Horse Racing. 20th century

Anatole France Photo
ANATOLE FRANCE (real name Jacques Thibault) Prolific French writer, awarded Nobel Prize 1921. Date: 1844 - 1924

Schneider Trophy, SS Colombie, Spithead, 1931
Poster advertising views of the Schneider Trophy race from on board the cruise ship Colombie on 12 September 1931 in Spithead Harbour

MOMMSEN, Theodor (1817-1903). Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902. Engraving

WAKSMAN, Selman Abraham (1888-1973). American microbiologist. He discovered streptomycin. He received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1952. Oil

FRY, Roger. Bertrand Russell
RUSSELL, Bertrand (1872-1970). British mathematician and philosopher. Nobel Prize in Literature, 1950. Oil on canvas

Royal Navy, China fleet regatta results, Wei-Hai-Wei. With a photo of the Yokohama Bowl, won by HMS Cumberland. HMS Berwick came 2nd and HMS Suffolk 3rd. Date: 1931

Caricature of Norman Angell, writer and politician
Caricature of Sir Ralph Norman Angell (1872-1967), writer, lecturer and Labour politician. Best known for his book, The Great Illusion (1910), arguing against war from an economic point of view

Henryk Sienkiewicz
HENRYK ADAM ALEKSANDR PIUS SIENKIEWICZ Polish writer, known especially for Quo vadis (1895); he won the Nobel prize in 1905. Date: 1846 - 1916

Wladyslaw Reymont - 2
WLADYSLAW STANISLAW REYMONT Polish writer, his best-known work The peasants : he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1924. Date: 1867 - 1925

Merryweather steam fire engine with crew
A Merryweather steam fire engine with crew at a coastal location. The plaque on the vehicle says: First Grand Prize, London Patent, and the words on the raised ladder: Victorys Anchor Oct 21st 1805

Henryk Sienkievicz (1846 - 1916). Polish author ( Quo vadis etc) - won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905. Date: 1900

Winston Churchill Hunting Boar, France, 1927
Photograph showing Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churcill (1874-1965), hunting boar on horseback in the Forest of Eu, Foucarmont, France, 1927

Anatole France Library
ANATOLE FRANCE (real name Jacques Thibault) Prolific French writer, awarded Nobel Prize 1921

Philipp Lenard / Photo
PHILIPP EDUARD ANTON LENARD German physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905

Antoine-Henri Becquerel
ANTOINE-HENRI BECQUEREL French physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics in 1903

Nils Gustaf Dalen
NILS GUSTAF DALEN Swedish physicist; awarded the Nobel Prize 1912

Frederick Banting / Nobel
SIR FREDERICK GRANT BANTING Canadian physician - won Nobel Prize in 1923

Queen Mother at the Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge, standing with the Show Secretary Albert Riddle, and a prize bull wearing three rosettes. Date: circa 1982

Pony class winner at the Royal Cornwall Show
Pony class winner with trophy at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show. The Show takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

United States. Lottery ticket, 1776

Lady Alington presented with swimming prize, Bath Club
Lord Desborough presenting Lady Alington (the former Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper) with a gold medal as winner of the Ladies Challenge Shield at the exclusive Bath Club in London in 1933. Date: 1933

The Beauty Prize, by Grossmith and Wodehouse
The Beauty Prize, by George Grossmith and P G Wodehouse, with music by Jerome Kern. First produced at the Winter Garden Theatre, London, September 1923, produced by George Grossmith and J A E Malone

Prize Agents extracting treasure. Coloured lithograph from The Campaign in India 1857-58 from drawings made during the eventful period of the Great Mutiny

Ticket Inspectors Allotment Prize Giving, 1922
South East and Chatham Railway Travelling Ticket Inspectors Garden Allotment Prize Giving in Catford, July 1922. Date: 1922

Label design, Exposition Sunkist Lemons
Label design, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition Sunkist Lemons, with a grand prize from Seattle, 1909. early 20th century

Label design, Oscar Yams
Label design, Oscar Louisiana Porto Rican Yams. circa early 20th century

Edwardian childrens prize competition 1909
Girls from around England competing in the Pretties child competition to win a prize of 250. 1909

Some of the prize winners at The Dancing Worlds first birthday ball, London, 1921 Date: 1921

Pierce Egans Anecdotes: rowing race at Battersea
Colour plate: Life on the water: the grand rowing match for Mr Keans prize wherry, Red House, Battersea from Pierce Egans anecdotes of the turf, the chase, the ring and the stage, 1827

Fancy Dress - Miss C. Bradhurst as Daphne
Miss C. Bradhurst, winner of first prize in The Sketch magazines fancy dress competition. She has had the original (and rather simple) idea of coming as Daphne, from Greek myth

Mr Sam Locks First Prize-winning Devon Steer - age 1 year, 7 months - weight 1107lbs. Date: circa 1920

Fancy dress - little girl dressed as Black & White whiskey
A prize winning fancy dress costume worn by Ethel Patricia Harper, born 25th October 1925. Dressed as the famous Black and White brand of Scotch whisky

Advertisement in Princess Ida programme
Advertisement for Liberty Art Fabrics in Princess Ida programme, Gilbert & Sullivan, Savoy Theatre, London, with three men in armour. circa 1880s

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