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Background imageRaleigh Collection: Britains New Navy in Training - HMS Raleigh

Britains New Navy in Training - HMS Raleigh. circa 1930s

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Cut-away Diagram of the Tower of London, 1913

Cut-away Diagram of the Tower of London, 1913
Cut-away illustration showing a number of the rooms of the Tower of London, including the Chapel of St. John, the Armouries and the cells of Guy Fawkes, Sir Thomas More and Sir Walter Raleigh

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh / Potatoes / Ireland

Raleigh / Potatoes / Ireland
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator supervising the first planting of potatoes in Ireland

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Edmund Spenser reading to Raleigh

Edmund Spenser reading to Raleigh
Edmund Spenser reading the first part of his epic poem The Faerie Queen to Sir Walter Raleigh in Ireland

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Ark Royal - Elizabethan Naval ship

Ark Royal - Elizabethan Naval ship
Built by Raleigh, and named the Ark Raleigh, purchased by Elizabeth and renamed Ark Royal (and subsequently Anne Royal Date: 1587

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Walter Raleigh lays his cloak at Queen Elizabeth Is feet

Walter Raleigh lays his cloak at Queen Elizabeth Is feet
Sir Walter Raleigh lays his cloak at Queen Elizabeth Is feet to prevent her from getting muddy feet. The fanciful, romantic tale of the cloak

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Poster, Humber, the Aristocrat of all Bicycles

Poster, Humber, the Aristocrat of all Bicycles. A product of Raleigh Industries, Nottingham. Showing a couple watching sailing boats. Date: circa 1950

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Poster, Rudge, Britains best bicycle

Poster, Rudge, Britains best bicycle, a product of Raleigh Industries, Nottingham. Date: circa 1950

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Poster, Robin Hood Cycles

Poster, Robin Hood Cycles. The greatest value in cycling -- a product of Raleigh Industries, Nottingham. Date: circa 1950

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Victorian Scrap, Queen Elizabeth I and Raleigh

Victorian Scrap, Queen Elizabeth I and Raleigh
Victorian Scrap, Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. circa 1880s

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Poster, Rudge Cycles

Poster, Rudge Cycles, made by Raleigh Industries of Nottingham. With a bowing Sir Walter Raleigh, Elizabethan courtier

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Poster, I am a Silver Knight

Poster, I am a Silver Knight. I am a member of the Circle of Silver Knights, open to owners of Raleigh, Rudge and Humber tricycles. Let us show you the latest models

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh
SIR WALTER RALEIGH adventurer and historian Date: 1554 - 1618

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh Three-Wheeler car Camping on Dartmoor

Raleigh Three-Wheeler car Camping on Dartmoor
Raleigh 3-wheeler car, the Raleigh Safety Seven (introduced in 1933) taken on a camping jaunt onto Dartmoor. Raleigh shut down their Motor Department in 1935 Date: circa 1934

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh Smoking

Raleigh Smoking
Sir Walter Raleigh, credited with bringing the tobacco habit to Britain, enjoys his pipe

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Hotel Sir Walter Raleigh - North Carolina, USA

Hotel Sir Walter Raleigh - North Carolina, USA Date: circa 1930s

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleighs Pipes

Raleighs Pipes
His pipes and tobacco pouch

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Merthyr Tydfil boys playing

Merthyr Tydfil boys playing
Two boys play on a bench above the steel works (now closed) at Merthyr Tydfil. Vintage black and white image. First published The Sunday Times c1989 1989

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Sir Walter Raleigh laying his cape over a puddle for

Sir Walter Raleigh laying his cape over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I at Greenwich. She wears a bonnet, huge lace ruff collar, puff sleeves and hoop dress

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Walter Raleigh - Explorer

Walter Raleigh - Explorer

Background imageRaleigh Collection: 3 HP Raleigh motorcycle, early 1900s

3 HP Raleigh motorcycle, early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Background imageRaleigh Collection: A Bookcase

A Bookcase in a Raleigh Furniture catalogue, number 1022. Date: circa 1948

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Argosy Productions film, Ringing the Changes

Argosy Productions film, Ringing the Changes, featuring Henry Edwards and Margot Landa, based on the novel Jix by R Raleigh King, directed by Leslie Hiscott Date: 1929

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Poster, Raleigh bicycles

Poster, Raleigh bicycles - for ease in running ride an all steel Raleigh Date: circa 1900

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Poster, Ride a Raleigh, the all-steel bicycle - Effortless. Date: circa 1925

Poster, Ride a Raleigh, the all-steel bicycle - Effortless. Date: circa 1925

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Trades in Regency England: china painting, pin making

Trades in Regency England: china painting, pin making
Trades people in Regency England. Artist painting a porcelain vase in a Worcester china factory 7, girl using a foot-driven anvil to add heads to pins in a pin-making factory in Gloucester 8

Background imageRaleigh Collection: King Henry VIII in Victorian hunting outfit on horseback

King Henry VIII in Victorian hunting outfit on horseback
King Henry VIII in Victorian hunting outfit with a shepherds crook on horseback chasing a Catholic monk fleeing with the church gold. Parody of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, circa 1540

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Letter from William Prime Marshall to Walter Raleigh Browne

Letter from William Prime Marshall to Walter Raleigh Browne
Letter, 7 Dec 1883 from William Prime Marshall to Walter Raleigh Browne accompanying an explanation of James Watts Sculpture copying machinery (eidograph) - see BAW/14/001-2. Date: circa 1809

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon

Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon -- childhood home of Sir Walter Raleigh. Date: circa 1908

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Sir Walter Raleigh in Tower of London

Sir Walter Raleigh in Tower of London
Sir Walter Raleigh (1554 - 1618), English gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer. Raleigh imprisoned in the Tower of London

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Poster, Rudge, Britains Best Bicycle

Poster, Rudge, Britains Best Bicycle, a product of Raleigh Industries Ltd, Nottingham. circa 1950

Background imageRaleigh Collection: State Capitol and Grounds, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

State Capitol and Grounds, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageRaleigh Collection: RALEIGH IN VIRGINIA

RALEIGH IN VIRGINIA
Walter Raleigh depicted landing in Virginia (although in fact he did not) Date: 1584

Background imageRaleigh Collection: RALEIGH LAYS CLOAK

RALEIGH LAYS CLOAK
SIR WALTER RALEIGH sacrifices his new cloak so that his queens feet will not get muddied. Date: 1554 - 1618

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh

Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh
SIR WALTER RALEIGH (1554 - 1618) - spreads his cloak before Elizabeth I

Background imageRaleigh Collection: The Birthplace of Sir Walter Raleigh, Hayes Barton, Devon

The Birthplace of Sir Walter Raleigh, Hayes Barton, Devon. Date: 1905

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Janet Lyle wearing a silk culotte suit from Annacat

Janet Lyle wearing a silk culotte suit from Annacat
Janet Lyle, who with her business partner, Maggie Keswick, ran Annacat, the South Kensington boutique favoured by some of the smartest young women of London including Lady Herbert

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Colmans Mustard throughout English history

Colmans Mustard throughout English history
History and the Mustard Pot - promotional booket for Colmans Mustard, looking at the role of Colmans throughout English history

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Lady on a 1930 Raleigh motorcycle

Lady on a 1930 Raleigh motorcycle
Lady poses for photograph on a 1930 Raleigh 500cc Twin Port motorcycle

Background imageRaleigh Collection: BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Ritual friendship dance

BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Ritual friendship dance in the indian Village Secota or Secoton. Illustration in fida tamen narratio Admiranda of commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae

Background imageRaleigh Collection: HMS Raleigh, British heavy cruiser, crew members

HMS Raleigh, British heavy cruiser, crew members
HMS Raleigh, British Hawkins class heavy cruiser -- three crew members on deck at Plymouth. circa 1920s

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Poster, Coronation Easter Parade of bicycles

Poster, Coronation Easter Parade of bicycles
Poster, Join the Coronation Easter Parade with a bicycle built by Raleigh Industries. Get your New Elizabethan model here. Date: circa 1953

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Poster, Dynohub cycle light

Poster, Dynohub cycle light
Poster, Sturmey-Archer Dynohub, the worlds best cycle light. See and be seen at night. Made by Raleigh of Nottingham

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh / Boy / Storyteller

Raleigh / Boy / Storyteller
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator as a young boy, listening to a sailors exciting tales of the sea

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer and explorer

Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer and explorer
Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh (c1554-1618), English gentleman, writer, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer. circa 1930

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Cheer, Boys! Cheer by Augustus Harris, Raleigh and Hamilton

Cheer, Boys! Cheer by Augustus Harris, Raleigh and Hamilton
Cheer, Boys! Cheer by Sir Augustus Harris (18 March 1852 22 June 1896), Cecil Raleigh (27 January 1856 10 November 1914) and Henry Hamilton (c. 1853 4 September 1918)

Background imageRaleigh Collection: The Best of Luck, by Hamilton, Raleigh and Collins

The Best of Luck, by Hamilton, Raleigh and Collins
The Best of Luck by Henry Hamilton, Cecil Raleigh and Arthur Collins. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, September 1916

Background imageRaleigh Collection: George earl of Totnes

George earl of Totnes
George Carew, earl of Totnes (1555 - 1629) courtier, statesman, soldier, diplomat, administrator : took a strong line in Ireland; a friend of Raleigh

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh (Van Hove)

Raleigh (Van Hove)
sir WALTER RALEIGH Date: 1554 - 1618

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh (Anon)

Raleigh (Anon)
sir WALTER RALEIGH Date: 1554 - 1618

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh and Cloak

Raleigh and Cloak
Sir WALTER RALEIGH depicted in the act of laying his cloak over a puddle so that his friend Queen Elizabeth shall not get her royal footwear muddied Date: 1554 - 1618

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Walter Raleigh / Anon Oval

Walter Raleigh / Anon Oval
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English courtier, navigator, historian and poet Date: 1554 - 1618

Background imageRaleigh Collection: The Whip by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton

The Whip by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton
Promotional postcard for The Whip by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 9th September 1909

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Merrie England by Basil Hood

Merrie England by Basil Hood
Promotional postcard for Merrie England by Basil Hood; music Edward German. First produced at the Savoy Theatre, 2nd April 1902

Background imageRaleigh Collection: The Hope by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton

The Hope by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton
Promotional postcard for The Hope by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. First produced at the Drury Lane Theatre, London on 14th September 1911

Background imageRaleigh Collection: The Green Lamp by R Raleigh Kiny

The Green Lamp by R Raleigh Kiny
Promotional postcard of The Green Lamp by R. Raleigh Kiny. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, 27th June and the Artillery Theatre, Woolwich, on 8th August 1927

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Sir Walter Raleigh by William Devereux

Sir Walter Raleigh by William Devereux
Promotional postcard for Sir Walter Raleigh by William Devereux, First produced Birmingham, 4th October and the Lyric Theatre, 13th October 1909. Artist: Charles Buchel

Background imageRaleigh Collection: The Marriages of Mayair by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton

The Marriages of Mayair by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton
Promotional postcard for The Marriages of Mayfair by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. First produced Drury Lane Theatre, 21st Septembe 1908. The box with the lid open

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Pageant, Sherborne, Dorset

Pageant, Sherborne, Dorset
Pageant, Sherborne, near Yeovil, Dorset, England. Showing Colonel Goodden as Sir Walter Raleigh Date: 1905

Background imageRaleigh Collection: BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). ndian Village Secota

BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). ndian Village Secota or Secoton and her garden. Folio 93 of fida tamen narratio Admiranda of commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae

Background imageRaleigh Collection: British Country Scene - Girl and Horse

British Country Scene - Girl and Horse
Colour lantern slide of a girl with a horse and foal.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. The Whip is a melodrama by Henry Hamilton (playwright) and Cecil Raleigh

Background imageRaleigh Collection: HMS Raleigh, British heavy cruiser

HMS Raleigh, British heavy cruiser
HMS Raleigh, British Hawkins class heavy cruiser. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Officers of the 1st London Cyclists Company, WW1

Officers of the 1st London Cyclists Company, WW1
Officers of the 1st London Divisional Cyclists Company. Reading from left to right the names are, back row: 2nd Lieut. R. H. White, 2nd Lieut. R. A. Shuffrey, 2nd Lieut. W. V. Alloway and 2nd Lieut

Background imageRaleigh Collection: The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1849 - Punch

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1849 - Punch
" Sir Patrick Raleigh" welcomes Queen Victoria to Ireland on her royal visit in 1849, as she lands at the docks. Date: August 1849

Background imageRaleigh Collection: HMS Raleigh

HMS Raleigh, cruiser, during her sea trials Date: 1920s

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Alexander Raleigh

Alexander Raleigh
ALEXANDER RALEIGH churchman Date: 1817 - 1880

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh, Sir Walter (1554-1618)

Raleigh, Sir Walter (1554-1618)

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Sir Walter Raleigh, parting with his wife

Sir Walter Raleigh, parting with his wife

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Charles Frohmans $40, 000 production, the modern spectacle

Charles Frohmans $40, 000 production, the modern spectacle, Hearts are trumps written by Cecil Raleigh; presented as produced by Arthur Collins at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Date c1900

Background imageRaleigh Collection: The mammoth spectacular production, Sporting life written by

The mammoth spectacular production, Sporting life written by Cecil Raleigh & Seymour Hicks. Date c1900

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Store, Crabtree Creek Recreational Project, near Raleigh, No

Store, Crabtree Creek Recreational Project, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Date 1936 Mar

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Sporting life written by Cecil Raleigh & Seymour Hicks Sport

Sporting life written by Cecil Raleigh & Seymour Hicks Sport
Sporting life written by Cecil Raleigh & Seymour Hicks. Date c1898

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Cecil Raleigh & Seymour Hicks great English play, Sporting

Cecil Raleigh & Seymour Hicks great English play, Sporting life. Date c1898. Cecil Raleigh & Seymour Hicks great English play, Sporting life. Date c1898

Background imageRaleigh Collection: The great ruby Arthur Collins production; written by Cecil

The great ruby Arthur Collins production; written by Cecil Raleigh & Henry Hamilton. Date c1899

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleighs Cross

Raleighs Cross
The remains of Raleighs Cross, on the Brendon Hills, Somerset, England. Date: Medieval

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh in Trinidad

Raleigh in Trinidad
Sir Walter Raleigh takes Trinidad from the Spanish Date: 1595

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Two Edwardian men on their motor cycles in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The man on the right, on a Triumph Imperial, is a member of the Philipps family of Picton Castle

Background imageRaleigh Collection: The Jameson Raid: A Courtroom scene

The Jameson Raid: A Courtroom scene
A court room scene in the trial of Doctor Jameson and his officers at Bow Street, February 25th 1896. The prisoners from left to right are as follows: H.N Grenfell, K.J.F Smith, C.H Villiers, J

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Kenilworth - Raleigh

Kenilworth - Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh lays down his cloak at the feet of Queen Elizabeth I to prevent the monarchs feet getting muddied

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh House, Brixton, London, 1888

Raleigh House, Brixton, London, 1888
Engraving showing several views of Raleigh House, Brixton, London in 1888. This was, reputedly, a former residence of Sir Walter Raleigh

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Hayes Barton, Devon, 1892

Hayes Barton, Devon, 1892
Photograph showing Hayes Barton, Devon, the birthplace of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) English courtier, navigator and poet

Background imageRaleigh Collection: ARK ROYAL (KING)

ARK ROYAL (KING)
Built by Raleigh, and named the Ark Raleigh, purchased by Elizabeth and renamed Ark Royal (and subsequently Anne Royal )

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleighs Pipe Put Out

Raleighs Pipe Put Out
Sir Walter Raleigh, smoking, is thought by his servant to be on fire

Background imageRaleigh Collection: Raleigh Smoking in Chair

Raleigh Smoking in Chair
SIR WALTER RALEIGH - Having picked up the smoking habit during his American travels, is thought by his servants to be on fire, and is doused with a basin of water



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