Responsible Collection

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) shown in the late 1860s with a pet dog. Louise was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Wharncliffe Viaduct
The Wharncliffe Viaduct of the Great Western Railroad, at Hanwell, Middlesex. Brunel (I.K) was responsible for the construction and design of much of the early GWR

Matthew Hopkins
Self-appointed Witchfinder- General in East Anglia, responsible for many false accusations of witchcraft

Matthew Hopkins
Self-appointed Witchfinder- General in East Anglia, responsible for many false accusations of witchcraft

Western Ambulance Station, Seagrave Road, Fulham
Entrance to the ambulance station at the Western Fever Hospital on Seagrave Road, Fulham

WW2 poster, The Girl Who Isn t There must realise that absenteeism lets her pals and her country down. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

James Paine
JAMES PAINE Industrious British architect who was responsible for many stately homes, bridges and other works commissioned by the nobility and gentry. Date: 1725 - 1789

Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920-2004), landowner, seen in evening dress and displaying his medals

Sectional drawing of the Lusitania showing the German U-boat responsible for the torpedo which sunk it in 18 minutes on May 7th 1915, with the loss of 1200 lives

Patrons of the Cafe Royal
Sketches by H. H. Harris of various well-known artists, writers and celebrities of the 1930s who were regular patrons of the Cafe Royal in Regent Street, London

Henry De LA Beche
Sir Henry Thomas DE LA BECHE Distinguished geologist, responsible for the Geological Ordnance Survey, and for the institution which would grow into the Geological Museum

Petrus Cuypers
PETRUS JOSEPHUS HUBERTUS CUYPERS Dutch architect, responsible for many churches but particularly for the Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam. Date: 1827 - 1921

Samuel Plimsoll, politician
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL Politician, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships Date: 1824 - 1898

Holy Roman Empire. Officers of the table and the chamber of the imperial court: butler, cook, barber and tailor. Engraving after Le Triomphe de l'Empereur Maximilien I, by J

WW2 - Ferry Pilots
A photograph of some British WW2 ferry pilots, who were responsible for delivering completed planes from the factory to the Royal Air Force station. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 A. R. P. Wardens
An illustration which shows a pair of British Air Raid Protection wardens at their post, they were responsible for helping civilians during an air raid

London Passenger Transport Board Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for the London Passenger Transport Board, an organisation responsible for local public transport in London, between 1933 and 1948

Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition, Antarctic
Robert Falcon Scott Terra Nova Expedition - important archive of 52 negatives taken by Lt

David Jones
A coloured reproduction for a David Jones Advertisement, portraying the man himself, whose abounding enterprise and enthusiasm, coupled with a business vision ahead of his time

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whos making the Brave New World
The Caption verse is Whos making the Brave New World - lets see - Whos making the Brave New World

Beefeater
A painting of a Yeomen Warder of Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Member of the Sovereigns Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary, popularly known as a Beefeater

Greenwich Pensioners
Group of Greenwich Pensioners, the Naval equivalent of a Chelsea Pensioner

Cartoon, The Election Budget (Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Election Budget -- I think, Mr Bull, we may now reckon on your support

Cartoon, Mr Poland to Notorious Person
Cartoon, Mr Poland (a lawyer) to Notorious Person (Arthur Roberts, music hall performer) - Now, my dear Arthur, I consider myself responsible for your good behaviour; so - be careful! 1884

Kannushi
A kannushi, also called shinshoku, is the person responsible for the maintenance of a Shinto shrine as well as for leading worship. Date: 1933

Dyer - Saviour of India or Guilty of an error of judgement Dyer - Saviour of India or
Brigadier General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer (1864-1927), British Indian Army officer

Woman saving paper during WW1
Woman saving paper during the First World War. 1914-1918

Cutaway Office Building Date: 1950

PROMETHUS CREATES
Prometheus is responsible for shaping Man from Earth and Water, then Athena/Minerva breathes life into him. So who needs Adam and Eve ?

FEEDING THE HENS 1847
The farmers wife is traditionally responsible for taking care of the poultry : here she feeds her hens in the poultry-yard Date: 1847

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS American statesman, responsible for introducing dollars, cents Date: 1752 - 1816

Trial of the pix
The Trial of the Pyx has been in existence since 1282 and is responsible for ensuring the quality and accuracy of the UKs coinage. Date: 19th century

Sir william Tritton
Sir William Ashbee Tritton (1875 - 1946) Military engineer who was largely responsible for inventing the tank during World War One Date: 1917

Wording of the 1601 Poor Relief Act
The opening section of the 1601 parliamentary Act for Relief of the Poor which formed the basis of what became known as the Old Poor Law

London, England - Foreign Office Quadrangle - View across courtyard - two sides of Three Storey Building. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection

Cunard Wharf, Boston
Cunard Wharf within Boston Harbour was owned by the Cunard Line Company who had been awarded the first British Trans Atlantic steamship mail contract in 1839

DINOCRATES Greek architect responsible for the planning of Alexandria. Date: 4TH CENTURY BC

Gustave Eiffel 1889
GUSTAVE EIFFEL French engineer responsible for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Date: 1832-1923

Cartoon, Waking up Germania, WW1
Cartoon, Waking up Germania. After the war, Madame Germania must pay the bill for all the damage she has done. The waiter is a macabre, thin man with a skull for his head. Date: 1918

Baalbek / Stone
The Temple platform, showing the massive stones whose size (note the figure standing by them !) has led some to conjecture that otherworldly beings were responsible Date: 1880

WW2 Poster -- ATS Carry The Messages
ATS Carry The Messages. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Date: 1940

WW2 poster, Use less Water! Less Water -- More Shells. Date: 1940s

Western Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham

Western Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham - Doctors Residence
Uniformed nurses stand next to the doctors residence at the Western Fever Hospital on Seagrave Road, Fulham

Lloyd George Card
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE depicted as responsible for introducing unemployment insurance, requiring the licking of stamps

English Cathedrals - Manchester Choir - Choir, screen, organ pipes. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals

English Cathedrals - The Choir - Rochester - Looking to Choir masters stand, along Choir stall towards screen

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - security check before bed. circa 1910s

Loading an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station
Loading a stretcher into an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station in March 1916

Stretcher bearers waiting for ambulance train arrival
A group of civilians are standing by parked ambulance vehicles inside a station building at Ramsgate Town Station. On the ground nearby are several stretchers

Severino Grattoni
Commendatore SEVERINO GRATTONI Italian engineer, responsible for the Mont Cenis tunnel between Italy and France. Date: 1815 - 1876

Julius Eggeling
JULIUS EGGELING Professor of Sanskrit, responsible for translating many ancient Indian texts. Date: 1842 - 1918

17th Earl of Derby
EDWARD GEORGE STANLEY, 17th earl of DERBY - statesman who achieved popularity despite calling workers blackmailers; he was responsible for conscription in World War One. Date: 1865 - 1948

Henry Currey, Architect
HENRY CURREY Architect responsible for the splendidly rebuilt St Thomass Hospital, London, opened by Victoria in 1871. Date: CIRCA 1870

Arcisse De Caumont
ARCISSE DE CAUMONT French archeologist, generally considered to be responsible for putting French archeology on a scientific basis. Date: 1801 - 1873

Charles Comte Belle-Isle
CHARLES LOUIS AUGUSTE FOUQUET, comte de BELLE-ISLE, duc de GISORS : French soldier involved in all the major wars of his day, as minister of war responsible for reforms. Date: 1684 - 1761

M F E Belgrand
MARIE FRANCOIS EUGENE BELGRAND French hydrographic engineer responsible for installing the sewage system in Paris. Date: 1810 - 1878

BLACK ROD / 1873
Sir Augustus William Clifford, Black Rod, the officer responsible for Parliamentary ceremony, with a key role during the state opening of Parliament. Date: 1873

Clapham Junct Signals
The signalman at Clapham Junction - Londons busiest station - is responsible for a huge array of signals : pulling the wrong one could result in catastrophe... Date: 1885

Plimsoll / Cabinet Photo
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL statesman, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships Date: 1824 - 1898

Forster / Anon Photo
WILLIAM EDWARD FORSTER British statesman responsible for the Education Act of 1870 Date: 1818 - 1886

Eiffel Profile
Gustave Eiffel French engineer, responsible for the building of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Date: 1832-1923

EIFFEL (1832-1923) PIROU
Gustave Eiffel French engineer, responsible for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris Date: 1832-1923

De Lesseps Vanity Fair
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS French diplomat and engineer responsible for the Suez Canal Date: 1805 - 1894

Ufos / Books / Mexico
F Aniceto Lugo LOS VISITANTES DEL ESPACIO Popular Mexican survey of the UFO phenomenon, proposing that visitors from space are responsible for the sightings Date: 1978

Hein. Matt. von Thurn
count Heinrich Matthias von Thurn-Baisassina (1567 - 1640) Bohemian-Swedish protestant general and statesman, held responsible for initiating the Thirty Years War

Stone Trowing 1849
At Saint-Quentin, France, an outbreak of stone-throwing is linked to a young servant-girl but she is not herself responsible Date: 1849

Edwardian casual group photograph
The man in the picture is Ernest Battersby, responsible for the photograph. May is on the left - she is May Battersby, sister in law to Ernest Battersby in the foreground

Bunkers Hill, Cheshire, with Edwin Child and his son Jean Baptiste in a typical carriage of the time

REYNAUD, Emile (1844-1918). French inventor, responsible for the first projected animated cartoon films. Reynaud created the Praxinoscope in 1877 and the Th颴 re Optique in December 1888

Suffragette N. W. S. P. U Regalia Ribbon
N.W.S.P.U regalia or ribbon, produced for the Great Womens Sunday Demonstration, 21st June 1908, in Hyde Park. Mrs

Graphic front cover - Sir Arthur Yapp
Sir Arthur Yapp (1869-1936), Deputy President of the YMCA and Director of Food Economy during the First World War

WW2 poster, quality and quantity of goods
WW2 poster, the quality of our incoming goods is ok -- see that your checking of quantities is ok -- other departments depend on your ok... ok? Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Draw Attention to Low Stock
WW2 poster, Draw Attention to It -- Low Stocks are the forerunner of No Stocks. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Load Your Van With Care, having regard to items loaded. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Poster, Walk Short Distances says Shanks Pony, and leave room for those who have longer journeys

The Commissariat Camp in the Crimea, 1855
Engraving showing the part of the British Army camp responsible for stores and provisions during the Crimean War

Louis Lepine Photo
LOUIS LEPINE - French chef de police responsible for many innovations : the Bonnot gang and the theft of the Mona Lisa were among the problems he had to face : in 1911. Date: CIRCA 1900

Richard Powell
RICHARD POWELL Doctor at St Bartholomews hospital, London, who was responsible for many valuable innovations in diagnosis and treatment. Date: 1767 - 1834

Henry Pelham - 2
HENRY PELHAM, prime minister, depicted with a horses head and a reclining (deceased ?) figure, possibly Medusa, for whose defeat he is doubtless responsible. Date: 1695 - 1754

Sir Amias Paulet
SIR AMIAS PAULET (or Poulet) warder responsible for keeping Mary Queen of Scots under lock and key. Date: 1536 - 1588

James Neild - 2
JAMES NEILD Justice of the Peace, prison visitor responsible for prison reforms notably of persons imprisoned for small debts. Date: 1744 - 1814

Sir George Morgan
Sir GEORGE OSBORNE MORGAN British statesman responsible for valuable social legislation, including the Burials Act and the Married womens property act. Date: 1826 - 1897

Sir George Harrison
SIR GEORGE HARRISON Provost of Edinburgh 1882- 1885, responsible for providing the city with valuable open spaces. Date: ? - 1885

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