Sampson Collection

Union Workhouse, Wantage, Oxfordshire
The Wantage Union workhouse, Oxfordshire. The workhouse, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, was erected in 1836 on Hungerford Road, Wantage, and later became the Downs Hospital

Union workhouse, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
The Market Harborough Union workhouse. The inscription on the pediment reads HARBOROUGH UNION WORKHOUSE 1836. At the doorway stands a man and a woman, presumably the master and matron

St Sampson Harbour, Guernsey

Saint Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands - Victorian period

Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, publishers
Mr Edward Marston Senior, seated, and Mr R B Marston, standing, of Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, publishers. Studio portrait. Founded in 1793, the company was renowned for publishing in London

Carreg Samson, Abercastle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Carreg Samson, also known as Carreg Sampson, a 5000-year-old Neolithic dolmen located half a mile west of Abercastle near the Pembrokeshire coastal path in South Wales. Date: circa 1910s

Union Workhouse, Ticehurst, Sussex
The Ticehurst Union workhouse on Union Street, Ticheurst. The building, erected in 1835, was designed by Sampson Kempthorne. It later became known as Furze House or The Furzes

Droxford Union Workhouse, Hampshire
A view of the Union Workhouse at Droxford, Hampshire. Some inmates can be seen at the front of the building. Cabbages are growing in the ground at the bottom of the picture

Hexagonal workhouse, first floor plan
The first floor layout of the model hexagon (or Y-plan) workhouse design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Union Workhouse, Ticehurst and Flimwell, Sussex
The Ticehurst Union workhouse on Union Street, Ticehurst and Flimwell, Sussex. A uniformed policeman stands at the gate. The workhouse, erected in 1835, was designed by Sampson Kempthorne

La Serena, Cap Ferrat by Noel Sampson
The lovely gardens of La Serena, Lady Bearsteds villa at St. Jean, Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera. Date: 1931

Bradfield Union workhouse, Berkshire
The union workhouse at Bradfield in Berkshire. The building, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, later became Wayland Hospital. Date: Date unknown

Sampson Perry
SAMPSON PERRY surgeon and radical journalist Date: 1747 - 1823

Abingdon Union Workhouse, Berkshire
A bird s-eye view of the Abingdon Union workhouse at Abingdon, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). The building, opened in 1835

Union Workhouse, Orsett, Essex
The Union workhouse at Orsett, Essex. The building, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, was erected in 1827. It later became Orsett Hospital

Hexagonal workhouse, perspective view
Perspective view of the model hexagon (or Y-plan) workhouse design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Hexagonal workhouse, ground floor plan
The ground floor layout of the model hexagon (or Y-plan) workhouse design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Square workhouse, ground floor plan
The ground floor layout of the model square workhouse for 300 inmates, design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Trinity Hospital, Taunton, Somerset
Trinity Hospital, on Trinity Road, Taunton, Somerset, was formerly the Taunton Union workhouse. Designed by Sampson Kempthorne, it was erected in 1836-38

Union Workhouse, Hastings, Sussex
Birds eye view of the union workhouse in Frederick Road, Hastings, Sussex. The original 1837 buildings (centre/right of picture) were designed by Sampson Kempthorne

Leading London Publishers in 1899
Page from The Sketch magazine featuring portraits of leading London publishers. Top row from left: Mr T. Norton Longman, Mr C. J. Longman, Mr Frederick Macmillan

Caricature of Ledger, Scott and Sampson
Caricature of Edward Ledger (18??-1921), editor of The Era theatrical newspaper, commenting on a reconciliation between Clement William Scott (1841-1904), influential English theatre critic

Caricature of Henry Sampson, newspaper proprietor
Caricature of Henry Sampson (1841-1891), English newspaper proprietor and editor with a strong interest in sport. 1881

Woman and lion in a cage, New Hampshire, USA
Sampson and Dililah -- a woman and a lion in cage, photographed by B W Kilburn of Littleton, New Hampshire, USA. Date: 1896

Lieutenant Commander Sampson Sladen, Chief Officer of the London Fire Brigade, in uniform with two medals and a brass helmet. Date: 1909

Huntingdon Union Workhouse
The master, matron, and a small child stand at the entrance to the Huntingdon Union workhouse, opened in 1837 at Walnut Common, Huntingdon. The building was designed by Sampson Kempthorne

Belvedere House, Kent seat of sir Sampson Gideon Date: 1777

Rustics Outside an Inn. Roch[e], Sampson Towgood 1759 - 1847

From left: John W R Taylor Peter Masefield Leonard Bridge
From left: John W.R. Taylor, Peter Masefield, Leonard Bridgeman and H. Sampson at Janes 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee party, December 1959

Book cover design, The Clipper of the Clouds, by Jules Verne, London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1887. 1887

Book cover design, From the Earth to the Moon: Direct in 97 Hours 20 Minutes and a Trip Round It, by Jules Verne, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888. 1888

In re Sampson vs. Morgan. Illustration shows an oversized Abraham Lincoln, holding an ax, addressing a diminutive Rear Admiral William T

Orsett Workhouse
The Union workhouse at Orsett, Essex. The building, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, was erected in 1827. It later became Orsett Hospital. Date: Date unknown

Pershore Union Workhouse, Worcestershire
The board-room of the former Pershore Union Workhouse on Station Road, Pershore. The workhouse was designed by Sampson Kempthorne. The site later became the Heathlands old peoples home. Date: 2000

The Old Curiosity Shop, Mrs Jiniwin & Sampson Brass
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

The Old Curiosity Shop, Quilp mocks the figurehead
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Model Industrial School - plan
Plan view of a model industrial school for pauper children. The establishment, designed by architect Sampson Kempthorne, was intended to house and train pauper children away from the workhouse

Model Industrial School - elevation
Elevation views of a model industrial school for pauper children. The establishment, designed by architect Sampson Kempthorne, was intended to house and train pauper children away from the workhouse

Hexagonal workhouse, second floor plan
The second floor layout of the model hexagon (or Y-plan) workhouse design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Square workhouse, second floor plan
The second floor layout of the model square workhouse for 300 inmates, design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Square workhouse, first floor plan
The first floor layout of the model square workhouse for 300 inmates, design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Square workhouse, perspective view
Perspective view of the model square workhouse for 300 inmates, design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Union Workhouse, New Forest, Hampshire
The New Forest Union workhouse, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, was erected at Ashurst in 1836. This view shows the main frontage of the workhouse with its chapel just visible at the left

Lt. Sampson Sladen, London Fire Brigade, 1909
Photographic portrait of Lieutenant Sampson Sladen, the Chief Officer of the London Fire Brigade, photographed in full uniform, 1909

SAMPSON OCCOM / 1726?-1792
SAMPSON OCCOM Mohican Christian preacher

Belvedere Mansion
The impressive mansion in Belvedere, Kent, England, seat of Sir Sampson Gideon, a fabulously wealthy financier. Sadly demolished in 1959

Belvedere House / Kent
Belvedere House, Kent: the seat of Sir Sampson Gideon

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