Sloane Collection

The River Westbourne running through Sloane Square tube stat
A conduit containing the overflow from the Serpentine running above the platforms at Sloane Square underground station. Date: 1909

Sloane Square, London. Date: circa 1910s

Kings Road viewed from Sloane Square, Chelsea, London

Advertisement for Daimler hire cars with chauffeur
Advertisement for Daimler hire cars, complete with chauffeur. Showing a Daimler landaulette in front of a large country house. Date: circa 1930s

Cordia sebestena, geiger tree
Engraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 164 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Peter Jones, London
MR. PETER JONES, GENERAL DRAPER, SILK MERCER, OUT FITTER AND FURNISHER. The Sloane Square shopping emporium in the late 19th century

Sloane Street, London, SW

Sloane Street, Pimlico Borders, London

Sloane Square Station
A street scene outside Sloane Square Underground station in Chelsea, London, with frequent trains to the City on the District Railway

Hans Sloane / W Holl Eng
SIR HANS SLOANE British physician and naturalist

Advertisement Photograph, Woman Smiling Outdoors
An advertisement photograph portraying a stylish young woman wearing a yellow top and gloves, smiling as she places her hands on her shoulders

Matilda Charlotte Wood, English actress and theatre manager
Matilda Charlotte Wood, English actress (known as Mrs John Wood). She managed the Court Theatre (Sloane Square, London) between 1883 and 1891, including several productions of Pinero's plays

The Farmers Wife, The Devonshire Comedy by Eden Phillpotts, at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London Date: 20th century

Advert for the London couture house of Buckmaster, 1927
Advert for the London couture house of Buckmaster, based at 47 Sloane Street, London, SW1, 1927 Date: 1927

Egerton Castle (1858 - 1920), writer and fencer, pictured posing in his study at his home in Sloane Gardens, London. Part of a long running series in The Tatler depicting literary figures in their

Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet (1660-1753), a British physician, naturalist and collector noted for bequeathing his collection of 71, 000 items to the British nation

Underground railway, scenes from three stations, London -- Mansion House (District Line), Sloane Square (District Line), and the ticket office at Shepherds Bush (Central Line). Date: 1903

Elisabeth Welch at home in Cottage Walk, off Sloane Street, London. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Omnibus on the road 1905
Up-to-date, new omnibus being put to the road by the London General Omnibus Company. Date: 1905

The Chelsea War Memorial - Sloane Square, London Date: circa 1919

WALTER JONES SHOP
The exterior of Walter Jones, Sloane Street, London, a shop which sells hand bags, and other leather goods as well as photograph frames Date: circa 1912

Lower Sloane Street, London - featuring The Rose & Crown Pub, the Chelsea Baptist Church (1816), later The Church of the Good Shepherd (bombed in WW2 and later demolished). Date: circa 1907

A Midsummer-Nights Dream by William Shakespeare
Cast list from promotional flyer for A Midsummer-Nights Dream by William Shakespeare at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London in 1915. Date: circa 1915

Sloane Square and Kings Road, London
Sloane Square and Kings Road, Chelsea, London Date: C. 1905

Bird illustration
Tab 264 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Chauliodus sloani, viperfish
A specimen of the viperfish (Chauliodus sloani). This is the first specimen to be examined by a naturalist and the only remaining spirit preserved fish from the Sloane collection

View of Sloane Street, London, with Ye Olde Swan pub on the right. Date: circa 1912

Stationery, Peter Yapp, Knightsbridge, London
Stationery, Peter Yapp, Boot & Shoe Manufacturer, Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London, with handwritten details. 1917

Stationery, Mrs Addley Bourne, Belgravia, London
Stationery, Mrs Addley Bourne, 174 Sloane Street, Belgravia, London, Court Dressmaker, with handwritten details. 1916

Stationery, Harvey Nichols & Co Ltd, London
Stationery, Harvey Nichols & Co Ltd, Knightsbridge and Sloane Street, London, with handwritten details. 1918

Hans Sloanes nautilus shell
Sir Hans Sloane is perhaps the most important collector ever. His huge collection forms the core of both the British Museum and the Natural History Museum

William Sloane House YMCA - 356 West 34th Street, New York Date: circa early 1940s

Botanical engravings
Engraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 166 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Shell and insect illustration
Table 240 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Beetle illustration
Table 237 of A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Pressed Tulip specimens
Specimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)

Bubalus bubalis, Indian water buffalo
These are the largest Indian water buffalo horns ever recorded, each almost 2 metres long

Hans Sloane Vol. 211 page 29
Viola violacea Makino, Oxalis corniculata and Trachelospermum asiaticum Nakai. Specimens taken from Hans Sloane Vol.211 page 29

Butterfly illustration
Table 239 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Sir Hans Sloane (actor)
An actor in the Natural History Museum playing the part of Sir Hans Sloane, the 17th Century Naturalist

Pressed insects, mounted by botanist Leonard Plukenet (1642
Pressed by Leonard Plukenet in around 1690

Theobroma cacao
Cocoa plant brought back from Jamaica in 1689 by Hans Sloane. Illustration by Everhardus Kickius. Specimen kept in the Botany Library

Pressed Auricula specimens
Specimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)

Drawer of botanical specimens from the Sir Hans Sloane collection. Held in the botany department at the Natural History Museum, London

Various beetles and arachnids
Drawer of a selection of various entomological specimens from the Sloane Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Theobroma cacao, cacao tree
A specimen from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. The seeds of this plant - cocoa, are the source of chocolate

Chaptalia nutans, silverpuff
Chaptalia nutans specimen in the Sloane Herbarium taken from Jamaica

Sapphire turban button
A rose-cut facetted deep-blue sapphire mounted in a button of quartz, inlaid with gold, rubies & emeralds. No 198 in the collection of Sir Hans Sloane

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