Specialised Collection

Mr Malcolm Scott as Salome
Mr Malcolm Scott, Robert Falcon Scotts Brother (!!). Scott was one of the most famous female impersonators. He started his career as a straight actor at the Theatre Royal in Margate in 1886 but soon

Texas Ag-1 N222. The first of the specialised agricultural aircraft, designed and built at Texas A&M College Aircraft Research Center by Fred Weick

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R. 1 XV249
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XV249, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. A replacement R.1 modified for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft, to replace XW666

Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14841
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14841 (MSN 18781), a highly specialised Signals and Communications intelligence gathering aircraft. Date: circa 1990

ERNEST RENAN (1823 - 1892), French philosopher who specialised in religious subjects, photographed just after the publication of his Vie de Jesus (1863)

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 (msn 8040), of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW664
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW664 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW664 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic

Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14843
United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14843 (MSN 18782), a highly specialised Signals and Communications Intelligence gathering aircraft, at RAF Mildenhall, November-December 1997

Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14842
United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14842 (MSN 18782), a highly specialised Signals and Communications Intelligence gathering aircraft, at RAF Mildenhall, December 1997. Date: 1997

Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14846
United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14846 (MSN 18786), a highly specialised Signals and Communications Intelligence gathering aircraft, at RAF Mildenhall circa January 1999

Oscar Paterson (1863-1934) was a Scottish artist based in Glasgow, who specialised in stained glass. Photo: W Ransford Date: circa 1910

Memorial to Belgian pilot Willy Coppens, Klerken, Belgium
The small memorial to Heldhaftig Piloot Willy Coppens is in the Willy Coppens Plein in Klerken. He was Belgians leading fighter ace and, like American Frank Luke

Baby lying down with gas mask on, September 1939
Baby lying in their specialised baby gas mask as someone operates the pumping valve in the background. The image was drawn after a special demonstration of the respirator

Cartoon, One Charles to Another Charles - We can t give you a cat every year! Charles Lauri (left) was a pantomime performer who specialised in animal roles

Underwater Wrecks Museum Salvaged Sherman tank
War wrecks in French waters became the property of the French Government and millions of tons of scrap iron were recovered by specialised firms

Beechcraft F-2-BH
United States Army Air Corps - Beechcraft F-2-BH. (The 14 F-2s were given the msn 340 to 353 and serial numbers 40-682 to 40-695)

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW665 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft

Busoga, Uganda - Heathen Shrine and Medicine Man who specialised in rainmaking.. Date: 1913

Ships of the British Royal Navy, WW2
" The vast, inventive, adaptive, and in the end, all-controlling power of the Royal Navy" - the Prime Ministers tribute in his recent broadcast

Caricature of Charles Lauri, pantomime performer
Caricature of Charles Lauri Junior -- The Drury Lane Poodle. He was a pantomime performer who specialised in animal roles

British mine-laying submarine by G. H. Davis
A British mine-laying submarine: detailed drawings of a boat of the Rorqual Class, in use during the Second World War. It carried out a specialised and dangerous task in enemy waters. Date: 1944

John Sturgess
JOHN STURGESS artist and illustrator who specialised in racehorses, horse racing, coaching and suchlike subjects. Date: CIRCA 1870

Jules Bastien-Lepage - 2
JULES BASTIEN-LEPAGE French artist who specialised in painting peasants, though he also did portraits including Bernhardt. Date: 1848 - 1884

Jules Bastien-Lepage - 1
JULES BASTIEN-LEPAGE French artist who specialised in painting peasants, though he also did portraits including Bernhardt. Date: 1848 - 1884

James Barry
JAMES BARRY (1741 - 1806) Irish artist of a quarrelsome disposition, studied in Italy, specialised in historical and classical subjects. Date: circa 1780

Allocation of heavy bombers by G. H. Davis
The transport problems that would arise were heavy bombers switched from Britain to the Middle East during the Second World War

Specialised aircraft by G. H. Davis
Specialised aircraft: the increasing demands of modern war during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Australian Artist
Australian film actress YVONNE EAST is also a talented artist, who specialised in head studies. In the whirl of stage and screen success, she does not forget art. Date: 1940s

Virginie Dejazet
VIRGINIE DEJAZET French actress who specialised in travesti roles, dressed as a man. Date: 1797 - 1875

Forbes Winslow
FORBES BENIGNUS WINSLOW doctor who specialised in insanity, had his own lunatic asylum, a key figure in early psychiatry. Date: 1810 - 1874

Chas. Canning Winmill
CHARLES CANNING WINMILL architect who specialised in fire stations but also designed the splendid premises of the Mary Evans Picture Library. Date: 1865 - 1945

Irene Di Spilimbergo
IRENE DI SPILIMBERGO Italian artist from a noble family, who may have specialised in mosaic work Date: 1541 - ?

JAN STEEN
JAN HAVICKSZOON STEEN Dutch artist who seems to have specialised in scenes of daily life. Date: 1626 - 1679

Godfried Schalcken
GODFRIED SCHALCKEN Dutch artist who specialised in candelit scenes Date: 1643 - 1706

Godfried Schalcken 2
GODFRIED SCHALCKEN Dutch artist who specialised in candelit scenes Date: 1643 - 1706

Central London Sick Asylum, Colindale, Hendon, London
Distant view of the Central London District Sick Asylum at Colindale, Hendon, North London, opened in 1900 for infectious cases from poor law authorities in central London

Bombing of Berlin, Germany; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing bombs exploding in Berlins industrial zone during an Allied air-raid on the German capital, 6th August 1944

Russian field hospital in France
The Russians specialised in Red Cross work, developing field hospital organisations since the Manchurian War. Pictured is a hospital staffed entirely by Russians in France

Ernest Renan / Vfair 1910
ERNEST RENAN French philosopher who specialised in religious subjects

Mademoiselle Mars
ANNE FRANCOISE HIPPOLYTE BOUTET, mademoiselle MARS French actress admired by Napoleon, specialised in Moliere and Marivaux

Ellsworth / Northrop
Lincoln Ellsworth, American aviator, and his Northrop: he specialised in flights over the Arctic

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