Squares Collection

Suffragette Board Game PANK-A-SQUITH
A suffragette board game called Pank-A-Squith which was first advertised in the pages of Votes for Women, October 1909. It was described as a highly artistic TABLE GAME that helps to spread

Opera Square with Ibrahim Pasha statue in Cairo, Egypt
Opera Square with Ibrahim Pasha statue and the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt was the second ruler of the Khedivate instituted by the Muhammad Ali dynasty

Attack on the British Squares by French Cavalry, Waterloo
Attack on the British Squares by French Cavalry, Battle of Waterloo, 1815.Watercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815. Associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars

Design for wallpaper with peacock feathers
Design for wallpaper with stylised peacock feathers. Pencil and gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1905

London Map 1806
London extending from the head of the Paddington Canal West, and to the West India Docks East. Date: 1806

Owen Jones Byzantine 30
Designs from mosaics and marble pavements in Rome, Venice, Ravenna and Monreale

Piazza Di Spagna, Rome
The Piazza di Spagna, one of the most popular meeting places and visually pleasing squares in Rome, Italy. Date: 1930s

Owen Jones Assyrian 13
Designs taken from enamelled bricks, ornaments from a kings clothing, bronze shields and vessels, and a battering ram, from Khorsabad and Nimroud

Owen Jones Assyrian 14
Designs taken from columns and capitals, pilasters and mouldings, at Persepolis, Istakhr, Bi Sutoun and Ispahan

Snakes and Ladders game board Date: circa 1920s

Comic postcard, hen and suspicious cockerel Date: 20th century

Swahili women dressing each others hair, East Africa
Swahili women of East Africa (then part of the British Empire), dressing each others hair. Date: 1922

Christmas card in the shape of an open paintbox, with brushes and a country scene. (3 of 3) Date: circa 1890s

Copper plate, The horse of Ostend, by Robert Austin
Original copper plate (cancelled), The horse of Ostend, by Robert Austin. 1921

Copper plate, Widow of a hero, by Robert Austin
Original copper plate (cancelled), Widow of a hero, by Robert Austin. circa early 1920s

Wrapping paper or wallpaper design -- black and white squares with leaf shapes. Date: 2015

At the battle of BAYLEN the French under Dupont are utterly defeated by the Spanish : here they are depicted making their last stand Date: 19 July 1808

A LONDON SQUARE
Queen Square, London - typical of the elegant residential squares of 18th century towns Date: circa 1810

Place Menelik in Djibouti City
Place Menelik with post office on the right in Djibouti City, north-eastern Africa. Date: circa 1920

Piazza Italia in Asmara, Eritrea. Date: circa 1920

Muhammad Ali Square in Alexandria, Egypt
Carriages and pedestrians on Muhammad Ali Square in Alexandria, Egypt. The square is named after self-proclaimed first Khedive of Egypt

Royal Game of Ur. Early Dynastic III Period. 2600-2400 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Map of the St Marylebone area, London. Date: circa 1900

Palette-shaped Christmas card with an open paintbox and seaside scene. Date: circa 1890s

Fountain on the main square of a village in Djibouti
People gathering water from a fountain on the main square of a village in Djibouti, north-eastern Africa. Date: 1936

Ataba-el-Khadra (Ataba Square) in Cairo, Egypt
Tram station, carriages and construction work on a major building at Ataba-el-Khadra (Ataba Square) in Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1910s

Martyrs Square in Damascus, Syria
General view on Damascus, Syria, with Martyrs Square in the foreground with Telegraph Monument (right) and trams. Date: circa 1918

Art nouveau design with blue leaves. Date: circa 1920s

Tile designs in SMB wallpaper sample book
Fourteen Tileonite tile designs in an SMB wallpaper sample book. The only British made enamelled metal decoration on zinc. Date: 1934

Background effects, SMB wallpaper sample book
A selection of background effects, with code numbers, in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

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

Design for Carpet Filling. Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1934

With the Tile Club, Marie Conron as Violet Remington
Theatre publicity card, Marie Conron as Violet Remington in a play entitled With The Tile Club. She was associated with Gilbert and Sullivan productions in America. circa 1880s

Parliament and Library Squares (Dublin) - a copy photo of an engraving of early Dublin. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Dublin; Dublin). Date: circa early 1900s

Victoria Square, Montreal in Canada, showing a Memorial of Queen victoria unveiled in 1872. Date: Circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of an open paintbox, with brushes. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, The Little Guignol, Game of Cubes. A satire on the modern art style of Cubism, showing an artist on stage, a woman dressed in squares and cubes, and a pantomime horse for good measure

Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104. 5
Smokers Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104.5. Date: circa 1880s

Fancy Wood Tables, Plate 101. 5
Fancy Wood Tables, Plate 101.5, showing a range of tables, some with squares marked for chess and draughts. Date: circa 1880s

Chess Board Frock 1930S
A silk dress with a high neck line and full, 3/4-length sleeves in a brown and white chess board check design. Worn with gauntlets & a belt with pointed ends & button fastener Date: 1930s

Owen Jones Pompeian 23
A collection of borders from different houses in Pompeii Date: 1868

St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London. Date: circa 1920s

How Betty can make a Christmas hankie for mother, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Art nouveau design with geometrical shapes. Date: circa 1920s

Floral design in SMB wallpaper sample book
Floral design in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

Silesian bride on her way to church Gold-decorated
Silesian bride on her way to church. Gold-decorated hat, dress and cloak made of squares of fur.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of

Italy - Naples - Piazza del lebiscito
Coloured lantern slide of Piazza del Plebiscito, which is one of the largest squares in Naples. The piazza is flanked by the Royal Palace of Naples and the church San Francesco di Paolo

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