Traveller Collection

Gypsies and their caravans Date: 1910s

Harbour, The Dyke, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
19th century vintage photograph: sailing ships in the harbour, The Dyke, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Hanways Umbrella / Anon
JONAS HANWAY Traveller, philanthropist, and umbrella enthusiast

Fable / Wind and Sun
THE WIND AND THE SUN Both disputed over who could cause the traveller to shed his cloak; the wind blew strongly, but in the suns gentle heat the man derobed

GERTRUDE BELL 1868-1926
GERTRUDE M L BELL English traveller, archaeologist and government official

Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou (The Fool)
Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou or Le Mat (The Fool)

Marianne North (1830-1890) traveller, artist & naturalist; here at work in Grahamstown

The Arkansas Traveller
Scene in the Back Woods of Arkansas. The Arkansas Traveller visiting a family in a hut with a whisky sign Date: 1870

Policeman talk to Gypsies on Epsom Downs
Two Policeman talk to a Gypsy family by their caravan and wagon on Epsom Downs Date: circa 1920s

Gypsy caravan and trap in a wood clearing. Pen & ink with watercolour wash sketch by Raymond Sheppard

French Wagons-Lit poster
Poster advertising the French National Railways Wagon-Lits (sleeper train) service to Switzerland, Italy and the Cote d Azur

Richard Burton / Leighton2
SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON Traveller and writer

Portraits of Royal Dogs
Portraits of Queen Victorias Stag Hounds. Left to Right: Troilus, Truant, Dragsman, Truman, Rummemede & Traveller

Mary Henrietta Kingsley, traveller and writer, in her canoe on the Ogooue (Ogowe) River in Gabon, West Central Africa, in 1896

Bell Picnics in Iraq
GERTRUDE M L BELL English traveller picnicking with King Faisal of Iraq, (seated, second right) in 1922

Mary Kingsley
MARY HENRIETTA KINGSLEY Traveller and writer

Richard Burton / Woodbury
SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON Traveller and writer

Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA
19th century vintage photograph: interior courtyard, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California, USa

Man on his 1956 / 7 Royal Enfield motorcycle
Travelling biker on his 1956/7 Royal Enfield Meteor motorcycle outside the Post Office at John O Groats in the late 1950s

Lady Anne Blunt, traveller in Arabia and the Middle East
Lady Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth (1837-1917), English traveller in Arabia and the Middle East, buyer and breeder of Arab horses. circa 1860s

Thrilling Wonder Stories scifi magazine cover - THE IONIAN CYCLE
THE IONIAN CYCLE (William Tenn) A space traveller from Earth encounters some interesting fauna emerging from eggs, pods, shells or whatever. Date: 1948

Traffic and boats along the Bund, Shanghai, China, c. 1920 Vintage early 20th century
Traffic and boats along the Bund, Shanghai, China, c.1920 Vintage early 20th century photograph

Meenakshi Temple, Madura, Madurai, India
Vintage late 19th century photograph:Meenakshi Temple, Madura, Madurai, India

Young woman putting on makeup at a mirror, Japan, c. 1880 s
Young woman putting on makeup at a mirror, Japan, c.1880s Vintage late 19th century photograph

Cliff House, overlooking the ocean, San Francisco, California
c.1900 vintage photograph: Cliff House, overlooking the ocean, San Francisco, California

The Lady Traveller: Olive MacLeod in Africa 1911
Olive MacLeod depicted outside her bivouac in " the heart of Africa". MacLeod was the younger daughter of the Permanent Under-Secretary for Scotland Sir Reginald MacLeod

Saint Brendan / Whale
SAINT BRENDAN Irish religious and traveller who starred in a popular legend in which he encountered a giant whale Date: 484 - 577

Rosita Forbes
Joan Rosita Forbes (1890-1967) British traveller and writer. Forbes travelled extensively in the Middle East during 1921, often incognito

Return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
The return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza -- Sancho kneels and raises his arms, no doubt relieved to be back home

Ox drawn wagon train crossing a river, South Africa
Vintage 19th century photograph: Ox drawn wagon train crossing a river, South Africa

Bristol - Cabot Tower, Brandon Hill. The tower was built in the 1890s to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the journey of the Genoese explorer John Cabot from Bristol to lands which later became

Tatler cover - Rosita Forbes
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller and author (later Mrs. A. T. McGrath)

Lise Cristiani / Mettais
LISE CRISTIANI Musician, and traveller in the Far East Date: -

Gipsy woman with four children
A gipsy woman with four children, standing outside their caravan

The landing of Nuno Tristao in Guinea
Portuguese Colonial History Series - The landing of Nuno Tristao (15th century Portuguese explorer and slave trader) in Guinea - purported to be the first European visitor to the country

Milton / Comus / Stars 1634
the Stars That nature hung in Heav n, and fill d their Lamps with everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely Travailer. Date: First published : 1634

Inside a tent on Mitcham Common, the home to two men, their wives, and fourteen children of various ages. Mr. George Smith, social reformer of Coalville, Leicester

Jonas Hanway / Umbrella 2
JONAS HANWAY Traveller, philanthropist, and umbrella enthusiast

Between Two Fires 17C
A Puritan traveller is caught between two fires at a wayside inn

Ignis Fatuus (Colour)
The ignis fatuus, or marsh light, lures the unwary traveller into dangerous marshwaters

Adelaide Hills, Australia
Late 19th century photograph - Adelaide Hills, Australia

Army barracks, Subathu, India, now a Gurkha base
Vintage 19th century photograph: Army barracks, Subathu, India, now a Gurkha base

View of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: View of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Australia - Sydney Museum
c.1900 vintage photograph: Australia - Sydney Museum

Newcastle, ship in the harbour, New South Wales, Australia
19th century vintage photograph: Newcastle, ship in the harbour, New South Wales, Australia

Gipsy women sketched by Queen Victoria
Gipsy women, encamped near Claremont in Surrey where Queen Victoria spent the Christmas of 1836 (when she was still Princess Victoria)

The Turn of the Tune
Traveller Playing the Arkansas Traveller. The Turn of the Tune. Date: 1870

Sir Thomas Urquhart
SIR THOMAS URQUHART Scottish scholar, soldier, traveller, best known for his highly praised translation of Rabelais

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