Vita Collection

Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, sees his beloved Beatrice
Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, best known for his long narrative poem, the Divine Comedy, sees his beloved Beatrice Portinari on the Lung Arno, Florence

Motor yacht Vita owned by Sir Thomas Sopworth, 1930s
Motor yacht Vita owned by Sir Thomas Sopworth (1934). Purchased by Sopwith as Argosy (from Charles Stone) and renamed Vita as mother ship for his racing yacht Endeavour. Date: circa 1934

Dorothy Violet Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1889-1956), styled Lady Gerald Wellesley between 1914 and 1943, born Dorothy Violet Ashton, socialite, author, poet and literary editor

Alec James of Arsenal in the gym
Arsenal player Alec James tries out the Vita Gymno Frame in the Gym at Arsenals Highbury Football Ground

Violet Keppel Trefusis
VIOLET TREFUSIS Writer and lover of Vita Sackville-West

SUETONIUS, Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (69 - after 122). Vita Duodecim Caesarum (The Lives of the Twelve Caesars) by

The Albertina Raschs senoritas in MGMs New Moon with Albertina Vitak, 1930 Date: 1930

Procession of riders on unicorn, goat and horse
A procession with riders mounted on a unicorn, a goat and a horse wearing heraldic colours. The male and female riders hold lances with banners

Isabel de Villena (1430-1490). Female writer. Vita Christi
Isabel de Villena (1430-1490). Female writer in the Catalan language. Vita Christi (Christs Life), 1527. Incunable. Spain

Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson
Following their marriage at Knole Park, Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West leave for their honeymoon Date: 1 October 1913

Vita Sackville-West
Following her marriage to diplomat Harold Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West leaves Knole Park for her honeymoon Date: 1 October 1913

Cadburys Happy Families - Mr Good
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mr Good the Grocer. circa 1950

Petrus Alphonsi (1062-1140) Jewish Spanish physician, writer
Petrus Alphonsi (1062-1140) also known as Peter Alfonsi. Born Moses Sephardi. Was a Jewish Spanish physician, writer, astronomer, and polemicist, who converted to Christianity

Lady Drogheda and son
Lady Drogheda and her son Viscount Moore, aged three years and five months, at the Knole Park wedding of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West

Vita Mathildis. Ms Lat 4922. 1114. Emperor Henry IV, kneeling before Matilda of Tuscany in the presence of the abbot Hug of Cluny, asking her to intercede for him with the Pope Gregory VII (1077)

PALMIERI, Matteo (1406-1475). Italian writer
" PALMIERI, Matteo (1406-1475). Italian writer. The zodiac. 15th c. Illustration for an edition of his poem, " La Cittࠤ i vita" (The City of Life). Renaissance art

Niccolo Dellarca (15th century). Mourning of the Marias over the Dead Christ. 1462-1463. Right detail. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Terra-cotta. ITALY. Bologna. National Picture Gallery

Illustration of the work Citt. della vita (The City of Life), (ms. 40, 53 Plut.) with the zodiacal signs:

D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magn

Sentimental postcard - I will love you forever
" T amero per la Vita" (" I will love you, forever" ) Date: circa 1916

Violet Trefusis / Morgan
VIOLET TREFUSIS Writer, and passionate friend of Vita Sackville-West

Calderon / Life is a Dream
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA Spanish playwright, with a seene from La vita e un sogno - Life is a Dream

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