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Background imageWallis Collection: Autumn leaves

Autumn leaves
Children chasing leaves as they fall from the trees. Artist: Kathleen Wallis Coates Date: circa 1922

Background imageWallis Collection: Wallis cattleya orchid, Cattleya wallisii

Wallis cattleya orchid, Cattleya wallisii (Cattleya eldorado). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageWallis Collection: Wallis pescatorea orchid, Pescatoria wallisii

Wallis pescatorea orchid, Pescatoria wallisii (Zygopetalum wallisi). Central America. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Background imageWallis Collection: Queen Purea of Tahiti surrendering to Tobias

Queen Purea of Tahiti surrendering to Tobias
Fictional depiction of Queen Purea (Oberea) offering a plantain leaf in surrender to sailors of the Dolphin, 1767. (Captain Samuel Wallis was too ill with scurvy to leave the ship so Tobias Furneaux)

Background imageWallis Collection: Artists and Amateurs Society Conversazione, Walliss Rooms

Artists and Amateurs Society Conversazione, Walliss Rooms
Artists and Amateurs Society Conversazione at Walliss Rooms, London. 1860s

Background imageWallis Collection: Ellen Lancaster-Wallis in Adrienne Lecouvreur

Ellen Lancaster-Wallis in Adrienne Lecouvreur - in The Theatre Magazine, October 1885. 1885

Background imageWallis Collection: Wallis and Steevens Road Roller GOU 537 Amy

Wallis and Steevens Road Roller GOU 537 Amy
Wallis & Steevens Road Roller GOU 537 Amy at Redruth steam rally. Advance 10 ton Steam Roller supplied new to the War Department (Royal Engineers, Aldershot)

Background imageWallis Collection: Wallis and Steevens Road Roller 7832

Wallis and Steevens Road Roller 7832
Maker: Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke Type: Road Roller Number: 7832 Built: 1926 Registration: HO 6472 Class: SY Cylinders: Single Nhp: 1 Date: 1970s-1980s

Background imageWallis Collection: Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine Fair Rosamund

Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine Fair Rosamund
Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine, regn. BL 4707, number: 7370, Fair Rosamund - Old Bill ). Built by Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke in 1914, powered by a 6 Nhp single cylinder steam engine

Background imageWallis Collection: Five fashions from the 1960s. From l-r: Sleeveless plum

Five fashions from the 1960s. From l-r: Sleeveless plum and mustard contrasting wool crepe dress by Tony Armstrong; Long-sleeved black voile dress with white paving stone pattern from Wallis; Printed

Background imageWallis Collection: A rare King Edward VIII pillar box, Lilliput, Dorset, England

A rare King Edward VIII pillar box, Lilliput, Dorset, England. He reigned from January - December 1936, when he abdicated to marry divorcee Wallis Simpson. Date: 1936

Background imageWallis Collection: Victoria Coach Station, London

Victoria Coach Station, London, built in a distinctive Art Deco style by architects Wallis, Gilbert and Partners, opening in 1932

Background imageWallis Collection: H. R. H the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield

H. R. H the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield
H.R.H the Duke of Windsor (former King Edward VIII) following his abdication in December 1936, to Mrs Wallis Warfield, photograph of the couple the day before their wedding in music-room of Chateau

Background imageWallis Collection: Wallis & Steevens Traction Engine HO5815 Boxer

Wallis & Steevens Traction Engine HO5815 Boxer (msn 7115), built 1910, at the 1959 Andover Steam Rally. (Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England produced agricultural equipment)

Background imageWallis Collection: Terrace of the Gornergrat Hotel with view of Matterhorn

Terrace of the Gornergrat Hotel with view of Matterhorn (Mont Cervin), Switzerland. Date: 1908

Background imageWallis Collection: Duke of Windsor with Mrs Wallis Simpson - Chateau de Cande

Duke of Windsor with Mrs Wallis Simpson - Chateau de Cande
Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII (1894-1972), with Mrs Wallis Simpson (1896-1986), Chateau de Cande, near Tours, France in May 1937

Background imageWallis Collection: Wallis Simpsons home at Bryanston Court in Tatler, 1935

Wallis Simpsons home at Bryanston Court in Tatler, 1935
Page from The Tatler in July 1935 featuring the home beautiful of Mrs Ernest Simpson, aka Wallis Simpson (Duchess of Windsor) at Bryanston Court

Background imageWallis Collection: Ernest Simpson (1897 - 1958)

Ernest Simpson (1897 - 1958)
Ernest Aldrich Simpson, the second husband of Wallis Warfield Spencer, who became better known by her married name, Mrs Wallis Simpson

Background imageWallis Collection: Beagle-Wallis WA-116 XR944 British Army Biggin Hill

Beagle-Wallis WA-116 XR944 British Army Biggin Hill
Built by Beagle Aircraft to the design of ex-RAF bomber pilot Wing Commander Ken Wallis, the Beagle-Wallis WA-116 was an autogyro created mainly for military reconnaissance and surveillance

Background imageWallis Collection: Two Women from Wallis and Futuna

Two Women from Wallis and Futuna
Two Women (Missionary Sisters) from Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands - a French island collectivity in the South Pacific. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWallis Collection: Beagle-Wallis WA-116 autogyro XR942

Beagle-Wallis WA-116 autogyro XR942
Beagle-Wallis WA-116 autogyro, XR942

Background imageWallis Collection: Duke of Windsor funeral service

Duke of Windsor funeral service
The funeral service for the late Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) at St Georges Chapel, Windsor. The picture shows Queen Elizabeth II leaving the chapel after the service

Background imageWallis Collection: Cause and Effect by Wallis Mills - tennis fashion cartoon

Cause and Effect by Wallis Mills - tennis fashion cartoon
The new fashion for tennis shorts inspires one player to discard her dress and play in her underwear, much to the consternation and shock of some elderly female spectators. Date: 1931

Background imageWallis Collection: Beagle-Wallis WA-116 XR942 British Army Biggin Hill

Beagle-Wallis WA-116 XR942 British Army Biggin Hill
Built by Beagle Aircraft to the design of ex-RAF bomber pilot Wing Commander Ken Wallis, the Beagle-Wallis WA-116 was an autogyro created mainly for military reconnaissance and surveillance

Background imageWallis Collection: M. Baynon Copeland working portraits of Lady Mountbatten & W

M. Baynon Copeland working portraits of Lady Mountbatten & W
Mrs R. C. Anderson, American artist who painted under the name of M. Baynon Copeland, pictured in her studio at work on a portrait of Lady Louis Mountbatten

Background imageWallis Collection: The Duchess of Windsor in the Bahamas

The Duchess of Windsor in the Bahamas
The Duchess of Windsor (Wallis Simpson) in the Bahamas in c. 1940. The Duke was stationed there as governor during the Second World War. Date: c. 1940

Background imageWallis Collection: Wallis Simpson at Quaglinos, April 1936

Wallis Simpson at Quaglinos, April 1936
Wallis Simpson (Mrs Ernest Simpson), later Duchess of Windsor, pictured with (from left), Lieutenant Colonel M. F. Scanlon, the Assistant Military Attache at the American Embassy

Background imageWallis Collection: Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson

Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson
The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, pictured with Mrs. Wallis Simpson in May 1937 at the Chateau de Cande. Edward abdicated the throne in December 1936 in order to marry Wallis on 3rd

Background imageWallis Collection: Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson on holiday on the Dalmatian c

Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson on holiday on the Dalmatian c
King Edward VIII (1894-1972), later Duke of Windsor together with Mrs. Wallis Simpson (1896-1986), later Duchess of Windsor on the Dalmatian coast in August 1936

Background imageWallis Collection: Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
A colour illustration of Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Mrs Ernest Simpson) featured in The Sketch, prior to her marriage to the Duke of Windsor on the 3rd June 1937

Background imageWallis Collection: The Sketch front cover: Mrs Ernest Simpson

The Sketch front cover: Mrs Ernest Simpson
Front cover of The Sketch magazine in March 1935, featuring a portrait by Dorothy Wilding of Mrs Ernest (Wallis) Simpson. The caption reads: Mrs Simpson is the beautiful wife of Mr

Background imageWallis Collection: Wallis Simpson watches trooping the colour

Wallis Simpson watches trooping the colour
Wallis Simpson at the window of Buckingham Palace watching the Trooping the Colour on the 3rd June 1972. Wallis had travelled to England and was received by the Queen on the death of her husband

Background imageWallis Collection: Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor

Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Wedding day of the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) to Mrs Wallis Simpson on the 3rd June 1937 at the Chateau de Cande, near Tours in France

Background imageWallis Collection: How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 2

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 2
The hearty shows enthusiasm at a gathering of intelligentsia. Date: 1929

Background imageWallis Collection: The Show-Girls Wedding by Wallis Mills

The Show-Girls Wedding by Wallis Mills
A showgirl bride and her husband run the gauntlet of high kicking legs for her unusual guard of honour after leaving the church. Date: 1929

Background imageWallis Collection: London, England - Great Exhibition 1851

London, England - Great Exhibition 1851 - Distant View of glass building and crowds.. Part of Box 177 Boswell collection - Round about London

Background imageWallis Collection: A. Wallis Myers - tennis journalist

A. Wallis Myers - tennis journalist
Arthur Wallis Myers CBE (24 July 1878 17 June 1939), English tennis correspondent, editor, author and player. He is considered to be one of the leading tennis journalists of the first half of

Background imageWallis Collection: Couple at the Cambridge Uni Conservative ball

Couple at the Cambridge Uni Conservative ball
A couple - Miss Colette Hinedson and Mr Leslie Thornton-Wallis - dancing the samba (apparently!) at the Cambridge University Conservative Association Ball. Date: 1949

Background imageWallis Collection: Marriage or war work, WW1 cartoon by A. Wallis Mills

Marriage or war work, WW1 cartoon by A. Wallis Mills
Cartoon by A Wallis Mills in Printers Pie telling the story of a young woman who refuses an officers marriage proposal as she means to do her bit for the war by getting involved in war work

Background imageWallis Collection: Josephine (Wallis)

Josephine (Wallis)
MARIE JOSEPHE ROSE TASCHER de BEAUHARNAIS empress of Napoleon I wearing her hair long, with tiara and necklaces. Date: 1763 - 1814

Background imageWallis Collection: John Wallis (Cipriani 2)

John Wallis (Cipriani 2)
John Wallis (1616 - 1703) mathematician, scholar, decodifier

Background imageWallis Collection: JOohn Wallis (Cipriani)

JOohn Wallis (Cipriani)
John Wallis (1616 - 1703) mathematician, scholar, decodifier 1791

Background imageWallis Collection: What People Are Wearing - Lady Birdwood

What People Are Wearing - Lady Birdwood
Lady Birdwood wearing a Courr觥s copy trouser suit from Wallis. Date: 1966

Background imageWallis Collection: Studio portrait, middle aged woman with terrier

Studio portrait, middle aged woman with terrier
Studio portrait, middle aged Edwardian woman with a terrier, photo by H Wallis, Cambridge. circa 1900s

Background imageWallis Collection: Greetings from Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Greetings from Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Greetings card from Baltimore, Maryland, USA, with various scenes: Mount Royal Station, New Custom House, Watson Monument, Druid Hill Park, Teakle Wallis Monument, Cathedral, City Hall

Background imageWallis Collection: Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson in France

Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson in France
Wallis Simpson and Edward formerly King Edward VIII, married on 3 June 1937 at the Chⴥ au de Cand鬠 France. Edward abdicated the throne in order to marry her. 3 June 1937

Background imageWallis Collection: Distorted rails after fire in Hackney, East London

Distorted rails after fire in Hackney, East London
Distorted rails after a fire at Wallis Road, Hackney, East London, 16 August 1955. The fire involved baled cork in the arch under Clarnico Bridge on the railway line between Stratford

Background imageWallis Collection: War Economy by A. Wallis Mills, WW1

War Economy by A. Wallis Mills, WW1
Lady Sybil de Vere: " Do look at those extraordinary people. Their clothes are quite new!" Sir Hugo: " Rotten bad form



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