Wight Collection

Map of Isle of Wight
A Map of the Isle of Wight, showing the internal railway system and the new & short route between the island and the Hampshire coast

Map / Isle of Wight C1857
Map of the Isle of Wight (County series)

Shanklin, old village, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Ventnor, Steephill Cove, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Suspension Pier, Seaview, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
The elegant Suspension Pier, Seaview, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. The suspension pier was designed by Frank Caws, a Seaview-born engineer/architect then working in Sunderland

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Spithead Air Ferry to and from the island, winter fare seven shillings and sixpence return, seven services daily

Isle of Wight / Needles
Isle of Wight: The Needles

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, showing a passenger airliner flying above a cruise liner, advertising Travel by Air Ferry to Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. 20th century

Map of the Isle of Wight, showing the principal roads (marked in red) and the internal Island rail network Date: 1910

Boys Swimming, Training Ship Mercury, River Hamble, Hants
Boys from the Training Ship Mercury swimming nude in the River Hamble

Isle of Wight / Ventnor
Isle of Wight: Ventnor

Yachting at Cowes
In the foaming wake of a racing cutter Date: 1914

Sandown, Isle of Wight, viewed from Battery Gardens - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Sandbanks Chain Ferry No. 1 - Entrance to Poole Harbour
The No.1 steam-powered Sandbanks chain ferry. Sandbanks Ferry is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the entrance of Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset

Spithead & Shoreham Air Ferries Poster
Poster, Spithead & Shoreham Air Ferries, showing a passenger plane G-ABVB above a map of the south coast. Save time, see more, give your holiday a flying start

Railway Air Services Poster
Railway Air Services (RAS) Poster, serving Plymouth, Teignmouth, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham, London (Croydon) and Isle of Wight

Training Ship Mercury, River Hamble, Hampshire
The Training Ship Mercury was established in 1885 by the London philanthropist Charles Hoare

Ventnor, Isle of Wight, one of the pleasant resorts of this lovely island

British and Russian Royal Families at Osborne House, Isle of Wight on 4th August 1909

Western Airways Ltd Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar Western Airways Ltd, Bristol to Cardiff Air Express, 15 minutes, 9 shillings and sixpence single fare

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd (PS & IOWA), showing an aeroplane flying above a route map from London to the Isle of Wight, with a May to August timetable and fares

Western Airways Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar (Western Airways) Ltd, showing prices and times from Bristol to various destinations by Air Express Daily, including special day returns. 20th century

Pleasure Flights Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Bembridge Farm Aerodrome at any time by arrangement at the farm

Seaview near Ryde, II. Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Training Ship Mercury and boys racing crew, River Hamble
The racing crew of the training ship Mercury with the ship itself in the background

Isle of Wight / Shorwell
Isle of Wight: Shorwell

Totland Bay, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Multiview, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Multiview, Cowes, near Newport, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1910s

Seaview near Ryde, I. Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, showing a passenger airliner flying above a cruise liner. With a list of principal agents, fares and route map. 20th century

Shanklin, Chine, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Bonchurch Pond, I. Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Bembridge Lifeboat Stn
The Lifeboat Station at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England

Queen Elizabeth Liner
The Queen Elizabeth, the largest of the P. & O. Liners, seen here in the Solent, off the Isle of Wight, England

Bonchurch the Church
The old church

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd (PS & IOWA), Daily Air Services to Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth, Portsmouth & Southsea, London. Book Here. 20th century

Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Tower by the Beach, Appley, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire
Around 1875 Sir William Hutt had a folly built just above the beach in the form of a castle tower. The tower is circular, with battlements, a turret and an external stair

Whitecliff Bay, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Date: circa 1930s

Daredevil Diver Leslie Gadsby, Shanklin Pier, Isle of Wight and his variety of crazy dives, including a 90ft dive in a sack, a 45ft long arm balance

Osborne House, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

The Beach at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Date: circa 1909

Isle of Wight / Godshill
Isle of Wight: Godshill

The Beach, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
The Beach, Shanklin, near Sandown, Isle of Wight, England. Showing Bathing Huts & Rowing Boats Date: 1910s

The Yacht Club - Seaview, Isle of Wight, Hampshire Date: 1903

Westland SRN6, SR-N6-150, of Hovertravel, leaving the Southsea Terminal en route to Ryde, Isle of Wight

Freshwater Bay Arch and Stag Rocks, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Lord Mountbatten inspecting Sea Scouts
Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma, Commodore of Sea Scouts, inspecting the 2nd Cowes Sea Scouts on the opening of their new Headquarters. August 1977

County Asylum, Newport, Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight County Lunatic Asylum was opened in 1896 at Sandy Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight. It later became the Isle of Wight County Mental Hospital and then Whitecroft Hospital

Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in an aeroplane
Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in a two-seater aeroplane

The Needles, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Fine aerial view of The Needles Rocks and lighthouse, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Date: circa 1920s

Farringford, Isle of Wight

The Path by the Shore, Bembridge, Isle of Wight - real photo postcard by E.A. Sweetman and Son, 1936 Date: 1936

Newport Isle of Wight early 1900s

Ventnor, Isle of Wight, viewed from East Cliffs - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Appley Beach, Shanklin, Isle of Wight - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Winkle Street, Calbourne, Isle of Wight - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Horestone Point, Seaview, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875, by Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895). French Impressionist painter. Eug?¨ne Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875. Marmottan Monet Museum. Paris. France

Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - High Street. Date: (insert date)

Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - Whitecliffe Bay, West Date: circa 1909

Wedding of Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenberg
Marriage of Princess Beatrice (1857 - 1944) youngest child of Queen Victoria, to Prince Henry of Battenberg at Whippingham, Isle of Wight. 23 July 1885

Entrance to Pontoon, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1900s

Steamer Solent leaving Lymington Pier for Isle of Wight
The Ferry Steamer Solent leaving Lymington Pier for the Isle of Wight. Date: 1908

Ventnor - Isle of Wight - Union Cottage, Spring Hill Date: circa 1870s

Aerial view of Sandown, Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight, Newport, High Street Street scene. Date: 1909

Cover design, Railway Air Services timetable in conjunction with Spartan Air Lines Ltd, between London and the Isle of Wight. circa 1936

Brochure design, Cobham Air Routes, serving London, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, the Isle of Wight, and Guernsey. circa 1935

Ventnor, Cottage Hospital, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

RMS Carnarvon Castle Passing the Needles, 1927
Illustration of the Union-Castle Line Royal Mail Motorship Carnarvon Castle passing the Needles, Isle of Wight, on its way to South Africa

Isle of Wight / Shanklin
Isle of Wight: Shanklin Chine

Freshwater Arched Rock
The arched rock in Freshwater Bay

Black Gang Chine I. O. W
A majestic site - note the size of the boats

Beach at Totland Bay, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - Lane End Date: circa 1909

Tennyson Farringford
Alfred lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the poets home at Farringford, Isle of Wight

Bembridge, Isle of Wight - Hampshire - Redwing Class yachts (after the first re-design) Date: circa 1950s

The Chine, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1900s

People and car on ferry at Cowes, Isle of Wight
People and a car on the ferry at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Date: 1922

Sir Godfrey Baring, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR GODFREY BARING, 1st Baronet (1871-1957) Liberal Member of Parliament for Barnstaple and the Isle of Wight. Caption: Isle of Wight Date: 1871 - 1957

HMS Eurydice, Portsmouth Harbour, 1878
Engraving showing HMS Eurydice in Portsmouth Harbour, shortly before her last voyage, 1878. Launched in 1843 as a 21-gun frigate, by 1878 Eurydice was being used as a training ship

Paddle Steamer Balmoral, Isle of Wight
Paddle Steamer Balmoral, near The Solent, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1922

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