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William Collection (page 5)

Background imageWilliam Collection: William de Morgan by Evelyn de Morgan

William de Morgan by Evelyn de Morgan
Portrait of William Frend de Morgan (1839-1917), English potter, tile designer and novelist, by Evelyn de Morgan (nee Pickering). circa 1880s

Background imageWilliam Collection: Sir William De LA More

Sir William De LA More
SIR WILLIAM DE LA MORE soldier in the service of the Black Prince during his campaign in France, knighted on the field of Poitiers, Date: FLOURISHED 1356

Background imageWilliam Collection: Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Battle of Waterloo, 1815 - The Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Watercolour by William Heath, unsigned, 1818 (c).Possibly the original design for Wellingtons Victories plate 29, drawn and etched by W Heath

Background imageWilliam Collection: Major-General The Honourable Sir William Ponsonby KCB

Major-General The Honourable Sir William Ponsonby KCB (1772-1815), 1815 (c).Oil on canvas by unknown artist, 1815 (c).Half-length portrait, almost in profile to left, wearing orders and decorations

Background imageWilliam Collection: Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, by William Heath Robinson

Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, by William Heath Robinson
Scene from the Shakespeare comedy, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Showing a banquet at Orsinos house, with the clown Feste singing a sad love song

Background imageWilliam Collection: William George Barker, RFC pilot and air ace

William George Barker, RFC pilot and air ace
William George Billy Barker (1894-1930), Canadian member of No. 9 Squadron, RFC, seen here wearing a fur coat, standing by his Sopwith Camel. His confirmed victories totalled 50

Background imageWilliam Collection: Teasing Tirpitz, or luring a U boat to Dover, Heath Robinson

Teasing Tirpitz, or luring a U boat to Dover, Heath Robinson
A battered British plane suspends a tiny toy boat on a string, fooling a German U boat into pursuing it all the way to Dover. Another mischievous war tactic dreamed up by William Heath Robinson

Background imageWilliam Collection: Unwavering Divotion by Heath Robinson - golf cartoon

Unwavering Divotion by Heath Robinson - golf cartoon
The Caddie (elevated with the turf): Never mind, Sir, you ve moved the ball. Date: 1914

Background imageWilliam Collection: Battle of Jutland

Battle of Jutland
A scene depicting an action during the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916. William Lionel Wyllie, Ra Ri Re, (1851-1931)

Background imageWilliam Collection: Our Little Contemptibles, WW1

Our Little Contemptibles, WW1
Our Little Contemptibles, by William Barnes Wollen, RI ROI RBC (1857-1936)

Background imageWilliam Collection: Three point turns by W H Robinson

Three point turns by W H Robinson
No need for three point turns, with this double torpedo model with revolving body for obviating the difficult of turning the car in narrow lanes. 1919

Background imageWilliam Collection: Stonehenge from the air

Stonehenge from the air
An article describing the discovery made through aerial photography of a section of the Stonehenge Avenue, 200 years after its original discovery by William Stukeley in 1723

Background imageWilliam Collection: Marquess of Abergavenny, Vanity Fair, Ape

Marquess of Abergavenny, Vanity Fair, Ape
WILLIAM NEVILL, 1st Marquess of ABERGAVENNY (1826 -1915) English peer. Caption: The Tory bloodhound Date: 1875

Background imageWilliam Collection: Advert for William Whiteley, womens underwear 1906

Advert for William Whiteley, womens underwear 1906
Elegant corset cut very low at the bust and rounded at the hips. 1906

Background imageWilliam Collection: William Rowland Peck

William Rowland Peck
WILLIAM ROWLAND PECK English missionary in Sierra Leone Date: circa 1840

Background imageWilliam Collection: Margaret Paston

Margaret Paston
MARGARET PASTON (nee Hewitt) wife of (1) sir William Paston, then (2) of George Strode. Date: ? - 1669

Background imageWilliam Collection: The Quinlan Opera Company

The Quinlan Opera Company
Promotional postcard for The Quinlan Opera Company. Billed as The Greatest Touring Company Ever Organized. Touring to the Royal Hippodrome, Liverpool, 2nd October 1911 Figures, left to right

Background imageWilliam Collection: The Joy Ride Lady by Arthur Anderson & Hartley Carrick

The Joy Ride Lady by Arthur Anderson & Hartley Carrick
Promotional postcard for The Joy Ride Lady adapted by Arthur Anderson and Hartley Carrick from Das Autoliebchen by Jean Kren (Thalia-Theater, Berlin, 16th March 1912); music Jean Gilbert

Background imageWilliam Collection: Weaving Galway Bridge?

Weaving Galway Bridge?
Weaving (Galway Bridge?). Conor, William 1881-1968

Background imageWilliam Collection: Summer Time

Summer Time. Orpen, Sir William 1878-1931

Background imageWilliam Collection: The City Hall under Snow cs

The City Hall under Snow cs
The City Hall under Snow (c1920s). Conor, William 1881-1968. Date: 1920s (circa)

Background imageWilliam Collection: The Butterfly by Barribal

The Butterfly by Barribal
Gorgeous and sumptuous illustration by William Barribal featuring a woman dressed as a butterfly. Date: 1914

Background imageWilliam Collection: The Farce by William Barribal

The Farce by William Barribal
A young red-headed woman seated in a box at the theatre, feigns interest in what her older male companion has to say while secretly enjoying a kiss on the hand from a young, handsome beau. Date: 1917

Background imageWilliam Collection: Helens Tower, Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, Northern Ireland

Helens Tower, Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, Northern Ireland
Helens Tower, Clandeboye Estate in Bangor, Northern Ireland. Commissioned by Lord Dufferin of Clandeboye, designed by Scottish architect William Burn and named in honour of Dufferins mother

Background imageWilliam Collection: Portions of fern

Portions of fern. Chromolithograph from John Gilbert Baker and Sir William Jackson Hooker, Synopsis filicum, or a synopsis of all known ferns. Drawn from nature by Mr. Fitch, F.L.S. Date: 1868

Background imageWilliam Collection: Primula vulgaris, common primrose

Primula vulgaris, common primrose
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. By William Kilburn (1745-1818)

Background imageWilliam Collection: Portmeirion - Mermaid Cottage

Portmeirion - Mermaid Cottage
The village of Portmeirion, Gwynedd - Mermaid Cottage. Sir Clough Williams-Ellis designed and constructed the village between 1925 and 1975

Background imageWilliam Collection: The Bystander Summer Number 1928

The Bystander Summer Number 1928
A bold, colourful cover for The Bystander Summer Number featuring two attractive young women in beachwear. One, wearing a hat and holding a parasol, is more sensible of the sun

Background imageWilliam Collection: The General Strike - Government leaders

The General Strike - Government leaders
Government leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3

Background imageWilliam Collection: Wales / Portmeirion

Wales / Portmeirion
A girl stands by an iron gateway at PORTMEIRION, the village that Clough Williams- Ellis built between 1925 and 1975 on his own private penninsula in Snowdonia

Background imageWilliam Collection: Sergeant William Baacke, Late 109th Regiment of Foot, a Chelsea Pensioner

Sergeant William Baacke, Late 109th Regiment of Foot, a Chelsea Pensioner, served in the Crimean War and seventeen years in East India. Date: 1902

Background imageWilliam Collection: William Hedleys engine

William Hedleys engine, 1813. Listed in RE Bleasdales Locomotive Engines catalogue, entry 1259. Long held at Crag Head, Newcastle and photographed there in 1881

Background imageWilliam Collection: Founding of the Bank of England

Founding of the Bank of England - proposed by William Paterson, the Bank of England was formed with Sir John Houblon as its first Governor, initially located in Mercers Hall. Date: 1694

Background imageWilliam Collection: Pied currawong, Strepera graculina

Pied currawong, Strepera graculina (Noisy crow, Corvus strepera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Background imageWilliam Collection: White-eared hummingbird, Hylocharis leucotis

White-eared hummingbird, Hylocharis leucotis (Trochilus leucotis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology: Hummingbirds, Edinburgh

Background imageWilliam Collection: Wild Thyme, Oxlips, Violet, Woodbine, Musk-roses

Wild Thyme, Oxlips, Violet, Woodbine, Musk-roses and Eglantine (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn

Background imageWilliam Collection: Crab-of-the-woods, Laetiporus sulphureus

Crab-of-the-woods, Laetiporus sulphureus (Polyporus sulphureus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

Background imageWilliam Collection: Beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica

Beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895

Background imageWilliam Collection: Tulipa orphanidea var. whittallii No. 1560

Tulipa orphanidea var. whittallii No. 1560. Silkscreen botanical illustration by Elsie Katherine Dykes from William R. Dykes Notes on Tulip Species, Herbert Jenkins Ltd. London, 1930

Background imageWilliam Collection: Eyed tulip, Tulipa agenensis

Eyed tulip, Tulipa agenensis (Tulipa praecox). Silkscreen botanical illustration by Elsie Katherine Dykes from William R. Dykes Notes on Tulip Species, Herbert Jenkins Ltd. London, 1930

Background imageWilliam Collection: Lady tulip, Tulipa clusiana

Lady tulip, Tulipa clusiana. Silkscreen botanical illustration by Elsie Katherine Dykes from William R. Dykes Notes on Tulip Species, Herbert Jenkins Ltd. London, 1930

Background imageWilliam Collection: Jews mallow, Corchorus olitorius

Jews mallow, Corchorus olitorius
Nalta jute, tossa jute, Jews mallow, Corchorus olitorius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1828

Background imageWilliam Collection: Common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea

Common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea (Wooly leaved foxglove, Digitalis tomentosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine

Background imageWilliam Collection: Common jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla

Common jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787

Background imageWilliam Collection: Haworthia minor or Tulista minima

Haworthia minor or Tulista minima (Least pearl aloe, Aloe margaritifera minima). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The

Background imageWilliam Collection: Widows tears, Tinantia erecta

Widows tears, Tinantia erecta. Upright spiderwort, Tradescantia erecta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical

Background imageWilliam Collection: Downy wattle, Acacia pubescens (vulnerable)

Downy wattle, Acacia pubescens (vulnerable)
Downy wattle, Acacia pubescens, vulnerable (Hairy-stemmed mimosa, Mimosa pubescens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr

Background imageWilliam Collection: Adverts, Robertsons Whisky, William McKinnon & Co

Adverts, Robertsons Whisky, William McKinnon & Co
Adverts for Robertsons Whisky, Dundee, and William McKinnon & Co, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1905



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