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Background imageWright Collection: Horace Shorts notebook - sketches of Wright Flyer at Pau

Horace Shorts notebook - sketches of Wright Flyer at Pau
A page from Horace Shorts notebook containing his detailed sketches of the Wright Flyer made at Pau, France, in February 1909. Date: 1909

Background imageWright Collection: Cuba - First Pan American Airways service

Cuba - First Pan American Airways service
Cuba - The First Pan American Airways (PAN-AM) service between Key West, United States and Havana, Cuba in October 1927. Pan American Airways was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Background imageWright Collection: Queen Berengaria

Queen Berengaria
BERENGARIA (1165 - 1230) Daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre, she became the Queen of Richard I of England while he was crusading

Background imageWright Collection: Just Wright by David Wright

Just Wright by David Wright
A young woman in a red dress with a plunging neckline and a large, wide brimmed hat to protect her English rose complexion from the sun, contemplates the viewer with a slightly arrogant air

Background imageWright Collection: September 1953 by David Wright

September 1953 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: July 1953 by David Wright

July 1953 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: A Bunch of Sweetness by David Wright

A Bunch of Sweetness by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: One D--n Thing After Another ! by David Wright

One D--n Thing After Another ! by David Wright
One D-n Thing After Another! by David Wright, showing an almost naked woman sitting on a bed wearing little except a head scarf and stockings and trying on a series of hats

Background imageWright Collection: The Siren by David Wright

The Siren by David Wright, showing a woman clad in little more than underwear and stocking, with a head scarf round her head, posing on a carpet of furs

Background imageWright Collection: Streamline Fuselage by David Wright

Streamline Fuselage by David Wright, showing a red-haired woman in pink and black polka dot lingerie, stockings and stilletos, stretching out her legs

Background imageWright Collection: Good Night ! by David Wright

Good Night ! by David Wright
Good Night! by David Wright showing a blonde woman in typically revealing night attire, holding a luxurious feather fan and looking at her reflection in a Venetian glass mirror

Background imageWright Collection: Golden Girl by David Wright

Golden Girl by David Wright featuring a elegantly blonde woman in a revealing black evening dress. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine

Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. Date 1904 May

Background imageWright Collection: David Wright woman holding black negligee

David Wright woman holding black negligee
Elegant naked woman sitting on a red and gold couch, holding a flimsy black negligee or underskirt. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Background imageWright Collection: Aviation in 1908, the aeroplane of M. Wilbur Wright

Aviation in 1908, the aeroplane of M. Wilbur Wright

Background imageWright Collection: Kensington Infirmary, West London

Kensington Infirmary, West London
The entrance to Kensington Infirmary on Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road) in West London. The infirmary, designed by Thomas W Aldwinckle, was built in 1893 by the poor law parish of St Mary Abbots

Background imageWright Collection: No Coupons by David Wright

No Coupons by David Wright
A lady, half naked and wearing stockings, placing a hat on her head. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: Young lady - arms crossed wearing a sheer black wrap

Young lady - arms crossed wearing a sheer black wrap. Reproduction of a painting by David Wright

Background imageWright Collection: Arts of Peace by David Wright

Arts of Peace by David Wright, showing a woman pinning up hair in front of a mirror. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: The Tune That He Loved Best by David Wright

The Tune That He Loved Best by David Wright, showing a woman sat listening to a gramaphone. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: No News to Speak Of by David Wright

No News to Speak Of by David Wright featuring a glamorous, half-dressed woman lounging on a boudoir-style chair as she pens a letter

Background imageWright Collection: About Turn ! by David Wright

About Turn ! by David Wright
About Turn! by David Wright, using a typical military-style double-entendre to entitle an image of a woman in lingerie looking over her shoulder at the artist

Background imageWright Collection: Powder Monkey by David Wright

Powder Monkey by David Wright, showing a back view of an elegantly slim woman only just covered by a fur evening coat, looking at herself in a powder compact mirror

Background imageWright Collection: Threshing Machine

Threshing Machine
Combined Thrashing and Stacking Machine, by Wilkinson, Wright of Boston, Lincolnshire

Background imageWright Collection: The Finish of the Race for Doggetts Coat and Badge, London

The Finish of the Race for Doggetts Coat and Badge, London
Engraving showing the finish of the Race for Thames Watermen for Doggetts Coat and Badge, Chelsea, 1869. This race, held on the River Thames, between the Old Swan, London Bridge, and the White Swan

Background imageWright Collection: Moonlight Becomes You by David Wright

Moonlight Becomes You by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: April 1952 by David Wright

April 1952 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: December 1952 by David Wright

December 1952 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: Browned Off by David Wright

Browned Off by David Wright, showing a model seated with her legs over a chair. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

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Background imageWright Collection: Boy and toy aeroplane by David Wright

Boy and toy aeroplane by David Wright
Portrait of a young boy contemplating a toy aeroplane by David Wright, best known as Britains foremost pin-up artist during World War II. Date: 1944

Background imageWright Collection: David Wright woman in black and pink

David Wright woman in black and pink
Elegant woman in a black top, with a pink and black bow in her hair and gold jewellery. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Background imageWright Collection: David Wright woman in a white bikini

David Wright woman in a white bikini
Elegant woman with blonde hair, wearing a white bikini and shoes to match. She is sitting on the grass, with a wide-brimmed floppy hat at her side

Background imageWright Collection: September 1951 by David Wright

September 1951 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: Bra - vo by David Wright

Bra - vo by David Wright
Bra-vo by David Wright, showing a blonde model holding her bra. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: All that it Takes... by David Wright

All that it Takes... by David Wright, showing a woman in a yellow and black styled flamenco dress. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWright Collection: Oh Honey ! by David Wright

Oh Honey ! by David Wright
Oh Honey! by David Wright, showing a woman skimpily covering her naked body but allowing a glimpse of stockinged leg. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch

Background imageWright Collection: Wright Bros / & Planes

Wright Bros / & Planes
Portraits of Wilbur (left) and Orville (right) Wright and pictures of their planes

Background imageWright Collection: Suffragette Arrested Black Friday 1910

Suffragette Arrested Black Friday 1910. A scene from the Black Friday deputation, 18 Nov, 1910. Showing Miss. Ada Wright (C1862-1939) pulled off her feet by a policeman

Background imageWright Collection: German Fokker D VIII fighter plane, WW1

German Fokker D VIII fighter plane, WW1
A German Fokker D VIII single-seater fighter monoplane with a 140 hp Oberursel engine, used towards the end of the First World War

Background imageWright Collection: Hatchards bookshop

Hatchards bookshop
Advertisement by Hatchards bookshop promoting one of its books. Depicts an Edwardian lady in front of a horse drawn coach. Date: 1896

Background imageWright Collection: Young woman at the wheel of a car

Young woman at the wheel of a car. 1950

Background imageWright Collection: General Bernard Montgomery visits his son David

General Bernard Montgomery visits his son David
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (then just General Montgomery!) (1887-1976) visits his 15-year-old son David (David Montgomery)

Background imageWright Collection: 1960s woman by David Wright

1960s woman by David Wright
A woman wearing a salmon pink blouse and white pencil skirt with a typical 1960s bouffant hair style by David Wright, best know for his pin-ups during the 1940s and 50s. c.1960

Background imageWright Collection: Naked woman by David Wright, preliminary sketch

Naked woman by David Wright, preliminary sketch
A preliminary sketch by David Wright depicting a naked woman reclining, with sheer fabric artfully placed to hide her modesty. Date: c1948

Background imageWright Collection: Woman smoking by David Wright

Woman smoking by David Wright
Painting by David Wright showing a woman in profile smoking a cigarette. c.1955

Background imageWright Collection: St Mary Abbots Workhouse, Marloes Road, Kensington, London

St Mary Abbots Workhouse, Marloes Road, Kensington, London
In 1847-8 the parish of St Mary Abbots, Kensington, south west London, erected a workhouse at the east of Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road)

Background imageWright Collection: November 1951 by David Wright

November 1951 by David Wright, showing a woman posed on the telephone. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s



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