Sir John Collection (#7)

The musician sings in The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Act IV Scene II, c1875. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
The musician sings in The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Act IV Scene II, c1875. This scene from Shakespeares The Two Gentlemen of Verona shows Proteus wooing Silvia

Sir John Hawkins, 1591. Artist: Hieronimo Custodis
Sir John Hawkins, 1591. Admiral Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595). Painting held at the Plymouth City Council: Museum and Art Gallery. From The Connoisseur, 1941 edited by H. Granville Fell

London Bridge, c1906. View of the bridge, designed by John Rennie and opened in 1831, crowded with traffic. By 1896 it was estimated that London Bridge was the busiest location for traffic in London

The Grey Drawing Room, Tangiers, 1911, (1914). Artist: Sir John Lavery
The Grey Drawing Room, Tangiers, 1911. After an original oil painting by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941). From The Studio Vol. 62 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1914.]

Sir John Mandeville on his Travels, (1430), 1912. Artist: TC and EC Jack
Sir John Mandeville on his Travels, 1430. After a work which appears in The Travels Of Sir John Mandeville. The work presents itself as an account of China, India, and the Holy Land

Her Majesty Queen Mary, (1867-1953), 1913 Artist: Sir John Lavery
Queen Mary (1867-1953), consort of King George V of the United Kingdom. A study/detail from Sir John Laverys (1856-1941) 1913 work titled The Royal Family at Buckingham Palace

The Royal Oak Cup, 1916
The Royal Oak Cup is housed at the Barber-Surgeons Hall. The Royal Oak cup was presented by Charles II in 1676 at the request of his surgeons Sir John Knight

Interior of a Moorish Harem, 1907. Artist: Sir John Lavery
Interior of a Moorish Harem after an original painting by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941).From The Connoisseur 1907-8

Dame Laura Knight, DBE, RA (1877-1970), 1935. Dame Laura Knight was an English Impressionist painter famous for painting the world of Londons theatre

Lord Wakefield of Hythe, 1935. Charles Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield (1859-1941). Wakefield patented the Wakefield lubricator for steam engines in the 1890s

Sir John Lavery (1856-1941), Irish painter best known for his portraits, 1935. A print from the photo album Popular Personalities, issued for Piccadilly Juniors Oval Photos, 1935

Telegraphs, 1871. Artist: Coide
Telegraphs, 1871. A caricature of John Pender (1815-1896), British pioneer of submarine telegraphy. In 1852, Pender became a director of the Atlantic Telegraph Company

Prime Minister William Gladstone opens the Metropolitan Railway, London, 1863 (1951). Engineered by John Fowler, the Metropolitan Railway was the first line of what would eventually become the London

Men in Highland dress in front of the Forth Bridge, Scotland. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Men in Highland dress in front of the Forth Bridge, Scotland. The Forth Railway bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth, was built for the North British Railway and opened on 4 March 1890

The Forth Bridge, Scotland. Artist: Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours
The Forth Bridge, Scotland. The Forth Railway bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth, was built for the North British Railway and opened on 4 March 1890

The Bench, 18th century. Artist: Thomas Clerk
The Bench, 18th century. Scene showing judges sitting in the Court of the Kings Bench, with Sir John Willes, Lord Chief Justice, in centre, and Henry Bathurst on his left, asleep

Bank of England, City of London, 1805. Artist: A Warren
Bank of England, City of London, 1805. The Bank of England was established in 1694 to act as banker and debt manager for the government

The Wassail Bowl, 1860. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
The Wassail Bowl, 1860. From The Illustrated London News (22 December 1860)

Ploughing by machinery, c1926. Artist: Sir John Fowler
Ploughing by machinery, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

King Richard II resigning the crown to his cousin Bolingbroke, 1399, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Cardinal Wolsey Going in Procession to Westminster Hall, 1887, (c1920). Wolsey dominated Henry VIIIs government from 1515 to 1529

General Post Office. Letter Carriers Room arranged for dispatch of Newspapers, c1841. Artist: Thomas H Ellis
General Post Office. Letter Carriers Room arranged for dispatch of Newspapers, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

Buckingham Palace, - The Library. Foreign Levee, c1841. Artist: Henry Melville
Buckingham Palace, - The Library. Foreign Levee, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

St. Jamess Palace. Birthday. Drawing Room, c1841. Artist: Henry Melville
St. Jamess Palace. Birthday. Drawing Room, c1841. Boys from Christs Hospital kneel before the young Queen Victoria with courtiers and ladies in waiting

The Royal Closet. - St. James s. The Archbishops and Bishops congratulating her Majesty on Her Birt Artist
The Royal Closet. - St. James s. The Archbishops and Bishops congratulating her Majesty on Her Birthday, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission

The Royal Closet. - St. James s. Her Majesty giving audience to an Ambassador, c1841. Artist: Henry Melville
The Royal Closet. - St. James s. Her Majesty giving audience to an Ambassador, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

Drawing Room of Queen Victoria. Ceremony of Presentation, c1841. Artist: Henry Melville
Drawing Room of Queen Victoria. Ceremony of Presentation, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

Buckingham Palace. The Princess Royal sitting for a Portrait, c1841. Artist: William Radclyffe
Buckingham Palace. The Princess Royal sitting for a Portrait, c1841. Victoria, Princess Royal, as a child, sits for a portrait by the painter, Sir Franicis Grant

Study for a Portrait of the Earl of Lonsdale, c1932. Artist: Sir John Lavery
Study for a Portrait of the Earl of Lonsdale, c1932. Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944), English nobleman and sportsman. From The Studio Volume 104

Sir John Franklin, c1860s. Artist: DJ Pound
Sir John Franklin, c1860s

Sir John Fortescu, 1793

Queen Elizabeth Knighting Drake on board the Golden Hind... April 4th 1581, (19th century). Artist: F Fraenkel
Queen Elizabeth Knighting Drake on board the Golden Hind at Deptford, April 4th 1581, (19th century). Queen Elizabeth I knights Francis Drake on his ship Golden Hind after his round-the-world voyage

Poyettak, Kakikagiu, Aknalua, early 19th century. Artist: John Brandard
Poyettak, Kakikagiu, Aknalua, early 19th century. Indigenous people of the Arctic Circle, possibly from North America or Siberia

Sir John Brown, British industrialist, c1880. Portrait of Brown (1816-1896), a print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris)

Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore (1761-1809), 1815

The Stage-Coach of the Last Century, 1855. An 18th-century mode of transport. A print from The Illustrated London News, (14 July 1855)

Death of Sir John Moore, 1809, (c1850s). Moore (1761-1809) commanded the British forces at the Battle of Corunna (La Coruna), Peninsular War, Spain 16 January 1809

John Fowler, civil engineer, 1882. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
John Fowler, civil engineer, 1882. Together with Benjamin Baker, Fowler (1817-1898) designed the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland

Sir John Mellor, judge of the High Court of Justice, 1880. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Sir John Mellor, judge of the High Court of Justice, 1880. He was called to the bar in 1833, and became a queens counsel in 1851

Sir John Gilbert, RA, President of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Sir John Gilbert, RA, President of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 1877. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science

Sir John Moore, British soldier and general, (1870). Artist:s Freeman
Sir John Moore, British soldier and general, (1870). Moore (1761-1809) commanded the British forces at the Battle of Corunna (La Coruna), Peninsular War, Spain 16 January 1809

The Rotunda in the Bank of England, London, 1804. Artist: Edwards
The Rotunda in the Bank of England, London, 1804. The Rotunda was designed by Sir John Soane. A copper plate from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

Sir John Franklin, English sea captain and Arctic explorer, 19th century. Franklin (1786-1847) led an expedition to find the North-West Passage; the entire crew was lost

John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton, English politician, c1880. Artist: DJ Pound
John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton, English politician, c1880. Portrait of Pakington (1799-1880) published in a supplement to the Illustrated News of the World, London

Sir John Maynard, Serjeant at Law, 17th century, (1899). Portrait of Maynard (1602-1690), an illustration from Samuel Rawson Gardiners Oliver Cromwell, (Goupil & Co, London, Paris, New York, 1899)

Visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to the Resolute, 1856, (c1888)
Visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to the Resolute, Spithead, Hampshire, 1856, (c1888). Queen Victoria and her husband visit the ship of British Arctic explorer John Franklin

London Bridge After The 1904 Widening, London, 20th Century. Built to a design by John Rennie in 1824-1831, this version of London Bridge was dismantled and sold to Lake Havasu City, USA in 1968

John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Lawes (1814-1900) began experimental farming on his estate at Rothamstead, Hertfordshire

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