Antiquarian Collection

Sir Cecil H. Smith, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1909. Creator: Montague Dixon
Knighted In The Building He Controls: Sir Cecil H. Smith, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1909. 'After the opening ceremony, performed by the King

Sir John Soane's Museum in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields: the Breakfast-Room, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Sir John Soane's Museum in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields: the Breakfast-Room, 1864. The Breakfast-Room has some interesting prints, pictures, and drawings; a richly-mounted pistol

Johannes Bureus, 1568-1652, 1627. Creator: Unknown
Johannes Bureus, 1568-1652, 1627

The late Earl Stanhope, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The late Earl Stanhope, 1876. The Right Hon. Philip Henry Stanhope, fifth Earl Stanhope, Viscount Stanhope of Mahon, and Baron Stanhope of the Peerage of Great Britain...was for a short time

Johan Hadorph, 1630-1693, 1670. Creator: Anon
Johan Hadorph, 1630-1693, 1670

Portrait of Ottavio Strada, 1567. Creator: Jacopo Tintoretto
Portrait of Ottavio Strada, 1567

Roman Workmen Transporting an Antique Imperial Statue from the Colosseum through the... 1866-1867
Roman Workmen Transporting an Antique Imperial Statue from the Colosseum through the Arch of Titus to the Capitoline Museums, 1866-1867

Le singe antiquaire, 1740. Creators: Unknown, Jean-Simeon Chardin
Le singe antiquaire, 1740. Monkey antiquary looking at coins with a magnifying glass

Chez l'antiquaire, c.1891. Creator: Theodule Ribot
Chez l'antiquaire, c.1891. At the antiquary's

Portrait of Ennio Quirino Visconti, 1827. Creator: Luigi Rados
Portrait of Ennio Quirino Visconti, 1827

Sir Thomas Tobin, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Sir Thomas Tobin, between 1855 and 1865. [British/Irish businessman and antiquarian: managing director of Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills in Ireland]

The Art Connoisseurs, 1823-28. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly
The Art Connoisseurs, 1823-28

An Antiquarian, October 23, 1789. Creator: Frederick George Byron
An Antiquarian, October 23, 1789

John Fanning Watson, 1800. Creator: Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mé
John Fanning Watson, 1800

George Washington Parke Custis, 1808. Creator: Charles Balthazar Julien Fé
George Washington Parke Custis, 1808

Portrait of a Man, 1600-1610. Creator: Jacopo Palma
Portrait of a Man, 1600-1610 (Also referred to as Portrait of a Collector )

Sir William Hamilton, 1783-1784. Creator: George Romney
Sir William Hamilton, 1783-1784

Portrait Of Samuel Timmins (1826-1902), 1880. Creator: William Thomas Roden
Portrait Of Samuel Timmins (1826-1902), 1880

Martin Folkes, 1742. Creator: William Hogarth
Martin Folkes, 1742

William Dugdale, 1625-77. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
William Dugdale, 1625-77

Vera Effigies Guilielmi Burton / L. L. Baccalaurei, 1657-58. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Vera Effigies Guilielmi Burton / L.L. Baccalaurei, 1657-58

Veneration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions), January 21, 1800

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, 1637. Creator: Claude Mellan
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, 1637

Sir Henry Spelman (Henricus Spelmannus Eques Auratus), 1664. Creator: William Faithorne
Sir Henry Spelman (Henricus Spelmannus Eques Auratus), 1664

Le Marque Scipion Maffei, 1750. 1750. Creator: Pariset
Le Marquis Scipion Maffei, 1750

Tis not Antiques Alone can Please the Eye, or Tastes Differ, November 20, 1786

Veneration, 1800. 1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Veneration, 1800

The Antiquarys Last Will and Testament (The English Dance of Death, plate 2), April 1, 1814

The Antiquarys Last Will and Testament (from The English Dance of Death, vol. I, plate 2), 1816

The Chamber of Taste, ca. 1785. ca. 1785. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Chamber of Taste, ca. 1785

Taste, April 2, 1801. April 2, 1801. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Taste, April 2, 1801

Stow, (c1524-1605), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Stow, (c1524-1605), 1830. John Stow (c1524-1605) English historian and antiquarian known for his chronicles which did not prove remunerative, he accepted relative poverty with a cheerful spirit

Pennant, (1726-1798), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Pennant, (1726-1798), 1830. Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) Welsh naturalist, travel writer and antiquarian whose books influenced Samuel Johnson

Adrian Junius, (1511-1575), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Adrian Junius, (1511-1575), 1830. Hadrianus Junius (1511-1575), also known as Adriaen de Jonghe, Dutch physician, classical scholar, translator, lexicographer, antiquarian, historiographer, rector

Sir William Burrell, Bart. L. L. D. F. A. S. (1732-1796), 1835. Creator: Unknown
Sir William Burrell, Bart. L.L.D. F.A.S. (1732-1796), 1835. Sir William Burrell (1732-1796) English antiquarian eductaed at St. Johns College, Cambridge. Engraving after Robert Laurie

Camden, (1551-1623), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Camden, (1551-1623), 1830. William Camden (1551-1623) English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald. Author of Britannia, and an historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England

Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso, 1821. Portrait of British antiquarian, collector and gambler Henry Constantine Jennings (1731-1819)

Muratori, (19th century). Creator: Dolfino
Muratori, (19th century). Portrait of Italian historian Lodovico Antonio Muratori (1672- 1750), known for his discovery of the Muratorian fragment

James Pettit Andrews Esq. F. A. S. 1796. Creator: John Chapman
James Pettit Andrews Esq. F.A.S. 1796. Portrait of James Pettit Andrews (1737-1797), British historian and antiquary. From the " European Magazine". [J. Sewell, London, 1796]

Der Antiquar, mid-late 19th century, (c1924). Creator: Carl Spitzweg
Der Antiquar, mid-late 19th century, (c1924). The antiquarian. From " Die gute alte Zeit: Zeichnungen von Karl Spitzweg", (The Good Old Days: drawings by Karl Spitzweg)

Dr. Charles O Conor. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Charles O Conor. Portrait of Irish writer, historian and antiquarian Charles O Conor (1710-1791)

Stows Monument in St. Andrew Undershaft, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Stows Monument in St. Andrew Undershaft, (c1872). Monument to historian and antiquarian John Stow (c1525-1605) in the church of St Andrew Undershaft, City of London

A Connoisseur Admiring a Dark Night Piece, November 12, 1771. Creator: Matthew Darly
A Connoisseur Admiring a Dark Night Piece, November 12, 1771

Monument to John Stow and font in St Andrew Undershaft, 1837
Monument to John Stow and font in St Andrew Undershaft, City of London, 1837

Monument to John Stow in St Andrew Undershaft, City of London, c1750
Monument to John Stow in St Andrew Undershaft, City of London, 1750

Archaeologist Bernardino Drovetti measuring a colossal head in the Egyptian desert, 1819
Bernardino Drovetti measuring a colossal head in the Egyptian desert, 1819. Drovetti (1776-1852) and his followers using a plumb line to measure the head

Sir Henry Chauncy, English lawyer, educator and antiquarian, (1802). Chauncy (1632-1719) published Antiquities of Hertfordshire in 1700

Somerset House. Meeting of the Royal Antiquarian Society, c1841. Artist: Henry Melville
Somerset House. Meeting of the Royal Antiquarian Society, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

William Camden, English antiquarian and historian, (c1850). Camden (1551-1623) produced the first topographical survey of Great Britain

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