Arthur Collection (page 14)

Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective. Holmes, the detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) in the 1890s, as portrayed by the early English film star, Clive Brook (1887-1974)

Scene from The Adventure of the Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1893. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Scene from The Adventure of the Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1893. Illustration by Sidney E Paget, the first artist to draw Sherlock Holmes

Vacation Amusements No 4, 1840. Artist: John Doyle
Vacation Amusements No 4, 1840. A young Queen Victoria and Prince Albert join the Duke of Wellington for some holiday sketching and painting

Storming of Badajoz, Spain, Peninsular War, 6 April 1812. British troops under the command of Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) capturing Badajoz from the French

Hansel and Gretel and the Witch on the doorstep of her cottage. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Hansel and Gretel and the Witch on the doorstep of her cottage. The tiles made of gingerbread can be seen. Arthur Rackham illustration from the Brothers Grimm fairy story. (Copyright must be cleared)

Engagement at Torres Vedras, Portugal, Peninsular War, 14 October 1809. Wellington constructed three lines of defence against French at Torres Vedras, north of Lisbonl

Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 (1817). Napoleon (1769-1821) French soldier and emperor, fleeing from the battlefield of Waterloo after his defeat by the British under Wellington

John Alcock (1892-1919), British aviator, 1914. Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight on 14 June 1919, for which they shared a £ 10

Mark Akenside (1721-1770), English poet and physician

Aeroplane in which Alock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight, 1919. British aviators John William Alcock (1892-1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948)

Alcock and Browns aeroplane after completing the first non-stop transatlantic flight, 1919. British aviators John William Alcock (1892-1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948)

The Royal Road leading to the Minoan palace at Knossos, 15th century BC
The Royal Road leading to the Minoan palace at Knossos, called by Evans the oldest road in Europe, 15th century BC

Fresco of shields in the grand stairway at Knossos, 18th century BC
Fresco of shields in the grand stairway at the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, 18th century BC

Linear B tablet from Knossos, Crete, 15th century BC
Minoan Linear B tablet from Knossos, Crete, in the Archaeological Museum of Heracleion, Crete. Linear B is a syllabic script used for writing Mycenaean Greek

Bronze bust of the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, 20th century
Bronze bust of Sir Arthur Evans (8 July 1851 - 11 July 1941), who excavated the Minoan palace at Knossos, in the west courtyard of Knossos

Arthur Quiller-Couch, English poet, novelist, anthologist and critic, c1927. Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) was born at Fowey, Cornwall

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), creator of the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle did experimetns in psychical research

The Adventure of Silver Blaze, Holmes and Watson on train. Artist: Sidney E Paget
The Adventure of Silver Blaze: Holmes gave me a sketch of the events. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson on train to Devon to investigate a murder and the disappearance of a famous racehorse

Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer, c1900. Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was the creator of Sherlock Holmes and of Brigadier Gerard

Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and adventurer, 1895. Rimbauds (1854-1891) career as a poet was brief but dazzling. He wrote his last poem at the age of 19

Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900), English composer, 1912. Musicologist Sullivan is famous for his co-operation with WS Gilbert on Savoy operas

Lenox Cup golf trophy, c1890s. The trophy for the tournament held at the Lenox Links, Massachusetts, was won in 1895 and 1896 by Arthur Fenn

Coming Down!!!, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
Coming Down!!!, 1882. The statue of the Duke of Wellington looks down from his horse at the MP Mr Shaw Lefevre. Lefevre is waving a Notice of Removal at the Iron Duke

Portrait Of A Woman In Gold, 1785. Creator: Arthur Devis
Portrait Of A Woman In Gold, 1785

Mr A. E. R. Gilligan (Sussex), 1928. Creator: Unknown
Mr A. E. R. Gilligan (Sussex), 1928. From " Willss Cigarettes - A Series of 50 Cricketers, 1928", [W. D. & H. O. Wills, London, 1928]

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