Bow Tie Collection (page 8)

Herbert Marshall, English actor, 1933. Marshall (1890-1966) was a popular English cinema and theatre actor who overcame the loss of a leg during World War I, to enjoy a long career

Charles Laughton, English stage and film actor, 1933. Laughton (1899-1962) became an American citizen in 1950. While best known for his historical roles in films

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic, 19th century. Portrait of Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869) who was a friend of Victor Hugo and sympathetic to the works of the romantic movement

Charles McCook, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Charles McCook, American soldier, (1872). McCook (1843-1861), an 18-year-old Union soldier, was killed at Bull Run, 21 July 1861

President McKinley, 1901. American president William McKinley (1843-1901). Illustration from The Process Year Book, A Review of the Illustrated Arts. published by AW Penrose & Co, (London, 1901)

Jack Oakie, American actor, 1934-1935. Born Lewis Delaney Offield, Oakie is best remembered for his role as Benzino Napaloni

The Letter, 1878. Artist: Janez Subic
The Letter, 1878

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, (detail), 1881. Artist: John Everett Millais
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, (detail), 1881

Portrait of Georg E. Hsen, 1913. Artist: Felix Vallotton
Portrait of Georg E. Hsen, 1913

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, 1924. Edison (1847-1931) was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents, many of which were related to the development of electricity

Jules Verne, French adventure and science fiction author, late 19th century. Jules Verne (1828-1905) was one of the pioneers of science fiction

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)

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor. Bell, who patented the telephone in 1876, as a young man

Restaurant, 1873-1942. Artist: Albert Guillaume
Restaurant, 1873-1942

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

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), American teacher and transcendentalist
Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) American teacher and transcendentalist. Father of Louisa May Alcott. Wood engraving, 1875

Robert Koch (1843-1910), German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory
Robert Koch (1843-1910, German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory. In 1890 Koch introduced Tuberculin which he thought a cure for Tuberculosis)

H. G. Wells, English author and popular historian, 1927
H. G. Wells (1866-1946.), English author and popular historian, 1927

George Boole, English mathematician and logician, 1865
George Boole (1815-65). English mathematician and logician, 1865. Wood engraving

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

Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born composer, c1920
Igor Stravinsky conducting, Russian-born composer, c1920

Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born composer, as a young man, c1900
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Russian-born composer, as a young man, c1900

Edmund William Gosse, English poet and critic, c1905. From 1904, Gosse (1849-1928) was librarian of the House of Lords

Arthur Wing Pinero, English dramatist, at home, 1903. Artist: W&D Downey
Arthur Wing Pinero, English dramatist, at home, 1903. After a series of comedies, in 1893 with The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Pinero (1855-1934) began a series of realistic tragedies. From The Tatler

Artemus Ward, American humourist and writer, c1880. Artemus Ward was the pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne (1834-1867)

Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, 19th century. Flaubert (1821-1880) is best known for his first novel, Madame Bovary, published in 1857

American pianist and bandleader Earl Fatha Hines, 1950s. Artist: Denis Williams
American pianist and bandleader Earl Fatha Hines, 1950s

Sir Rowland Hill, originator of the Postage Stamp, 1893
Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879), English teacher, inventor and social reformer. Hill campaigned for the reform of the postal system

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