Chair Collection (page 72)

Charles Darwin, English naturalist, in his study, c1870 (1887). Darwin (1809-1882) lived at Down House, Beckenham, Kent for forty years

John Hall Gladstone, English chemist, 1891. Artist: Spy
John Hall Gladstone, English chemist, 1891. Gladstone (1827-1902) became the first President of the Physical Society in 1874, and served as President of the Chemical Society from 1877-1879

Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). Artist: Herbert Bourne
Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish engineer, as a boy experimenting with the tea-kettle at the dining table of his childhood home at Greenock

Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1911. Artist: L Patriarche
Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1911. Fabre (1823-1915) examining specimens through a magnifying glass. He wrote numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects

Idea for a video-phone using neon tubes to give the picture display, c1927. Illustration of a system proposed by Herbert Eugene Ives (1883-1952), American physicist and inventor

Mr O Brien, the Irish Giant, the Tallest Man in the Known World, 1803. Artist: John Kay
Mr O Brien, the Irish Giant, the Tallest Man in the Known World, 1803. Patrick O Brien (c1765-1804), the Irish giant, being measured for a suit by an Edinburgh tailor

Benjamin Franklin, American scientist, inventor and statesman, late 18th century. Franklin (1706-1790) was a member of the committee which drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776

Portable tent type of camera obscura, 1764. The device is placed on a table so that it could be used to draw the landscape projected down onto a sheet of white paper on the table

Phrenology, 1820 (1886). Artist: Frank Dadd
Phrenology, 1820 (1886). Measuring the bumps on a boys head to assess his future. On the wall in the background is a portrait of of Franz Josef Gall (1757-1828)

Hypnotist mesmerising a patient, c1795

Taking the waters at Handley Spa, 1845. Artist: John Leech
Taking the waters at Handley Spa, 1845. Sir Thomas Trout in a bathchair face to face with Constantina Mendlove in her Bloomer outfit. Illustration by John Leech for Handley Cross by RS Surtees

Electric chair, 1898. The Death Chair. In reality it is a simple, though exceedingly strongly made, ordinary chair, the electric apparatus being entirely separate

Hypnotised subject in a state of catalepsy, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot

Egyptian Relief. Seated Lady with elaborate hairstyle

Etruscan Bronze Funerary Chair, 7th century BC. At Louvre. Paris

Interior of The Treasurers House, York, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Interior of The Treasurers House, York, 20th century. An historic listed Grade I building. The first Treasurer for York Minster was appointed in 1091

Prohedriai in the Greek Theatre of Priene, Turkey, 20th century. One of five chairs reserved for dignitaries and seat of honor directly in front of or around the orchestra in the Greek theatre

Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, August 1962. Artist: CM Dixon
Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, August 1962. Seaside resort established in the Victorian era on south coast of the Isle of Wight

Salon of Louis XIII in Fontainebleau, 17th century
Salon of Louis XIII in Fontainebleau Palace, 17th century

Interior of Fontainebleau Palace, 16th century

Francois I Salon, 16th century
Francois I Salon, at Fontainebleau in France, 16th century

Red chair, 1995. Artist: Khaikin, David
Red chair, 1995. From a private collection

A Smoker, 17th century. Artist: Willem Cornelisz Duyster
A Smoker, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Portrait of Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna, 1805. Artist: Jean Laurent Monnier
Portrait of Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna, 1805. German princess Louise of Baden (1779-1826) married the future Tsar Alexander I of Russia in 1793

Portrait of Countess Ekaterina Golitsyna, 1759. Artist: Louis Michel van Loo
Portrait of Countess Ekaterina Golitsyna, 1759. Van Loo, Louis Michel (1707-1771). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Actor of the Comedie Italienne (Crispin), early 20th century. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Actor of the Comedie Italienne (Crispin), early 20th century. Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Breakfast Time, 1887. Artist: Hanna Pauli
Breakfast Time, 1887. Found in the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Andrei Bely, Russian novelist and poet, 1904. Andrei Bely was the pen name adopted by Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (1880-1934), who was a member of the Symbolist movement in Russian literature

Russian author Maxim Gorky in the Sreda (Wednesday) literature group, 1902. The right hand of the two men standing in the portrait

Tsar Alexander II of Russia, c1860s(?) Artist: Count Ivan Grigorievich Nostitz
Tsar Alexander II of Russia, c1860s(?). Alexander (1818-1881) was Tsar from 1855. Known as The Liberator, he emancipated Russias serfs in 1861

Tsar Alexander II of Russia, 1863. Alexander (1818-1881) was Tsar from 1855. Known as The Liberator, he emancipated Russias serfs in 1861

Grand Dukes Paul Alexandrovitch and Sergei Alexandrovitch of Russia, 1863. Grand Duke Sergei (1857-1905) and Grand Duke Paul (1860-1919)

Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, early 20th century. Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich (1858-1915) was the fourth child of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia

Russian artist Pavel Shukovsky and historian Alexander Onegin, Weimar, Germany, late 19th century
Russian artist Pavel Shukovsky (1845-1912) and historian Alexander Onegin (1844-1925) (holding book), Weimar, Germany, late 19th century

The study of Russian author Leonid Andreyev, early 20th century. Artist: Karl Karlovich Bulla
The study of Russian author Leonid Andreyev, late19th or early 20th century. Andreyev (1871-1919) was a playwright and short story writer who was the leader of the Expressionist movement in Russian

Apollon Maykow, Russian poet, late 19th century. Artist: Andrei Deniere
Apollon Maykow, Russian poet, late 19th century. Maykov (1821-1897) published his first poems in 1840. Several of his poems were put to music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky

The Chudov Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin after shelling in November 1917. Artist: Pyotr Petrovich Pavlov
The Chudov Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin after shelling in November 1917. The monastery suffered damage during the two weeks of fighting that broke out in Moscow following the October Revolution

Model terracotta chair from Ur with relief design of two birds. From the British Museums collection

Roman relief of a schoolroom scene

Detail of Chair from tomb of Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun reigned between 1336 BC and 1327 BC

Scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1852-1853. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1852-1853. This novel contains a satire on the iniquities of the Court of Chancery, and the misery and ruin it brought to those it was supposed to protect

Scene from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1892. Artist: John Dawson Watson
Scene from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1892. This 18th century memoir novel was inspired by the story of the Scottish seaman Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721). Robinson Crusoe ill with ague

Doctor Syntax making his will, c1816. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax making his will, c1816. Servants leave the room so that he can speak with his lawyer in privacy. Illustration for Tours of Dr Syntax by William Combe. (London, c1816)

Joseph Arch (1826-1919), English agricultural worker, trade unionist and politician, 1886
Joseph Arch (1826-1919), English agricultural worker, trade unionist and politician. The interior of Archs cottage at Barford, Warwickshire

Evelyn Ashley (1836-1907), English author and Liberal politician, 1881. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Evelyn Ashley (1836-1907), English author and Liberal politician, 1881. Ashley was the son of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Armenian Gospels: portrait of the patron of the manuscript and his son

Pianist at the keyboard accompanying a lady singing, 19th century

Portrait of a family in an interior, Russian, c1840. A father seated (centre) with a small child holding a doll on his knee and a little girl standing at his side

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