Chair Collection (#79)

In the Classroom, 1883. Artist: Pierre Edouard Frere
In the Classroom, 1883

Sunflowers, 1901. Artist: Paul Gauguin
Sunflowers, 1901. Disillusioned by a lack of recognition of his work, Gauguin left Frace in 1891 and lived out the remainder of his life in French Polynesia

Uncle and Niece, c1876. Artist: Edgar Degas
Uncle and Niece, c1876. From the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Virgil (79-19 BC), Roman poet. Virgil (Publius Vergillus Maro) was the author of Aeneid and Georgics

John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, 1870. Milton is shown here imagined in later life when blind, seated by a small chamber organ

La Grande Loge ( The Royal Box ), 1896-1897. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
La Grande Loge ( The Royal Box ), 1896-1897. From the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

King Alfred burning the cakes, 878 (1864). Legend has it that Alfred (849-899), offered shelter from the Danes by a woman at Athelney in the Somerset marshes

Alexandra (1844-1925), Princess of Wales and members of her family. Alexandra of Denmark, wife of the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, standing alongside her father

Direct person-to-person blood transfusion, 1679. From Tractatio Med. Curiosa de Murto et Occasu Transfusionis Sanguinis by Georg Abraham Mercklin. (Nuremberg, 1679)

Library of the Royal Institution, Albermarle Street, London, 1808-1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Library of the Royal Institution, Albermarle Street, London, 1808-1811. Interior view of the library showing gentlemen reading and engaged in discussion

Charles Darwin, English naturalist. Darwin (1809-1882) as a young man. Darwin was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

Shaker community going to dinner, each carrying their own Shaker chair, New York State, 1870
Shaker community going to dinner, each carrying their own typical, simple Shaker chair. Mount Lebanon Community, Lebanon Springs, New York State. From The Graphic, London, 1870. Wood engraving

Alfred Dreyfus, French army officer of Jewish extraction, 1899. A French army officer of Jewish extraction, Dreyfus (c1859-1935) was wrongly accused of handing secret documents to a German agent

William Thomas Stead, English author and journalist, c1890. Artist: W&D Downey
William Thomas Stead, English author and journalist, c1890. Stead (1849-1912) was editor of the Northern Echo (1871-1880) and the Pall Mall Gazette (1883-1890)

Shaving the enemy at Montmirail, 1870. French woman barber shaving a Prussian soldier during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. From The Graphic (London, 8 October 1870)

John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish electrical engineer and pioneer of television, 1920s. Baird giving an early television ( Seeing by wireless ) demonstration

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, British statesman, early 20th century. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, British statesman, early 20th century. Milner (1854-1925) was High Commissioner to South Africa from 1897-1905

Mao Zedong and Lin Biao, China, c1966. Mao (Mao Tse-Tung) (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader, followed by Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese military and political leader

Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist leader, 1960. Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung) (1893-1976) addressing a meeting of the Party faithful

Treatment of Tuberculosis using electricity, 1901. Francisque Crotte demonstrating his cure for tuberculosis using electricity produced by an electrostatic machine

A Painter, c1785. Artist: Louis Leopold Boilly
A Painter, c1785. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Great Unemployed, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Great Unemployed, 1886. The Chief Commissioner of Police, Sir E Y Henderson, sits dozing in his chair, surrounded by papers detailing the minor events recently in the news

A Degenerate Daughter, 1870. Artist: George du Maurier
A Degenerate Daughter, 1870. The extended family at breakfast. The young mother is concerned only for her family, whilst the Matriarch points to the startled and timid-looking defender of the realm

The Three R s; Or, Better Late Than Never, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Three R s; Or, Better Late Than Never, 1870. In February 1870 Forster introduced his Elementary Education Bill in Parliament

Neutrality Under Difficulties, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
Neutrality Under Difficulties, 1876. The Conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, sits comfortably in a chair, whilst Britannia urges him to look up from his book at the fighting in

A Dress Rehearsal, 1868. Artist: John Tenniel
A Dress Rehearsal, 1868. The campaigning for the General Election of 1868 was well under way, and it was apparent that the Liberal party were leading the race

Rest, and be Very Thankful, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel
Rest, and be Very Thankful, 1866. An old and weary Lord Russell is being told by Britannia that he should now rest. This cartoon relates to the eight night debate on the second reading of

Lady-Physicians, 1865. Artist: George du Maurier
Lady-Physicians, 1865. A woman doctor takes the pulse of a patient who lies back in his chair looking at her. Just at the time that women were fighting to make careers in medicine

Groundless Alarm, 1865. Artist: George du Maurier
Groundless Alarm, 1865. The adventurous husband announces I m off to the Crystal Palace; and, bye the bye, I shall very likely go up in Mr. Glaishwells Balloon

The American Difficulty, 1861. Illustrating the worsening troubles between the North and the South in America. President Abraham Lincoln stokes the fire at the White House

Dining room on board the lightship Relandersgrund, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Dining room on board the lightship Relandersgrund, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Built in 1888, this lightship was decommissioned in 1937

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