Coat Collection (page 100)

Savoyard with a Marmot, 1716. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Savoyard with a Marmot, 1716. Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Bashkirs kuresh wrestling, Russia, 1913. The Bashkirs are a people of central Asia, conquered by the Russians in 1735-1740. Kuresh is the Tatar style of wrestling

Maxim Gorky, Russian author, c1901-c1902. Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature. He was a fierce opponent of the Tsarist regime

Russian author Maxim Gorky and singer Feodor Chaliapin, 1901. Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature

Friedrich (Fyodor) Fiedler, translator of Russian poetry, c1906
Friedrich (Fyodor) Fiedler (1859-1917), translator of Russian poetry, c1906. Found in the collection of the State Museum of AS Pushkin, Moscow

Russian author Leonid Andreyev at his house in Vammelsuu (Serovo), early 20th century. Artist: Karl Karlovich Bulla
Russian author Leonid Andreyev at his house in Vammelsuu (Serovo), early 20th century. Andreyev (1871-1919) was a playwright

Sergei Aksakov, Russian author, 1850s. Artist: Karl August Bergner
Sergei Aksakov, Russian author, 1850s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of AS Pushkin, Moscow

Michail Pogodin, Russian historian and journalist, 1850s. Artist: Karl August Bergner
Michail Pogodin, Russian historian and journalist (1800-1875), 1850s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of AS Pushkin, Moscow

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

Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950), American air force officer, 1941-1944. Hap Arnold (left) was Chief of US Army Air Forces throughout World War II

Le Campagne de France 1814, (1864). Artist: Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
Le Campagne de France 1814, (1864). Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) leads the remnants of his army through mud and snow during the French campaign of 1814

Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole, 1796. Artist: Antoine-Jean Gros
Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole, 1796. The French defeated the Austrians on 17 November 1796 after a three day battle at Arcole, Northern Italy

Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul, 1799-1821. Artist: Antoine-Jean Gros
Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul, 1799-1821. Portrait of Napoleon (1769-1821) as First Consul. In 1802, a plebiscite granted him the position for life

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, 1933. The future Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain (b1926) standing alongside her younger sister

The Woodman, c late 19th century. Artist: M & N Hanhart
The Woodman, c late 19th century. A woodman setting off to work in a snowy landscape, axe under his arm and billhook tucked in his belt, with a pipe for comfort and a dog for company

Ghent police dog, 1907. These dogs underwent a four month training period and accompanied police constables on their night rounds

Carters, c early 19th century. Two carters, one wearing a smock, the other coat and gaiters, both carrying their whips. In the background are a covered carters wagon and a trio of milkmaids

William Buckland, geologist, paleontologist and clergyman, equipped to explore a glacier, 1875
William Buckland, British geologist, paleontologist and clergyman, equipped to explore a glacier, 1875. Buckland tried to reconcile the then generally accepted (at least by the Christian Church)

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-born British historian and essayist, 19th century. Carlyle (1795-1881) reading in his garden in Chelsea, London. Etching after a painting by Helen Allingham

Napoleon I, Emperor of France, in exile. Napoleon (1721-1818) enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of the French Revolutionary army

Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857), American naval surgeon and arctic explorer in arctic dress, 1862. Kane took part in two expeditions, in 1850 and 1853

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer. One of the most famous classical music composers, Beethovens work represents a bridge between Classical and Romantic styles. Contemporary sketches

Prince PL Ouroussof, The new Ambassador of Russia, 1898. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Prince PL Ouroussof, The new Ambassador of Russia to France, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 9th January 1898

Farmers discussing Dishley (New Leicester) sheep, 1822. This breed of sheep arose as a result of a selective breeding programme carried out by Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) on his farm at Dishley

Thomas Jefferson, 1805. Artist: Rembrandt Peale
Thomas Jefferson, 1805

Self Portrait, 1838. Artist: Alfred de Musset
Self Portrait, 1838

Germaine Leconte, Paris, February 1942

Allied commanders in France, 1944. From left to right; Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, General Dwight D Eisenhower, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder

Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish philosopher and economist, 1790. Artist: John Kay
Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish philosopher and economist, 1790. He is pictured standing wearing a hat and wig and carrying a cane, pointing to a book on a table

Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Norwegian Arctic explorer, scientist and diplomat, 1915. Nansen made the first crossing of Greenland in 1888

Napoleon Bonaparte First Consul, 1803-1804. Artist: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Napoleon Bonaparte First Consul, 1803-1804. Bonaparte (1769-1821) became Napoleon I, Emperor of France in 1804. From the Chateau de la Malmaison, France

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889. Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) painted this self-portrait after a quarrel with fellow artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Don Diego Del Corral, 1631. Artist: Diego Velasquez
Don Diego Del Corral, 1631. From the Museo del Prado, Madrid

Roald Engelbrecht Gravning Amundsen (1872-1928), Norwegian explorer, at the South Pole, 1911. Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving in December 1911

Samuel Johnson, English man of letters, talking to Oliver Goldsmith, English author, c1755-1774
Samuel Johnson, English man of letters, talking to Oliver Goldsmith, English author, 1755-1774. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

George Frideric Handel, (1685-1759), German composer, c1750s. Artist: Thomas Hudson
George Frideric Handel, (1685-1759), German composer, c1750s. Baroque composer Handel lived much of his life in England, where he composed his masterpiece, Messiah

Mrs Bancroft (nee Marie Wilton) (1840-1921), English actress, c1890
Marie Bancroft (nee Wilton) (1840-1921), English actress, c1890. Marie Bancroft was famous for her partnership with her husband, the actor and theatre manager Squire Bancroft

Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian soldier, (1833-1834). Artist: Pyotr Basin
Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian soldier, (1833-1834). Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745-1813) was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Russias armies on 17 August 1812

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

Looking into the Accounts, 1861. Mr Bull, the representative of the British people, hangs up his coat and hat, ready for a long stint of checking the nations finances

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