Curiosity Collection (page 5)

For the Future, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
For the Future, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

A Woman of the Time of William and Mary, 1907. Artist: Dion Clayton Calthrop
A Woman of the Time of William and Mary, 1907. From English Costume, painted and described by Dion Clayton Calthrop. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1907]

Will You Tell Us A Story? Asked the Queen, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Will You Tell Us A Story? Asked the Queen, c1930. An illustration from The Flying Trunk by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Peas Were Presented In The Cabinet of Curiousities, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Peas Were Presented In The Cabinet of Curiousities, c1930. An illustration from The Real Princess by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Introduction of the Art of Printing, 1886. Artist: W Ridgway
Introduction of the Art of Printing, 1886. After Edward Henry Wehnert (1813-1868). From Illustration of English and Scottish History, Volume I by Thomas Archer

Sir J. Barnby. 1895. Joseph Barnby (1838-1896), English composer and conductor. From The Musical Educator, Volume III by John Greig, M.A. Mus. Doc. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1895.]

Lookers-On, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Lookers-On, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

Two Children with a Jay in a Cage, c18th century, (1910). Artist: Matthew William Peters
Two Children with a Jay in a Cage, 1910. Matthew William Peters (1742-1814) was born at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. He was an English portrait

Watt Discovering Condensation of Steam, c1884, (1917). Artist: Marcus Stone
Watt Discovering Condensation of Steam, c1884, (1917). James Watt (1736-1819) an inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist whose Watt steam engine rapidly increased the rate of the industrial

Microscope, 1912. From The Book of Sports & Pastimes for Young People by J. K. Benson. [C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd, London, 1912]

Knickerbockers in Venice, 1893, (1894). Artist: Dudley Hardy
Knickerbockers in Venice, 1893, (1894). From The Studio Volume 3. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1894]

Royal Naval Museum, Somerset House, c1841. Artist: Henry Melville
Royal Naval Museum, Somerset House, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

Natives Gathered Round Them, c1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
Natives Gathered Round Them, c1908, (c1920). Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), English navigator and cartographer, who was the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent

At The Window, c1916. Artist: George Henry
At The Window, c1916. From The Studio Volume 68. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1916]

Goosander (Merganser castor), Harlequin Duck (Cosmonetta histrionica), 1900, (1900). Artist: Charles Whymper
Goosander (Merganser castor), Harlequin Duck (Cosmonetta histrionica), 1900, (1900). From The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of The British Islands, by Charles Dixon, illustrated by Charles Whymper

Brent Goose (Branta bernicla), Lesser Snow Goose (Chen hyperboreus), 1900, (1900). Artist: Charles Whymper
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla), Lesser Snow Goose (Chen hyperboreus), 1900, (1900). From The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of The British Islands, by Charles Dixon, illustrated by Charles Whymper

Buff-Breasted Sandpiper (Tringites rufescns), Bartrams Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), 1900, (1900)

Showing the driving mechanism to interested spectators, c1927, (1935). In January 1927, Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948) in his famous Bluebird broke the worlds land speed record at Pendine Sands

Scarlet Fritillaria, c1915, (1915). Artist: Emma Graham Clock
Scarlet Fritillaria, c1915, (1915). Fritillaria coccinea - Lily Family. From Wild Flowers from the Mountains, Canons and Valleys of California, by Emma Graham Clock. [H. S

The Traveller, c1795. Artist: George Morland
The Traveller, c1795. From The Connoisseur Extra Number I: George Morland, by J. T. Herbert Baily. [Otto Limited, London, 1906]

The First Preaching of Christianity in Britain, c1900. Artist: John Easton
The First Preaching of Christianity in Britain, c1900. After Charles West Cope (1811-1890). [Blackie & Son, London, Glasgow & Edinburgh]

The Edge of the Wood, c1916. Artist: William Hanna Clarke
The Edge of the Wood, c1916. From The Studio Volume 69. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1916-17]

Philomene, c1890. Artist: Alexander Mann
Philomene, c1890. From The Studio Volume 46. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1909]

J. G. Shaddick, the Celebrated Sportsman, 1806. Artist: Benjamin Marshall
J.G. Shaddick, the Celebrated Sportsman, 1806. Painting held in then National Gallery of Art, Washington. From The Connoisseur Volume 95, edited by Edward Wenham

Sketch of a Female Head, 18th century. Artist: George Romney
Sketch of a Female Head, 18th century. Painting housed at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXVII. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1927]

Madonna and Child, from The Diptych of Maerten van Nieuwenhove, 1487. Artist: Hans Memling
Madonna and Child, from The Diptych of Maerten van Nieuwenhove, 1487. Painting held in the Memling Museum, Bruges, Belgium. From A History of Painting, Volume IV by Haldane MacFall. [T. C. and E. C

Study in Line, c1898. Artist: Jean Louis Forain
Study in Line, c1898. From The Studio Volume 14 by Ralph Nevill. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1898]

Supreme Allied Commander S. E. Asia, 1943-44
Supreme Allied Commander S.E. Asia, 1943-44. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma with (1900-1979) with Air Chief Marshal Sir R

Lady Kinnaird, c18th century, (1917). Artist: William Say
Lady Kinnaird, c18th century. This painting is thought to be possibly be of Lady Elizabeth Kinnaird, the wife of George Kinnaird, 7th Lord Kinnaird (1754-1805). After William Owen (1769-1825)

Autumn, c1947-1815, (1919). Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi
Autumn. After Richard Westall (1765-1836). From The Connoisseur Volume LV [Otto Limited, London, 1919]

Columbine, c 1900-1930, (1925). Artist: Harry Clarke
Columbine. After a pen Drawing By Harry Clarke (1889-1931). From The Studio Volume 89 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1925]

Lord Chelmsford, British soldier, 1896. Frederick Augustus Thesiger (1827-1905), 2nd Baron Chelmsford, was commander of the British forces that suffered a disastrous defeat by the Zulus at the Battle

Native men seeing a white woman for the first time, Mongalla to Terrakekka, Sudan, 1925 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover
Native men seeing a white woman for the first time, Mongalla to Terrakekka, Sudan, 1925 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

Japanese crowd looking into the Zeppelin hangar, Kasumigaura, Japan, 1929 (1933)
Japanese crowd looking into the Zeppelin hangar, Kasumigaura, Japan, 1929, (1933). A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zeppelin 1932

Painting a portrait of a Native American, 1841. A print from North American Indians, Wiley and Putnam, 1841

Old Curiosity Shop, London, 1893. Artist: John L Stoddard
Old Curiosity Shop, London, 1893. Shop immortalized by Charles Dickens). Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Cities, Scenes and Paintings, (The Werner Company, Chicago, c1893)

The Keyhole, 1869, (1938). Artist: Pierre Edouard Frere
The Keyhole, 1869, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe. [Emrose and Sons Ltd

Starling - Stur nus vulga ris, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Starling - Stur nus vulga ris, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

Young Lady with a Muff, c1750, (1938). Artist: Francois Boucher
Young Lady with a Muff, c1750. Painting housed in the Louvre, Paris. From World-Famous Paintings edited by J. Greig Pirie [W. & G. Foyle, Ltd, London, 1938.]

Crossing Her Palm. Stereoscopic card detail

Unknown portrait, 1514, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Unknown portrait, 1514, (1936). Found in the collection of the Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden. A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936

The Collector, 1880. Artist: Gruetzner, Eduard, von (1846-1925)
The Collector, 1880. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

A visit to the Art Dealer. Artist: Francken, Frans, the Younger (1581-1642)
A visit to the Art Dealer. Found in the collection of the Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm

Portrait of Mika Morosov, 1901. Artist: Valentin Serov
Portrait of Mika Morosov, 1901. Serov, Valentin Alexandrovich (1865-1911). Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Girl from the Foreign Parts, early 19th century. Artist: Franz Riepenhausen
The Girl from the Foreign Parts, early 19th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

A living parcel, Germany, 1902. A little girl with an address label around her neck at a railway station. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 19th October 1902

Pandoras Box, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Pandoras Box, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Fortune Teller, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 4th June 1892

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