Fleming Collection

Reading Room of the Great Library at the British Museum seen from the Entrance, c1935. The circular Reading Room of the British Museum in central London was designed by Sydney Smirke (1798-1877)

Horsehead Nebula in Orion. Creator: NASA
Horsehead Nebula in Orion. The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming

The Lord Mayors Coach, 1897. Creator: Unknown
The Lord Mayors Coach, 1897. The Lord Mayor of Londons State Coach was built in 1757 and is pulled by six horses. From Old and New London, Volume I, by Walter Thornbury

The Old Fountain, in the Minories, (1798, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
The Old Fountain, in the Minories, (1798, (c1872). The Old Fountain Inn in the City of London, an ancient inn which was demolished and rebuilt c1792. From Old and New London, Vol

Portrait of Mr Fleming of the Society of Cogers, c1800. Artist: SB Pocock
Portrait of Mr Fleming of the Society of Cogers, c1800. The Society of Cogers is a free speech society, founded in the City of London in 1755

Jane Fleming (1755-1824), later Countess of Harrington, ca 1778. Found in the Collection of The Huntington, California

Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist, c1930s. Fleming (1881-1955) discovered the first antibiotic drug, penicillin, in 1928

Amoy, c1880. Artist: Fleming
Amoy, c1880. Episode of the First Opium War (1839-1842). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

Canon Fleming, c1891. Artist: W&D Downey
Canon Fleming, c1891. James Battersby Fleming (1832-1908), Canon of York Cathedral. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery. [Cassell & Company, Ltd, London, 1890-94]

Lady Leucha Warners living room as decorated by Ronald Fleming, 1933. the living room of Lady Leucha Diana Warner (nee Maude) (1862-1947). From The Studio Volume 105. [The Offices of the Studio Ltd

View of Leith Hill, Surrey, 19th century. Artist: T Fleming
View of Leith Hill, Surrey, 19th century. In 1765 or 1766, Richard Hull of nearby Leith Hill Place built Prospect House, later to become known as Leith Hill Tower, south-west of Dorking, Surrey

The Old Bedford Head, 1897. Artist: B Fleming
The Old Bedford Head, 1897. From Old and New London Vol 111 by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

View of Leith Hill, c1844. Artist: T Fleming
View of Leith Hill, c1844. In 1765 or 1766, Richard Hull of nearby Leith Hill Place built Prospect House, later to become known as Leith Hill Tower, south-west of Dorking, Surrey

Asgill House, Richmond upon Thames, 19th century. Artist: T Fleming
Asgill House, Richmond upon Thames, 19th century. The house was built c1760 by Sir Robert Taylor for a wealthy banker, Sir Charles Asgill

Portrait of Princess Izabela Czartoryska (nee Countess Fleming) (1746-1835), 1777. From a private collection

Medal commemorating the discovery of penicillin, 1945
Medal commemorating the discovery of penicillin. Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) discovered penicillin in 1928

Alexander Fleming Prix Nobel 1945. Nobel prize medal awarded to bacteriologist Alexander Fleming. Fleming is shown in profile, in relief, with French text round the edge

Scene from Gone With The Wind, 1939. Artist: Victor Fleming
Scene from Gone With The Wind, 1939. Still showing part of the burning of Atlanta sequence. MGM film based on the novel of the American Civil War by Margaret Mitchell, screenplay by Sidney Howard

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