Gc Collection

The Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709-1762) on Horseback, Attended by a Page, after 1743-49

Michelgrove House, early 19th century. Creator: Charles John Smith
Michelgrove House, early 19th century. View of Michelgrove House in West Sussex, built by Sir William Shelley c1540. Home of the Shelley family, the house was demolished in 19th century

The Great Duke of Russia, 1749, (1752). Creator: Anthony Walker
The Great Duke of Russia, 1749, (1752). Portrait of Grand Duke Peter Fedorovich, (1728-1762, later Emperor Peter III of Russia). Engraving after a painting by Georg Cristoph Grooth

Portrait of E. H. Shackleton, c1905, (1909). Artist: George Charles Beresford
Portrait of E. H. Shackleton [by G.C. Beresford, London], c1905, (1909). Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) made three expeditions to the Antarctic

Aston Martin of GC Stead on the Members Banking at Brooklands, Surrey, c1920s. Artist: Bill Brunell
Aston Martin 1496 cc. Driver: Stead, G.C. Possibly the Bunny engined car that Stead drove in 1922 200-mile race at Brooklands. Place: Members Banking, Brooklands

GC Stead in his AC 5 at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1921. Artist: Bill Brunell
AC 5 1496 cc. Event Entry No: 69 Driver: Stead, G.C. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 22.10.21

Alvis and Lea-Francis cars at the JCC Double Twelve race, Brooklands, 8 / 9 May 1931
Alvis FWD 1482S cc. No: 20 Driver: Farley, E. Fotheringham-Parker, P. Left of centre Lea-Francis 1496S cc. Event Entry No: 15 Driver: Dugdale, G.C. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. Double Twelve

Talbot 105 and Lea-Francis cars in the pits at the JCC Double Twelve race, Brooklands, 8 / 9 May 1931
Centre Talbot 105 2970 cc. No: 12 Driver: Saunders-Davies, A.O. Craig, W.Y. Finished: 20th. Right Lea Francis 1496S cc. Entry No: 15 Driver: Dugdale, G.C. Delany, C.T. Retired. Place: Brooklands

Lady Gregory, 1911, (1934). Artist: George Charles Beresford
Lady Gregory, 1911, (1934). Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory nee Persse (1852-1932), Irish playwright and founder of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. From The Bookman - Special Christmas Number 1934

Sir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish novelist and dramatist, 1910. Artist: GC Beresford
Sir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish novelist and dramatist, 1910. JM Barrie (1860-1937) is best remembered as the author of Peter Pan. Supplement to The Bookman, 1910

Virginia Woolf, British author, 1902. Artist: George Charles Beresford
Virginia Woolf, British author, 1902. A novelist, essayist and critic, Virginia Woolf (nee Stephen) (1882-1941) was a leading figure in London literary circles

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