Humphry Collection

Jane Austen, c1789, (1919). After a painting previously attributed to John Zoffany. Recent analysis suggests that this work shows Jane Austen (1775-1817) at the age of 13

Son of the Tunisian Ambassador, 1780. Creator: Ozias Humphry
Son of the Tunisian Ambassador, 1780

Design for a Cottage Ornee in the Tudoresque Style, late 18th-early 19th century

Bearded Man in Oriental Costume, ca. 1780. Creator: Ozias Humphry
Bearded Man in Oriental Costume, ca. 1780

Sir H. Davy, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Design for a Flower Garden, 1803, (1944). Creator: Unknown
Design for a Flower Garden, 1803, (1944). Illustration from " Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening" by Humphry Repton

The Pheasantry, 1808. Artist: Joseph Constantine Stadler
The Pheasantry, 1808. From Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton by Humphry Repton

Corridor of a conservatory, 1808. Artist: Joseph Constantine Stadler
Corridor of a conservatory, 1808. From Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton by Humphry Repton

Humphry Repton surveying with a theodolite, late 18th-early19th century. Repton (1752-1818) succeeded Capability Brown as the garden designer of choice for the landed gentry of England

Luxury of Gardens, 1816. Artist: Humphry Repton
Luxury of Gardens, 1816. From Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, by Humphry Repton, Humphry (1752-1818), 1816

The Work House, 1816. Artist: Humphry Repton
The Work House, 1816. From Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening by Humphry Repton, 1816

Forcing Garden in Winter, 1816. Artist: Humphry Repton
Forcing Garden in Winter, 1816. From Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening by Humphry Repton, 1816

Interiors: The Old Cedar Parlour and the Modern Living Room, 1816. From Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening by Humphry Repton, 1816

Brighton Pavilion, Sussex, c1816. Artist: Joseph Constantine Stadler
Brighton Pavilion, Sussex, c1816. Proposed view of the garden by Humphry Repton with part of the pavilion in the background

The Maid of Bath, c1769. Artist: Ozias Humphry
The Maid of Bath, c1769. From The Connoisseur Volume XLII. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1915]

Sir Humphrey Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (1845). Artist: E Scriven
Sir Humphrey Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (1845). Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), English chemist and physicist, 19th century. Artist: Thompson
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), English chemist and physicist, 19th century. Davy is probably best remembered today for his invention of the Davy lamp, used widely by miners of the time

1784, or the Fashions of the Day, 1784. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
1784, or the Fashions of the Day, 1784. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds]

Sir Humphry Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, 19th century. Artist: Thomson
Sir Humphry Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, 19th century. Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, Cornish chemist and physicist, 19th century. Artist: J Jenkins
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, Cornish chemist and physicist, 19th century. Davy (1778-1829) became famous for his discovery of sodium and potassium, and the invention of the miners safety-lamp

Sir Walter Scott and his friends, c1849. Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) and his literary friends at Abbotsford: seated; Thomas Thomson, James Ballantyne, Archibald Constable

Miners safety lamp, 1833. Artist: Jackson
Miners safety lamp, 1833. Humphry Davys invention of 1815, the miners safety lamp, which enabled deeper, more gaseous seams to be mined without risk of explosion

Humphry Davy, English chemist, (1833). Artist: E Scriven
Humphry Davy, English chemist, (1833). Davy (1778-1829) discovered sodium and potassium, and the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Humphry Davy, British chemist, 19th century. Born in Penzance, Cornwall, Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, late 19th century. Obverse of the Royal Society Davy medal, nstituted in 1877 and awarded annually for an outstanding recent discovery in chemistry

Humphry Davy, English chemist, 1860. Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide). In 1801 he was appointed lecturer at the Royal Institution

Humphry Davy, English chemist, 1821. Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide). In 1801 he was appointed lecturer at the Royal Institution

Humphry Davy, English chemist in 1803, (c1870). At this time Davy (1778-1829) was lecturer at the Royal Institution, London

Humphry Davy (1778-1829) English chemist, c1880. Artist: Edwin Hodder
Humphry Davy (1778-1829) English chemist, c1880. Artists impression of Davy testing his miners safety lamp. From Heroes of Britain, Edwin Hodder, London c1880

Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, 1802. Artist: James Gillray
Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, 1802. Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Davys electric egg, 1883. Invented in 1809, it produced intense light from a voltaic arc between the points of two carbon rods

Chemical lecture, 1802. Artist: James Gillray
Chemical lecture; Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or - an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air!, 1802

Sir Humphrey Davy, English chemist, 1803. Artist: C Turner
Sir Humphrey Davy, English chemist, 1803. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

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