Jessie Collection

The Annunciation, c1438-1445, (c1900-1920). Artist: Fra Angelico
The Annunciation, c1438-1445, (c1900-1920). A print after the fresco in the Museo di San Marco dell Angelico, Florence, from Art History and Literature Illustrations, by Jessie Noakes, Virtue and Co

The Jousts of St Inglevert, France, 1470-1475, (c1900-1920). Artist: Master of the Harley Froissart
The Jousts of St Inglevere, (c1900-1920). Jousting scene with ornate tents: knights in armour with lances parade across the field, while the audience looks

The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, The Ghent Altarpiece, 1432, (c1900-1920). Artist: Jan van Eyck
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, The Ghent Altarpiece, 1432, (c1900-1920). A print after the lower half of the central panel in the St Bavo Cathedral, Ghent

Old London Bridge, about 1630, (c1900-1920). A print after a model constructed by John B Thorpe, from Art History and Literature Illustrations, by Jessie Noakes, Virtue and Co, (London, c1900-1920)

The New Learning, c1910, (c1900-1920). Artist: Frank Cadogan Cowper
The New Learning, c1910, (c1900-1920). Erasmus (right) and Thomas More visit the children of Henry VII at Greenwich in 1499. The boy in the centre is the future King Henry VIII

Early railway Coaches, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England, 1831, (c1900-1920). The first steam locomotives with three different classes of railway travel

Page of illustrated text from the Luttrell Psalter, c1300-c1340, (c1900-1920). Latin text with stylised floral decoration and mythical beasts

St Francis Preaching to the Birds, 1297-1299, (c1900-1920). A print after a fresco in San Francesco Upper Church, Assisi, Italy, from Art History and Literature Illustrations, by Jessie Noakes

Lady Anstruther, 1850s. Creator: Parker
Lady Anstruther, 1850s. Portrait of a woman wearing a lace veil, possibly Janet Carmichael-Anstruther (c1797-1881)

Jessie Kenney, British suffragette, dressed as a telegraph boy, 10 December 1909. Jessie Kenney (1887-1985) as she tried to gain admittance to Prime Minister Herbert Asquiths meeting dressed as a

The Human Letters dispatched by Jessie Kenney to Mr Asquith at 10 Downing Street, London, 1909. Part of the campaign by the suffragette movement to win the vote for women

Bedstead decorated by Jessie Bayes, c1913. From The Studio Volume 60 [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1913-14.]

British actress Miss Jessie Millward in The Harbour Lights, 1886. Artist: Barraud
British actress Miss Jessie Millward in The Harbour Lights, 1886. A photograph from The Theatre, A Monthly Review, Volume VII, January to June, 1886, edited by Clement Scott, Carson & Comerford

Jessie Millward, British actress, c1906. Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Jessie Millward, British actress, c1906. Postcard posted in 1906. Jessie Millward as Lady Manners, in The School for Husbands

Jessie Templeton and Marie O Niel, actresses, 1905. Artist: Stebbing
Jessie Templeton and Marie O Niel, actresses, 1905

A city taken by assault by the Assyrians, c1853, (c1900-1920). A 19th-century drawing of a bas-relief in the British Museum from the Assyrian empire (c7th century BC)

Assault on the City of Lachish, 700-692 BC, (c1900-1920). Artist: Sir Austen Henry Layard
Assault on the City of Lachish, 700-692 BC, (c1900-1920). A print after a 19th-century drawing from Layards Monuments of Nineveh

Assyrians moving a winged bull, c7th century BC, (c1900-1920). Artist: Sir Austen Henry Layard
Assyrians moving a winged bull, c7th century BC, (c1900-1920). A print after a 19th-century drawing from Layards Monuments of Nineveh

Scene from the Book of the Dead of Any, Egyptian, c1275 BC, (c1900-1920). In the centre are the scales used for weighing the heart, attended by Anubis, the jackal-headed god of embalming

King Henry VIII, c1538-1547, (c1900-1920). A print after a painting in the Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, from Art History and Literature Illustrations, by Jessie Noakes, Virtue and Co, (London)

Reaping, carrying, and carting, c1300-1340, (c1900-1920). Scenes from the Luttrell Psalter. A print from Art History and Literature Illustrations, by Jessie Noakes, Virtue and Co, (London, c1900-1920)

Ploughing, sowing, and harrowing, c1300-1340, (c1900-1920). Scenes from the Luttrell Psalter. A print from Art History and Literature Illustrations, by Jessie Noakes, Virtue and Co, (London)

Old Cheapside, about 1580, (c1900-1920). A print showing the City of London, after a model constructed by John B Thorpe, from Art History and Literature Illustrations, by Jessie Noakes

The Tower of London with London Bridge, c1500, (c1900-1920). Charles, Duke of Orleans can be seen writing inside the Tower of London, and also at a window and in the courtyard, sending a letter

The Departure of St Ursula from Basel, before 1489, (c1900-1920). Artist: Hans Memling
The Departure of St Ursula from Basel, before 1489, (c1900-1920). A print after a panel in the Shrine of St Ursula in the Hospital of St John, Bruges, from Art History and Literature Illustrations

Primavera, c1478, (c1900-1920). A print after the painting in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, from Art History and Literature Illustrations, by Jessie Noakes, Virtue and Co, (London, c1900-1920)

Jessie Matthews, British actress, singer and dancer, 1934-1935. A star of stage and screen musicals, Jessie Matthews popularity was at its peak in the 1930s

Jessie Matthews, British actress, 1933. Matthews, OBE (1907-1981) was a popular British actress, dancer, and singer of the 1930s whose career continued into the post-war period

Jessie Bateman in The Man From Blankleys, c1902. Artist: Fellows Willson
Jessie Bateman in The Man From Blankley s, c1902. British actress Jessie Bateman (1877-1940)

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