Kay Collection

George Kay and Joe Smith before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 1923, (1935)
George Kay and Joe Smith shake hands before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 28 April 1923, (1935). George Kay (1891-1954), captain of West Ham United

Mr. Alexander Campbell, Organist, Conducting Three Braying Asses, 1782. Creator: John Kay
Mr. Alexander Campbell, Organist, Conducting Three Braying Asses, 1782

Elsie Wisdom (right) with Kaye Petre in pits at Brooklands. Creator: Unknown
Elsie Wisdom (right) with Kaye Petre in pits at Brooklands

Kaye Petre (left) with Elsie Wisdom at Brooklands. Creator: Unknown
Kaye Petre (left) with Elsie Wisdom at Brooklands

Miss K. E. Stammers - Forehand Drive, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Miss K. E. Stammers - Forehand Drive, c1935. From Tennis - An Album of Famous Players in Action, by Gordon R. Weddell. [John Player & Sons, , c1935]

View of Greenwich Hospital with residents in the foreground, London, 1830

Riley Sprite of Kay Hague at the RAC Rally, 1938. Artist: Bill Brunell
Riley Non-birdcage Sprite. 1937 1496 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. DND162. Event Entry No: 56. Driver: Hague, Mrs. K. Finished: 11th. out of 34. Place: RAC Rally. Date: 26-30.4.38

Kay Petres Singer Nine competing in the RAC Rally, 1939. Artist: Bill Brunell
Singer Nine 972 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. EDU151. Event Entry No: 11. Driver: Petre, Mrs. K. Finished: 10th out of 39. Place: R.A.C. Rally. Date: 25-29.4.39

Riley Sprite of Kay Hague competing in the JCC Rally, Brooklands, Surrey, 1939. Artist
Riley Sprite 1938 1496 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. BCR810/ Event Entry No: 84. Driver: Hague, Mrs. K.M. Finished: 2nd. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. Rally. Date: 25.3.39

Kay Petres Austin OHC 744 cc, LCC Relay GP, Brooklands, 26 July 1937. Artist: Bill Brunell
Kay Petres Austin OHC 744 cc (left), LCC Relay GP, Brooklands, 26 July 1937. The other car is a MG Magnette 1287 cc driven by FA Thatcher

Austin 7 works team, Brooklands 1937. Artist: Bill Brunell
Austin 7 works team: Kay Petre, Bert Hadley and Charles Goodacre, Brooklands, 1937

Kay Petre in an Austin 7 works team racing car, Brooklands, 1937. Artist: Bill Brunell
Kay Petre in an Austin 7 works team racing car, Brooklands, 1937. Alan Whiddington in a Frazer Nash in the background

Kay and Gerda. The Snow Queen. Illustration from The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, 1897. Private Collection

Kay and Gerda in their garden high up on the roof. Illustration for the tale of The Snow Queen, 18 Artist: Rackham
Kay and Gerda in their garden high up on the roof. Illustration for the tale of The Snow Queen, 1899. Private Collection

Sleepy Congregation, 1785. Artist: John Kay
Sleepy Congregation, 1785. Caricature of the Scottish preacher Dr Alexander Webster preaching in the Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh. [Edinburgh, 1785]

Kay Francis, American stage and film actress, 1938. Francis (1905-1968) was an American actress who, after a brief beginning on Broadway in the 1920s

Paul Cavanagh (1888-1964) and Kay Francis (1905-1968), 20th century. Cavanagh was an English actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1928 and 1959

Kay Francis (1905-1968), American actress, 20th century. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, Francis moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936

Modern moderation strikingly displayed, 1799. Artist: Kay
Modern moderation strikingly displayed, 1799. Modern moderation strikingly displayed, or a ministerial visitation of a sabbath evening school

Cock of the Green, 18th century. Artist: John Kay
Cock of the Green, 18th century. By the la Harry, This shall not go for Nothing. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

The Modern Cains Lament, 1798. Artist: J Kay
The Modern Cains Lament, 1798. O Harrie whether shall I fly. I am this day, A Murderer of thousands, Every one that finds me will count me his Enemy and slay me

Hon Sir Edward Ebenezer Kay, Judge of the High Court of Justice, 1883. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Hon Sir Edward Ebenezer Kay, Judge of the High Court of Justice, 1883. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science

Kay Francis, American actress, 1933. Francis (1905-1968) was an American actress who, after a brief beginning on Broadway in the 1920s

Portrait of Adam Smith (1723-1790) (The Author of The Wealth of nations), 1790. Artist: Kay, John (1742-1826)
Portrait of Adam Smith (1723-1790) (The Author of The Wealth of nations), 1790. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Kay Francis, American actress, 1934-1935. After a brief Broadway career, Kay Francis went Hollywood, becoming Warner Brothers top female star in the mid 1930s

James Graham, Scottish quack doctor, 1795. Artist: John Kay
James Graham, Scottish quack doctor, 1795. Graham (1745-1794) set up the Temple of Health in The Adelphi, London. He used milk baths, friction, electricity and magnetism in the treatments he offered

Mr O Brien, the Irish Giant, the Tallest Man in the Known World, 1803. Artist: John Kay
Mr O Brien, the Irish Giant, the Tallest Man in the Known World, 1803. Patrick O Brien (c1765-1804), the Irish giant, being measured for a suit by an Edinburgh tailor

John Brown, Scottish physician, 1791. Artist: John Kay
John Brown, Scottish physician, 1791. Brown (1735-1788) proposed the Brunonian system of medicine which had two classes of disease; sthenic (resulting from excess)

James Hutton, Scottish geologist, 1787 (1877). Hutton (1726-1797) working at a rock face with a geological hammer. In 1794 he published his Theory of the Earth

The First Interview in 1786 between Deacon Brodie and George Smith, 1788. Artist: John Kay
The First Interview in 1786 between Deacon Brodie and George Smith, 1788. William Brodie (d1788), a respectable Edinburgh cabinet maker and deacon councillor of the city

Thomas Paine, English-born American revolutionary, writer and philosopher, c1790. Paine (1737-1809) emigrated to America in 1774

William Brodie, Scottish cabinetmaker and criminal, 1788. Artist: John Kay
William Brodie, Scottish cabinetmaker and criminal, 1788. A prosperous Edinburgh cabintmaker, Brodie (1741-1788) had a secret life as the leader of a gang of burglars

Joseph Black, Scottish chemist, 1787. Artist: John Kay
Joseph Black, Scottish chemist, 1787. Black (1728-1799), who discovered carbon dioxide and bicarbonates and formulated the theory of latent heat, lecturing at Glasgow in 1787

Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, Prussian general, 1814. Artist: John Kay
Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, Prussian general, 1814. The intervention of Bluchers (1742-1819) Prussian army made a vital contribution to Wellingtons victory at Waterloo

Sarah Siddons, English actress, 1784. Artist: John Kay
Sarah Siddons, English actress, 1784. Mrs Siddons (born Sarah Kemble) (1755-1831) as Lady Randolph in John Homes tragedy Douglas at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 1784

Clive of India and Major Skey, 1798. Artist: John Kay
Clive of India and Major Skey, 1798. Robert Clive (1725-1774) (foreground), English soldier and colonial administrator who played a vital part in the development of India as a British colony

Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish philosopher and economist, 1790. Artist: John Kay
Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish philosopher and economist, 1790. He is pictured standing wearing a hat and wig and carrying a cane, pointing to a book on a table

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, 1801. Artist: John Kay
Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, 1801. Abercromby served in the Seven Years War. He defeated the French at Alexandria (Aboukir Bay), on 21 March 1801, but died of his wounds

Vincenzo Lunardi, Italian aeronaut, c1785. Artist: John Kay
Vincenzo Lunardi, Italian aeronaut, 1785. Lunardi made the first hydrogen balloon ascent in Britain, at Moorfields, London, on 15th September 1784

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