Leslie Collection

Yorkshire Cricket, 1892. Artist: Spy
Yorkshire Cricket, 1892. A portrait of Lord Hawke. Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (1860-1938) captained the Yorkshire County Cricket Club for 28 seasons

A Radical Lawyer, 1902. Artist: Spy
A Radical Lawyer, 1902. John Lawson Walton KC MP, British barrister and politician. Walton served as Attorney General from 1905-1908. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, 6th March 1902

Charles Thurston Fogg-Elliot, 1894. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Charles Thurston Fogg-Elliot, 1894. A portrait of Charles Thurston Fogg-Elliot (1870-1955). [Vanity Fair, 1894]

Horace, Lord Farquhar, British financier and politician, 1898. Artist: Spy
Horace, Lord Farquhar, British financier and politician, 1898. Farquhar (1844-1923) served as Treasurer of the Conservative Party from 1911-1923. A print from Vanity Fair, June 2nd 1898

Plausible, 1902. Artist: Spy
Plausible, 1902. Mr Justice Swinfen Eady, British lawyer and judge. Eady (1851-1919) became a QC in 1893 and a High Court Judge in 1901. He served as Master of the Rolls from 1918-1919

John Stuart Mill, British social reformer and philosopher, 1873. Artist: Spy
John Stuart Mill, British social reformer and philosopher, 1873. An advocate of utilitarianism, Mill (1806-1873) was probably the most influential liberal thinker of the 19th century

The Head, 1901. Artist: Spy
The Head, 1901. James John Hornby (1826-1909), headmaster of Eton College from 1868 to 1884. He was previously a rower, competing for Oxford University in the Boat Race

City Justice, 1880. Artist: Spy
City Justice, 1880. Alderman Sir Robert Walter Carden, British banker, politician and magistrate. Carden (1801-1888) served as Lord Mayor of London from 1857-1858

The General, 1881. Artist: Spy
The General, 1881. Mourdaunt Fenwick Bisset MP. Bisset served as Conservative MP for West Somerset from 1880-1884. He was Master of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds from 1855 until 1881

Bobby, 1902. Artist: Spy
Bobby, 1902. Robert Abel, English cricketer. Bobby Abel (1857-1936) was an opening batsman for Surrey and England. In a career lasting from 1881 until 1904 he scored 33

Thornton and MacDonald released after the Metro-Vickers Affair, 1933, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Thornton and MacDonald released after the Metro-Vickers Affair, 1933, (1935). L.C. Thornton and W.L. MacDonald arrive back in England after an international crisis

Plum, 1903. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Plum, 1903. British right-handed batsman Pelham Plum Warner (1873-1963) played for Oxford University, Middlesex and England during a career lasting from 1894 until 1920

The Original War Cabinet, 1939, (1945). Creator: Unknown
The Original War Cabinet, 1939, (1945). British politicians at the start of the Second World War. Standing from left to right: Sir John Anderson, Lord Hankey, Leslie Hore-Belisha, Winston Churchill

Vicar General, 1902. Artist: Spy
Vicar General, 1902. Charles Alfred Cripps KC MP, British barrister and politican. Cripps (1852-1941) became a QC in 1890 and served as Attorney General to the Prince of Wales from 1895 until 1914

The Recorder, 1903. Artist: Spy
The Recorder, 1903. The Recorder of London. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, 9th July 1903

Thrice Champion, 1904. Artist: Spy
Thrice Champion, 1904. Lawrence Doherty won the mens singles title at Wimbledon five consecutive times between 1902 and 1906

Afternoon Tea, 1865. Creator: Leslie, George Dunlop (1835-1921)
Afternoon Tea, 1865. Private Collection

Gipseying Party, ca. 1830. Creator: Asher Brown Durand
Gipseying Party, ca. 1830

George Dunlop Leslie, 1860s. Creator: John & Charles Watkins
George Dunlop Leslie, 1860s

The Last Throw, ca. 1840. Creator: Charles Robert Leslie
The Last Throw, ca. 1840

Alfred Harmsworth, 1895, (1945). Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Alfred Harmsworth, 1895, (1945). Portrait of Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865-1922), British newspaper and publishing magnate

Black Swan Lagoon, near Warwick, Queensland, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Black Swan Lagoon, near Warwick, Queensland, 1901. Condamine River near Condamine Downs the first residence, of Scottish settler Patrick Leslie in July 1840. From " Federated Australia"

Ranji, 1897. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Ranji, 1897. Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja (1872-1933), also known as Ranji, was ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar as Maharaja Jam Saheb

The Croucher, 1901. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
The Croucher, 1901. English cricketer Gilbert Laird Jessop (1874-1955) played for Cambridge University, Gloucestershire, and England, and was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898. [London, 1901]

Yorkshire Cricket, 1892. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Yorkshire Cricket, 1892. Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (1860-1938) captained the Yorkshire County Cricket Club for 28 seasons

Repton, Oxford & Somerset, 1903. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Repton, Oxford & Somerset, 1903. English amateur cricketer Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet (1870-1933) was educated at Repton School

Cricket, 1877. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Cricket, 1877. Gloucestershire and England cricketer William Gilbert WG Grace (1848-1915) was one of the most iconic figures in the history of English cricket

A Flanneled Fighter, 1902. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
A Flanneled Fighter, 1902. British cricketer, soldier and politician Stanley Jackson (1870-1947). In 1927 Jackson was appointed Governor of Bengal. [London, 1902]

L. Townsend (Derbyshire), 1928. Creator: Unknown
L. Townsend (Derbyshire), 1928. From " Willss Cigarettes - A Series of 50 Cricketers, 1928", [W. D. & H. O. Wills, London, 1928]

Parachute jump, c1919, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Parachute jump, c1919, (1932). Parachute activated manually during jump from a biplane. American Leslie Leroy Irvin (1895-1966) made the first premeditated free-fall parachute jump in 1919

Benjie, 1894. Creator: Day & Son
Benjie, 1894. Portrait of oarsman Hugh Benjamin Cotton (1871-1895), president of the Oxford University Boat Club, wearing a jumper with his initials on it

Oxford Cricket, 1889. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Oxford Cricket, 1889. Wicket Keeper. Hylton Punch Philipson (1866-1935) played first-class cricket for Oxford University. From Vanity Fair

Queen Katherine (King Henry VIII), c1870. Artist: Charles W Sharpe
Queen Katherine (King Henry VIII), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Autolycus (The Winters Tale), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Falstaff and his Friends (The Merry Wives of Windsor), c1870. Artist: W Greatbatch
Falstaff and his Friends (The Merry Wives of Windsor), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Queen Victorias Coronation, 1838. Artist: Samuel Cousins
Scene of Queen Victoria receiving the Sacrament at her coronation in Westminster Abbey, London, 1838

Queen Victoria in her Coronation Robe, 1838. Artist: Charles Robert Leslie
Queen Victoria in her Coronation Robe, 1838. Victoria (1819-1901) succeeded her uncle, William IV, to the throne in 1837

Designer in a photographic studio, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1964. A photograph taken for a local advertising agency. The Studio belonged to the photographer Michael Walters who ran MT Walters &

A Scene from Tristram Shandy (?Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman?), 1829?30, (c1915). Artist: Charles Robert Leslie
A Scene from Tristram Shandy (?Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman?), 1829-30, (c1915). Held by the Tate, London. From Famous Pictures of the World, c1900

Augustine Birrell, 1927. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Augustine Birrell, 1927. A caricature of Augustine Birrell (1850-1933), English Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916

Sir Edmund Gosse, 1927. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Sir Edmund Gosse, 1927. A portrait of Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), English poet, author and critic. [The Bookman, Christmas portfolio, 1927]

John Buchan, 1927. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
John Buchan, 1927. A portrait of John Buchan (1875-1940), Scottish novelist, historian and Governor General of Canada. [The Bookman, Christmas portfolio, 1927]

Sir Oliver Lodge, 1927. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Sir Oliver Lodge, 1927. A portrait of Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940), British physicist and writer involved in the development of radio. [The Bookman, Christmas portfolio, 1927]

Sir Henry Mill Pellatt, c1910 Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Sir Henry Mill Pellatt, c1910. A portrait of Major-General Henry Mill Pellatt (1859-1939), Canadian financier and soldier. Published c. 1910, as a supplement in The World

Mr. Hugh Chisholm, 1911 Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Mr. Hugh Chisholm, 1911. A caricature of Hugh Chisholm (1866-1924), British journalist, and editor of the 10th, 11th and 12th editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica

Richard Pigott, 1889. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Richard Pigott, 1889. A caricature of Richard Pigott (1835-1889), Irish Nationalist and Journalist. [Vanity Fair, 1889]

Little Darling, 1897. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Little Darling, 1897. A caricature of Charles John Darling (1849-1936), lawyer, politician and High Court judge. [Vanity Fair, 1897]

The Rev. Joseph Wood, D. D. (Headmaster of Harrow), 1910 Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
The Rev. Joseph Wood, D.D. (Headmaster of Harrow), c1910. A portrait of the Rev Joseph Wood (1843-1923), Head Master of Harrow from 1899-1910. Published July 5th 1910, as a supplement in The World

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