Penrose Collection

Punishment of Loke, 1890. Artist: James Doyle Penrose
Punishment of Loke, 1890. Loke (Loki) is a giant in Norse and Germanic mythology, who is bound to a rock by the other gods and forced to have poison from a snake dropped on his face

Conway Castle, north Wales, 1908-1909. Artist: Ernest W Jackson
Conway Castle, north Wales, 1908-1909. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London)

Freyja and the Necklace, 1890. Artist: James Doyle Penrose
Freyja and the Necklace, 1890. Freya, goddess of love, who wore a necklace as a sign of social status. Illustration from Teutonic Myths and Legends by Donald A Mackenzie, 1890

Idun and the Apples, 1890. Artist: James Doyle Penrose
Idun and the Apples, 1890. Idun is the keeper of apples that give the gods eternal youth. Illustration from Teutonic Myths and Legends by Donald A Mackenzie, 1890

RMS Olympic, White Star Line ocean liner, 1911-1912. Artist: FGO Stuart
RMS Olympic, White Star Line ocean liner, 1911-1912. Launched in 1910, Olympic was the first of her class of ocean liners built for the White Star Line

The Bath of Psyche, c1890. Painting held in the Tate Britain, London. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Ballymaclinton, Irish village, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908. Artist: R Welch
Ballymaclinton, Irish village, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908. The Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 celebrated the Entente Cordiale which had been signed by the United Kingdom

The Laughing Cavalier, 1624 (1908-1909). Artist: Frans Hals
The Laughing Cavalier, 1624 (1908-1909). The Laughing Cavalier is a famous painting by the Dutch Baroque artist Frans Hans. The identity of the paintings subject is unknown

The Venerable Bede Translating the Last Chapter of St John, 1926. Artist: James Doyle Penrose
The Venerable Bede Translating the Last Chapter of St John, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 2: Builders of the Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Sir Joseph Swan (1828-1914), English physicist and chemist, 1911-1912. Artist: D Cameron-Swan
Sir Joseph Swan (1828-1914), English physicist and chemist, 1911-1912. Swan invented the incandescent electric lamp in Britain at about the same time as Thomas Edison patented it in the USA

Haymaking, 1911-1912. Artist: Sprague & Co
Haymaking, 1911-1912. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1911-1912, The Process Year Book, volume 17, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1911-1912)

The Canadian Arch, Whitehall, London, 1902. Artist: HO Klein
The Canadian Arch, Whitehall, London, 1902. The Canadian Arch decorated to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1902-1903

Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, Parsi Indian politician, 1902-1903. Wacha was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress and its President in 1901

Helgi Hundingsbane returns to Valhalla, 1890. Artist: James Doyle Penrose
Helgi Hundingsbane returns to Valhalla, 1890. Illustration from Teutonic Myths and Legends by Donald A Mackenzie, 1890

Anna Pavlova (1881-1912), Russian ballet dancer, 1911-1912. Artist: Alfred Ellis & Walery
Anna Pavlova (1881-1912), Russian ballet dancer, 1911-1912. Pavlova was the most famous classical ballerina of her era. She trained at the school of the Imperial Ballet

An advert for the Collotype process offered by The London Stereoscopic Company, 1903. Collotype is a dichromate-based photographic process which was invented by Alphonse Poitevin in 1856

A Group at The Durbar, 1903. Artist: Mortimer Luddington Menpes
A Group at The Durbar, 1903. The Delhi Durbar of 1903 was a mass assembly staged to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra as Emperor and Empress of India

Library of Captain Harvey, Hampstead, c1903. Artist: Frank William Brookman
Library of Captain Harvey, Hampstead, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

The High Street, Southampton, c1903. Artist: Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart
The High Street, Southampton, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

The Underwriters Room at Lloyds, c1903. Artist: AJ Campbell & E Gray
The Underwriters Room at Lloyds, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Mr. A. W. Pineros Study, c1903. Artist: AJ Campbell & E Gray
Mr. A. W. Pineros Study, c1903. Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855?1934) known as Pinero was an English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director

Mdlle. Meri, c1903. Artist: Karl Anton
Mdlle. Meri, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

A Gendun Turf Slide, c1903. Artist: Robert John Welch
A Gendun Turf Slide, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

The Fisherman, 1901. Artist: Patten Wilson
The Fisherman, 1901. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

The Unexpected Encounter, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
The Unexpected Encounter, 1902. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Mrs Olga Nethersole in Sapho, c1900. Olga Isabella Nethersole (1867-1951), English actress, theatre producer, and wartime nurse/health educator

Autumn Tints, c1903. Artist: John Swain & Son
Autumn Tints, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

The Camp below Jongsong La, c1903
The Camp below Jongsong La. 1903-4. The Kangchenjunga Himal section of the Himalayas lies both in Nepal and India, and encompasses 16 peaks over 7, 000 m (23, 000 ft)

Waiting for the Motor, c1903. Artist: The ACME Tone Engraving Co Ltd
Waiting for the Motor, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Glenoe: An Antrim Glynn Village, c1903. Artist: Robert John Welch
Glenoe: An Antrim Glynn Village, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

The Finish for the Royal Hunt Cup, c1903. The Royal Hunt Cup is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older

Statuary Gallery, Chatsworth House, c1903. Artist: Pawson & Brailsford
Statuary Gallery, Chatsworth House, c1903. The first house at Chatsworth near Bakewell in Derbyshire was built by Bess of Hardwick (c1527-1608) and her second husband Sir William Cavendish (1505-1557)

The Fishermans Lass, c1903. Artist: Owen Graystone Bird
The Fishermans Lass, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

The Ploughman, c1903. Artist: Vernon Royle
The Ploughman, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Miss Rita Jolivet, c1903. Artist: Campbell & Gray
Miss Rita Jolivet, c1903. Rita Jolivet (1890-1971), English actress, 1911-1912. Jolivet was a silent film actress whose career spanned from 1914 to 1926. During that time she made only 20 films

A Wayside Gossip, c1903. Artist: HC Wharton &Co
A Wayside Gossip, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Jack and Jill, c1903. Artist: EA Keck
Jack and Jill, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

The Music-Room, Captain Harveys House, Hampstead, c1903. Artist: Frank William Brookman
The Music-Room, Captain Harveys House, Hampstead, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

The Flower Girl, c1903. Artist: Karl Anton
The Flower Girl, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Warwick Castle, c1903. Artist: Harold Baker Ltd
Warwick Castle, c1903. Situated at a crossing of the River Avon, Warwick was first fortified in c915. William I ordered the castle to be extended in 1086

Munich Hofbrau-Haus, c1903. Artist: The ACME Tone Engraving Co Ltd
Munich Hofbrau-Haus, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Szczepaniks Electric Card-Cutting Machine, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Interior of St. James the Less, Westminster, c1903. Artist: W Ingle
Interior of St. James the Less, Westminster, c1903. St James the Less is an Anglican church in Pimlico, Westminster. It was built between 1858

A Street Scene in Delhi, c1903. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
A Street Scene in Delhi, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Sir Robert Finlay in his chambers, c1903. Artist: Campbell & Gray
Sir Robert Finlay in his chambers, c1903. Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay GCMG, PC, QC, MD (1842?1929), British lawyer, doctor and politician who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain

Assamese, c1903. Artist: F Kapp & Co
Assamese, c1903. The Assamese people are a subgroup of people of Assam. This subgroup is often associated with the Assamese language. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble

Example of Colour Block Illustration for Scientific Work, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

A Japanese Meal, c1903. Artist: David Stevenson & Co
A Japanese Meal, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

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