Room Collection (#97)

The study of Russian author Leonid Andreyev, early 20th century. Artist: Karl Karlovich Bulla
The study of Russian author Leonid Andreyev, late19th or early 20th century. Andreyev (1871-1919) was a playwright and short story writer who was the leader of the Expressionist movement in Russian

Alexander Kuprin, Russian author, early 20th century. Artist: Karl Karlovich Bulla
Alexander Kuprin, Russian author, early 20th century. Kuprin (1870-1938) was a short story writer described by Vladimir Nabokov as the Russian Kipling

Interior of Neolithic Hut at Skara Brae Neolithic settlement, Orkney. Stone furniture can be seen. The hearth is in the centre, and there are stone beds on the left and right sides

Grand saloon of the steamship Atlantic, 1850

The Grand Saloon on board the Great Eastern, 1859. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with John Scott Russell, the Great Eastern was lauched in 1858

Scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1852-1853. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1852-1853. This novel contains a satire on the iniquities of the Court of Chancery, and the misery and ruin it brought to those it was supposed to protect

Scene from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, 1883. Artist: Robert Brown
Scene from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, 1883. This series of three tales included The Sad Fortunes of the Rev

Assassination of Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian soldier, 1634 (19th century). Wallenstein (1583-1634) commanded the Catholic imperial armies during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)

The End of the Feast, c1895. Artist: Martin Anderson
The End of the Feast, c1895. A boy in bed shows his furred tongue to a doctor who feels the boys pulse. On the table is bottle of castor oil (Ricinus) which will be given as a laxative

Scene from Shakespeares King Lear, c1858. Artist: Robert Dudley
Scene from Shakespeares King Lear, c1858. Lear, betrayed by his daughters Goneril and Regan and confused by rage, powerlessness and ill-treatment, is comforted by his youngest daughter

Scene from Shakespeares Macbeth, c1858. Artist: Robert Dudley
Scene from Shakespeares Macbeth, c1858. Macbeth about to murder the sleeping Duncan (Act 2 Scene 2). The play was first performed in c1606

Federal (northern) prison in Fort Lafayette, New York Harbour, American Civil War, 1865. View inside one of the casemates

St Anselm reluctantly accepting the Archbishopric of Canterbury, 1093 (1864). Anselm (1033-1109), an Italian-born Benedictine monk was an influential philosopher and theologian

Oliver Goldsmith, 18th-century playwright, (c1860s). Goldsmith (1730?-1774) in his room surrounded by books. Dramatist, poet

Portrait of a family in an interior, Russian, c1840. A father seated (centre) with a small child holding a doll on his knee and a little girl standing at his side

Three generations listening to a reading from the family Bible, c1800. Artist: Maria Spilsbury
Three generations listening to a reading from the family Bible, c1800. Grandparents, parents and two children sit at the table, and a baby lies in a basketwork cradle

The Flower of the Flock, c1890. An artisan country family at the tea table showing loving, hopeless concern for a child who has not long to live. From The Girls Own Paper. (London, c1890)

Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837. Artist: George Cruikshank
Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837. Time has run out for Fagin, head of the gang of thieves with whom Oliver Twist becomes embroiled

Illustration for the poem Last Words by Owen Meredith, 1860. Artist: John Everett Millais
Illustration for the poem Last Words by Owen Meredith, 1860. Will watching and listening at his friends deathbed. Owen Meredith was the pseudonym of Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

Tavern scene from The Rakes Progress, 1735. Artist: William Hogarth
Tavern scene from The Rakes Progress, 1735. Plate II in William Hogarths series of eight illustrations originally published in 1735. Here the Rake squanders his fortune on drink, women and gambling

Dr Syntax in Danger, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr Syntax in Danger, 1820. A physician peers down Syntaxs throat, while a manservant rushes in holding a steaming plate and wooden bucket of cold water

Scene from Shakespeares Othello, 19th century. Desdemona and Emilia lie dead, Othello has stabbed himself and Iago is taken prisoner (Act 5)

Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c early 20th century. Fabre (1823-1915), author of numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects, in his study at Serignan, Vaucluse, France

President William McKinleys state bedroom at the White House, 1901. McKinley (1843-1901) 25th President of USA from 1896, was shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz

Survivors of the explosion of the Atom bomb at Hiroshima, Japan, 1945. Beds occupied by casualties suffering the effects of radiation

Scene from Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin, c1870. The death of Eva from tuberculosis. Tom and Topsy with the family at Evas bedside while the rest of the slaves in the courtyard pray for

Interior of Haddon Hall, 19th century. Artist: Laslett John Pott
Interior of Haddon Hall, 19th century. Painting by Laslett John Pott (1837-1898), British history painter, showing Haddon Hall near Bakewell, Derbyshire, in Elizabethan times

Air Raid Precautions, cigarette card, British, 1938. Rendering your refuge room gas-proof: red arrows highlight danger points

The Two Consuls Cambaceres and Le Brun nominate Napoleon Emperor, 19th century

The Nativity, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Nativity, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 24rd December 1892

The Parliamentary Female, 1850. Artist: John Leech
The Parliamentary Female, 1850. The dreadful consequences of the emancipation of women. A househusband bringing the family to his busy wife to beg her to take them all to the theatre

Success in Life, 1867. Artist: George du Maurier
Success in Life, 1867. Role reversal and the modern professional woman. In 1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) was licensed to practice by the Society of Apothecaries

Daniels vision of the beasts, 1804. Four great Beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Daniel was one of the four great Hebrew prophets. From the Bible (Daniel 7:3)

Joseph interpreting Pharaohs dream, 1493. One of 12 Hebrew Patriarchs, Joseph interpreted the dream as meaning there would be seven fat years and seven lean years

Immediate help, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Immediate help, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 17th December 1899

Paul Deroulede and his defender Oscar Falateuf, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Paul Deroulede and his defender Oscar Falateuf, 1899. Paul Deroulede (1846-1914) was a French author and politician. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th September 1899

Revolte of the blind men in a hospice, France, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd May 1904

An Eminent Gathering, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
An Eminent Gathering, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st August 1898

The death of the son of Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The death of the son of Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, 1898. Marie Francois Sadi Carnot (1837-1894) was a French statesman, the fourth president of the Third French Republic

Love of the flag, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Love of the flag, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 25th December 1898

Alfred Austin (1835-1913), British poet, c1903
Alfred Austin (1835-1913) British poet laureate from 1896. Austin became Poet Laureate in 1896. He is pictured sitting at home at Swinford Old Manor, Ashford, Kent

Visiting Day at the Hospital, 1893. Artist: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
Visiting Day at the Hospital, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 13th June 1893

Evening, c1880. An agricultural labourer returning from work to his family and his evening meal eagerly greeted by four children. The cottage door opens directly into the living room

Men playing billiards, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Meeting of the Agricultural Society, London, 1808-1810. Artist: Augustus Charles Pugin
Meeting of the Agricultural Society, London, 1808-1810. Great improvements in agricultural practice and machinery were made in the late 18th and early 19th centuries

Mme Louise Saying Good-bye to her Son, 1772. Artist: Jean-Michel Moreau
Mme Louise Saying Good-bye to her Son, 1772

Feast at Louveciennes, 1771. Artist: Jean-Michel Moreau
Feast at Louveciennes, 1771. Feast given by Madame du Barry (1743-93) for Louis XV on 2nd September 1771 at the inauguration of the Pavillon at Louveciennes

The Living Room, 1900. Artist: Etienne Moreau-Nelaton
The Living Room, 1900

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