Stern Collection (page 2)

All Electric from Stem to Stern - The Monarch of Bermuda, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

A Greenwich Pensioner, c1800. The man, with a wooden leg and a crutch under one arm, points to the Greenwich Hospital across the River Thames

View of the Custom House from the River Thames, City of London, 1810

Design for a city of London barge, c1840. Showing the Citys arms and supporters at the stern

Sir William Farmer, Sheriff of London 1890, c1890. Portrait of the bearded Sir William Farmer who was Master of the Gardeners Company and Sheriff of London

John Charles Kitching, Last Tide Carpenter of London Bridge, c1825. Portrait of an elderly man with thinning grey hair and a rather stern expression

Greenwich Pensioner in the character of Commodore Trunion, Greenwich Hospital, London, 1826
Greenwich Pensioner in the character of Commodore Trunion, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, London, 1826. He is dressed in uniform and exudes an imposing air through expression

HMS Agamemnon laying the original Atlantic telegraph cable, 1857 (1866). Artist
HMS Agamemnon laying the original Atlantic telegraph cable, 1857 (1866). HMS Agamemnon was the first warship to be built with screw propulsion

Fishing boat in the harbour at low tide, St Ives, Cornwall

Portrait of the inventor Abraham Stern (1760s-1842), 1825. Found in the collection of Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa

Colonel Lysander Stark, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Colonel Lysander Stark, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Channel Astern of the Fram. June, 1895, (1897). Fram (Forward) was a ship used in northern and southern polar expeditions by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen

The Stern of the Fram. Johansen and Sultan, 16 June, 1894, (1897)
The Stern of the Fram. Johansen and Sultan. 16 June, 1894, (1897). Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen (1867-1913) was a Norwegian explorer who took part to the three year expedition (1893-1896)

View from the stern of a British warship, c1940 (1943)
It is upon the Navy, under the good providence of God, that the wealth, safety and strength of the Kingdom do chiefly depend, c1940 (1943)

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, British jurist and politician, 1860s (1883). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. III, 1852-1860, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

GB Stern, 1937
GB Stern (1890-1973), novelist, critic, journalist, essayist and playwright, 1937. Cigarette card 34 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

ES Willard, British actor, as Jim the Penman, 1887. Artist: Ernest Barraud
ES Willard, British actor, as Jim the Penman, 1887. Jim the Penman is a play by Sir Charles Young, 7th Baronet, first performed in 1886

Izaak Enschede, printer, 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)

Washing day on the canal boat, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Elihu Root, American lawyer and statesman, 1926
Elihu Root (1845-1937), American lawyer and statesman, 1926. Root was the 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

The Royal Edward entering Avonmouth dock, 20th century. In November 1914 the Royal Edward was one of three ships being used as German prison ships, just of Southend, Essex

Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860), 1874. Artist: Favstin
Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860), 1874. Bonaparte (Prince Francais, King of Westphalia and 1st Prince of Montfort) was the youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte

Burial of Captain Cooks remains at sea, 1779 (1886). Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

The Invincible, 1885. A 74-cannon boat constructed under the reign of Louis XV (1715-1774) for the French navy

Napoleon In The Bellerophon, 1815 (c1850s). After his defeat at Waterloo and a failed attempt to escape to the United States

Equestrian Portrait of a Nobleman as Protector of the Arts, c1699-1748. Artist: Ignaz Stern
Equestrian Portrait of a Nobleman. Small Full Length, Wearing Armour, as Protector of the Arts, 1679-1748

Portrait of Hilaire de Gas, grandfather of the artist, 1857. Artist: Edgar Degas
Portrait of Hilaire de Gas, grandfather of the artist, 1857. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Dona Antonia Ifenarrietta and Her Son, 1631. Artist: Diego Velasquez
Dona Antonia Ifenarrietta and Her Son, 1631. From the Museo del Prado, Madrid

Abbess Jeronima de la Fuente, 1620. Artist: Diego Velazquez
Abbess Jeronima de la Fuente, 1620. The elderly nuns gaze is keen and slightly melancholic, as if prepared for any sacrifice. She holds a large crucifix in her right hand and a book in her left hand

Detail of the stern of the Viking Oseburg ship, 9th century
Detail of the stern of the Oseburg ship, from the Oseburg ship burial, from the Viking Ships Museums collection in Oslo, 9th century

Henry Andrews, English astronomical calculator, author of Moores Almanack, c1800
Henry Andrews (1744-1820) English astronomical calculator, schoolmaster, author of Moores Almanack, c1800. Born Frieston near Grantham, Lincolnshire

Tudor ship of the type used by privateers and explorers, 15th-16th century

The Fenian-Pest, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel
The Fenian-Pest, 1866. Hibernia remarks O my dear Sister, What are we to do with these Troublesome People? Britannia replies Try Isolation first

Mike Stern and Bill Evans, 2013. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Mike Stern and Bill Evans, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2013

Mike Stern, 2013. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Mike Stern, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2013

Free Italy (?), 1859. This cartoon shows Italty shackled to a block labelled Venetia. A stern looking Francis Joseph rests one foot on the block in a very dominant stance

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