Walking Stick Collection (page 8)

Inadequate Description, 1906. Dougal (to shooting tenant, who has brought out a dog recently purchased at auction, and is now trying to whistle it back from the hill opposite)

General Philippe Petain and Georges Clemenceau, (1926). A hero of the French defence of Verdun, Petain (1856-1951) was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French army in 1917 after a series of

Chelsea Pensioner, c1890. Artist: Geoffrey Douglas Giles
Chelsea Pensioner, c1890. A coloured lithographic plate from Her Majestys Army by Walter Richards, JS Virtue & Company, (London, c1890)

Old Age, c1480, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Old Age, c1480, (1843). A 19th-century copy after a manuscript illustration in the Romance of the Rose. From Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries

Old Age and Poverty, c1480, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Old Age and Poverty, c1480, (1843). A 19th-century copy after a manuscript illustration in the Romance of the Rose. From Dresses

Carried by an Avalanche, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 23rd June 1901

Late Reward for Jean-Henry Phelipot, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 17th March 1901

Irascible English tourist, Paris, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 20th May 1900

Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel, (1725-1786), 19th Century. Artist: Henry Thomas Ryall
Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel, (1725-1786), 19th Century. British admiral, held sea commands during the Seven Years War and the War of American Independence

The Persian Shah Mozzafar al-Din Shah Qajar in France, 1902. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 21st September 1902

A Car with Blades, 1460, (c1900). French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection

Study, A soldiers Armour, c1823-1870. Artist: Prosper Merimee
Study, A soldiers Armour, c1823-1870. Prosper Merimee was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer, Private collection

The Couple, c1870-1893. Artist: Guy de Maupassant
The Couple, c1870-1893. Private collection

Courbet with his Black Dog, 1842. Artist: Gustave Courbet
Courbet with his Black Dog, 1842. From the collection of the Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais, France

Is this your Excellency?, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Is this your Excellency?, 1799. Is this your excellency?..well, as I say, eh!, Look out!, plate 76 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression

Hush, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Hush, 1799. Plate 28 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain The series is evidence of the artists political liberalism

Drum Major of the Grenadiers-a-Pied, 1859. Artist: Auguste Raffet
Drum Major of the Grenadiers-a-Pied, 1859. A depiction of a French Military attire from the book Napoleon 1er et la Garde Imperiale, by Eugene Fieffe, 1859

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

Altarpiece of the Moreel chantry, 1484. Artist: Hans Memling
Altarpiece of the Moreel chantry, 1484. In the centre St Christopher carries the Christ Child across the water. Also depicted are the Benedictine monk St Maurus (left)

St John the Baptist, c1478. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
St John the Baptist, c1478. From the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor, England

Roderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist, 1870. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Roderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist, 1870. Murchison (1792-1871) investigated old rocks beneath the red sandstone

Professor Sir Richard Owen, FRS, KCB, naturalist, 1873. Artist: Spy
Professor Sir Richard Owen, FRS, KCB, naturalist, 1873. Entitled Men of the Day, No 57: Old Bones, showing the naturalist and author Richard Owen, who attacked Darwins Origin of Species

Sir John Lawes, English scientific agriculturalist, 1882. Artist: Theobald Chartan
Sir John Lawes, English scientific agriculturalist, 1882. From Vanity Fair, published on 8th July 1882

The Chinese Star-god of Longevity. Shou-lao. Shou Lao is the three Daoist Gods of Fu (Good fortune) Lu (Prosperity) Shou (Longevity), who usually has a very prominent forehead

Portrait of a European, Mughal School, Akbar Period, late 16th Century. Victoria and Albert Museum

Early Christian Sarcophagus of Christ healing the sick, 4th century. At Vatican Museums

Maxim Gorky, Russian author, c1901-c1902. Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature. He was a fierce opponent of the Tsarist regime

Viking walking-stick, 10th century
Viking Walking-stick of maple-wood with Ringerike -style ornament, 10th century

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

William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875. Russell (1820-1907) was war correspondent for The Times during the Crimean War) and The Daily Telegraph in the Zulu War

Members of the Womens Volunteer Defence Corps being trained in rifle drill, World War II, 1940. Small arms were in short supply

Untitled, c1864-1900. Artist: Mihaly Munkacsy
Untitled, c1864-1900

Le Char de l Etat Navigue sur un Volcan, 1871. Artist: Henry Bonaventure Monnier
Le Char de l Etat Navigue sur un Volcan, 1871

Demobilised French soldiers arriving at the Gare d Austerlitz, Paris, 1945(?)

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

Native Costume of Pont Audemer, Normandy, 1902

Native Costume of Sarthe, c1900

Savoyarde, c1715. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Savoyarde, c1715. Drawing of a woman from the Savoy region. From the British Museum, London

William Huggins, British astronomer and spectroscopist, 1903. Artist: Spy
William Huggins, British astronomer and spectroscopist, 1903. Huggins (1824-1910) was the inventor of the solar spectroscope

Richard Owen, British zoologist, 1873. Artist: Spy
Richard Owen, British zoologist, 1873. After qualifying and practising as a surgeon, Owen (1804-1892) made major contributions in the fields of anatomy and paleontology

Archaic Roman relief of Apollo with his lyre, from the Capitoline Museums collection in Rome

Doctor Johnson in the ante-room of Lord Chesterfield, waiting for an audience, 1748. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

Silver cigarette case walking stick designed to look like a golf club, c1910

Signed photograph of Tom Morris, British, 1901
Signed photograph of Tom Morris (Senior), British, 1901. Photograph depicts him on the old course at St Andrews

Selection of walking sticks shaped like golf clubs, 1900-1925

This is The Noblest Roman of Them All!, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
This is The Noblest Roman of Them All!, 1864. A toga-clad Mr Punch, honours the arrival at Southampton of General Garibaldi on a visit to England

Mutual Accommodation, 1860. This cartoon illustrates the argument taking place between France, represented here by Madame La Banque on the left

Letter W. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter W

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