William Collection (page 5)

The cutter Shamrock sailing close-hauled, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Shamrock sailing close-hauled, 1912. Shamrock, designed by William Fife, was Sir Thomas Liptons first (1899) challenger to the Americas Cup

The magnificent schooners Germania and Waterwitch, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The magnificent schooners Germania and Waterwitch, 1911. The 250 ton schooner Germania was designed by Max Oertz and owned by the German industrialist Count Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

The handsome racing schooner Waterwitch, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The handsome racing schooner Waterwitch, 1911. Designed by William Fife, Waterwitch was not successful in competition and was later redesigned by Charles Nicholson

Interior view of the Kings Audience Chamber in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, 1818. The Kings Audience Chamber was refurbished for King George III by William Chambers in the late 18th century

St Pauls from Bankside, London, 1883. Artist: William Richardson
St Pauls from Bankside, Southwark, London, 1883; view across the Thames with barges and ships on the water

The sleeping congregation, 1762. Artist: William Hogarth
The sleeping congregation, 1762.The scene is a country church, the only member of the congregation awake (besides the speaker) is the clerk who observes the charms of a young woman

A circle of witches dancing beneath a full Moon, 19th or early 20th century. Artist
A circle of witches dancing beneath a full Moon, 19th or early 20th century. Illustration from a collection of Chapbooks on esoterica

Acanthus, wallpaper designed by William Morris, 1875. Artist: William Morris
Acanthus, wallpaper designed by William Morris, 1875

William Shakespeare 1564-1616. - Gemalde von J. Faed, 1934
William Shakespeare 1564-1616. 1934. William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright..From Die Groszen der Weltgelchichte. [Ecktein-Halpaus, Dresden, 1934]

Ophelia, 1851-2, (1911). Artist: John Everett Millais
Ophelia, 1851-2. Here Millais shows a scene from Shakespeares Hamlet, in which Ophelia drowns herself in a stream, after been driven out of her mind when her father is murdered by her lover Hamlet

The crowns of English sovereigns from William the Conqueror to Charles I, 1937. A plate from the Illustrated London News: Coronation Record Number, (London, 1937)

Macbeth visiting the three witches on the blasted heath, 1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Macbeth visiting the three witches on the blasted heath, 1858. Title page to Macbeth from an edition of William Shakespeares works published in London in 1858

Night (The Four Times of Day), March 25, 1738. Creator: William Hogarth
Night (The Four Times of Day), March 25, 1738

The Analysis of Beauty, Plate 1, March 5, 1753. Creator: William Hogarth
The Analysis of Beauty, Plate 1, March 5, 1753

King Henry the Eighth and Anna Bullen, ca. 1728. Creator: William Hogarth
King Henry the Eighth and Anna Bullen, ca. 1728

Circle of Theives: Agnello Brunelleschi Attacked By a Six-Footed Serpent, from Dan... ca
Circle of Theives: Agnello Brunelleschi Attacked By a Six-Footed Serpent, from Dantes Inferno, Canto XXVV, ca. 1825-27

The Savages Let Loose, or the Cruel Fate of the Loyalists, 1783. [Is this a Peace, when Loyalists must bleed? It is a Bloody Piece of work indeed]

Trade card for William Taylor, engraver, embosser and printer, 19th century

The Throne Room, Palace of Holyrood, 1842. Creator: Stephen Sly
The Throne Room, Palace of Holyrood, 1842. Scots in traditional tartan at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

William F. Buffalo Bill Cody, Rosa Bonheur, Chief Rocky Bear, Chief Red Shirt
William F. " Buffalo Bill" Cody, , Chief Rocky Bear, Chief Red Shirt, William " Broncho Bill" Irving, Roland Knoedler, and [Benjamin

Satan, Sin and Death (Paradise Lost, Book the 2nd), after 1790. after 1790
Satan, Sin and Death (Paradise Lost, Book the 2nd), after 1790

Portrait of a Boy, Probably of the Crossfield Family, ca. 1770-75. Creator: William Williams
Portrait of a Boy, Probably of the Crossfield Family, ca. 1770-75

Grace Darling and her Father Saving the Shipwrecked Crew, September 8th, 1838, (1942). In 1838 Grace Darling and her father William Darling, a local lighthouse keeper

Lady Hester Stanhope in Oriental Dress, early 19th century?, (1942). Creator: David Wilkie
Lady Hester Stanhope in Oriental Dress, early 19th century?, (1942). Portrait of Hester Lucy Stanhope (1776-1839), British socialite, adventurer and traveller. A sketch made in 1841

The Atmospheric Railway at Dawlish, 1847, (1945). Creator: Unknown
The Atmospheric Railway at Dawlish, 1847, (1945). Railway line running along the sea front in the town of Dawlish on the south coast of Devon

A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Creator: Unknown
A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Man smoking a pipe, and a Blenkinsop steam locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator
Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotive in the 2-mile sandstone railway cutting which opened in 1830

The Excursion Train Galop, sheet music cover, c1860, (1945). Creator: Unknown
" The Excursion Train Galop", sheet music cover, c1860, (1945). Third Class Travel, c. 1845 : railway passengers in open-air carriages, cover to a piece of music composed by Frank Musgrave

Map of England, with principal towns and cities, 1943. Creator: F Nichols
Map of England, with principal towns and cities, 1943. Places Mentioned in the Text. From " English Cities and Small Towns", by John Betjeman. [Collins, London, 1943]

Plan of Canterbury in the Sixteenth Century, (1943). Creator: Frans Hogenberg
Plan of Canterbury in the Sixteenth Century, (1943). Map of the walled city of Cantuarbury in Kent, originally published c1580 by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenburg

Barrel of Gatling gun, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Barrel of Gatling gun, c1872. Diagram detail of the cyclic multi-barrel Gatling gun, an early form of rotary cannon. Invented by Richard Gatling and patented in 1862

Krupps 1000-Pounder Gun, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Krupps 1000-Pounder Gun, c1872. Heavy artillery made of steel and manufactured by the German company founded by Friedrich Krupp

Plan of Metz and its Fortifications, c1872. Creator: R. Walker
Plan of Metz and its Fortifications, c1872. Map of the town of Metz (in France), showing military buildings, public buildings, churches etc

General Trochu, c1872. Creator: William Holl
General Trochu, c1872. Portrait of Louis Jules Trochu (1815-1896), French military leader and politician. From " The Franco-Prussian War: its causes, incidents and consequences", Volume II

Map of the Battle of Gravelotte, 18 August 1870, (c1872). Creator: R. Walker
Map of the Battle of Gravelotte, 18 August 1870, (c1872). Map: Drawn under the Superintendance of Captain Hozier, showing the enemy positions

Map of the Battle of Sedan, 1 September 1870, (c1872). Creator: R. Walker
Map of the Battle of Sedan, 1 September 1870, (c1872). Map: Drawn under the Superintendance of Captain Hozier, showing the enemy positions

Map of the Battle of Beaumont, 30 August 1870, (c1872). Creator: R. Walker
Map of the Battle of Beaumont, 30 August 1870, (c1872). Map: Drawn under the Superintendance of Captain Hozier, showing the enemy positions

Views and crafts of Buckinghamshire, Womens Institute banner design, 1937, (1943). Page painted by a member of a Buckinghamshire Womens Institute

A Kings Scout Taking to Boy Scouts from Gibraltar, London 1941, (1944). Creator: Unknown
A Kings Scout Taking to Boy Scouts from Gibraltar, London 1941, (1944). The Scouting movement was founded by Robert Baden-Powell in 1908. From " Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds

Liverpool in 1846, (1942). Creator: J McGahey
Liverpool in 1846, (1942). The busy port of Liverpool seen from Upper Transmere, Cheshire. From " British Ports and Harbours, by Leo Walmsley. [Collins, London, 1942]

The Painters Daughters with a Cat, c1760, (1944). Creator: Thomas Gainsborough
The Painters Daughters with a Cat, c1760, (1944). Unfinished portrait of the artist Thomas Gainsboroughs daughters Mary (1750-1826) and Margaret (c1751-1820)

Nailsea jug and flasks, late 18th-first half of the 19th century, (1946). Creator: Unknown
Nailsea jug and flasks, late 18th-first half of the 19th century, (1946). Jugs made from striped glass. The term Nailsea glass is often used to describe almost any glass item in this style

Commode designed by Robert Adam, 1770, (1946). Creator: Benedetto Pastorini
Commode designed by Robert Adam, 1770, (1946). Commode of Robert Adam in the Countess of Derbys Dressing Room, Osterley Park, stately home (west London)

F. H. Bradley, c1920?, (1943). Creator: Reginald Grenville Eves
F. H. Bradley, c1920?, (1943). Portrait of the British philosopher Francis Herbert Bradley (1846-1924). Painting at Merton College, University of Oxford

North View of Friar Bacons Study at Oxford, late 18th century, (1943). Creator
North View of Friar Bacons Study at Oxford, late 18th century, (1943). The tower to the left of Folly Bridge housed the study of Roger Bacon (c1214-1292), English experimental scientist

The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper, c1775, (1942). Creator: Johan Zoffany
The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper, c1775, (1942). Portrait of Englsih art collector and patron George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper (1738-1789), with Emilie Gore, Elizabeth Gore

A Service Station - Seaplanes, Second World War, (1944). Creator: Charles Cundall
A Service Station - Seaplanes, Second World War, (1944). British aircraft of the Royal Air Force at the coast. Painting in a private collection. From " Britain In The Air", by Nigel Tangye

Himalayan Balsam: Impatiens Glandulifera, 1840, (1944). Creator: Unknown
Himalayan Balsam: Impatiens Glandulifera, 1840, (1944). Botanical illustration from " Edwardss Botanical Register" edited by John Lindley

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