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Nicholas Collection (#4)

Nicholas: A Name That Echoes Through History From the American civil rights movement to royal portraits, it has left his mark on various aspects of our world

Background imageNicholas Collection: England, Hampshire, Alton, Chawton, Parish Church of St. Nicholas

England, Hampshire, Alton, Chawton, Parish Church of St. Nicholas
England, Hampshire, Alton, Chawton, Parish Church of St.Nicholas

Background imageNicholas Collection: England, Hampshire, Alton, Chawton, Parish Church of St. Nicholas

England, Hampshire, Alton, Chawton, Parish Church of St. Nicholas
England, Hampshire, Alton, Chawton, Parish Church of St.Nicholas

Background imageNicholas Collection: Old Town with St. Nicholas cathedral, Uberlingen, Lake Constance, Upper Swabia, Baden Wurttemberg

Old Town with St. Nicholas cathedral, Uberlingen, Lake Constance, Upper Swabia, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany

Background imageNicholas Collection: San Nicolas de Bari church, 18th century, Panotla, Tlaxcala, Mexico

San Nicolas de Bari church, 18th century, Panotla, Tlaxcala, Mexico

Background imageNicholas Collection: A nun walking past the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Bielsko Biala, Silesian Voivodeship

A nun walking past the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Bielsko Biala, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Background imageNicholas Collection: The Main Town square in Bielsko Biala, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

The Main Town square in Bielsko Biala, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Background imageNicholas Collection: Amager square inCopenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, Northern Europe

Amager square inCopenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, Northern Europe

Background imageNicholas Collection: Panel and predella painted by Pietro Lorenzetti with the Madonna

Panel and predella painted by Pietro Lorenzetti with the Madonna and Child between Saint Nicholas and the prophet Elia, and Stories of the carmelite order

Background imageNicholas Collection: Polyptych by Duccio di Buoninsegna with the Madonna and Child, Saints and Angels

Polyptych by Duccio di Buoninsegna with the Madonna and Child, Saints and Angels. The polyptych is in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Siena Siena Painting Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe

Background imageNicholas Collection: Painting by Bernardo Fungai with the Madonna and Child enthroned and Saints

Painting by Bernardo Fungai with the Madonna and Child enthroned and Saints. The work is in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Siena Siena Painting Late Renaissance, Renaissance

Background imageNicholas Collection: St. Nicholas and his miracles, low relief on the northern side of the Basilica of San Nicola, Bari

St. Nicholas and his miracles, low relief on the northern side of the Basilica of San Nicola, Bari Bari Low Relief, Basrelief Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Background imageNicholas Collection: The Venetian-gothic portal of St. Augustine's Church, in Ancona. Work by Giorgio Orsini

The Venetian-gothic portal of St. Augustine's Church, in Ancona. Work by Giorgio Orsini and Michele di Giovanni da Milano

Background imageNicholas Collection: The facade with the doorway gothic-venetian of the ex-church of S.Agostino, Ancona

The facade with the doorway gothic-venetian of the ex-church of S.Agostino, Ancona. By Giorgio Orsini 1460, finished in 1475 by Michele di Giovanni da Milano

Background imageNicholas Collection: The arch of doorway of the basilica of san Nicola da Tolentino, Tolentino, in the Marche

The arch of doorway of the basilica of san Nicola da Tolentino, Tolentino, in the Marche. Sculptural work by Nanni di Bartolo Tolentino Door Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

Background imageNicholas Collection: Detail of the bronze door knockers on the portal, designed by Oderisio da Benvenuto

Detail of the bronze door knockers on the portal, designed by Oderisio da Benvenuto, of the faade of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, in Troia, Apulia Troia Door Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe

Background imageNicholas Collection: Upper part of the Central Portal of the Basilica of St. Nicola in Tolentino, province of Macerata

Upper part of the Central Portal of the Basilica of St. Nicola in Tolentino, province of Macerata, work by Nanni di Bartolo, called The Red

Background imageNicholas Collection: Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, wooden statue conserved in the Church of Saint Agostino in Montefalco

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, wooden statue conserved in the Church of Saint Agostino in Montefalco Montefalco Saint Agostino Statue Late Gothic, Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe

Background imageNicholas Collection: Door knockers, bronze, Oderisio by Benvenuto (1159 ca.-1151)

Door knockers, bronze, Oderisio by Benvenuto (1159 ca.-1151), detail of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta of the facade portal, sculpture, Oderisio by Benvenuto (1159 ca.-1151), Troy

Background imageNicholas Collection: The portal of the Basilica of San Nicola of Tolentino, Tolentino

The portal of the Basilica of San Nicola of Tolentino, Tolentino. Sculptural work by Nanni di Bartolo (il Rosso) Tolentino Door Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Background imageNicholas Collection: St. John in the desert and Saints Gregory, Basil, John Chrysostom and St. Nicholas, Palatine Chapel

St. John in the desert and Saints Gregory, Basil, John Chrysostom and St. Nicholas, Palatine Chapel, Royal Palace or the Normans Palace, Palermo Palermo The Palazzo dei Normanni

Background imageNicholas Collection: Two altar plaques with the Adoration of the Magi and St. Nicholas with St. Stephen

Two altar plaques with the Adoration of the Magi and St. Nicholas with St. Stephen. Limoges work preserved in the Muse de Cluny, Paris France Low Relief, Basrelief Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe

Background imageNicholas Collection: Scenes of the life of St Nicholas, 14th century (fresco)

Scenes of the life of St Nicholas, 14th century (fresco)
7431635 Scenes of the life of St Nicholas, 14th century (fresco) by Venetian School, (14th century); (add.info.: Scenes from the life of St Nicholas by a Viennese master (14th C)

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russian Tzars - Saint Nicholas - 1894-1917

Russian Tzars - Saint Nicholas - 1894-1917

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russian Tzars - Nicholas I - 1825-1855

Russian Tzars - Nicholas I - 1825-1855

Background imageNicholas Collection: Nicholas Street, Scarborough, Victorian period

Nicholas Street, Scarborough, Victorian period

Background imageNicholas Collection: Nicholas Street, Scarborough

Nicholas Street, Scarborough

Background imageNicholas Collection: Nicholas II of Russia

Nicholas II of Russia

Background imageNicholas Collection: St Nicolas Church, Old Shoreham, West Sussex

St Nicolas Church, Old Shoreham, West Sussex Date: 1910s

Background imageNicholas Collection: St Nicholas Church, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

St Nicholas Church, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageNicholas Collection: St Nicholas Church, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

St Nicholas Church, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageNicholas Collection: St Nicholas Gardens, Scarborough, North Yorkshire

St Nicholas Gardens, Scarborough, North Yorkshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageNicholas Collection: St Nicholas Church, Lower Oddington, Gloucestershire

St Nicholas Church, Lower Oddington, Gloucestershire, viewed from the south west Date: 1930s

Background imageNicholas Collection: Medieval wall painting (Souls of the Blessed), St Nicholas Church, Lower Oddington

Medieval wall painting (Souls of the Blessed), St Nicholas Church, Lower Oddington, Gloucestershire Date: 1930s

Background imageNicholas Collection: Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine PW 6287 Firefly

Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine PW 6287 Firefly number 4032, with 7nhp single-cylinder Engine, built in 1925. Seen at York on 16 May 1971

Background imageNicholas Collection: Tsar Nicholas II attending a meeting of the Imperial Council

Tsar Nicholas II attending a meeting of the Imperial Council
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II attending a meeting of the Imperial Council (Council of the Empire). Date: circa 1910

Background imageNicholas Collection: Tsar Nicholas II reading the Opening Decree to the Duma

Tsar Nicholas II reading the Opening Decree to the Duma
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II reading the Opening Decree to the Duma, whilst standing beside the Imperial throne. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and family at Borodino

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and family at Borodino
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and the Imperial Family at a Convent at Borodino: one of the pupils offers the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich a work she has made. Date: circa 1911

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarina arrive at Borodino

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarina arrive at Borodino
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna arriving at Borodino (the site of a bloody battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought during Napoleon's invasion of Russia)

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II meeting veterans at Borodino

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II meeting veterans at Borodino
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II meeting veteran soldiers and their wives at Borodino (the site of a bloody battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought during Napoleon's invasion of Russia)

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - Soldiers Cemetery at Sevastopol

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - Soldiers Cemetery at Sevastopol
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and the Imperial Family going to the Soldiers Cemetery at Sevastopol, Crimea. Date: circa 1911

Background imageNicholas Collection: Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarevich Alexei, School at Bakhmut

Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarevich Alexei, School at Bakhmut
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich reviewing the children of the popular school Venus in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. Date: circa 1913

Background imageNicholas Collection: Nicholas II and Tsarina - Mass, Trinity Lavra of St Sergius

Nicholas II and Tsarina - Mass, Trinity Lavra of St Sergius
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II (1869-1918) and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) attend a Mass at Trinity Lavra of St Sergius. Date: circa 1909

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II prays and receives icon - Tiraspol

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II prays and receives icon - Tiraspol
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II accepting the gift of a religious icon and offering up a prayer with the Russian army at Tiraspol (Tirispolea), now the capital of Transnistria

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - Military manoeuvres at Ropcha

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - Military manoeuvres at Ropcha
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II attending military manoeuvres at Ropcha, a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. Date: circa 1912

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II receiving bread and salt at Kyiv

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II receiving bread and salt at Kyiv
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II receiving bread and salt from the City of Kyiv, a traditional act of welcome. Date: circa 1911

Background imageNicholas Collection: Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna - Crimea

Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna - Crimea
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna at Sevastopol, Crimea, reviewing a line of venerable Crimean War veterans. Date: circa 1912

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - new plough tested at Peterhof

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - new plough tested at Peterhof
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II examines a new model of Plough being demonstrated in the grounds of the Peterhof Palace, a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg

Background imageNicholas Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and family

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and family: (clockwise from left) Grand Duchess Anastasia (1901-1918), Tsarevich Alexei (1904-1918), Grand Duchess Maria (1899-1918)




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Nicholas: A Name That Echoes Through History From the American civil rights movement to royal portraits, it has left his mark on various aspects of our world. In Montgomery, Alabama, on that fateful day in 1956, Nicholas C. Criss found himself seated behind the courageous Rosa Parks as she defied segregation by sitting at the front of a public bus designated for whites only. Fast forward centuries earlier to 1585 when artist Nicholas Hilliard immortalized Queen Elizabeth in The Ermine Portrait. This iconic painting captures her regal grace and power, showcasing why she was one of history's most influential monarchs. But not all depictions bearing this name are so flattering. Rasputin Caricature portrays the infamous Russian mystic who held sway over Tsar Nicholas II and his family during their tumultuous reign. It serves as a reminder of how individuals can manipulate those in power for personal gain. Speaking of Tsar Nicholas II, he is forever linked with his family in historical memory. Their tragic fate unfolded against the backdrop of revolution and upheaval that reshaped Russia's destiny forever. In London stands Culpeper House, an architectural gem named after its original owner - a certain Nicholas whose legacy lives on through this stunning landmark. Shifting gears from history to holiday cheer, we cannot forget Thomas Nast's iconic illustration depicting Santa Claus himself. Known for bringing joy to children worldwide every Christmas Eve, Saint Nick embodies generosity and goodwill towards all. Taking us back to maritime adventures is artist Nicholas Pocock's masterpiece The Speedy and El Gamo from around 1802. With intricate detail and skillful brushstrokes, Pocock transports us into a thrilling naval battle scene that showcases both his talent and love for seafaring tales. Sports enthusiasts will recognize another famous bearer of this name - George H. Ruth or Babe Ruth - an American baseball legend whose prowess on the field earned him a place in the sport's hall of fame.