Biography Collection (#5)

The paralytic healed (engraving)
5224127 The paralytic healed (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The paralytic healed)

The poor widows two mites (engraving)
5224112 The poor widows two mites (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The poor widows two mites)

The Marys at the sepulchre (engraving)
5224107 The Marys at the sepulchre (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Marys at the sepulchre)

Jesus at the House of Simon the Pharisee (engraving)
5224155 Jesus at the House of Simon the Pharisee (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jesus at the House of Simon the Pharisee)

Crauford Tait (engraving)
5223799 Crauford Tait (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crauford Tait. Illustration for The Sunday Book of Biography (Hodder and Stoughton)

Edward Denison (engraving)
5223792 Edward Denison (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Denison. Illustration for The Sunday Book of Biography (Hodder and Stoughton)

Dr Guthrie (engraving)
5223777 Dr Guthrie (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr Guthrie. Illustration for The Sunday Book of Biography (Hodder and Stoughton)

Agnes Jones (engraving)
5223774 Agnes Jones (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Agnes Jones. Illustration for The Sunday Book of Biography (Hodder and Stoughton)

James Hinton (engraving)
5223770 James Hinton (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Hinton. Illustration for The Sunday Book of Biography (Hodder and Stoughton)

Sister Dora (engraving)
5223767 Sister Dora (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sister Dora. Illustration for The Sunday Book of Biography (Hodder and Stoughton)

Falks Home for Neglected Children at Weimar (engraving)
5223758 Falks Home for Neglected Children at Weimar (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Falks Home for Neglected Children at Weimar)

John Falk (engraving)
5223757 John Falk (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Falk. Illustration for The Sunday Book of Biography (Hodder and Stoughton)

Sketch of Miner in Drift (engraving)
5990031 Sketch of Miner in Drift (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketch of Miner in Drift)

Residence of Thomas Davies, London, where Dr Johnson and James Boswell first met (litho)
5999377 Residence of Thomas Davies, London, where Dr Johnson and James Boswell first met (litho) by Railton, Herbert (1857-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Residence of Thomas Davies)

Napoleon, on his death bed (engraving)
5999256 Napoleon, on his death bed (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleon, on his death bed)

Carn Brea Castle (engraving)
5990039 Carn Brea Castle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carn Brea Castle. Illustration for Life of Richard Trevithick by Francis Trevithick (Spon)

Napoleon: Entrevue de Napoleon et de la Reine de Prussia, Napoleon meets the Queen of Prussia (engraving)
5999257 Napoleon: Entrevue de Napoleon et de la Reine de Prussia, Napoleon meets the Queen of Prussia (engraving) by European School

King Edward VII partridge shooting at Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire (b / w photo)
6014458 King Edward VII partridge shooting at Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

King Edward VIIs horse, Persimmon, winner of the Epsom Derby in 1896 (b / w photo)
6014449 King Edward VIIs horse, Persimmon, winner of the Epsom Derby in 1896 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Edward VIIs horse, Persimmon)

Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra with their family, 1881 (b / w photo)
6014442 Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra with their family, 1881 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Victoria)

King Edward VII at cricket with the Bullingdon Club (b / w photo)
6014413 King Edward VII at cricket with the Bullingdon Club (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Edward VII at cricket with the Bullingdon Club)

Episode from life of Dante (colour litho)
5197486 Episode from life of Dante (colour litho) by del Senno, A. (fl.1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Episode from life of Dante. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Mr Abbot as Lord Southampton, in Shakespeares Early Days (coloured engraving)
5198784 Mr Abbot as Lord Southampton, in Shakespeares Early Days (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Abbot as Lord Southampton)

Reproduction of a poster advertising A New Life of Napoleon
STC139164 Reproduction of a poster advertising A New Life of Napoleon, illustrated in Century Magazine (colour litho) by Grasset

Madame Saqui, the celebrated performer on the rope at Vauxhall Gardens, London (engraving)
584498 Madame Saqui, the celebrated performer on the rope at Vauxhall Gardens, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Madame Saqui)

Bertram, Mr Potter and Beatrix at Wray Castle (b / w photo)
3651964 Bertram, Mr Potter and Beatrix at Wray Castle (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bertram, Mr Potter and Beatrix at Wray Castle)

Edmund Potter, MP, Beatrix Potters paternal grandfather (b / w photo)
3651960 Edmund Potter, MP, Beatrix Potters paternal grandfather (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edmund Potter, MP)

Life of Raphael (engraving)
3651598 Life of Raphael (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chiamato A Roma, Bramante Lazzari Lo Presenta Al Papa Giulio II)

Life of Raphael (engraving)
3651594 Life of Raphael (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Non Senza Molte Lagrime Della Madre Che Teneramente L Amva, Lo Porta A Perugia)

Shakespeare, In the Green Room (litho)
2816152 Shakespeare, In the Green Room (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeare, In the Green Room. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Shakespeare before Sir Thomas Lucy (litho)
2816151 Shakespeare before Sir Thomas Lucy (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeare before Sir Thomas Lucy)

Shakespeares Last Hours at the New Place (litho)
2816150 Shakespeares Last Hours at the New Place (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeares Last Hours at the New Place)

Shakespeare sees the Queen passing by (colour litho)
2791646 Shakespeare sees the Queen passing by (colour litho) by Hatherell, William (1855-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeare sees the Queen passing by.); © Look and Learn

Shakespeare observing the foolish fashions and antics of the fops on Ludgate Hill, London (colour litho)
2791639 Shakespeare observing the foolish fashions and antics of the fops on Ludgate Hill, London (colour litho) by Hatherell

Shakespeare at a Mercers to buy himself one of the new falling collars which are replacing ruffs (colour litho)
2791648 Shakespeare at a Mercers to buy himself one of the new falling collars which are replacing ruffs (colour litho) by Hatherell

Shakespeare watching boys and girls playing Prisoners Base near Temple Bar, London (colour litho)
2791633 Shakespeare watching boys and girls playing Prisoners Base near Temple Bar, London (colour litho) by Hatherell, William (1855-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

After the Battle of Lodi, the old soldiers offered their young commander has the rank of corporal
3101002 After the Battle of Lodi, the old soldiers offered their young commander has the rank of corporal, origin of the nickname The Little Corporal, that remained with Napoleon

Master Raguideau, notary of the widow Beauharnais says to her, unaware that he is overheard: "You
3101000 Master Raguideau, notary of the widow Beauharnais says to her, unaware that he is overheard: " You! Marry this little Bonaparte, a soldier who has nothing but a cape and sword."

Arrived in the land of the Pharaohs, Napoleon went everywhere followed by a commisson of scholars
3100997 Arrived in the land of the Pharaohs, Napoleon went everywhere followed by a commisson of scholars and artists who had never ridden on the back of a camel, 1 July 1798 (colour litho) by Job

Napoleon inspiring his troops at the Battle of the Pyramids, Egypt, 21 July 1798 (colour litho)
3100995 Napoleon inspiring his troops at the Battle of the Pyramids, Egypt, 21 July 1798 (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville

Napoleon and General Louis Desaix at the Battle of Marengo, 24 June 1800 (colour litho)
3100994 Napoleon and General Louis Desaix at the Battle of Marengo, 24 June 1800 (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville

At the camp of Boulogne, Napoleon looked constantly across the Channel towards England, September 1803 (colour litho)
3100989 At the camp of Boulogne, Napoleon looked constantly across the Channel towards England, September 1803 (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville

Charles Frederick, Elector of Baden, paying homage to Napoleon (colour litho)
3100888 Charles Frederick, Elector of Baden, paying homage to Napoleon (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Frederick)

Napoleon rewarding Marshal Lefevre by making his Duke of Danzig after his capture of the city from the Prussians
3100881 Napoleon rewarding Marshal Lefevre by making his Duke of Danzig after his capture of the city from the Prussians, 24 May 1807 (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville

Title page of Le Grand Napoleon des Petits Enfants (colour litho)
3100853 Title page of Le Grand Napoleon des Petits Enfants (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Lieutenant in Valence in 1785, Napoleon watched rifle drill (colour litho)
3100850 A Lieutenant in Valence in 1785, Napoleon watched rifle drill (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville

Jan Van Eyck (litho)
2807919 Jan Van Eyck (litho) by Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jan Van Eyck. Illustration for Biography for Beginners edited by E Clerihew with diagrams by G K)

Sir Alexander Fuller Acland-Hood, MP (litho)
2807916 Sir Alexander Fuller Acland-Hood, MP (litho) by Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Alexander Fuller Acland-Hood, MP)

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"Capturing Lives: A Glimpse into the World of Biography" Biography, an art form that immortalizes individuals through words and images, has been a fascinating medium for centuries. From Lytton Strachey's captivating oil painting in 1916 to Nikolay Urvantsev's groundbreaking geological discoveries, these biographical hints offer glimpses into diverse lives. In one frame, we witness the loyalty and camaraderie between soldiers and their canine companions as they salute Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte during the early 19th century. The power dynamics between humans and animals are beautifully depicted in this color lithograph. Love finds its place amidst history as Beatrix Potter and William Heelis unite on their wedding day. This black-and-white photograph captures their joyous moment, forever etching it in time. Amidst the chaos of war, Mr. Churchill stands amidst the ruins of the House of Commons after a devastating bombing in May 1941. His contemplative gaze reflects resilience and determination in times of adversity. Beatrix Potter reappears years later through another monochromatic lens; her image from 1943 showcases her enduring spirit even during challenging times. Artistic interpretations also find their way into biography with engravings like "The Departure of Judas" portraying biblical narratives or "Zacchaeus in the Tree, " capturing moments from religious texts that continue to inspire generations. Shifting our focus to Shelley's tombstone at Rome, a haunting black-and-white photo reminds us of his poetic legacy while evoking emotions tied to mortality and remembrance. An unknown creator takes us back to 1901 with "An Ambuscade, " an artwork shrouded in mystery yet offering insight into historical events or personal stories waiting to be uncovered. James Boswell comes alive through pencil strokes on paper—a glimpse into his life during late-18th-century Scotland—reminding us of the power of portraiture to preserve memories.