Chambers Collection (#9)

Tawny or Brown Owl - Syrn ium alu co, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Tawny or Brown Owl - Syrn ium alu co, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Long-Eared Owl - As io o tus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Long-Eared Owl - As io o tus, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

Barn-Owl - Strix flam mea, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Barn-Owl - Strix flam mea, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

Hen-Harrier - Cir cus cyan eus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Hen-Harrier - Cir cus cyan eus, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

White-Tailed or Sea-Eagle - Halia etus albicil la, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
White-Tailed or Sea-Eagle - Halia etus albicil la, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Kite - Mil vus icti nus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Kite - Mil vus icti nus, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

Sparrow-Hawk - Accip iter ni sus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Sparrow-Hawk - Accip iter ni sus, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Peregrine Falcon - Fal co peregri nus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Peregrine Falcon - Fal co peregri nus, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Kestrel - fal co tinnun culus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Kestrel - fal co tinnun culus, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

Sheld-Duck or Sheldrake - Tador na cornu ta, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Sheld-Duck or Sheldrake - Tador na cornu ta, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Heron - Ar dea cine rea, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Heron - Ar dea cine rea, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

Somerset House, c1902. Artist: Tony Grubhofer
Somerset House, c1902. First built for Lord Protector Somerset in 1547-1550, Somerset House was the first Renaissance palace in England

Somerset House, Westminster, London. Designed by Sir William Chambers in the late 18th century, Somerset House originally housed public offices

Sir William Chambers, British architect, artist, and author, c1760s. Artist: Francis Cotes
Sir William Chambers, architect, artist, and author, c1760s. Portrait of Chambers (1723-1796) who was born in Sweden. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume III, Walter Hutchinson

Henry VI of England, (1421-1471). Artist: Chambers
Henry VI of England, (1421-1471). Portrait of the king, the last monarch of the House of Lancaster

William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician, c1890. Together with his younger brother, Robert, Chambers (1800-1883) was a successful publisher of books of Scottish interest

The Pagoda, Kew Gardens, Richmond upon Thames, London, 20th Century. The Chinese-inspired ten-storey octagonal pagoda is 163 ft (nearly 50 metres) high

Somerset House, the Strand, London, 19th century. Artist: WE Albutt
Somerset House, the Strand, London, 19th century. Designed by Sir William Chambers, Somerset House originally housed public offices

Merchantmen and other shipping in the English Channel, 19th century. Artist: George Chambers
Merchantmen and other shipping in the English Channel, 19th century. Painting by George Chambers (1803-1840), arguably the foremost painter of maritime subjects of the 19th century

Sean Chambers, 2010. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Sean Chambers Band, Clearwater Jazz Holiday, Florida, 2010

Cosmopolitan Hotel in New York City, USA
Cosmopolitan Hotel at the corner of Chambers Street and West Broadway in New York City, USA. The Cosmopolitan Hotel was founded in 1845 making it one of the oldest hotels in New York. 1919

Waterloo Chambers, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire - Room with Red wallpaper, Portraits and Vaulted ceilings. Part of Box 247 Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Denuded Cairn, Lough Crew Showing Arrangements of Chambers - a view of an open cairn showing the chambers laid out. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Meath: Lough Crew). Date: circa early 1900s

Interior, No. 3. Cairn, Carrowkeel, Co. Sligo
Interior, No.3. Cairn, Carrowkeel, Co. Sligo - an interior vertical shot showing the burial chambers. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Sligo: Carrowkeel). Date: circa early 1900s

Interior, No. 3. Cairn, Looking to Entrance, Carrowkeel
Interior, No.3. Cairn, Looking to Entrance, Carrowkeel - an interior shot showing the burial chambers, looking towards the entrance. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Sligo: Carrowkeel)

Burial Chambers in No. I. Cairn, Carrowkeel, Co. Sligo
Burial Chambers in No.I. Cairn, Carrowkeel, Co. Sligo. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Sligo: Carrowkeel). Date: circa early 1900s

Raffles Chambers Building, Singapore Date: circa 1909

William Chambers, Publ
WILLIAM CHAMBERS Scottish publisher with his autograph Date: 1800 - 1883

William Chambers Jr, part of the land owning Chambers family of Wales. An active JP, he played a major role in suppressing the Rebecca Riots 1839 - 1843

Sir William Chambers
SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS Landscape designer, the architect of Somerset House and the Kew Gardens Pagoda. Date: 1726 - 1796

John Thurlow (Chambers)
John Thurlow (1616 - 1668) Statesman, secretary to Oliver Cromwell

Sir Thomas Chambers / Vf
SIR THOMAS CHAMBERS Recorder of London Date: 1804 - 1891

The Tyranny of Tears by C Haddon Chambers
Promotional postcard for The Tyranny of Tears by C. Haddon Chambers. First produced at the Criterion Theatre, 6th April 1899. A comedy replete with delicious humour

Passers By by C Haddon Chambers
Promotional postcard for Passers-By by C. Haddon Chambers. First produced Wyndhams Theatre, 29th March 1911. Artist: Henry H. Piffard

York Street Chambers, York Street, London W1. Date: circa 1905

New Caisson for the East and West India Dock Company - intended to divide the East and West India Export Dock from the basin - built by Messrs

Pitta Iris, from the Gould Collection
Rainbow Pitta, Pitta Iris, specimen, collected by Captain Chambers in Australia between 1839 and 1841 Date: 1839

Xenus cinereus
Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus, specimen, collected by Captain William Chambers in the Cobourg Peninsula in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Rasenia uralensi, ammonite
A fossil ammonite from the Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridge clay, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. An ammonite has a coiled, chambered shell and is an extinct mollusc

The Crinoline by Miss Haddon Chambers
Stylised illustration showing a woman dressed up in a Victorian crinoline, accompanied by a man in a Pierrot costume. Date: 1918

Cooking food for army in the field WWI
Various types of ovens and kitchens, from brick and clay ovens, parallel kitchen, broad arrow kitchen, aldershot ovens and internally heated oven burrowed into the side of a bank. Date: 1915

French mine crater WWI
View of French soldiers working at the mine face in the tunnel in darkness, and a diagram showing two branches stretching to the right and left where tons of explosive are to be placed. Date: 1916

Temple Library Etc
The new Library and Parliament Chambers. Date: 1829

Woodstock Town Hall
The solid little Town Hall at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, built in 1766 for the Duke of Marlborough by Sir William Chambers. Date: built 1766

Double Whistle, Pre-Columbian, 7th9th century, Mexico, Mayan, Pottery, paint, Height, 8 1 / 2, 21
Double Whistle, Pre-Columbian, 7th9th century, Mexico, Mayan, Pottery, paint, Height, 8 1/2, 21.6 cm, Aerophone-Whistle Flute, pottery, whistle, form, bird standing, two legs, tail, double whistle

WHITTAKER CHAMBERS (1901-1961). American writer and defected Soviet spy. During the House Un-American Activities Committee investigation of Alger Hiss; the man seated next to Chambers reads a

Pipe Chambers In Central Park Reservoir
View of the pipe chambers in the Central Park Reservoir, New York, New York, 1862. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

The Entrance Gate of Banteay Kdei, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Banteay Kdei is a Buddhist temple in Angkor, Cambodia. It is located southeast of Ta Prohm and east of Angkor Thom. Built in the mid-12th to early 13th centuries AD during the reign of Jayavarman

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