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"Cooper: A Legacy of Craftsmanship and Speed" Step back in time to the vibrant streets of London

Background imageCooper Collection: Cooper Bristol, Mike Hawthorn, Goodwood. Creator: Unknown

Cooper Bristol, Mike Hawthorn, Goodwood. Creator: Unknown
Cooper Bristol, Mike Hawthorn, Goodwood

Background imageCooper Collection: Wilson Dam, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, c1930s. Creator: Unknown

Wilson Dam, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Wilson Dam, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, c1930s. Construction of the Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River began in 1918 and was completed in 1924 under Hugh L

Background imageCooper Collection: Cooper of T. Marsh at Prescott hill climb 1957. Creator: Unknown

Cooper of T. Marsh at Prescott hill climb 1957. Creator: Unknown
Cooper of T.Marsh at Prescott hill climb 1957

Background imageCooper Collection: Cooper - Alta T24, Stirling Moss, International Trophy Race Silverstone 1953. Creator: Unknown

Cooper - Alta T24, Stirling Moss, International Trophy Race Silverstone 1953. Creator: Unknown
Cooper - Alta T24, Stirling Moss, International Trophy Race Silverstone 1953

Background imageCooper Collection: Female model in cockpit of Cooper F5000 at 1969 Racing Car show. Creator: Unknown

Female model in cockpit of Cooper F5000 at 1969 Racing Car show. Creator: Unknown
Female model in cockpit of Cooper F5000 at 1969 Racing Car show

Background imageCooper Collection: Cooper - Zephyr at 1955 Brighton speed trials. Creator: Unknown

Cooper - Zephyr at 1955 Brighton speed trials. Creator: Unknown
Cooper - Zephyr at 1955 Brighton speed trials

Background imageCooper Collection: Sammy Davis Jr, Pro-Am Golf, North London, 1962. Creator: Brian Foskett

Sammy Davis Jr, Pro-Am Golf, North London, 1962. Creator: Brian Foskett
Sammy Davis Jr, Pro-Am Golf, North London, 1962; with Lionel Blair and Henry Cooper in the background

Background imageCooper Collection: The Modiste, 1900, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The Modiste, 1900, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Modiste, 1900, (1952). Portrait of Parisian milliner Louise Blouet of Enguin. Painting in the Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. From " Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec" by Douglas Cooper

Background imageCooper Collection: Portrait of the Artists Mother Reading, 1881, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Portrait of the Artists Mother Reading, 1881, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Portrait of the Artists Mother Reading, 1881, (1952). Comtesse Adele de Toulouse-Lautrec (1841-1930) in the salon at the Chateau Malrome, painted by her son Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Background imageCooper Collection: Monsieur Boileau at the Cafe, 1893, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Monsieur Boileau at the Cafe, 1893, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Monsieur Boileau at the Cafe, 1893, (1952). Portrait of a man sitting at a table with dominoes, in Paris. The green drink is probably absinthe. Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art, USA

Background imageCooper Collection: Maxime Dethomas, 1896, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Maxime Dethomas, 1896, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Maxime Dethomas, 1896, (1952). French artist and costume designer Maxime Dethomas (1867-1929) at the Bal de l Opera in Paris. Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA

Background imageCooper Collection: A Corner of the Moulin de la Galette, 1892, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A Corner of the Moulin de la Galette, 1892, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
A Corner of the Moulin de la Galette, 1892, (1952). Scene in a Parisian cafe. Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA

Background imageCooper Collection: At the Cafe La Mie, c1891, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

At the Cafe La Mie, c1891, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
At the Cafe La Mie, c1891, (1952). Man and woman drinking at a table, based on a staged photograph of Lautrecs friend Maurice Guibert. Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Background imageCooper Collection: Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando), 1888, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando), 1888, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando), 1888, (1952). Louis Fernando, and a female perfomer riding a horse at the circus in Paris. Painting in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

Background imageCooper Collection: Cooper Coventry Climax, Bruce McLaren 1965 British Grand Prix. Creator: Unknown

Cooper Coventry Climax, Bruce McLaren 1965 British Grand Prix. Creator: Unknown
Cooper Coventry Climax, Bruce McLaren 1965 British Grand Prix

Background imageCooper Collection: 2015 Mini Coopers 5 door. Creator: Unknown

2015 Mini Coopers 5 door. Creator: Unknown
2015 Mini Coopers 5 door

Background imageCooper Collection: 2017 Mini Cooper Convertible. Creator: Unknown

2017 Mini Cooper Convertible. Creator: Unknown
2017 Mini Cooper Convertible

Background imageCooper Collection: Thomas Case, M. A. 17th century, (late 18th-early 19th century). Creator: Robert Cooper

Thomas Case, M. A. 17th century, (late 18th-early 19th century). Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Case, M.A. 17th century, (late 18th-early 19th century). Portrait of Thomas Case (c1598-1682), English clergyman and ejected minister

Background imageCooper Collection: S. Cooper, (1609-1672), 1830. Creator: Unknown

S. Cooper, (1609-1672), 1830. Creator: Unknown
S. Cooper, (1609-1672), 1830. Samuel Cooper (1609-1672) English miniature painter. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co. J

Background imageCooper Collection: John Broughton, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

John Broughton, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
John Broughton, 1822. Portrait of Jack Broughton (c1703-1789), an English bare-knuckle boxer or pugilist. Broughton staged boxing exhibition at his amphitheatre in Hanway Road in London

Background imageCooper Collection: Margaret McAvoy, An extraordinary Blind Girl, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Margaret McAvoy, An extraordinary Blind Girl, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Margaret McAvoy, An extraordinary Blind Girl, 1821. Portrait of Margaret M Avoy (1800-1820) who claimed she could sense colours through the medium of her fingers despite having lost her sight

Background imageCooper Collection: Peter the Wild Boy, Found in the woods of Haemlin, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Peter the Wild Boy, Found in the woods of Haemlin, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Peter the Wild Boy, Found in the woods of Haemlin, 1821. Portrait of Peter the Wild Boy (c1713-1785) who was found in 1725 living an entirely feral existence in the woods near Hamelin

Background imageCooper Collection: Joanna Southcott, An Extraordinary Fanatic, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Joanna Southcott, An Extraordinary Fanatic, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Joanna Southcott, An Extraordinary Fanatic, 1822. Portrait of Joanna Southcott (c1750-1814) English mystic and religious fanatic

Background imageCooper Collection: Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes, 1821. Portrait of the beggar Thomas Hudson, an unfortunate. Hudson (died 1767)

Background imageCooper Collection: Thomas Hills Everett, Aged Eleven Months, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Thomas Hills Everett, Aged Eleven Months, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Hills Everett, Aged Eleven Months, 1822. Portrait of Mrs Everitt and her son Thomas, the enormous baby. Thomas was born at Enfield, Middlesex, in 1779

Background imageCooper Collection: Daniel Lambert, of Surprising Corpulency, 1821. Creator: R Cooper

Daniel Lambert, of Surprising Corpulency, 1821. Creator: R Cooper
Daniel Lambert, of Surprising Corpulency, 1821. Portrait of Daniel (1770-1809), keeper of Leicester gaol. In 1805, Lambert weighed 50 stone (320 kg)

Background imageCooper Collection: Chevalier D Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Chevalier D Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Chevalier D Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman, 1822. Portrait of the secret agent, spy and cross-dresser Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810)

Background imageCooper Collection: Sam House, The Patriotic Publican, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Sam House, The Patriotic Publican, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Sam House, The Patriotic Publican, 1822. Portrait of the political publican of Soho in London, holding a clay pipe and a bowl inscribed Fox for Ever

Background imageCooper Collection: John Smith, Better known by the name of Buckhorse, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

John Smith, Better known by the name of Buckhorse, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
John Smith, Better known by the name of Buckhorse, 1822. Portrait of John Smith, a pugilist who was beaten by Jack Broughton in London in 1737

Background imageCooper Collection: Madame Teresia, the Corsican Fairy, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Madame Teresia, the Corsican Fairy, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Madame Maria Teresa, the Corsican Fairy, 1822. Portrait of Maria Maria Teresa (1743-1790), who billed herself as the Amazing Corsican Fairy

Background imageCooper Collection: Renwick Williams, Commonly called The Monster, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Renwick Williams, Commonly called The Monster, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Renwick Williams, Commonly called The Monster, 1822. Portrait of florist Rhynwick Williams (born c1767), who was arrested in 1790 and accused of being the London Monster

Background imageCooper Collection: Jenny Darney, A Remarkable Character in Cumberland, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Jenny Darney, A Remarkable Character in Cumberland, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Jenny Darney, A Remarkable Character in Cumberland, 1821. Portrait of a pipe-smoking travelling eccentric who was well known in the southern part of the county of Cumberland...The country people knew

Background imageCooper Collection: Wybrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Wybrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Wybrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf, 1821. Portrait of Wybrand Lolkes (1733-1801) who visited Britain in 1790 and exhibited himelf at travelling fairs

Background imageCooper Collection: Old Boots, A well known character at Rippon in Yorkshire, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Old Boots, A well known character at Rippon in Yorkshire, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Old Boots, A well known character at Rippon in Yorkshire, 1821. Portrait of Old Boots (c1692-1762), an eccentric shoe shiner who was blessed with a plentitude of nose and chin

Background imageCooper Collection: Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso, 1821. Portrait of British antiquarian, collector and gambler Henry Constantine Jennings (1731-1819)

Background imageCooper Collection: Chevalier Desseasau, Remarkable for his Vanity, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Chevalier Desseasau, Remarkable for his Vanity, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Michel Descazeaux Du Halley, Remarkable for his Vanity, 1821. Portrait of vain dwarf Michel Descazeaux du Hally (1710-1775), a French adventurer who supposedly served in the Prussian army

Background imageCooper Collection: Elizabeth Woodcock - Who was buried in Snow nearly 8 days, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Elizabeth Woodcock - Who was buried in Snow nearly 8 days, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Elizabeth Woodcock - Who was buried in Snow nearly 8 days, 1821. Portrait of Elizabeth Woodcock (born c1757), recuperating in bed after being buried in snow for eight days with no food

Background imageCooper Collection: Count Joseph Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Count Joseph Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Count Joseph Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, 1822. Count Jozef Boruwlaski (1739-1837) was described to the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris in 1760 by Count Tressan as being twenty-two

Background imageCooper Collection: Thomas Wood, The Abstemious Miller, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Thomas Wood, The Abstemious Miller, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Wood, The Abstemious Miller, 1821. Portrait of miller Thomas Wood (1719-1783), made c1773 when he was 53 years old

Background imageCooper Collection: Henry Dimsdale, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Henry Dimsdale, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Henry Dimsdale, Mayor of Garratt, 1821. Portrait of Sir Harry Dimsdale, a London muffin seller who was " mayor" in the Garrat Elections of 1796, a carnival of mock elections

Background imageCooper Collection: Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury, 1822. Portrait of Ann Moore (1761-1813) of Tutbury in Staffordshire who became notorious as a fraudulent fasting woman

Background imageCooper Collection: Henry Lemoine, the Eccentric Bookseller & Author, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Henry Lemoine, the Eccentric Bookseller & Author, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Henry Lemoine, the Eccentric Bookseller & Author, 1822. Portrait of Henry Lemoine (1756-1812) who sold books in the City of London and wrote for several magazines

Background imageCooper Collection: Nice New, A well known character at Reading, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Nice New, A well known character at Reading, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Nice New, A well known character at Reading, 1822. Portrait of an eccentric street peddler of Reading in Berkshire, who carried unwieldy baskets on each side being always stored with cakes

Background imageCooper Collection: Elias Hoyle, of Sowerby, Yorkshire - Aged 113, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Elias Hoyle, of Sowerby, Yorkshire - Aged 113, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Elias Hoyle, of Sowerby, Yorkshire - Aged 113, 1822. Portrait of Elias Hoyle (1692?-1805) who supposedly lived to be 113 years old

Background imageCooper Collection: Thomas Cooke, the notorious Islington Miser, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper

Thomas Cooke, the notorious Islington Miser, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Cooke, the notorious Islington Miser, 1822. Portrait of Cooke (c1725-1811) who is said to have chased away a doctor who had given him six days to live: Why, sir

Background imageCooper Collection: Peter Williamson, Remarkable for his Captivity & Sufferings, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Peter Williamson, Remarkable for his Captivity & Sufferings, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Peter Williamson, Remarkable for his Captivity & Sufferings, 1821. Portrait of Scottish memoirist Peter Williamson (1730-1799) habited in the dress of a Delaware North American Indian

Background imageCooper Collection: Jane Lewson, Remarkable for her age and pecularities, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

Jane Lewson, Remarkable for her age and pecularities, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Jane Lewson, Remarkable for her age and pecularities, 1821. Portrait of elderly wealthy eccentric Jane Lewson (nee Vaughan, died 1816) who claimed to have been born in 1700

Background imageCooper Collection: William Stevenson, A notorious Beggar who died worth £900, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper

William Stevenson, A notorious Beggar who died worth £900, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
William Stevenson, A notorious Beggar who died worth £ 900, 1821. Portrait of London hoarding beggar William Stevenson, who was apparently found on his death to be worth £ 900




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"Cooper: A Legacy of Craftsmanship and Speed" Step back in time to the vibrant streets of London, where the iconic Marylebone Town Hall stood tall as one of the most eminent buildings in the city during its heyday in 1935. Amidst this bustling metropolis, a workshop hummed with creativity and skill, as a master cooper meticulously crafted barrels that would hold precious liquids. Fast forward to 1965, where Mini Morris Coopers took center stage as rally cars, driven by none other than Paddy Hopkirk himself. The red and white speed demons tore through winding roads, leaving spectators breathless with their agility and power. In 2015, another legend emerged - the Mini John Cooper Works. Its sleek black body adorned with fiery red accents symbolized both elegance and performance. This modern marvel paid homage to its roots while embracing cutting-edge technology. Let us not forget the classic Mini Austin Cooper S that captured hearts around the world. Its timeless design became synonymous with style and sophistication on every road it graced. Cooper's influence extended beyond automobiles; it reached for the stars when Project Mercury 7 astronauts relied on his expertise to craft essential equipment for their historic space missions. Even famous faces from boxing recognized Cooper's excellence. They sought out his craftsmanship for custom-made items that reflected their strength and determination inside the ring. The year was 1968 when Mini Coopers once again stole hearts worldwide with their irresistible charm. These pint-sized powerhouses showcased an unmatched combination of style and performance that left competitors trailing behind. From Monte Carlo Rally victories to countless accolades throughout history, Mini Coopers continued to dominate racetracks across generations - be it in 1965 or even as recent as 1997 - proving that true legends never fade away. In 2009, a new chapter unfolded with the arrival of a striking white-and-black beauty: The Mini Cooper S.