Corporations Collection

Pamir, one of the last commercial sailing ships, off Sydney Heads, Australia (b / w photo)
7156948 Pamir, one of the last commercial sailing ships, off Sydney Heads, Australia (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pamir)

Hope Street and Regent Street in Wrexham, North Wales (colour litho)
6031730 Hope Street and Regent Street in Wrexham, North Wales (colour litho) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hope Street and Regent Street in Wrexham)

Trade card for J Westwood, gun and pistol maker and dealer, Birmingham (engraving)
7154051 Trade card for J Westwood, gun and pistol maker and dealer, Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for J Westwood)

Advertisement for Layton Brothers Restaurant, Windsor, Berkshire (b / w photo)
5997320 Advertisement for Layton Brothers Restaurant, Windsor, Berkshire (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Perfumers, Sangwine, trade card (engraving)
983967 Perfumers, Sangwine, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Perfumers, Sangwine, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Jay Gould's private bowling alley by Frederick Burr Opper Dated 18820101
2599347 Jay Gould's private bowling alley by Frederick Burr Opper Dated 18820101. Print showing Jay Gould bowling on Wall Street; (add.info)

Thomas A Scott
3585745 Thomas A Scott; (add.info.: Portrait of Thomas A. Scott (1823-1881) an American businessman, railroad executive, and industrialist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

William Henry Vanderbilt
3586274 William Henry Vanderbilt; (add.info.: Portrait of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885) an American businessman and philanthropist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Pavel Yablochkov's candle arc lamp
5310264 Pavel Yablochkov's candle arc lamp; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Pavel Yablochkov's candle arc lamp (1876). The globe is cut away to show the two parallel carbon rods

Cecil John Rhodes
3733412 Cecil John Rhodes.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) a British businessman, mining magnate, politician and former Prime Minister of the Cape Colony

Man selling Sbiten drink, Russia
3785676 Man selling Sbiten drink, Russia; (add.info.: Street vendor selling Sbiten drink, Russia. Formerly popular warm drink made of honey, water, fruit juices and spices)

Silk merchant in Tashkent, c. 1900
3785608 Silk merchant in Tashkent, c. 1900; (add.info.: Silk merchant in Tashkent, c. 1900. Modern day Uzbekistan, until 1924 part of Russian Empire.); Lebrecht History

Slav Bazar, Nicolsky, Moscow
3785613 Slav Bazar, Nicolsky, Moscow; (add.info.: Slav Bazar, Nicolsky, Moscow, c. 1900. Large shop or store.); Lebrecht History

New York City in the Financial District on Wall Street at night

Tokyo, Japan cityscape in the business district of Toranomon at night

Frankfurt, Germany skyline on the river

Grand procession at Plymouth on first dispatch of Cape mails
Grand procession to celebrate the port of Plymouth opening up as a Government Mail-packet Station. The Corporations of Plymouth

Buy A Share In America, 1941 (colour litho)
704822 Buy A Share In America, 1941 (colour litho) by Atherton, John Carleton (1900-52); Private Collection; © Galerie Bilderwelt

French dean (doyen) - costume from 15th century
3780439 French dean (doyen) - costume from 15th century; (add.info.: French dean (doyen) of merchant corporation - costume from 15th century

What do you mean young man? Business or Pleasure? (colour litho)
3641715 What do you mean young man? Business or Pleasure? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: What do you mean young man? Business or Pleasure)

Scenes of banking operations, page from a manual, 1496 (parchment)
IND113564 Scenes of banking operations, page from a manual, 1496 (parchment) by Spanish School, (15th century); Archivo de Protocolos Museo Comarcal de Manresa

Interior of a 16th century printing works, copy of a miniature from Chants royaux sur la Conception couronnee du Puy de
IND368808 Interior of a 16th century printing works, copy of a miniature from Chants royaux sur la Conception couronnee du Puy de Rouen (colour litho) by French School

Handmade Sieves in Brittany (photo)
1730067 Handmade Sieves in Brittany (photo) by French Photographer; (add.info.: Handmade sieves in Brittany)

Wool and Silk Dyeing, Aubusson Tapestry Factory, France, c. 1900 (b / w photo)
1730069 Wool and Silk Dyeing, Aubusson Tapestry Factory, France, c. 1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Aubusson tapestry manufacture, France, c)

Last weeks violent and bloody general strike, an episode in the struggle between... (colour litho)
2815658 Last weeks violent and bloody general strike, an episode in the struggle between... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Olive oil in Tunisia. (Illustration, circa 1930)
5975912 Olive oil in Tunisia. (Illustration, circa 1930) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Power supply. Woman pouring olive oil in Tunisia)

Olive oil in Tunisia. (Illustration, circa 1930)
5975911 Olive oil in Tunisia. (Illustration, circa 1930) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Power supply. Woman pouring olive oil in Tunisia)

Cermaicisits, Noron-la-Poterie, Calvados, Normandy, c. 1900 (b / w photo)
1730080 Cermaicisits, Noron-la-Poterie, Calvados, Normandy, c.1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Noron-la-Poterie, Calvados, Normandy, c; 1900 : potters)

Aubusson Tapestry Factory, France, c. 1900 (b / w photo)
1730068 Aubusson Tapestry Factory, France, c. 1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Aubusson tapestry manufacture, France, c. 1900 : low-warp tapestry weaving)

Bergen harbour, Tollboden, 1880
7262774 Bergen harbour, Tollboden, 1880 by Sorvig, Frederik (1820-92); 57x87 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

A grocery store, detail (fresco)
LRI4664849 A grocery store, detail (fresco) by Maestro Colin (fl.15th century); Castello di Issogne, Val d Aosta, Italy; (add.info.: Daily life in the Middle Ages)

The trading Rue Quincampoix in 1720 (bankruptcy caused by Law). 18th century (engraving)
LRI4676481 The trading Rue Quincampoix in 1720 (bankruptcy caused by Law). 18th century (engraving) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris 4th arrondissement)

The shop of the merchant of four seasons, 15th century (fresco)
LRI4664836 The shop of the merchant of four seasons, 15th century (fresco) by Maestro Colin (fl.15th century); Castello di Issogne, Val d Aosta

The four-season merchants shop, 15th century (fresco)
LRI4664829 The four-season merchants shop, 15th century (fresco) by Maestro Colin (fl.15th century); Castello di Issogne, Val d Aosta

The four-season merchants shop, 15th century (fresco)
LRI4664822 The four-season merchants shop, 15th century (fresco) by Maestro Colin (fl.15th century); Castello di Issogne, Val d Aosta

Treaty of Turin, 24th March 1860 (engraving)
1728873 Treaty of Turin, 24th March 1860 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Treaty of Turin march 24, 1860 (Duchy of Savoy annexed to France) : Hippolyte Dieu, Armand Laity

Selling Rabbits, 1796 (coloured mezzotint)
XYC223181 Selling Rabbits, 1796 (coloured mezzotint) by Ward, James (1769-1859) (after); 47.9x60.3 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Two women shop at a perfume sellers stand in ancient Greece 1928 (print)
7237127 Two women shop at a perfume sellers stand in ancient Greece 1928 (print) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); Private Collection; (add.info)

A young woman with lacquer parasol smelling a perfume flask, 1928 (print)
7237126 A young woman with lacquer parasol smelling a perfume flask, 1928 (print) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); Private Collection; (add.info)

Ships in the Roads, 1658 (oil on canvas)
7259968 Ships in the Roads, 1658 (oil on canvas) by Velde, Willem van de, the Younger (1633-1707); 77.2 x 66.5 cm; Mauritshuis, The Hague

Woman giving a melon to a Marie Antoinettes warder, 1793. 1815 (engraving)
7236010 Woman giving a melon to a Marie Antoinettes warder, 1793.1815 (engraving) by Leroy, Sebastien (Denis Sebastien) (d.1832) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sheep-shearing, Australia (litho)
7191846 Sheep-shearing, Australia (litho) by Macfarlane, John (1857-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sheep-shearing, Australia)

Fishermen Selling their Catch on the Beach (oil on canvas)
147384 Fishermen Selling their Catch on the Beach (oil on canvas) by Neyn, Pieter de (1597-1639); 35.2x52.6 cm; Private Collection

17th century Dutch spectacles seller offering his wares to a wom, 1803 (engraving)
7233057 17th century Dutch spectacles seller offering his wares to a wom, 1803 (engraving) by Deuchar, David (1743-1808); Private Collection; (add.info)

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, Psalm cvii (b / w photo)
6002104 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, Psalm cvii (b/w photo) by Burdekin, Harold (1899-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

A woman buying hats from a hatmaking family, 18th century. 1791 (engraving)
7234860 A woman buying hats from a hatmaking family, 18th century. 1791 (engraving) by Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726-1801); Private Collection; (add.info)

London Characters: the flower girl (colour litho)
7185376 London Characters: the flower girl (colour litho) by Ward, William Dudley (1879-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: London Characters: the flower girl)

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"Exploring the Legacy of Corporations: From Gun Makers to Perfumers, a Glimpse into History" A trade card for J Westwood, gun and pistol maker and dealer in Birmingham (engraving) takes us back to the era when corporations specialized in crafting weapons that shaped history. Step into the past with an advertisement for Layton Brothers Restaurant in Windsor, Berkshire (b/w photo), where corporations catered to culinary delights amidst regal surroundings. Perfumers Sangwine's trade card (engraving) offers a fragrant journey through time, showcasing how they have long delighted our senses with their exquisite creations. Witness the grand procession at Plymouth on the first dispatch of Cape mails – a testament to how corporations played a pivotal role in connecting distant lands through efficient postal services. "Buy A Share In America, 1941" (colour litho) highlights how corporations enticed investors during times of war, offering opportunities to support economic growth while fostering patriotism. Immerse yourself in French dean's 15th-century costume – an artistic representation reminding us that even centuries ago, corporate influence extended beyond borders and industries. "What do you mean young man? Business or Pleasure?" (colour litho) captures the essence of corporate culture by playfully questioning one's intentions – highlighting both work and leisure as integral parts of life intertwined with businesses. Delve into thought-provoking artistry with "Infidelity" (colour litho), exploring complex human emotions that can sometimes challenge trust within personal relationships or even corporate settings. John Julius Angerstein's portrait as Chairman of Lloyds of London (engraving) exemplifies individuals who led influential corporations throughout history - shaping industries and economies alike.