W H Smith Collection

W H Smiths
January 1921: Exterior of W H Smith & Son booksellers, newsagents and stationers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Mr William Henry Smith (colour litho)
611870 Mr William Henry Smith (colour litho) by Cecioni, Adriano (1838-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr William Henry Smith, Newspapers, 9 March 1872)

W H Smith (colour litho)
613677 W H Smith (colour litho) by Cecioni, Adriano (1838-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: W H Smith (William Henry Smith), Newspapers, 9 March 1872

W H Smith, Esquire, MP (engraving)
1057387 W H Smith, Esquire, MP (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: W H Smith, Esquire, MP)

Illustrated Journalism (engraving)
583010 Illustrated Journalism (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustrated Journalism)

The Lord Mayors Banquet at the Guildhall, London, 9 November 1887 (engraving)
609078 The Lord Mayors Banquet at the Guildhall, London, 9 November 1887 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lord Mayors Banquet at the Guildhall)

W H Smith (engraving)
3099797 W H Smith (engraving) by Waddy, Frederick (1848-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: W H Smith. Illustration for Cartoon Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Men of the Day)

W. H. Smith (engraving)
724601 W. H. Smith (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: W. H. Smith. Illustration for THe Life and Times of the Marquis of Salisbury (Virtue)

W H Smith
LLM455515 W H Smith by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: W H Smith. Illustration from The Modern Portrait Gallery (Cassell, c 1880).); © Look and Learn

In Vanity Fair (colour litho)
2800798 In Vanity Fair (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair cartoon, 29 November 1890.); © Look and Learn

Railway station
LLM460529 Railway station by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Railway station. Illustration for Warnes Picture Puzzle Toy Book (c 1880)

The Right Hon W H Smith, MP (b / w photo)
5198852 The Right Hon W H Smith, MP (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Right Hon W H Smith, MP)

Market Place in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London (formerly Surrey). June 1957

Cannon Street Station, c. 1900, (1945). Creator: Marcus
Cannon Street Station, c. 1900, (1945). Busy scene at a London railway station. In the foreground a child sits on a trunk waiting to be moved with a porters trolley

Children being evacuated, September 1939 George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N18713

Beguinage of the Vineyard, Bruges, Belgium, c1924. Artist: WH Smith
Beguinage of the Vineyard, Bruges, Belgium, c1924. A Beguinage is a collection of buildings used by Begiunes, lay sisterhoods of the Catholic Church founded in Flanders in the 13th century

Thomas Hood, British humorist and poet, (1912). Artist: WH Smith
Thomas Hood, British humorist and poet, (1912). Portrait of Hood (1799-1855) from Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London, by John Adcock, (J M Dent and Sons, London, New York, 1912)

The Best of Friends, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Best of Friends, 1888. The Liberal Leader of the Opposition, Mr Gladstone (left), takes a drink with Mr WH Smith from the Conservative Party

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