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Charles Darwin and Down House Collection165 Items
David Bowie mural, Brixton DP177779Flowers and tributes surround the mural of musician David Bowie, January 2016. The mural was painted by Australian street artist James Cochran (aka JimmyC) in 2013
Rembrandt - Self Portrait J910070KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London. " Self-Portrait " c.1665 by REMBRANDT, van Rijn (1606-1669)
Woolsthorpe Manor House BB79_08408Woolsthorpe Manor House, Newton Way, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire. The birth place of Sir Isaac Newton. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Sons 1896-1920
Aneurin Bevan JLP01_01_055_66PATCHWAY, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Aneurin Bevan, the Minister of Health, greeting children and signing autographs at the official opening of fifty houses on the Patchway Estate
Jacques Cartier BL21086_002Portrait of jeweler Mr Jacques Cartier seated at a desk in an office. Jacques Cartier ran the French jewellery company Cartier from 1909 until his death in 1942
Dobson - Inigo Jones J920290CHISWICK HOUSE, London. " Inigo Jones" (1573-1652), British architect, by William Dobson (1611-46)
Joshua Reynolds J950129KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London. " Self Portrait" 1788 by Sir Joshua REYNOLDS (1723-92)
Joseph - Spencer Perceval N070526APSLEY HOUSE, London. " Spencer Perceval" (1762-1812) by George Francis JOSEPH (1764-1846) Prime Minister 1809 until his assassination. WM 1558-1948
Samuel Pepys N110036MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. Samuel Pepys, Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board, and diarist, 1666. His secret diary presents a compelling first hand account of the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7)
Horatio, Viscount Nelson N070501APSLEY HOUSE, London. " Horatio, Viscount Nelson" (1758-1805) after Sir William BEECHEY
William Pitt the Younger J910510KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London " William Pitt the Younger " c1788. Attributed to GAINSBOROUGH Thomas (1727-88)
Al Gore at Stonehenge DP137789Stonehenge, Stonehenge Down, Amesbury, Wiltshire. Portrait of former vice president of the United States, Al Gore, posed at Stonehenge
Sir Horace Jones HJP01_01_001TOWER BRIDGE, TOWER HAMLETS, GREATER LONDON. A portrait of Sir Horace Jones seated beside the foundation stone of Tower Bridge
Al Gore at Stonehenge DP137787Stonehenge, Stonehenge Down, Amesbury, Wiltshire. Portrait of former vice president of the United States, Al Gore, posed at Stonehenge
Al Gore at Stonehenge DP137788Stonehenge, Stonehenge Down, Amesbury, Wiltshire. Portrait of former vice president of the United States, Al Gore, posed at Stonehenge
Al Gore at Stonehenge DP137786Stonehenge, Stonehenge Down, Amesbury, Wiltshire. Portrait of former vice president of the United States, Al Gore, posed at Stonehenge
Patrons of the Theatre DP289511Streatham Hill Theatre, 110 Streatham Hill, Streatham, Lambeth, Greater London. Portrait of Simon Callow CBE and Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE DL, Patrons of the Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre
Mollie Sugden JLP01_09_790331WOOD GREEN SHOPPING CITY, HARINGEY, GREATER LONDON. Actress Mollie Sugden amongst a crowd of customers at a fruit stall inside the newly opened Market Hall at Wood Green Shopping City
Celebrity opening JLP01_08_071863Yate Shopping Centre, Yate, South Gloucestershire. A crowd walking along a precinct at Yate Shopping Centre for its official opening
Yehudi Menuhin and Elisabeth Frink JLP01_09_752997PATERNOSTER SQUARE, CITY OF LONDON. Violinist Yehudi Menuhin admiring a bronze sculpture of a shepherd and sheep with the sculptor Elisabeth Frink
Linford Christie plaque JLP01_10_52089NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, KING EDWARDS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM. Athlete Linford Christie, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham and a third man posed beside a commemorative plaque at the official opening of
Minders cheque JLP01_09_803462Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. Dennis Waterman shaking hands with Geoff Seager and handing him a cheque after a charity football match at Laings Elstree Sports
Charity football match JLP01_09_803459Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. Chris Martin, Laings team captain, shaking hands with Dennis Waterman while holding a Laing Sports Club pennant before a charity
Photo opportunity JLP01_09_870775Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. The EPL Somnambulists team in the Its a Knockout style competition posing with the Eastenders actor Gillian Taylforth at the 1987
Prize giving JLP01_09_860883Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. Cast members from the BBC school drama Grange Hill giving out prizes to entrants in the childrens races at the 1986 Family Day at
Sponsorship photocall JLP01_11_35867_03Borehamwood, Elstree and Borehamwood, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire. EPL Managing Director Derek Welsh and Olympic athlete Tessa Sanderson posing with her sponsored Rover car
Sponsorship photocall JLP01_11_35867_10Borehamwood, Elstree and Borehamwood, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire. EPL Managing Director Derek Welsh and Olympic athlete Tessa Sanderson posing with her sponsored Rover car
Sponsorship photocall JLP01_11_35867_06Borehamwood, Elstree and Borehamwood, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire. EPL Managing Director Derek Welsh and Olympic athlete Tessa Sanderson posing with her sponsored Rover car
Sports sponsorship JLP01_11_57861_02British Rowing, Lower Mall, Hammersmith, Greater London. Sir Maurice Laing and Martin Brandon-Bravo, the Amateur Rowing Association President
Meeting John Wayne JLP01_08_099434ST THOMAS HOSPITAL, LAMBETH PALACE ROAD, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. The actor John Wayne meeting staff working at the St Thomas Hospital construction site
Prime Minister John Major JLP01_11_58862Second Severn Crossing, M4 Motorway, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. Prime Minister John Major seen on a visit to the Second Severn Crossing Visitors Centre
Last respects DP177773Turnstall road, Brixton, Lambeth, Greater London. The painted mural of musician and rock-star David Bowie on the north side of Morleys department store
Statue of Sir Winston Churchill DP167766Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London. General view of square with the bronze statue of Sir Winston Churchill created by Ivor Roberts-Jones
St Wulfstan EMM01 / 01 / 026Little Malvern Priory, Worcestershire. Watercolour, by Elsie Matley Moore, of part of a stained glass window at Little Malvern Priory, showing a detail from a full length figure of St Wulfstan
St Thomas and St Thomas EMM01 / 01 / 001St Marys Church, Credenhill, Herefordshire. Watercolour by Elsie Matley Moore of a c.1330 stained glass window depicting St Thomas of Canterbury
Dupont - William Pitt K041000WALMER CASTLE, Kent. Portrait of William Pitt by Gainsborough DUPONT (1754-97)
Oliver Cromwell J910367BOSCOBEL HOUSE, Staffordshire. Portrait of Oliver Cromwell attributed to Jonathan Richardson (1664/65-1745)
Nelsons Column K060097THE NELSON MEMORIAL, Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster, London. Detail of Nelsons Column
William Pitt K021638WALMER CASTLE, Kent. Coloured engraving of the Right Honourable William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) in military garb on horseback with Walmer Castle (or an equivalent fortification)
Bust of Emperor Hadrian K000206HADRIANs WALL: CHESTERS ROMAN FORT, Northumberland. Bust of Emperor Hadrian. 18th century porphyry copy after Roman original
Memorial StatueStatue of Florence Nightingale. IoE 207509
Lawrence - Duke of Wellington J040044APSLEY HOUSE, London. " Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington " portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830)
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