Frances Collection (#8)

SPADs VII French fighter plane
SPADs VII, a leading French fighter plane introduced in 1916. The stork emblem painted on the side identifies it as belonging to the famous Groupe de Chasse 12 commanded by Felix Brocard

Lady Wodehouse with her Airedale Terrier
Lady Wodehouse, formerly Frances Margaret Montagu, twice-divorced wife of John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley (often thought to be the inspiration for P.G)

Suffrage Demonstration N. U. W. S. S
Suffrage Demonstration N.U.W.S.S. Leaders of the N.U.W.S.S at the Suffrage Demonstration and March from the Embankment of the Albert Hall, 13th June 1908. Mrs. Fawcett, Lady Frances Balfour, Mrs

Mr & Mrs Charles Sweeny at sons christening
Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeny at the christening of their younger child, Brian at Brompton Oratory on 7 May 1940 with their daughter, Frances (later Duchess of Rutland)

Duchess of Argylls ball for her debutante daughter
A spread from The Tatler reporting on the lavish ball held at Claridges by the Duchess of Argyll for her daughter, Miss Frances Sweeny

Certificate of Appreciation (Sep 1916 to Dec 1918), National Projectile Factory, Templeborough
Awarded to Frances L. Dickinson (5508) (Born 1898) during the Great War as a Machinist (Nobbing). Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 6485 M

NEW ORLEANS: SONIAT HOUSE. A view of the Joseph Soniat Dufossat house at 1133 Chartres Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c1938

VIRGINIA: BROOKEs BANK. Brookes Bank, a plantation home built in 1751 in Essex County, Virginia. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c1935

ROSSETTI FAMILY, 1863. The Rossetti family circle: Dante Gabriel, Christina, Mrs. Rossetti, and William Michael. Photographed in 1863 by Lewis Carroll

BLACKFOOT AND PHONOGRAPH. Mountain Chief (Ninastoko), chief of the Blackfoot Native Americans of Montana, listening to a song on a phonograph

Marriage Certificate - 1904
Marriage Certificate of William Cottee Woods and Edith Frances Pooley. Woods Father was a Shipowner and Pooleys Father was a Stockbroker. Date: 1904

Frances Scully, Irene Rich, Tom Breneman, Sonja Henie
Popular Radio Star Tom Breneman (1901-1948), pictured with (from left) Frances Scully (TV Presenter for ABC), Irene Rich (1891-1988 - American Actress)

Lady Frances Webster
LADY FRANCES WEBSTER Married to Sir James Webster Wedderburn. Lover of George Byron. Date: 1793 - 1837

Upper class Victorian girl
An upper class Victorian girl, Alice Polhill-Turner (Alice Kate Frances, 1856-1931), seen here at the age of six, sitting on an upholstered chair in a lacy white dress and white stockings

Walled garden, Great Maytham Hall, near Rolvenden, Kent
View of the walled garden at the back of Great Maytham Hall, a Grade II listed country house near Rolvenden, Kent. It was the inspiration for the childrens classic, The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT American writer, b. Manchester, England; works include " Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1886)

Frances Wolseley Mowing
The Honorable Frances Wolseley mowing the lawn of her garden assisted by a friend pulling the lawnmower along by a cord

Lord and Lady Wolseley and their daughter, c1882-85. Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Crossing The Brook, c1767, (1911). Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Crossing The Brook, c1767, (1911). Hester Frances (nee Cholmondeley) Lady Bellingham. From Bibbys Annual 1911. [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

Piccino and His Friend The Donkey, c1900. Artist: Helena J. Maguire
Piccino and His Friend The Donkey, c1900. From Babys Animal Picture Book by Aunt Louisa. [Frederick Warne & Co. London & New York, c1900]

Borrowdale, c19th century. Artist: John LeConte
Borrowdale, c19th century. A valley in the English Lake District in the Borough of Allerdale, Cumbria, England which lends its name to the Borrowdale Volcanic Group

Frances Arnold, 1738-1740. Artist: William Hogarth
Frances Arnold, 1738-1740. The original painting is said to have been painted when Hogarth was on a visit to Ashby Lodge, Northamptonshire. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson

Frances Day in person: Booths Gin Brings Out The Best In Any Company, c1935 (1935). Frances Day (real name Frances Victoria Schenck, (1908-1984), American actress and singer

The Velvet Dress (Frances Leyland), c1873, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Velvet Dress (Frances Leyland), c1873, (1904). A drypoint sketch of Frances Leyland (1834-1910) wife of Frederick Richards Leyland (1831-1892) a British shipowner and art collector

Florence Nightingale, British nurse and hospital reformer, c1836 (1956). Artist: William White
Florence Nightingale, British nurse and hospital reformer, c1836 (1956). Seated beside her sister, Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney

Standing figure of a girl, 1926. Artist: Frances Jennings
Standing figure of a girl, 1926. Illustration from the Apollo Volume III, no 13, (January 1926)

Frances, Countess of Essex, 1757, (1905). Artist: James McArdell
Frances, Countess of Essex, 1757, (1905). Portrait of Frances Capel (nee Williams), Countess of Essex (1735-1759), wife of William Capel, 4th Earl of Essex

Princess Victoria receiving the news that she is Queen, 1897. Artist: Frances Brundage
Princess Victoria receiving the news that she is Queen, 1897. From Royal Children of English History by E Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), 1897. Artist: M Bowley
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), 1897. From Royal Children of English History by Edith Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

Princess Elizabeth, 1897. Artist: Frances Brundage
Princess Elizabeth, 1897. From Royal Children of English History by Edith Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

Edward VI, keeping his Diary, 1897. Artist: Frances Brundage
Edward VI, keeping his Diary, 1897. From Royal Children of English History by Edith Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

The Princes in the Tower, 1897. Artist: Frances Brundage
The Princes in the Tower, 1897. From Royal Children of English History by Edith Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

Flight of Queen Margaret and Prince Edward, 1897. Artist: Frances Brundage
Flight of Queen Margaret and Prince Edward, 1897. From Royal Children of English History by Edith Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

Henry VI, the Baby King, 1897. Artist: Frances Brundage
Henry VI, the Baby King, 1897. From Royal Children of English History by Edith Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

Edward of Caernarvon, 1897. Artist: Frances Brundage
Edward of Caernarvon, 1897. From Royal Children of English History by Edith Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

Coronation of Henry III, 1897. Artist: Frances Brundage
Coronation of Henry III, 1897. From Royal Children of English History by Edith Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

Prince Arthur leaping from the Tower, 1897. Artist: Frances Brundage
Prince Arthur leaping from the Tower, 1897. From Royal Children of English History by Edith Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

Alfred the Great learning to read, 1897. Artist: Frances Brundage
Alfred the Great learning to read, 1897. From Royal Children of English History by Edith Nesbit, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd (London, Paris, New York, 1897)

Oliver Cromwell, his daughter and his chaplain, 17th century. Artist: A Suntach
Oliver Cromwell, his daughter and his chaplain, 17th century. Cromwell, Lord Protector from 1653, pictured with his youngest daughter, Frances, and his chaplain, Jeremy Withe

Letter from Queen Mary II to Frances Lumley, 29th July 1692. Artist: Queen Mary II
Letter from Queen Mary II to Frances Lumley, 29th July 1692. Letter written from Kensington at midnight by Queen Mary II to Frances Lumley, Countess of Scarborough

Frances, Lady Russell, (1899). Artist: Herman van der Myn
Frances, Lady Russell, (1899). Portrait of Frances (1638-1721), youngest daughter of Oliver Cromwell. An illustration from Samuel Rawson Gardiners Oliver Cromwell, Goupil & Co, (London, Paris)

Portrait of Frances, Duchess of Richmond, c1662-1665. Artist: Peter Lely
Portrait of Frances, Duchess of Richmond, c1662-1665. Frances Stuart (1647-1702) was the original model for the figure of Britannia on coins since 1667

Frances Dee, American actress, 1934-1935. Born Frances Marion Dee, her movie career began in 1929 when, while working as an extra

Frances Brooke, Lady Whitmore, late 17th century. Artist: Peter Lely
Frances Brooke, Lady Whitmore, late 17th century. Portrait of Frances (died 1690), one of the Ladies of the Court of Charles II

Germaine de Stael, French writer, novelist and political propagandist born in Paris, 1843. Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) was the only child of Jacques Necker, French statesman and financier

Fanny (Frances) Burney, Madame D Arblay, English novelist, 1843. Daughter of the musicologist Dr Charles Burney, Fanny Burney (1752-1840) married General d Arblay, a French refugee, in 1793

Island cabins, Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina, South America
Cabins on the Isla del Frances (French Island), on the Parana River, Rosario de Santa Fe, central Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1905

The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbett
The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbet starring Matheson Lang. An example of an image being supplied with more than one text. The artist is Charles Buchel

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