Collector Collection (page 2)

Ferdinand de Rothschild
3733221 Ferdinand de Rothschild.; (add.info.: Photograph of Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839-1898) a French-born, Austrian-turned British and Jewish banker, art collector, and politician

Andrew Lang, 1844-1912
5614285 Andrew Lang, 1844-1912; (add.info.: Andrew Lang, 1844-1912. Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology)

Poster advertising travel by the shipping company Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, c.1930 (colour lithograph)
1197895 Poster advertising travel by the shipping company Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, c.1930 (colour lithograph) by Sebille

A printed cotton cover decorated with scenes of a man wrestling a bull (cotton)
1767221 A printed cotton cover decorated with scenes of a man wrestling a bull (cotton); 165x205 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A silk ikat robe in blue and yellow (silk)
1767218 A silk ikat robe in blue and yellow (silk); Private Collection; (add.info.: A silk ikat robe in blue and yellow. Bokhara, late 19th century.); Photo © Christie's Images.

An Indo Portuguese floor spread of couched yellow floss silk ground, with a central roundel depicting a pelican
1767179 An Indo Portuguese floor spread of couched yellow floss silk ground, with a central roundel depicting a pelican, peacocks and mermaids (silk); 170x262 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A wicker chair, the back modelled as a pair of crossed lawn tennis rackets, c.1900 (wicker)
1767131 A wicker chair, the back modelled as a pair of crossed lawn tennis rackets, c.1900 (wicker); 101.6 high cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A wicker chair, circa 1900)

Itinerant fishwoman with basket of sprats on her head, and a Dustman with bell collecting dust
FLO4688672 Itinerant fishwoman with basket of sprats on her head, and a Dustman with bell collecting dust, ashes and other household waste

Independence of the United States of America: Stamp Act. Protesters a child
NWI4838843 Independence of the United States of America: Stamp Act. Protesters a child and an African-American burned taxes in New York before the country's war of Independence to protest

Francois Le Vaillant (1753-1824)
863482 Francois Le Vaillant (1753-1824); (add.info.: Francois Le Vaillant (1753-1824) French explorer, collector and ornithologist

A Jewish old clothes collector, calling out in a London street. 19th century (engraving)
5669497 A Jewish old clothes collector, calling out in a London street. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Poster advertising the Le Havre-Plymouth-New York route by the shipping company Companie Generale Transatlantigue
1769939 Poster advertising the Le Havre-Plymouth-New York route by the shipping company Companie Generale Transatlantigue, known as the 'French Line' (colour lithograph) by Sebille

Capture Scene. Detail of an anonymous painting of the 16th century. Banca del Monte Faenza, Ravenna
VEN5027277 Capture Scene. Detail of an anonymous painting of the 16th century. Banca del Monte Faenza, Ravenna.; (add.info.: Capture Scene. Detail of an anonymous painting of the 16th century)

An Old Jewish clothes collector from London, 1850
3331112 An Old Jewish clothes collector from London, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an Old Jewish clothes collector from London. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Meeting of the Royal Antiquarian Society in Somerset House. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by
FLO4669642 Meeting of the Royal Antiquarian Society in Somerset House. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Fairholt from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies

A rent collector
5616073 A rent collector; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a rent collector visiting an impoverished family in a Paris attic. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1876); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Illustration depicting a rent collector visiting an impoverished family in a Paris attic, 1876 (engraving)
5616371 Illustration depicting a rent collector visiting an impoverished family in a Paris attic, 1876 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A Near Eastern gentleman's linen nightcap embroidered in red and green, with silver gilt thread and sequins
1767224 A Near Eastern gentleman's linen nightcap embroidered in red and green, with silver gilt thread and sequins, trimmed with gold lace

A Gothic sporting crossbow covered with birch bark overlaid with paper, late 15th century (wood, birch bark)
1764821 A Gothic sporting crossbow covered with birch bark overlaid with paper, late 15th century (wood, birch bark); Private Collection; (add.info)

A selection of Eastern edged weapons including Javanese and Indonesian kris, Indian katars, kards and patas
1764820 A selection of Eastern edged weapons including Javanese and Indonesian kris, Indian katars, kards and patas; Private Collection; (add.info)

Musee Aldrovandi, cabinet of curiosites with displays, reptiles on the walls and portrait of Pope Clement VIII
VEN5028358 Musee Aldrovandi, cabinet of curiosites with displays, reptiles on the walls and portrait of Pope Clement VIII

Tax increase during Shays' Rebellion. Blacksmith angry at a tax tax, 1786. Colouring engraving of the 19th century
NWI4837031 Tax increase during Shays' Rebellion. Blacksmith angry at a tax tax, 1786. Colouring engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Tax increase during Shays' Rebellion)

Musee Ulisse Aldrovandi, cabinet of curiosites with displays and reptiles on the walls. Palazzo Poggi, Bologna
VEN5028366 Musee Ulisse Aldrovandi, cabinet of curiosites with displays and reptiles on the walls. Palazzo Poggi, Bologna.; (add.info.: Musee Ulisse Aldrovandi)

Jesus eating with the sinners and tax collectors of Jerusalem. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4915800 Jesus eating with the sinners and tax collectors of Jerusalem. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Jesus eating with the sinners and tax collectors of Jerusalem)

Henry Vasnier (b/w photo)
3586288 Henry Vasnier (b/w photo); (add.info.: Photograph of Henry Vasnier (1832-1907) a French art collector, partner and wine merchant. Dated 20th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Medieval book Collector (woodcut)
1574292 Medieval book Collector (woodcut); (add.info.: Woodcut of a Medieval book collector sitting at a desk reading. Dated 1494); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Chinese men collecting varnish from the Chinese lacquer tree, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, using bamboo pipes
FLO4590257 Chinese men collecting varnish from the Chinese lacquer tree, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, using bamboo pipes. One man stirs collected varnish in a pan while another eats from a bowl with

The duty of cypers pays in the port of Bordeaux by captains of foreign vessels carrying wine
ELD4900866 The duty of cypers pays in the port of Bordeaux by captains of foreign vessels carrying wine, they traditionally receive a branch of cypers typical of the region, 1453

Engraved portrait of Francis Cook, 1st Viscount of Monserrate
3077607 Engraved portrait of Francis Cook, 1st Viscount of Monserrate; (add.info.: Engraved portrait of Francis Cook, 1st Viscount of Monserrate (1817-1901) a British merchant and art collector

Poster advertising travel to Spitzberg, Norway, c.1931 (colour lithograph)
1197962 Poster advertising travel to Spitzberg, Norway, c.1931 (colour lithograph) by Sebille, Albert (1874-1953); 101x65 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images.

Tax under the old regime: a family of french peasants paying the tithe, one-tenth part of the fruit of their labor to
ELD4876521 Tax under the old regime: a family of french peasants paying the tithe, one-tenth part of the fruit of their labor to the church, 17th and 18th centuries

A selection of 18th and early 19th century ladies shoes
1767198 A selection of 18th and early 19th century ladies shoes; Private Collection; (add.info.: A selection of 18th and early 19th century ladies shoes.); Photo © Christie's Images.

A.W. Mellon, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
A.W. Mellon, between c1915 and c1920. Shows industrialist, banker, and politician Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937).

The Art Collector and Artist Antonio Maria Zanetti the Elder, c1700s. Creator: Rosalba Giovanna Carriera
The Art Collector and Artist Antonio Maria Zanetti the Elder, c1700s

Prince Eugen, 1895. Creator: Oscar Bjorck
Prince Eugen, 1895

Portrait of Jules Bordet, 1870. Creator: Gustave Courbet
Portrait of Jules Bordet, 1870

Portrait of the Nuremburg Merchant and Collector Willibald Imhoff the Elder (1519-1580). Creator: Titian
Portrait of the Nuremburg Merchant and Collector Willibald Imhoff the Elder (1519-1580);Portrait of a Man, 1550-1570

Mrs. Rita Lydig, portrait photograph, 1925 Jan. 29. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Rita Lydig, portrait photograph, 1925 Jan. 29. American socialite and collector

Mr. H.E. Huntington, portrait photograph, between 1918 and 1920. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. H.E. Huntington, portrait photograph, between 1918 and 1920. Henry Edwards Huntington, American railroad magnate, collector of art and rare books

Mr. H.E. Huntington, portrait photograph, between 1918 and 1920. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. H.E. Huntington, portrait photograph, between 1918 and 1920. Henry Edwards Huntington, American railroad magnate, collector of art and rare books

Miss Guggenheim, portrait photograph, 1919 Apr. 16. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Guggenheim, portrait photograph, 1919 Apr. 16. American art collector, bohemian and socialite; founder of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, a modern art museum in Venice

Little Christmas Eve Club, 1933. Creator: Nils Dardel
Little Christmas Eve Club, 1933

The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - Her Majesty Planting an Oak in the Grounds of Warwick Castle, 1858. The Queen, taking the Earl of Warwick's arm

Joseph de France and his Family, c1740s. Creator: Martin van Meytens
Joseph de France and his Family, c1740s

The Assassinations at Constantinople: Halil Sherif Pasha, Minister of Justice, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Assassinations at Constantinople: Halil Sherif Pasha, Minister of Justice, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Abdullah Freres

Mr Robert Constantin and Mrs Maria Eleonora Berggren, c1860s. Creator: Gottfrid Virgin
Mr Robert Constantin and Mrs Maria Eleonora Berggren, c1860s. Additional Info: The couple seems to be studying a newly-bought work of art, since there is no hanging device on its reverse side

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, 1654-1728, 1723. Creator: Georg Desmarees
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, 1654-1728, 1723

The Collector, 1863. Creator: Eugene Fichel
The Collector, 1863

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"Unearthing Treasures: The Life of a Passionate Collector" Step into the world of a collector, where history comes alive through artifacts and memories. Meet Mary Anning (1799-1847), an unsung hero who unearthed ancient fossils that changed our understanding of prehistoric life. As you wander further, your eyes catch sight of a rusting 1931 Ford pickup truck sitting in a field under an oak tree. A relic from the past, it whispers stories of long-forgotten journeys and hardworking hands. A Southern Railway poster advertising Ramsgate, 1939 (colour lithograph) transports you to an era when travel was filled with excitement and elegance. The Weald of Kent beckons with its vibrant colors in another Southern Railway advertising poster. Venturing deeper into the collection, Clynderwen Railway Station in Pembrokeshire, South Wales emerges as a testament to the once-thriving railway industry that connected communities across vast landscapes. Turning your attention to artistry, "A Cognocenti Contemplating Ye Beauties of Ye Antique, " published by Hannah Humphrey captures the essence of connoisseurs appreciating timeless masterpieces – reminding us that beauty transcends time. Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892), an intrepid explorer known for his studies on mimicry among Amazonian butterflies adds another layer to this eclectic collection. His discoveries shed light on nature's intricate adaptations. The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) stands tall as both majestic and tragic; its extinction serves as a poignant reminder to protect Earth's precious biodiversity. In Seattle, Washington State lies a classic German automobile - an emblematic symbol representing engineering excellence and automotive nostalgia amidst modernity's hustle and bustle. Beckford / Fonthill Abbey takes center stage with its architectural grandeur; it echoes the opulence sought after by those captivated by historical estates.