Oliver Collection

LAUREL AND HARDY, 1939. Publicity still from the motion picture Flying Deuces, 1939

Laurel and Hardy
LAUREL AND HARDY

LAUREL AND HARDY. Stan Laurel (left) and Oliver Hardy

LAUREL AND HARDY, 1928. Stan Laurel, left, and Oliver Hardy with a police officer in the silent film Leave Them Laughing, 1928

Oliver Twist meeting the Artful dodger in the streets Date: First published: 1836-37

Bill Sykes (Barnard)
Bill Sykes sits at a table with a bottle of booze while his dog Bullseye cowers against the wall, afraid of being hit

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, oil on canvas by an unknown artist after Robert Walker, c.1640. Date: c.1640

Oliver Twist / Title Page
Title page

Cromwell at Dunbar
Cromwell prepares to fight the Scots at DUNBAR

The Westland Lysander, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Westland Lysander, 1941. British army liaison aircraft made by Westland Aircraft, used before and during the Second World War

DANCE: HARKNESS THEATRE. Mural by Enrique Senis-Oliver from the proscenium arch of the Harkness Theatre, on Broadway and 62nd Street in New York City, depicting dancers paying homage to Terpsichore

Oliver Dixon, Cpt. de Wend-Fenton and Cpt. Stanyforth
A Sporting Trio - The famous Reading horse dealer from Reading Mr Oliver Dixon, Captain J D L de Wend-Fenton owner and rider and the MCC Cricket Captian Cpt, Stanyforth riding Aesop at Sandown

LAUREL AND HARDY. From the film Big Business (1929)

Oliver Cromwell At The Battle Of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644, During The First English Civil War

Oliver Cromwell
OLIVER CROMWELL English soldier and statesman

Mr Bumble with Oliver
Stern Mr. Bumble holds the hand of apprehensive young Oliver Twist, as they walk away from the workhouse

Oliver Plunkett
OLIVER PLUNKETT Irish Catholic, archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland, falsely accused of conspiracy by Titus Oates and hanged, disembowelled &c in London

LAUREL AND HARDY. From the film Big Business (1929)

Bookplate of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Print shows a shellfish (Chambered Nautilus) above the Latin phrase per ampliora ad altiora. Date between ca. 1875 and 1894. Bookplate of Oliver Wendell Holmes

Richard Cromwell
RICHARD CROMWELL son of Oliver Cromwell, and briefly Lord Protector after his fathers death

Cromwell / Signature
The autograph of Oliver Cromwell

Richard Cromwell
RICHARD CROMWELL son of Oliver Cromwell, and briefly Lord Protector after the death of his father

Oliver Cromwell
OLIVER CROMWELL Lord Protector with his autograph

Jack Frost Window Painter by Oliver Herford (1863-1935). British born American writer, artist and illustrator. Was a frequent contributor to The Mentor, Life, and Ladies Home Journal Date: 1926

The Consolidated Catalina, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Consolidated Catalina, 1941. The Consolidated PBY Catalina, American flying boat and amphibious aircraft built by Consolidated Aircraft

Wrapper design, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Wrapper design, first monthly instalment of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, dated January 1846. 1846

Oliver Goldsmith, James Boswell, and Samuel Johnson at the Mitre Tavern in London. Color engraving, 19th century
MITRE TAVERN: S. JOHNSON. Oliver Goldsmith, James Boswell, and Samuel Johnson at the Mitre Tavern in London. Color engraving, 19th century

Eight Bells, Hatfield
The Eight Bells inn at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, referred to in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Bill Sykes met the pedlar here. Date: 1950s

Oliver Locker-Lampson
COMMANDER OLIVER STILLINGWORTH LOCKER-LAMPSON politican and war veteran. Conservative MP for Handsworth(1922-1945) and North Huntingdonshire(1910-18)

Oliver Twist / Fagin
Olivers reception by Fagin and the boys

Filming of Oliver! at Shepperton studios. The scene which should have been shot in mid winter was being shot in August with a ton of featherlight polystyrene strewn about to represent the snowfall

Cromwell, (1599-1658), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Cromwell, (1599-1658), 1830. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English military and political leader who served as Lord Protector was an intensely religious man

The Short Sunderland, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Short Sunderland, 1941. The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber developed for the RAF by Short Brothers

Oliver Messel (1904 - 1978), English designer of film sets, costume and interiors. Pictured with his portrait of the Countess of Seafield. Date: 1928

Oliver Brown
OLIVER BROWN London Art Dealer, proprietor of the Leicester Galleries. Date: 1885 - 1966

Barbel by H.J. Oliver

Actor Jack Wild who played the role of the Artful Dodger in the 1968 Lionel Bart musical film Oliver! Pictured at home. 28th February 1969

Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor, 1886. Artist: John J Crew
Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor, 1886. Leading a Charge after Being Wounded in his Right Arm. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) commanded the forces of Parliament during the English Civil War

Residence of Oliver Hardy, Beverly Hills, California, USA. Date: 20th century

THEATER: PANTOMIME, 1851. Scene from the pantomime, Oliver Cromwell; or, Harlequin Charley Over the Water and the Maid of Pattys Mill at the City of London Theatre in London. Engraving, English, 1851

The Barbarine - first climbed 1905 - Germany
The Barbarine - the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The pinnacle is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland

Fagin in Jail
Fagin in the condemned cell

King St. C17Th
Timber-fronted buildings with protruding storey, common in London before the Great Fire. Tradition also allows this house to have been the residence of Oliver Cromwell

Bath Buns Shop
Fortts Original Bath Buns shop, also famous for its Oliver Biscuits and incorporating the Green St. Cafe, Bath, Somerset

Oliver Chez Fagin
Oliver with Fagin, the Artful Dodger, Bill Sykes and Nancy

Home Week at Hickory Grove by Oliver Herford. 1926

West Surrey Staghounds Point-to-point races at Slyfield - the All Comers Maiden Steeplechase, won by Mr Oliver Dixon on Master Royston

Oliver Falls In With The Artful Dodger. "Hullo, My Covey, Whats The Row
Oliver Falls In With The Artful Dodger. " Hullo, My Covey, Whats The Row?" Said This Strange Young Gentleman To Oliver

Morris 10 of Captain Oliver Hughes-Onslow at the RSAC Scottish Rally, 1933. Artist: Bill Brunell
Morris 10 1292 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. US1172. Entry No: G19. Driver: Hughes-Onslow, Capt. O. Left: Riley Vehicle Reg. No. KV5092. R.S.A.C. Scottish Rally. Date: 5-9.6.33

Portrait - Arabella Stewart, c16th century, (1904). Artist: Isaac Oliver I
Portrait - Arabella Stewart, c16th century (1904). Lady Arabella Stuart, (c1577-1615). From James I. and VI, by T. F. Henderson. [Goupil & Co. Paris, Edinburgh, New York, London, 1904]

Take away that Bauble: Cromwell dissolving the long Parliament, 1850. Artist: John Leech
Take away that Bauble: Cromwell dissolving the long Parliament, 1850. A satirical illustration on the expulsion of Members of Parliamnet by Cromwell, 1653

John Owen, English theologian, 17th century, (1899). Portrait of John Owen (1616-1683), Nonconformist church leader. Illustration from Samuel Rawson Gardiners Oliver Cromwell, (Goupil & Co, London)

Street scene with trams and shops, Kobe, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Lieutenant General Lambert, 1785. Creator: Unknown
Lieutenant General Lambert, 1785. John Lambert (1619- 1684), English Parliamentary general and politician who fought in the English Civil War

Goldsmith / Brick Court
OLIVER GOLDSMITH 2 Brick Court, Middle Temple, where the Irish writer died Date: 1730 - 1774

Cromwell / Lely
OLIVER CROMWELL - Mr Lely, I desire you to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts & everything

Cromwells Watch
POCKET WATCH with chain, made by John Midnall of Fleet Street, London, and carried by Oliver Cromwell, enabling him to be punctual for battles and other activities

Twist / Affecionate Pals
Oliver is claimed by his affectionate friends

Twist / Evidence Destroyed
The evidence destroyed

Mr Bumble and Mrs Corney taking tea

Dickens / The Chimes
Trotty Veck - a poor ticket porter whose outlook is converted from despair to hope by the spirits of the chimes on New Years Eve

Oliver Meets Fagin
Oliver is introduced to the respectable old gentleman - actually Fagin, the head of a gang of thieves

Oliver Cromwell removing the mace from the Commons Chamber and dissolving the Rump Parliament in 1653. Behind him, a group of Roundheads arrest a cavalier. Take away that Bauble

Guy Fawkes, leader of the Gunpowder Plot, caught in the cellar of the Houses of Parliament, 5 November 1604. William Parker, Baron Monteagle, and Theophilus Howard, Earl of Suffolk

Actress Judy Geeson, 19, star of the Newcomers and To Sir With Love, went back to her old school, the Corona School, to present prizes

A reception for the film Oliver! Jack Wild who plays The Artful Dodger and Shani Wallis who plays Nancy. 25th September 1968

A reception for the film Oliver! Jack Wild (left) who plays The Artful Dodger pictured standing next to Shani Wallis who plays Nancy. 25th September 1968

Oliver Cromwell leading the English New Model Army against a Scottish army led by David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark, at the Battle of Dunbar, Scotland, 3 September 1650

North or inside view of Traitors Gate, Tower of London
North or inside view of Traitors Gate, principal entrance to the Tower of London from the River Thames.Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of

Cartoon, Mr Parnell, like Oliver Twist, asks for more. Lord Salisbury plays the part of the Beadle, dishing out thin soup. A comment on Conservative resistance to Irish Home Rule. 1886

Oliver Twist and Camera Crew
A production still shows a camera crew filming Robert Newton and John Howard Davies in the climactic rooftop scene of David Leans 1948 version of Oliver Twist. Date: 1948

TV Celebrity Chefs
Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson, Antony Worrall Thompson, Gary Rhodes, Fanny Craddock, Delia Smith, Ainsley Harriott, Gordon Ramsey, Keith Floyd, Rick Stein - TV Celebrity Chefs

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"Oliver: A Timeless Duo and a Tale of Resilience" Step into the world of Oliver, where laughter meets perseverance. Just like Laurel and Hardy, this name has left an indelible mark on history. From their iconic roles in "Flying Deuces" to the silent film "Leave Them Laughing, " Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's comedic genius continues to captivate audiences even today. But Oliver is not just limited to Hollywood legends; it extends beyond the silver screen. Remember Oliver Twist meeting the Artful Dodger? The tale of this young orphan navigating through a Dickensian world remains etched in our hearts. And who can forget Bill Sykes, that menacing character who added depth to Oliver's story? Yet, there is more to Oliver than entertainment alone. It intertwines with historical events as well. Whether it be Cromwell at Dunbar or the Westland Lysander aircraft from 1941, this name carries echoes of bravery and resilience. Even within the realm of dance, we find traces of Oliver's influence. The Harkness Theatre mural by Enrique Senis-Oliver pays homage to Terpsichore, showcasing dancers celebrating their artistry—a testament to how creativity transcends time. Just like its diverse associations suggest, "Oliver" encompasses a multitude of stories—comedic brilliance, tales of survival against all odds, historical significance—and serves as a reminder that names hold power beyond mere labels. So let us embrace the spirit behind each reference linked with "Oliver, " for it encapsulates laughter amidst adversity and leaves an everlasting impact on our collective consciousness.