Ring Collection

Chanctonbury Ring, South Downs, Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Gypsy Splendour - Laura Knight
Oil on Canvas 101.6 x 76.2

The Ringers of Launcells Tower, Frederick Smallfield (1829-1915)
Oil on canvas, English School, 1887. This painting was inspired by the poem The Ringers of Launcells Tower by Rev. R.S. Hawker of Morwenstow in his book Cornish Ballads and Other Poems

Scotland, Orkney Islands, Skara Brae Prehistoric Village. Skara Brae, a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland Orkney

Poster for Englands Glory Matches
Strike out foreign competition by buying Englands Glory Matches: advertisement featuring a boxing match taking place on a ring made of match boxes between British and German pugilists

Richard Iii / Players / 18
KING RICHARD III OF ENGLAND Reigned 1483 - 1485

Solar system planets. Artwork showing the Sun (left) and the eight planets of the solar system and their orbits. From left to right they are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989). Robinson (right) during the seventh round of a fight
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989). Walker Smith, Jr. Robinson (right) during the seventh round of a fight against Carmen Basilio, 1957

The Beatles (from left: Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney)
BEATLES AND CLAY, 1964. The Beatles (from left: Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney) clowning with boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali)

WAGNER: DAS RHEINGOLD. The Rhinemaidens guarding their gold in the opening scene of Richard Wagners Das Rheingold. Line engraving from a German newspaper of 1876 following the first complete

Fairies dance in a circle - Fairy Ring
He whistled to the merry elves, Were leaping in a ring

Six owl bellringers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Prince Naseem Hamed after his victory over Billy Hardy in Manchester to retain his WBO and IBF World Featherweight titles

Women Boxing 1933
Two women box in a ring, with a referee present

Ring-Necked Pheasant
CHINESE RING-NECKED PHEASANT phasianus torquatus

Lear / Owl & Pussycat
THE OWL & THE PUSSY-CAT The Owl & the Pussy-Cat ask the Pig if he is willing to sell them his ring

Sergei Rachmaninov 1920
SERGEI RACHMANINOV Russian composer

Solar system. Composite computer artwork of the nine planets of the solar system that orbit the Sun (far right). In order of their distance from the Sun and anticlockwise from top right they are

Saturns rings, Cassini image. The rings consist of particles of nearly pure water ice and meteoric dust and span almost 300, 000 kilometres

Wagner / Balestrieri
RICHARD WAGNER Composing his opera cycle, the Ring of the Nibelungen

King Richard Iii / England
KING RICHARD III OF ENGLAND Ruled 1483 - 1485

Rainbow over the Ring of Brodgar on Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Autumn (October) 2022

Rocky Marciano Boxer downed in the first round of his heavyweight title fight with Jersey Joe Walcott. Marciano won the title

Dungarvan Harbour From Ring, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peters Square at the Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Breakfast with the Morning Newspaper, 1898. Artist: Laurits Andersen Ring
Breakfast with the Morning Newspaper, 1898. Found in the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Jack Johnson in a boxing match
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, African-American world heavyweight champion boxer, 1908-1915, standing at the ropes in a boxing match with an unidentified opponent

CARTOON: TWEED RING, 1871. The Tammany Tiger Loose. Thomas Nasts powerful indictment of Tweed and his ring, published on the eve of the New York municipal and state elections of 1871. Cartoon, 1871

Aurora over Antarctica, satellite image
Aurora over Antarctica, ultraviolet satellite image. Australia is at upper left. This is the aurora australis (green ring), the southern lights display

Rocky Marciano (left) defending his heavyweight title in a fight against Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx
MARCIANO & CHARLES, 1954. Rocky Marciano (left) defending his heavyweight title in a fight against Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City, 17 June 1954

Birmingham Bull Ring
The old Bull Ring Centre, a notorious symbol of post World War Two modernism, now demolished. Completed in 1964; Britains first multi-storey fully enclosed shopping centre

Cahirciveen, Ring of Kerry, Republic of Ireland

Boxing - Fives Court with Randall & Turner sparring
The interior of Fives Court in Little St. Martins Lane, a popular venue for the Fancy in the heyday of the prize ring, showing Jack Randall and Ned Turner sparring

Solar System According to Ptolemy, Copernicus and Tycho, Geocentric Model, Heliocentric Model

Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn and and its moon Titan

The English boxing champion Daniel Mendoza (c1763-1836): etching, c1788-95, by James Gillray
BOXING CHAMPION, 1790s. The English boxing champion Daniel Mendoza (c1763-1836): etching, c1788-95, by James Gillray

Saturn, Cassini image
Saturn. Cassini spacecraft image of Saturn, its rings, and two of its moons Titan (upper right) and Tethys (bottom left). The rings, which consist of particles of nearly pure water ice

BOXING MATCH, 1941. Match between Lou Nova and Pat Comiskey at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1941

KILRAIN VS. SULLIVAN, 1889. John L. Sullivan knocks out Jake Kilrain in the last round of the 75-round contest at Richburg, Mississippi, on 8 July 1889, Sullivans last bare-knuckle fight

KATHARINE HEPBURN (1907-2003). American actress. As Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter, 1968

Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Artist: Pott, Laslett John - Title: Lord Byron (1788-1824) - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 91.4 x 72.4

Feline Bell-Ringers 1875
These five cats have been taught - entirely by kindness - to ring bells in sequence, though whether they themselves enjoy the sound they make is open to question

Boxing - Wally Beckett November 1951

The Rhine Maidens obtain possession of the ring and bear it off in triumph, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods

Loughborough - Bell-ringing - World Record Change-ringers
Bellringing - World Record Change-ringers - who produced a peal of 18, 027 Stedman Caters - rung in 12 hours and 18 minutes at All Saints, Loughborough on Easter Monday - 12th April, 1909

Wonders of the cinema organ by G. H. Davis
Noises played for films: wonders of the cinema organ. Thunder, shots and tom-toms controlled by an organist: a film-theatre organ that creates sound effects. Date: 1929

Chanctonbury Ring - West Sussex, England. A notable landmark of West Sussex, surmounted by beech trees, and supposed by lovers of earth mysteries to possess supernatural powers

George Bellows: Dempsey and Firpo. Lithograph, 1924
BELLOWS: DEMPSEY, 1924. George Bellows: Dempsey and Firpo. Lithograph, 1924

Helix nebula, infrared Spitzer image
Helix nebula (NGC 7293), infrared Spitzer Space Telescope image. This is a planetary nebula, a series of shells of gas cast off by a dying star

Tower Circus / Blackpool
Two girls perform tricks while riding a white horse. A clown holds a hoop with a paper surface which one of them has just leapt through

Wagner / Gill / Ring Cycle
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in a satirical comment on his four-part opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen

Birmingham Bull Ring
A busy scene in the shopping area of the Bull Ring complex, Birmingham, England

Barnum & Bailey Poster
Poster for Barnum and Baileys Circus

Cockfighting / Hogarth / Col
A group of men watching a cockfight in a ring

Bayreuth 1951
A minimalist production at the Buhnenfestspiele, Bayreuth 1951 - Brunnhilde confronts Wotan in the middle of nowhere

The Valkyrie
Die Walkure, (The Valkyrie) Agnes Borgo as Brunnhilde, at the Paris Opera

Barry McGuigan v Eusebio Pedroza Boxing June 1985 Eusebio Pedroza goes down in the seventh round

Stone Stairway, Skellig Michael, Skellig Islands, County Kerry, Ireland

(1899-1961). American writer. Photographed in 1944
ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961). American writer. Photographed in 1944

American boxer. Gene Tunney down for the famous long count in the championship bout with Dempsey at Soldier Field
JACK DEMPSEY (1895-1983). American boxer. Gene Tunney down for the famous long count in the championship bout with Dempsey at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, 22 September 1927

Bees in a circle
bees walking in a circle

Oak tree in mist
Oak tree (Quercus sp.) in mist. Photographed near the River Taw in Dartmoor, UK

KNIGHTS IN TOURNAMENT. Knights on horseback in a ring at a medieval tournament, one of whom (left) is being presented with a trophy. French manuscript illumination, 15th century

National Sporting Club
An impression of a Monday evening at the National Sporting Club, the home of the " noble art". Fair-haired fly weight is Dick Inkles.Key to people in audience, p.78 of

James Figg, Boxer
Generally regarded as the earliest of Prize Ring champions, Figg was also a expert in the use of swords, cudgels and quarterstaffs

Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917), English poet and critic, killed in the battle of Arras

Norwegian Types (5 / 5) - Young Norwegian wife
A Young Norwegian wife in traditional national costume Date: circa 1910s

LAWRENCE WELK (1903-1992). American orchestra leader. Photographed in c1955

Rings including letter ring on Greylag Goose Caerlaverock Scotland winter

Lear / Nonsense / Tring
There was an Old Person of Tring, who embellished his nose with a ring; He gazed at the moon, every evening in June, that ecstatic Old Person in Tring

Market at the Bull Ring
A street market at the Bull Ring, Birmingham

FAIRY RING
Children watch fairies dancing and creating a fairy ring

OSCAR WILDE (1856-1900)
OSCAR WILDE

Characterful old lady with her knitting
A characterful old lady sits in a chair, holding a few rows of knitting in front of her as she looks thoughtfully into the distance

Peter Pan Statue
Happy children dancing in a fairy ring around Sir George Framptons statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, which was erected on 1 May 1912

Doughnut

Member of the First World War Womens Land Army, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1917
A portrait of an unknown member of the Womens Land Army. Colourised by Coral Walters. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Bull JAM 260 Cattle. Isle of Skye Scotland © James Marchington / ARDEA LONDON
JAM-260 CATTLE - BULL wearing nose ring Isle of Skye. Scotland. Also wears identification tag James Marchington Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Latuka woman, South Sudan, East Central Africa
Latuka woman of the Nile valley, South Sudan (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa. Date: 1922

Picture No. 12020840
Meerkat at swimming pool with unicorn inflatable and cool glasses. Digital manipulation Date:

Etruscan. Cineray urn on podium. Chamber tomb of the Pruni family near Chiusi, Etruria. 200-100 B.C. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Advertisement, James Figg, sword fighting, boxing
Advertisement for the services of the champion boxer James Figg - teaching gentlemen the use of the small backsword and quarterstaff, at home and abroad

Victorian Scrap showing Circus Performers in a Big Top Circus Ring, including a lady balancing on a performing horse and a clown holding a hoop. Date: circa 1880s

Illustration of Saturn and Earth to scale
Illustration showing Saturn (left) and Earth (right) to scale. Saturn is nine times the diameter of Earth. Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun, Earth is the third

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"From Gypsy Splendour to Boxing Legends: The Ring in Various Forms" Gypsy Splendour - Laura Knight: A captivating painting that captures the essence of a ring, symbolizing beauty and mystery. The Ringers of Launcells Tower, Frederick Smallfield (1829-1915): An intriguing artwork depicting a group of bell-ringers in a tower, showcasing the significance of rings in communication and celebration. The Beatles clowning with boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) at his training camp in Miami Beach, Florida, 18 February 1964: A playful encounter between music icons and boxing legend highlighting the camaraderie within the entertainment industry's inner ring. Poster for England's Glory Matches: A vintage poster promoting matches where competitors enter the ring to display their skills and determination. Richard III / Players / 18: Shakespearean drama comes alive as actors take center stage within the theatrical ring to portray memorable characters like Richard III. Scotland, Orkney Islands, Skara Brae Prehistoric Village: Unearthing ancient history reveals how rings were used by our ancestors for various purposes such as adornment or symbolism. Ring-Necked Pheasant: Nature showcases its vibrant beauty through this bird species adorned with an elegant neck ring—a testament to nature's creativity. Solar system planets: Our planetary neighbors orbit around a central celestial body—the sun—forming an intricate cosmic ring system that fascinates astronomers worldwide. SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989): In one intense moment during a fight captured on film, Sugar Ray Robinson finds himself cornered against the ropes within the boxing ring but refuses to back down—an emblematic image of resilience and determination. Lear / Owl & Pussycat.