Robert Collection

Massachusetts, Boston, Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on Beacon Street

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870). English novelist. Dickens Dream. Unfinished oil painting by Robert William Buss, 1870s

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL (1806-1859). English engineer. Brunel before the Great Eastern steamships braking drum chains, which lowered the ship from the slip for launching: photograph, 1857

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863-64

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, lst Viscount Baden-Powell, English soldier. Baden-Powell (1857-1941) became famous as the defender of Mafeking in the Boer War (1899-1902)

ROBERT E. LEE (1807-1870). American Confederate general. Photographed by Julian Vannerson in 1863

THE TRAIL OF TEARS, 1838. The removal of the Cherokee Native Americans to the West in 1838. Oil on canvas, 1942, by Robert Lindneux

COOK: HMS RESOLUTION. Commanded by Captain James Cook on his second and third voyages of discovery. Watercolor by Midshipman Henry Roberts, a member of the ships company

STEAMBOAT RACE, 1870. The Great Mississippi Steamboat Race between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez from New Orleans to St. Louis won by the Robert E

FILM: BABY JANE, 1962. Joan Crawford, left, and Bette Davis as sisters in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? directed by Robert Aldrich, 1962

The March of Intellect, (1828?). Artist: Robert Seymour
The March of Intellect, (1828?); showing a juggernaut figure with London University on its head and balloons issuing from its pipe, sweeping and kicking to one side lawyers, vicars, and quack doctors

The Bathing Pool. Creator: Hubert Robert
The Bathing Pool

BLACK SENATORS, 1872. The First Colored Senators and Representatives in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States. Lithograph, 1872, by Currier & Ives

DARWIN: HMS BEAGLE. Voyage of the HMS Beagle, which Charles Darwin sailed as ships naturalist from 1831 to 1836

Make way for ducklings sculpture by Nancy Schon, Boston Public Garden, Boston
USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Make way for ducklings sculpture by Nancy Schon, Boston Public Garden

The steam yacht Wanderer (later named Vagus ) hoisting sails. Built by Robert Steele and Co, Greenock in 1878 for Charles Joseph Lambert as a private yacht

The first Tay Bridge from the south, Scotland, 1900. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, Volume IV, (Cassell and Company, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne, 1900)

Advertisement for Robert Sorby and Sons, edge tool manufacturers, Carver Street, 1889
Image from Sheffield and Neighbourhood (page 208) (printed and published by Pawson and Brailsford, Sheffield, 1889 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 914.274 S)

MEETING OF SCOTT & BURNS. The meeting of Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns: painting by C.M. Hardie

BASKETBALL GAME, c1960. Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics (number 14) jumps for the ball during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers, c1960

L Equipe de Cardiff, (The Cardiff Team), 1913. Artist: Robert Delaunay
L Equipe de Cardiff, (The Cardiff Team), 1913

Robert Cray, 2008. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Robert Cray Band, Sage Theatre, Gateshead International Jazz Festival, 15 July 2008

ROBERT CAPA (1913-1954). Hungarian-born American war photographer. Capa photographing a May Day demonstration in Tokyo, 1954

CASSIDY AND LONGBAUGH. Butch Cassidy (1866-?), alias of Robert Leroy Parker, American desperado, and Harry Longbaugh (1867-?), known as the Sundance Kid, American desperado

CLARA SCHUMANN (1819-1896). German pianist. Wife of Robert Schumann (1810-1856). German composer. Photographed in 1850

Illustration of Hookes Law on elasticity of materials, showing stretching of a spring. Robert Hooke (1635-1703), English scientist and inventor, formulated his law in 1676

The Wild Bunch, 1901, gang of American outlaws, bank and train robbers, led by Butch Cassidy, seated right. Cassidy, born Robert LeRoy Parker (1866-1908): Standing left

New Lanark Mills, Scotland. Robert Owens (1771-1858) model community of cotton mills, housing, education, worlds first day nursery, evening classes, village shop (beginning of Co-operative movement)

The Prime Minister: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903) British Conservative statesman. Prime Minister 1885, 1886, 1895-1902, in 1900

(1902-1971). Known as Bobby. American golf player
ROBERT TYRE JONES (1902-1971). Known as Bobby. American golf player

Boy Scout Uniform and Badges, 1944. Creator: Kenneth Brookes
Boy Scout Uniform and Badges, 1944. Patrol leaders hat badge; scarf of troop colour; all-round cords for six badges; staff of shoulder height

The Ministerial Bench of the House of Lords, 1886-1892, (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Ministerial Bench of the House of Lords, 1886-1892, (1901). Scene in the Palace of Westminster in London, during the final term of the Marquis of Salisbury as prime minister (1886-1892)

English physician and Rosicrucian. Human mental abilities classified in terms of God and the universe
ROBERT FLUDD (1574-1637). English physician and Rosicrucian. Human mental abilities classified in terms of God and the universe. Colored engraving from Fludds 17th century treatise, Utriusque Cosmi

First page of signatures on the Declaration of Independence
DECLARATION: SIGNATURES. First page of signatures on the Declaration of Independence

Walberton House, 1835. Creator: Dean Wolstenholme
Walberton House, (1835). Grade II listed Regency manor house in Walberton, Sussex, built by Robert Prime in 1817. Antique engraving by Dean Wolstenholm after a drawing by Thomas Henwood

The Inchcape Rock, 1908, (c1930). Creator: Peter Graham
The Inchcape Rock, 1908, (c1930). Illustration to a ballad of the same name by Robert Southey, published in 1802. A warning bell for shipping had been installed on a dangerous sandstone reef off

The Black Watch. Forward the 42nd! at the Alma, 1854, (1939). The Battle of the Alma (20 September 1854), which is usually considered the first battle of the Crimean War

Norton, Derbyshire, surveyed by Joseph Dickinson, 1737
Full title: A map of all the lands belonging to Robert Newton esquire at Norton in the County of Derby, surveyed by Joseph Dickinson

DEATH OF LINCOLN, 1865. Death bed of Lincoln. Lithograph, 1865

A diagram of the Universe by the 17th century English Neoplatonist Robert Fludd showing the links between the hidden
FLUDDs UNIVERSE. A diagram of the Universe by the 17th century English Neoplatonist Robert Fludd showing the links between the hidden God and the manifest world

As American Goes, So Goes the World. American cartoon by D. R. Fitzpatrick, 1953
CIVIL RIGHTS CARTOON, 1953. As American Goes, So Goes the World. American cartoon by D.R. Fitzpatrick, 1953, on the emphasis in President Eisenhowers inauguration speech on the importance of

CONFEDERATE GENERALS. The Generals of the Confederate Army. Jefferson Davis, with red cloak, is at center left; Robert E. Lee, standing with saber, is at center right. Contemporary American lithograph

CIVIL WAR: APPOMATTOX, 1865. The Surrender of General Lee to General Grant, 9 April 1865. Oil on canvas by Louis Guillaume, 1867

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. John Hancocks Defiance. Lithograph, 1876, by Currier & Ives

Design for Scouts Enrolment Card, (1944). Creator: Robert Baden-Powell
Design for Scouts Enrolment Card, (1944). A scout stands under the scouting motto: Be Prepared. On the right is an image of St George, patron saint of England, killing the dragon

Lord Baden-Powell, 1911, (1944). Creator: Ape Junior
Lord Baden-Powell, 1911, (1944). Portrait of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), British soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides

A Rowing Match at Richmond, 1793, (1942). Creator: Robert Clevely
A Rowing Match at Richmond, 1793, (1942). Part of the Celebrations for the Duke of Clarences Birthday. Boats on the River Thames at Richmond, (now part of Greater London)

MAP: IRELAND, 1893. Home Rule Map of Ireland, illustrated with Irish politicians. Engraving, 1893

LEE AND HIS GENERALS. Robert E. Lee and his generals. Lithograph, 1867, after Augustus Tholey

MOUNT SINAI: MONASTERY. Saint Catherines Monastery at Mount Sinai, Egypt. Lithograph by Louis Haghe, c1845, after a painting by David Roberts

The Hall Of Infamy
Diners watching a punch-up in their midst at the Oyster Saloon in Bridges Street, New Covent Garden, London. Original Artwork: The Hall of Infamy, alias the Oyster Saloon in Bridges Street

Bob Cratchits Christmas Dinner. After a drawing by Edwin Austin Abbey for Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
CHRISTMAS CAROL. Bob Cratchits Christmas Dinner. After a drawing by Edwin Austin Abbey for Charles Dickens " A Christmas Carol."

(1904-1967). American physicist. Oppenheimer (left) as scientific director of the Manhattan Project during World War
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER (1904-1967). American physicist. Oppenheimer (left) as scientific director of the Manhattan Project during World War II

DICKENS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Bob Cratchits Christmas Dinner. Wood engraving after Edwin Austin Abbey for Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, 1881

A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Bob Cratchit & his son Tiny Tim: illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935) to " A Christmas Carol"

WYETH: TREASURE ISLAND. Illustration, 1911, by N. C. Wyeth for Robert Louis Stevensons Treasure Island
WYETH: TREASURE ISLAND. Illustration, 1911, by N.C. Wyeth for Robert Louis Stevensons Treasure Island

SIEUR DE LA SALLE (1643-1687). French explorer. La Salles party feasting in Illinois Village, 1680: oil on canvas, 1847, by George Catlin

ROWING TEAM, c1875. The Paris Crew, a Canadian rowing team fron Saint John, New Brunswick, consisting of Robert Fulton, George Price, Samuel Hutton and Elijah Ross. Lithograph, Canadian, c1875

Louis XIV, 1667. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Louis XIV, 1667

View of Ayr, the birth-place of Burns, 1844. Creator: Unknown
View of Ayr, the birth-place of Burns, 1844. The town where Scottish poet Robert Burns was born, with its two bridges over the River Ayr. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

The Alms House, 1855. Creator: Joseph Cundall
The Alms House, 1855

The Genius of Poetry Finding Burns at the Plough, 1840. Artist: John Rogers
The Genius of Poetry Finding Burns at the Plough, 1840. Robert Burns, Scottish poet. Burns (1759-1796) was a pioneer of the Romantic movement

Portman Square, London, c1813 (1907). Portman Square was originally laid out in the 1760s by Henry William Portman. Several prominent aristocrats had residences on the square

Tirnova, the old capital of Bulgaria, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

New Lanark Mills, Scotland, c1815. Robert Owens (1771-1858) model community of cotton mills and housing. Educational facilities were provided, as well as the worlds first day nursery

Construction of the Kilsby Tunnel on the London & Birmingham Railway, 8 July 1839. Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Construction of the Kilsby Tunnel on the London & Birmingham Railway, 8 July 1837 (1839). Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was appointed chief engineer of the London & Birmingham Railway (LBR)

SANDOR FERENCZI (1873-1933). Hungarian psychoanalyst. Caricature by Robert Bereny drawn at the Eighth International Psychoanaltic Congress at Salzburg, Austria, April 1924

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1815-1941) lst Viscount Baden-Powell. English soldier: defender of Mafeking in 2nd Boer War (1899-1900)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act in the Cabinet Room of the White House, 14 August 1935
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, 1935. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act in the Cabinet Room of the White House, 14 August 1935, flanked by the bills co-authors (in dark suits)

Mrs Wilson and her daughters, Margaret, Eleanor, and Jessie, which depicts Woodrow Wilsons wife, Ellen
VONNOH: MRS. WILSON. Mrs Wilson and her daughters, Margaret, Eleanor, and Jessie, which depicts Woodrow Wilsons wife, Ellen, and their daughters. Oil on canvas by Robert William Vonnoh, 1913

Vue du chateau de Madame d Enville a La Roche-Guyon, ca 1773. Creator: Robert
Vue du chateau de Madame d Enville a La Roche-Guyon, ca 1773. Found in the Collection of Musee des Beaux-arts, Rouen

Highbury Place, Highbury, Islington, London, 1787. Artist: Robert Pollard
West view of Highbury Place, Highbury, London, 1787; with cattle in the foreground

Alexander the Great Before the Tomb of Achilles. Artist: Robert, Hubert (1733-1808)
Alexander the Great Before the Tomb of Achilles. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

HMS Beagle laid ashore, Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia, South America, 1834 (1839). The Beagle, commanded by Robert Fitzroy, set sail on a 5-year voyage around the world in December 1831

Hardwick Hall, A Seat of His Grace The Duke of Devonshire, c1907. Artist: Leonard Willoughby
Hardwick Hall, A Seat of His Grace The Duke of Devonshire, c1907. Hardwick Hall was designed by the architect Robert Smythson (1535?1614) and built between 1590 and 1597

Sir Robert Peel, British statesman, c1836 (1936). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. I, 1840-1854, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

Prince Albert the British Farmer, 1843. Cartoon of Prince Albert (1819-1861) as a farmer. Prince Albert has turned his attention to the promotion of agriculture; and if you have seen

Middleham Castle, 12th century. Artist: Robert Fitzrandolph
Inside the great tower of Middleham Castle, the main home of Richard III, 12th century

AD: TYPEWRITER, c1975. Italian advertisement for Olivetti typewriters. Poster by Robert Vosburgh, c1975

AMERICAN STEAMBOAT, 1827. The Fulton Ferry steamboat William Cutting, built in 1827. Lithograph, 1859

ROBERT DEVEREUX (1591-1646). 3rd Earl of Essex. English parliamentary general. Line engraving, English, undated

OWENITE COMMUNITY, 1824. Design for an Owenite community by Stedman Whitwell, the architect who accompanied Robert Owen to New Harmony, Indiana in 1824

The page from a 19th century edition of Charles Darwins Journal of Researches
DARWIN: GALAPAGOS FINCHES. The page from a 19th century edition of Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, wherein the gradation in the size of the beaks of the Galapagos finches is noted

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"Robert: A Name Woven Through Time and Art" From the pages of Charles Dickens' novels to the strokes William Buss's brush, the name "Robert" has left its mark on history. This caption takes us on a journey through various artworks and events that bear this iconic name. In Isambard Kingdom Brunel's presence, we stand before the launching chains of the Great Eastern, marveling at his engineering genius. And alongside him stands Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, a distinguished English soldier who embodied courage and leadership. The year 1870 witnessed an epic steamboat race along the Mississippi River between two legendary vessels - the Robert E. Lee and Natchez. In just 3 days, 18 hours, and 14 minutes, victory was claimed by none other than the swift Robert E. Lee. Hubert Robert's masterpiece "The Bathing Pool" transports us to a serene oasis where nature meets artistry. Meanwhile, in another realm entirely, we confront a painful chapter in American history - The Trail of Tears - depicted by artist Robert Lindneux with profound emotion. Cassidy and Longbaugh emerge from history as notorious outlaws known as Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid respectively. Their Wild Bunch gang is immortalized in an intriguing photograph taken at Fort Worth in 1901. Jumping forward in time to Hollywood's golden era, we find ourselves captivated by Joan Crawford and Bette Davis portraying sisters locked in turmoil within What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Directed by Robert Aldrich in 1962; their performances leave an indelible impression on cinema lovers worldwide. Shifting gears once more into vibrant colors and bold shapes created by artist Robert Delaunay; his painting "L'Equipe de Cardiff" captures our attention with its dynamic energy emanating from a team united for victory.