Ann Ronan Pictures Collection (#8)

Scene from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, c1880. Artist: Walter-James Allen
Scene from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, c1880. Maggie Tulliver, having cut off her hair and run away from home, is offered a share of the gypsies stew

Title page of The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, c1880. Artist: Walter-James Allen
Title page of The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1819-1880), c1880. The vignette shows Dorlcote Mill, the home of the Tulliver family. From The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. (London, c1880)

Title page of Adam Bede by George Eliot, c1885. Artist: William Small
Title page of Adam Bede by George Eliot, c1885. The vignette on the title page shows The Hall Farm, home of farmer Martin Poyser and of his orphaned niece Hetty Sorrel

Scene from Adam Bede by George Eliot, c1885. Artist: William Small
Scene from Adam Bede by George Eliot, c1885. In his tall stalwartness Adam Bede was a Saxon and justified his name. Adam, the village carpenter, in the workshop

Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa, c1890
Robert Louis Stevenson, in Samoa, c1890. Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish author and poet. In search of health, in 1889 he settled with his family at Vailima in Samoa

Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, birthplace of John Dryden. (1631-1700), c1846
Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, birthplace of John Dryden (1631-1700), c1846. Dryden English poet and playwright, was born in the rectory at Aldwinkle All Saints where his maternal grandfather was

English Landscape with Cottage and Stream, 1860. Artist: Edward Charles Williams
English Landscape with Cottage and Stream, 1860. A woman, five children and a dog wait at the edge of a river on a sunny day. Behind them, set amongst trees, is a cottage with a tiled roof

Thomas Denman, lst Baron Denman, 1820. Denman (1779-1854), English jurist, who was solicitor general to Queen Caroline, estranged wife of George IV, during her trial in 1820

Lady Anne Hamilton, 1820. Lady Anne Hamilton (!776-1846), British noblewoman, was Lady-of-the-bedchamber to Queen Caroline, estranged wife of George IV of England

Matthew Wood, 1820. Wood (1768-1843), English political and municipal reformer, was Lord Mayor of London 1815-1816 and 1816-1817

John Skelton, (c1460-1529), 16th century. Skelton, English poet and satirist, was tutor to Prince Henry (Henry VIII). From an edition of Collyn Clout his satirical poem of 1522 which contained

Unitarian Chapel, Rochdale, 1876. Unitarian Chapel and School, Blackwater Street, Rochdale, Manchester, England. In the 18th and 19th centuries Rochdale was a centre of cotton manufacture

The Duke of Cambridge presenting the Crimean Medal to French soldiers, 1856. George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), English soldier and cousin of Queen Victoria

Walter Besant, c1901. Besant (1836-1901) British novelist, editor, philanthropist and social reformer was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire

The Surrender of two Sons of Tipoo Sultan (1792), c1860. After the first siege of Seringapatam at the end of the third Anglo-Mysore War, 1789-1792, two sons of the deafeated Sultan of Mysore

Two lovers, 16th century. German

The Battle of Tchernaya, 1855. An episode during the Crimean War (Russo/Turkish War) 1853-1856 in which the Allies, France, Britain and Turkey, repulsed the Russians at Traktir Bridge, 16 August 1855

Scene during the Siege of Sevastopol (Sebastapol), 1855. In the Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War), 1853-1856, Russian troops were under siege from 17 October 1854 to 8-9 September 1855

The fall of Sevastopol (Sebastopol), 1855. During the Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War) 1853-1856, Russian troops were under siege at Sevastopol from 17 October 1854 to 8-9 September 1855

Robert Henry Sale, c1845. Sale (1784-1845) British soldier who from 1798 served mainly in India and Afghanistan and rose to the rank of Major-General in the army of the British East India Company

Major-General Robert Henry Sale mortally wounded at Moodkee (Mudkhi), 1845
Major General Robert Henry Sale mortally wounded at Moodkee (Mudkhi), 1845. Sale (1784-1845) British soldier who from 1798 served mainly in India and Afghanistan

Henry P u-i, c1910. Henry P u-i (1906-1967) (Pu-Yi) the last emperor of China (1908-1912) whose Imperial titles were Hsuan-Tung and K ang-Te

Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, Baron Rothschild, c1880
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, Baron Rothschild c1880. Rothschild (1808-1879) British banker and philanthropist, eldest son of Nathan Meyer Rothschild

Funerary boat of painted wood, 9th Dynasty, Ancient Egypt, 2232-2140 BC

Esther in the presence of Ahasuerus, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Esther in the presence of Ahasuerus, 1866. Esther (Haddash or Hadassah) coming into the presence of King Ahasuerus fainting in fear as she expects to die if it is discovered that she is a Jew

Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794), 1895. French journalist and revolutionary whose writings in favour of clemency displeased Robespierre. He was guillotined at the same time as his friend, Danton

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, c1803. Wellington (1769-1852), Anglo-Irish soldier and stateman, during his service in India, where he became Governor of Mysore, 1799-1805

John Howard (1726-1790), 1883. Howard, English philanthropist and prison reformer, visiting a prison during his investigation of prison conditions

John Howard (1726-1790), 1880. Howard, English philanthropist and prison reformer, visiting a prison during his investigation of prison conditions

Scene from Il Masnadieri (The Brigands), 1847. Opera by Guiseppe Verdi, with libretto by Andrea Maffei based on Schillers Die Rauber. This was the only opera by Verdi commissioned by London

Adolphus Metkerke (1521-1591), Flemish philologist and statesman

Doctor Syntax making his will, c1816. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax making his will, c1816. Servants leave the room so that he can speak with his lawyer in privacy. Illustration for Tours of Dr Syntax by William Combe. (London, c1816)

Splendid Jem amongst the convicts in the Naval Dock Yard at Chatham, Kent, 1821. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Splendid Jem, once a dashing hero in the Metropolis, recognised by Tom amongst the convicts in the Naval Dock Yard at Chatham, 1821

Prison hulk at Deptford, London, c1826. These convict hulks were an intermediate confinement between an ordinary gaol or transportation

Prison hulk Warrior at Woolwich, London, 1848. This hulk held 600 and was an intermediate confinement between an ordinary gaol or transportation

Convict ward on board the prison hulk Warrior at Woolwich, London, 1848. This hulk held 600 and was an intermediate confinement between an ordinary gaol or transportation

Chapel on board the prison hulk Warrior at Woolwich, London, 1848. This hulk held 600 and was an intermediate confinement between an ordinary gaol or transportation

On board a prison hulk, 1848. A warder watching prisoners entering their ward on board convict hulk Warrior at Woolwich. This hulk held 600

Engagement near the Tugela River, 2nd Boer War, 1899-1902. A picket of the British 13th Hussars surprised near the Tugela River (Hussar Hill)

Boers attacking a British blockhouse (microfort) during the 2nd Boer War 1899-1902
Boers attacking a British blockhouse (microfort) during the 2nd Boer War of 1899-1902

Frost Fair on the Thames at London, 1683. Winters in Britain were often particularly cold in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period known as the Little Ice Age

Frost Fair on the Thames at London, 1734-1740 (1838). Winters in Britain were often particularly cold in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period known as the Little Ice Age

Robert Nivelle, French World War I general. Nivelle (1857-1924) was Commander-in-Chief of the French army from December 1916 to May 1917

Albrecht van Wallenstein, Austrian soldier. Wallenstein (1583-1634) commanded the Catholic imperial armies during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)

Johann Tserclaes, Count Tilly, Flemish soldier. Tilly (1559-1632) was appointed by Maximilian I of Bavaria to reorganise the Bavarian army in 1610

Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1786-1797 (c1810). Frederick William II (1744-1797) was the nephew of Frederick the Great

Henry Ireton, 17th century English Parliamentary commander
Henry Ireton, 17th century English Parliamentary general. Ireton (1611-1651) was the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell

Ralph Hopton, Ist Baron Hopton, 17th century English Royalist soldier. Hopton (1598-1652) was commander of Charles Is forces in the south-west of England from 1642-1646

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