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Oil painting. Portrait of J. Glass, Stockton & Darlington Railway, by J.H. Wills

Oil painting

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Painting, oil on canvas. Portrait of Joseph Pease by H.J. Wright, 1874. Painting shows a grey haired gentleman with a beard in a black suit standing in front of a desk with papers and an ink well on it. He has his left arm raised in from of him and he holds a pair of gloves(?) in his right hand. There is a red curtain in the background. Three-quarter length portrait. Unframed.

Joseph Pease

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1874

Banknote, £20 denomination, issued by the Bank of England 18 June 1999. Note number DB31 169756. With foil hologram on front which switches from Britannia figure to figure 20 and includes fluorescent feature. Micro-lettering below portrait of the Queen. Back of note has metallic thread and portrait of composer Sir Edward Elgar. 8x15cm. With descriptive leaflet.

Banknote, £20 denomination, issued by the Bank of

Bank of England

1999

group photograph of young men in check shirts including the sons of George Biddell Airy

group photograph of young men in check shirts incl

Art

1850-1880

Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of J. Ramsbottom, with a model of his water scoop (object no. 1893-238), London & North Western Railway, by W. Percy (1879). Unglazed.

J. Ramsbottom

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1879

Miniature painting, said to be of James Nasmyth [?] as a young man. Artist unknown; nd. [c1830s]. Pencil, pen and ink, col. wash on white background; image [sight] 9x7cm, oval, mounted in card, in glazed oval leatherbacked frame 12x10cm. Unsigned, undated. Labels on verso of case say: GH Gabb Bequest. [in 19th century hand] James Nasmyth Celebrated Engineer. - Portrait, aged 20s-30, in brown suit, fresh complexion, HS to L looking to front

James Nasmyth

Art

c. 1830s

Photograph of B. Hopkinson by Lafayette. [1915-1916] 44 x 58cm

Photograph of B. Hopkinson by Lafayette. [1915-191

Art

1915-1916

Portrait of Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (1845-1940). Photograph.

Portrait of Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (1

Art

1880-1940

One Wash, in black. Portrait of Airman, 1917. Signed by H. Pechstein. 19x24 1/2 in.

Portrait of Airman

Art

1917

Banknote, L1000 Mille Lire denomination, number MG 290482 V, issued by the Banca d'Italia 1990. 6.1x11.1cm. Featuring on front, engraved portrait of Dr Maria Montessori 1870-1952, educator and physician, the first woman in Italy to receive a medical degree

Banknote, L1000 Mille Lire

Art

1990

Print, etching, André-Marie Ampère 1775-1836 / F. Tonnelat, [Men in telecommunications] International Telecommunication Union. Portrait, overall: 23cm/19cm. Ampère, André-Marie 1775-1836, French physicist, HS slightly to L.

Andre Marie Ampere

International Telecommunication Union

1955-1964; 1795-1836

Painting, painted photograph, Carlo, Railway Collecting Dog for the Association of Railway Servants' Orphan Fund with George Buckby, about 1912. Depicts a dog standing on a table, and wearing a green coat with red lettering reading "A.S.R.S. Orphan Fund, Leeds Branch No 2". The dog is holding a leather collecting pouch in its mouth. Standing behind the dog, with his hands behind his back, is Mr Buckby, who has short brown hair and a moustache. He is wearing a dark suit, with a white shirt and red tie.

Carlo, Railway Collecting Dog for the ASRS Orphan Fund

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1912

Painting. [Patrick Miller 1731-1815] / attributed to Alexander Nasmyth or follower, 180-. Oil on canvas; 73 x 61 cm or 99 x 87 x 7 cm in gilt frame. Portrait, HL looking R. seated in red chair

Patrick Miller

Nasmyth, Alexander

1800-1810

Portrait, oil on canvas, unidentified seated man, aged about 35, c. 1850. Unframed.

Unidentified seated man

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c. 1850

Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of Sir Henry Johnson, Chairman, British Railways Board, 1968-1971, by Norman Hepple, 1970. Depicts Johnson, with greying hair, seated and wearing a dark suit and tie. His right arm rests on the arm of the chair and his other is in the left pocket of his suit jacket. Signed and dated by the artist at bottom left. Framed. Plaque on the frame has the inscription "Sir Henry Johnson, CBE, Chairman, British Railways Board, 1968 - 1971".

Sir Henry Johnson

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1970

Portrait photograph by Ronald Franks FRPS: Lord Penney FRS, 1981

Portrait photograph by Ronald Franks FRPS: Lord Pe

Art

1981

Photograph of W H Perkin in 1907.

Sir William Henry Perkin

Art

1907

Photograph of G F Perkin inscribed 'Born 1802, Died 1865'. (father of Sir William Henry Perkin)

George Fowler Perkin

Art

1865

Photogravure. Dr Carl Freiherr Auer von Welsbach [1858-1929] / Photogr. Dr Szekely, Wien. - Vienna, n.d. [1910-1920?]. Photogravure offset repro, on India 54x35.5cm platemark 55x36.5cm on card 75.5x53cm. - Title from embossed facsimile? signature below image. - Inscribed in ink, brc: Major Gill [an] Erinnerung! Hermann Auer von Welsbach Schloss Welsbach am 5 Juni 1945. - Portrait, TQL standing in formal clothes holding hat gloves and cane; left hand in pocket; pince-nez, watchfob

Photogravure. Dr Carl Freiherr Auer von Welsbach [

Art

1910-1920

Portrait of Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (1845-1940). Photograph.

Portrait of Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (1

Art

1880-1940

Painting, oil on canvas, portrait in oils of George Carr Glyn, first Lord Wolverton, Chairman of the London & Birmingham Railway 1837-1846 and Chairman of London & North Western Railway 1846-1852, by Sir Francis Grant, R.A, 1845. The painting shows a gentleman seated at a table with books and plans (drawings?) on the table, 102 x 72 inches, 259 x 183 cm

George Carr Glyn, first Lord Wolverton

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1845

Photograph of W H Perkin, standing, in the laboratory at Sudbury.

Photograph of W H Perkin, standing, in the laborat

Elliott & Fry

1854-1907

Painting. [John Ericsson (1803-1889)] / by Charles Loring Elliott, New York, 1845. Oil on canvas; 72 x 59 cm in gilt frame 89.5 x 76.5 x 8 cm. Portrait, HL looking R.

John Ericsson

Charles Loring Elliott

1845

Banknote, 500Fr Cinq Cents Francs denomination, number E 040942938, issued by the Banque de France 1998 (1994). 8x15.4cm. Featuring front, metal strip and engraved double portrait of Marie Curie 1867-1934 and Pierre Curie 1859-1906; back, laboratory bench, radium and atomic symbol

500 Franc Banknote

Art

1998

Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of Viscount Churchill, by Claude Harris, about 1923. Depicts Victor Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill (1864-1934), Chairman of the Great Western Railway from 1908 until his death. Head and shoulders portrait of Viscount Churchill in a dark suit, white shirt and tie, set against a dark brown background. His dark hair is combed back, with a centre parting, and he has a small grey moustache. Signed by the artist at bottom right of figure. Unframed.

1st Viscount Churchill

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1920-1940

Painting, oil on canvas, "Portrait of the Earl of Yarborough", Chairman, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, 1847-1860. Unframed.

The Earl of Yarborough

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Banknote, 500 BF Francs denomination, number 40203382484, issued by the Banque Nationale de Belgique, [Belgium, 1982-1998]. 7.6x14.8cm. Featuring front, engraved portrait of Constantin Meunier 1831-1905, artist and sculptor notably of industrial subjects, with representation of mine pit-head, and two miners (detail from his Le Retour des Mineurs)

500 Belgian Francs Banknote

Art

1982-1998

Painting. Sir Neil Cossons OBE, by Keith Holmes, artist in residence at the Science Museum, 1994 to 1996, completed 1999. Oil on board; image 102x121cm in frame by artist, 107x125x3.5cm. Left hand panel of a triptych about the Science Museum: looking at curatorship. The Director is seated working in his office, a modern manager using communications technologies. Behind him looking over his shoulder, a Parianware bust of Albert Prince Consort [by Brown-Westhead Moore Co, 1862; our Inv.1991-79], and hints of past curatorship and industrial heritage, Ironbridge; on the desk, present and future science including DNA, 60 molecular model, plan of the Wellcome Wing opening 2000, pictorial heritage represented by postcard of oil painting 'Coalbrookdale by Night' by Loutherbourg 1801 (Inv.1952-452), and a prism reflecting also the PRISM Fund and museum outreach programme; entry ticket hints at museum charges issue

Sir Neil Cossons OBE

Keith Holmes

1996-1999

Pencil Drawing, by CJC (C J Cropper), portrait of Frank Ree, General Manager, London & North Western Railway, reading report of arrangement with Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, 4 March 1909. Framed and glazed, glass.

Portrait of Frank Ree General Manager London & North Western Railway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1909

Portrait of Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (1845-1940). [REB Crompton] / G Crompton Hall. - n.d. [c1930s]. - 1 painting, 46x 36cm; oil on paper, conserved from board and backed with card,- signed by artist, br. - Portrait, HS slightly to L, in later years, wearing lunettes.

Portrait of Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (1

G. Crompton Hall

1930-1939

Painting. [Samuel Hall (1781-1863)] / 185-?. Oil on canvas; 30.5x25.5"/77x64cm in gilt frame, 38x33"/ 97x84.5x6.5cm. Portrait, HS to R.

Samuel Hall

.Unattributed

1850-1859

Portrait: Ludwig Mond (1839-1909). Drawing in charcoal by Emil Fuchs, signed and dated 1902. Study of head. Drawing, charcoal, on cream laid 55.5x48cm. Signed and dated, b.r. Portrait, HS

Ludwig Mond

Emil Fuchs

1902

Oil painting, portrait of Sir Edmund Beckett [known as Edmund Denison], fourth baronet (1787–1874), Chairman of the Great Northern Railway, nicknamed "Father of the Great Northern Railway" by Henry William Pickersgill, 1850.

Sir Edmund Beckett [known as Edmund Denison]

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1850

One framed photograph col. cibachrome, of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Signed on mount in formal celebration of New East Hall opening, 22 June 1988.

HM Queen Elizabeth II

Art

1988

Painting, oil on canvas. Portrait of Sir Ernest Paget, Midland Railway, by Ernest Townsend, 1912, note on painting 'This portrait of Sir Ernest Paget , Bart., was painted for the proprietors of the Midland Railway Company in accordance with their vote February 15th 1912'. [Ernest Paget was elected Director 1870, elected Deputy Chairman 1884, elected Chairman 1891, resigned Chairmanship 1911]. Unframed.

Sir Ernest Paget

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1912

Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of General Sir Brian Robertson, Chairman, British Transport Commission, 1953-1961, by Norman Hepple, about 1960. Depicts General Robertson from the waist up, with his body at an angle and his head tilted to the left. He has a moustache and bushy eyebrows, and is wearing a light coloured jacket, with a yellow pullover and a red and blue tie. In the background are fields, a stone bridge across a river and a passing train hauled by a steam locomotive. Unsigned. Framed, unglazed. Plaque on the frame reads "General Sir Brian Robertson, GCB, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC, Chairman British Transport Commission, 1953 - 1961.

General Sir Brian Robertson

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c. 1960

lithograph portrait of George Biddell Airy

G B Airy Esq, MA, DCL, LLD, FRS, Astronomer Royal

Day and Son

1850-1892

Banknote, L2000 Duemila Lire denomination, number UB 973789K, issued by the Banca d'Italia 1990. 6.1x11.8cm. Featuring front, engraved portrait of Guglielmo Marconi [1874-1937]; back, a [Trans-Atlantic?] ship, radio station with masts and broadcasting apparatus

2000 Lire Banknote

Art

1990

Banknote, 50Fr Cinquante Francs denomination, number E050441309, issued by the Banque de France 1999. 8x12.4cm. Featuring on front, metal strip and engraved portrait of Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900-1944, aviator and writer, above contours of his mail routes Africa / Sahara; on reverse, airplane above desert

Banknote, 50Fr Cinquante Francs

Art

1999

Banknote, 200Fr Deux Cents Francs denomination, number M095111410, issued by the Banque de France 1999. 8x14.5cm. Featuring on front, metal strip and engraved portrait of Gustave Eiffel 1832-1923 and ironworks pattern; on reverse, view of Paris through ground level of Eiffel Tower

Banknote, 200Fr Deux Cents Francs

Art

1999

Painting. [Joseph Marie Jacquard] / by Pepaquez, 185-. Oil on canvas, 75x 61cm. After an original by Claude Bonnefond (1796-1860). Inscribed bl: 'Etude d'apres Jacquard par Bonnefond, copie par Pepaquez'. Portrait, HS.

Joseph Marie Jacquard

Art

1850-1859

Painting, oils on canvas, portrait of Sir Richard Moon, Chairman of the London & North Western Railway from 1861 to 1891, by Sir William Carter, 1900. Depicts Sir Richard, with long white side whiskers, dressed in a dark coat and hat, with white wing collars. Signed and dated by the artist at bottom left. Unframed.

Sir Richard Moon

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1900

Oil painting on canvas, Portrait of John Ellis, Chairman, Leicester & Swannington Railway and Midland Railway, 1858, by John Lucas.

John Ellis

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1858

Painting, oil on canvas, Sir Frederick Harrison, by Millicent Etheldreda Gray, about 1908. Depicts a balding gentleman with white hair and a dark moustache. He is wearing a green suit with white shirt and red tie, and long socks. He has one arm resting on the back of the chair and his legs are crossed. Harrison was General Manager of the London & North Western Railway from 1893 - 1908. Signed by the artist at lower left. Unframed.

Sir Frederick Harrison

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1893-1908

Painting, oil on canvas, "Portrait of Lord Auckland", Director and Deputy Chairman, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway. Unframed.

Lord Auckland

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of Sir Robert Turnbull, Chairman, London & North Western Railway. Unframed.

Sir Robert Turnbull

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Oil painting. Portrait of Sir Charles Alexander Wood, Great Western Railway, after Sir William Carter, about 1890. Presented to Lady Wood by the Chairman and Directors of the Great Western Railway

Sir Charles Alexander Wood

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Banknote, 10DM Zehn Deutsche Mark denomination, number GL8036405U9, issued by the Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, [Germany], 1 October 1993. 6.5x13.1cm. Featuring front, engraved portrait of mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777-1855; on back, sextant (Troughton type)

Banknote, 10DM Zehn Deutsche Mark

Deutsche Bundesbank

1993

Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of an elderly gentleman, by George Percy Jacomb-Hood, about 1895. Depicts a balding man with grey hair at the side of his head, and a grey Imperial moustache. He is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and red tie. He is seated, leaning to his left with a cane in his left hand. There is a top hat on the table alongside. His lower body is barely visible, partly because the painting is in poor condition. The portrait is believed to be of the artist's father, Robert Jacomb-Hood, 1822 - 1900, who was the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway's consulting engineer and, from 1883, a director of the railway. On the reverse, a Charles Robertson & Co gummed label on the stretcher is addressed to "G.P. Jacomb-Hood, 26 Tite Street, Chelsea". The painting is framed but unglazed.

unidentified portrait

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1895

Oil painting. Portrait of C.J. Bowen-Cooke, LNWR by J. Quinn

Oil painting

Pictorial Collection (Railway)