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Painting, oil on canvas, 'Sir Edward William Watkin, MP', (1819-1901) Chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (1864-1894), by A.H. Fox, 1891. Unframed.

Sir Edward William Watkin, MP

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1891

Ink portrait. The Heavenly Body. Portrait of Charles Pritchard FRS. 187-?

Ink portrait. The Heavenly Body. Portrait of Charl

Art

Portrait: Sir Barnes Wallis (1887-1979). Head, profile with pipe. Drawing, pastel crayon and pencil, Hans Bolitho 2/53

Sir Barnes Wallis

Hans Bolitho

1953

Oil painting, portrait of Charles Colin MacRae J.P., Chairman of the Railway Debenture and General Trust Company, by Fiddes Wall, presented by the Shareholders February 1911.

Charles Colin MacRae

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1911

Banknote, Kr100 ett hundra Kronor denomination, number 0830975179, issued by Sveriges Riksbank [Sweden], nd. [1990s]. 7.2x14.1cm. Featuring front, portrait of Carl von Linne [Linnaeus] 1707-1778 and his garden; back, plant pollen and bee with honeycomb

100 Kronor Banknote

Art

1990s

Painting, oil on canvas. Portrait of Edward Shipley Ellis, Chairman of the Midland Railway in 1863, JP and Mayor of Leicester, by Theodore Blake Wirgman, 1881. Unframed.

Edward Shipley Ellis

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1881

Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of William Kirk, Station Master, Liverpool Central, Cheshire Lines Committee, by Charles Dudley, 1909. The subject is standing wearing black station masters coat and top hat. He holds onto a cabinet with his left hand and has a roll of paper in his right. Unframed.

William Kirk, Station Master, Liverpool Central, Cheshire Lines Committee

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1909

Coloured portrait of Andrew Pritchard, in case, May 1855

Coloured portrait of Andrew Pritchard, in case

.Unattributed

1855

Pencil Drawing by CJC (C J Cropper), "The Chairman", 1910/12/01, portrait of Lord Stalybridge, Chairman, London & North Western Railway (on headed LNWR Board Room notepaper). Framed and Glazed, glass.

Portrait of Lord Stalbridge, Chairman, London & North Western Railway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1910

Engraving of Matthew Boulton, engraving by William Sharp, 1801, after Sir William Beechey R.A. Plate size 21"x15 1/2". Framed and glazed

Matthew Boulton

William Beechey

1801

Banknote, £10 ten pounds denomination, number AC73 077468, issued by the Bank of England 2000. 7.5x14.3cm. Featuring front, holographic mark; on reverse, portrait of Charles Darwin 1809-1882 and design of bird, plants and magnifying glass

Banknote, £10 ten pounds sterling

Bank of England

2000

One framed photograph col. cibachrome, of Prince Philip. Signed on mount in formal celebration of New East Hall opening, 22 June 1988.

Prince Phillip

Art

1988

Painting, oil, Charles John Viscount Colville of Culross K.T., G.C.V.O., a Director of the Great Northern Railway from 1863 - 1903 and Chairman from 1879 - 1895. Born 1818. Died 1903. Painted by Sir Francis Grant, 1870. Full length portrait in hunting kit, with a huntsman mounted and leading another horse.

Henry Edward Colville - Viscount Colville of Culross

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Bas relief carved on wood block (4"x3") of John Rennie the Younger (1761-1821). Inscribed on the back in ink:- "Portrait of Mr. Rennie the Engineer by Kelly, 1821. The wood is out of the piles from the foundation of the Savoy Palace pulled down by the erection of Waterloo Bridge"

Bas relief carved on wood block of John Rennite

Art

Painting, oil on canvas, portrait, William Philip Price (1817–1891), Chairman of the Midland Railway 1870-1873, by John Lucas, 1874. Full length portrait of a gentleman standing by a table and chair and holding a book.

William Philip Price

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1874

Portrait, oil on canvas, Sir Harry S. Meysey-Thompson Bt., Chairman. York & North Midland Railway 1849 - 1854, Deputy Chairman North Eastern Railway 1854 - 1855, Chairman North Eastern Railway 1855 - 1874, by W.E. Miller, in gilt frame, 1200 x 1438 mm.

Sir Harry S. Meysey-Thompson

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Painting, oil on canvas, Richard Hill Dawe, Solicitor to the Great Northern Railway, 1898-1923, by John Collier, 1923. Depicts Dawe, balding and smiling, dressed in a dark suit and tie, seated with his hands folded in his lap.

portrait of richard hill dawe

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1923

Painting, oil on canvas, Samuel Beale, Chairman of the Midland Railway, 1849, MP for Birmingham.

Portrait of Samuel Beale

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Painting, oil on canvas, William Evans Hutchinson, Chairman of the Midland Railway, 1864-1870, by John Lucas 1870.

Portrait of William Evans Hutchinson

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Oil painting. Portrait of James Pyke, First Chief Accountant, Great Western Railway, 1839-1854. Painted by John Zepheniah Bell, 1853. Depicts James Pyke, with greying hair and side whiskers. He is dressed in an overcoat and frock coat with a necktie. He has his left hand inside his coat, while his right rests on papers. There is a flower pinned to his left breast. Signed and dated at bottom left, with title on frame. Size 1175 x 975.

James Pyke, First Chief Accountant, Great Western Railway (1839-1854)

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1853

Painting, John Aspinall, by George Hall Neale (fl. 1883-1935), nd. [c1920], oil on canvas; 122.5x 84cm. signed br, G Hall Neale, portrait of Sir John Audley Frederick Aspinall (1851-1937), Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1886-1899 and General Manager 1899-1919, in the latter capacity responsible for the electrification of the Liverpool-Southport Railway, the first main-line electrification in the UK; sitter President of the Institution of Civil Engineers London 1918-1919; TQL, holding spectacles.

John Aspinall

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c.1920

Photograph; Lawrence Hargrave by Kerry & Co. 310 George St., Sydney ca.1910. Studio photograph 19.7x14cm. on board, 27.5x20cm. Portrait, Bust to L

Photograph; Lawrence Hargrave by Kerry & Co. 310 G

Art

1905-1915

1 photograph, studio albumen, portrait, George Biddell Airy, [186-?], astronomer (1801-1892) / Maull and Polyblank, London, [186-], gilt border on card mount, 31x26cm., image 20x15cm.

George Biddell Airy

Maull and Polyblank