Tales of the Dead illustration The Spectre Barber
Unpublished watercolour illustration by Edward Vernon Utterson for "The Spectre Barber" in Tales of the Dead (1813), added to the Uttersons' copy of Tales of the Dead. Courtesy of the Huntington Library.
Tales of the Dead illustration The Death-Bride
Unpublished watercolour illustration by Edward Vernon Utterson for "The Death-Bride" in Tales of the Dead (1813), added to the Uttersons' copy of Tales of the Dead. Courtesy of the Huntington Library.
Tales of the Dead illustration The Storm
Unpublished watercolour illustration by Edward Vernon Utterson for "The Storm" in Tales of the Dead (1813), added to the Uttersons' copy of Tales of the Dead. Courtesy of the Huntington Library.
Tales of the Dead illustration The Family Portraits
Unpublished watercolour illustration by Edward Vernon Utterson for "The Family Portraits" in Tales of the Dead (1813), added to the Uttersons' copy of Tales of the Dead. Courtesy of the Huntington Library.
Tales of the Dead illustration The Fated Hour
Unpublished watercolour illustration by Edward Vernon Utterson for "The Fated Hour" in Tales of the Dead (1813), added to the Uttersons' copy of Tales of the Dead. Courtesy of the Huntington Library.
Tales of the Dead illustration The Death's Head
Unpublished watercolour illustration by Edward Vernon Utterson for "The Death's Head" in Tales of the Dead (1813), added to the Uttersons' copy of Tales of the Dead. Courtesy of the Huntington Library.
Trial of Louis XVI - 1793 - 001
An illustration from the book The Trial of Louis XVI. Late King of France, Who Was Beheaded on Monday, January 21, 1793 (1793).
The Horses of San Marco by Reginald Barratt
The Horses of San Marco, Looking North.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Crescent French ship La Reunion Cotentin Peni...
Capture of French frigate La Reunion by Royal Navy Flora-class frigate HMS Crescent off the Normandy Cotentin Peninsula (Cherbourg Peninsula), in 1793, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Ep... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Condor 1876 Bombardment of Alexandria 1882
HMS Condor, the Royal Navy Condor-class gunboat, commanded by Lord Charles Beresford, during the 1882 Bombardment of Alexandria. Also published in Britannia's Bulwarks, 1901. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.S... More
Charles Edward Dixon Duguay Trouin 1789 HMS Implacable Battle of Cape ...
The taking of the Duguay-Trouin (later HMS Implacable) after Trafalgar at the Battle of Cape Ortegal, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Canopus 1897 off Gibraltar pre-dreadnought ba...
HMS Canopus, launched 13 October 1894, a pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy, off Gibraltar. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Formidable 1898 Plymouth Sound
HMS Formidable in Plymouth Sound. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Inflexible 1876 ironclad battleship at Spithe...
HMS Inflexible, a Royal Navy ironclad battleship, at Spithead. Inflexible took part in the 1882 Bombardment of Alexandria. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Lion 1847 Vanguard-class training ship
HMS Lion (launched 1848 at Pembroke), Vanguard-class ship of the line as a later training ship. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Kent 1901 Monmouth-class armoured cruiser Goo...
HMS Kent, Monmouth-class armoured cruiser passing South Sand lightship on Goodwin Sands. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Birkenhead 1845 troopship steam frigate
The wreck of HMS Birkenhead troopship steam frigate in 1852. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Centurion 1892
HMS Centurion, flagship of Sir Edward Seymour, in the Far East in 1900. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Fame 1896 Battle of Taku Boxer Rebellion
HMS Fame in the attack on Taku during the Boxer Rebellion. The ship was later redesignated as a D-class destroyer. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Fame 1759 in foul weather
HMS Fame (1759) in foul weather, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Hermione 1799 Puerto Cabello Santa Cecilia HM...
The cutting out of the Hermione by HMS Surprise from Puerto Cabello harbour, Venezuela, in 1799, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Implacable Duguay Trouin boys training ship D...
HMS Implacable (formerly the French ship Duguay Trouin) as a later boys training ship at Devonport in 1901. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Formidable 1777 Admiral Rodney
HMS Formidable under Admiral George Brydges Rodney breaking the line during the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Prince George 1701 Battle of Malaga HMS Duke ...
HMS Prince George at the 1704 Battle of Malaga, the largest naval battle in the War of the Spanish Succession, as flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir John Leake. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using a... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Nottingham 1703 French battleship Mars 1740 C...
Capture of the French battleship Mars by HMS Nottingham under Philip Saumarez, in 1746, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Loyal London 1666
HMS Loyal London, launched 1666, burnt by the Dutch in the 1667 Raid on the Medway; painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Majestic Battle of the Nile
HMS Majestic at the 1798 Battle of the Nile, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Powerful 1826 Battle of St Jean D'Acre 1840
HMS Powerful, launched 1826, at the 1840 Battle of St Jean D'Acre under Admiral Sir Robert Stopford. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Mars 1896 pre-dreadnought battleship Majestic...
HMS Mars, a Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship of the Majestic class and of the Channel Squadron. Mars was a troopship in the Gallipoli Campaign. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS St George 1662 Battle of Santa Cruz de Teneri...
HMS St George under Admiral Robert Blake at the 1657 Battle of Santa Cruz during the 1654–60 Anglo-Spanish War. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Arethusa 1759 Saucy Arethusa Belle Poule Figh...
The 1778 action between the frigates HMS Arethusa (aka Saucy Arethusa) and Belle Poule, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Arethusa 1759 Saucy Arethusa Belle Poule Figh...
The 1778 action between the frigates HMS Arethusa (aka Saucy Arethusa) and Belle Poule, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Majestic 1895 flagship Channel Squadron
HMS Majestic flagship of the Channel Squadron in 1901. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Lion 1509, captured 1511 Royal Scottish Navy
The Lion, built c.1505, was a ship fitted out for warfare which was used as a privateer sanctioned by James IV and his Royal Scottish Navy. It plundered Portuguese ships from French port bases, and was detain... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Crescent 1892 flagship Bar Harbour Edgar clas...
HMS Crescent, Edgar class protected cruiser, and flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford, in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1900. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Prince George 1895 Majestic class pre-dreadno...
HMS Prince George, an 1895-built Royal Navy pre-dreadnought first-class battleship of the Majestic class, at Spithead, during the Naval Requiem for Queen Victoria. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned imag... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Speedy capturing Spanish frigate El Gamo Lord...
HMS Speedy, a Royal Navy brig under Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, capturing the Spanish frigate El Gamo off the coast of Barcelona, 6 May 1801. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Swallow 1703 Black Bart Battle of Cape Lopez ...
HMS Swallow , under Chaloner Ogle, at the Battle of Cape Lopez against pirate Black Bart (Bartholomew Roberts) in his ship Royal Fortune, in which Roberts was killed. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned im... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Calypso Volage Active Ruby Sailing Training S...
HMS Calypso, HMS Volage, HMS Active, and HMS Ruby, the Sailing Training Squadron in 1899; painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS St Vincent 1815 Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Vincent, the 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched 11 March 1815, in Portsmouth Harbour. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS St George 1662 Battle of Santa Cruz de Teneri...
HMS St George under Admiral Robert Blake at the 1657 Battle of Santa Cruz during the 1654–60 Anglo-Spanish War. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Swallow 1885 HMS Thrush 1890
The Royal Navy Nymphe-class sloop HMS Swallow (launched Sheerness Dockyard1885), and the Redbreast-class composite gunboat HMS Thrush (launched Greenock, 1889). Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image us... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Victory Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Victory in Portsmouth Harbour, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS St Vincent 1815 Portsmouth Harbour captioned
HMS Vincent, the 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched 11 March 1815, in Portsmouth Harbour. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Victory Santissima Trinidad Trafalgar Horatio...
Nelson's HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar closing in on the Santissima Trinidad, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon Queen The Kings great ship 1225 Henry III
Queen, the great ship of Henry III, which was launched in 1225, of 250 tons, and no guns. Also found as an Illustration for Britannia's Bulwarks (c.1920 edition). Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Queen 1839 first rate ship of the line battle...
HMS Queen, at the 1845 Spithead Review, being the last purely sailing-built battleship to be ordered; subsequent ones were ordered with both sails and steam engines. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned im... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Victory bomb ketches Horatio Nelson 1805
Bomb ketches saluting HMS Victory in December 1805, after Nelson's victory at Trafalgar on 20 October. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Centurion 1732 Nuestra Senora De Cabadonga Ad...
HMS Centurion, under Commodore George Anson, taking the Nuestra Señora de Cavadonga Spanish galleon on 20 June 1743, near Cape Espiritu Santo in the Philippines. The Nuestra Señora de Cavadonga was towed by th... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Revenge 1892 Royal Navy Reserve Squadron
HMS Revenge (built 1892), the Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, leading the lee line of the Royal Navy Reserve Squadron in 1901. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image ... More
Charles Edward Dixon Royal Navy torpedo boats naval manoeuvres
Royal Navy torpedo boats on manoeuvres. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS London 1899
The launch of HMS London, a London-class pre-dreadnought battleship, at Portsmouth in 1899; painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon The Revenge 1591 Battle of Flores Azores
The Revenge during the 1591 Battle of Flores in the Azores, by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Warrior 1860 HMS Black Prince 1861 ironclads
Ironclads HMS Warrior and HMS Black Prince, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Minerva St George Cambrian Juno Training Squa...
The steam training squadron of HMS Minerva, HMS St George, HMS Cambrian, and HMS Juno. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Powerful 1895 protected cruiser
HMS Powerful protected cruiser, returning from South Africa, steaming up the English Channel. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Speedy 1893 leaving Portsmouth
HMS Speedy torpedo gunboat leaving Portsmouth. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Good Hope 1901 Drake class armoured cruiser T...
HMS Good Hope, named after the British Cape Colony, one of four Drake-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy, in Table Bay, overlooked by Cape Town. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image usin... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Serapis 1866 Euphrates-class troopship
HMS Serapis (launched 26 September 1866), a Royal Navy Euphrates-class troopship. In September 1875 Serapis took the Prince of Wales to India to celebrate Queen Victoria's appointment as Empress of India. Pain... More
C. J. Staniland Mizen-top Main mast marines
Illustration of enemy marines at a mizen-top (main mast) by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland naval court marshal
Illustration of a naval court martial by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland Naval salute to the flag
Illustration of an old-time naval salute to the flag by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland Nelson boarding San Nicolas Battle of Cape St Vincent
Illustration of Nelson boarding the San Nicolas during the Battle of Cape St Vincent by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland Press Gang
Illustration of a press gang by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland rescue at sea Saving The Foemen
A rescue of the enemy; Saving The Foemen illustration by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland Sailor and his lass
An illustration of a sailor and his lass carousing by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland ship forecastle in heavy sea
A ship forecastle in heavy sea by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland Stern of a three deck battleship 17th century
Stern of a 17th-century three deck battleship by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland the brigade of the HMS St George in Benin
The brigade from the HMS St George, in action during the punitive 1897 Expedition to Benin, under Rear-Admiral Harry Rawson, following the 'Benin Massacre' committed by the Oba of Benin, Ovonramwen, illustrate... More
C. J. Staniland Thomas Cochrane, captain of the Speedy Napoleonic Wars
An illustration of Thomas Cochrane, captain of the Speedy, during the Napoleonic Wars, by Charles Joseph Staniland.Cochrane was a successful captain of the Napoleonic Wars, leading Napoleon to nickname him le ... More
C. J. Staniland Union Jack at the main mast 1794
Union Jack at the main mast by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland Weather Yardarm
An illustration of sailors on the weather yardarm by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, After Camperdown Returned to Moorings
Illustration After Camperdownː Returned to Moorings by Charles Joseph Staniland; a sailor returns home after the Battle of Camperdown.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, An Old Niler Fighting The Battle Again
An Old Niler Fighting The Battle Again, illustration by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, Between Decks in Action
Between Decks in Action illustration by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, Dancing On The Forecastle
Dancing On The Forecastle by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, Captain Bligh Leaving The Bounty After The Mutiny
Captain Bligh Leaving The Bounty After The Mutiny, illustration by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, Lifeboat Crew of the Watch
Lifeboat Crew of the Watch by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, Manning The Fighting Top Royal Yacht Passing
Manning The Fighting-Top - Royal Yacht Passing, llustration by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, Napoleon Surrendering to Captain Maitland on board th...
Napoleon Surrendering to Captain Maitland on board the Bellerophon, illustration by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, Naval Diving Party
A naval diving party illustration by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, Six Water Grog Punishment
The six-water grog naval punishment illustration by Charles Joseph Staniland. Grog ration was rum typically diluted with three-parts water; as punishment a sailor's grog was diluted to six parts.Scanned image ... More
C. J. Staniland, The Stokehold Of A Battleship
The Stokehold Of A Battleship illustration by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, toast to the king 'The King. God bless him'
Illustration The King. Gog Bless Him, by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland, The Thrifty Tar And The Savings Bank
The Thrifty Tar And The Savings Bank, lllustration by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland Admiral Robert Blake North Sea
Image by Charles Joseph Staniland of Admiral Robert Blake's ship in the North Sea.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland battleship bridge reveille
Illustration of sailors on a battleship bridge at reveille by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland Battleship under full sail
Image of a line of battle-ship under full sail by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland galley cooks
Illustration of cooks in a ship's galley by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland boarding an enemy ship
Illustration of sailors boarding an enemy ship by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland Manning the Fighting Top
Illustration of a gunnery at the fighting top by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
C. J. Staniland Leadsman in the Chains
Illustration of a naval leadsman during the age of sail by Charles Joseph Staniland. Leadsmen used lines weighted with lead to check the depth of water beneath ships. The term 'swinging the lead', meaning shir... More
C. J. Staniland midshipman and captain
Illustration of a midshipman saluting an officer on deck by Charles Joseph Staniland.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
A short biographical dictionary of English literature, title 1
A decorated page in the front matter, page iv, of A short biographical dictionary of English literature, John William Cousin. this is the frontispiece opposite the title page, at File:A short biographical dicti... More
A short biographical dictionary of English literature, title 2
A decorated page in the front matter, page iv, of A short biographical dictionary of English literature, John William Cousin companion page to File:A short biographical dictionary of English literature, title 1.jpeg
Mary Jones walking two miles to read a Bible
Mary Jones (1784–1864) as a young girl, walking two miles read from a Bible in a farm near her home. She later became famous for walking to Bala in Wales to buy a Bible.Illustration from the 1919 edition of Th... More
All Saints' Church, Hastings. 1936 (8175866503)
A fourteen-page pamphlet by The Rev. E. Iliff Robson, B.D. With pen sketches by Dorothy Furniss (1879–1944), who was the daughter of Harry Furniss, illustrator of works by Lewis Carroll and Charles Dickens. Pr... More
Verdant 3 - Public domain book illustration
Illustration from Verdant Green: Mr Smalls' quiet wine party
A neglected harp - Public domain book illustration
Illustration to the poem A Neglected Harp, by Arthur W.E. O’Shaughnessy, in the book Epic of Women (1870)
Cautionary Tales for Children Jim
Illustration by Basil Temple Blackwood for Cautionary Tales for Children (1907) by Hillare Belloc. This is "Jim, who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion".