Boat Collection

Persian ship

Tales from Many Lands: Why the Sea is Salty

Boat Painter
People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Water Skiing

The Redcoat
People You See. From Teddy Bear (5 September 1970)

Pig and Lamb go Sailing

Nursery animals playing in boat

A Toy Shop. From Playhour Annual 1984

Nursery animals fishing

Cat family in motorboat

Fishing for the mayors hat. From 300 Tiny Tales

Flying machine or airship
A flying machine or airship, 18th century copy of the one designed in the 17th century by Francesco Lana de Terzi, the Italian Jesuit, mathematician, naturalist and aeronautics pioneer. circa 1670

Sailing

Don t put all your eggs in one basket. Source unknown

Horse riding in the country by the sea

Teddy bears on the beach

The River Police

Pixie Pip

Peter Pan and Wendy. From Playhour (1958-59)

Design for book cover with tree and ship
Design for a book cover with a tree and a ship. Pencil and charcoal on copy paper. Silver Studio; Blackie, London. 1897

Children in a rowing boat. Remembering bygone days. Three children playing in a rowing boat. Date: 1904

Rescue of Major Money off the coast of Yarmouth

Balloon race, Green brothers
Scene during a balloon race between Charles Green and his brother, which began at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London. Seen here is one balloon which has descended into slightly rough water

Cover design, Holiday Haunts, showing a father carrying his little girl on his shoulders at the seaside. 1933

Business card design, woman rowing a boat
Business card design, depicting a young woman in red and white costume rowing a boat. 20th century

Imperial Airways Poster, four types of plane
Imperial Airways Poster, showing four types of plane, with cutaway drawings of interiors of each class -- Heracles and Hannibal, Scylla, Atalanta, and Scipio. 20th century

Book cover design, The Romance of Aeronautics: an Interesting Account of the Growth and Achievements of All Kinds of Aerial Craft, by Charles C Turner, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912

Imperial Airways Poster, seaplane Scipio
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a diagrammatic drawing of the seaplane Scipio, one of the new Kent class, for use on the trans-Mediterranean service. 1931

Cover design, Aero and Motor Boat Exhibition
Cover design, catalogue of Aero and Motor Boat Exhibition, 11 to 19 March 1910, at Olympia, west London. Showing a variety of aircraft and boats. 1910

Balloons and ballooning scenes

Pleasure Flights Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd. To-day & Every Day in a 3-engined air liner, price five shillings. 20th century

Fanciful balloon, La Minerve
Fanciful drawing of a balloon carrying a large ship entitled La Minerve vaisseau airien, designed by Professor Robertson. circa 18th century

Cover design, Aero & Marine Exhibition
Cover design, catalogue of Aero & Marine Exhibition, 16-25 March 1914, at Olympia, west London, under the patronage of His Majesty the King

Garnerin, husband and wife, French ballooning couple
Head and shoulders portraits of Andre-Jacques and Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin, French ballooning couple, with a small balloon and parachute between them and a scene of spectators below

Robertson balloon flight, Munich, Germany
Robertson ascending in a balloon from a square in Munich, Germany, watched by a crowd of spectators

Balloon descending into Bristol Channel
A balloon descending into the water of the Bristol Channel, near Watermouth. The passengers were Sadler and Clayfield, who ascended from Bristol. 24 September 1810

Boat on inland sea, Japan
Boat on an inland sea, Japan. circa 1890s

Burmese boatman, Burma (Myanmar). circa 1890s

Beach at Galle, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). circa 1890s

The Harbour, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. late 19th century

Canal, Osaka, Japan
Canal in Osaka, Japan. circa 1890s

Tokyo Railway Station, Japan
Tokyo Railway Station, with boats in the foreground, Japan. circa 1890s

Fishing from a harbour wall, India
People fishing from a harbour wall, India. circa 1890s

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, capital of the Canary Islands. late 19th century

The Kings Toy Boat

Teddy Bears playing on the beach

Fishing boat at Aldeburgh, Suffolk
A man with his fishing boat on the beach at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Date: 1961

Scene on the River Isis near Oxford
Wintry scene on the River Isis near Oxford, with two young men on bicycles and a team of rowers on the water. Date: circa 1950s

Pencil sketch of landscape with boats
Pencil sketch of a landscape with boats. 1920s

Boat scene (with hidden objects)

Pencil sketch of two children on a boat. 1920s

Docks at Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
View of the docks at Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, with fish barrels stacked up and boats in the harbour. A group of fishwives can be seen on the right. Date: circa 1930

View of the harbour at Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: 1930s

Kittens playing in a pond

Fishermen with boat in Goa, India
Fishermen on a beach with their boat in Goa, India. Date: 1992

Sketch of people in boats. 1922

Wedding and Speciality Cakes. Bon Voyage Cake Date: 1936

Fishermen on beach in Goa, India
Fishermen on a beach with their boats and nets in Goa, India. Date: 1992

Pencil sketch of boats on the sea. 1920s

Who made the first boat?

Bon Voyage Cake
Wedding and Speciality Cakes. Bon Voyage Cake. Date: 1936

People boating on a river. Date: 1920s

Best Through Cooks, rail and steamer services
Poster or handbill design for Best Through Cooks, travel by British Railways rail and steamer services, showing a Mediterranean beach scene with boats, two wine glasses and a bottle, a green shutter

Dutch Union Castle Poster
Dutch poster advertising the Union-Castle Line, a shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and freighters between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977

White Star Line / American Line poster
Graphic and modernist style German travel poster advertising the services of White Star Line and American Line ships to America. c.1935

Poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment
Wartime poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment, from aircraft, tanks, ships, guns and shells to barrage balloons and searchlights. 1940s

Poster advertising trips to Sweden
Poster advertising trips by train and ferry to Sweden, showing Stockholm Town Hall across the water. 20th century

Poster: Salvage Saves Shipping. Encouraging people to recycle materials rather than throw them away, to help with the War Effort. circa 1940s

Madras (Chennai) from the jetty, Tamil Nadu, India
Madras (Chennai) viewed from the jetty, Tamil Nadu, India. circa 1890s

Torii, Lake Ashi, Hakone, Japan
Torii (wooden gateway structure) in Lake Ashi (Lake Ashinoko, Lake Hakone), Hakone, Japan. circa 1890s

The Thames and St Pauls from Bankside, London
View of the River Thames and St Pauls Cathedral from Bankside, London, with loaded cargo boats in the foreground. circa 1899

Mount Fuji from Hakone Lake, Japan
Mount Fuji from Hakone Lake (Lake Ashi, Ashinoko Lake), Japan. circa 1890s

Fishing boats in Castle Bay, Barra, Scotland

White Grotto, Capri, Italy

People on ferry boat, Japan
People on a ferry boat, Japan. circa 1890s

Dhul Canal, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Dhul (Dal) Canal, near Srinagar, Kashmir, India. circa 1890s

Wood for cremations, Benares (Varanasi), India
Wood piled up in preparation for cremations at Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. circa 1890s

Panama Market Landing Place

Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy. late 19th century

Wooden bridge, Tokyo, Japan. circa 1890s

Vatersay, Isle of Barra, Scotland. late 19th century

Tsukiji Foreign Settlement, Tokyo, Japan. circa 1890s

People at a bathing Ghat, India. circa 1890s

Criccieth, Cardigan Bay, Gwynedd, Wales
Boats at Criccieth, Cardigan Bay, Gwynedd, Wales. late 19th century

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