Wandsworth Collection (#7)

Photograph of Beehive PH, Wandsworth, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

A travellers encampment, Battersea, London, c1903 (1903). An encampment of travellers at Battersea on their way to the Agricultural Hall, Islington to attend The World Fair. From Living London, Vol

The Causeway, Wandsworth, Showing the Pound, c1895, (1912). The causeway, connected the village square at the end of Wandsworth plain to the Thameside warehouses and strip fields

Blitz in London -- rescue squad, Wandsworth, WW2
Blitz in London -- a rescue squad at work in Wandsworth after oil and high explosive bomb damage on 16 November 1940. Date: 1940

Royal Masonic Institute For Girls, Wandsworth, London
The Royal Masonic Institute For Girls opened in 1853 at St Johns Hill, Battersea Rise, Wandsworth. The school educated the daughters of Freemasons. Date: Date unknown

Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary, London
A ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The room is decorated with potted plants and pictures. The floor is bare apart from a strip of matting

Wandsworth & Clapham Workhouse, London
Architects birds eye view plan of the new Wandsworth & Clapham Union Workhouse, at Swaffield Road, off Garratt Lane in south west London. It designed by TW Aldwinckle and opened in 1886

Opening of Wandsworth, Putney and Hammersmith Bridges, Londo
Engraving showing 5 scenes from the opening of Wandsworth, Putney and Hammersmith bridges, by the Prince and Princess of Wales, to become toll-free bridges, 1880

Battersea Reach, c1870, (c1915). Artist: Cecil Gordon Lawson
Battersea Reach, c1870, (c1915). From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Summer at The Pines, c1909, (1934). The Pines, 11 Putney Hill, Putney, the home of Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914) an English critic and poet, seen in the lower window

Old Cottages in Merton Road, Tooting, c1890, (1912). From London - South of the Thames, by Sir Walter Besant. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1912]

View of Wandsworth, Surrey, c1780, (1912). From London - South of the Thames, by Sir Walter Besant. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1912]

Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea, 1878, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea, 1878, (1904). From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904]

Battersea, Dawn, 1877, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Battersea, Dawn, 1877, (1904). From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904]

Old Battersea Bridge, From The North Bank, looking across the River Thames, London, 1885 (1926). Artist: John Crowther
Old Battersea Bridge, From The North Bank, looking across the River Thames, London, 1885 (1926). From Lost London described by E. Beresford Chancellor

Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge, c1872-5. Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge, c1872-5. Painting housed in the Tate, London. [The Offices of the Studio, London & New York, 1944]

Old Battersea Bridge, 1874 (1933). Artist: Walter Greaves
Old Battersea Bridge, 1874 (1933). Painting held at the Tate Gallery, London. From The Studio Volume 106. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1933]

Old Putney Bridge, 1879 (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Old Putney Bridge, 1879 (1904). Etching. Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black (London, 1904)

Battersea Bridge, London, 19th century (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Battersea Bridge, London, 19th century (1904). Etching. Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black (London, 1904)

Under Old Battersea Bridge, 1879 (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Under Old Battersea Bridge, 1879 (1904). Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black (London, 1904)

Playing golf on Tooting Bec Common, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

The annual Kew to Putney ladies swimming race, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

King George V admiring allotments on Clapham Common, London, c1910s-c1920s (1936)
King George V (1865-1936) admiring allotments on Clapham Common, London, c1910s-c1920s (1936). George, the second son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark

West Hill, near Wandsworth, London, 19th century. Artist: George Frederick Prosser
West Hill, near Wandsworth, London, 19th century. West Hill was the seat of the Marquis of Stafford

Tooting, London, 1807. Artist: Taylor
Tooting, London, 1807. For Description of London by David Hughson

Start of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, London, 1926-1927. The traditional university rowing race starts at Putney and finishes at Mortlake. The course is 4 miles and 374 yards (6, 779 m)

Punch and Judy show in Putney, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Alexander Popes house, Battersea, London, 1912. Artist: Frederick Adcock
Alexander Popes house, Battersea, London, 1912. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is considered one of the greatest English poets of the eighteenth century

Putney Bridge, London, 1829. Artist: J Rogers
Putney Bridge, London, 1829. The Old Putney Bridge over the Thames was built in the 1720s. It became a notorious location for duels

Jubilee tea party for children in Orville Road, Battersea, London, 1935. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury

Battersea Church, Battersea, London, 1829. Artist: J Rogers
Battersea Church, Battersea, London, 1829. Built in 1777, St Marys Battersea has connections with William Blake, who was married there, JMW Turner, who painted the Thames from the vestry window

St Annes Church, Wandsworth, London, 1830. Artist: R Winkles
St Annes Church, Wandsworth, London, 1830. Designed by Robert Smirke, this church with its Ionic portico and round tower was one of the Waterloo or Commissioners churches built in England between

Putney Bridge and Church by Moonlight, 1880. Artist: Robert Taylor Pritchett
Putney Bridge and Church by Moonlight, 1880. View of the village of Putney, (now a suburb of London) on the River Thames. An illustration from Windsor Castle

Lime Grove, Putney, 1846. Artist: TA Prior
Lime Grove, Putney, 1846. View of a stately home in what is now a London suburb

Mount Clare, Roehampton, south London, 19th century. Artist: A T Prior
Mount Clare, Roehampton, south London, 19th century. Mount Clare was built in 1772 for George Clive, a cousin of Lord Clive. The building was later incorporated into the University of Surrey

In Battersea Park, 1911. An example of Darwinism in everday life. A nursemaid wheeling Master Jones, son of a famous cricketer, in his pram in Battersea Park, London

Chelsea Bridge, London, 1858. Thomas Page (1803-1877) was the engineer of this suspension bridge over the Thames, which opened in 1858

Celtic bronze shield boss, 2nd century BC
Celtic bronze shield boss found in the River Thames at Wandsworth, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

The Double Janus Guard, for Clapham Junction, 1865. Artist: Charles Henry Bennett
The Double Janus Guard, for Clapham Junction, 1865. A Double Janus, with four faces, stands guard at the new Clapham Junction, a complex arrangement of railway lines

The Large Lake, Wandsworth Co. mmon, Wandsworth, West London
Two young girls standing in the water at the edge of The Large Lake, Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth, West London Date: 1907

Sem on the Riviera, famous personalities 1913
" Sem" on the Riviera - the famous caricaturists very latest impressions. A page of caricatures by Sem (Georges Goursat) taken on the French Riviera

Wandsworth Unions Old Peoples Cottages at Tooting
Cottages for the elderly poor erected in 1902 at Church Lane, Tooting, by the Wandsworth and Clapham Union. The scheme was designed by C.A. Sharp. Date: circa 1911

Dibdins home Wandsworth
The home of songwriter Charles Dibdin at Cedar Cottage, Wandsworth (at that time a semi-rural suburb of London). Date: 1745 - 1814

London / Chelsea / Battersea
London: general view of Chelsea and Battersea from Wandsworth Date: 1795

Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth, designed by Mr Rhode Hawkins. Date: 1857

Wandsworth Reformatory Letter
Copy of letter from Wandsworth Reformatory to Lincolnshire County Council offering to receive boys placed by the County and giving terms for such an arrangement. Date: 1891

Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth - Plan
Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth. Plan of the ground floor by the architect, Mr Rhode Hawkins. Date: 1857

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