|
F Gregory Brown
Frederic Gregory Brown was an artist & designer born in London in 1887, and died in 1941. He signed his works F Gregory Brown or Gregory Brown. His father was the art master John Terrell Brown, and he initially completed an apprenticeship in metal work when he left school. After completing his apprenticeship he started out by making art metalwork, and in 1915 he was a founding member of the Design and Industries Association. In 1914, Gregory started to design posters for London Underground, which he continued to do until 1940 producing over 70 designs. In 1915, he produced the front cover illustration for: IN HOC VINCE The story of A Red Cross Flag, by Florence L. Barclay; He expanded his clientele working with business such as the Empire marketing board, Railway Companies, ICI, Witney Blankets and department stores Bobby & Co. and Derry & Toms. In 1925, he won Gold Medal at the Paris Exhibition of Decorative Arts for his textile designs and continued to paint pictures in his u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visit Of King And Queen To Bournville, 16th May 1919
Visit refer as go to see and spend time with socially. Visit may refer to: * State visit, a formal visit by a head of state to a foreign country *Conjugal visit, in which a prisoner is permitted to spend several hours or days in private with a visitor, usually a spouse *US-VISIT, a U.S. immigration and border management system * Constable Visit, a fictional character from the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett *VisIt, interactive parallel visualization and analysis software *Visit (internet), measures an individual's first request for a page on a firm’s server See also *The Visit (other) The Visit may refer to: Film and television * ''The Visit'' (1964 film), a 1964 adaptation of the Friedrich Dürrenmatt play starring Ingrid Bergman * ''The Visit'' (2000 film), directed by Jordan Walker-Pearlman * ''The Visit'' (2015 American fil ... * Visitation (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wye Valley - F Gregory Brown
Wye may refer to: Place names *Wye, Kent, a village in Kent, England **Wye College, agricultural college, part of University of London before closure in 2009 ** Wye School, serving the above village **Wye railway station, serving the above village ** Wye Racecourse, former horse racing venue ** RAF Wye, former aerodrome near the above village * Wye, Montana, a town in Missoula County, Montana, US * Wye, South Australia, a town in South Australia, Australia * Wye River (plantation), was the home of William Paca, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland * Wye River, Victoria, a coastal town in Victoria, Australia * Wye Marsh, a wetland area on the south shores of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada * Wye Road, Strathcona County, Alberta *Wye House, a large Southern frame plantation house in Talbot County, Maryland *Wye, a fictional province in Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' series Rivers * River Wye, the major river, flowing through both Wales and England, rising on Plynlimon to the River Seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Find My Past
Findmypast is a UK-based online genealogy service owned, since 2007, by British company DC Thomson. The website hosts billions of searchable records of census, directory and historical record information. It originated in 1965 when a group of genealogists formed a group named "Title Research". The first internet website went live in 2003. As of 2018, Findmypast has partnered with many other genealogical organisations and hosts much of their data. It started sponsoring Yesterday, a UKTV channel, in 2010 and produced a series of programmes. History Title Research Group In 1965, a small group of professional genealogists and probate researchers called themselves "Title Research". They did much of their research using microfiche records. In 2001, Title Research started an in-house project, called "1837 online", to produce a computerised version of the birth, marriage and death register pages of the General Register Office (GRO), and the following year began work to put this on an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Council
The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language (and the Welsh language in Argentina); encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational co-operation with the United Kingdom. The organisation has been called a soft power extension of UK foreign policy, as well as a tool for propaganda. The British Council is governed by a Royal Charter. It is also a public corporation and an executive nondepartmental public body (NDPB), sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Its headquarters are in Stratford, London. Its Chairman is Stevie Spring and its Chief Executive is Scott McDonald. History *1934: British Foreign Office officials created the "British Committee for Relations with Other Countries" to support English education abroad, promote British culture and fight the rise o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Transport Museum
The London Transport Museum (often abbreviated as the LTM) is a transport museum based in Covent Garden, London. The museum predominantly hosts exhibits relating to the heritage of London's transport, as well as conserving and explaining the history of it. The majority of the museum's exhibits originated in the collections of London Transport, but, since the creation of Transport for London (TfL) in 2000, the remit of the museum has expanded to cover all aspects of transportation in the city and in some instances beyond. The museum operates from two sites within London. The main site in Covent Garden uses the name of its parent institution, and is open to the public every day excluding over Christmas, having reopened in 2007 after a two-year refurbishment. The other site, located in Acton, is known as the London Transport Museum Depot and is principally a storage site of historic artefacts that is open to the public on scheduled visitor days throughout the year. The museum w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent ceremonial counties of England, counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. The Underground has its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground passenger railway. Opened on 10 January 1863, it is now part of the Circle line (London Underground), Circle, District line, District, Hammersmith & City line, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. The first line to operate underground electric locomotive, electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line. The network has expanded to 11 lines, and in 2020/21 was used for 296 million passenger journeys, making it List of metro systems, one of the world's busiest metro systems. The 11 lines collectively handle up to 5 million passenger journeys a day and serve 272 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby & Co
Bobby or Bobbie may refer to: People * Bobby (given name), a list of names * Bobby (actress), from Bangladesh * Bobby (rapper) (born 1995), from South Korea * Bobby (screenwriter) (born 1983), Indian screenwriter * Bobby, old slang for a constable in British law enforcement * Bobby, disused British railway term for a signalman Events * Kidnapping of Bobby Greenlease, a 1953 crime in Kansas City, Missouri * Murder of Bobby Äikiä, Swedish boy who was tortured and killed by his mother and stepfather in 2006 Dogs * Greyfriars Bobby (1855–1???), legendary 19th century Scottish dog * Bobbie (dog), a British regimental dog who survived the Battle of Maiwand * Bobbie the Wonder Dog, an American dog that walked 2,551 miles to find its owners Films * ''Bobby'' (1973 film), an Indian Bollywood film * ''Bobby'' (2002 film), an Indian Telugu film * ''Bobby'' (2006 film), a film about the day Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated Music * BOBBY (band), an American indie-folk-psychedelic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry & Toms
Derry & Toms was a London department store that was founded in 1860 in Kensington High Street and was famous for its Roof Garden which opened in 1938. In 1973 the store was closed and became home to Big Biba, which closed in 1975. The site was developed into smaller stores and offices. Origins In 1853 Joseph Toms opened a small drapery shop on Kensington High Street. In 1862 Joseph Toms joined forces with his brother-in-law, Charles Derry, to set up Derry & Toms. By 1870 the business had grown to incorporate seven of the surrounding stores, with one of the buildings being used as a mourning department. The company prided itself as being the supplier of goods to the upper class of Kensington. History In 1920 John Barker & Co., the department store next door, acquired Derry & Toms. The firm already owned Pontings, which was adjacent to Derry & Toms on the other side. In 1919 Derry & Toms employed the services of poster artist F Gregory Brown to produce advertising. His advert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was arguably the first national public gallery dedicated to portraits in the world when it opened in 1856. The gallery moved in 1896 to its current site at St Martin's Place, off Trafalgar Square, and adjoining the National Gallery (London), National Gallery. It has been expanded twice since then. The National Portrait Gallery also has regional outposts at Beningbrough Hall in Yorkshire and Montacute House in Somerset. It is unconnected to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, with which its remit overlaps. The gallery is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Collection The gallery houses portraits of historically important and famous British people, selected on the basis of the significance of the sitter, not that of the artist. The collection includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Coster
Howard Sydney Musgrave Coster (27 April 1885 – 17 November 1959) was a British photographer, opening a London studio in 1926. He was a self-styled 'Photographer of Men'. Collections After a childhood in the Isle of Wight, he was introduced to photography through his uncle who owned a photographic studio where Coster worked before moving to South Africa to try his hand at farming. After serving in the RAF during World War I he worked in a studio in South Africa where he met his future wife Joan Burr (1903–1974), who was also a photographer. In 1926, on his return from South Africa with his wife, Coster opened a studio at 8 and 9 Essex Street, off the Strand. Unusually, his studio was dedicated solely to the photography of men, following the example of the American photographer Pirie MacDonald, and he became known as "the photographer of men". His business was successful from the start, and by the 1930s, Coster had undertaken several commissions for portraits including those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Artists
This is a partial list of artists active in Britain, arranged chronologically (artists born in the same year should be arranged alphabetically within that year). Born before 1700 * Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543) – German artist and printmaker who became court painter in England * Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c. 1520 – c. 1590) – Flemish printmaker and painter for the English court of the mid-16th century * George Gower (1540–1596) – English portrait painter * Nicholas Hilliard (1547–1619) – English goldsmith, limner, portrait miniature painter * Rowland Lockey (c. 1565 – 1616) – English goldsmith, portrait miniaturist, painter * Isaac Oliver (c. 1565 – 1617) – French-born English portrait miniature painter * Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) – Flemish Baroque painter, watercolourist and etching, etcher who became court painter in England * Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677) – Czechs, Czech etcher * Samuel Cooper (painter), Samuel Cooper (c. 1608 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> London Transport Museum"){kind=spacer}
