Dobson Collection

Fall / Crufts / 1966 / Poodle
CHAMPION OAKINGTON PUCKSHILL AMBER SUNBLUSH CRUFTS BEST IN SHOW 1966 Owned by Mrs Dobson Bred by Mrs CE Perry Sire: Puckshill Ambersuncrush

Fifth Course, Central Flying School, Upavon, January-April 1914
Group photograph of the students and instructors of the CFS at Upavon

The Royal Wimbledon Golf Club
Members of the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club, caricatured by Mel in The Tatler. 1933

Queen Elizabeth II opening the new LFB Headquarters
Queen Elizabeth II with Commissioner Ronald James Dobson at the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1

A Rakes Progress - 2: The Levee, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 2: The Levee, 1733. Tom holds a morning reception at his new palatial town lodgings. Vistors offer their services: a jockey, a dancing-master (with violin)

Yorkshire Rugby County Football Team, 1894-95: Hirst (Hon Sec), Donaldson, Barraclough, Nowell, Riley, Walton, Millar (President), Broadley, Arnold, Toothill (Captain), Jackson, Dobson, Firth, Riley

Cardiff Rugby Team: Dobson, Elliot, Elsey, Phillips, Lewis, Mills, Morgan, Hill, Davies, Pearson, Sweet-Escott, Cravos, Emery, Biggs, Thomas, Biggs. 1890s

Geoffrey Dobson, 1935. Geoffrey Dobson (1826-1893), waterman and swimming instructor at Eton College. From The Eton Book of the River - With Some Account of the Thames and the Evolution Boat-Racing

Breakfast scene from The Five Days Peregrination, 1732. Artist: William Hogarth
Breakfast scene from The Five Days Peregrination, 1732. This series is an account of a tour of the Kent Coast made by William Hogarth and four friends in May 1732

A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living

Burns Grace, late 19th century. Artist: Henry John Dobson
Burns Grace, late 19th century. Grace thought by some to have been written by Robert Burns (1759-1796), but which was possibly already in use before his time: Some hae meat and canna eat

T H Dobson

Wheat Field With Cypresses
A landscape oil painting by Van Gogh, showing the wheat field with cypresses, using a rich impasto technique and signature swirling brush strokes. Date: circa 1932

Shilling Theatre, Fulham, photographs of founders, volunteers and performers rehearsing. Captioned, Fighting the films: The Shilling Theatre at Fulham'

TOMMY DOBSON'S GRAVE
The tombstone of Thomas ('Tommy') Dobson (d. 1910), a famous Lakeland huntsman, at Boot, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

Ken Dobson England Blue Square UKOpen 2009 Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England 05 June 2009 Date: 05 June 2009

Portrait of a Gentleman, Possibly the Artist, half-length, in a Brown Cloak and Blue Wrap
652136 Portrait of a Gentleman, Possibly the Artist, half-length, in a Brown Cloak and Blue Wrap, Beside a Marble Bust, in a Rocky Landscape, (oil on canvas) by Dobson

Dobson and Barlows Travelling-Flat Self-Stripping Carding Engine (engraving)
2799945 Dobson and Barlows Travelling-Flat Self-Stripping Carding Engine (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Dobson and Barlows Composite Carding Engine (engraving)
2799944 Dobson and Barlows Composite Carding Engine (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dobson and Barlows Composite Carding Engine)

William Charles Thomas Dobson, from The Magazine of Art, published 1878 (litho)
1772375 William Charles Thomas Dobson, from The Magazine of Art, published 1878 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Charles Thomas Dobson, 1817 A- 1898)

Portrait of William Dobson, 1645-49 (?). Creator: Josias English
Portrait of William Dobson, 1645-49 (?)

[William Charles Thomas Dobson], 1860s. Creator: John & Charles Watkins
[William Charles Thomas Dobson], 1860s

Fall - Crufts - 1966 - Poodle
CHAMPION OAKINGTON PUCKSHILL AMBER SUNBLUSH CRUFTS BEST IN SHOW 1966 Owned by Mrs Dobson Bred by Mrs CE Perry Sire: Puckshill Ambersuncrush Date: 1966

Dobson, (1611-1646), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Dobson, (1611-1646), 1830. William Dobson (1611-1646) English portraitist, said to have gained royal commission from King Charles I. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard

General John Desborough, (1820s). Creator: R Cooper
General John Desborough, (1820s). Portrait of English Parliamentarian army officer and politician John Desborough (or Disbrowe (1608-1680). [Charles & Henry Baldwin, London]

Two test pilots - Cdr Dobson, RAF and ?Dutch? Holland
Two test pilots, from left: Cdr Dobson, RAF and ?Dutch? Holland alongside a Supermarine Spitfire, May 1942. Date: 1942

The Screen in the Lumber Room, 1886. Artist: Randolph Caldecott
The Screen in the Lumber Room, 1886. Poem written by Austin Dobson about an old-fashioned screen, decorated with hoarded scraps and snippets. From The Magazine of Art

Mr Dobson, a tradesman of Fleet Street, wearing a wig, coat and waistcoat, c1780

ERAs of Raymond Mays and Arthur Dobson racing at Crystal Palace, London, 1939. Artist: Bill Brunell
ERA 1980S cc. Event Entry No: 16. Driver: Mays, R. Twin rear wheels. Background: ERA Driver: Dobson, A.C. Twin rear wheels. Place: Crystal Palace Race Meeting. Date: 26.8.39

Riley of AD Whitworth and ERA of Arthur Dobson racing at Crystal Palace, London, 1939
Left: Riley 1987 cc. Driver: Whitworth, A.D. Offset-bodied single-seater. Right: ERA 1488S cc. Event Entry No: 12. Driver: Dobson, A.C. Place: Crystal Palace Race Meeting. Date: 1.7.39

ERA of Arthur Dobson racing at Crystal Palace, London, 1939. Artist: Bill Brunell
ERA 1488S cc. Event Entry No: 12. Driver: Dobson, A.C. Place: Crystal Palace Race Meeting. Date: 1.7.39

MG 18 / 80 of CF Dobson and Ford Model A of EAL Midgley at the MCC Sporting Trial, 1930
MG 18/80 2468 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. RX7207. Event Entry No: 47 Driver: Dobson, C.F. Centre: Ford A Saloon 3283 cc. Reg. No. UF6128. Event Entry No: 30 Driver: Midgely, E.A.L. M.C.C. Sporting Trial

MG 18 / 80 of CF Dobson competing in the MCC Sporting Trial, 1930. Artist: Bill Brunell
MG 18/80 2468 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. RX7207. Event Entry No: 47 Driver: Dobson, C.F. Award: Bronze. Place: M.C.C. Sporting Trial. Date: 25.10.30

MG M type of CF Dobson competing in the Brighton and Hove Motor Club Brighton-Beer Trial, 1930
MG M Standard 2-seater sports. 1930 847 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. RX6795. Event Entry No: 55 Driver: Dobson, C.F. Finisher Chassis No. 2M 1594. Place: B&HMC Brighton-Beer Trial. Date: 21/22.6.30

ERAs of Raymond Mays and AC Dobson, Imperial Trophy, Crystal Palace, 1939. Artist: Bill Brunell
ERA 1980S cc. Event Entry No: 16 Driver: Mays, R. ERA 1488S cc. Event Entry No: 17 Driver: Dobson, A.C. Place: Crystal Palace. Imperial Trophy. Date: 26.8.39

Riley of PW Maclure and ERAs of Raymond Mays and AC Dobson, Imperial Trophy, Crystal Palace, 1939
Left: Riley 1487S cc. Event No: 21 Driver: Maclure, P.W Right: ERA 1980S cc. Entry No: 16. Driver: Mays, R. Centre: ERA 1488S cc.t Entry No: 17. Driver: Dobson, A.C. Crystal Palace. Imperial Trophy

Raymond Mays ERA leading an MG and another ERA, Imperial Trophy, Crystal Palace, 1939
ERA 1980S cc. Event Entry No: 16 Driver: Mays, R. MG 1087S cc. Event Entry No: 12 Driver: Nickols, I.H. ERA 1488S cc. Event Entry No: 17 Driver: Dobson, A.C. Place: Crystal Palace. Imperial Trophy

Self Stripping Carding Engine, by Dobson and Barlow Bolton, 1874. Artist: GB Smith
Self Stripping Carding Engine, by Dobson and Barlow Bolton, 1874. A cotton spinning machine invented during the Industrial Revolution, the carding engine transformed raw cotton into cotton lap

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 1732. Artist: William Hogarth
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 1732. Portrait of the third and youngest son of King George II as boy. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson. [Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1904]

Frances Arnold, 1738-1740. Artist: William Hogarth
Frances Arnold, 1738-1740. The original painting is said to have been painted when Hogarth was on a visit to Ashby Lodge, Northamptonshire. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson

Taste in High Life, 1798. Artist: Samuel Phillips
Taste in High Life, 1798. A satire on affected manners. A man holds a saucer and a woman daintily holds the teacup. Another woman tickles a black servant under the chin

A Rakes Progress - 6: The Gaming House, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 6: The Gaming House, 1733. Tom Rakewell is in a gambling house in Covent Garden, London. Having just lost his wifes fortune, he falls to his knees

A Rakes Progress - 7: Fleet Prison, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 7: Fleet Prison, 1733. Tom Rakewell is confined to Fleet Prison, London, for debt, and being harangued by his wife

A Rakes Progress - 5: He Marries, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 5: He Marries, 1733. Tom Rakewell marries an old but rich woman, in order to retrieve his fortune. Meanwhile, in the background

Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection, c1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection, c1743. The nobleman is in the house of Dr Misaubin, no 96 St Martins Lane. He threatens the quack with his cane for having prescribed pills which proved

Portrait of a Man, 1741. Artist: William Hogarth
Portrait of a Man, 1741. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson. [Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1904]

Sigismunda Mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo, 1759. Artist: William Hogarth
Sigismunda Mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo, 1759. Inspired by Boccaccios Decameron, written in the mid 14th century. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson. [Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1904]

Chairing the Members, Plate IV from The Humours of an Election, 1757. Artist: William Hogarth
Chairing the Members, Plate IV from The Humours of an Election, 1757. This series of four plates depicts the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754

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"Dobson: A Journey Through Time and Achievements" Step back in time to the early 20th century, as we delve into the life during his Fifth Course at Central Flying School, Upavon, from January to April 1914. Witness his determination and passion for aviation take flight. Fast forward to a momentous occasion in history - Queen Elizabeth II inaugurating the new LFB Headquarters. Dobson's presence is felt as he contributes to this significant milestone that ensures public safety and protection. Travel even further back in time with "A Rake's Progress - 2: The Levee" by William Hogarth. Observe how Dobson's artistic eye appreciates this masterpiece, capturing the essence of society's decadence during the year 1733. But it isn't all work and no play for Dobson. Join him at The Royal Wimbledon Golf Club where he showcases his skills on the green, demonstrating both precision and sportsmanship. Switching gears from golf to rugby, witness Yorkshire Rugby County Football Team of 1894-95 in action. Amongst them stands Dobson, showcasing his strength and teamwork on the field. Venturing into another realm of artistry lies "The Stage Coach or Country Inn Yard" by William Hogarth. Here we see Dobson's love for theatre come alive as he immerses himself in rehearsals at Shilling Theatre in Fulham alongside founders, volunteers, and performers who share his passion for fighting against films' dominance. In remembrance of a remarkable individual named Tommy Dobson lies a grave that serves as a testament to his impact on those around him. His legacy lives on through stories shared by loved ones who remember him fondly. Returning once again to T H Dobson's artistic prowess, admire "Wheat Field With Cypresses, " an exquisite painting that captures nature's beauty through vibrant strokes of color and texture.