Eccentric Collection

Poland, Warsaw, Cover of Katerina Ismailova by Dmitrij (or Dmitri Dmitrevic) Shostakovich
Dmitrij or Dmitri Dmitrevic Shostakovich (1906-1975), Katerina Ismailova, cover

Zebra-drawn trap of Lord Walter Rothschild
Rothschild broke in and trained several zebras to pull a trap, which he memorably used to visit Buckingham Palace in 1898 Date: 1898

Italy, The Disturbing muses
Giorgio De Chirico (1888-1978), The Disturbing Muses, ca. 1956

Italy, Venice, Antipope
Max Ernst (1891-1976), The Antipope, 1941

Fox Hunting / Accident
A hunting accident - " A squire-trap, by jove", cries Mytton, " a little more and I should have done it" ! English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) takes a tumble

Shavington Day / Hunting
SHAVINGTON DAY A trial between rival packs and horsemen. Participating is the eccentric Shropshire Squire of Halston John Mytton (1796-1834)

England / West Wycombe
An atmosphere of the coaching days and memories of the eccentric Sir Francis Dashwood still lingers in West Wickham, Buckinghamshire, England

Beckford / Fonthill Abbey
WILLIAM BECKFORD Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, built at enormous expense by the English writer, art collector and eccentric

Beckford / Fonthill Abbey
WILLIAM BECKFORD Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, built at enormous expense by the English writer, art collector and eccentric

Mytton / Short Cut Home
The seat of John Mytton (1796- 1834), the eccentric English squire of Halston, Shropshire. The view is from the back showing a circular garden and extensive parkland. Date: 1820s

Mytton Rides Bear
JOHN MYTTON English eccentric decides to enliven a dinner party by riding a bear into the dining -room. The bear bit him on the calf & the doctor was called

New Forest Snake Catcher
The New Forest snake catcher

A Lathe using a spring bow and device to allow eccentric turning, 16th century
5311313 A Lathe using a spring bow and device to allow eccentric turning, 16th century; Universal History Archive/UIG

The Mad Hatters Tea Party, from the Lewis Carroll Story Alice in Wonderland, Illustration by Sir John Tenniel 1871

Walter Rothschild driving his team of zebras at Tring Park
Carriage drawn by a zebra driven by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild, founder of the Natural History Museum at Tring (where this photograph was taken), now part of the Natural History Museum, London

Floating Vietnamese fishing village with rocky coastline

Prince Charles caricature
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948) captured in caricature levitating, perhaps a reference to his occasionally eccentric nature. Date: 1986

Red Indian Chief, Eastbourne, Sussex
Edward Blackmore, an Eastbourne plumber and adopted member of the North American Sioux Indian Tribe. In 1964 he travelled to South Dakota to meet the tribe, and during his visit he was made a Chief

The Perfumers Costume (colour engraving)
XIR154617 The Perfumers Costume (colour engraving) by Bonnart, Nicolas (c.1646-1718); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

The tea boys at Lloyd Loom. 1938

Typical Countrymen Long service estate employees at the Tunbridge Wells Agricultural show. George Wells ( East Peckham ), David Tolhurst ( Bayham Abbey ) and James Wells ( East Peckham ) 25 July 1928

Bunny Roger
Neil Munro (" Bunny" ) Roger (June 9, 1911 in London - April 27, 1997 in London) English couturier, war hero, and dandy

The Famous Dolma Maker, Constantinople
A Famous Dolma maker. Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions. The stuffing may or may not include meat

Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire
Harry Macdonalds Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Harry MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1, 000 in 1937

The Garden Model Village - Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green
Harry Macdonalds Model Village in the Garden of his Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Harry MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1

Mr Groombridge and his sheepdog, smoking their pipes, aboard their poney trap. 1936

Ideal Home Exhibition - Heath Robinson Home
William Heath Robinsons Ideal Home - " The Gadgets". Displayed at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition at London Olympia. Date: 1934

1833 Rev. William Buckland fossils colour
" The Reverend William Buckland D.D. F.R.S. Canon of Christ Church and Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the University of Oxford 1833" Painted by Thomas Phillips

Garden in Helgas Folly Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Bill of fare from Crystal Palace, 31 / 12 / 1853
Menu for the dinner in the Iguanodon and original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

The Union Club, 1801 (colour engraving)
XCF154194 The Union Club, 1801 (colour engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

The Victory Ball at the Albert Hall Miss Elsie Carlisle 12 November 1919

Switzerland, Besel, Poet
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), The Poet

Pantomime artist Will Evans with his children
Will Evans (1866 -1931) was an eccentric comedian who performed in pantomime from a young age, and appeared on the music halls in the 1890s

Nerval Photo
GERARD DE NERVAL French poet, eccentric if not actually mad, whose difficult life ended in suicide; photographed in the last year of his life. Date: 1808 - 1855

1829 Silhouette William & Frank Buckland 1829 Silhouette William & Frank Buckland
Silhouette first produced by Auguste Edouart of " William Buckland and his Wife and Son Frank, Examining Bucklands Natural History Collection

THE UMBRELLA COTTAGE
The quaint thatched Umbrella Cottage at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England

Josephin Peladan / Pcard
JOSEPHIN PELADAN French writer, occultist and eccentric

Clown on Bicycle Photo
Harry, a guest of the Mayors Fancy Dress Ball poses in his costume, (that of a clown), on a bicycle in his back garden

William Price as Druid
WILLIAM PRICE Welsh eccentric and druid

Eric Gill, sculptor and printmaker, at work
Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (1882 - 1940), English sculptor, printmaker and typeface designer, at work, using a magnifying glass. Date: 1930

Aubrey Beardsley, c1893. Creator: Frederick Hollyer
Aubrey Beardsley, c1893. Portrait of British artist and eccentric Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), a leading figure in the aesthetic movement

MYTTON / SHORT CUT HOME
JOHN MYTTON To win a bet that he could outride a friend this eccentric squire took a short cut through a lake despite the fact he couldnt swim. Date: 1796 - 1834

Modern Athenians plate 6 - Edinburgh
John Jeffrey (1775-1848) the younger and only brother of Francis, Lord Jeffrey, facing Charles Kilpartick Sharpe (1781-1851) a long resident of Edinburgh, eccentric in ways and dress

French Cake-Walker
According to the caption, the cakewalk was invented by the kangaroo, but that doesn t explain this ladys eccentric cakewalking costume - and is that a spear shes holding ?

Christmas decorations on a house in Clitheroe Lancashire UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Eccentic Club / 1900
Gentlemen of the club waiting for dinner

Arabella Huntington, 1924 (oil on canvas)
HEH416345 Arabella Huntington, 1924 (oil on canvas) by Birley, Oswald Hornby Joseph (1880-1952); 127x101.6 cm; Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

Arthur Brown, appearing at the very first properly named The Reading Festival in 1971. Richfield Avenue, Reading Berkshire

Edna Mayne music hall toe and sand dancer
Edna Mayne music hall toe dancer and sand dancer. The sand dance was an eccentric dance with exaggerated movements while dressed in an approximation of Egyptian dress. Date: circa 1911

Kitty Lord music hall vocalist. Began working life as a servant and progressed to living in a house in Regents Park. Performed worldwide between 1894 and 1915 including Egypt and Argentina

Easter greetings card (colour litho)
BAL12893 Easter greetings card (colour litho) by European School (20th century); Private Collection

A.B. Salinger [i.e. Alois Benjamin Saliger], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
A.B. Salinger [i.e. Alois Benjamin Saliger], between c1910 and c1915. Shows Alois Benjamin Saliger (1880-1969), an inventor and businessman

A.B. Salinger [i.e. Alois Benjamin Saliger], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
A.B. Salinger [i.e. Alois Benjamin Saliger], between c1910 and c1915. Shows Alois Benjamin Saliger (1880-1969), an inventor and businessman

Mrs. Nellie van Slingerland, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Nellie van Slingerland, 1914

Mrs. A. Crocker Gourand [i.e. Gouraud], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. A. Crocker Gourand [i.e. Gouraud], 1911. American heiress Aimee Crocker (1863-1941) whose third husband was musical author Jackson Gouraud

Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Bishop next to train, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Bishop next to train, 1910

Mrs. C. Cecil Fitler, Plainfield, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. C. Cecil Fitler, Plainfield, between c1910 and c1915

Mrs. Geo. Cornwallis West, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Geo. Cornwallis West, 1913

Beauty and the beast (colour litho)
8635538 Beauty and the beast (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beauty and the beast. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

And now I suppose you're going to tell me that the last one's gone
8663967 And now I suppose you're going to tell me that the last one's gone and there isn't another until next Thursday (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40)

Bus transport (litho)
8663964 Bus transport (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bus transport. Bus driver's view through the windscreen)

The Frog that wished to be as big as the Ox, c.1900 (engraving)
8698463 The Frog that wished to be as big as the Ox, c.1900 (engraving) by Gillot, Charles (1853-1903); (add.info.: Literature)

Searching for Halley's Comet at Greenwich Observatory, 1909 (Pen ink, monochrome watercolour, paper)
7340782 Searching for Halley's Comet at Greenwich Observatory, 1909 (Pen ink, monochrome watercolour, paper) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); 42x29 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Mother's frantically interested in everything you say (litho)
8663974 Mother's frantically interested in everything you say (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: "But of course dear)

Crossword puzzle enthusiast (litho)
8663960 Crossword puzzle enthusiast (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crossword puzzle enthusiast. Man sitting alone doing a crossword puzzle)

Winter evenings at home (litho)
8663959 Winter evenings at home (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter evenings at home. A game of hide and seek)

From Dottyville (litho)
8663024 From Dottyville (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: From Dottyville. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

Self-criticism (litho)
8663029 Self-criticism (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Self-criticism. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

Another from Dottyville (litho)
8663025 Another from Dottyville (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Another from Dottyville)

Merry Widow Hat (b/w photo)
8672191 Merry Widow Hat (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merry Widow Hat Lifting a large and heavy hat onto a woman's head)

Absurd women's hairstyle, 18th Century (engraving)
8672835 Absurd women's hairstyle, 18th Century (engraving) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Absurd women's hairstyle, 18th Century)

By train (litho)
8663961 By train (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: By train. Couple travelling by train with their sleeping child)

Men at the beach dressed in nightshirts (colour litho)
8656481 Men at the beach dressed in nightshirts (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Men at the beach dressed in nightshirts. Postcard, early 20th century)

And at home it's always mind you don't get your feet wet'! (litho)
8663966 And at home it's always mind you don't get your feet wet'! (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info)

Waiting (litho)
8663958 Waiting (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Waiting. Illustration from Most of Us are Absurd, by "Pont" (Graham Laidler) (Collins, London)

Theatrescape with critic (litho)
8663955 Theatrescape with critic (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theatrescape with critic)

Dottyville again (litho)
8662997 Dottyville again (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dottyville again. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

"The feller who caught that fishs dem liar" (litho)
8655422 "The feller who caught that fishs dem liar" (litho) by Townsend, Frederick Henry (1868-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: "The feller who caught that fishs dem liar")

View of the facade of the Nativity begun by Francesc de Paula Villar i Lozano in 1882 and continued by Antonio Gaudi
XJL88972 View of the facade of the Nativity begun by Francesc de Paula Villar i Lozano in 1882 and continued by Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926) (photo); Templo de la Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

Not to be Outdone by the Royal Academy, our "Dadaists" Hold an Exhibition of Their Own (litho)
8663501 Not to be Outdone by the Royal Academy, our "Dadaists" Hold an Exhibition of Their Own (litho) by Poy (Percy Hutton Fearon) (1874-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

The "I can do anything except cooking" situation (litho)
8663977 The "I can do anything except cooking" situation (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info)

Importance of cricket (litho)
8663957 Importance of cricket (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: The British character. Importance of cricket)

Look everybody, isn't it splendid, he saved me from drowning (litho)
8663956 Look everybody, isn't it splendid, he saved me from drowning (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Look everybody, isn't it splendid)

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"Embracing the Eccentric: Tales of Unconventional Adventures from Italy to England" In Venice, where eccentricity thrives, a masked Antipope roams the canals, adding intrigue to this enchanting city. Lord Walter Rothschild's zebra-drawn trap turns heads in London, a whimsical sight that captures the essence of his eccentric nature. "The Disturbing Muses" artwork in Italy leaves viewers puzzled and captivated by its unconventional beauty and thought-provoking imagery. A fox hunting accident takes an unexpected turn when an eccentric rider stumbles upon a hidden treasure buried deep within the English countryside. Beckford's Fonthill Abbey stands as a testament to his eccentric taste, with its grandeur and architectural marvels leaving visitors awe-struck. Shavington Day's unconventional hunting methods raise eyebrows as he embarks on daring adventures that defy traditional norms in pursuit of thrill. Mytton's audacious ride atop a bear astonishes onlookers in England's West Wycombe village - proof that true eccentrics fearlessly embrace life's wildest moments. Beckford's Fonthill Abbey continues to inspire awe with its extravagant design and opulent interiors - a testament to one man's unapologetic eccentricity. Mytton takes an infamous shortcut home through treacherous terrain, showcasing his fearless spirit and disregard for conventional paths. The New Forest Snake Catcher mesmerizes locals with their peculiar ability to handle venomous serpents without fear or harm - truly an eccentric profession. Walter Rothschild drives his team of zebras through Tring Park, defying expectations once again with his love for exotic animals and adventurous pursuits. From Italy’s mysterious art scene to England’s daring escapades, these tales highlight individuals who embraced their eccentricities, leaving a lasting impression on the world around them.