Graf Collection

HMS Exeter arriving at Plymouth, Second World War, 1940
Photograph showing the arrival of the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Exeter at Plymouth Docks, February 1940

Stauffenberg
CLAUS SCHENK GRAF VON STAUFFENBERG Lieutenant colonel on the General Staff and central figure among the conspirators of the July Plot

Poster, Zeppelin to South America
Poster advertising the German Zeppelin Hamburg-American Line, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin airship service from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. circa 1934

The Ploughman (Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy at the Plough), 1887, (1965). Creator: Il ya Repin
The Ploughman (Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy at the Plough), 1887, (1965). Portrait of Russian author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) as a ploughman. Painting in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The FA Cup Final 1930
Photographs from the Football Association Challenge Cup Final of 1930 between Arsenal and Huddersfield

Graf Zeppelin Takeoff
GRAF ZEPPELIN People mill around as the Airship prepares for take off

Card commemorating Graf Spee destruction, WW2
Card commemorating the destruction of the German cruiser, Admiral Graf Spee, on 13 December 1939 by HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles following the Battle of the River Plate. Date: 1939

Graf Zeppelin airship in flight
The German Graf Zeppelin airship in flight, viewed from directly below

Diagram and cross-section of passenger and steering gondola of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 airship
GRAF ZEPPELIN. Diagram and cross-section of passenger and steering gondola of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 airship. Early 20th century postcard

The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, Germany
The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, a city on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) in southern Germany, known for its importance in aviation history

Helmut Carl Bernhard, Graf von Moltke - German Field Marshal
Helmut Carl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891) - German Field Marshal - Chief of Staff of the Prussian army for thirty years. Date: circa 1885

COUNT VON WALDSTEIN (1762-1823). Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel. Contemporary oil on canvas

Crew quarters aboard the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127
Crew quarters aboard the Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127

The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 landed at Hanworth Aero Park
The Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127, landed at Hanworth Aero Park from Germany, 18 August 1931. Date: 1931

Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Admiral Graf Spee
Dressed in white, Captain Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (1894 - 1939), German captain of the Admiral Graf Spee pocket-battleship photographed in Montevideo, Uruguay

Graf, German zeppelin over London 1931
A good will visit, German zeppelin Graf flying over London, a transatlantic passenger carrier operating between 1928 to 1937, with people paying to take a flight over England. Date: August 1931

Nik Ludwig Zinzendorf
NIKOLAUS LUDWIG, graf von ZINZENDORF German religious leader of the Moravian Brethren

(1725-1807). Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
COMTE de ROCHAMBEAU (1725-1807). Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur. French soldier. Steel engraving, 19th century

Graf Zeppelin - LZ 127 - at anchor. The inset portrait shows Dr

Luposta Airshow - Danzig - featuring the Graf Zeppelin - held between 23rd and 31st July, 1932

The view looking towards the stern of the Graf Zeppelin II, LZ 130, during construction at Friedrichshafen

The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 over a Junkers Ju52 / 3m of Lufthansa
The Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127, over a Junkers Ju52/3m of Lufthansa

The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127
The Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127

PAUL VON HATZFELDT (1831-1901). Count Paul von Hatzfeldt, German ambassador. Original cabinet photograph, late 19th century

MOTHER GOOSE: KING. The king was in the parlor. Wood engraving from a late-19th century edition of Mother Gooses Melodies

COUNT de GRASSE (1722-1788). Comte François Joseph Paul de Grasse. French naval officer. Line engraving, English, 1785

Helmuth von Moltke (1800-1891). German field marshal
Helmuth von Moltke (1800-1891. German field marshal. Moltke in his cabinet in the German general staff palace. Berlin, Germany. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Maximilian Graf von Spee, German admiral, WW1
MAXIMILIAN JOHANNES MARIA HUBERT VON SPEE (GRAF) German admiral - he sank with his flagship Scharnhorst during the First World War. Date: 1861 - 1914

Graf Zeppelin over Friedrichshafen, Germany Date: 1930s

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127, at Hanworth Aero park in Greater London circa 1931 Date: circa 1931

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Hanworth Air Park - 1932 - Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127
The German airship Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 at Hanworth Air Park conducting sight-seeing flights over London. On 18 August 1931, the German airship Graf Zeppelin (D-LZ127) visited Hanworth

A Peace Conference. The meeting between Victor Emmanuel II and Count Radetzky
878629 A Peace Conference. The meeting between Victor Emmanuel II and Count Radetzky, after the Battle of Novara, March 24, 1849. Johann Josef Wenzel Graf Radetzky von Radetz

Portrait of Duchess Marie Amelie of Württemberg (1865-1883)
Portrait of Duchess Marie Amelie of Wurttemberg (1865-1883). Private Collection

Portrait of Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939) in his studio, 1891. Found in the collection of the Musee du Touquet-Paris-Plage

The Wild Army, ca 1513-1515. Creator: Graf, Urs (c. 1485-1527/28)
The Wild Army, ca 1513-1515. Found in the collection of the Art Museum Basel

HMS Glorious 77
Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta

Graf Zeppelin flying over the Port of Hamburg, Germany
A stunning real photographic postcard showing the Graf Zeppelin airship flying above the Kehrwiederspitze in the port of Hamburg, Germany

Plan of the Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683
Holy Roman Empire. Plan of the Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683. It took place at Kahlenberg Mountain, near Vienna, ather the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire during two months

Graf Zeppelin Airship - porcelain teacup and saucer by Heinrich Elfenbein-Porzellen. Cup marked with LZ logo and bottom stamped, saucer bottom stamped. Date: 1928

Zeppelin airship - two cover designs
Zeppelin airship on two cover designs. Unusual USS Akron promotional two-sided advertising card, copy of the Texaco Star showing the Zeppelin airship flying over New York

Zeppelin airship, Hamburg-America Line, brochure cover, South American service. Flights from Germany to South America

Zeppelin airship, Hamburg-America Line, luggage tag
Zeppelin Airship, Hamburg-America Line, luggage tag, vibrant blue, yellow and white. Graf Zeppelin flying eastbound, while a HAPAG steamship (Class Milwaukee / St Louis) sails westbound

Count von Waldersee
Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Walderse (April 1832 ??March 1904) setting out for the front from Shanghai. He was a German field marshal who became Chief of the Imperial German General Staff

Admiral Graf Von Spee 1914
Admiral Graf Von Spee (1861 1914), naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine, Died on the 8 December 1914, on SMS Scharnhorst, South Atlantic, off the Falkland Islands. Date: 1914

BERTHOLD
Berthold, Graf von Rhein, narrowly avoids death from the Demon of Blasphemy by uttering a timely prayer

Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Walderse
2603458 Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Walderse, 1832 -1904. German Field Marshall General. From The Review of Reviews, published 1891 by English School, (19th century)

Stephanie Graf 800 Metres 24 August 1999 Date: 24 August 1999

Steffi Graf French Open Championships French Open Tennis Championships Roland Garros, Paris, France 29 May 1986 Date: 29 May 1986

Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg (engraving)
5219432 Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg)

House altar with knight in armour, German, 15th century
House altar with knight in armour holding sword and shield, Count von Pocci, Munich, 15th century

French costumes of the late 15th century. French noblewoman in fur-lined dress visited by a bourgeois man or scholar in broad shoes who kneels before her. Heraldic coat of arms at bottom

King and courtiers, battle scene, 13th century
Costumes of the 13th century. King and ladies sending knights off to battle, and king and his knights in combat with lance and shield

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Cunigunde, bishop
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, and empress Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, bishop, and other courtiers. From a manuscript in Hamburg library

Rudolph von Sachsenhausen in 14th century armour
Rudolph von Sachsenhausen, Rudolf II von Praunheim, died 1370. In surcoat with coat of arms, suit of armour, holding great helm and escutcheon. From a grave effigy in Frankfurt Cathedral

A Bavarian Lake Landscape in Spring, (oil on canvas)
658922 A Bavarian Lake Landscape in Spring, (oil on canvas) by Graf, Paul (1866-1903); 70.5x95 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Bavarian Lake Landscape in Spring. Philipp Graf (1874-1947)

Graf Zeppelin over St Pauls Cathedral, London
Graf Zeppelin airship flying over St Pauls Cathedral, London. 1931

Lady Hay Drummond-Hay
Grace Marguerite, Lady Hay Drummond-Hay (1895 - 1946), British journalist, who was the first woman to travel around the world by air (in a zeppelin). 1930

Feeding the Swans, (oil on canvas)
659644 Feeding the Swans, (oil on canvas) by Graf, Paul (1866-1903); 64x78 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Feeding the Swans. Paul Graf (1856-1903). Oil on canvas

Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf zu Zinzendorf (engraving)
5219384 Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf zu Zinzendorf (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf zu Zinzendorf)

Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin (colour litho)
700943 Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin, or Graf von Zeppelin (1938-1917)

Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm von Bulow (engraving)
XEE1065379 Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm von Bulow (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von BAolow)

Kurt Christoph, Graf von Schwerin (engraving)
5219383 Kurt Christoph, Graf von Schwerin (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kurt Christoph, Graf von Schwerin)

Johann Tserclaes, Graf von Tilly (engraving)
5219356 Johann Tserclaes, Graf von Tilly (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Tserclaes, Graf von Tilly)

Prince Blucher, Field Marshal of the Prussian Forces, 1814 (print)
943031 Prince Blucher, Field Marshal of the Prussian Forces, 1814 (print) by Freeman, Samuel (1773-1857); Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; (add.info.: Gebhard Leberecht von BlAocher)

Portrait of Prince Albert Casimir August von Sachsen-Teschen
1163577 Portrait of Prince Albert Casimir August von Sachsen-Teschen, founder of the Albertina (chalk on paper) by Austrian School

Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld (engraving)
5219360 Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld)

[Meyer George von Bremen], 1860s. Creator: Heinrich Graf
[Meyer George von Bremen], 1860s

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - At Mooring Mast
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #127; Registration: D-LZ 127) was a German-built and -operated, passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled

Knight in battle armor from the 14th century.. Gravestone of Johann Graf von Wertheim, died 1407

General von Moltke (the Elder), Prussian Army officer
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891), German Field Marshal and Chief of Staff of the Prussian Army during the Franco-Prussian War. Date: 1870

LZ 127 GRAF ZEPPELIN
The LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin makes its test flight Date: October 1928

DR HUGO ECKENER (1868 - 1954), German Aeronaut. Builder of Graf Zeppelin

GRAF VON ZEPPELIN
GRAF FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN Airship Pioneer Date: 1838 - 1917

1925 Soriano Pedroso driven by Graf. Creator: Unknown
1925 Soriano Pedroso driven by Graf

Mercenaries, 1516, (1943). Creator: Urs Graf
Mercenaries, 1516, (1943). Men wearing slashed garments walking past a wayside shrine. Drawing in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland

Couple out walking, 1514, (1943). Creator: Urs Graf
Couple out walking, 1514, (1943). Drawing in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland. From " Europaische Handzeichnungen", (Five Hundred Years of European Drawings), by Bernhard Degenhart

The torments of love, c. 1516. Creator: Graf, Urs (c. 1485-1527 / 28)
The torments of love, c. 1516. Found in the Collection of Art Museum Basel

Bavarian Landscape in Spring, Philipp Graf, 20th century. Artist: Philipp Graf
Bavarian Landscape in Spring, Philipp Graf, 20th century. From a private collection

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy takes a Rest in the Woods, 1891, (1965). Creator: Il ya Repin
Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy takes a Rest in the Woods, 1891, (1965). Portrait of Russian author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) reading in a forest

Alfred D Orsay, 1833. Creator: Richard James Lane
Alfred D Orsay, 1833. Self portrait of Alfred Guillaume Gabriel Grimod d Orsay, comte d Orsay (1801-1852), a French amateur artist and dandy

Count Valentin Esterhazy, 1842. Creator: Alfred d Orsay
Count Valentin Esterhazy, 1842. Portrait of Valentin Graf Esterhazy (1814-1858), Austrian diplomat. From " Portraits by Count D Orsay", an album assembled by Lady Georgiana Codrington

All products are expertly crafted, using premium materials, tailored to your specifications and promptly shipped

"Graf: A Legacy of Aviation and War" Step back in time to the year 1940, as HMS Exeter arrives triumphantly at Plymouth, marking a significant moment during the Second World War. Meanwhile, a captivating poster showcases the allure of Zeppelin travel to South America, capturing the imaginations of adventure-seekers. In another corner of history, we encounter Stauffenberg, a name synonymous with bravery and resistance against tyranny. His actions echo through time as a reminder of courage in the face of adversity. A solemn card commemorates the destruction Spee during World War II – an event that forever altered naval warfare. The powerful image serves as a testament to sacrifice and perseverance. Witnessing the takeoff Zeppelin is like witnessing poetry in motion; its majestic presence soaring through the skies leaves spectators awestruck. In flight, it becomes an emblematic symbol representing human ingenuity and exploration. Delving deeper into history reveals Nik Ludwig Zinzendorf's contributions – his legacy intertwined with advancements in aviation technology that shaped our world today. Similarly, Helmut Carl Bernhard von Moltke emerges as an influential figure whose strategic brilliance left an indelible mark on German military tactics. Count von Waldstein's portrait captures his enigmatic persona perfectly – a man who lived during tumultuous times yet managed to leave behind an enduring artistic legacy for generations to admire. The landing Zeppelin LZ 127 at Hanworth Aero Park transports us back to a bygone era when airships ruled the skies. It represents progress and innovation while reminding us how far we have come since then. Finally, Captain Hans Langsdorff stands tall as he commands Admiral Graf Spee with unwavering determination. His leadership embodies honor and duty amidst chaos – qualities that inspire even today. These glimpses into history paint a vivid picture encompassing war heroes, technological marvels, artistic legacies, and the indomitable spirit of exploration.