Irving Collection

Everest 1924 Group
1924 EVEREST EXPEDITION Colonel Norton, the leader (3rd from left) between Irving (L) and Mallory (R) the two climbers who died near the summit

Talking Mongoose House
The home of Voirrey Irving at Cashens Gap, Isle of Man, where Gef, the " Talking Mongoose" manifested : Voirrey stands with her father at the front door

UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico
Irving Newton, Met. Officer at Roswell USAFB, New Mexico, holds debris of a supposed flying saucer found by rancher Mac Brazel, stated by the US Air Force to be a weather balloon

CRANE AND HORSEMAN. Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman, attributed to William John Wilgus. Oil, c1835

Portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians and entertainers
In Vanity Fair -- portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians, entertainers and others, on a stage and below. Top row, left to right: Lord Salisbury and William Gladstone (on canvas)

IRVING: SLEEPY HOLLOW. The headless horseman scares Ichabod Crane out of town. Wood engraving, American, 1876, for Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, first published in 1819

Talking Mongoose / Voirrey
Voirrey Irving, of Cashens Gap, Isle of Man, where Gef, the " Talking Mongoose" manifested : with her dog

Talking Mongoose Gef
Artists impression of Gef the so-called talking mongoose which befriended Voirrey Irving, a 17-year old girl from the Isle of Man

Beerbohm Tree as Rip Van Winkle, based on the story by Washington Irving, probably at Her Majestys Theatre, London. circa 1900

Music cover, Animal Crackers in My Soup, Shirley Temple
Music cover, Animal Crackers in My Soup, music by Ray Henderson, words by Ted Koehler, Edward Heyman and Irving Caesar, sung by Shirley Temple in the film Curly Top. 1935

Cartoon, theatre managers and Queen Victoria
Cartoon, theatre managers (Irving, Toole, James and Bancroft) besieging Queen Victoria at Windsor. Now that a rumour has gone abroad that Her Majesty will one more give theatrical entertainments at

SPIRITS IN SLEEPY HOLLOW. Watercolor by Arthur Rackham for Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1928

The marriage of Rosie Dolly and Irving Netcher in New York 16/3/32 with New York Mayor Walker Date: 1932

IRVING: SLEEPY HOLLOW, 1820. Illustration of Ichabod Crane from Washington Irving s
IRVING: SLEEPY HOLLOW, 1820. Illustration of Ichabod Crane from Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, first published in 1820. Etching by Felix O.C. Darley, 1849

CHURCH CHOIR, 1875. Illustration by Randolph Caldecott for an 1875 edition of Old Christmas
CHURCH CHOIR, 1875. Illustration by Randolph Caldecott for an 1875 edition of " Old Christmas, " by Washington Irving

Talking Mongoose
Voirrey Irving, who claimed familiarity with the mongoose, with her father and investigator R.S Lambert at Cashens Gap, Isle of Man

Cartoon, Henry Irving and F B Chatterton
Cartoon, Henry Irving (1838-1905), legendary actor-manager, and Frederick Balsir Chatterton (1834-1886), theatre manager, with a bust of Shakespeare in the background -- Shakespearian Experimenters

Caricatured Hamlet on a music sheet
A caricatured Hamlet, probably based on Sir Henry Irving, on a music sheet entitled Hamlet Ye Dane, A Ghost Story, with music by J B Lawreen

Henry Irving - Richelieu
Henry Irving in the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Date: 1873

Cartoon, Wilson Barrett, preparing to play Hamlet
Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett; 1846-1904), actor, theatre manager and playwright -- More Study! Seen here preparing to play Hamlet, to the consernation of Henry Irving

WOOLWORTH BUILDING, 1912. The Woolworth Building under construction, New York City. Photograph by Irving Underhill, 2 February 1912

WOOLWORTH BUILDING, 1912. Tower construction for the Woolworth Building on lower Broadway, New York City, which was completed in April 1913. Photograph by Irving Underhill, 1 July 1912

ENGLAND: POETS, 1815. A breakfast party in 1815 at the home of the poet Samuel Rogers (1765-1855). Among the guests are, from left: William Wordsworth, Robert Southey, Samuel Coleridge

Bram Stoker, novelist and theatre manager
Bram Stoker, novelist and short story writer, best known for the gothic novel Dracula (1897). He was also theatre manager for Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London

Punch & Judy Show before the National Portrait Gallery
Children (mostly working boys) watching a Punch & Judy Show before the National Portrait Gallery, London. There is a statue of the famous actor Sir Henry Irving in the background. Date: circa 1910s

Irvingites; Wrestling
IRVINGITES Followers of Edward Irving wrestle with a sinner, hoping to persuade him to forsake his evil ways

Washington Irving (Macl
WASHINGTON IRVING American writer Date: 1783 - 1859

Tea Tasting 1930S
Miss Margaret Irving, pictured in her London tasting office, was the only woman tea taster in Britain and an authority in London as a connoisseur of all blends of tea

IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). US novelist and historian. Portrait made in Sevilla (1828). Litography
CUL4850716 IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). US novelist and historian. Portrait made in Sevilla (1828). Litography. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: IRVING, Washington (1783-1859)

Rip Van Winkle with the old-fashioned strngers
2604865 Rip Van Winkle with the old-fashioned strngers.; (add.info.: Rip Van Winkle with the old-fashioned stringers. Illustration for the story by Washington Irving first published in 1819-1820)

Rip Van Winkle meets the old man in the mountains
2604866 Rip Van Winkle meets the old man in the mountains.; (add.info.: Rip Van Winkle meets the old man in the mountains, helps carry the liquor, gets drunk and falls into his long sleep)

Harry Brodribb Irving as Mathias in The Bells, a role made famous by his father, Sir Henry Irving. He was appearing at the Grand Theatre, Southampton. 1910s

Fall / Otter Hound / 1983
DUMFRIESSHIRE CLANSMAN Breeder: Captain John Bell-Irving Owners:Jean and Derek Pretious of BORAVIN Kennels Date: 1983

William F. Buffalo Bill Cody, Rosa Bonheur, Chief Rocky Bear, Chief Red Shirt
William F. " Buffalo Bill" Cody, , Chief Rocky Bear, Chief Red Shirt, William " Broncho Bill" Irving, Roland Knoedler, and [Benjamin

Fall / Otter Hound / 1936
BONDSMAN of the Dumfrieshire Otterhound Kennels. Owner: Captain John Bell-Irving Date: 1936

Irving Texas US City Street Map
Vector Illustration of a City Street Map of Irving, Texas, USA. Scale 1:60, 000. All source data is in the public domain. U.S

Rip Van Winkle, 1923. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Rip Van Winkle, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

Henry Irving as Louis XI. Artist: Edward Gordon Craig Date: circa 1900

Music cover, You'd Be Surprised, Irving Berlin
Music cover, You'd Be Surprised, one step, by Herman Darewski, based on Irving Berlin's famous song You'd be Surprised. Date: 1919

Sir Henry Irving, actor, after a rehearsal of Ravenswood
Sir Henry Irving, actor manager, after a rehearsal of Ravenswood, a play by Herman Merivale, based on the story of the Bride of Lammermoor - he played the lead role of Edgar, Master of Ravenswood

Music cover, Two songs by Irving Berlin
Music cover, two songs with words and music by Irving Berlin, This is the Army Mr Jones, and I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen, from the wartime Warner Bros film, This is the Army. Date: 1942

Scene from No No Nanette
Scene from ??no, no, Nanette?. It is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Illustration to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow showing a man and woman in a strange clearing, surrounded by animated trees and a couple of goblins looking down on them. Date: circa 1929

Photograph of H B Irving and Stella Patrick Campbell in Princess Clementina'. Captioned, Heredity in Excelsis: The Children of Stage Celebrities Combine at The Queen's Theatre'

Music cover, Moonglow, Valaida
Music cover, Moonglow, by Will Hudson, Eddie de Lange and Irving Mills, featured by Valaida in Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1934. Date: 1934

Music cover, When My Sugar Walks Down the Street All the Little Birdies Go Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! by Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh and Irving Mills, sung by Miss Aileen Stanley Date: 1924

Foundation Stone for New Brixton Theatre 1894
Henry Irving laying the foundation stone of the new Brixton Theatre and Opera House. Built by theatre architect, Frank Matcham

IAE President, 1936-37, Captain John Samuel Irving, by Lafayette Ltd. Date: 1937

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