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Merchant Collection (page 20)

"Exploring the Rich History of Merchants: From HMS Worcester to Greenhithe, Kent" Step back in time and delve into the world of merchants with a visit to Greenhithe

Background imageMerchant Collection: Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, c.1622

Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, c.1622. Creator: Frans Hals
Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, c.1622. Other Title(s): Portrait of a Couple in a Landscape

Background imageMerchant Collection: Toy merchants, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Toy merchants, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Toy merchants, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

Background imageMerchant Collection: Merchant, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Merchant, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Merchant, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

Background imageMerchant Collection: 'Sir Thomas Pilkington, thrice Lord Mayor of London; Obit 1691, 1812. Creator: Robert Dunkarton

'Sir Thomas Pilkington, thrice Lord Mayor of London; Obit 1691, 1812. Creator: Robert Dunkarton
Sir Thomas Pilkington, thrice Lord Mayor of London; Obit 1691, 1812. From From "Portraits of characters illustrious in British History from the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth to

Background imageMerchant Collection: 'George, Earl of Berkeley; Obit 1698, 1812. Creator: Richard Earlom

'George, Earl of Berkeley; Obit 1698, 1812. Creator: Richard Earlom
George, Earl of Berkeley; Obit 1698, 1812. From From "Portraits of characters illustrious in British History from the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth to the end of the reign of James

Background imageMerchant Collection: L'Hotel des Commissaires-priseurs: Les Marchands, 1863. Creator: Charles Maurand

L'Hotel des Commissaires-priseurs: Les Marchands, 1863. Creator: Charles Maurand
L'Hotel des Commissaires-priseurs: Les Marchands, 1863

Background imageMerchant Collection: Sketch for the Saint-Eustache church... 1827. Creator: Pierre III Poisson

Sketch for the Saint-Eustache church... 1827. Creator: Pierre III Poisson
Sketch for the Saint-Eustache church (1st arrondissement of Paris): Jesus expelling the merchants and the money changers from the Temple, 1827. (Relocated to the Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles church)

Background imageMerchant Collection: David Nuyts, 1645. Creator: Jonas Suyderhoef

David Nuyts, 1645. Creator: Jonas Suyderhoef
David Nuyts, 1645

Background imageMerchant Collection: Portrait of Citizen Hesmart, cloth merchant and soldier, before a bust of Gluck, 1794

Portrait of Citizen Hesmart, cloth merchant and soldier, before a bust of Gluck, 1794. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Citizen Hesmart, cloth merchant and soldier, before a bust of Gluck, 1794

Background imageMerchant Collection: Halt of Armenian Merchants, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Halt of Armenian Merchants, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Halt of Armenian Merchants, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Background imageMerchant Collection: A Priest, Peasant, Tartar Merchant, Russian Soldier, Lady in a Sledge, and a Jew, 1854

A Priest, Peasant, Tartar Merchant, Russian Soldier, Lady in a Sledge, and a Jew, 1854. Creator: Unknown
A Priest, Peasant, Tartar Merchant, Russian Soldier, Lady in a Sledge, and a Jew; The Russian People 1854, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853

Background imageMerchant Collection: The onion merchant of the Riviera, c1898. Creator: Marcellin-Gilbert Desboutin

The onion merchant of the Riviera, c1898. Creator: Marcellin-Gilbert Desboutin
The onion merchant of the Riviera, c1898

Background imageMerchant Collection: Gentleman in the shop, after Frans van Mieris, c.1660. Creator: Unknown

Gentleman in the shop, after Frans van Mieris, c.1660. Creator: Unknown
Gentleman in the shop, after Frans van Mieris, c.1660

Background imageMerchant Collection: Constantinople, le kiosque des Janissaires, between 1880 and 1885

Constantinople, le kiosque des Janissaires, between 1880 and 1885. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Constantinople, le kiosque des Janissaires, between 1880 and 1885

Background imageMerchant Collection: A Grain Merchant, c. 1620. Creator: Guercino

A Grain Merchant, c. 1620. Creator: Guercino
A Grain Merchant, c. 1620

Background imageMerchant Collection: Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880

Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880
Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageMerchant Collection: Le marchand de rubans (fragment), c1753. Creator: Etienne Jeaurat

Le marchand de rubans (fragment), c1753. Creator: Etienne Jeaurat
Le marchand de rubans (fragment), c1753

Background imageMerchant Collection: Le Marchand de vulnéraire, vers 1820, c1820. Creator: Ecole Francaise

Le Marchand de vulnéraire, vers 1820, c1820. Creator: Ecole Francaise
Le Marchand de vulneraire, vers 1820, c1820

Background imageMerchant Collection: Allegory of the birth of the dauphin, October 22, 1781. Creator: Francois Guillaume Menageot

Allegory of the birth of the dauphin, October 22, 1781. Creator: Francois Guillaume Menageot
Allegory of the birth of the dauphin, October 22, 1781

Background imageMerchant Collection: Crayfish merchant, 1895. Creator: Jules Richomme

Crayfish merchant, 1895. Creator: Jules Richomme
Crayfish merchant, 1895

Background imageMerchant Collection: The merchant of échaudés (boiled dough pastry), c1745. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Lebel

The merchant of échaudés (boiled dough pastry), c1745. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Lebel
The merchant of echaudes (boiled dough pastry), c1745

Background imageMerchant Collection: Marin Burty, draper, in grenadier uniform, 1830. Creator: Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet

Marin Burty, draper, in grenadier uniform, 1830. Creator: Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet
Marin Burty, draper, in grenadier uniform, 1830

Background imageMerchant Collection: The ribbon merchant. Creator: Sigmund Freudenberger

The ribbon merchant. Creator: Sigmund Freudenberger
The ribbon merchant

Background imageMerchant Collection: Exhibition of Pierre Nicolas Perrin in Place de la Revolution, 29 vendemiaire, year II, c1793

Exhibition of Pierre Nicolas Perrin in Place de la Revolution, 29 vendemiaire, year II, c1793

Background imageMerchant Collection: Grand Banquet to the Lord Mayor of London, at Hastings, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Grand Banquet to the Lord Mayor of London, at Hastings, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Grand Banquet to the Lord Mayor of London, at Hastings, [Sussex], 1850. The banquet took place in an elegant room, embellished with statues of the Muses

Background imageMerchant Collection: William Tell Cleveland Will Not Bow to the Hat, from Puck, published May 16, 1883

William Tell Cleveland Will Not Bow to the Hat, from Puck, published May 16, 1883. Creator: Bernard Gillam
William Tell Cleveland Will Not Bow to the Hat, from Puck, published May 16, 1883

Background imageMerchant Collection: The Butcher and Other Tartar Merchants, 1841. Creator: Auguste Raffet

The Butcher and Other Tartar Merchants, 1841. Creator: Auguste Raffet
The Butcher and Other Tartar Merchants, 1841

Background imageMerchant Collection: The Merchant (Sho) from the series Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes... c. 1779

The Merchant (Sho) from the series Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes... c. 1779. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga
The Merchant (Sho) from the series Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes (Adesugata shi no ko sho), c. 1779

Background imageMerchant Collection: Procession of the High Sheriff of Lancashire, at Rochdale, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Procession of the High Sheriff of Lancashire, at Rochdale, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Procession of the High Sheriff of Lancashire, at Rochdale, 1850. Clement Royds leaves for Liverpool:..neighbouring gentry, tradesmen, yeomen, farmers, and persons of all grades

Background imageMerchant Collection: Mr. and Mrs. Fürstenberg, 1895. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn

Mr. and Mrs. Fürstenberg, 1895. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Mr. and Mrs. Furstenberg, 1895

Background imageMerchant Collection: Mr. and Mrs. Fürstenberg, 1895. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn

Mr. and Mrs. Fürstenberg, 1895. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Mr. and Mrs. Furstenberg, 1895

Background imageMerchant Collection: Pontus Fürstenberg and his Wife (standing near Hasselberg's 'Frog'), 1895

Pontus Fürstenberg and his Wife (standing near Hasselberg's "Frog"), 1895. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Pontus Furstenberg and his Wife (standing near Hasselberg's "Frog"), 1895

Background imageMerchant Collection: Mr. and Mrs. Fürstenberg, 1895. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn

Mr. and Mrs. Fürstenberg, 1895. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Mr. and Mrs. Furstenberg, 1895

Background imageMerchant Collection: The Merchant, plate four from The Ranks and Conditions of Men, c.1465. Creator: Unknown

The Merchant, plate four from The Ranks and Conditions of Men, c.1465. Creator: Unknown
The Merchant, plate four from The Ranks and Conditions of Men, c.1465

Background imageMerchant Collection: Siegmund Aschrott, 1911. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn

Siegmund Aschrott, 1911. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Siegmund Aschrott, 1911; 85 years old and and a banker

Background imageMerchant Collection: $1, 250, 000 in gold bullion at Miners and Merchants Bank, 1906. Creator: Lomen Brothers

$1, 250, 000 in gold bullion at Miners and Merchants Bank, 1906. Creator: Lomen Brothers
$1, 250, 000 in gold bullion at Miners and Merchants Bank, 1906

Background imageMerchant Collection: Krasnoyarsk merchants at the fair in Nizhny Novgorod, 1860-1870. Creator: Andrei Osipovich Karelin

Krasnoyarsk merchants at the fair in Nizhny Novgorod, 1860-1870. Creator: Andrei Osipovich Karelin
Krasnoyarsk merchants at the fair in Nizhny Novgorod, 1860-1870. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageMerchant Collection: Gilyak merchant, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin

Gilyak merchant, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Gilyak merchant, 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin. The merchant V. P

Background imageMerchant Collection: A Merchant Who Sold Beautiful Merchandise. Old Believer, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov

A Merchant Who Sold Beautiful Merchandise. Old Believer, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
A Merchant Who Sold Beautiful Merchandise. Old Believer, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across

Background imageMerchant Collection: Merchant estates of Kyakhta, end of 19th century. Creator: Nikolai Apollonovich Charushin

Merchant estates of Kyakhta, end of 19th century. Creator: Nikolai Apollonovich Charushin
Merchant estates of Kyakhta, end of 19th century. From a collection of 71 items (photographs and negatives on glass) made in the late 19th century

Background imageMerchant Collection: A Merchant and Churchwarden. Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov

A Merchant and Churchwarden. Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
A Merchant and Churchwarden. Irkutsk, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia

Background imageMerchant Collection: Merchant's Wife. Old Believer, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov

Merchant's Wife. Old Believer, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Merchant's Wife. Old Believer, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia

Background imageMerchant Collection: Chinese merchants in Maimachen, 1900. Creator: Nikolai Nikolaevich Petrov

Chinese merchants in Maimachen, 1900. Creator: Nikolai Nikolaevich Petrov
Chinese merchants in Maimachen, 1900. From a collection of 71 items (photographs and negatives on glass) made in the late 19th century and early 20th century by the famous revolutionary-populist

Background imageMerchant Collection: Zakhary Mikhailovich Tsybulsky, 1888. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov

Zakhary Mikhailovich Tsybulsky, 1888. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov
Zakhary Mikhailovich Tsybulsky, 1888. From a collection of paintings, lithographs, sketches, studies, and drawings, which capture various remote corners of the Siberian wilderness

Background imageMerchant Collection: Krasnoyarsk Merchant, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov

Krasnoyarsk Merchant, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Krasnoyarsk Merchant, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia

Background imageMerchant Collection: The Royal Academy Prize-painting, Trial Scene in 'The Merchant of Venice', by A. B. Donaldson, 1862

The Royal Academy Prize-painting, Trial Scene in "The Merchant of Venice", by A. B. Donaldson, 1862. Engraving of a painting. The medal for historical painting has been awarded to Mr

Background imageMerchant Collection: Radio London, offshore commercial radio station, which operated from 23rd December 1964

Radio London, offshore commercial radio station, which operated from 23rd December 1964 to 14th August 1967, from a ship, MV Galaxy, anchored in the North Sea, also know as a pirate radio station

Background imageMerchant Collection: A Sea Hurricane being loaded onto an armed merchant ship at Cardiff docks, c. 1941

A Sea Hurricane being loaded onto an armed merchant ship at Cardiff docks, c. 1941
As well as assisting in the transportation of military goods by rail the GWR also facilitated the war effort at their docks



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"Exploring the Rich History of Merchants: From HMS Worcester to Greenhithe, Kent" Step back in time and delve into the world of merchants with a visit to Greenhithe, Kent. This quaint town holds fascinating secrets that unravel the tales of trade and commerce. Begin your journey at HMS Worcester, where young apprentices once honed their skills on the Compass Drill. The Training Ship Arethusa also played a significant role in shaping future merchants in this maritime hub. Immerse yourself in art history as you admire "The Arnolfini Portrait" by Van Eyck. This masterpiece captures the essence life during its creation in 1434. Travel across borders to Poland's Greater Poland region, specifically Poznan's Old Town Market Square. Here, bustling marketplaces were frequented by ambitious merchants seeking new opportunities for growth and prosperity. TS Arethusa continued its legacy well into 1962, training generations of aspiring traders through Knotting Classes. These skills would prove invaluable as they navigated the ever-changing tides of commerce. Witness an iconic moment from World War II as HMS Jervis Bay fearlessly attacked the Admiral Scheer—an act emblematic ships turned war heroes when duty called. Marvel at historical maps showcasing the vast extent of the Hanseatic League around 1400—a powerful alliance that shaped European trade routes and influenced merchant practices for centuries to come. Join Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims on their road trip towards spiritual enlightenment—a diverse group including merchants who embarked on this famous pilgrimage alongside other social classes. Transport yourself back to 1894 with an advert for United Kingdom Tea Company—an enticing glimpse into how marketing strategies evolved over time to entice discerning customers with quality products. Finally, relive King George V's Silver Jubilee Fleet Review held in 1935—a grand spectacle celebrating Britain's naval might while acknowledging merchants' crucial role in sustaining the empire's prosperity.