Pound Collection

Lear / Owl & Pussycat / C19
The Owl & the Pussy-Cat went to sea, In a beautiful pea- green boat; They took some honey, & plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five-pound note

Five pound note issued by the Bank of England

British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. Davis
Considered at the time to be the best field gun in the world: the British 25-pounder. Diagrammatic drawings of a famous British weapon

The Owl and The Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note

FORD, JOYCE, POUND, & QUINN. Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Ezra Pound and John Quinn in Paris in November 1923

British Bank Notes
A One Pound and a Ten Shillings note issued following a moratorium announced by the Government at the outbreak of World War One

JOYCE, POUND, QUINN & FORD. From left to right: Writers James Joyce and Ezra Pound;lawyer and patron of the arts
JOYCE, POUND, QUINN & FORD. From left to right: Writers James Joyce and Ezra Pound; lawyer and patron of the arts, John Quinn; and writer Ford Madox Ford. Photographed at Pounds home in Paris, 1923

Old Uk Money 1969
A pile of " old" United Kindom currency, including pound notes shillings and copper coins before Decimalisation occurred on 15 February 1971

We Gladstone / Pound / Mayal
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE English politician MP sitting in a chair

EZRA POUND American writer

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport 2009 silver

UK money, pound coins

English Scientist Michael Faraday Portrait
Michael Faraday English scientist Date: circa 1830s

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912
Ladys real pigskin dressing case, with solid silver fittings. Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Copy of the Imperial Standard Pound C016 / 2048
Copy of the Imperial Standard Pound. Parliamentary Copy number 5 (P.C.5) of the Imperial Standard Pound, dated 1879. The imperial system of weights and measures was established in 1824

Ezra Pound / Morgan
EZRA LOOMIS POUND American poet, critic and editor

Advert for John Pound & Co cases 1913
Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904. With less time to run his business, he gave contol of the company to his two sons

Hastings at High Tide
Rough waves pound the sea wall during high tide at Hastings. A small sailing boat is tossed by the swell

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

The One Pound Look by Ricardo Brook
Front cover of The Bystander special issue focusing on the fall in the value of the pound during the first half of 1920. Here a rather aristocratic looking gentleman is fashioned out of a pound sign

Overweight girl with burger lying on sofa at home

Advert, Mackintoshs Week-End Chocolate Assortment -- Just look what you find in Week-End. Two shillings and ninepence for a half pound box. 1957

Terra Nostra Botanical Park. Furnas, Sao Miguel Island. Azores

With paper at 9d, per pound, housewives stored old newspapers for re-sale to fishmongers etc during World War One
3502781 With paper at 9d, per pound, housewives stored old newspapers for re-sale to fishmongers etc during World War One, from The Pageant of the Century, pub.1934; (add.info.: With paper at 9d)

Undershot water wheel powering a fulling mill, 1673. Copperplate engraving
530347 Undershot water wheel powering a fulling mill, 1673. Copperplate engraving.; (add.info.: Tappets, C, on shaft, B, raise and lower mallets, D, D, which pound the woollen cloth)

Cartoon, Louis Engel and Alexander Henderson
Cartoon, Mr Louis Engel (musician and music critic) and Mr Alexander Henderson (theatre owner and director) - I ll have my bond! (A reference to Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.) 1885

Black Wednesday. Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont gives a press conference during the pound crisis as David Cameron looks on in the background. 16th September 1992

The new one pound coin. Cab driver Paul Herman. 12th April 1983

A purse filled with pound notes. 31st January 1977

Vestrahorn mountain at sunset. The Vatnajaokull Region. Iceland
Vestrahorn mountain at sunset. The VatnajAokull Region. Iceland

The tiny church in Saksun. Streymoy, Faroe Islands

Portrait of Maharaja Duleep Singh (1838-1893). Creator: Pound, Daniel John (1820-1894)
Portrait of Maharaja Duleep Singh (1838-1893). Private Collection

Cherries, Fourpence a Pound! Cries of London

Advert, Blue Cross Pekoe Souchong Tea from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Date: 1891

RMS Titanic - Relief Fund cheque, Mr J Berriman
RMS Titanic - Relief Fund cheque for one pound and five shillings, made payable to Mr John Berriman, father of Second Class passenger and victim William John Berriman, dated 27 May 1917. Date: 1917

RMS Titanic - Relief Fund cheque, Mrs A L Slemen
RMS Titanic - Relief fund cheque for one pound and two shillings dated 28 April 1917 to Mrs Augusta Louisa Slemen, mother of Second Class passenger and victim Richard James Slemen of Cornwall

Advert, John Pound & Co, Oxford Street, London - Ladies Leather Dressing Case Date: 1911

World in my Eyes
Thomas de Franzoni

A Trout-breeding Experiment in North-West India (engraving)
1040768 A Trout-breeding Experiment in North-West India (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Trout-breeding Experiment in North-West India)

Three For A Pound Ridden By Kim Tinkler 29 March 1999 Date: 29 March 1999

Ice-fighters of the Atlantic watching the explosion in an iceberg caused by the firing of a 100-pound charge of thermit
6013836 Ice-fighters of the Atlantic watching the explosion in an iceberg caused by the firing of a 100-pound charge of thermit (b/w photo) by European Photographer

Comic postcard, Chauffeur buying petrol Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman looking for nearest toilet Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man selling his car Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man lighting cigar with one pound note Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Postcard, letter, phone and money Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Money and a broken bottle Date: 20th century

You Certainly Can Roll Out The Dough (colour litho)
3093971 You Certainly Can Roll Out The Dough (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: You Certainly Can Roll Out The Dough)

WW2 poster, Join your savings group, now! Date: circa 1944

Photograph of Pound Inn, Leebotwood, Shropshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

An Ounce of Help is Worth a Pound of Pity. Artists interpretation of a traditional proverb. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916

Customs of Native American peoples
Interpreter Sacagawea reunited with the Shoshone people on Lewis and Clarkes Expedition 49, a Native American presents a tobacco pipe to the Medicine Stone 50

British army soldier guarding a Bank of England Five Pound Note, 1886-95 (colour litho)
488415 British army soldier guarding a Bank of England Five Pound Note, 1886-95 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cartoon, John Bull with William Gladstone as dentist
Cartoon, John Bull with William Gladstone as a dentist who has just extracted an eleven million pound tooth - And this is what you call painless dentistry, is it, William? 1885

Melbourne (chromolitho)
735674 Melbourne (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Melbourne. Liebig card, late 19th century/early 20th century.); Look and Learn / Rosenberg Collection

Educational Bank, One Pound note, for scholastic use only

Two butter tokens in a Butter Token Book, part of a social security benefit scheme, for half a pound of butter at a reduced price. (2 of 2) Date: 1975

Booklet cover, Butter Token Book, part of a social security benefit scheme, for half a pound of butter at a reduced price. (1 of 2) Date: 1975

Debutantes court gowns of 1905
A page of Debutantes wearing traditional white court gowns. Date: 1905

Master Bull and his Dentist (engraving)
960714 Master Bull and his Dentist (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Master Bull and his Dentist. Cartoon from Punch)

Five pound note (chromolitho)
724714 Five pound note (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Five pound note. Postcard with an illustration of a five pound note)

Mr. Pickwick in the Pound (colour litho)
3105624 Mr. Pickwick in the Pound (colour litho) by Copping, Harold (1863-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr. Pickwick in the Pound)

A one hundred shilling note printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1759 (print)
AQS254829 A one hundred shilling note printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1759 (print) by American School, (18th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Scottish soldier guarding a Bank of England Five Pound Note, 1886-95 (colour litho)
488414 Scottish soldier guarding a Bank of England Five Pound Note, 1886-95 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Native American customs: tracking prey 52, hunting buffalo on ice in a river 53
6337884 Native American customs: tracking prey 52, hunting buffalo on ice in a river 53, and hunting deer by herding them into a pound 54 by English School

The Million Pound Liberty Loan Campaign: scene outside a Liberty Bank in New
702012 The Million Pound Liberty Loan Campaign: scene outside a Liberty Bank in New York City, October 1917 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Essie Deegans Christmas Eve (engraving)
1060055 Essie Deegans Christmas Eve (engraving) by Green, Charles (1840-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Essie Deegans Christmas Eve)

Animals in the Pound (engraving)
6005349 Animals in the Pound (engraving) by Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: Animals in the Pound)

English tourists in Egypt (chromolitho)
972255 English tourists in Egypt (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: English tourists in Egypt)

The last penny (colour litho)
3096286 The last penny (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The last penny. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

French banknote for ten pounds from the Law Bank, dated 1st April 1719
616855 French banknote for ten pounds from the Law Bank, dated 1st April 1719 (pen & ink on paper) (b/w photo) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Postcard depicting British currency and its equivalents in other European money, c
CHT219332 Postcard depicting British currency and its equivalents in other European money, c.1905 (colour litho) by German School

The Human Figure in Motion: Athlete, carrying seventy-five pound boulder (b / w photo)
6010130 The Human Figure in Motion: Athlete, carrying seventy-five pound boulder (b/w photo) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athlete)

Crowds on the street outside the Stock Exchange in the City of London as Britain abandoned the gold standard
6015589 Crowds on the street outside the Stock Exchange in the City of London as Britain abandoned the gold standard, 1931 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Printing bank notes (engraving)
3656844 Printing bank notes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Printing bank notes)

The new one pound coin. 12th April 1983

A one pound note. 5th January 1978

A hand holding a pound note. 14th February 1974

Railway clerk John Freeman with his 1 in 20, 000, 000 freak pound note - without any serial numbers. Mr Freeman, who works in Oxford as a booking clark

A one pound note being squeezed in response to the 15 percent interest rate. 7th October 1976

ENGLISH POUND NOTES
A five pound note, a one pound note and a ten shilling note. Date: 1960s

CHERRIES FOR SALE
Round and sound, five pence a pound, Duke cherries: a woman weighs out a quantity of cherries from her wheelbarrow for two children, and ignores the attentions of a carter Date: 1795

Street trade - cherries
Woman in the streets of London selling cherries. Date: 1885

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Drinks, Shopping, Supermarket, Cheap Alocholic drinks on sale for one pound

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"Pound: A Journey Through Time and Culture" The word "pound" carries a multitude of meanings, each representing a unique aspect of history, literature, and British culture. From the enchanting poem "The Owl and The Pussycat" by Edward Lear to the iconic five-pound note featuring Sir Winston Churchill, this simple word encompasses a rich tapestry of significance. In the realm of literature, we find the influential figure Ezra Pound, whose collaborations with James Joyce and Ford Madox Ford shaped modernist writing. Their meeting at Pound's Paris home in 1923 captured an era defined by artistic innovation and intellectual exchange. Shifting our focus to currency, we encounter the quintessential symbol of British wealth - the pound. From old UK money in 1969 to contemporary pound coins adorned with various designs, it has long been associated with financial stability and national identity. Delving further into history brings us face-to-face with G. H. Davis' creation - the British 25-pounder field gun. This powerful weapon played a crucial role during World War II as it defended nations against adversity while embodying resilience and strength. Beyond monetary value lies another interpretation of "pound. " In an advertisement for John Pound & Co cases from 1913, craftsmanship takes center stage as these exquisite products showcase durability that can withstand any challenge thrown their way. Finally, let us not forget about luxury automobiles like Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport 2009 silver edition which exemplifies opulence often associated with pounds spent on extravagant possessions. In conclusion, "pound" is more than just a unit of currency; it represents creativity (Lear / Owl & Pussycat), historical artifacts (British Bank Notes), literary giants (JOYCE, POUND, QUINN & FORD), military might (British 25-pounder field gun by G. H.