Cape Collection

H. M. S. Warspite
An overhead view of H.M.S.Warspite during the Battle of Cape Matapan. Warspite was a veteran British Queen Elizabeth class battleship which had taken part in the Battle of Jutland in World War I

SAINT THERESE DE LISIEUX (1873-1897). French Carmelite nun and author, known as Saint Therese of the child Jesus

BEARDSLEY: SALOME. The Black Cape. Pen-and-ink drawing by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley for Oscar Wildes Salome

Poster advertising Knysna, South Africa
Poster advertising Knysna, a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. A relaxed couple stroll along with golf and fishing tackle

Ivor Novello in Maurice Elveys The Lodger (1932)
Ivor Novello in The Lodger (1932)

Dior dress and Fath suit, 1954
A dress in diaphanous floral chiffon with a 3D rose at the shoulder and a leather belt at the waist by Christian Dior. On the right is the braced silhouette of a tweed suit by Fath with vertical

A Shepherdess with her flock (oil on canvas)
615855 A Shepherdess with her flock (oil on canvas) by Dupre, Julien (1851-1910); 61x49.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Napoleon Crossing the Alps, May 1800, 1802-03 (oil on canvas)
LRI4612608 Napoleon Crossing the Alps, May 1800, 1802-03 (oil on canvas) by David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825); 246x231 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Bonaparte, 1st Consul)

Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference at Livadia Palace, Yalta, Crimea
YALTA CONFERENCE, 1945. Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference at Livadia Palace, Yalta, Crimea

Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1803 (oil on canvas)
JLJ4598431 Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1803 (oil on canvas) by David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825); 259x221 cm; Musee National du Chateau de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison

Baltimore Beacon, Sherkin Island and Cape Clear, West Cork, Republic of Ireland

My First Sermon, 1863, (1947). Creator: John Everett Millais
My First Sermon, 1863, (1947). The Artists Daughter in Winchelsea Church : portrait of Millais daughter Effie, aged about five, sitting upright and somewhat daunted

Chapmans Peak Overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

Lycaon pictus is a large canid found only in Africa, especially in savannas and other lightly wooded areas

SHERLOCK HOLMES. Basil Rathbone (1892-1967). English actor. In the role of Sherlock Holmes

Advert, Richard Irvin & Sons, Aberdeen, Scotland
Advert, Richard Irvin & Sons, Steam Fishing Vessel Owners, Licensed Auctioneers and Fish Salesmen, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1905

Early view of Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa with Table Mountain in the (shrouded in cloud) in the background. Date: circa 1920s

RMS Windsor Castle, Union Castle Line, at Capetown
RMS Windsor Castle, Union Castle Line, off the coast of Capetown, South Africa. Date: 1950s

Vestments of a Catholic cardinal, 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries

H. M. S. Warspite
A view of the bridge of H.M.S. Warspite, from where, as his flagship, Admiral Andrew Cunningham oversaw the Royal Naval actions during the engagement with the Italian Navy at the Battle of Cape

Nelsons signal at Trafalgar, England Expects Every Man Will Do His Duty (colour litho)
3643587 Nelsons signal at Trafalgar, England Expects Every Man Will Do His Duty (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nelsons signal at Trafalgar)

Cape Romano sunken domes
sunrise over the sunken domes of Cape Romano. Once a vacation residence but two Hurricanes destroyed the island and so these abandoned buildings slowly wandered into the Gulf of Mexico

Picture No. 10847738
Temminck's Ground / Cape Pangolin (Manis temminckii) Date:

Italy, Milan, Scene from Valkyrie (1870) by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Germany - 19th century. Scene from The Valkyrie (1870) by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, 1925. Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin in a scene from the film

Boating off Cape Town, South Africa
A superb view of yachting in Table Bay off Cape Town, South Africa, with the imposing outline of Table Mountain, shrouded in mist, in the background

Diver and Octopus
Divers are periodically at odds with octopi, and diver Palmer, at Cape Town, is one of many - but a tug on his line brings help from his colleagues

Artemis / Diana
The goddess of childbirth and womens rites of passage, depicted with the new moon on her head and a cape embroidered with stars

Hms Beagle / Cape Horn
HMS Beagle, the ship in which Charles Darwin sailed, off Cape Horn

Nerine humilis (Pale pink nerine, Nerine pulchella). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by William Herbert from William Curtis Botanical Magazine

Golf Club, Hyannisport, Cape Cod, Mass, USA, with two men playing on the green. Date: 1926

UFOS / SIBERIAN FIREBALL
Crew of the British steamer Siberian, off Cape Race, Newfoundland, see a huge ball of fire rise from the sea, move against the wind, then move away after 5 minutes

Long Beach, Gloucester, Cape Ann, Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts, New England, United States of America, North America

South Africa - The RMMV Warwick Castle (Union Castle Line)
The RMMV Warwick Castle (Union Castle Line), Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Date: 1927

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE (1540?-1596). English admiral. Oil on panel, c1580, by an unknown artist

Picture No. 10900824
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) Date:

Germany, Berlin, Set design for performance The Magic Flute, the Queen of the night
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), 1791. Set design by Simon Quaglio (1795-1878), the Queen of the Night. Performance at Berlin, 1818

Encephalartos horridus, Eastern Cape blue cycad
A watercolour illustration of the Eastern Cape blue cycad (Encephalartos horridus), native to South Africa. Original artwork part of the James Yates (1789-1871)

Inside Shackletons Hut
The interior of the hut of Ernest Shackleton (1907-9), which has been preserved in exactly the same state as left by Shackleton Date: 2005

Sunrise at Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

The Marine Drive, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
The South African Corniche : a motoring paradise - the Marine Drive, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Surf riding at Muizenburg on the Cape Coast
A contrast to the grey days at home: surf-riding at Muizenburg, the Queen of Cape Coast Watering Places. A universal summer pastime of the South African coastal resorts, surf-riding

Sinop - Turkey
Sinop is a city Ince Burun (Cape Ince), by its Cape Sinop (Sinop Burnu, Boztepe Cape, Boztepe Burnu) which is situated on the most northern edge of the Turkish side of Black Sea coast

My Second Sermon
The second of two sentimental pictures by the pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (1829-1896) showing a little girl dressed in a red cape

View from helicopter of coastline, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Penguins at Boulder beach in Simons town, near Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Ostriches, Struthio camelus, on ostrich farm, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Daedalus Sea Serpent
Marine creature sighted from HMS Daedalus in the south Atlantic between the Cape and St Helena : the creature passes under the stern of the ship (picture 2 of 3)

King protea (Protea cynaroides), Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Zorgvliet Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

Red pincushion protea (Leucospermum cordifolium), Cape flora, Cape Floral Kingdom, South Africa

Mrs Phillips of Goonere, Scorrier, Gwennap, Cornwall. October 1907
Portrait of an elderly lady, Mrs Phillips. Photographer: Samuel John Govier

Meeting between Pope Adrian I and Charlemagne, miniature in the incunabula Chronicles of France, printed by A. Verard, Paris, 1493

First Page of The Armenian Letters, 1928. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
First Page of The Armenian Letters, 1928. From The Mind of Leonardo Da Vinci, by Edward McCurdy. [Jonathan Cape, London, 1928]

Arthurs Seat Hotel, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa
Arthurs Seat Hotel and Grounds, Sea Point, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1930

Nidden (Nida), Lithuania - sand dunes
Nidden (Nida), Lithuania, high rolling sand dunes (Parnidis Dune) overlooking the Curonian Lagoon and and Cape Grobstas. circa 1910s

Beryl Markham (1902 1986), British-born Kenyan author, aviator, adventurer, and racehorse trainer. Photographed here, just after flying from Abingdon to Cape Breton Island

Battle of Cape Matapan
The three British Royal Naval warships which played the leading role in the Battle of Cape Matapan, off the coast of the Greek Peloponnesian peninsula

Advert for Treasure Cot baby specialises 1930
Treasure Cot store devoted to mothers babies and children, with a selection of baby clothing, robe, dainty long flannel gown, shawl and a hand knitted carrying cape

Siberian Tartar woman and a Russian Mongol couple
Siberian Tartar (left) and Kalmyk Mongol couple (right) of Russia in their traditional clothing Antique hand-colored print

Hunting / Buffalo
A German hunter in South Africa confronts a CAPE BUFFALO

The story of John Merrick, played by David Bowie in the stage production of The Elephant Man. Booth Theatre on Broadway, New York. 18th September 1980

Robert the Bruce at the altar of enemy

Father Eymard, 1963 (bronze)
XBP390717 Father Eymard, 1963 (bronze) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); Musee Rodin, Paris, France; (add.info.: Peter Julian Eymard (1811-68) French Catholic priest; after the death of his sister

King Protea (Protea cynaroides), national flower of South Africa, Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, Africa

South Africa - Holiday Time in Kalk Bay, Cape Town. Date: circa 1903

Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) English suffragette. Founder of the Womens Social and Political Union 1903

Boeing SM-80 Minuteman ICBM is launched on a test flight from Cape Canaveral on 19 May 1961. The rocket had to be destroyed after it veered off course following second stage ignition

Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta G-ABTI
Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta, G-ABTI, after Brackles delivery flight to begin Imperial Airways new service at Cape Town

English Electric Canberra B2 WH699 Aries IV
English Electric Canberra B2, WH699, Aries IV, arrives at Wingfield Aerodrome, Cape Town, after breaking the record from London. 17 December 1953. Date: 1953

Avro Lancaster I Aries, PD328, of the Empire Air Navigation School, Shawbury, warming up prior to its England to Cape Town record-breaking flight of 32hrs 21min

Africa, South Africa, Simons Town, Boulders Beach. African Penguin colony at Boulders Beach near Simons Town on False Bay

FRIEDRICH SCHILLER (1759-1805). Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller. German poet and playwright. Steel engraving, German, 19th century

Mitchells and Butlers Brewery Malting Floor
The Malting Floor at the Mitchells and Butlers Cape Hill Brewery, Smethwick, West Midlands. Barley grain lies a foot deep on the floor for ten days, being constantly turned

HOPI KACHINA DOLL. Talavai (Morning Singer), a Hopi spirit or Kachina, dressed in a cape and headdress. Carved wooden doll from Arizona

FLASH GORDON, 1936. The Emperor Ming, played by Charles Middleton

My First Sermon by John Everett Millais
A little girl, wearing a red cape and fur muff, sits primly alert on a church pew listening to her first sermon. See Millaiss companion picture

Burnley Miners / 1956
Miners coming off their shift, at Cape Bank Hall Pit, in Burnley, Lancashire

Clothing during the Reigns of Charles I and II, and James II, (1640-1686), 1903, (1937). From " History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan

My First Sermon, 1863, (1912). Artist: John Everett Millais
My First Sermon, 1863, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Gordons Bay, Western Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: 1906

Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe and smoking a cheroot. Date: circa 1905

Thomas Hobson
THOMAS HOBSON English Liveryman at Cambridge. He was the sourse of the expression Hobsons Choice. Date: 1544 - 1630

Jacky lashtail, Amphibolurus muricatus, and Cape dwarf gecko, Lygodactylus capensis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

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"Cape: A Symbol of Faith, Adventure, and Elegance" From the serene presence of Saint Therese de Lisieux to the breathtaking beauty of Knysna in South Africa, the cape has captivated hearts throughout history. Just like a cape gracefully drapes over one's shoulders, it is a symbol of protection and devotion. In Maurice Elvey's film "The Lodger, " Ivor Novello dons a mysterious cape that adds an air of intrigue to his character. Similarly, Basil Rathbone exudes intellect and mystery as Sherlock Holmes with his iconic deerstalker caped silhouette. But they are not limited to human figures alone; they also adorn majestic vessels like H. M. S. Warspite and RMS Windsor Castle at Capetown harbor. These ships proudly display their capes as they sail through vast oceans, carrying stories from distant lands. John Everett Millais' painting "My First Sermon" depicts a young boy wearing a small cape while contemplating life's mysteries in church—a reminder that even the smallest gestures can hold great significance. Nature too embraces the allure of capes. The Baltimore Beacon on Sherkin Island and Cape Clear in West Cork stand tall against crashing waves—silent guardians protecting those who venture near. Meanwhile, Lycaon pictus roams African savannas with its distinctive coat resembling a cape—an embodiment of strength and adaptability. Flowers such as Nerine humilis bloom delicately in vibrant hues reminiscent of cardinal vestments from centuries past—each petal unfolding like layers upon layers of fabric forming an exquisite cape for nature itself. Whether worn by saints or actors, adorning landscapes or animals alike—the cape transcends time and culture to become an emblematic garment embodying faith, adventure, elegance, and protection for all who dare to wear it.