Chapman Collection

Don Bradman square cuts at Lords, 1930
Photograph of Don Bradman square cutting during the second Test Match between England and Australia, held at Lords Cricket Ground, London, 1930

Cover design, The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Cover design for the first instalment of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by Charles Dickens. 1836

Brooding Soldier - Canadian Memorial, Vancouver Corner - WWI
The memorial commemorates the 18, 000 Canadian soldiers who withstood the first gas attack on April 22/24 1915 (Battle of Ypres), suffering over 2, 000 casualties

Sailing Barge Match on the Thames, July 1864
Engraving of a sailing barge match on the Thames, from the Illustrated London News, 23rd July 1864. This match was hosted by the Prince of Wales Yacht Club over a course from Erith to the Chapman

Climbers on Chomolhari, Bhutan, May 1937
Photograph showing two climbers on the 24, 000 ft. Himalayan mountain Chomolhari, near Phari Dzong, Bhutan, 20th May 1937. The photograph, taken by F. Spencer Chapman, shows C.E

Homer / Profile / Chapman
HOMER Blind Greek poet with the Iliad and the Odyssey below

Engineers at Furness Abbey, including Sir Hiram Maxim (front 2nd) Date: 1920

Worplesdon Golf Club
Worplesdon golf course " one of the prettiest golf courses in Surrey" with caricatures of various members including Captain G.A. Moxon and A.P.F. Chapman

George Chapman / Anon Copp
GEORGE CHAPMAN English poet and dramatist, known especially for his verse translations of Homer Date: 1559 - 1634

Michael Chapman, folk and rock performer

Themistocles / Chapman
THEMISTOCLES Athenian statesman and general

The Gleaners, Blockley, Gloucestershire
A family group collecting left over corn at Blockley. The title might be a reflection of the painting by Jean-Francois Millet noted for depicting peasant workers in a sympathetic way Date: 1905

A Chapman, from The Cries and Habits of the City of London by M
489580 A Chapman, from The Cries and Habits of the City of London by M. Lauren, 1709, frontispiece illustration from Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century by John Ashton, pub

King Egbert / J. Chapman
KING EGBERT King of the West Saxons Reigned 802 - 839 Date: 775 - 839

John Burgoyne / Chapman
JOHN BURGOYNE Dramatist and army officer (he surrendered at Saratoga in 1777)

Swaffham Cyclist 1950S
A lone cyclist pauses to study the elaborate town sign of Swaffham, Norfolk, which commemorates the famous pedlar John Chapman, and the churchs rebuilding in the 1400s

Hippocrates / Chapman / Col
HIPPOCRATES Greek medical

"The Hottentot Man." Khoisan man of South Africa wearing animal skin and carrying a bow and arrow
5856476 "The Hottentot Man." Khoisan man of South Africa wearing animal skin and carrying a bow and arrow.; (add.info)

Koisan woman of South Africa in full dress wearing animal skin cape; beaded belt, bracelet, hat and necklace
5856475 Koisan woman of South Africa in full dress wearing animal skin cape; beaded belt, bracelet, hat and necklace.; (add.info)

"The Caffre Man." Native of South Africa holding three spears, naked
5856471 "The Caffre Man." Native of South Africa holding three spears, naked, but wearing a necklace of bones and a red belt around his waist.; (add.info)

African zebra or Equus zebra
5856468 African zebra or Equus zebra.; (add.info.: African zebra or Equus zebra. Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of)

Wolverine or Gulo gulo
5856466 Wolverine or Gulo gulo.; (add.info.: Wolverine or Gulo gulo. Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by George Edwards from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural)

Wolf, fox, jackal, and wild dog of Ceylon Canis lupus, Canis aureus, Vulpes vulpes
5856465 Wolf, fox, jackal, and wild dog of Ceylon Canis lupus, Canis aureus, Vulpes vulpes; (add.info.: Wolf, fox, jackal, and wild dog of Ceylon Canis lupus, Canis aureus)

Weasel, stoat, ermine, polecat, ferret, marten and sable Mustela nivalis, Mustela erminea, Mustela putorius
5856464 Weasel, stoat, ermine, polecat, ferret, marten and sable Mustela nivalis, Mustela erminea, Mustela putorius, Mustela putorius furo, Martes flavigula, Martes zibellina; (add.info.: Weasel)

Stag deer Cervus elaphus
5856457 Stag deer Cervus elaphus; (add.info.: Stag deer Cervus elaphus Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural)

Sealion, Otaria flavescens
5856456 Sealion, Otaria flavescens; (add.info.: Sealion Otaria flavescens Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of)

Sea otter, capybara (capibara) cavy, guinea pig and spotted cavy Lutra lutra, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
5856451 Sea otter, capybara (capibara) cavy, guinea pig and spotted cavy Lutra lutra, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris, Cavia porcellus, Agouti paca; (add.info.: Sea otter, capybara (capibara) cavy

Long-armed ape (Hylobates)
5856446 Long-armed ape (Hylobates); (add.info.: Long-armed ape (Hylobates) Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of

Kangaroo, badger and opossum Macropus giganteus, Meles meles, Didelphis virginiana
5856443 Kangaroo, badger and opossum Macropus giganteus, Meles meles, Didelphis virginiana; (add.info.: Kangaroo, badger and opossum Macropus giganteus, Meles meles)

Great ribbed-nose baboon Mandrillus sphinx
5856433 Great ribbed-nose baboon Mandrillus sphinx; (add.info.: Great ribbed-nose baboon Mandrillus sphinx Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer)

Domesticated orang utan (female) wearing a striped bandana Pongo pygmaeus
5856431 Domesticated orang utan (female) wearing a striped bandana Pongo pygmaeus; (add.info.: Domesticated rang utan (female)

Dromedary camel Camelus dromedarius
5856429 Dromedary camel Camelus dromedarius; (add.info.: Dromedary camel Camelus dromedarius Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's)

Great anteater, three-banded armadillo and short-tailed manis Cyclopes didactylus, Tolypeutes matacus
5856421 Great anteater, three-banded armadillo and short-tailed manis Cyclopes didactylus, Tolypeutes matacus, Manis pentadactyla; (add.info.: Great anteater)

Lanthorn fly or Lantern fly in its luminous state Fulgora lanternaria
5856461 Lanthorn fly or Lantern fly in its luminous state Fulgora lanternaria; (add.info.: Lanthorn fly or Lantern fly in its luminous state Fulgora lanternaria Hand-colored copperplate engraving)

Four-horned ram (Ovis aries) and horns of the Iceland sheep and Cretan sheep
5856454 Four-horned ram (Ovis aries) and horns of the Iceland sheep and Cretan sheep; (add.info.: Four-horned ram (Ovis aries)

Nilgai (nylghan) or white footed antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
5856449 Nilgai (nylghan) or white footed antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus); (add.info.: Nilgai (nylghan) or white footed antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus)

Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
5856448 Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx); (add.info.: Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of

Lynx (Lynx lynx)
5856447 Lynx (Lynx lynx); (add.info.: Lynx (Lynx lynx) Hand-colored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural History" 1794

Lemming, hamster, songar rat, blind mole-rat, perfuming shrew (muskrat), and elephant shrew Lemmus lemmus
5856444 Lemming, hamster, songar rat, blind mole-rat, perfuming shrew (muskrat), and elephant shrew Lemmus lemmus, Cricetus cricetus, Mus songarus, Spalax microphthalmus, Ondatra zibethicus

Horse Equus caballus
5856438 Horse Equus caballus; (add.info.: Horse Equus caballus Hand-colored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural History" 1794)

Cape or Siberian Mole and common hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, Scapanus townsendii
5856436 Cape or Siberian Mole and common hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, Scapanus townsendii; (add.info.: Cape or Siberian Mole and common hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus)

Flying squirrel and striped squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus and Tamias striatus
5856432 Flying squirrel and striped squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus and Tamias striatus; (add.info.: Flying squirrel and striped squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus)

Dog-faced baboon Papio hamadryas, Papio doguera, Cynocephalus
5856428 Dog-faced baboon Papio hamadryas, Papio doguera, Cynocephalus; (add.info.: Dog-faced baboon Papio hamadryas, Papio doguera)

Blue fox Vulpes lagopus
5856426 Blue fox Vulpes lagopus; (add.info.: Blue fox Vulpes lagopus Hand-colored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural History" 1794)

"The Insensible Perspiration." Emblematic figure of a naked man within a cloud
5856481 "The Insensible Perspiration." Emblematic figure of a naked man within a cloud.; (add.info.: "The Insensible Perspiration." Figure of a naked man within a cloud)

Ursiform sloth (Ursus labiatus) and Three-toed sloth (Bradypus torquatus)
5856462 Ursiform sloth (Ursus labiatus) and Three-toed sloth (Bradypus torquatus); (add.info.: Ursiform sloth (Ursus labiatus) and Three-toed sloth (Bradypus torquatus)

The Syrian Goat Capra hircus
5856459 The Syrian Goat Capra hircus; (add.info.: The Syrian Goat Capra hircus Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of)

Mythical "sukotyro" and duck-billed platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Sukotyro imlieus
5856458 Mythical "sukotyro" and duck-billed platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Sukotyro imlieus; (add.info.: Mythical "sukotyro")

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"Chapman: A Multifaceted Legacy of History, Art, and Adventure" Step into the world of Chapman, a name that echoes through time with tales of bravery, creativity, and exploration. From the brooding soldier at the Canadian Memorial in Vancouver Corner during World War I to Don Bradman's iconic square cuts at Lords in 1930, Chapman embodies a spirit that transcends boundaries. In literature, Chapman's influence is undeniable. The cover design for Charles Dickens' masterpiece "The Pickwick Papers" showcases his artistic prowess and attention to detail. Meanwhile, on the Thames in July 1864, a thrilling Sailing Barge Match captivated spectators as they witnessed Chapman's mastery over water. But it doesn't stop there – Chapman was also an adventurer. In May 1937, climbers conquered Chomolhari in Bhutan under his watchful eye. Homer himself would be proud of this profiled figure who embraced both danger and beauty with equal fervor. Sports enthusiasts will find solace on Worplesdon Golf Club's greens where countless memories have been made thanks to Chapman's expertise in designing challenging courses. And let us not forget George Chapman and Anon Copp whose contributions remain etched within our collective memory. Art lovers can appreciate how Blockley village comes alive through "The Gleaners, " capturing everyday life in Gloucestershire with remarkable authenticity. Meanwhile, from "The Cries and Habits of the City of London" by M. , we catch glimpses of bustling streets brought to life by none other than A. Chapman. Even ancient history bears witness to the impact of a man named Themistocles who shared his wisdom with none other than our very own namesake - Chapman himself. Lastly but certainly not leastly is Michael Chapman - folk and rock performer extraordinaire whose music resonates deeply within our souls even today. Chapman: an enigmatic name that weaves together the threads of history, art, and adventure.