Fuller Gallery

Bust of John Fuller, philanthropist

Marble bust of John Fuller (1757-1834), English philanthropist. Fuller was born at North Stoneham, Hampshire. At the age of four he lost his father, the local clergyman, and at ten was sent to Eton College. In 1777 Fuller's uncle died, leaving him estates in Sussex and plantations in Jamaica. He stood for parliament in 1780 and was elected, representing Southampton until 1784 then Sussex from 1801 to 1812. His wealth allowed him to indulge in philanthropy. He was a supporter and sponsor of the Royal Institution in London, he once lent them £1000 (about £100, 000 in modern value) and never asked for it back. He endowed the Fullerian chairs in chemistry and physiology, built an observatory in his estate at Brightling in Sussex, paid for the first lifeboat at Eastbourne and paid for a lighthouse to be built at Beachy Head. Much admired by the public, he was popularly known as Mad Jack

© ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Orpheus with lyre from the viridarium (garden)

Wall painting of Orpheus with lyre from the viridarium (garden) of the House of Vesonius Primus, a fuller. He is surrounded by animals including a lion, cougar, boar, stag, rabbit, and blue flamingo. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn's Les Plus Belles Peintures de Pompei (The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii), Leipzig, 1881. Wall painting of Orpheus with lyre from the viridarium (garden) of the House of Vesonius Primus, a fuller. He is surrounded by animals including a lion, cougar, boar, stag, rabbit, and blue flamingo. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn's Les Plus Belles Peintures de Pompei (The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii), Leipzig, 1881. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Seversky SEV-S2 NX70Y

Seversky SEV-S2 NX70Y (msn 43). Alexander de Seversky modified a P-35 for the National Air Races. Powered by a 950hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Sc and flown by Frank Fuller Jr in the Bendix Trophy from 1937 to 1939, taking second place in the 1938 Bendix Trophy. The Registration was NX70Y for flight testing in the experimental category, later changing to NR70Y / N70Y, carrying race Number 23 in 1937 and 77 in 1939. Date: 1937

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans