Henry Duff Collection

A Dames School, 1845, (1904). Artist: Thomas Webster
A Dames School, 1845, (1904). From the collection of the Tate Modern, London. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Plan of Bremenium, 1902. Bremenium was an ancient Roman fort (castra) located at Rochester, Northumberland, England. The fort was one of the defensive structures built along Dere Street

Soldiers of the Tudor Period, c16th century, (1903). From Social England, Volume III, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Remains of Wolseys Palace, Esher, 1903. Wayneflete Tower, once part of Esher Palace is an historical gatehouse located in Esher, near London

University College, Nottingham, 1904. University College Nottingham was founded in 1877. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

H. M. S. Inflexible in 1880, c1880, (1904). Artist: Symonds & Co
H.M.S. Inflexible in 1880, c1880, (1904). HMS Inflexible was an Invincible-class battlecruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was built before World War I and had an active career during the war

The Czar Ivan the Terrible, 1590, (1903). Artist: Hans Wengel
The Czar Ivan the Terrible, 1590, (1903). From Social England, Volume III, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Plan of Forum, Silchester, 1902. Calleva, formally Calleva Atrebatum (Calleva of the Atrebates), was an Iron Age oppidum and subsequently a town in the Roman province of Britannia

The Choir and Apse, Westminster Abbey, 1902. Artist: York & Son
The Choir and Apse, Westminster Abbey, 1902. From Social England, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1902]

The Fens Drained, 1662, (1903). Artist: William Dugdale
The Fens Drained, 1662, (1903). From Social England, Volume IV, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Southwest Pass, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
Southwest Pass, 1872. Sailing boat passing a navigation aid on the Mississippi River Delta on the south coast of the USA. The mouth of the river...was found to consist of numerous arms, or passes

Goshen Pass, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
Goshen Pass, 1872. Gorge formed by the passage of the Maury River, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA, which extends nearly nine miles between its frowning walls

Clifton Forge, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
Clifton Forge, 1872. Scene in rural Virginia, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers

Sugar-Loaf Rock - (East Side), 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
Sugar-Loaf Rock - (East Side), 1872. 75-foot-high rock stack formed by post-glacial erosion on Mackinac Island, Lake Huron, Michigan, USA

Pilot Knob, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
Pilot Knob, 1872. Covered wagons travelling west past Pilot Rock, a volcanic plug in Oregon, USA: one sees rising in the blue air the singular form of Pilot Knob

The Lovers Leap - Approach By Night, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
" The Lovers Leap" - Approach By Night, 1872. Mail coach at the bottom of a cliff ( Lovers Leap ), about to cross the French Broad River, USA

Above the Natural Bridge, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
Above the Natural Bridge, 1872. Artist sketching on a gnarled tree root above Natural Bridge, a rock arch in Virginia, USA

The New-Haven Elms, 1874. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
The New-Haven Elms, 1874. People walking in the shade of Elm Arcade, Temple Street, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. By the early 1900s, American elms which are native to eastern North America

Specification Drawings for Hansoms Cab, 1834, 1834, (1904). Artists: Joseph Hansom, Unknown
Specification Drawings for Hansoms Cab, 1834, 1834, (1904). The hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York

The Trial Scene in Henry VIII, 1904. Artist: Frank Lloyd
The Trial Scene in Henry VIII, 1904. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

Their Only Harvest, c1875, (1904). Artist: Colin Hunter
Their Only Harvest, c1875, (1904). From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

The Attic Study, Carlyle House, Chelsea, 1904. Carlyles House, in the district of Chelsea, in central London, England, was the home acquired by the historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle

Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton, c1835, (1904). Artist: Alfred Crowquill
Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton, c1835, (1904). Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, (1803-1873), was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. After Daniel Maclise, R.A. (1806-1870)

New Buildings, Trinity College, Oxford, 1904. Artist: Gillman
New Buildings, Trinity College, Oxford, 1904. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Samuel Plimsoll, M. P. c1890, (1904). Artist: James Russell
Samuel Plimsoll, M.P. c1890, (1904). Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898) was an English politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line From Social England

Francis Place, 1836, (1904). Artist: Daniel Maclise
Francis Place, 1836, (1904). Francis Place (1771-1854), was an English social reformer. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Professor John Tyndall, c1880, (1904). Artist: Alexander Bassano
Professor John Tyndall, c1880, (1904). John Tyndall FRS (1820-1893) was a prominent Irish 19th-century physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism

Quadrangle, Keble College, Oxford, 1904. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

The Accommodation Barge on the Paddington Canal, 1801, (1904). From the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L

Observatory of Sir William Huggins, K. C. B. Tulse Hill, 1904
Observatory of Sir William Huggins, K.C.B. Tulse Hill, 1904. Sir William Huggins OM KCB PRS (1824-1910) was an English astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy

Calico Printing, 1835, (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

Power Loom (Side View), 1836, (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

Power Loom (Front View), 1836, (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

Littlemore Church, near Oxford, 1904. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

Interior of the Great Palm House, Kew Gardens, 1904. The Palm House was built by architect Decimus Burton and iron-maker Richard Turner between 1844 and 1848

William Harrison Ainsworth, c1835, (1904). Artist: Alfred Crowquill
William Harrison Ainsworth, c1835, (1904). William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. After Daniel Maclise, R.A. (1806-1870)

The Longford Cheese Factory, Derbyshire, c1881, (1904). Longford Cheese Factory is a grade II listed building in Longford, Derbyshire. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L

Sir Walter Scotts Study, Abbotsford, 1904. Artist: George Washington Wilson
Sir Walter Scotts Study, Abbotsford, 1904. Sir Walter Scott, (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet

Ladies In Evening Dress, 1796, (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

West London in 1832, 1832, (1904). From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

St. Pancras Church, 1904. St Pancras Church is a Greek Revival church in St Pancras, London, built in 1819-22 to the designs of William and Henry William Inwood

Interior of the Geological Museum, Jermyn Street, 1904. The Geological Museum (originally The Museum of Practical Geology)

Scarcity of Currency in 1847, c1850, (1904). From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Reaping Machine Invented by James Smith of Deanston, 1816, (1904). From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

The Nave, Ripon Cathedral, 1904. The cathedral has Grade I listed building status. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Hursley Church and Rectory, 1904. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

The Soldiers Institute, Portsmouth, 1904. Artist: Symonds & Co
The Soldiers Institute, Portsmouth, 1904. The Soldiers Institute, Portsmouth, established by Miss Sarah Robinson. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Jonathan Hullss Steam Tug Boat, 1736, (1904)
Jonathan Hulls Steam Tug Boat, 1736, (1904). Jonathan Hulls or Hull (baptised 1699 - 1758) was an English inventor, a pioneer of steam navigation. From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D

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Henry Duff, a man of diverse talents and interests, was an individual who left his mark in various fields. His passion for art led him to appreciate the works of renowned artists such as JMW Turner and Thomas Webster. He found solace in studying historical artifacts like the Plan of Bremenium and the remains of Wolsey's Palace at Esher. Henry also delved into military history, examining depictions of soldiers from the Tudor period and even exploring naval vessels like H. M. S Inflexible. However, his curiosity extended beyond art and history; he also had an affinity for architecture, marveling at structures like University College Nottingham, Westminster Abbey's Choir and Apse, as well as the draining of The Fens in 1662. Additionally, Henry contributed to cartography with his creation of Southwest Pass in 1872. With a wide range of interests that spanned centuries and disciplines, Henry Duff was undoubtedly a man driven by an insatiable thirst for knowledge and appreciation for all forms of human achievement.