John Collection (page 5)

The Poor Man's Friend': Cartoon by John Leech from Punch, London, February 1845
527863 The Poor Man's Friend': Cartoon by John Leech from Punch, London, February 1845, showing Death as the friend of the old or sick unemployed manual labourer

The Death of the Property Tax, George Cruikshank, 1816. Henry Brougham, John Bull
528673 The Death of the Property Tax, George Cruikshank, 1816. Henry Brougham, John Bull, and British Lion attack hydra of Property Tax. George Tierney tells Britannia to rise

The Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Native to South America, introduced into Europe 16th century
531544 The Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Native to South America, introduced into Europe 16th century, major food crop by end of 17th century

War of the Spanish Succession: John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722)
531428 War of the Spanish Succession: John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), mounted and holding fieled marshal's baton, at the Battle of Blenheim (Hochstadt), 13 August 1704

SS Great Eastern, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great steam ship, launched from John Scott Russell's yard
530729 SS Great Eastern, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great steam ship, launched from John Scott Russell's yard on the Thames in 1858

South Sea Whale Fishery: Amelia Wilson and Castor off Buoro. Aquatint after John Huggins published 1825
530713 South Sea Whale Fishery: Amelia Wilson and Castor off Buoro. Aquatint after John Huggins published 1825. Factory ship at anchor while crew in boats harpoon Sperm Whales

John Moore (1761-1809) Scottish-born British soldier: Lieut-General, c.1885 (engraving)
536575 John Moore (1761-1809) Scottish-born British soldier: Lieut-General, c.1885 (engraving); (add.info.: Defeated Soult at Corunna (La Coruna) 16 January 1809 but fatally wounded

John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, 1782 - 1845, aka Viscount Althorp
3083161 John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, 1782 - 1845, aka Viscount Althorp.; Private Collection; (add.info.: British statesman)

Emmanuel's second entry into Mansoul, 19th century (lithograph)
3052940 Emmanuel's second entry into Mansoul, 19th century (lithograph); Private Collection; (add.info.: From the book The Holy War by John Bunyan, from late 19th century edition.)

Christian and Hopeful meet the shepherds. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 19th century print
2603524 Christian and Hopeful meet the shepherds. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 19th century print.; (add.info)

Christiana's Farewell. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 19th century print
2603514 Christiana's Farewell. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 19th century print.; (add.info.: Illustration from the theological fiction The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan)

Giant Despair discovers Christian and Hopeful on his grounds. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
2603553 Giant Despair discovers Christian and Hopeful on his grounds. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 19th century print.; (add.info)

The Palace Beautiful. Lions in the way. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 19th century print
2603539 The Palace Beautiful. Lions in the way. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 19th century print.; (add.info)

The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe in 1613 (engraving)
2603480 The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe in 1613 (engraving); (add.info.: The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe in 1613. John Rolfe, 1585-1622. Early English settler of North America)

English gentleman paying the bill in a Parisian restaurant, after a work by Queverdo, 1815
1000902 English gentleman paying the bill in a Parisian restaurant, after a work by Queverdo, 1815. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs

Bertrand in the presence of Richard AD 1199, 1901 (litho)
1219751 Bertrand in the presence of Richard AD 1199, 1901 (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bertrand de Gourdon aka Pierre (or Peter) Basile, John Sabroz and Dudo

Wave-leaved pineapple from John Lindley's "Pomological Magazine" 1827
5855764 Wave-leaved pineapple from John Lindley's "Pomological Magazine" 1827; (add.info.: Wave-leaved pineapple or Ananassa debilis Ananas Handcolored copperplate engraving by Watts of)

Measles
5855402 Measles; (add.info.: Measles, Rubeola vulgaris and R. nigra. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by John Pass from John Wilkes "Encyclopedia Londinensis, " J)

Purple spots and rose rash
5855400 Purple spots and rose rash; (add.info.: Skin diseases: Purple spots, Purpura simplex and P. haemorrhagica and rose rash, Exanthesis roseola)

Psoriasis
5855396 Psoriasis; (add.info.: Skin diseases: Prurigo nodularis and Psoriasis varieties. (Lepriasis is an obsolete term for psoriasis and leprosy)

Mezereon, Daphne mezereum
5855063 Mezereon, Daphne mezereum; (add.info.: Mezereon, Daphne mezereum. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and engraved on steel by William Clark from John Stephenson)

Red bryony, Bryonia dioica
5855062 Red bryony, Bryonia dioica; (add.info.: Red bryony, Bryonia dioica. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and engraved on steel by William Clark from John Stephenson)

Scammony, Convolvulus scammonia
5855059 Scammony, Convolvulus scammonia; (add.info.: Scammony, Convolvulus scammonia. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and engraved on steel by William Clark from John Stephenson)

Levant wormseed, Artemisia cina, and ground wormwood, Artemisia absinthium
5855057 Levant wormseed, Artemisia cina, and ground wormwood, Artemisia absinthium; (add.info.: Levant wormseed, Artemisia cina, and ground wormwood, Artemisia absinthium)

Castor oil plant, Ricinus communis
5855051 Castor oil plant, Ricinus communis; (add.info.: Castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and engraved on steel by William Clark from John Stephenson)

Golden shower tree, Cassia fistula
5855125 Golden shower tree, Cassia fistula; (add.info.: Golden shower tree, Cassia fistula. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

White horebound, Marrubium vulgare
5855109 White horebound, Marrubium vulgare; (add.info.: White horebound, Marrubium vulgare. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Opopanax or sweet myrrh, Opopanax chironium
5855088 Opopanax or sweet myrrh, Opopanax chironium; (add.info.: Opopanax or sweet myrrh, Opopanax chironium. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn)

Cowbane, Cicuta virosa
5855083 Cowbane, Cicuta virosa; (add.info.: Cowbane, Cicuta virosa. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and engraved on steel by Weddell from John Stephenson)

Greater celandine, Chelidonium majus
5855081 Greater celandine, Chelidonium majus; (add.info.: Greater celandine, Chelidonium majus. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by William Clark)

Red bark, Cinchona oblongifolia
5855143 Red bark, Cinchona oblongifolia; (add.info.: Red bark, Cinchona oblongifolia. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Virginia snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria
5855140 Virginia snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria; (add.info.: Virginia snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Stinking goosefoot, Chenopodium vulvaria
5855136 Stinking goosefoot, Chenopodium vulvaria; (add.info.: Stinking goosefoot, Chenopodium vulvaria. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Muninga or barwood, Pterocarpus erinaceus
5855130 Muninga or barwood, Pterocarpus erinaceus; (add.info.: Muninga or barwood, Pterocarpus erinaceus. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Cascarilla tree, Croton eleuteria
5855121 Cascarilla tree, Croton eleuteria; (add.info.: Cascarilla tree, Croton eleuteria. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Indian frankincense, Boswellia serrata
5855119 Indian frankincense, Boswellia serrata; (add.info.: Indian frankincense, Boswellia serrata. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

White hellebore, Veratrum album
5855110 White hellebore, Veratrum album; (add.info.: White hellebore, Veratrum album. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Self portrait of Sir Peter Vander Vaas, Sir Peter Lely
5854992 Self portrait of Sir Peter Vander Vaas, Sir Peter Lely; (add.info.: Self portrait of Sir Peter Vander Vaas, Sir Peter Lely (1617-1680)

Portrait of Charles le Brun
5854987 Portrait of Charles le Brun; (add.info.: Portrait of Charles le Brun (1619-1690), French history painter and First Painter to King Louis XIV

Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812-1870
5614369 Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812-1870; (add.info.: Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812-1870. English writer and social critic of the Victorian era. Seen here aged 49)

Charles Dickens as Captain Bobadil in the paly by Ben Jonson, Every Man in his Humour
5614367 Charles Dickens as Captain Bobadil in the paly by Ben Jonson, Every Man in his Humour; (add.info.: Charles Dickens as Captain Bobadil in the paly by Ben Jonson, Every Man in his Humour)

Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, aka The Viscount French (colour litho)
3252861 Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, aka The Viscount French (colour litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French)

Colonel John Hayes St. Leger, 1756-1800. Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Foot Guards and later Major-General (litho)
3252824 Colonel John Hayes St. Leger, 1756-1800. Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Foot Guards and later Major-General (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colonel John Hayes St. Leger, 1756-1800)

Mr. Hoover, left and Mr. Clynes, right. Food Controllers respectively for England and America during World War I
2638486 Mr. Hoover, left and Mr. Clynes, right. Food Controllers respectively for England and America during World War I, seen here in 1917. Herbert Clark Hoover, 1874 -1964

Palace of Wilanow, Poland, drawing by J. Arnout, engraving by Lalaisse, 1840
3600072 Palace of Wilanow, Poland, drawing by J. Arnout, engraving by Lalaisse, 1840; (add.info.: Poland. Palace of Wilanow. Located in Willanow district, Warsaw)

John Endecott, also spelled Endicott, c.1601 - 1664/5. English colonial magistrate
2956601 John Endecott, also spelled Endicott, c.1601 - 1664/5. English colonial magistrate, soldier and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England, North America

The younger children of King George V and Queen Mary at Balmoral in 1911. Princess Mary, Prince John, Prince George
2915352 The younger children of King George V and Queen Mary at Balmoral in 1911. Princess Mary, Prince John, Prince George, Prince Henry and Prince Albert

John of Austria (the Younger), after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791
3473254 John of Austria (the Younger), after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791; (add.info.: John of Austria (the Younger), 1629 - 1679

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"John: A Multifaceted Legacy of Art, Athletics, and Literature" From the iconic John Smiths Stadium Art in Huddersfield Town to JPR Williams' breathtaking runs for the British Lions, it has left an indelible mark across various realms. In a letter dated 31 March - 5 April 1776, Abigail Adams poured her thoughts onto ink-stained paper addressed to none other than John Adams himself. Even Dalton's table of Atomic symbols from 1835 bears witness to the contributions made by individuals named John. And who can forget the sleek and powerful Mini John Cooper Works of 2015, adorned with its striking black and red design? Artistic brilliance finds another embodiment in the works of renowned painter John William Waterhouse. His masterpieces continue to captivate audiences since his birth on April 6th, 1849. Meanwhile, JPR Williams showcased his athletic prowess both for Wales and London Welsh rugby teams. The literary world also owes much gratitude to Johns like Mr Fezziwig's Ball illustrator John Leech whose enchanting illustrations brought Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to life. Additionally, delve into history through a colored engraving depicting The Houses of York and Lancaster – their origin and eventual reunion – meticulously chronicling genealogy from Edward III to Henry VII. Evelyn Waugh's pen weaved tales that still resonate today while Katherine Mansfield found solace under her pen name as she penned short stories that touched hearts far beyond her time on this earth (1888-1923). Intriguingly diverse yet united by their shared moniker, these Johns have shaped our cultural landscape with their artistry in sports fields, literature pages, scientific discoveries or even historical documentation. Their legacies stand tall as testaments to human creativity and achievement throughout generations past and present.