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Will I Am Collection (page 4)

Exploring the Whimsical World of Will. i

Background imageWill I Am Collection: The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
The fantastic Pontcysyllte Aqueduct near Wrexham. Designed by Thomas Telford and William Jessop and finished in 1805, the aqueduct is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Petrie at Daphne

Petrie at Daphne
The Pharoahs Palace at Daphne being excavated by renowned archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853 - 1942) who devoted his life to studying Egyptian culture

Background imageWill I Am Collection: To the Girls in Navy Blue by William Barribal

To the Girls in Navy Blue by William Barribal
A wren climbing up a ladder in a harbour revealing stocking tops in the process

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Mr. Justice Field

Mr. Justice Field
William Ventris Field(1813-1907), shown here in 1875 when newly appointed as one of the judges of the Court of Queens Bench

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Wm Armstrong / Cragside

Wm Armstrong / Cragside
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturers home, Cragside, Rothbury

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Beckford / Fonthill Abbey

Beckford / Fonthill Abbey
WILLIAM BECKFORD Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, built at enormous expense by the English writer, art collector and eccentric

Background imageWill I Am Collection: William Crockford / Rs

William Crockford / Rs
William Crockford Club Owner

Background imageWill I Am Collection: 5th Earl Abergavenny

5th Earl Abergavenny
William Neville, fifth earl of ABERGAVENNY

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Yeats / Graphic 1923

Yeats / Graphic 1923
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Irish poet and senator, shown here attending the first meeting of the new Dail Eireann in Dublin

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Leontyne Price / Warfield

Leontyne Price / Warfield
LEONTYNE PRICE American operatic soprano with William Warfield in Gershwins Porgy & Bess

Background imageWill I Am Collection: William Kemp, Dancer

William Kemp, Dancer
WILLIAM KEMP(E) English actor and dancer in comic roles. Famous for jigs and for morris dancing from London to Norwich

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Claire Clairmont

Claire Clairmont
CLAIRE CLAIRMONT stepdaughter of William Godwin, and mother of Byrons daughter Allegra

Background imageWill I Am Collection: William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN Popular American statesman, defeated as Democratic Presidential candidate in 1896 and 1900

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Shakespeare / Statue

Shakespeare / Statue
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. A full length statue

Background imageWill I Am Collection: William Walker

William Walker
WILLIAM WALKER American adventurer President of Nicaragua finally shot after a remarkable career

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Mediumship / Marriott

Mediumship / Marriott
WILLIAMs MARRIOTT EXPOSES Marriott simulates Polish medium Stanislawa Tomczyks levitation of a glass tumbler in full light

Background imageWill I Am Collection: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE English dramatist and poet

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Playing billiards

Playing billiards
W. Hoppe. Billiardist William F. Hoppe standing at a pool table, preparing to hit a ball with his cue

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Playing billiards

Playing billiards
W. Hoppe. Billiardist William F. Hoppe standing at a pool table, preparing to hit a ball with his cue

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Cricketer, Lillywhite

Cricketer, Lillywhite
Frederick William Lillywhite Cricketer - Sussex

Background imageWill I Am Collection: William H Lever

William H Lever
WILLIAM HESKETH LEVER 1ST VISCOUNT LEVER-HULME English soap manufacturer; built (1888-89) model industrial village of Port Sunlight

Background imageWill I Am Collection: William Paterson

William Paterson
WILLIAM PATERSON Scottish economist, founder of the Bank of England

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- sectional views of the boiler. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- enlarged view of the steam engine. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- enlarged view of the car or carriage. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- side view of the main frame, and plan of the controlling tail. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883)

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Playing billiards

Playing billiards
Mrs. Frances Hoppe & Her Son Willie. Mrs. Frances Hoppe playing billiards with her son Willie (William F. Hoppe) in a billiard room with seated spectators watching

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Fishy! by W. Heath Robinson

Fishy! by W. Heath Robinson
The Poacher. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Flamenco dancer

Flamenco dancer
Illustration by William Barribal showing a dancer on stage performing a Spanish flamenco

Background imageWill I Am Collection: WILLIAM BYRD 1543 - 1623

WILLIAM BYRD 1543 - 1623
WILLIAM BYRD English organist and composer, a pupil of Tallis. He is shown here conducting one of his compositions, which is being sung by Elizabethan courtiers

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Ws Gilbert / Sambourne

Ws Gilbert / Sambourne
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright and collaborator with Sullivan, satirised for his love of the sea and sailing

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Mcgonagall / William / Dbg

Mcgonagall / William / Dbg
WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Scottish poet

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Dampier Shown Boomerang

Dampier Shown Boomerang
William Dampier is shown a boomerang by an aborigine

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Quakers Sail to New Wrld

Quakers Sail to New Wrld
William Penn and other Quakers sail to the New World in the Welcome

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Somerset Maugham / Cig

Somerset Maugham / Cig
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM English novelist and short story writer, in 1936

Background imageWill I Am Collection: William Lilly (Freeman)

William Lilly (Freeman)
William Lilly, English astrologer

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Sir Jospeh Bazalgette

Sir Jospeh Bazalgette
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAM BAZALGETTE engineer who embanked the Thames, and gave London its drains

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Sawtre, Lollard, Burns

Sawtre, Lollard, Burns
William Sawtre, priest of St Osyths church, London, is burnt for following the heretical views of Wyclif : he is considered to be the first Lollard martyr

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Ernest William Hornung

Ernest William Hornung
ERNEST WILLIAM HORNUNG English writer, creator of Raffles, the gentleman burglar

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Sir William Blackstone

Sir William Blackstone
SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE English jurist

Background imageWill I Am Collection: William Dampier

William Dampier
WILLIAM DAMPIER English buccaneer and explorer

Background imageWill I Am Collection: First page of signatures on the Declaration of Independence

First page of signatures on the Declaration of Independence
DECLARATION: SIGNATURES. First page of signatures on the Declaration of Independence

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Wedding Bells of the 1913 Season Freda Dudley Ward

Wedding Bells of the 1913 Season Freda Dudley Ward
Winifred Birkin on her wedding day arriving at St. Margaret s, Westminster for her marriage to William Dudley Ward. Winifred, better known as Freda Dudley Ward (1894-1983)

Background imageWill I Am Collection: President William McKinley with his cabinet. Photographed in the White House, May 1898

President William McKinley with his cabinet. Photographed in the White House, May 1898
McKINLEY & CABINET, 1898. President William McKinley with his cabinet. Photographed in the White House, May 1898

Background imageWill I Am Collection: IRELAND, 19th CENTURY. A pontoon bridge over Lough Conn in County Mayo, Ireland

IRELAND, 19th CENTURY. A pontoon bridge over Lough Conn in County Mayo, Ireland. Steel engraving, English, c1840, after William Henry Barlett

Background imageWill I Am Collection: WILLIAM PRIMROSE (1903-1982). Scottish violist. Pen-and-ink caricature

WILLIAM PRIMROSE (1903-1982). Scottish violist. Pen-and-ink caricature

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Engineers at Furness Abbey, including Sir Hiram Maxim

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

Background imageWill I Am Collection: Shaftesbury and Arethusa Boys Homes, Royston, Hertfordshire

Shaftesbury and Arethusa Boys Homes, Royston, Hertfordshire
The Shaftesbury & Arethusa Boys Homes at Royston, Hertfordshire, were set up by the National Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children, founded in 1843 by William Williams



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Exploring the Whimsical World of Will. i. am: From Hogarth's Beer Street to Robinson's Automated Dining Room, this caption takes you on a journey through the imaginative works that bear his name. In Charles Dickens' Dream, an unfinished masterpiece by Robert William Buss, we catch a glimpse of the author's visionary mind. Meanwhile, William Heath Robinson brings us laughter with his comical inventions like 'A Complete Wash-out' and 'The Kinecar. ' As we delve into history, we witness the ill-fated expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in 1845. But fear not; there are lighter moments too. Join us in Hogarth's Gin Lane for a taste of London life or step into an Ideal Home envisioned by Robinson himself. Sports enthusiasts will cheer as William Dixie Dean runs out for Everton against Arsenal at Highbury. And who can forget the clever tactics used to deceive invaders about the state of the tide? Finally, let us transport you to Williamsburg's prestigious William and Mary College before immersing ourselves in scenes from the iconic Bayeux Tapestry. With Will. i. am as our guide, prepare to be captivated by artistry and imagination beyond compare.