Art Prints

Illustration by Joseph Clayton Clark, also known as Kyd. Sam Weller is a character from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. A bootblack with a ...

Dolly Varden, from the Charles Dickens novel ‘Barnaby Rudge,’ was a beautiful coquette known for her lavish outfits. Since the character’s style wa...

Built in 1710 and measuring at 111 metres, St Paul’s Cathedral was the tallest building in London for more than 250 years. It was surpassed by the ...

The first manned hot air balloon flight in England took place in 1784 when Italian pilot Vincenzo Lunardi travelled over the rooftops of London. Ov...

Engraving from “London, A Pilgrimage,” a collaborative project between French artist Gustave Doré and British journalist Blanchard Jerrold. The two...

Playbill advertising Edward Stirling’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” performed at the Adelphi Theatre - the only production th...

Charles Dickens was extremely popular with American audiences. Between December 1867 and April 1868 he performed a total of 22 readings at Steinway...

A contemporary Scrooge adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print by Koson (1877-1945). Japanese folklore portrays the fox with intelligence and para...

48 Doughty Street is the only house in which Charles Dickens lived in London that survives and where he shot to worldwide fame. While living here i...

Illustration by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, featuring ‘hedgehog’ in various languages. The word 'hedgehog' was first used in 1450 and is derived fro...

Illustration from the Ex Libris page of an 1875 edition of “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe thought to be inspired by Charles Dickens’ pet raven, Gri...

Hedgehogs are one of the few mammals to enter true hibernation in the winter months. They prepare for their big slumber around October or November ...

Illustration by John Leech from the novel 'A Christmas Carol.' The term “bah humbug!”, used by the character Ebenezer Scrooge, expresses grumpiness...

The Old Curiosity Shop, built in 1567, is thought to be the oldest shop in London. The shop still stands today despite numerous demolition plans, a...

A silhouette of Charles Dickens sold from The Old Curiosity Shop in London. His novel The Old Curiosity Shop was published as a weekly series. Read...

Les boussoles sont des outils utiles dans la navigation terrestre et maritime. On utilise une boussole dite d’arpenteur pour cartographier les terr...

Une bouée est un dispositif flottant qui sert à diverses fins. Il peut être ancré à un endroit pour guider ou avertir les marins. Il peut servir à ...

La société allemande Mecklenburger Metallguss GmbH (MMG) a produit en 2006 la plus grande hélice de navire au monde, avec un diamètre de 9,6 mètres...

Les ancres anciennes étaient très simples, constituées de pierres ou de rondins de bois, qui permettaient de fixer le navire simplement par le poid...

La voile est l’une des disciplines olympiques les plus anciennes. Elle fait partie des jeux depuis 1896 et la Grande-Bretagne détient actuellement ...

Thomas Kisbee, un officier de la marine britannique, a inventé la bouée de sauvetage moderne en forme d'anneau. Il était fabriqué à partir de liège...

Le mot gratte-ciel, couramment utilisé pour décrire un grand bâtiment urbain, était un terme utilisé pour décrire une petite voile de forme triangu...

With earliest models dating back to the 2ndC, armillary spheres are brass representations of the celestial sphere with either the earth or sun at t...

Cette carte a été créée en 1660, par le graveur et éditeur néerlandais, Justus Danckerts. L'entreprise familiale de cartographie Danckerts, était u...

This map was created in 1660 by Dutch engraver and print publisher Justus Danckerts. The Danckerts cartographic family business was a major map and...

Datant de l’Antiquité, l’art du matelotage est une compétence importante pour la voile et les activités maritimes. Il existe plus de 3800 types de ...

Dating back to ancient times, knot-tying is an important skill for sailing and maritime activity. There are over 3,800 types of knots in the world,...

Compasses are useful tools in both land-based and maritime navigation, employing a magnetised needle to identify true north. This is a surveyor’s c...

Les phares anciens étaient rudimentaires, constitués de plates-formes ou de petites structures surmontées de feux. Au XIXe siècle, l’ingénierie des...

Ancient lighthouses were rudimentary, consisting of platforms or small structures with fires on top. In the 19th C., lighthouse engineering became ...

Les bouées sifflantes aident les marins à s’orienter par temps brumeux et incertains. Lorsque la bouée monte et descend dans l’eau, l’air comprimé ...

Whistling buoys help sailors find their way in foggy and misty weather. As the buoy bobs up and down in the water, compressed air passes through th...

On pense que les premiers navires ont été construits par les Égyptiens de l’Antiquité dès le IVème siècle avant JC. Voici quelques modèles de navir...

It is believed that the first ships were built by the Ancient Egyptians as early as the 4th century BC. Since then, maritime innovation has flouris...

L'École navale, ou Académie navale française, forme les officiers de la Marine française depuis 1830. Cette illustration est tirée d'une série de c...

The École navale, or the French Naval Academy, has trained the officers of the French Navy since 1830. This illustration of a young cadet is from a...