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Standing on stone plinth.

One Black Jack is emobssed with a stylised grape cluster.

Dyed, painted silk, on a hessian backing. On the left the arms of the Commonwealth: the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew and the Irish harp and in escutcheon a lion rampant guardant for Cromwell. On the right are the quarterings of his wife. Inscribed verso with: 'this ensign was snatched from the bier of the tyrant Oliver Cromwell, when his waxen effigy, adorned with royal state, was being magnificently displayed in the Church of St. Peter, Westminster'.

Caricature sketch of Henry Manning Ingram (1824-1911) OW & Under Master, 1861-1880

Small oval painting based on green-brown colour scheme; head and shoulders in profile; he wears classical drapery. Inscribed on a band round the edge as follows: "Hanc bibliothecam operum ab alumnis scholae suae per saecula conditorum dono dedit Godferidus Georgius Roundell Greene MCMLVI".

In a painted roundel. Rowe faces the right, but is portrayed full face; he wears a white shirt and brown coat and a large grey wig Provenance: Left to the School by Janet Adam-Smith, wife of John Carleton, Head Master, who bought the painting in 1961.

Distant view of the Abbey from Tothill Street; in the background right centre can be seen Hawksmoor's West Towers of the Abbey, in front of them lies the end of Tothill Street; on the north side of the street we see a 17th century shop and an 18th century shop with three bays and a four storey building of 18th century shops of eight bays; on the south side we can see a butcher's shop and a three bayed 18th century building with dormer windows; there are numerous frequenting chambermaids looking out of the top windows; shoppers and travellers stand in the street while a cart makes deliveries to the butcher.

Framed watercolour of Turle's House from before its demolition in 1883

Framed silhouette of Dr. Page, Head Master of Westminster