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Background imageEditor's Picks: Hockey - Footwork, Dribbling and Passing demonstrated

Hockey - Footwork, Dribbling and Passing demonstrated. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEditor's Picks: Jesus, the Lord turned to Peter

Jesus, the Lord turned to Peter and looked upon Peter... and Peter remembered

Background imageEditor's Picks: Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn (1507? - 1536) Second Queen of King Henry VIII from 1533 until 1536. Mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Date: 1950

Background imageEditor's Picks: Queen Elizabeth II by Pietro Annigoni in the ILN

Queen Elizabeth II by Pietro Annigoni in the ILN
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth (born 1926), by Pietro Annigoni 1953. The caption below the image is: ELIZABETH II

Background imageEditor's Picks: The Mary Rose

The Mary Rose, Tudor ship, built in 1510. In service for 34 years, it sank in 1545. Discovered in 1971 it was successfully raised from the sea bed in 1982 amid much publicity. Date: 1982

Background imageEditor's Picks: Horses pulling the plough

Horses pulling the plough
Two heavy horses, pull a farmers plough through a newly cut cornfield. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageEditor's Picks: Poster - British Military medals

Poster - British Military medals
NAVAL, MILITARY AND RAF DECORATIONS AND MEDALS 1793-1973. Poster, revised and edited by Arthur Kipling of the Society for Army Historical Research, 1975 (c)

Background imageEditor's Picks: Matania - Last Absolution of the Munsters

Matania - Last Absolution of the Munsters
The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois - painting by Fortunino Matania. This painting relates to an incident in France in May of 1915

Background imageEditor's Picks: Daily Sketch Coronation Number 1953 Queen Elizabeth II

Daily Sketch Coronation Number 1953 Queen Elizabeth II
Front cover of The Daily Sketch Coronation Number featuring a portrait of the new monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

Background imageEditor's Picks: Military Badge

Military Badge
Ulster impressions.Photolithograph after Joan Wanklyn, 1976.Published by Headquarters Northern Ireland, 1976.Shows 18 vignettes of the British Army on operations in Northern Ireland

Background imageEditor's Picks: Hogarth, Gin Lane

Hogarth, Gin Lane. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin (which later became the Gin Act)

Background imageEditor's Picks: Goodbye Old Man, solder and horse WWI

Goodbye Old Man, solder and horse WWI
"Goodbye, Old Man" A World War One soldier gives his dying horse a parting kiss. Date: circa 1916

Background imageEditor's Picks: First Portrait of King Charles III

First Portrait of King Charles III
Portrait of King Charles III commissioned from artist Alastair Barford by ILN. The portrait was painted in oils by the artist Alastair Barford

Background imageEditor's Picks: Skegness is SO Bracing by John Hassall

Skegness is SO Bracing by John Hassall
Skegness is SO Bracing - the famous poster featuring the jolly fisherman designed for the East Coast seaside town by artist John Hassall. Date: 1908

Background imageEditor's Picks: Puccini / Turandot

Puccini / Turandot
Portrait of Princess Turandot

Background imageEditor's Picks: Colonel David Stirling with a patrol in the desert

Colonel David Stirling with a patrol in the desert
Colonel David Stirling with a patrol of Special Air Service (SAS) men in the Middle East. Date: 1944

Background imageEditor's Picks: Famous snooker players

Famous snooker players (Jimmy White, Cliff Thorburn, Peter Ebdon, Denis Taylor, John Parrott, Stephen Hendry, Alex Higgins, Ray Reardon, John Virgo, Steve Davis, Ronnie O Sullivan) - Date:

Background imageEditor's Picks: Tosca - Music Cover

Tosca - Music Cover
Sarah Bernhardt in the title role of Puccinis Tosca

Background imageEditor's Picks: Royal Navy Battlecruiser HMS Hood

Royal Navy Battlecruiser HMS Hood, sunk by the German Battleship Bismarck at the Battle of Denmark Strait on 24th May 1941. Named after the 18th-century Admiral Samuel Hood (1724-1816)

Background imageEditor's Picks: The King of Kings

The King of Kings -- Jesus Christ surrounded by rulers (kings, queens, emperors, etc) from various countries and periods in history. 1916

Background imageEditor's Picks: Queen Elizabeth II presents Bobby Moore with World Cup

Queen Elizabeth II presents Bobby Moore with World Cup
World Cup Final 1966. Queen Elizabeth II presenting the World Cup trophy to England's Bobby Moore victorious after winning the game against West Germany in London on 30 July 1966. Date: 1966

Background imageEditor's Picks: Jeeves and Wooster, 1922

Jeeves and Wooster, 1922
P.G. Wodehouse story in The Strand, March 1922, entitled Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch

Background imageEditor's Picks: HMS Victory, Flags and Nelson Quote

HMS Victory, Flags and Nelson Quote
An illustration of Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship, the HMS Victory with signal flags on display and firing a broadside

Background imageEditor's Picks: HMS Fearless (L10)

HMS Fearless (L10)

Background imageEditor's Picks: Mrs Tabithas Cat Academy Louis Wain

Mrs Tabithas Cat Academy Louis Wain
Humorous illustration by Louis Wain (1860-1939) showing a feline teacher instructing her kitten pupils

Background imageEditor's Picks: Chief Scout Lord Baden Powell

Chief Scout Lord Baden Powell by David Jagger Date: 1929

Background imageEditor's Picks: Queen Elizabeth II in uniform of Grenadier Guards

Queen Elizabeth II in uniform of Grenadier Guards
Queen Elizabeth II (born 1926), pictured on horseback in the uniform of the Grenadier Guards. Date: c.1953

Background imageEditor's Picks: Reids Palace Hotel, Madeira advertisement, 1928

Reids Palace Hotel, Madeira advertisement, 1928
Advertisement for Reids Palace Hotel, Madeira boasting happy sunny days, no rain and unequalled sea bathing besides many other comforts and advantages. 1928

Background imageEditor's Picks: Life in a Boarding House by Eric Ravilious

Life in a Boarding House by Eric Ravilious
A modern boarding house in cross section, a mural painted by Eric Ravilious at Morley College for Working Men and Women. The paintings at the college were the gift of Sir Joseph Duveen

Background imageEditor's Picks: Queen of the Night by Marjorie Miller

Queen of the Night by Marjorie Miller
Moody colour illustration by Marjorie Miller showing woman clad in a diaphonous dress roaming moonlit forests with a savage-looking wolf-like dog

Background imageEditor's Picks: PADRE PIO

PADRE PIO
Francesco Forgione, name in religion Pio de Pietrelcina, known as PADRE PIO, Capucin friar who manifested stigmata and many other paranormal phenomena

Background imageEditor's Picks: Pirate Radio ship, Radio Caroline, Essex coast

Pirate Radio ship, Radio Caroline, Essex coast
The pirate radio ship, Radio Caroline, anchored off the Essex coast near Walton-on-the-Naze, with a boat alongside. circa 1966

Background imageEditor's Picks: Flowers from Mahabaleshwar

Flowers from Mahabaleshwar (Mahabulashwur). Elephantine creeper, Argyreia nervosa, barberry, Berberis vulgaris, lily, etc

Background imageEditor's Picks: Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt

Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt Savery in the Royal Gallery, Berlin. Handcoloured lithograph by CDM from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo

Background imageEditor's Picks: Exotic beetles

Exotic beetles
Centaurus rhinoceros beetle, Augosoma centaurus 1, bee beetle, Trichius fasciatus 2, titan beetle, Titanus giganteus male 3, female 4, Siamese rhinoceros beetle or fighting beetle

Background imageEditor's Picks: King swallowtail and Jamaican kite butterfly (endangered)

King swallowtail and Jamaican kite butterfly (endangered)
King swallowtail butterfly, Papilio thoas 1,2, and Jamaican kite swallowtail, Protographium marcellinus (endangered) 3,4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Background imageEditor's Picks: Imperial moth, gray-banded zale and black zale

Imperial moth, gray-banded zale and black zale
Imperial moth, Eacles imperialis 1,2, gray-banded zale, Zale squamularis 3, and black zale, Zale undularis 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Background imageEditor's Picks: The Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo
Waterloo. Coloured lithograph after Wellington at Waterloo by Robert Alexander Hillingford, nd.Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815). Coloured Lithograph Date: 1815

Background imageEditor's Picks: Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982 (c); with typescript annotations relating to the condition and passibility of airfields, roads and tracks by tracked and wheeled vehicles

Background imageEditor's Picks: War mural of Bobby Sands MP at Belfast

War mural of Bobby Sands MP at Belfast
Belfast. War mural of Bobby Sands MP in the end corner of the terrace house. Date: 2011

Background imageEditor's Picks: The Sketch Ideal Home No. VI. Sports Without Broad Acres by

The Sketch Ideal Home No. VI. Sports Without Broad Acres by
The difficult problem of how to enjoy games and field sports when you live in a block of flats has triumphantly solved. The sixth in the series of Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson

Background imageEditor's Picks: Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, D'Oyly Carte Souvenir

Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, D'Oyly Carte Souvenir
D'Oyly Carte's Season of Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, Souvenir Programme, Prince's Theatre, London, 29 September 1919 - 31 January 1920

Background imageEditor's Picks: Cricket Lord's

Cricket Lord's
The pavillion at Lord's

Background imageEditor's Picks: Poster for Welsh Guards

Poster for Welsh Guards
Smart men wanted to join the Welsh Guards, pictured here in full uniform during the Changing of the Guard ceremony at St. James Palace

Background imageEditor's Picks: Isambard Kingdom Brunel with chains

Isambard Kingdom Brunel with chains
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. pictured in front of the launching chain of the Great Eastern

Background imageEditor's Picks: I K Brunel before the hauling chains of the Great Eastern

I K Brunel before the hauling chains of the Great Eastern Date:

Background imageEditor's Picks: HMS Hermes (R12)

HMS Hermes (R12)

Background imageEditor's Picks: The Cat that Walked by Himself

The Cat that Walked by Himself
THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF 'Walking by his wild lone through the Wet Wild Woods & waving his wild tail'.



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