Approaching Collection

HMS Victorious (R38) approaching the Persian Gulf, 3 July 1961. de Havilland Sea Vixens, Supermarine Scimitars and Westland Whirlwinds line the flightdeck

Liverpool & Mersey Tug
The Mersey tug The Minegarth, approaching the Pier Head at Liverpool, Merseyside, England, with the Royal Liver Building beyond. Date: 1950s

Don Quixote and the sheep
A scene from Cervantes novel Don Quixote -- the hero of the title encounters a flock of sheep and thinks they are an approaching army

Clyde paddle steamer Mercury approaching a jetty in Western Scotland in August 1913 Date: 1913

Drake Plays Bowls
Drake, learning that the Spanish Armada has been sighted approaching England, insists on finishing his game of bowls

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 84 Dragon G-ACIU
de Havilland DH.84 Dragon G-ACIU (msn 3041) of Surrey Flying Services Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered on 25.07.33 was previously owned by Marmaduke Furness (Lord Furness)

Dr. Merryweathers Tempest Prognosticator
Featured in the Great Exhibition of 1851, Dr. Merryweather of Whitbys Tempest Prognosticator was designed to warn of approaching storms

Approaching Saffron Walden, Essex Date: circa 1950

Glasgow / Kelly 1817
General view of the city, with a wagon approaching on a rough-surfaced road, a carrier and his donkey, factory smoke polluting the air

India / Simla Railway Stn
Simla: the railway station, with a train approaching

Hunters Quay, Argyll & Bute, Scotland, with a paddle steamer approaching the pier. Date: circa 1900

Blackrock Castle On River Lees Approaching to Cork City

Four Supermarine Scimitars of 807 Squadron (XD243, XD245, XD249 and XD268) approaching the top of a loop. In the background is the disused airfield at Banff and the coastline of the Moray Firth

Girl Runs from Waves
A young woman in a clinging red tank style one-piece swimsuit with a ruffle edged collar & a beret style bathing cap encounters a large wave. Alarmed, she runs for her life

Lock on the River Thames
A lock on the Thames is opened by a man and small child to let through an approaching barge pulled by a horse on the river bank

Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K. 2 XH561
Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K.2 XH561 of No.50 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath for an air display. After the Falklands conflict, the Victor K.2 fleet was fast approaching their fatigue limits

Schempp-Hirth Minimoa BGA338 under repair With Slingsby Sailplanes at Kirbymoorside in 1943.After being impressed into the Royal Air Force BGA338 was flown briefly by the ATC at 123 Elelmentary

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 89a Dragon Rapide G-AEXO
de Havilland DH.89a Dragon Rapide G-AEXO (msn 6368) of North Eastern Airways Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. G-AEXO was first registered on 19.05.37

Victorian climbers approaching a crevasse

Battle of Albert, British troops approaching German trenches at Beaumont Hamel, 1st july 1916

WW2 - The Little Doves Of Destruction
A front cover illustration for a WW2 children's story book, The Little Doves Of Destruction, written by George Wolfenden

The Chocolate Soldiers, Chumpie's Plan
A wartime children's story book illustration which shows Chumpie the trumpeter, of the Chocolate soldiers, using a large magnifying glass to empower a beam of sunlight towards the approaching

WW2, At The Carriage Windows
This illustration shows Jackie and Pam, some fictional WW2 ladies of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, approaching a train carriage, British Army servicemen are reaching out of the windows

WW2, Humpty Dumpty
This illustration shows Peter the Royal Air Force pilot approaching Humpty Dumpty who has fallen off of the wall, after the King's horses and men ignored him. Date: circa 1940

La Prise
A collection of illustrative studies based on a French soldier, he is standing in example, with different postures and directions indicating gestures of anxiety, impatience, frustration

Greatness And Modesty
This sketch shows a very large gentleman approaching a girl from behind, to give her a flower, she is carrying a round container

The Cavern
An oil painting of two young men in a white row boat, approaching a dark cavern with brown rock faces to each side. Date: circa 1921

The Pilatus Railway - Approach to the Eselwand tunnel
The Pilatus Railway (Pilatusbahn, PB) - a mountain railway in Switzerland, the steepest rack railway in the world. Approach to the Eselwand tunnel. Date: 1902

British Aerospace-Boeing Harrier T. 12 ZH661
British Aerospace-Boeing Harrier T.12 ZH661 109 (msn TX009), of 20 ( R ) Squadron (formerly 233 OCU), approaching the hover. Date: circa 2000

British Aerospace-Boeing Harrier GR. 7 ZD437
British Aerospace-Boeing Harrier GR.7 ZD437 49A (msn TX009), of 20 ( R ) Squadron (formerly 233 OCU), approaching for a short landing. Date: circa 2000

Plane flying at 32, 000 feet approaching Mount Everest
Aeroplane flying at 32, 000 feet approaching Mount Everest

British CWGC Cemetery Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, Belgium
This is the largest British War Cemetery in the world and was designed by Sir Hebert Baker (who designed the tomb of Cecil Rhodes in Delhi)

Cartoon, The Political Chameleon -- satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis ability to change his partys allegiance from Protectionism to Free Trade in anticipation of an approaching General

Llandrindod Wells railway station, Powys, Wales, with the Euston Express West coast Royal Mail train approaching, and people waiting on the far platform. Date: circa 1904

Golfer James Braid Approaching Fifteenth Green
Golfer James Braid approaching the fifteenth green at Hanger Hill Golf Club. 1901

A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, WW1
Cartoon, A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, First World War. Enemy aviator (beginning to realise) -- Himmel! Surely I the zone of fire approaching be. circa 1918

Molly Pitcher

Greeting New Arrivals

FIREFIGHTERS OF THAMES
Fire-fighters of the River Thames, London approaching London Bridge with Tower Bridge in the distance. Date: June 1933

Charles Gordon on camel
Charles George Gordon (1833 - 1885), British military Governor General of the Sudan approaching the city of Dava on a camel. Date: 1876

Croydon Airport - Fokker F. XII PH-AIJ
Fokker F.XII PH-AIJ Ijsvogel (msn 5302) of KLM, approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered as PH-AIJ on 26.04.32, she was sold in France on 12.10.36. Date: circa 1934

Croydon Airport - Fokker F. VIIb-3m OO-AID
OO-AIDFokker F.VIIb-3mOO-AID (msn 5097) of SABENA, approaching to land at Croydon Airport First registered as PH-AEP on 20.09.29, later transferred to the Belgian register as OO-AID

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 86b Express G-AEJM
de Havilland DH.86b Express G-AEJM (msn 2351) of Wrightways Ltd.. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. G-AEJM was first registered on 06.07.36

Croydon Airport - Douglas-Fokker DC-2-115E PH-AKH
Douglas-Fokker DC-2-115E PH-AKH Haan (msn 1354.14) of KLM, approaching to land at Croydon Airport. PH-AKH was sold in Sweden as SE-AKE on 13 january 1940. Date: circa 1933

Croydon Airport - Fokker F. IX PH-AGA
Fokker F.IX PH-AGA Adelaar (msn 5106) of KLM, approaching to land at Croydon Airport. PH-AGA was sold in France as F-APFA on 26.9.36. Date: circa 1933

The road down in Izmir - a Camel Caravan approaching
The road down in Izmir, Turkey - a Camel Caravan approaching. Date: circa 1910s

321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
One of three photographs showing 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, managing the controlled explosion of a stolen Datsun 120Y, Omagh district, 1975

Tsunami wave and tropical paradise - Evening
Inspired by Hokusai, this graphic picture by Malcolm Greensmith depicts a tropical island cast into sharp silouette by the low light of the evening sun as a menacing high set of waves (a tsunami)

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