Back Ground Collection (#12)

Advertisement for Cadillac cars
Advertisment for Cadillac cars showing an illustration of the car with a war scene in background, a reference to the fact that Cadillac cars provided excellent service to the American Army in France

Advertisement for Rolls Royce Phantom II car, with a photograph of a chaffeur driven Rolls with two fur-wearing ladies as passengers

Edwardian Class System
The Edwardian Country House, with the Lord and Lady of the manor and their family in the foreground and all of their various servants dutifully standing in the background

Dorset Cottages
A quiet byway of Corfe, Dorset, England, the village dominated by the ruins of its famous Castle, which can be seen in the background

Fishing in Devon
A gentleman fishing in his top hat in a stream in Devon. In the background three children watch from the bank while another man rests on a picturesque stone bridge

Racial / Italy / Venetians
A Venetian man and woman, with Venice in the background

Going to School 1960S
Boys and girls leave a housing estate and set off for school. The lollipop lady, who has presumably just assisted them to cross the road, is in the background

Lake District / 1950S
View over Patterdale, with Lingy Crag woods in the background

Cape Town / Harbour C1700
Cape Town, South Africa: the harbour, with ships, and Table Mountain in the background

Wheat Field / Power Stn
Food and Power. A delightful glimpse of a wheat-field and in the background is Hams Hall Power Station, Warwickshire

Fine Haystacks in Kent
A fine stackyard on a farm in Staplehurst, Kent. The stacks are shaped like round huts which compliment the oast houses in the background

Working Oxen on Farm
Working oxen on Lord Bathursts estate at Cirencester, Gloucestershire; farmworkers construct a haystack in the background

Dancer and Chorus
A leading dancer performs while the chorus girls hover in the background

France / Amiens 1907
Amiens, with the cathedral in the background and the quayside in the foreground

Two Elegant Women 1900
A lady in a green pleated dress holding a lacy parasol with her companion who wears a dress with a bold blue design; a big wheel is in the background

Thames / Winter / St Pauls
The Thames in winter, with St Pauls Cathedral in the background

Costume / Women / Turkish
A Turkish lady, well concealed in her voluminous white and cream costume with only her eyes visible; there is a mosque in the background

King Henry Viii / Williams
KING HENRY VIII Whole-length portait in full tudor regalia against a decorative background

Cambridge Univ Backs 20C
Punting on the " backs" ; Kings Chapel in the background

Shoe Shop / Le Rire
A lady is helped with a pair of new boots, while a man in the background looks up the skirt of another woman on a stepladder

Social / Greenwich Park
Young people enjoying Greenwich Park on an Easter Monday; with the Greenwich Royal Observatory in the background

Children / Glasgow 1960S
Children playing in an East Glasgow street with some building machinery in the background

Girls / Glasgow Skipping
A group of girls skipping in an East Glasgow street with some building machinery in the background

Japan / Honshu Bridge 1976
Japanese woman on a bridge, with the Keo Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, in the background. Date: 1976

Eastbourne Beach 1947
View of Eastbourne beach with the pier in the background

Water Babies / Tom
Tom, seated on a lily pad, watches a dragon fly whilst the vile otter lurks in the background

London / Strand / Ackermann
Somerset House in the Strand, with the church of St Mary-le- Strand on the left

Female Type / Mirror 1924
An elegant woman in luxurious clothes admires her reflection in a mirror

Leningrad Warning Sign
The sign reads Citizens! During artillery fire, this is the most dangerous side of the street. Palace Square and the Winter Palace are in the background

King Henry VIII with three children and jester
King Henry VIII with his three children, Edward (VI), Mary (I) and Elizabeth (I), with the court jester Will Sommers lurking in the background. Date: 1491 - 1547

George Robey / Nerman
GEORGE ROBEY Music hall entertainer with Betty Chester in Leap Year

Small Boys / Toy Yachts
Two small boys race their toy yachts in a country stream. A thatched cottage with smoking chimney is in the background

Congreve / Gucht
WILLIAM CONGREVE Restoration playwright

Stage Dancers 1925
Danseurs

Myth / England / Robin Hood
Maid Marian joins Robin Hood and his Merry Men. This scene shows Robin, Marian, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlett and Little John. Is the mysterious figure in the background the Sheriff?

The Happy Prince / Robinson
Gorgeous illustration by Charles Robinson showing a snow queen in her sleigh pulled by heavily decorated reindeer. The onion domes of a Russian church or cathedral can be seen in the background

Racial / Turkish Lady 17C
A Turkish lady, well concealed in her voluminous white and cream costume with only her eyes visible; there is a mosque in the background

Harvesting in Germany
Harvest A woman in a red dress carries in the harvest while a man in the background cuts the crops with a scythe

German Farm Mother
Mother and Child German farmers wife enjoys time with her baby while her husband ploughs the fields in the background

Strawberries / Cries
A woman sells scarlet strawberries in the street on a hot day (it must be hot, theres a camel in the background)

Goose / Cries of London
Street traders with a gaggle of geese for sale: Buy a live goose! Washing hangs from an upstairs window in the background

Medici / Cosimo Elder / Mini
COSIMO DE MEDICI known as THE ELDER Florentine banker, patron of the arts and ruler of the republic

Watching over Turkeys
A young girl watches over her turkeys, with cherry blossom in the background

St George / 13C Woodcut
SAINT GEORGE On horseback, slaying the dragon, while the princess prays in the background

Sir Kenelm Digby / Larmess
SIR KENELM DIGBY Writer, naval commander, diplomat, scientist and philosopher

George Curzon / Simpson 07
GEORGE NATHANIEL LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON Viceroy of India and statesman

Cranach / Miniature Self
LUCAS CRANACH German painter, engraver and woodcut designer

J-M Charcot / Renouard
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist, with some of his patients depicted in the background

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