Back Ground Collection (#13)

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

Cambridge Uni Summer
A scene on a summers day from Kings Bridge over the River Cam, with part of Clare College and Kings College Chapel in the background

Piccadilly 1902
Busy scene around the statue of Eros at Piccadilly Circus, including a passing bus advertising Arthur Wing Pineros play " The Gay Lord Quex" in the background

Hippies / London Festival
HIPPIES Hippies gather at a pop festival in Hyde Park, London. Everyone is barefoot and there is dancing in the background

Pyramids / 1845 / Willmore
Men and their camels rest by some palm trees, with the pyramids of Giza in the background

Horace Walpole / Anon Eng
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE 4TH EARL OF ORFORD English man of letters with his home, Strawberry Hill, in the background

Lister / Col Lith
JOSEPH LISTER English surgeon, medical scientist and founder of antiseptic surgery

Allied Troops Land
Allied troops alighting from their landing craft, some with bicycles, onto the beaches of Normandy, France. A tank of the 50th Division is in the background

India / Calcutta / Aerial
Aerial view of the town showing the docks and buildings in the background and tents pitched on green fields in the foreground

Rainbow / J. W. Whimper
A rainbow over an idyllic country scene with a rural church in the background

Indian Gunner / 1911
A Gunner of the Mountain Battery, holding his rifle. Mountains and two cannons are in the background

Paris / Bridge / Change 1890
busy with people and traffic, with the Conciergerie in the background

Book Binder (Amman)
Interior of a German book- binding workshop : in the background the gatherings are being stitched, in the foreground covers are being prepared

Calais Plage & Casino
The plage at Calais seen from the sea : the Casino is in the background, beyond the beach huts, one of which is marked x by the sender of this card

Pipe, Pint of Beer, Cane
A pint of foaming ale, a pipe, cane, hat and gloves; items befitting the country gentleman of leisure. The Old Albion Inn, Newquay is seen in the background

Paris Street / Buses C1830
The first omnibuses to ply the streets of Paris - in the foreground, an Ecossaise, in the background, a Dame Blanche

Racial / Native Americans
Native American woman and child, with teepees in the background

Strong Man Lifts Weight
A strong man wearing a blue and yellow striped outfit lifts heavy weights in a circus ring, while clowns entertain the audience in the background

Roman Family in Villa
Roman family strolling in the atrium with colonnaded garden in the background

Saint Peter (Butler
SAINT PETER the first Pope, depicted holding the key of the kingdom, the Vatican (though not built till much later) in the background

Macbeth / Martin
The witches vanish when confronted by Macbeth. A large army is amassing in the background

Verdi / Trovatore / Ii. 1
IL TROVATORE Act 2, Scene 1 the gipsy encampment in the Biscayan mountains

Verdi and Gondola
GIUSEPPE VERDI the Italian opera composer in old age, with a gondola on the water in the background

Wren / Kneller / Holl
SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN Architect of St Paul s, with the cathedral in the background

Country Girl / Flowers
Vi, a Kent farmers daughter, with a pink rose bush and other flowers in the background

Swift / a Tale of a Tub
The tub is used as a pulpit, from which the preacher addresses his congregation while hangings take place in the background

John the Evangelist
SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST In the background he is being boiled alive in a cauldron of boiling oil by the emperors orders, yet he feels no pain and survives !

London / Schenck C. 1660
A view of London from the River Thames showing the old St. Pauls Cathedral without its spire in the background. Various boats containing cargo are on the river

London River View
A view of London at dusk with St Pauls in the background. Wyllie is best known for his naval paintings and drawings. The title of this one is Towing Past the City

Camel / Scrapbook C1880
A camel, with the pyramids and Sphinx in the background

National Gallery Postcard
Horse-cabs and buses trot past the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, with St Martins church in the background

Thames Frozen 1814
The river choked with ice- blocks near London Bridge : a factory is burning in the background

Blunt / Three Rainbows
Three rainbows over a river with a bridge in the background and ships in the foreground

Bartholomew Fair Colour
A panoramic view of the Fair, showing swings and roundabouts in the foreground, the stage in the background, and all manner of hawkers, tricksters and vendors of things to eat

Caxtons House
CAXTONs house in the Armoury, Westminster (you can see the cathedral in the background)

Clofosco Mountains
Sennayoke, in the Dolomites. In the background is the Senna Group and in the foreground is the Clofosco range

Xmas Presents & Dogs
Pampered pets with their Christmas presents!

Pin Makers at Work 1805
A woman pinmaker seated on a stool uses a foot operated press by means of a treadle. A man in the background works at a table

French Baby / Early 20Th
A typically French child in a long and flappy gown, wearing a white little cap and clogs and eating an apple. There is a flower market in the background

Prior Park, Bath
Prior Park in Bath. In the background is the mansion built for Ralph Allen, in the foreground the Palladian Bridge

Hogarth Times Noon
2. Noon A group of Huguenots attend chapel, opposite an eating house - St Giles in the Field is visible in the background

Iedo, Japan Mallet 1683
A view from high ground of the city of Iedo showing a systems of fields under cultivation, a winding river and a densely packed town in the background

Dublin from the North
A view of the City of Dublin seen from the north showing hills in the background and two windmills in the fore ground

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