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THE CAT DID ITThe cat did it ! The cats are to blame for every breakage... Date: 1849
Bait digging, Lorient, FranceA man digs bait at low tide amidst the rotting wooden piles on a beach near Lorent, Brittany, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988
Fisherman Eyemoutha fisherman hauls his nets from his boat onto the quayside at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1988
Public learn of Constitutional Crisis in the British RoyaltyDecember 3rd, 1936 - A group of women discuss the Constitutional Crisis in the British Royalty they have been reading about in their newspaper Date: 1936
UFO splitting and changing colour, Hessdalen, NorwayThis UFO is observed as it changes colour and splits into several smaller parts against the black night sky. Mysterious lights appear regularly over Hessdalen, Norway, and have never been explained
Cartoon, German soldiers eating and drinking, WW1Cartoon, Kultur and Grub. A stereotypical view of German soldiers eating sausages and drinking beer, showing the contrast between the German idea of culture and the soldiers greed. Date: 1915
Despairing man with his head in his hands" The Mind and visage oft are things apart; a smiling face oft masks a breaking heart." - character study by Phil May of a man in the deepest throes of despair. Date: circa 1890s
Fire Brigade street fire alarm call postA passer-by pulls a fire alarm to notify the fire brigade of an incident. By the outbreak of the First World War the London Fire Brigade area was well covered with electric fire alarms
Automatic photograph of sitters and Rudi Schneider at sanceAutomatic photograph of sitters and Rudi Schneider at a sance at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, 8 March 1932. Harry Price and Professor David Fraser-Harris are controlling Schneider
Donald Campbell - Bluebird Proteus CN7 modelThe Bluebird-Proteus CN7 was a Land Speed Record-breaking car, driven by Donald Campbell. This model was sold to mark the 1963 attempt at the world land speed record by Campbell at Lake Eyre
A Madame Yevonde portrait of Miss Isobel McLeanIsobel McLean, daughter of Mrs Loudon McLean, society hostess. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait and commercial photographer active between 1915 and 1975
Sunrise over the sea on a Christmas and New Year card -- Breaking the ice. Date: circa 1880s
People at the zoo on a Christmas card -- breaking the rules and feeding the birds. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card with a pen breaking through it. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card with a pencil breaking through it. Date: circa 1890s
Marriage ceremony of Rothschilds, 1857Marriage ceremonial of the Baron Alphonse de Rothschild and Miss Leonora Rothschild in the mansion at Gunnersbury Park, west London
Ship breakers of T W Ward Ltd, with old boilerShip breakers, T W Ward Ltd (headquarters in Sheffield) -- men at work (possibly in Morecambe) with an old steamship boiler. Date: circa 1908
Stone-breaking cell in a workhouseIllustration showing a workhouse stone-breaking cell. Tramps and vagrants broke stones in return for a nights accommodation Date: circa 1909
At work in the English Army Remount Camp Depot, WW1Scenes at a British Army Remount Depot where horses were trained, broken in and reconditioned for service during the war. 1. hard at work at the forge. 2. trimming a draught horse, 3
Branding horses at the Army Remount Depot, WW1A horse strongly objecting to being branded at an Army Remount Depot during the First World War. Date: 1915
Suffragette W. S. P. U Hammer BroochSuffragette brooch or badge in the shape of a hammer, inscribed on the head, March 1912. The silver brooch was presented to those W.S.P.U members who had smashed windows for the cause
Lieutenant Rimington - breaker & teacher of Army horses, WW1Lt. Mike Rimington, late of the 37th Lancers, seen breaking unruly and vicious horses for the British Army at the Underdale Hall Remount Department near Shrewsbury in 1916
Peggy Salaman, 19 year old aviatress, who flew from Lympe in Kent to Cape Town, South Africa in November 1931, beating the existing record set by Glen Kidston by more than a day
A Madame Yevonde portrait of Miss Anne Bowes-LyonAnne Bowes-Lyon, eldest daughter of the Mrs John Bowes-Lyon and the niece of Queen Elizabeth, wife of George VI, later the Queen Mother
Round the World Walker - George M. SchillingFamous American athlete George M. Schilling, who walked around the world for a wager. In nine years he circumnavigated the globe, walking 55
Mosul, Iraq - Iraqi man with his giant CornichonIraq - Mosul, a man stands proudly with his giant Cornichon (gherkin), weighing a whopping 22 kgs!
The Mannequin Who Made The Most Of It, by H. M. BatemanA humorous illustration showing a fashion mannequin taking to the catwalk, entrancing all the audience. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch
Tin Model of a BluebirdThe Bluebird in which Sir Malcolm Campbell set a new land speed record of 301.129 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah on 3rd September 1935
Horse puddler used during Australian gold rushThe first horse-powered rotary puddler in use at Pennyweight Flat, Ballarat, Victoria, during the Australian gold rush. Puddling involved breaking up clay soil containing gold
Music cover, The Holiday Fantasia, composed by John Pridham. Showing three scenes: Breaking Up, Going Home, Welcome Home. circa 1870
Town and Gown battle interrupted by policeA stand-off in Oxford between town locals and university students is interrupted by the police who attempt to calm everyone down. 1866
Peace Negotiations by Lawson Wood WW1 horsesCartoon by Lawson Wood showing a British soldier trying to placate a horse with a sugar lump - a humorous comment on the number of badly behaved horses requisitioned by the British Army during
Seafront - Sevastopol, Crimea, UkraineWaves crashing into the Seafront - Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine (then (as now, sort of!) in Russia). Date: 1905
Tower of London fire, breaking into the strongroomTower of London fire, 30 October 1841 - a group of men breaking into the strongroom in the Jewel Tower to remove the crown jewels and save them from destruction. 1841
Cover of the ILN 26th August 1865Cover of the Illustrated London News, 26th August 1865, featuring the breaking of the Atlantic telegraph cable on board the Great Eastern, engraving from a sketch by special artist Robert Dudley
Chromolithograph Devotional Card - Joan of ArcChromolithograph Devotional Card depicting Joan of Arc entering Orleans on April 29th 1429. 1429
Susi - with straw hat and gardening tools. 1950s
Florence Upton playing cards - Breaking Ice. circa 1900s
Little girl in a garden on a Christmas cardLittle girl in a garden with pink blossom on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Breaking Basalt for Road Metal, Co. AntrimBreaking Basalt forRoad Metal, Co. Antrim - an outside view of a breaker for making the blocks of Basalt smaller. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s
Primitive Method of Breaking Flax for Hand Scutching, ToomePrimitive Method of Breaking Flax forHand Scutching, Toome - an outside shot showing a man and a woman breaking flax by hand, in the background are buildings
Preparing Raw Material for Crushing, Belleek PotteriesPreparing Raw Material forCrushing, Belleek Potteries - an outside view with two men sitting astride large rocks which they are breaking. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Fermanagh: Belleek)
Christmas card with a clown breaking through, and a comic verse. circa 1890s
Boy and girl with toys on a Victorian scrap. He is riding a horse which is breaking through a large eggshell; she is holding a doll. Date: circa 1890s
Jean Batten (1909 - 1982), Pioneering aviator from New Zealand. 1937
HMS Marlborough - A Torpedo breaking surface before its runHMS Marlborough - A Torpedo breaking surface before starting its run. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill
Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves, c. 1875-1885, by Hendrik WiHendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915). Dutch painter. Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves, c. 1875-1885. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Linear Gothic. Spain. 14th century. St. Catherine of AlexandLinear Gothic. Spain. 14th century. Priory chair of Blanche of Aragon and Anjou (c.1301-1348), nun and prioress. Inside the chair arms are depicted St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Agnes. 1322
