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If Germany Wins -- the Kaisers sons, WW1A rather sickening and defeatist (or perhaps tongue-in-cheek) item, suggesting what might happen if Germany wins the First World War
Advertisement for National Benzole petroleum -- boy model (Denis Gilmore) in school uniform. 1959
Advertisement for Remington shaver -- male and female models (Sandra Paul and Derek Ufton). 1959
Street Vendor selling Nuts to Gentleman with a Simian VisageStreet Vendor cheekily offering the sale of some nuts to a diminutive Gentleman with a distinctive Simian visage!! Date: 1899
Ara ararauna, blue-and-yellow macawLarge Series plate 27, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
LS Plate 14 from the John Reeves CollectionLarge Series plate 14, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Barnardius zonarius, Australian ringneckPlate 21 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)
Platycercus exmius, eastern rosellaPlate 18 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)
Two Nubian men - EgyptA very fine photographic postcard depicting two Nubian men - Egypt
I want you only by Florence HardyI want you only. A young couple sit on a stone wall under the branches of a tree. The boy kisses the girls cheek, whilst they hold hands
Gorse and kissing are always in fashion by Florence HardyGorse and kissing are always in fashion. A boy kisses the girl he likes on the cheek amongst the gorse bushes
Mrs Th. Petersen, nee Roepstorff, 1833, by Christen KobkeChristen Kobke (1810-1848). Danish painter. Portrait of Mrs Th. Petersen, nee Roepstorff, 1833. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden
Cartoon, Valentine Baker, British soldierCartoon, Valentine Baker (1827-1887), British soldier, also known as Baker Pasha -- Penance! He served with both the British and Ottoman armies and took part in several wars
Womans head painted. 13th Century B. C National ArchaeologWomans head painted. It comes from the Worship Center area of the acropolis of Mycenae. 13th century B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece
J-L David / ChevignardJACQUES-LOUIS DAVID French painter: the tumour in his cheek, the result of an accident with a sword, is clearly visible Date: 1748 - 1825
Leather Breton by Chez ElleModel wearing a beige and white leather Breton tied under the chin by Chez Elle. Worn with make-up by Helena Rubinstein using " French Beige" Silk Tone Foundation under " Golden
Charlotte Bingham and Terence BradyThe English novelist Charlotte Bingham (b. 1942) gently kissing her husband, Terence Brady (b. 1939). Date: 1966
Long-billed black cockatooPlate 6 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph. Date: 1832
Platycercus venustus, northern rosellaPlate 19 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)
Two toddlers under the mistletoe at a Christmas party -- a little boy kisses a little girl on the cheek. Date: circa 1960s
No Joke! by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather post- WW1 cartoonThe Censor has been most kind to me throughout the war. I have made the above drawing simply out of gratitude. I have also omitted the joke, thus ensuring complete approval
W. S. P. U Handbill Deputation Right of PetitionW.S.P.U Handbill Deputation Right of Petition. W.S.P.U Votes for Women handbill announcing a Deputation to the House of Commons, June 29th 1909, referring to The Bill of Rights
2nd / 3rd East Lancs Field Ambulance - Dingle Repertory Co2nd/3rd East Lancs. Field Ambulance - The Dingle Repertory Company theatre programme c. 1916, designed by Arthur Mostyn for The Somn-Ambulance Theatre, Crowborough
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese marking Chinese Coolies for Identification. Date: circa 1905
Have a Pain-free Year - Danish New Years CardHave a Pain-free Year - Humorous Danish New Years Card showing a Gent atop an early aeroplane approaching his victim with tooth-removal pliers. Date: 1905
Arab Musician blowing a small horn - Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s
Countryfolk Insult" Ow much for the Moke (Donkey) Billie? " I didn t know as yer Muvver could afford to keep two of yer!" Date: 1899
Streetwise young scamp talks back at an admonishing woman who is criticising him for smoking." Do you know its very wrong for little boys to smoke tobacco
Barman has a stern word with a disreputable customer who has been stealing pewter beer tankards, which he has been turning into coinage to bring back to spend at the same establishment
Dacela novaeguineae, laughing kookaburraWatercolour 159 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great Brown Kingfisher, Goo-ge-na-gan
Parus ater, coal tit, Parus major, great titPlate 25 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Archilochus colubris, ruby-throated hummingbirdDrawing 58 (Ewan 20) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Ara severus, chestnut-fronted maccawPlate 229, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 1 (1758)
Aquila audax, wedge-tailed eagleWatercolour 95 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Bold Vulture, Boo-ro-ma-rang
Saxicola rubetra, whinchat, Saxicola torquata, common stonecPlate 7 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Passer montanus, tree sparrow, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Eurasian bPlate 40 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Leiothrix argentauris, silver-eared mesiaPlate 221, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal
Gallicolumba luzonica, Luzon bleeding-heart and another unidLarge Series plate 53, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Barnardius zonarius barnardi, Australian ringneckPlate 18 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph
Aratinga solstitialis, sun parakeetPlate 19 painting by Louis Bourquet from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, Vol. 1, (1801). Annotated La Perruche Ara Guarouba, femelle
Ara macao, scarlet macawPlate 7 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph
Nestor meridionalis, kakaFf. 14, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)
Probosciger aterrimus, palm cockatooPlate 42, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstone and other birdsLarge Series plate 15, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Ara ambiguus, great green macawPlate 6 painting by Louis Bourquet from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, Vol. 1, (1801). Annotated Le Grand Ara Militaire
Parus ater, coal titPlate 25 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Emberiza pusilla, little buntingPlate 25 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph