Inspects Collection

Children / Paddling 1922
Three children paddling in the sea; one carries a bucket, another inspects a toy boat

Queen Elizabeth reviews female LFB dispatch rider, WW2
Visit to LFB by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth reviews a female dispatch rider at the Lambeth Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade

Lord Roberts inspects Rugby School OTC
Lord Roberts, former Commander-in-Chief of the British Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny, visits Rugby School in February 1906 where he inspects the schools Rifle Club

The UK Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Harold Macmillan, insp?
The UK Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Harold Macmillan, inspects a de Havilland Firestreak air-to-air missile on Gloster Javelin F(AW)7, XH900, as the pilot, Flt Lt Ian Keppie, looks on at Cottesmore

The Queen inspects pikemen and musketeers
The Queen inspecting the pikemen and musketeers of the Honourable Artillery Company at Armoury House. Date: 1955

A Visit to the Irish Pig! With reflections Physical & Moral
George III, accompanied by the Lord Chamberlain Salisbury, inspects a gigantic pig. Salisbury announces That Pig is the Tallest Fittest Properest Pig to stand before the K[ing]

Haig Inspects Sailors
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors who took part in the raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge

WW2 - Home Front - King George VI meets a young boy munition worker (15 year-old Leonard Fiske) during his inspection of a famous munitions factory - the lad continued to feed revolver bullets into

DOG AND DEAD BIRD
A dog nervously inspects a dead bird lying near its water bowl, outside its kennel. Date: mid 19th century

Visit of Edward, Prince of Wales to Japan (3 / 3) Date: 1922
Visit of Edward, Prince of Wales to Japan (3/3) Date: 1922

A Very Jolly Afternoon - his majesty King George V attends Harrow School Speech Day. Date: 1912

Duke of York - inspecting Armistice Day Poppies
Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI) inspects all aspects of the production of Armistice Day Poppies (Flowers of Flanders)

Albert, Duke of York at a glider meeting, Lympne, Kent
Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI) with Sir Samuel Hoare (1880-1959) (later Viscount Templewood) at a light aircraft meeting at the Lympne Aerodrome, Kent

Girl - Grandfather Clock
Is it Christmas yet ? - an impatient girl inspects the grandfather clock with her candle. Date: circa 1880

DUTCH DYKES RUPTURE / 1861
The king of Holland inspects the damage when dykes rupture and massive flooding occurs Date: February 1861

THE NEW SERVANT
A gentleman inspects the new servant-girl that his housekeeper proposes to take on Date: late 18th century

French Cavalry inspection
NAPOLEONIC ERA French Cavalry Napoleonic inspects the stables Date: CIRCA 1800

King Christian IX inspecting a new cavalry repeating rifle
Christian IX (18181906) - King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906 - inspecting a new cavalry repeating rifle. Photograph taken by his daughter (Queen) Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII. Date: circa 1905

Duchess of York inspects Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Duchess of York (as Colonel-in-Chief) inspects the First Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Tidworth in October 1934. Shown here inspecting a Whippet tank

The Foreman, Mr Poole, inspects work - No. 4 Hamilton Place
The Foreman, Mr Poole, inspects work during construction of the fifth floor at No.4 Hamilton Place in 1960. Date: 1960

Winston Churchill inspecting troops, WW1
Winston Churchill, as Minister of Munitions, inspecting British troops in Germany after the end of the First World War. Date: C.1918

Princess Margaret
PRINCESS MARGARET Inspects nylon lace used in a ballgown designed by the fashion designer, Victor Stiebel, a favourite designer of the princess. Date: 1930-2002

Caesar W / Alexander Body
Caesar inspects the mummified corpse of Alexander the Great at his tomb in Alexandria, Egypt

Canadian Forces Base Valcartier - Brig. Gen. Sir Sam Hughes
Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Valcartier - a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, approximately 25 km north of Quebec City. Date: circa 1940

HMS Marlborough - Inspection by First Lord of the Admiralty. The March Past. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

Charlemagne & Cathedral
Charlemagne at his court at Aachen inspects plans for the cathedral of the city. Date: 794

Work on a Country House
A prospective owner inspects work in progress on his stately home. Date: 18th century

First Page Proof (Paper)
The night editor of the Daily Mail inspects the first page proof direct from the stone. Date: 1950s

Louis XIV at Versailles
Louis XIV inspects his estate Date: circa 1688

Queen Mary inspects a Nissen hut, 1917
Queen Mary leaving a Nissen hut after inspecting it, somewhere along the lines of communication near the Front during World War One. Note the royal arms fixed to the bonnet of the car. Date: 1917

King George VI inspecting firefighters on parade, WW2
King George VI visiting the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth. Date: 1940

Prince of Wales at London Fire Brigade Annual Review
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) at the Annual Review of the London Fire Brigade in Victoria Park. Date: 1929

Lord Snell at London Fire Brigade Annual Review
Lord Snell (Chairman of the Council) at London Fire Brigade Annual Review in Victoria Park, 30 June 1934, inspecting firefighters wearing Proto breathing equipment. Date: 1934

Queen Mary inspects the Womens Land Army, WW1
Queen Mary inspects a detachment of the Womens Land Army which marched through London with the object of attracting recruits in March 1918. Date: 1918

LCC-London Fire Brigade Royal Review in Hyde Park
London Fire Brigade annual review in Hyde Park, by King Edward VII. Queen Alexandra and the royal children were accompanying him

National Coal Strike, 1912
National Coal Strike of 1912. A man inspects an important notice of a coal strike which has closed Cannon Street Station, London. Date: 1912

King George VI inspects barrage balloons, 1939
King George VI, on a visit to a balloon unit in October 1939, inspects the wires of a barrage balloon. Date: 1939

Queen Elizabeth inspects barrage balloons, 1939
Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), inspects the fabric used on a barrage balloon as she and the King tour a balloon unit in October 1939. Date: 1939

Edward VII at Leopardstown, Ireland
The Royal Irish Constabulary salute King Edward VII at Leopardstown, Dublin, on the Royal visit to Ireland. His Majesty inspects the Guard of Honour. Date: 1907

Charles Dollfus inspects the basket of his hydrogen ball?
Charles Dollfus inspects the basket of his hydrogen balloon at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 8 May

Russo-Japanese War - General Kuroki inspecting captured guns
Russo-Japanese War - Count Tamemoto Kuroki GCMG (18441923) General in the Imperial Japanese Army, inspecting captured Russian guns. Date: circa 1905

Syria - Weapons taken from Arab fighters by the French
Syria - General Joseph Joffre (1852-1931) inspects weapons taken from Arab Hauran rebel fighters by the controlling colonial French forces. Date: circa 1919

Soviet Armenia - Cheese Factory
Soviet Armenia - Kalinin Mechanical Steam Cheese Plant No.1 - Foreman Akushev inspects the pressed round cheeses. Date: circa 1930s

Col Roscoe Turner inspects the additional fuel tanks of the Boeing 247D, NR257Y, Warner Bros. Comet, prior to the MacRobertson England to Australia race of October 1934

Charles A Lindbergh inspects his Miles M12 Mohawk G-AEKW
Charles A. Lindbergh inspects his Miles M12 Mohawk, G-AEKW

ACM Sir John Baker controller-aircraft
ACM Sir John Baker, controller-aircraft, UK MoS, and a member of the Air Council, RAF, inspects a Hughes GAR-1 Falcon air-to-air missile at the Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City

Armstrong Whitworth Seaslug ship-to
A technician inspects an Armstrong Whitworth Seaslug ship-to-air missile after it has undergone testing at arctic temperatures in the companys climatic chamber. November 1959. Date: 1959

King Edward VIII inspects Supermarine Spitfire
King Edward VIII inspects the cockpit of the Supermarine Spitfire prototype, K5054

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