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Background imagePatch Collection: 1930S Playsuits

1930S Playsuits
Striped playsuit with shorts with matching 3/4 length coat or a linen suit with trousers & jacket with large patch pockets. A wire-haired fox terrier sits nearby

Background imagePatch Collection: Babies in a cabbage patch

Babies in a cabbage patch. Date: circa 1900s

Background imagePatch Collection: Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - trumpeter

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - trumpeter. circa 1910s

Background imagePatch Collection: Jemima! Drawn by Cecil Aldin

Jemima! Drawn by Cecil Aldin
Illustration of a small white and brown terrier dog with medium-length scruffy hair, seated on a roughly sketched arm chair. Date: 1928

Background imagePatch Collection: Crowded London Housing

Crowded London Housing
A landscape of working class homes in London, with a handy patch of waste ground where the wives can hang up their washing and the kids can play among the stones and refuse

Background imagePatch Collection: Leaps of Sam Patch / C19Th

Leaps of Sam Patch / C19Th
The Wonderful Leaps of Sam Patch

Background imagePatch Collection: Dressed to Kill 1912

Dressed to Kill 1912
Woman: tailor-made with a narrow skirt, belted long line jacket with bellows pockets & a trilby hat. Man: jodphurs, gaiters or leggings, belted jacket with a pleated back & patch pockets

Background imagePatch Collection: Caricature of Arthur Cecil, English actor and playwright

Caricature of Arthur Cecil, English actor and playwright
Caricature of Arthur Cecil (1843-1896), English actor, comedian, playwright and theatre manager. Seen here as Colley Cibber in a production of Masks and Faces

Background imagePatch Collection: Mending Day, by Ethel Parkinson

Mending Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl sits mending a little boys breeches, while he stands uncomfortably with a towel round his waist

Background imagePatch Collection: Comic postcard, Man kneeling in bed, praying for a woman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man kneeling in bed, praying for a woman Date: 20th century

Background imagePatch Collection: Perrault in Powder and Patch - Fmaous and Familiar fairy stories in their proper guise

Perrault in Powder and Patch - Fmaous and Familiar fairy stories in their proper guise - Bluebeard (La Barbe Bleue) - from the painting by Kay Nielsen made specially for The Illustrated London News

Background imagePatch Collection: Mother, Father and children pose in their kitchen garden

Mother, Father and children pose in their kitchen garden
Mother, Father and four children posing proudly in the kitchen garden of their country home. Note the hand water pump on left. Date: circa 1909

Background imagePatch Collection: Le Galant Jardinier

Le Galant Jardinier
A portrait sketch of a proudly postured man, known as The Gallant Gardener, standing with his cane in hand, by a patch of tall grass, his countryside home visible in the background. Date: circa 1901

Background imagePatch Collection: Sea View, Fishponds

Sea View, Fishponds
A landscape painting which shows a foreground garden, with a square patch of lawn surrounded by colourful flower patches, looking out to a countryside view of fields and hills

Background imagePatch Collection: A Big Order, Measuring Mr Jumbo for a New Suit

A Big Order, Measuring Mr Jumbo for a New Suit Date: 1930

Background imagePatch Collection: Illustration, Bristlewoods, vegetable patch

Illustration, Bristlewoods, vegetable patch
Caricature illustration by Frank Reynolds, of a man and woman labouring on new vegetable patch, lifting turf and planting potatoes. Captioned, Bristlewoods see it through'

Background imagePatch Collection: Instructions for creating decorative patches to repair holes in fabric, with ideas for motifs

Instructions for creating decorative patches to repair holes in fabric, with ideas for motifs. Date: 1943

Background imagePatch Collection: Black gown by Marshall & Snelgrove: raglan sleeves, turn back cuffs

Black gown by Marshall & Snelgrove: raglan sleeves, turn back cuffs, long gored skirt with tiny patch pockets ornamented with tassels, white blouse & Louis heel shoes. Date: 1915

Background imagePatch Collection: GEORGE H CHIRGWIN/HALLS

GEORGE H CHIRGWIN/HALLS
GEORGE H CHIRGWIN Music hall entertainer, known as the White-Eyed Musical Moke or the White- Eyed Kaffir Date: 1854 - 1922

Background imagePatch Collection: FASHIONABLE YOUNG WIDOW

FASHIONABLE YOUNG WIDOW
Pretty young widow in mourning dress takes tea with a handsome young man while she views the architect's plans for her husband's mausoleum Date: 1820s

Background imagePatch Collection: Nelson and the Signal, Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801 - the famous incident when

Nelson and the Signal, Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801 - the famous incident when Nelson held the telescope up to his blind eye in order to ignore a signal to retreat. Date: 1801

Background imagePatch Collection: Comic postcard, Man to help with town planning Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man to help with town planning Date: 20th century

Background imagePatch Collection: Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German

Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German defensive position on the Western Front, showing a German soldier with a line of washing. Date: circa 1916-1917

Background imagePatch Collection: Original Artwork - Christmas Cracker packaging design

Original Artwork - Christmas Cracker packaging design
Original Artwork - Painted design for advertising/packaging for C.W.S. Christmas Crackers, with the crackers coming to life and wandering away! Date: circa 1937

Background imagePatch Collection: Christmas place marker - Dutch boy with large cracker

Christmas place marker - Dutch boy with large cracker
Christmas place marker - Little Dutch boy in traditional costume, holding a large cracker. Date: circa 1937

Background imagePatch Collection: Christmas place marker - Dutch boy with large spoon

Christmas place marker - Dutch boy with large spoon
Christmas place marker - Little Dutch boy in traditional costume, holding a large spoon. Date: circa 1937

Background imagePatch Collection: Original Artwork - little patched-up blue fabric dog

Original Artwork - little patched-up blue fabric dog, holding a yellow flower. Date: circa 1937

Background imagePatch Collection: Comic postcard, Washing line of clothes in a garden Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Washing line of clothes in a garden Date: 20th century

Background imagePatch Collection: Comic postcard, Lost and found clothing Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Lost and found clothing Date: 20th century

Background imagePatch Collection: Woman cycling along path between houses

Woman cycling along path between houses
A woman cycles along a cobbled path between old timbered houses. A cat sits in a patch of sun. Date: circa 1950s

Background imagePatch Collection: Comic postcard, Future fathers-in-law Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Future fathers-in-law Date: 20th century

Background imagePatch Collection: Comic postcard, Cold weather conversation Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Cold weather conversation Date: early 20th century

Background imagePatch Collection: Comic postcard, Elegant woman and scruffy man selling sheet music in the street Date

Comic postcard, Elegant woman and scruffy man selling sheet music in the street Date: 20th century

Background imagePatch Collection: Comic birthday postcard, Two boys about to fight as girl watches Date: 20th century

Comic birthday postcard, Two boys about to fight as girl watches Date: 20th century

Background imagePatch Collection: Comic birthday postcard, Two boys about to fight Date: 20th century

Comic birthday postcard, Two boys about to fight Date: 20th century

Background imagePatch Collection: Memorial to Harry Patch, the last British Veteran

Memorial to Harry Patch, the last British Veteran
This memorial was privately erected by Harry Patch to remember those with whom he served in the 7th Battalion DCLI. It is placed on the edge of the Steenbeek stream across which at dawn

Background imagePatch Collection: Memorial board for Harry Patch, the last British veteran

Memorial board for Harry Patch, the last British veteran
The board stood alongside Harrys memorial beside the Steenbeek stream. Both were damaged by motor vehicles and have since been moved. Harry paid for the memorial himself. Date: 2016

Background imagePatch Collection: Tribute to Harry Patch, Carrefour, Langemarck

Tribute to Harry Patch, Carrefour, Langemarck
This was done by Moorslede artist Philip Cardoen and is part of a series of 60 pictures planned to form The Western Front Painting Tour. Date: 2016

Background imagePatch Collection: Victorian scrap, black musician with violin

Victorian scrap, black musician with violin. 19th century

Background imagePatch Collection: The House That Jack Built, by Minnie Asprey

The House That Jack Built, by Minnie Asprey. This is the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn... circa 1918

Background imagePatch Collection: Clouded flat, Cramers longtail and crimson patch

Clouded flat, Cramers longtail and crimson patch
Clouded flat butterfly, Tagiades flesus, upper side 1, under side 2, Cramers longtail, Typhedanus crameri 3, 4, and crimson patch, Chlosyne janais 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Background imagePatch Collection: American 302nd Parachute Infantry Regiment Memorial

American 302nd Parachute Infantry Regiment Memorial
The Memorial is known as the Cabbage Patch. In this area of Carentan Lt Colonel Robert G.Cole led a bayonet charge on 11 June 1944

Background imagePatch Collection: Advert for The Flower-Patch Among the Hills, Flora Klickmann

Advert for The Flower-Patch Among the Hills, Flora Klickmann
Black and white advert for The Flower Patch Among the Hills by Flora Klickmann in her publication The Etiquette of To-day, published by Girls Own Paper, circa 1914

Background imagePatch Collection: Santa Claus with girl on a Christmas postcard

Santa Claus with girl on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus with a little girl in the snow on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Background imagePatch Collection: Digging a vegetable patch, 1890s

Digging a vegetable patch, 1890s
Rustic types digging over a vegetable patch outside a cottage, 1890s Date: 1890s

Background imagePatch Collection: Four fine English Springer Spaniels in a patch of heathland

Four fine English Springer Spaniels in a patch of heathland
1903

Background imagePatch Collection: Two Sheep Date: 1948

Two Sheep Date: 1948

Background imagePatch Collection: Allergy testing

Allergy testing
State Enrolled Nurse Anna Glendinning prepares a skin patch test to determine causes of allergies. Date: circa 1980



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