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Background imageProposed Collection: Mary Anne Chaworth (Bw)

Mary Anne Chaworth (Bw)
MARY ANNE CHAWORTH Byron proposed to her in 1803, but she very sensibly rejected him and married John Musters of Colwick Hall Date: 1786 - 1832

Background imageProposed Collection: Heinrich Heine / Montmartr

Heinrich Heine / Montmartr
HEINRICH HEINE Proposed monument to the German poet and critic in Montmartre Cemetery (he lived in Paris from 1831) Date: 1797 - 1856

Background imageProposed Collection: Liverpool / Iln 1903

Liverpool / Iln 1903
Giles Gilbert Scotts proposed plan for the Anglican Cathedral, 1903 Date: 1903

Background imageProposed Collection: Mary Anne Chaworth

Mary Anne Chaworth
MARY ANNE CHAWORTH Byron proposed to her in 1803, but she very sensibly rejected him and married John Musters of Colwick Hall Date: 1786 - 1832

Background imageProposed Collection: Cupid Takes the Plunge - Two Aqua show stars get hitched

Cupid Takes the Plunge - Two Aqua show stars get hitched. High-diver Roy Walsh from Blackpool, a former British Olympic Star (at the 1954 Melbourne Olympic Games) (25)

Background imageProposed Collection: The Proposed Channel Railway

The Proposed Channel Railway - a tunnel connecting England and France. 1862

Background imageProposed Collection: Cross section of cylinder to transport Cleopatras needle

Cross section of cylinder to transport Cleopatras needle
A proposed scheme showing the longitudinal section of a cylinder encasing Cleopatras needle to transport it to London. Date: 1877

Background imageProposed Collection: Speech of Louis XVI to the Assembly of Notables

Speech of Louis XVI to the Assembly of Notables at Versailles on February 22, 1787. Assembly proposed by Charles Alexandre de Calonne to approve a new land tax that also affect the nobles and clergy

Background imageProposed Collection: Proposed Channel Tunnel, 1880

Proposed Channel Tunnel, 1880
The proposed channel tunnel with three engravings showing the preliminary experimental workings at Sangatte on the French coast, Ness Point, St

Background imageProposed Collection: Proposed Channel Tunnel, works at Sangatte

Proposed Channel Tunnel, works at Sangatte
The works at Sangatte on the French coast for the proposed Channel Tunnel in 1876, described in The Graphic as, " this gigantic and long-talked of scheme, "

Background imageProposed Collection: Proposed Channel bridge, 1889

Proposed Channel bridge, 1889
Diagrams demonstrating a 24 mile long superstructure bridge to cross the Channel, proposed in 1889 as an alternative to the long-debated Channel Tunnel. The bridge was suggested by M

Background imageProposed Collection: Scouts outside proposed headquarters, Gambia, West Africa

Scouts outside proposed headquarters, Gambia, West Africa
A working party of scouts outside the proposed new headquarters of the Gambia Scouts Association, Gambia, West Africa

Background imageProposed Collection: Scout leader at proposed headquarters, Gambia, West Africa

Scout leader at proposed headquarters, Gambia, West Africa
Scout leader at the site of a proposed new headquarters, Gambia, West Africa. He is Sam Aki Joof, Organising Commissioner, the only full-time scouter in the Gambia

Background imageProposed Collection: Suffragette Forcible Feeding insurance

Suffragette Forcible Feeding insurance. Reference to forcible feeding on the subject of Health Insurance. Shows a Health Insurance stamp with instruction to Lick as proposed under the 1911 National

Background imageProposed Collection: Seven to two

Seven to two. Stark illustration of how 7 million men have votes while under the proposed Parliamentary Bill of 1909, only 1.5 to 2 million women would be eligible. Date: circa 1909

Background imageProposed Collection: Paris, France - Bastille, Prieurs proposed monument

Paris, France - Bastille, Prieurs proposed monument. Date: 1881

Background imageProposed Collection: Ephemera relating to Private Clarence Muggleton

Ephemera relating to Private Clarence Muggleton
A collection of ephemera relating to Private Clarence Muggleton, 22nd Battalion London Regiment; a printed leaflet from Alexander Paterson relating to 22nd London War Memorial plus a leaflet of

Background imageProposed Collection: Suggested life-saving devices at sea by G. H. Davis

Suggested life-saving devices at sea by G. H. Davis
For those in peril on the sea: suggested life-saving devices at sea. Above: a proposed life raft for liners which could be fitted into the stern quarters

Background imageProposed Collection: Revolutionary design for air liner by G. H. Davis

Revolutionary design for air liner by G. H. Davis
A British flying wing project: a revolutionary design for a speedy night-flying air liner. Details of the proposed Armstrong-Whitworth flying wing

Background imageProposed Collection: Bastille Demolition Plan

Bastille Demolition Plan
Five years before the Revolution, it is proposed to demolish the Bastille prison and replace it with a public square named for Louis XVI. It could have changed history ! Date: 1784

Background imageProposed Collection: Jean Comte Willaumez

Jean Comte Willaumez
JEAN BAPTISTE PHILIBERT, comte WILLAUMEZ French naval commander, and the corvette Amphisdrome proposed by him. Date: 1763 - 1845

Background imageProposed Collection: Leap Year - A young woman pops the question

Leap Year - A young woman pops the question
A young woman pops an innocent question to an elderly gentleman at a dance. His look of surprise is due to the date and the fact it is a Leap Year! Date: circa 1904

Background imageProposed Collection: Proposed location for the 1932 Athens Exhibition

Proposed location for the 1932 Athens Exhibition
An aerial view of the proposed location for the 1932 Athens Exhibition in Greece - now covered with smart housing set amongst the trees. Date: circa 1930

Background imageProposed Collection: Model of the proposed Airbus A300 in BEA markings

Model of the proposed Airbus A300 in BEA markings powered by two Roll-Royce RB207 turbofans

Background imageProposed Collection: Model of the proposed Avro 730 supersonic bomber

Model of the proposed Avro 730 supersonic bomber

Background imageProposed Collection: Plan of the proposed Lecture Theatre - RAeS

Plan of the proposed Lecture Theatre - RAeS
Plan of the proposed Lecture Theatre and the ground floor of No.4 Hamilton Place. circa 1960. Date: 1960

Background imageProposed Collection: Thomas Walkers proposed ornithopter

Thomas Walkers proposed ornithopter from A Treatise upon the Art of Flying. 1810

Background imageProposed Collection: IMechE: proposed hydraulic service elevator

IMechE: proposed hydraulic service elevator Otis Elevator Co. 12 August 1897 Date: 1897

Background imageProposed Collection: Charles Alex De Calonne

Charles Alex De Calonne
CHARLES-ALEXANDRE DE CALONNE French statesman who proposed to tax nobles and clergy so was dismissed : fled to England where he was leading adviser to fellow emigres. Date: 1734 - 1802

Background imageProposed Collection: Rail in Greenwich Park

Rail in Greenwich Park
GREENWICH PARK Messrs Landman & Smith propose to construct a viaduct across the Park to carry the railway on its way to Gravesend Date: 1835

Background imageProposed Collection: GLC-LFB New style firemans working rig (uniform)

GLC-LFB New style firemans working rig (uniform)
Prototype of a proposed change to the general working rig of firemen. They were not introduced

Background imageProposed Collection: The proposed concession to Cuba

The proposed concession to Cuba. Illustration shows a young woman labeled Cuba turning away from Uncle Sam who is offering her a plate labeled Reduction of Tariff on Cuban Sugar with an egg labeled

Background imageProposed Collection: New County Hall, Stafford, England. Proposed facade. Elevati

New County Hall, Stafford, England. Proposed facade. Elevation. Date 1794

Background imageProposed Collection: Proposed arcade railway--Under Broadway, view near Wall Stre

Proposed arcade railway--Under Broadway, view near Wall Stre

Background imageProposed Collection: Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion

Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion, Paris, 1783. Design drawing shows two men in basket steering balloon by manipulation of a sail

Background imageProposed Collection: Two views of an airship shaped like a long tube with a point

Two views of an airship shaped like a long tube with a pointed nose, propellers on the side and a rudder, resembling an 1850 design proposed by Pierre Jullien, a French clock maker from Villejuif

Background imageProposed Collection: Proposed design for the completion of the Washington Monumen

Proposed design for the completion of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. Date ca. 1877

Background imageProposed Collection: Wolseys Gateway

Wolseys Gateway, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, is all that remains of the proposed (but never built) College of St. Mary, planned by Cardial Wolsey who died in 1530. Date: 1528

Background imageProposed Collection: Supreme being Taught

Supreme being Taught
Placard for use in schools, intended to inculcate devotion to L Etre Supreme instead of the old Christian deity, proposed by Robespierre and approved by the Convention. Date: 7 May 1794

Background imageProposed Collection: Ireland Workhouse Extension 1847

Ireland Workhouse Extension 1847
Plan view by architect George Wilkinson of proposed extensions to increase the capacity of Irish workhouse buildings. The sections in blue are the original buildings, with the new sections in red

Background imageProposed Collection: Lancers Corps - Horseback - British Army

Lancers Corps - Horseback - British Army
The proposed uniform and equipment for a new corps of lancers in the British Army. Seen here is a side view of a mounted lancer charging with his lance tucked under his right arm. 1813

Background imageProposed Collection: Burton workhouse 1886. tif

Burton workhouse 1886. tif
Bird s-eye view of the proposed new workhouse building erected in 1886 on Belvedere Road, Burton-on-Trent. The scheme - a pavilion block layout - was designed by J.H. Morton. Date: 1886

Background imageProposed Collection: Lancers Corps - British Army

Lancers Corps - British Army
The proposed uniform and equipment for a new corps of lancers in the British Army. Seen here is a side view of a lancer standing holding his lance resting on his right shoulder with his sabre at his

Background imageProposed Collection: Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - bed designs

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - bed designs
Bed designs in Jeremy Benthams proposed panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The scheme, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Background imageProposed Collection: London / Project / Victoria

London / Project / Victoria
Proposed monument to Victoria at Buckingham Palace, by Aston Webb Date: 1902

Background imageProposed Collection: Proposed design for new Hastings Union workhouse

Proposed design for new Hastings Union workhouse
Proposed design by the architect P.H. Tree for a new union workhouse at Hastings, Sussex. The building actually erected was a rather scaled-down version of Trees design

Background imageProposed Collection: Union Workhouse, Limerick, Ireland, perspective view

Union Workhouse, Limerick, Ireland, perspective view
The Union workhouse at Limerick, Ireland, was designed by George Wilkinson and opened in 1841. This 1847 view shows the workhouse after proposed enlargements

Background imageProposed Collection: National Gallery Project

National Gallery Project
Arthur Alloms proposed design for the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square



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