Shining Collection

Lakeland Shepherd
A shepherd and his dog rounding up sheep in Cumberland in the English Lake District. The shining waters of Lake Loweswater are on the left of the photograph. Date: 1930s

Griffon preaching to the Maronites of Mount Lebanon
Griffon, preaching to the Maronites of Mount Lebanon, is aided by a miracle -- God moves the sun so that its rays illumine the church from the east, not the west

Thessaloniki - Street Traders and Foreign Military Personnel
Street Traders, including a shoeshine boy, a cigarette seller and a porter - all finding plenty of cutom amongst the foreign troops staioned in Thessaloniki (Indian, French and British)

DECOUPAGES
Light, shining through cunningly torn paper, casts grotesque shapes on the wall

SHOE-BLACK 1877
A Shoe-Black boy cleans and shines a gentlemans shoes on a wooden block

Woman in shoe shine booth Lisbon
Shoe shine booths in a Lisbon Street, Portugal. People sit in the small cabins to have their shoes cleaned and shined Date: 1988

Magic Lantern 1858
Evenings entertainment, with children amazed by the bright glass lantern slides been projected on the wall. 1858

Frozen pond with back light, Church Eaton, Staffordshire, England Date: 2000

Silver bream fish on ice in the fish market at Ciutedella
Silver freshly-caught sea bream fish on ice in the fish market at Ciutedella, Menorca, Spain. Date: 2005

Lobster pot lit by harbour light at night, Newlyn, Cornwall
An old, traditional lobster pot lit by a harbour light at night on the quayside the Old Quay at Newlyn, Cornwall, England. The deck lights of fishing trawlers can be seen in the distance

Le Guet The Watch
This illustration portrays a knight in shining armour, standing proudly with his hands placed on his hips as he watches over the countryside, his city is visible in the distant background

Advert, Hudson's Extract of Soap, railway signalman shining a beam of light Date: 1888

Beech Avenue
A landscape painting of a large grassy clearing surrounded by beech and birch trees, with sunlight shining through the gaps above. Date: circa 1922

St. George
This oil painting is a grand portrayal of Saint George, a national saint of England and H.M. The King. The well renowned story of George and the dragon

Monkey Brand Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Monkey Brand, a product used mainly for cleaning pots and pans. Makes copper like gold, tin like silver, paint like new

Colinated Coconut Oil Advertisement
An advertisement illustration promoting the benefits of using Colinated coconut oil, over normal soaps and shampoos. The image shows a woman with shining hair, reclining on a chaise lounge

JESUS'S SEPULCHRE
The three Marys at the sepulchre. : Behold, two men stood by them in shining garments, and they said, Why seek ye the living among the dead ? Date: circa 30

London Life - A Shoeblack works outside a Station Entrance on The City and South London Railway (C&SLR), the tunnels and lines of which now form the Bank Branch of the Northern line, Date: circa 1910s

Comic postcard, Two men with motorcycle - rear light Date: 20th century

Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa, Salvia bella. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Blood amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus
Blood amaranth or Mexican grain amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus (amaranthe paniculee, Amaranthus paniculatus.) Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

The Zephyr of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Company. Date: 1935

Terrific Apparition - Londons First Traffic Light 1869
Terrific Apparition - Seen during the recent fog at Westminster. A satire on Londons First Traffic Light. Invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer

Advert, Use Stephenson Brothers Floor Polish. early 20th century

Shoe black (shoeshine boy) and client, in 18th century style. 18th century

Cape starling, Lamprotornis nitens (Shining stare, Sturnus nitens). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Waterlily species
Foreign yellow waterlily, Nymphaea advena, sweet-scented waterlily, Nymphaea odorata, N. odorata minor, and shining waterlily, Nymphaea nitida

Diederik cuckoo and shining bronze-cuckoo
Diederik cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius, and shining bronze-cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris

Shining bronze cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus (Shining cuckow, Cuculus lucidus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Shining sunbeam, Aglaeactis cupripennis (Agloeactis cupreipennis). Handcoloured steel engraving from W.C.L. Martins A General History of Humming-birds or the Trochilidae, Bohn, London, 1852

Achimenantha naegelioides, shining variety (Plectopoma naegelioides scintillans). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Shining red charaxes and Biblis ariadne?
Shining red charaxes, Charaxes zingha, Nymphalis Charaxes berenice, upper side 1, under side 2, and Biblis ariadne? butterfly 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Masked shining parrot, Prosopeia personata (Blue-faced parrot, Psittacus capistratus). Handcoloured engraving of a specimen in the Linnean Society Museum from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by

Shining cranesbill, Geranium lucidum
Le Bec de Grue luisant. Shining cranesbill, Geranium lucidum. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Bladdernut or wild coffee, Diospyros whyteana (Shining royena, Royena lucida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical

Begonia minor (Shining begonia, Begonia nitida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Miss Sara Maund from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

The Electric Galop by Fred Godfrey
Promotional music sheet for The Electric Galop of 1869 by Fred Godfrey. The image shows Mephistopheles shining an electric light on the Gaiety Theatre, however

A London shoeblack
A shoeblack working on the Embankment, London, shinig the shoes of a gentleman. Date: 1885

Curtis British Entomology Plate 426
Coleoptera: Cychrus rostratus = Cychrus caraboides ssp. rostratus (Long-headed Carabus) [Plant: Geranium lucidum (Shining Crane?s-bill)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 232
Coleoptera: Mezeum sulcatum = Mezium affine (Shining Ptinus) [Plant: Ornithopus perpusillus (Common Bird?s-foot)] Date: 1824-39

A winter scene on Hampstead Heath, London, with the sun shining on tracks in the snow. Date: 1960s

Poster for Concerts Ysaye Date: 1895

City Skyline at Night Date: 1954

Blue and White Kitchen Date: 1948

Couple on Skis Date: 1910

Fishing boat with a backdrop of Taurus mountains, Antalya
A fishing boat with a backdrop of the Taurus mountains, Antalya, Turkey. The scene is backlit from a sun shining down from the mouintains and the sea water sparkles Date: 1985

Lobster fisherman leaves boat and climbs bank of River Dee
At low water, a lobster fisherman leaves his boat tender at the end of a days fishing and climbs the steep muddy bank of the River Dee in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Craftsman puts finishing touches to replica suit of armour
Sparks fly as a skilled craftsman puts the finishing touches to a replica suit of armour with conquistador-style morion in his workshop in Birmingham, England Date: 1992

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