Viewing Collection (#5)

Britannia and Eve front cover, February 1932
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a typical 1930s couple seated on the ground, looking like spectators at a sporting event. She is in a chic red suit with matching hat

Dinner at White City Greyhound Stadium
Colour photograph showing glamorous diners in evening attire watching greyhound racing at White City from the comfort of their table in the dining rooms viewing gallery

Buddha in Yungang Cave, Datong, Shanxi, China
Visitors viewing the Buddha statue in Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Cave or Grotto no. 18 in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

German dummy trenches WWI
Germans from Berlin viewing dummy trenches and a dummy mine thrower in Germany during World War I

Man looking through a mutoscope on the pier
A Man looks through a mutoscope with the caption reading: My eye, Maria, come an ave a look ere. The motion of the waives is simple grand!

Patent Office Curiosities and Ingenuities
Some Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe

Shackletons Nimrod on display in London

Television, 1954
A group of people huddle together in a sitting room to watch the latest gadget in 1954, a television

The International Exhibition, Dublin
A large colour engraving by the Leighton brothers, issued as a special supplement by The Illustrated London News, depicting the International Exhibition at Dublin in 1865

Viewing Paintings at the Royal Academy, London, 1887
Engraving showing two Victorian ladies showing their paintings to a Royal Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1887. This image was originally entitled Seeking the opinion of an expert

Visitors to the National Gallery, London, 1872
Engraving showing a number of visitors viewing the paintings of the National Gallery, London, during the summer holidays of 1872

Lloyds Underwriters viewing the Casualties Board, 1890
Illustration showing a group of Lloyds underwriters viewing the Casualties Board, for information about damaged and sunk ships, Lodnon, 1890

Viewing the Battlefields
Battlefield tourists survey the battle torn landscape around Ypres shortly after the end of World War One

The Gramme Electricity Machine and Light, 1878
Engraving showing a group of gentlemen viewing the Gramme electricity generator and several images showing the electric lamps used with the generator, 1878

The Stone-Cutting Establishment at Oreston, with part of the
Engraving of the Prince of Wales visiting the Oreston granite quarry, viewing part of the masonry for the new Eddystone Lighthouse, August 1879

The great gallery, tombs discovered in Sakkara
Tombs discovered in Sakkara, 1853 - the great gallery. Candles were used to light the chambers to enable viewing of the interior

Hindenburg / Periscope
PAUL VON HINDENBURG German General and statesman with General Ludendorff and Oberst Hoffmann (right) in Poland

British at Boulogne
Off to Paris at the end of the season - viewing the column at Boulogne

The Eton vs. Harrow Cricket Match, 1894
Engraving showing a number of scenes at the Eton vs. Harrow cricket match, held at Lords Cricket Ground, 1894. At the top can be seen Eton schoolboys; at middle left

Internation Electric Exhibition
International Electric Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1882, showing crowds of visitors viewing the great chandalier in the Alhambra Court

The Great Wool-floor at the London Docks
The great wool-floor at the London Docks. The London Dock Company enlarged the warehouse for receiving wool imports from the colonies in the 1840 s

The patent elevator and observatory
Engraving of the patent elevator and observatory showing a man being elevated into the air for viewing purposes. During the siege of Sebastopol a view of the enemys works was required

Moses viewing the Promised Land
MOSES Hebrew prophet and lawgiver views the Promised Land from Mount Nebo

Marshalls Microscope
John Marshalls new invented Double Microscope for viewing the Circulation of the Blood

Vernon Gallery
Ladies and gentlemen looking with interest at the paintings of the Vernon Collection, housed then in the basement of the National Gallery, London

Ice-Grotto in Iceland
Visitors viewing by torchlight the interior of the ice-grotto in the Surtshellir (Black Cavern), Iceland

William IV in Brighton
KING WILLIAM IV & QUEEN ADELAIDE enter Brighton on 30 August 1830 after their accession to the throne. The coach drives under a triumphal arch with viewing platforms

Flood in Thames Tunnel
Visitors viewing work on the Thames Tunnel are caught in a flood

Viewing the Lots 1879
Viewing the lots

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