10th Collection (page 12)

Belgian women giving out walnuts
Brave Belgian women giving out walnuts to French soldiers in the trenches near Antwerp, between Duffel and Lierre

New French steel helmet
Photograph of the new French steel helmet, designed to protect from shrapnel bullets

Metropolitan Railway western extension. Interior of Kensingt
Metropolitan Railway western extension, a view of the interior of the Kensington Station

Portrait of Mr C Leonard Woolley
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, director of the British Museum Expedition in Mesopotamia. Born in London, 1880, he carried out excavations in Alubaid and Tell el-Armarna

Raising Cleopatras Needle
Cleopatras Needle, the Thames Embankment. The complicated structure that was used to lever the 180 ton obelisk into position

Herbert Hoover
The successful candidate in the Presidential Election in America; Herbert Hoover the Republican Partys candidate for the Presidency

Black Maria gun
A 100-ton German siege-gun, dubbed the Black Maria by the British Army, divided into pieces for transportation to the front during World War I

British Water-filter cart
A British water-filter cart being filled from a river. Ensuring troops remained free of disease was a pressing concern during World War I, and preventative measures against water-borne bacteria

Prussian Victory Parade in Berlin at the end of the Franco-P
Illustration showing the Prussian victory parade in Berlin at the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War, with troops passing before the Emperor on the Opera Place

Republican Submarine B. 6 sinking off Corunna; Spanish Civi
Photograph showing the Republican Governments submarine B.6 sinking, viewed from the deck of the Nationalist cruiser Velasco, off Corunna, 10th September 1936

Polar Explorers on the summit of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 1
Photograph showing members of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09 reaching the summit of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 10th March 1908

The Meeting of Stanley and Livingstone in Tanganyika, 1871
Engraving showing the meeting between Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on left, raising hat) and David Livingstone (1813-1873) (on right, raising hat) at Ujiji, Tanganyika, 10th November 1871

Coup: Berryer Protests
From the window of the mairie of the 10th arrondissement, Paris, Berryer protests against Napoleons coup - but theres not much he can do to stop the take-over

Mexico / Yucatan / Labna
The ARCHWAY of the ancient city of Labna, Yucatan with the MIRADOR standing on the ruins of a pyramid in the background. The city was built in the 9th/10th century

Uxmal / Temple Magician
the TEMPLE OF THE MAGICIAN in the ancient Mayan city of Uxmal, Yucatan. This pyramid was built around the 10th century at the end of the Classical Maya period

Women workers at a naval ship-building yard
Female workers at a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Gladstone wearing an electropathic belt
Advertisement from 1886 for the Medical Battery Companys Electropathic Belt, featuring a caricature of William Gladstone, Prime Minister wielding an axe and wearing the belt

Destroyer on stock in a navy ship-building yard
Scene inside a naval ship-building yard (unspecified) during World War I. A destroyer under construction on stocks

Polishing a war-ships propellor
A woman ship-yard worker polishing a war-ships propellor in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Women at work in a naval ship-building yard
Women workers handling long steel bars in a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Game of chess by telegraph
A game of chess played between London and Portsmouth, through the electric telegraph of the South Western Railway on April 10th, 1845. Suggested by Mr

Installation of the New deputy Grand Master of the Most veritable order of the red halter - vide Morning Post July 10th & 19th

Automatic telephone-girls: Operators replaced by machines
A diagram of the mechanical telephone exchange, showing what happens once the number is dialled to when the call is received

Explosion at Regents Canal, a barge covered in petroleum and gun powder blew up as it passed underneath the bridge on the night of1st of October 1874

Clearing up after the explosion at Regents canal
Clearing up the debris after a massive explosion caused a bridge over the Regents Canal to blow up. A barge covered in petroleum

Pneumatic Railway at the Crystal Palace
Pneumatic railway for passengers in the grounds of the Crystal Palace. A model from the invention by T. W Rammell was exhibited and ran from the Sydenham entrance to the armoury

North Eastern Railway Express
The North Eastern Railway Express passenger engine for the traffic between York and Edinburgh in the early 1900 s. The engine was designed to cope with the heavy demand on this line

Woman at the Wheel
Ilustration of an example of a female motorist in 1925, with the gentlemen taking a back seat. Before the World War I, few women could drive a car

Shepherds Informed
The Illustrated London News made its debut in coloured journalism on the 22nd December 1855 when the first series of coloured printed pictures appeared in its Christmas supplement

Owen Jones Celtic 65
Various spirals, diagonals, zoomorphics, and later Anglo- Saxon ornaments, from 8th, 9th and 10th century English and Irish manuscripts

Iron Crown / Dambourges
Crown of the Lombard kings of France, known as the Couronne de Fer [= the Iron Crown]

Costume Royalty 10th C
A French queen of the 10th century (no particular individual)

Rollon of Normandie
ROLLO, DUKE OF NORMANDY Norse invader of France who, preferring the climate to that of the North, establishes himself in France

Eric the Red Sails
Eric the Red sails to Greenland, 983

Vikings at Heligoland
A Viking raiding party heading for the island of Heligoland

Viking Ship
Eric the Red sails to Greenland, 983

Tenth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu
The tenth avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu

King Edgar I with attendant
Anglo-Saxons. King: red tunic, blue mantle with gold border fastened with a brooch & leg bandages. Youth: embroidered tunic, red mantle, criss-cross leg bandages

B from a Ms Psalter
Initial B, from an English psalter

Allies Occupy Germany
The French at Kattowitz. The terms of the Treaty of Versailles allowed the Allies to occupy parts of Germany

Danish Military Habits
Danish military habits (showing shin guards) depicted on a Saxon reliquary

Military Habits / 10th C
Anglo-Saxon soldiers in military habits

Saracen Army / 10th C
Musicians & standard bearers of a Saracen army

John Tyler / Scrap
ULYSSESs GRANT (1822 - 1885) American Civil War General, and later President (1869-77)

Capetian Woman, C10 - 2
A noblewoman : note the hair worn long and loose

Capetian Woman, C10
A court lady carries a casket

Massenet / Cid / Liebig
Act four, 10th tableau : The confrontation between El Cid and Boabdil, king of the Moors

Massenet / Cid / Liebig 5
Act four, 10th tableau : The king, grateful to Rodrigo for delivering Spain from the Moors, bestows on him the name of El Cid, which means master warrior

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