11th Collection (#13)

Duff Carnegie Wedding
MAUD DUFF, daughter of the Duke & Duchess of Fife, marrying Charles Alexander Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks

The Danish Aldwych Settlement, 11th century
Illustration showing the Aldwych Danish settlement, near London in the time of Canute, 11th century. This image shows a trading boat being unloaded onto the foreshore

A German band on the march during the war
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

The attack on the Pegasus by the Konigsberg : Transhippin
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

Algerian light cavalry escorting captured Germans
WWI, 1st World War, World War One, World War 1, The Great War

Wrecked in the battle of the dunes: The ruins of a fifteenth
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

A German saw-edge bayonet in actual use in the war: The Germ
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

A waist deep shell hole in a Belgian Street: In a war wrecke
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

Young Belgians marching to dig shelter-trenches for the sold
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

Arras ruined by German shells: Damage done to the sixteenth
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

A hot shower establishment installed by a ingenious French E
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

Great Sheffield Flood
The Great Flood (or Inundation) at Sheffield on 11th March 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam broke flooding Sheffield. Scene showing the wrecking of Coronation Bridge

Flooding Sheffield 1864
The Great Flood (or Inundation) at Sheffield on 11th March 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam broke flooding Sheffield and surrounding areas and wrecking nearly all

Queen Mary inspecting troops
Queen Mary, accompanied by Prince Albert (later George VI) and Princess Mary, at an inspection of troops near Aldershot, Hants

Germans & Turks at a new munitions factory
Turkish and German soldiers at the entrance of a Krupps munitions factory near Constantinople. Turkey entered the war as an ally of Germany in October 1914

Portable Gas Lamp
A portable gas lamp for general railway use, patented by Mr Johnstone. It was first used on the Eastern Counties Railway, as a head light to the engine

A British firing-line trench
British soldiers in a firing-line trench with rifles leaning against sandbags and duckboard pathways

Austrian device for rolling rocks
Austrian troops shown loading rocks onto wooden levers with the intention of rolling them down the mountain-side towards advancing Italians during World War I

Allcocks plasters advert
An advertisement for Allcocks plaster, for use on rheumatism, weak chests and wek backs. Made in Birkenhead, England

Linenized Music Rolls advert
An advertisement for linenized music rolls from the perforated music company, 94 Regent Street

Lowest level of Mesopotamias oldest city
Discoveries at Eridu by Sayyid Fuad Safar during excavations of Tell Abu Shahrain. Eridu is the oldest, largest city in Mesopotamia

Various Anchors, December 1948
Illustrations of a variety of anchors, from The Sphere, 11th December 1948. Anchors shown include the Admiralty stockless type, U.S. Navy pattern, C.Q.R and Danforth types. Date: 1948

Joffre and King Albert of Belgium
General Joffre in conversation with King Albert of Belgium (1875-1934), Commander-in-Chief of the Belgian army

First day at the General Post Office
Sketches showing scenes from the first day at the General Post Office in 1883

The Hesperian
The liner, Hesperian sunk by a German submarine off the Irish south coast on September 4th 1915 on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal

Assassination in Sarajevo
Photograph showing the arrest of Gavrilo Princips, leader of the group of Serbian nationalists, who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 28th 1914

Notre Dame bombed
A front page Illustrated London News photograph showing the hole blown in the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on October 11th, 1914 by a German aeroplanes bomb

British soldier in a new gas-mask
A British soldier wearing a new gas mask

Benjamin Stone & his wife
Photographs accompanying the obituaries of of Sir Benjamin Stone (1838-1914) and Lady Stone who died on July 2nd and 6th respectively. Stone was a businessman and Conservative M.P

1798 / CARTOON / WHIG CLUB
CHARLES JAMES FOX Members of the Whig Club Charles James Fox and Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk

The Mayor of Vancouver visiting the grave of George Vancouve
Photograph showing the Mayor of Vancouver, Mr. G. McGreer, laying a wreath on the grave of Captain George Vancouver in the graveyard of the Parish Church of Petersham, London, 11th October 1936

The Lady of the Gondola by Jean Gabriel Domergue
Illustration depicting a woman in Venetian costume sitting in a gondola

Roger I and Weavers
Roger I of Sicily, conquers Corinth, Thebes and Athens, seizes quantities of fabrics and also compels weavers to come and work in Sicily

Venice Fabric Trade
Venice becomes Europes leading trading centre for fabrics

Greenstead Church, near Ongar, Essex, England, which was probably built to mark the place where St. Edmunds body rested on its way from London to Bury St. Edmunds in 1013

Ruined Norman Church
Fine Norman arches on a hilltop in Shobdon Park, Leominster, Hertfordshire, ruins of a church built in the 11th century, but demolished in the 18th century

Selby Abbey, after the fire of October 1906
Photograph of the Nave of Selby Abbey taken after the fire of 20th October 1906

Polonnaruwa / Buddhism
A guardian at the steps of the VATA DAGA in the quadrangle of Polonnaruwa, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka from the 11th to the 13th century

Louis Philippe landing at Newhaven
Louis Philippe (1773-1850), King of France, arriving at Newhaven after the French revolution of 1848 forced him to abdicate. He escaped to England as Mr Smith and died at Claremont in Surrey

Divorce Court 1910
Divorce court scene from 1910, showing the plaintiff in the dock

Danish Soldier 11C
Habit of a Dane in 1017

The patent elevator and observatory
Engraving of the patent elevator and observatory showing a man being elevated into the air for viewing purposes

Manorbier Castle
The ruins of Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The original edifice was founded by the De Barri family in the 11th century, but most of the present castle is 15th century

Madame Marie Roze
MARY ROZE Madame Marie Roze, French actress and singer pictured in theatrical costume

England / Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, showing the Tower (the largest surviving Norman central tower in the world) of the Abbey, founded in the 11th century as a Benedictine monastery

Telephone exchange at Kensington
Drawing by Percy Spence of telephone girls answering calls at the new national telephone exchange at Kensington, London in 1902

Kensington telephone exchange
The main wire distribution frame at Kensington telephone exchange shortly after it opened in 1902

Knight & Squire / 11th C
A knight & his squire from the period of the first crusade

Summer & Travel Dress
Anglo-Saxon Summer dress of super-tunic or roc & draped mantle & a travelling habit of super-tunic with extra long sleeves with an ornate border. Both wear head-rails or veils

Praying, Medieval
A medieval knight and his lady say their morning prayers, in the bedchamber of their chateau

Ms - 11th Century Gospel
Saint Luke, depicted in an 11th century English gospel

Costume / Men / Frenchbishop
A French Roman Catholic bishop in full ceremonial dress, giving the sign of peace

Costume / Men / Spanish Bish
A Spanish bishop in ornate gold and white ceremonial vestments

Mass, 11th Century
MEDIEVAL MASS The celebration of mass in an oratory

11th Baron Kinnaird
11TH BARON KINNAIRD Scottish social reformer; President of the Y.M.C.A.; sports enthusiast

Medieval Crowns
Various crowns and rings

Medieval Lavoir 11C
People in the lavoir or wash room of a medieval castle

Abduction / Hickson, Parker
Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing the Pascagoula River, Mississippi, when they were abducted by three aliens. They were examined before being returned

Fr. Soldier / Photo
Oval portrait of a magnificently moustachioed French soldier of the 11th Regiment of Artillery surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves and a battle scene

Flagellants
FLAGELLANTS roamed western Europe periodically from the 11th to the 16th centuries, scourging themselves in a quasi-ecstatic state

Ms - Cii Illumination
Page from an English psalter

James Polk / Scrap 1880
JAMES POLK 11th President of the United States, 1845-49

Flemish Defeat D artois
The Flemish defeat Robert d Artois at Courtrai - known as the Battle of the Spurs

Milking & Churning

Carnegie / Southesk
CHARLES ALEXANDER CARNEGIE 11th EARL of SOUTHESK and his wife, Princess Maud (formerly Duff), daughter of the Duke of Fife and Princess Louise Victoria

C11 Anglo Normans
Three Anglo-Norman men in outdoor dress

Capetian Woman, C11
A noble lady carries what can only be described as a handbag

Paris / Aerial View C11
Medieval Paris: aerial view

Britain / 11C / Bayeux
Life during the reign of Edward the Confessor

Invasion Armour 1066
Armour & weapons are loaded onto ships for the Norman invasion

Organistrum
A larger form of hurdy-gurdy, sometimes used in churches; the right hand turns a handle which rubs the strings against a resined wheel while the left hand fingers the keys

World Map / Beatus 11C
11th century copy of an 8th century map, showing Adam, Eve and the Serpent, various rivers, and the four winds blowing

BYZANTINES / 800-1000
L-R: A Man of Rank, Basilius (886), an Empress, an Emperor and Basilius II (1025)

Medieval Trouvere
A trouvere (troubadour) entertains the company in the great hall of a medieval chateau

Windsor Castle
The Round Tower, or the Middle Ward, of Windsor Castle, built in the form of an amphitheatre on the highest point of the castle mount. The castle was built by William the Conqueror

Anglo-Saxon Mantles 2
Examples of the variety in style and ways of wearing Anglo-Saxon mantles. Other garments include hose and a short tunic with side vents & an ornate border

Carving a Gargoyle
Carving a gargoyle from the life

Banquet / C11 (Cott Tib)
Banquet scene showing servants and lively eaters

Resurrection (C11)
A medieval representation of the Resurrection - Jesus bids farewell to his apostles

Ploughing, 11th Century
Contemporary illustration of ploughing and other agricultural activities

CRUSADERS
A Crusader of the First Crusade (11th century) and of the last (13th century)

Sidney Herbert / Stodart
SIDNEY HERBERT 1ST BARON HERBERT OF LEA 2nd son of the 11th Earl of Pembroke British MP from 1832 - 1860

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