21st Collection

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston circumnavigates the globe
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and his 32-foot ketch Suhaili, after completing a 312-day non-stop single-handed voyage around the world

Cutty Sark in 1923
The famous tea clipper Cutty Sark in Surrey Docks. The iconic craft now housed in dry dock at Greenwich was severely damaged by a fire whilst under restoration on 21st May 2007

Where Have You Been All My Life? by David Wright
Where have you been all my life? by David Wright featuring a vampish semi-naked brunette woman. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

I kiss your little hand, madame, by J. Nicolson
Illustration of a glamorous lady catching butterflies

Battle of Trafalgar (October 21st, 1805). The vessel Prince of Asturias, hoisting the Gravina badge, battles five English vessels. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

ILN Royal Wedding Number November 1947 by Terence Cuneo

The Book of the Dead: Heruben Papyrus. 1075 - 945 BC. Papyrus with the cow goddess Hathor, a woman and two snakes. Work from the 21st Dynasty. Egyptian art. Third Intermediate Period

5 Chester Terrace, Regents Park, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
A watercolour and pen painting of the Chester Terrace, Regents Park, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson

Commandos Crossing the Rhine at Wesel; Second World War, 194
Sketch showing the night crossing of the River Rhine, made by British Royal Marine Commandos of the 21st Army Group, near Wesel in Germany, 23rd March 1945

Blackburn Rovers vs. Notts County F. A. Cup Final, 1891
Engraving of the Football Association Cup Final between Blackburn Rovers and Notts County, played at the Kennington Oval, London, on 21st March 1891. The game was won by Blackburn Rovers 3-1

Test Match by David Wright, showing a blonde woman wearing a pink sundress and hat. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Spain (1925). Poster of the Festivals of Springtime

Buzzini Building, New York
Building, Walter J. Buzzini, 505 West 21st Street. View from above and across the street of Walter J. Buzzin, Inc. manufacturers of cooking utensils at 505 West 21st Street; many signs on building, in

The Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman, 1898. Coloured photogravure after Richard Caton Woodville. Associated with 21st (Empress of India s) Lancers and 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899)

The Original Co-op, Rochdale, Lancashire
On December 21st, 1844, the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society commenced trading in this building thereby launching the worldwide Co-operative movement

Les Diables Bleus - 21st Regiment of the Chasseurs Alpins
Les Diables Bleus - the 21st Regiment of the Chasseurs Alpins. A platoon on a mountain path by a stream. Pierre Comba (1859-1934)

Crocodiles of a Squadron, 141st Regt, R. A. C. (The Buffs)
Photograph: Crocodiles of a Squadron, 141st Regt, R. A. C. (The Buffs) Supporting the 1st Rifle Brigade in the Attack on St Joost, 21st January 1945

Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1950
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - held on the 21st May 1950. The race was won by Juan Manuel Fangio in an Alfa Romeo. 1950

The Death of General Stonewall Jackson
General Thomas Jonathan Jackson, born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. Jany. 21st 1824. Wounded in both arms at Chancellorsville

Princess Louise on her wedding day
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyl (1848-1939) on her wedding day on 21st March 1871. Louise married John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, heir to the 8th Duke of Argyl

Italy. Lucca. Panorama of the old town with the Basilica of San Frediano, 12th century, from the Guinigi Tower

Mrs Florence Emily Hardy
Florence Emily Hardy, nee Dugdale, second wife of the novelist Thomas Hardy, pictured in 1914. Florence was Hardys secretary and herself a write of childrens books

The burial of Thomas Hardys heart among his own people: the vicar of Stinsford in Dorset ( Mellstock of Under the Greenwood Tree ) bearing the casket containing it

Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity
A lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity. In the early eighteenth century, Gray demonstrated that charges of electricity could be conducted by some materials

Cutty Sark Passes Cimba
The tea clipper Cutty Sark under full sail passes the Cimba - th Cutty Sark wasa badly damaged whilst under restoration in dry dock in Greenwich on 21st May 2007

Diane Leather winning the mile race
The worlds fastest woman miler: Diane Leather of Birchfield Harriers winning the womens mile in 4 minutes 45 seconds at an athletics meeting at the White City on 21st September 1955

Princess Elizabeth broadcasting to the Empire
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) at a BBC microphone making her 21st birthday broadcast to the Empire during the Royal Tour of South Africa on 21st April 1947. Date: 1947

The 21st Reg t Wisconsin Vol. crossing the pontoon bridge, at Cincinnati, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1862. Print showing Union soldiers of the 21st Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers marching across a pontoon

Shipping wild animals in the London Docks
Animals of Messrs. Howe and Cushings menagerie being loaded at the London Docks. An elephant is being hoisted up by a chain and girth to be put on board the ship, while a cage full of lions

The conqueror of Palestine at Beyrout(Beirut), 1919
British army officers in front of the tablet that was erected to commemorate the occupation of Beyrout(Beirut) and Tripoli by the 21st Army Corps

The Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, 2nd September, 1898 by R. Caton Woodville. Winston Churchill famously rode with the 21st Lancers at this battle

Wedding of Princess Irina Pavlovna Paley
Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley (1865 - 1929), the second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860 - 1918), pictured in the wedding party at the marriage of her daughter Princess Irina

Scapa Flow, Battleship Bayern sinking at 2pm on 21st June 1919

Scapa Flow, General view at 3. 30pm on 21st June 1919
Scapa Flow, General view at 3.30pm on 21st June 1919

A general view at 3. 30pm on 21st June, 1919, Scapa
A general view at 3.30pm on 21st June, 1919, Scapa Flow, Orkney

German Battle Cruiser Derfflinger sinking, Scapa Flow, Orkney, 2.45pm, 21st June 1919

Scapa Flow, Battle cruiser Derfflinger sinking at 2.45pm on 21st June 1919

Scapa Flow, Crew of German destroyer taking to the boats on 21st June 1919

Crew of a German Destroyer taking to the boats, Scapa Flow, Orkney, 21st June 1919

Battle Cruiser Hindenburg, Scapa Flow, Orkney, 21st June 1919

German Battleship Bayern sinking, Scapa Flow, Orkney, 21st June 1919

Scapa Flow, Battle Cruiser Hindenburg on 21st June 1919

Scapa Flow, Destroyers sinking off Island of Fara, 21st June 1919

British Boarding Party alongside a German warship, Scapa Flow, Orkney, 21st June 1919

German battleships sinking off the island of Fara, Scapa Flow, Orkney, 21st June 1919

Scapa Flow, British boarding party alongside German destroyer, 21st June 1919

British troops blinded by gas, Battle of Albert near Croisilles, 21st August 1918

WW1 - Battle of Albert - British troops, blinded by gas, helping each other to the dressing station at Croisilles, France - 21st August 1918

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