23rd Collection

Carbolic smoke ball
An advertisment placed by the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company for the carbolic smoke ball, a cure for all types of ailments

Playtime at Wimbledon. by William Heath Robinson
The new craze of Jazz Tennis caught in full swing by our extra special artist. A humorous illustration of tennis players dancing the foxtrot on a tennis court

Suffragette Demonstration Rally Hyde Park
The Great Suffragette Demonstration held on 23rd July 1910. banners held aloft include Fortune Favours The Brave, Arise Go Forth & Conquer and the Emmeline Pankhurst banner. Date: 23rd July 1910

The Divotee, H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration showing the results after a rather untalented golfer has tried to tee off

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

Advertisement for Singer cars from 1926, proclaiming everybody should have a car with character

Sailing Barge Match on the Thames, July 1864
Engraving of a sailing barge match on the Thames, from the Illustrated London News, 23rd July 1864. This match was hosted by the Prince of Wales Yacht Club over a course from Erith to the Chapman

The Graphic, 23rd January 1915, Christmas truce
Page from The Graphic, 23rd January 1915 - the Power of Peace in the Time of War. The Christmas 1914 truce, and a crucifix in a shell-torn area of war. Date: 23rd January 1915

Writing desk set with Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32
Writing desk set with glass inkwells, together with a piece of Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32 and a silver plaque engraved L32, Billericay, September 23rd 1916. Commemorative Ware

The Royal College of Art, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
A watercolour and pen painting of The Royal College of Art, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson during

Moonlight Becomes You by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Belfast riots, July 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast from 20th to 23rd July 1920. 18 people were killed, and 200 wounded during the disturbances

Mr Aneurin Bevan
Mr Bevan was a Welsh Labour politician and was appointed as Minister of Health after Labour won the election in 1945. He was the founder of the National Health Service which came into effect on 5th

The Seated Scribe. 28th-23rd c. BC. It belongs to the 4th or 5th dynasty. Painted limestone, glass rock eyes inset into copper. It was found in the Old Kingdom burial ground at Sakkara. Egyptian art

1921 FA Cup Final
The outside left for Tottenham Hotspur (Dimmock) scores the only goal in the FA Cup Final to defeat Wolverhampton Wanderers before a crowd of 72, 805 at Stamford Bridge

Winston Churchill at Croydon Airport, 1939
Churchill leaves his plane at Croydon Airport after flying back from an inspection of the Maginot Line on August 23rd, 1939 - just over a week before the Second World War broke out. Date: 1939

The Artist at Work by Fred Pegram
Colour illustration by Fred Pegram of a red-haired woman at her dressing-table, applying a mist of perfume from a bottle

Cub Scouts cleaning fire engine

Waiting For Santa Claus, by Jessie Willcox Smith
A colour illustration of two young children trying to keep awake for Santa Clauss visit

Newcastle United vs. Barnsley, F. A. Cup Final, 1910
Illustration of the F.A. Cup Final between Newcastle United and Barnsley, with one of the Barnsley defenders (in dark shirts) chesting down the ball; Crystal Palace Football Ground, 23rd April 1910

The Besses o th Barn Brass Band - Paddington Station
The Besses o th Barn Brass Band from Besses o th Barn, an old industrial town situated between Manchester and Bury, in Lancashire. In 1905 the band toured France to promote the Entente Cordiale

The universality of car ownership
An illustration depicting the universality of car ownership in 1926, by showing a large and a small car both made by Austin

At the Oval / Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper bats at the Oval against Australia, dressed in medieval armour for protection

Sir William P. Pulteney / Stamp
Lieutenant-General SIR WILLIAM PULTENEY PULTENEY (1861 - 1941) British general during the First World War. In command of British III Corps, then headed 23rd Army Corps

The Duke of Edinburgh as musician
Engraving showing Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh playing the violin to accompany the singer, Madame Marie Roze at a concert for the Royal College of Music at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall during

Puffing Billy engine
Puffing Billy, steam engine invented by William Headley in 1813. Headley solved the problem of slippage on the iron tracks by applying power through two sets of driving wheels

WatchYour Step by David Wright
Watch Your Step by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Backward Glance by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Scapa Flow, Whaler Ramna stranded on battle cruiser Moltke on 23rd June 1919

The whaler Ramna stranded on German Battle Cruiser Moltke, Scapa Flow, Orkney, 23rd June 1919

Battle of Tsaribrod, Serbo-Bulgarian War
The battle of Tsaribod, November 23, 1885, Serbo-Bulgarian War. We see a caravan of soldiers headed to the frontlines, with officers at the rear

Dividing Princess Beatrice's Wedding Cake, Windsor
Soldiers in the Barracks of Windsor Castle divide up the remains of Princess Beatrice's wedding cake. Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) was the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria

McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle 79-0043
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell Douglas F-15C-25-MC Eagle 79-0043 (MSN 0584/C112, base code BT'), of the 23rd TFS, 52nd TFW based at Bitburg Air Base

Lockheed C-130E Hercules 64-0539
United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed C-130E-LM Hercules 64-0539 (msn 382-4029, base code FT'), of the 2nd Air Logistics Squadron, 23rd Tactical Airlift Wing

Benjamin Harrison, President of the USA
Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), 23rd President of the United States of America, 1889-1893. Date: 1889

LTV A-7D-16-CV Corsair II 74-1747
United States Air Force - Ling-Temco-Vought A-7D-16-CV Corsair II 74-1747 (msn D-422, base code EL'), of the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, at England Air Force Base, on 5 November 1975. Date: 1975

Lockheed T-33A O-80555
United States Air Force - Lockheed T-33A-5-LO O-80555 (msn 580-1521, 58-0555), of the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, at England Air Force Base, on 5 November 1975. Date: 1975

Trinket Box with Caton Woodville WWI battle scene
Trinket Box lined with velvet. On lid - a relief after Caton Woodville's painting of a battle scene, signed by the artist

Spanish Civil War child refugees arrive at Southampton, 1937
Children from Bilbao waiting to land from the Spanish Compania transaltantic liner Habana at Southampton docks-child refugees evacuated to England during the Spanish Civil War, 1937

The Defenders of Rorke's Drift at daybreak, 23rd January 187
Dead Zulus piled up against sandbanks and fortifications, British officers with rifles and bayonets standing above them, perpetrating the myth that Rorke's Drift was an important victory

Arley Pit 1853 Industry Coal Regional Collieries
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Fifth Avenue Hotel, Manhattan, New York, c. 1890s
Vintage 19th century photograph: the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Manhattan, New York, c.1890s. The Fifth Avenue Hotel was a luxury hotel located at 200 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan

The Flat Iron Building, New York City, NY, USA Date: 1906

Five dancers at the Dance Magazine convention of Dancing Masters of America on 23rd August 1927. Doris Humphrey (top left) of the Denishawn dancers in New York

Plume offerings made at the shrine of Pai yat yamo, God of Music, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Altar of Ma tke Tsan nakwe, Little Fire Fraternity, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Altar of Pe shatsilo kwe, Cimex Fraternity, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

Altar of Shu maakwe, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904

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