31st Collection

A Golden Girl by Barribal
A colour illustration of a young girl holding a piece of golden fabric, mimicking the surrounding butterflies

German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1
A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy. The Australian 31st Battalion effected its capture, but

Good Morning ! by David Wright
Good Morning! by David Wright, featuring a woman looking at herself in a dressing table mirror while her silk dressing gown slips revealingly off her shoulder

Gandhi before his arrest
The photograph shows Gandhi waving to his followers a few hours before he was taken prisoner

Newspaper front cover: evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940
" Through an inferno of bombs and shells, the B.E.F is crossing the Channel from Dunkirk-in historys strangest armada

Admiral Edward Hobart Seymour
Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour in a Vanity Fair cartoon by Spy. Seymour (1840 - 1929) was a Royal Navy officer and Commander-in-Chief of the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion

Air Raid Shelter Poster
Metropolitan Police poster with information on air raid shelters in Brentford, London, during World War I

Charge of the London Scottish, October 1914
The Charge of the London Scottish, the lads of the Hodden Grey : attack on the German trenches in France during the night of 31st October 1914. Date: 31st October 1914

Battle of Jutland
A scene depicting an action during the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916. William Lionel Wyllie, Ra Ri Re, (1851-1931)

Tatler front cover of Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Front cover of The Tatler with a portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), military leader and founder of the Boy Scout movement. Date: 31st January 1934

Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri
The Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri, 31st August 1945. All the US naval personnel are wearing Class B uniforms on purpose. The surrender officially ended World War Two

The Girl In The Cabaret by Suzanne Meunier
A colour illustration of an elegantly dressed lady finishing off the last of her champagne. Suzanne Meunier was a French artist who produced a number of erotic illustrations for The Sketch

Greta Garbo (1905-1990)
A portrait of Greta Garbo on her yacht off Catalina Island. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was spotted whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz

Railway bridge across the river Severn
The new bridge across the Severn. The view as it will appear from Gatcomb, with the docks in the distance

Dead German soldiers Ypres 31st July 1917

Bleriot flight, Toury to Artenay, 31st October 1908

Louis Bleriot flight from Toury to Artenay on 31st October 1908

Battle of Pilckem Ridge at St Jean, 31st July 1917

Pilckem Ridge Battlefield Ypres Belgium 31st July 1917 WW1

White Star Line, RMS Majestic, auction sale catalogue
White Star Line, RMS Majestic, rare auction sale catalogue for the furnishings and fittings, including two complimentary ladies appointment cards for a hairdressing salon

Bell OH-58D Kiowa 85-24693
United States Army - Bell OH-58D Kiowa 85-24693 (rebuilt from 71-20695), at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow, held between 31st August-7 September 1986 Date: 1986

Breguet ATL-2 Atlantique 01
Aeronavale - Breguet ATL-2 Atlantique 01 (msn 01), the first prototype, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show held between 31st August-7 September 1986

Dassault Mirage 2000C 2-LM
Armee de l'Air - Dassault Mirage 2000C 2-LM (msn 27), of Escadron de Chasse et Transformation 2/2 Cote d'Or, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show held between 31st August-7 September 1986

Dassault Super Etendard 5
Aeronavale - Dassault Super etendard 5 (msn 5), at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show held between 31st August-7 September 1986. (Aeronavale - Aeronautique Navale - French Naval Aviation) Date: 1986

Agusta A. 109A-2 SEM MM81221
Guardia di Finanza - Agusta A.109A-2 SEM MM81221 (msn 7338, later GF-131'), at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show held between 31st August-7 September 1986. Date: 1986

CASA-IPTN CN-235 ECT-135 (msn P1), at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show held between 31st August-7 September 1986. Date: 1986

McDonnell F-4D Phantom 66-0267
United States Air Force - McDonnell F-4D-29-MC Phantom 66-0267 (msn 1934, base code HS), of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Homestead Air Force Base

Poster, 31st International Motor Exhibition, Earls Court
Poster, 31st International Motor Exhibition, Cars & Boats, Earls Court, London, 14-23 October 1937 Date: 1937

de Havilland DH. 82A Tiger Moth G-ANEL
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth II G-ANEL (msn 82333, ex N9238), at Coventry-Baginton Airport, on 13 July 1957, for the 1957 National air races - King's Cup Air Race, with race number 30'

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125 Series 1B G-DJMJ
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 1B/522 G-DJMJ (msn 25106), of McAlpine Aviation Flight Inspection Research, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held from 31st August-7 September 1986. Date: 1972

The Funeral of Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, 1903
Photograph of the funeral of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil (1830-1903), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, English Conservative Statesman, at the church of St. Etheldreda, Hatfield, 31st August 1903

Breguet ATL-2 Atlantique 01
Aeronavale - Breguet ATL-2 Atlantique 01 (msn 01), the first prototype, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show held between 31st August-7 September 1986

The General Post Office - New York City, USA. Situated at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets. Built over the track and depot yards of the Pennsylvannia Station. Date: circa 1910s

Home Rule Bill of 1912
John Redmond (1856 - 1918), leader of the Irish party, claiming home bill for Ireland. Declaring that " The bill will establish in Ireland a Parliament with power to deal with purely Irish

A bunker at the northern corner of Shrewsbury Forest
The forest was named by the 2nd Kings Shropshire Light Infantry in March 1915. It had been taken by the Germans in October 1914 but they were driven out on the 31st. Date: 2016

British & Canadian Liberators Monument Bretteville
This striking Memorial lists all the Participants in the Liberation of Communes between the rivers Thue & Mue, 3rd Can Div, RCA, 2nd Armoured Bde, 43rd Wessex Div, 15th Scottish Div

Dead Turcos on the battlefield
Photograph showing dead Turcos (native Algerian troops) near Fere-Champenoise in Marne, in October 1914. Date: October 31st 1914

Canadair CL-215 CF-TUW (msn 1030, call-sign 23') of the Ministere des Transports, Gouvernement du Quebec. Date: 1979

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
(ex Missouri Air National Guard) - Republic F-84F-30-GK Thunderstreak 51-9422, late of the 110th Fighter Squadron, on gate guard duties at St. Louis Air National Guard Base, MO

MAN HOLDS SHAWL
At midnight on December 31st, a gentleman holds a ladys shawl in case she should feel cold Date: 1887

Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk. X
Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk.X (with Torpedo and Dihedral Tail Plane) - 31st July, 1942. Date: 1942

Kaiser William II of Germany - Tangier, Morocco
Kaiser William II of Germany during his visit in Tangier, Morocco, 31st March, 1905. In the foreground, the triumphal arch built by the Spanish colony

Anne Croft in The Chocolate Soldier by Stanislaus Stange with music by Straus. Photograph of Anne Croft who played the part of Nadina. For the revival at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 31st March 1932

Tunku Abdul Rahman, Harold Macmillan, Duncan Sandys and Lee
Photograph showing (left to right): Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya; Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain; Duncan Sandys

Dover Street To Dixie revue by M Harvey, H Simpson & L Wylie
Dover Street To Dixie revue by Morris Harvey, Harold Simpson and Lauri Wylie (25 May 1880 1951), with music by Herman Darewski, at the London Palladium

Dr Syn by Russell Thorndike and Ivan Firth
Dr Syn by Russell Thorndike (6 February 1885 7 November 1972) and Ivan Firth, adapted from Thorndikes novel. First produced at the Wyndhams Theatre on 11th October 1925

Arrival of Alexandros Zaimis, High Commissioner of Crete
Arrival of Alexandros Zaimis (18551936) Greek Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Justice, and High Commissioner of Crete. He served as Prime Minister six times

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