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Suffragettes Pankhurst and Gawthorpe Rutland 1907Christabel Pankhurst and Mary Gawthorpe in the Market Place, Uppingham, holding a meeting during the 1907 Rutland bye-election
The Flying Saucer As I Saw It, book coverTHE FLYING SAUCER AS I SAW IT, by Kenneth Arnold, containing his own account. This copy is signed by the author
Story of the CowboyTHE STORY OF THE COWBOY by Emerson Hough This is a non-fiction work by a well-known writer of Westerns, giving a detailed account of cowboy life. Date: circa 1930
Fly agaric, Agaricus muscarius.. Fly agaric, Agaricus muscarius. Chromolithograph of an illustration by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke from A Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi, Robert Hardwicke
Lloyd Georges Munition GirlsFront cover of a book describing womens experiences in a munitions factory during the First World War with a detailed account by an anonymous female shell-maker
Medieval illumination: Edward the Black PrinceChandos Herald manuscript: 4000 line French verse account of the exploits of Edward the Black Prince in the 100 years war
Book cover design, The Romance of Aeronautics: an Interesting Account of the Growth and Achievements of All Kinds of Aerial Craft, by Charles C Turner, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912
Sketches of Cricket in India, 1890A series of sketches by an English Cavalry Officer of a game of cricket played between an Indian College and British Officers, in India, 1890
Titanic SinksThe Titanic disappears with lights still working on the ship (illustration based on account given by Frederick Hoyt)
Musket exercises. Taken from John Blackwells Account of the Artillery Company. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale
Emetic mushroom, Russula emetica 1, and orange cups, Peziza aurantia 2.. Emetic mushroom, Russula emetica 1, and orange cups, Peziza aurantia 2
Lattice fungus, Clathrus cancellatus.. Lattice fungus, Clathrus cancellatus. Chromolithograph of an illustration by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke from A Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi
Lippersheys LensesThe legendary account of the invention of the telescope : Hans Lippersheys apprentices, playing with lenses, happen to hold two of them up together - the rest is history
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, George W Bowyer logWhite Star Line, RMS Olympic, George W. Bowyer handwritten log detailing the voyage to New York and back April/May 1918, page 46 of his memoir Lively Ahoy
Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, BtAn Oil painting of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, a British politician and writer of works including Statistical Account of Scotland of which there are a vast 21 volumes
Rubber Tree to Finished Motor Tyres 1907Showing the plantation where the rubber is produced for the Dunlop Tyres factory where it is pressed, stretched and moulded into shape ready to be used on motorcars. Date: 1907
PALLISTER STIGMATASmall poster entitled, Most extraordinary appearances after death! Account of Mrs Pallister with illustration, printed by J. Catnach, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials Date: 19th century
MARY QOS LEAVES FRANCEWhen her husband, Francois II, dies, Mary reluctantly leaves France via Calais, and returns to Scotland where she is unwelcomed by most on account of her Catholicism. Date: 1561
Robert John Thornton, author of New Family HerbalRobert John Thornton (1768-1837), English physician and botanical writer, author of New Family Herbal: Or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants Used in Medicine
Weapons, clothes, tomb and boat of the ChukchiPick-axe made with a walrus tusk, stone hatchet of Alaska, wooden instrument with claws used by the Chukchi people to hunt walrus, tomb of the Unalaskans, and baidar (boat)
Sugpiaq man of Kodiak Island, AlaskaSugpiaq or Alutiiq man of Kodiak Island, Alaska. His earlobes and chin pierced with beads, his face tattooed. From Joseph Billings
Masks and weapons used by the UnalaskansMasks used by the Unalaskans in their dances; darts and the boards to throw them. From Joseph Billings and Martin Sauers An Account of an Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia
View of Captain Clerkes tomb at St. Peter and St. Pauls (Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky), Kamchatka. From Joseph Billings and Martin Sauers An Account of an Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia
View of the peak and Shilka and tents of the Tungusic people. The explorer Billings rides a reindeer. From Joseph Billings
The standing and marching salute exercises. Taken from William Hogarths illustrations for John Blackwells Account of the Artillery Company
The standing salute exercises. Taken from William Hogarths illustrations for John Blackwells Account of the Artillery Company
Halberd military exercises. Taken from John Blackwells Account of the Artillery Company. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army
Columbus presenting an account of his discovery of America to Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen of Spain. Columbus kneels presenting a written account of his journey to Ferdinand. Date: 1493
Stationery, Kitchen Ironmongers, Shipston-on-Stour, with handwritten details, total account eleven shillings and sixpence. 1905
Weir W-2, at RAF Hendon on 19 July 1951. G. & J. Weir of Cathcart in Glasgow were an established engineering company, founded in 1871, which built aircraft during the First World War
The Account Keeper Date: 1656
WAR REPORTERS MOCKED 1880The War Correspondent, imperturbable amidst shot and shell - if you believe his own account of his adventures ! Date: 1880
TRAVEL TO EAST INDIESThe title page of the eighth part of INDIAE ORIENTALIS an account of recent travels in the East, published in Frankfurt Date: 1607
UFOS / BOOKS / JAPANUFO INVASION OF JAPAN An account of supposed UFO activity in Japan, relating it to the worldwide phenomenon Date: 1976
Motto - for Office use - Keep your books well balanced. An accountant does his best to do just this in front of his Junior staff, unaware that the boss is arriving...! Date: 1907
Cuneiform tablet depicting beer allocation. 2351-2342 BC. From Girsu. Uruinimgina King. British Museum. London
Piaggio P108B-35 of these Italian heavy bomber and transport aircraft were to be built, the 24 bomber versions giving a good account of themselves in combat
Aboriginal initiation ceremony involving tooth-avulsion called Yoo-lahng erah-ba-diahng in New South Wales. From: An account of the English colony in New South Wales Date: 1798
Friar Bartolome de las Casas (1474-1566). Cover of Short AcFriar Bartolome de las Casas (1474-1566). Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. Cover of Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, 1552
Citizens of Augsburg of the early 18th century from a copperplate engraving of a dolls house.. A hunter with game, housekeeper, servant girls with plates and account books, a cook with ham
Fairy ring champignon, Marasmius oreades 1, false champignon 2, and nagelschwamme 3.. Fairy ring champignon, Marasmius oreades 1, false champignon, Marasmius peronatus 2, and nagelschwamme
Mr. Cockings ParachutePoster for The Casket July 29 1837 advertising A History of Parachutes recording a full description of Mr. Cockings Parachute, and of its Ascent, and all the Particulars of its Disastrous Descent
Account RegisterA clerk uses the Paragon Account Register which takes care of the entire transaction from the taking of the order to the collection of the account
Book of accountsAccounts between merchants. Trial of Antoni Pla. Book. 1499. Diocesan Archive of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain
Ledger. Bills of exchangeAcceptance of bills of exchange among merchants of Barcelona and Florence. 1411. Ledger. Diocesan Archive. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain
Caricature of J D Stoyle, English actorCaricature of James D Stoyle (1831-1880), English character actor and comedian, seen here in the character of Ben Barnacle in a production of Billee Taylor by Stephens
Title Page 1607The title page of the eighth part of INDIAE ORIENTALIS an account of recent travels in the East, published in Frankfurt Date: 1607
Giorida della ValleSitti Maani Gioerida della Valle, Iraqi wife of Roman traveller Pietro della Valle - for the whole romantic story, see the account in the Magasin Pittoresque - circa 1630