Accounts Collection

Peruvian Quipu
The QUIPU used by the ancient Peruvians to record events, keep accounts. This unattributed illustration comes from the Swedish Magazine Allers Familj Journal, 25th July 1923 issue

Acupuncture in 17th Cent
Travellers in the East bring back accounts of different medical processes : this Chinese diagram of acupuncture points is published in a German scientific journal

A problem of income - couple trying to balance the books
A problem of income. Grenville and Sue Collins trying to balance the books as they await the Mary Evans Picture Library Royalty Statement...! Date: circa 1910s

RMS Olympic, hard bound ledger, Cash Book
R.M.S. OLYMPIC: One of the most important lots from Olympic that Henry Aldridge and Son have offered for auction in 25 years

The Descent From The Cross
This oil painting is a biblical depiction of the Deposition of Christ, inspired from the Gospels accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion

Charles Lightoller archive, three notebooks
Charles Lightoller archive collection of three handwritten note and code books used during WW1, and WW2. The first two are handwritten books of code and marine information

WW1 - French Patriotic postcard - Our debts
OUR DEBTS - "In your accounts have you allowed for the price of my blood and the blood of my brothers?" A deceased French soldier gives a warning to his German killers that France will not

Cartoon, Enthusiasm of Paterfamilias
Varying reactions to the newspaper accounts of the glorious charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava - Papa thinks only of the glory, his womenfolk think of the dead October 1854

Essex Yeomanry Memorial, German Bunker Gold Beach
The Essex came ashore here at O730 on D-Day equipped with Sherman DD (Duplex Drive) tanks and Sextons (self-propelled 25 pdr guns)

Byron meets the Gigantic Patagonians
Commodore John Byron meets with the indigenous people of Patagonia, on the Chilean coast. Byron stands with some of the people of Patagonia, who are depicted as dwarfing the man

Commodore Byron with the Patagonians
Depiction of Commodore John Byron and his men rowing ashore to meet with the native people of Patagonia, on the coast of Chile, most likely to be the Selk nam people

The Banker and his Wife Date: 1538

JAPANESE SHOPPING LIST
The Japanese lady of the house writes out her shopping list for her maid. The maid does not take any money to the shops with her and all accounts are settled monthly. Date: 1930s

A HUGE SAFE
A banker with a bunch of keys puts a tin of jewellery among safety deposit boxes, accounts books and other precious items, into a huge safe with an intricate door mechanism. Date: 1930s

BROTHERHOODS ACCOUNTS
Settlement of accounts by the brotherhood of Charite-Dieu and Notre Dame of the recovery of Rouen Date: 1466

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

Acrobat balancing pudding on nose on a Christmas card
Acrobat balancing a pudding on his nose on a Christmas and New Year card -- Balance of Currant Accounts. Date: circa 1890s

Acrobat balancing pudding on nose on a Christmas card
Acrobat balancing a pudding on his nose on a Christmas and New Year card -- Balance of Currant Accounts. Date: circa 1890s

Book of accounts
Accounts between merchants. Trial of Antoni Pla. Book. 1499. Diocesan Archive of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Ledger. Bills of exchange
Acceptance of bills of exchange among merchants of Barcelona and Florence. 1411. Ledger. Diocesan Archive. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Baron de Stael 1895
Baron de Stael, despite his evident eminence, this gentleman does not rate a mention in our reference books. Which accounts for his indignant expression. Date: flourished 1895

Accounts Department
A mature accountant wearing spectacles goes through her ledger, pinpointing any discrepancies. Date: 1960s

Heroic act WWI
Sergeant Robert Downie accounts for several of the enemy, and captures a machine- gun

Acrobat balancing pudding on nose on a Christmas card
Acrobat balancing a pudding on his nose on a Christmas and New Year card -- Balance of Currant Accounts. circa 1890s

Council Meeting, Ghana, West Africa
Supreme Council Meeting of the Boy Scouts Association (Gold Coast Branch) in session, with the Governor and Chief Scout of the Gold Coast, Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, in the Chair

Doment De Rienzi
LOUIS GREGOIRE DOMENT de RIENZI French soldier : after the war he traveled in Africa, Asia and Oceania, writing accounts of his journeys. Date: 1789 - 1843

Thomas Pennant - 2
THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798

Thomas Pennant - 3
THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798

The effects of WW1 on French Food Prices - BEFORE (1 / 2)
The Household Accounts The effects of the First World War on French Food Prices - in 1916 (1/2) Date: circa 1916

The effects of WW1 on French Food Prices - AFTER (2 / 2)
The Household Accounts The effects of the First World War on French Food Prices - in 1918 (2/2) Date: circa 1918

War Weapons Week and London Fire Brigade fireboats, WW2
The London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw (which took part in the Dunkirk evacuations) and a fire float are moored at Westminster pier whilst their crews are promoting War Weapons Week

Works at Caernarvon and Beaumaris
Account of works at Caernarvon and Beaumaris castle, 10-13 Edw II Date: 14th century

Cambrian Railways Staff
Cambrian Railways Company Staff Register Date: 19th century

Poster, Join the Thrift Column (a play on words -- not the Fifth Column!). Advertising the Post Office Savings Bank. Showing a long queue of people waiting to open their accounts. 20th century

Payroll staff
Group of Two Men of Payroll Staff. Aeolian Co

Adverts for Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management
Two pages of advertisements for Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management and other Cookery Books, still going strong in the early 20th century

Newspaper boys with the latest on the Prince of Wales illne
The latest accounts of the Prince of Wales illness. The Prince of Wales was residing at Sandringham House during his long illness while daily reports were released of his condition

Brotherhoods Accounts
Settlement of accounts by the brotherhood of Charite-Dieu and Notre Dame of the recovery of Rouen

Kangaroo / Cook 1790
An early depiction, based on accounts brought back by Cooks expedition

Brotherhood Accounting
Settlement of accounts by the brotherhood of Charite-Dieu of Notre Dame of the recovery of Rouen

John Hancock
JOHN HANCOCK American soldier, statesman and governor of Massachusetts, depicted working on his accounts

Advert / Neaves Food
brought up on Neaves Food: which accounts for the plump, rosy cheeks

Adding Machines / Fortune
An array of adding machines

Richard Earl Portland
RICHARD WESTON, earl of PORTLAND - statesman, but a braggart and a coward by all accounts with his autograph

Ethiopian Monkeys
Travelers in Ethiopia come back with highly coloured accounts of the APES of that region, their lifestyle, their food and how they defend themselves from predators

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