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Background imageActive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - with view over Lake Hakone

Mount Fuji, Japan - with view over Lake Hakone Date: circa 1910s

Background imageActive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - from Otometoge

Mount Fuji, Japan - from Otometoge Date: circa 1910s

Background imageActive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Shoji Lake

Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Shoji Lake Date: circa 1910s

Background imageActive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan

Mount Fuji, Japan - Viewed from Omiya Date: circa 1910s

Background imageActive Collection: Active Service - WW1 knitting postcard by Harold Copping

Active Service - WW1 knitting postcard by Harold Copping
Postcard from the First World War depicting a woman knitting comforts for soldiers (note the khaki coloured wool), and gazing wistfully into the distance

Background imageActive Collection: Male and Female British Servicemen - Piccadilly Circus

Male and Female British Servicemen - Piccadilly Circus
Male and Female British Servicemen on leave - Piccadilly Circus, London - WWII. Date: circa 1943

Background imageActive Collection: APT PoP train (Advanced Passenger Train)

APT PoP train (Advanced Passenger Train)
APT PoP train to develop the tilt system and other active suspensions

Background imageActive Collection: Plate XXVII: Stromboli

Plate XXVII: Stromboli
Plate XXXVII. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Background imageActive Collection: Campi Phlegraei

Campi Phlegraei
Plate VII. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Background imageActive Collection: Plate II: Seven views of Vesuvius

Plate II: Seven views of Vesuvius
Plate II. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Background imageActive Collection: The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Left

The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Left detail. Interview between Hector and Achilles in the camp of the Greeks with Agamemnon and Menelaus

Background imageActive Collection: The Trojan War: Achilles Death. ca. 1470. Eighth

The Trojan War: Achilles Death. ca. 1470. Eighth cloth of the series, work of the Master of Co봩 vy, Henry or Conrard of Vulcop (active 1454-1479). Manufacturing of Tournai. Wool and silk

Background imageActive Collection: The Trojan War: Achilles Death. ca. 1470. Right

The Trojan War: Achilles Death. ca. 1470. Right scene. Detail of struggle of Achaeans and Trojans. Eighth cloth of the series, work of the Master of Co봩 vy

Background imageActive Collection: The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Detail

The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Detail of a squire of Hector. Sixth cloth of the series, work of the Master of Co봩 vy, Henry or Conrard of Vulcop (active 1454-1479)

Background imageActive Collection: The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Interview

The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Interview between Hector and Achilles and preparation of Hector for combat. Sixth cloth of the series, work of the Master of Co봩 vy

Background imageActive Collection: The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Scenes

The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Scenes from the interview between Hector and Achilles and the battle between Greeks and Trojans

Background imageActive Collection: The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Central

The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470. Central

Background imageActive Collection: The Trojan War: Achilles Death. ca. 1470. Center

The Trojan War: Achilles Death. ca. 1470. Center

Background imageActive Collection: BONAIUTO DA FIRENZE, Andrea (1346-1379). Spanish

BONAIUTO DA FIRENZE, Andrea (1346-1379). Spanish

Background imageActive Collection: A Madame Yevonde portrait of Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
Lady Dufferin (nearest to camera) married as her second husband, Mr H. C. S. A. Somerset. Lady Veronica is her only daughter, and married Mr Anthony Hornby in 1931

Background imageActive Collection: Miss Jeanne de Casalis by Madame Yevonde

Miss Jeanne de Casalis by Madame Yevonde
Miss Jeanne de Casalis pictured during the time she played the lead in Mr Edward Middletons production of Potiphars Wife. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait

Background imageActive Collection: John Vct Canterbury

John Vct Canterbury
JOHN HENRY THOMAS MANNERS- SUTTON, third viscount CANTERBURY : statesman, governor in various outposts of Empire, popular in Victoria, active in Pacific. Date: 1814 - 1877

Background imageActive Collection: Adoniram Byfield

Adoniram Byfield
ADONIRAM BYFIELD - Puritan churchman, active in church affairs, depicted with a windmill on his head whose sails (Lust, Pryde &c) are being turned by the Devil. Date: ? - 1660

Background imageActive Collection: Ballooning celebration for Queen Victorias birthday

Ballooning celebration for Queen Victorias birthday
Front page of The Penny Satirist - A cheap substitute for a weekly Newspaper. Showing a large image of the Montgolfier balloon ascending from the Surrey Zoological Gardens with about ten people in

Background imageActive Collection: Princess Helena Victoria playing golf at North Berwick

Princess Helena Victoria playing golf at North Berwick
PRINCESS HELENA VICTORIA Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870-1948), daughter of Princess Helena & Prince Christian, grandaughter of Queen Victoria

Background imageActive Collection: Mount Vesuvius, active

Mount Vesuvius, active

Background imageActive Collection: Ngauruhoe volcano, New Zealand, 1931

Ngauruhoe volcano, New Zealand, 1931
Volcanic activity: The peak of Ngauruhoe, New Zealands only active volcano, gives an unusually spectacular display to visitors to the Tongariro National Park

Background imageActive Collection: Women of the Commune

Women of the Commune
The women of Paris - women support the Commune as enthusiastically as the men, taking a fiercely active part in the insurrection. Date: 1871

Background imageActive Collection: John Brooks

John Brooks
JOHN BROOKS American farmers son, physician, active military commander in Revolutionary War, later Governor of Massachusetts. Date: 1752 - 1825

Background imageActive Collection: Dumont D urville - 2

Dumont D urville - 2
JULES SEBASTIEN CESAR DUMONT D URVILLE - French naval commander and explorer, commanded Astrolabe in search for La Perouse, active in the Pacific. Date: 1790 - 1842

Background imageActive Collection: Calvin / Desrochers / Oval

Calvin / Desrochers / Oval
JEAN CALVIN French theological reformer, active in Switzerland Date: 1509 - 1564

Background imageActive Collection: Calvin / Br / Arch

Calvin / Br / Arch
JEAN CALVIN French theological reformer, active in Switzerland Date: 1509 - 1564

Background imageActive Collection: Calvin / Freeman

Calvin / Freeman
JEAN CALVIN French theological reformer, active in Switzerland Date: 1509 - 1564

Background imageActive Collection: Henri Duc D aumale

Henri Duc D aumale
HENRI EUGENE PHILIPPE LOUIS d ORLEANS, duc d AUMALE French aristocrat who took an active part in scientific and cultural institutions. Date: 1822 - 1897

Background imageActive Collection: Oliver Earl Bolingbroke

Oliver Earl Bolingbroke
OLIVER ST. JOHN, first earl BOLINGBROKE - statesman who took an active part in the political affairs of his day, critical of Charles I. Date: 1580 - 1646

Background imageActive Collection: Elderly couple on a country walk

Elderly couple on a country walk
An elderly couple going for a country walk down a sloping track

Background imageActive Collection: Cape Egmont lighthouse, North Island, New Zealand

Cape Egmont lighthouse, North Island, New Zealand
Cape Egmont lighthouse, with Mount Egmont (Mount Taranaki) in the background, on the west coast of North Island, New Zealand

Background imageActive Collection: Visitors to an active volcano - Higo, Japan

Visitors to an active volcano - Higo, Japan
Visitors to an active volcano - Mount Aso - in Japan. It is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world. It stands in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu

Background imageActive Collection: Tenerife - Canary Islands, Spain - El Teide volcano

Tenerife - Canary Islands, Spain - El Teide volcano
The view from an aeroplane flying over the El Teide Mountain on the Island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, Spain. Mount Teide or, in Spanish, El Teide

Background imageActive Collection: Japan - Mount Aso

Japan - Mount Aso, the largest volcano in Japan and one of the largest active volcanos in the world. Asos pyroclastic flow deposits (welded tuff) have been used for bridge construction in the region

Background imageActive Collection: Card from the front - World War Two

Card from the front - World War Two
A card sent back home by Marie serving with the Canadian Forces during World War Two

Background imageActive Collection: Prince Albert onboard HMS Collingwood

Prince Albert onboard HMS Collingwood
Prince Albert, Duke of York, later King George VI (1895-1952), as a midshipman on HMS Collingwood, in the summer of 1914. Prince Albert was the only child of George V, other than Prince Edward

Background imageActive Collection: The Oldest Living Cricketer

The Oldest Living Cricketer
Mr C. A. Absolon, still taking an active part in the game of cricket at the age of 85

Background imageActive Collection: Sons of Henry of Prussia

Sons of Henry of Prussia
Prince Waldemar (1889-1945) and Prince Sigismund (1896-1978; on the right) of Prussia in full naval uniform. The boys were the two elder sons of Prince Heinrich (Henry)

Background imageActive Collection: Prince Louis of Battenberg with his sons

Prince Louis of Battenberg with his sons
Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921), British First Sea Lord in 1914 with his sons, George (right) and Louis (Lord Louis Mountbatten)

Background imageActive Collection: Prince Leopold, 1872

Prince Leopold, 1872
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) photographed in 1872. Leopold was the fourth son and eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Background imageActive Collection: Prince Leopolds engagement

Prince Leopolds engagement
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) and his future wife, Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1881. The fourth son and eight child of Queen Victoria



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