Balance Collection (page 2)

A Summer Garden
A landscape painting of a nicely arranged summer garden, with a good balance of trees and flower beds, under a blue, cloudy sky. Date: circa 1917

The Fritzsche brothers - German Bicycle Acrobats from Leuben, Dresden, Germany. Date: circa 1907

Turkey. Constantinople. The Sehzade Mosque. Engraving
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Exterior view of the Sehzade Mosque, 16th century. Ottoman era mosque located in the Fatih district

Official anti British First Boer War protest card
A conflict known also as the Transvaal Rebellion took place between the British and the Boers from 1880 to 1881 The south of Africa was overlaid with European powers competing for colonial territory

The Great Blondini - walking the high wire above four lions
A slightly fanciful illustration of French tightrope walker Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) (1824-1897) - walking the high wire above a pit of four large male lions. Date: circa 1850s

Mikado series by Raphael Kirchner - Acrobat
Raphael Kirchner design for his Mikado series - created in 1900 in Japonism style. Date: 1900

Ancient Egypt. Judgement of the Dead. Book of the Death. Funerary papyri. 3rd-1st BC. Egyptian Museum. Turin. Italy

Farnborough wind tunnel with Bristol Bulldog
The Royal aircraft establishment wind tunnel at Farnborough, with Bristol Type 124 Bulldog TM K3183 mounted on the balance

Cartoon, A Blaze of Triumph! (Disraeli and Turkey)
Cartoon, A Blaze of Triumph! Disraeli is the hero of the day, having made a deal over Cyprus with Turkey at the Anglo-Turkish Convention, thereby ensuring peace rather than war

Cartoon, Vulcans Best Customer (Peace)
Cartoon, Vulcans Best Customer -- the angel of Peace asks the blacksmith Vulcan if hes very busy. A list of weapons to be produced is written up on the wall on the right

Performing bear at the London Hippodrome
A Bright Little Bruin at the Hippodrome. A bear cub performing at the London Hippodrome in 1905. His act consisted of him riding on the back of a pony

Captain Woodwards seals at the London Hippodrome
Two of Captain Woodwards performing seals at the London Hippodrome demonstrating their balancing skills. Date: 1903

Boarding school game from the 14th century: a boy seated on a round pole must light a taper without losing his balance and falling into the tub below

Boarding school games from the 14th century: a boy on a round pole must light a taper without losing his balance and falling into the tub; a boy on a round pole must light a taper at the end of

Balancing act, 14th century
Girl balancing swords while held on a board by two men, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London

Girl tumbler, 14th century
Girl backflipping accompanied by musicians playing pipes and tabor, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Boys running and climbing over an obstacle course at a sports event, 19th century. Handcoloured heliotype lithograph by Fortier-Marotte from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Street entertainer balancing on his head on a table. Accompanied by a fiddler and a young boy dancing a jig. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Family of street entertainers performing in Paris, 1815
Woman balancing on a candlestick on a table, while a child walks on its hands. Later, Madame Herculanus fixes two anchors in curling papers to her hair

Indian jugglers in Paris, 1816
Indian jugglers, 1816. The man in the centre balances a whip between his eyes, spins rings on his toes and fingers, and threads pearls on a rope with his tongue

Great weighing machine or steelyard, Qing Dynasty. The man weighs items brought to him by customers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Six satyrs or fauns performing on a tightrope. Two carry a thyrsus, one plays a tibia, one plays a lyre, one pours wine from one vase to another, and one balances with his hands together

Patriotic poster, Buy British, British Business
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- How Bills new boots bucked up British Business! Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Buy British, Merrie England once again
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Buy British, Merrie England once again! Buy British and put a smile back into British trade

Patriotic poster, Buy my produce, Buy British
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Buy my produce, I can then buy your goods. Buy British and create employment throughout the country

Patriotic poster, It must be British
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- It must be British! She helps you to keep your job. Buy British and help her man keep his

Patriotic poster, Buy British and create employment
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Buy British and create employment. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Which of these do you use and are yours British? Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Buy British and make your job secure
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- The safe policy for you, Buy British and make your job secure. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Patriotic poster, Give and Take, Buy British
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Give and Take, Empire Products for Britain, British Manufactured Goods for the Empire, Buy British and help British labour at home and overseas

Patriotic poster, Be British and Buy British
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Be British and Buy British (quoting a speech by the Lord Chancellor at the Guildhall on 9 November 1931)

Patriotic poster, Buy British and protect your job
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- John Bull says: Buy British and protect your job! Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Confession of Japanese Penitents
Confession of Japanese penitents ( a person repenting their sins). If the penitents fail to make a proper confession, the priest causes the balance to project them down the mountainside. Date: 1844

Silhouette, Circus Acrobats. early 19th century

Acrobat on Tightrope Date: 1950

Arab Women carrying large Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt
Arab Women carrying large water Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1904

An early bomb disposal method to detect unexploded bombs
French soldier holding an electrical induction balance, capable of detecting buried explosive shells. These shells had been causing large numbers of casualties to civilian agricultural workers

AUSSIE SURFERS 1960S
Australian surfers riding big breakers on huge surfboards and surf canoes, enjoying an exciting ride and an exhilarating pounding by the waves. Date: 1960s

FALL / PEKINGESE / OWNER
Mrs Ashton Cross with her Pekingese BEESWING OF ALDERBOURNE who is sitting on its haunches in the palm of its owners hand. Date: 1936

SANTORIOS BALANCE
Italian physician Santorio, believing that health is related to bodily intake and excretion, takes his meals on a balance to measure the increase of his body weight Date: 1561 - 1626

Measuring equipment, kitchen scales, letter balance and other items for weighing Date: circa 1900

Street trade - muffin man
Muffin man coming round on Sunday would balance them on a tray on his head, ringing a large bell, calling out Muffins... Muffins.... Date: Circa 1905

Royal Air Force Stinson Model 74 Vigilant IA HL430- 70-49
Royal Air Force Stinson Model 74 Vigilant IA HL430 (known as O-49 by the USaF). The RAF was scheduled to receive over a hundred Vigilants but only fourteen were delivered

Traditional flower sellers in Madeira, Portugal. Date: circa 1930s

FRENCH LADY FENCERS (1)
A master fences with two female pupils simultaneously. (1 of 2) Date: 1885

A Kashmiri woman with a basket and pot on her head walks along a grassy ridge in the Vale of Kashmir. The Himalayan foothills in the background Date: 1989

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

Banking Expressions Illustrated - A Good Balance. The reverse message for this card rather wonderfully reads: " What Ho!" Date: 1904

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