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French poster from General de Gaulle, WW2A French poster with a message to all French people from General Charles de Gaulle, based in London during the Second World War. France has lost one battle, but France has not lost the war
Spurgeons Homes, BirchingtonAerial view of the distinctive zig-zag layout of Spurgeons Homes, Birchington, Kent. The Homes were originally based at Stockwell
Fridays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903
Starlight bent by the Suns Attraction: The Einstein TheoryThis diagram drawn by W. B. Robinson illustrates Professor Einsteins Theory that light is subject to gravitation. The drawing was based on British observers photographs at the eclipse of the sun
Scenery near Lamlash, Isle of Arran, Scotland - Painted by artist Alexander Cameron for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon - Painted 1939 Date: 1939
Suggragette Novel Outlawed Charlotte Despard. Outlawed A Novel on the Woman Suffrage Question, by Mrs. Despard (1844-1939) and Mabel Collins (Mrs. Keningale Cook)
Suffragette, The House That Man Built Banner. Pro-Suffrage Viewpoint, showing suffragettes carrying a banner. Based on an actual banner
Panavia Tornado F3 of 111 (F) Squadron based at RAF Leuc?Panavia Tornado F3 of 111 (F) Squadron based at RAF Leuchars dispenses chaff and flares over the North Sea
Cir Mohr from Glen Rosa, Isle of Arran, Scotland - Painted by artist Alexander Cameron for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon - Painted 1939 Date: 1939
Avro Vulcan B2 XH534 FarnboroughThe second B2 Vulcan built was based at A&AEE Boscombe Down for trials until 1965. The Vulcan display was always one of the highlights of Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1960
Richard Tauber / SchubertRICHARD TAUBER Austrian opera singer based in Britain, in the role of the composer Franz Schubert in Blossom Time
Madocs Voyage / AmericaPrince Madoc Ab Owain Gwynedd of Wales is said to have landed at Mobile Bay, Alabama in the 12th century, based on medieval texts and a Cherokee tale of people called Welsh
Extinct / Dinornis / Moadinornis giganteis - a reconstruction based on bones discovered
Blanche Bates / ButterflyBlanche Bates in the stage play Madam Butterfly by Long & Belasco on which the opera is based
WW2 poster, A tous les francais, General de GaulleWW2 poster, A tous les francais (To all French people), from General de Gaulle, based in Liverpool during the Second World War. France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war
Morny Freres June Roses AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Morny Freres Limited, London based chemist-perfumers. The image promotes a range of toilet products fragrant with parfum, June Roses
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1 XV757Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 XV757 of 233 Operational Conversion Unit (233 OCU), based at RAF Wittering, still in the colours of the Harrier Operational Conversion Unit
Wedgwood Dancing HoursThe dancing hours - a fine example of the style that has made Wedgwood famous : it is based on a design by Flaxman
Sentinel DG Steam Wagon YD6587 (msn 8784) at Walford Cross Near Taunton.. (Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd was a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) Date: 1958
Neanderthal ManAn illustration of Neanderthal man 500, 000 years ago based on a skeleton found at La Chapelle-aux-Saints in 1908. It had been proven since then that man was by no means in the gorilla stage
A heavy gun battery moving uphill during the Balkan campaignA French heavy-gun battery move up a steep hill during fighting with the Bulgarian army on the Macedonian border, October 1916
CARMEN LIEBIGScenes from the opera, based on a story by Prosper Merimee
Nautilus Swim Club 1Fixture card of the Nautilus Swimming Club, a London club based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London. (see two subsequent items for their 1891 river picnic)
PINBALL MACHINE / 1963A pinball machine first manufactured by J.H. Keeney & Co. Inc. in April 1963. The game, Venus, is loosly based on bingo and there are six bingo cards on the back glass. Date: 1963
Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet (msn 3798) at the 1959 Andover Steam Fair. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)
Sentinel S4 Steam Wagon DKN380 (msn 9276), built in 1936, seen at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam Rally. (Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd was a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) Date: 1959
Britain / 18th CenturyA poem based on fact: a haughty lady in her carriage will not let a gentleman pass so he (and the rest on the street) walk through her carriage Date: 1751
Tuesdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903
Training Ship Formidable, Portishead, BristolThe Training Ship Formidable, moored in the Bristol Channel at Portishead, was established in 1869 as an Industrial Training establishment
Unloading coal at Lamlash Old Pier, Isle of Arran, Scotland - Painted by artist Alexander Cameron for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon - Painted 1945 Date: 1945
Seaside Bungalow, Carbis BayA photograph of an expansive modernist seaside bungalow at Carbis Bay, Cornwall, designed in the 1930s by Truro based architects, Cowell, Drewitt and Wheatly. Date: circa 1937
HMS Empress aircraft carrier, WW1HMS Empress, British Royal Navy aircraft carrier during the First World War. Launched 1907 as a cross-channel steamer, converted as aircraft carrier 1914, based at Harwich, then Queenstown
TS Mercury - Market DayMarket Day at the Training Ship Mercury - boys spend their small weekly allowance in the institutions shop, with bags of sweets apparently popular
First Photo of a DiverIllustration based on the first underwater photograph of a diver
Titanic SinksThe Titanic disappears with lights still working on the ship (illustration based on account given by Frederick Hoyt)
Recruitment poster parody WWIAmusing pastiche based on advertisements for drawing schools and gently mocking the recruitment techniques of World War One
An Elizabethan PlayhouseAn early 20th century drawing of a scene at the Swan Theatre, Bankside, loosely based on a contemporary sketch by Johannes de Witt
The Lighthouse; Rudyerds Eddystone LighthouseAn engraving of The Lighthouse, a painting by Clarkson Stanfield, R.A. for some private theatrical events at Campden-House
Patriotic Italian GirlA young, brunette patriotic Italian girl in a feather adorned hat & a scarf whose decorative design is based on the Italian flag
MIGNET POU DE CIELHenri Mignets Pou-de-ciel (= Flying Flea) is produced under licence in countries outside France - this is a British version by Abbot- Baynes based on Mignet s
Hawksbees 2nd MachineEnglish physicist Francis Hawksbees second version of his electrostatic generator, based on a rotating glass sphere
Racial / Iroquois / WestIroquois (Canadian) warrior, based on a detail from Benjamin Wests painting, The Death of General Wolfe
Beatty Book CoverWhen Beatty kept the seas - Captain Frank H Shaws stirring patriotic adventure yarn is based on real-life naval exploits of the war
Slipper Pattern 1868A colourful embroidery design for the Victorian lady of leisure for a cashmere slipper based on an original Hindustanee pattern
Molluscs / SealifeA variety of sea-based molluscs including types of snail and clam, a large mussel and other soft-bodied sealife
Fur Trimmed Wrap 1928Blonde model in a fur trimmed wrap / jacket in a highly ornate fabric which like her dress is based on ethnic or archaeological textiles. Her shoes are in silver kid
Military / Dress / C17Military, probably French. Based on the dress of the Musketeers
The triumphal entry of the Duke of Wellington into Madrid in 1812. Engraving based on the painting by W.Hilton from 1825. Engraving
Boeing 377-10 Stratocruiser HC-AGA - ex N1040VBoeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser HC-AGA (msn 15940) of Linea Internacional Aerea de Ecuador (LIA), named Princess Everatta Maria, at Quito International aiport
Grumman HU-16E Albatross 7254United States Coast Guard - Grumman HU-16E Albatross 7254 (MSN 345, ex 51-7254), based at USCGAS Cape Cod, seen at Otis AFB on 15 May 1976. Date: 1976
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 45-49192 (MSN 399-55731), painted to represent 42-26671 'No Guts No Glory' of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group based at Station 357 / RAF Duxford
McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom 68-0580United States Air Force - McDonnell Douglas RF-4C-39-MC Phantom 68-0580 (MSN 3532), of the 33rd Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron, based at Shaw AFB, SC. Date: 1971
Lockheed HC-130H Hercules 1502United States Coast Guard - Lockheed HC-130H Hercules 1502 (MSN 382-4513, ex 72-1302), based at Sacramento CGAS. Date: circa 1980
McDonnell F-4D Phantom 65-0597United States Air Force - McDonnell F-4D-26-MC Phantom 65-0597 (MSN 1514), of the 136th FIS, 107th FIG, New York ANG, based at Niagara Falls Airport. Date: circa 1988
General Dynamics F-111D 68-0102United States Air Force - General Dynamics F-111D 68-0102 (MSN A6-18), based at Cannon AFB. Date: circa 1990
General Dynamics-Grumman EF-111A Raven 67-0052United States Air Force - General Dynamics-Grumman EF-111A Raven 66-0037 (MSN EF-21 / A1-55), of 42nd ECS based at RAF Upper Heyford. Date: circa 1987
Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3569United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 62-3569 (MSN 18552), of 319th Air Refuelling Wing, based at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota. Date: circa 1990
General Dynamics F-111D 68-0168United States Air Force - General Dynamics F-111D 68-0168 (MSN A6-84), of the 524th TFS, 27th FW, based at Cannon AFB, New Mexico
Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8036United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8036 (MSN 18653), of 319th Air Refuelling Wing, based at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota. Date: circa 1990
Rockwell B-1B Lancer 85-0059 'The Last Laugh'United States Air Force - Rockwell B-1B Lancer Lot IV 85-0059 'The Last Laugh' (MSN 19), of the 116th BW, based at Robins Air Force Base. Date: circa 1990
Rockwell B-1B Lancer 85-0089United States Air Force - Rockwell B-1B Lancer Lot IV 85-0089 (MSN 49), based at Dyess AFB. Date: circa 1990
Rockwell B-1B Lancer 86-0093United States Air Force - Rockwell B-1B Lancer Lot V 86-0093 'Ruthless Raven' (MSN 53), of the 28th BW, based at Ellsworth AFB. Date: circa 1990
Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8021United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8021 (MSN 18638), of 319th Air Refuelling Wing, based at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota. Date: circa 1990
Lockheed C-141B Starlifter 67-0021United States Air Force - Lockheed C-141B-LM Starlifter 66-0136 (MSN 300-6272). of the 452nd AMW, based at March AFB, at RAF Mildenhall. Date: 2003
General Dynamics-Grumman EF-111A Raven 67-0052United States Air Force - General Dynamics-Grumman EF-111A Raven 67-0052 Cherry Bomb (MSN EF-32 / A1-97), of 42nd ECS based at RAF Upper Heyford, seen at the Mildenhall Air Fete on 23 May 1987
McDonnell F-4D Phantom 66-0261United States Air Force - McDonnell F-4D-29-MC Phantom 66-0261 (MSN 1926), of the 81st TFW, based at RAF Waterbeach, visiting RAF Coltishall Date: circa 1976
Convair CV-580 TIFS N21466 (msn 466), an in-flight Simulator fitted with a Boeing 707 nose. (one of two TIFS - Total In-Flight Simulator, based on the CV-580 and NC-131H) Date: circa 1990
Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076United States Air Force - Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076 (MSN 645), of the 76th AS based at Ramstein AB, Germany. Date: circa 2005
de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WG486Royal Air Force - de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WG486 (msn C1/0536/DHB.f421), of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, based at RAF Coningsby. Date: circa 2010
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.Vb 8070M - EP120Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.Vb 8070M / (EP120), at RAF Wattisham as a gate guard / station mascot. Currently (2021) owned by The Fighter Collection, based at Duxford
Downer Bellanca 14-13-3 Cruisair Senior HB-DUN (msn 1637), circa 1961. The model designation is based on the technical data of the machine. The number 14 means that the wing area is 14 square feet
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina N610FFCanadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) N610FF (msn CV-399) of Barringer Research Limited, based in Toronto, Canada. The aircraft is seen at London Heathrow Airport for the 60 Years of Heathrow
United States Army Square Dance Team - Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (one of the boys) The Square Dance Team, which was first based at the Army Aviation School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
United States Navy - Goodyear ZSG-3 airship K-120 (BuAer number 33512), based at Oakland Naval Air Station in California, being used as a recruitment billboard for the US Naval Reserve
Goodyear Blimp NC-8A Volunteer in the late 1930s Volunteer (I) (NC-8A)First flight: April 27, 1929Volume: 86, 000 cu. ft.Length: 128 ft.Diameter: 36 ft.Engines
United States Navy - Martin P5M-1 Marlin 127718 (unit code LM, call-sign 8) with VP-44, based at Norfolk Naval Air Station, Virginia
Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive WB9110 Perseverance II (msn 3483), built in 1913 with an 8 Nhp compound steam engine. Seen at an auction at Walford Cross near Taunton in 1959
Burrell Devonshire General Purpose Traction Engine TA1849 Jellicoe (msn 3368), with Coeur De Lion 5nhp Engine, built 1913, at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. With Aveling & Barford Steam Roller YA2197
WW2 - A drag show by British PoWs held at Stalag XXI-D, a German World War II PoW Camp based in Poznan (Posnan), Poland - the scene seems to be about a beauty contest in USA as the "
