Behind Collection (page 27)

Defensive Position
French infantry take up a defensive position behind earthworks, where they await the enemy attack with fortitude and resolution

French Dancers 1798
French couple dancing, during the Directoire. The man is not a war cripple, but holds his left arm behind his back

Londoners, 1690S
Two Londoners stand on a hill on the Surrey side of the Thames so that we may see their city behind them

French Artillery - 2
A soldier of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale sighting a cannon; behind him another gun is being loaded

Babylon Tourist 1971
Babylon: a tourist admiring some excavated walls behind the Ishtar Gateway

Hare Coursing 1809
Two hare-hounds close on the heels of a hare, their master not far behind... but their quarry shows them a clean pair of heels and may escape ending up jugged on the supper-table

German Carriers Wagon
A carrier encourages his horses with a stick, while behind him a train crosses a viaduct watched by a signalman. The little dog laughs such sport to see

NELSONs COLUMN 1930S
Nelsons Column, Trafalgar Square, London, with South Africa House behind it

Rosenkavalier 1st Night
Richard Strauss with Max Reinhardt (3rd from left, back), librettist Hoffman- sthal (behind the composer) and other VIPs, on the first night at Dresden, 26.1.1911

Racial /s Africa / Zulus
ZULUS small group gathered behind large, regal man seated on chair

Stalingrad - Repairs
Soviet troops rest behind the front line and make repairs to their uniforms

Soviet Radio Operator
Soviet shortwave radio operator communicating with forces behind the enemy lines

Snowball Throw C1880
A girl throwing a snowball from behind a fence

Costume February 1868
A brown dress with the fullness of the skirt pulled behind by an attached sash. White, flower trimmed dresses, one with a train the other with an apron front

Lambeth Palace / Lantern
A view across the river towards Lambeth Palace by night with the moon just disappearing behind clouds

W minster Abbey / Lantern
Westminster Abbey by night with the moon just disappearing behind clouds

There was an Old Woman
There was an old woman who rode on a broom, with a high gee ho, gee humble; and she took her old cat behind for a groom, with a bimble, bamble, bumble

Ataturk / Ilz 1921
(Mustapha) KEMAL ATATURK military, reformer, founder of Turkish State with hand behind his back

Running from Rain 1880
THE STORM two young people run for shelter while lightning flashes menacingly behind their backs

Grecian Bend 1868
Grecian Bend: Walking dress of short skirt with single flounce & an over-skirt looped up the sides to produce an apron front & puffed out behind. Ruched trim is used

Sketch Christmas
Patriotic front cover illustration from the Sketch 1914 showing a British officer in khaki uniform accompanied by two fashionably dressed young women

Ploughing, 16th Century
A 16th century plowman plods behind a pair of oxen who are urged on by his companion - illustration to Richard Pynsons Boke of Husbandrie

Mary and Child
Mary with her baby, who is showing her a flower : she is standing on the new moon, with the sun behind her, and a pair of angels are adjusting her halo

Female Types / Coy Lady
J tiens mon Anglais A coy lady hides behind her handkerchief

D andrade as Dongiovanni
The Spanish singer D Andrade as Don Giovanni confronts the statue while Leporello cowers nervously behind him

Costume / Men / Court 1588
An aristocrat in court dress, his trusty greyhound behind him

Costume / Women / 1570
An affluent lady in her town dress and hat; another lady just behind her is dressed for a masqued ball

Costume / Roman-Gallic
A man and woman of the Gallo- Roman period, with a Christian icon on the wall behind them

Adam, Eve Leave / Martin
The couple leave Eden, while behind them a lion ravages a deer - a sign that, thanks to mans disobedience, the Peaceable Kingdom is no more

The Carpenter 1827
A carpenter planing the edge of a board; a Turkey stone for sharpening his tools is in his work box and a newly made door and roof rafters behind him

Book Binder 1827
A book binder using a vice to compress his books. Other books are in a large press behind him and pots of glue and tools are at his feet

Britain Embraces France
Das alte lied - the old song. Britain embraces France behind Germanys back

Party / Girls Laughing
Two flirtatious girls at a party literally crying with laughter at the expense of the men behind them

Albert Grisar / Postcard
ALBERT GRISAR Belgian composer

J-M Charcot / Renouard
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist, with some of his patients depicted in the background

Eusebius of Caesarea
EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA Palestinian church historian, depicted reading one from a pile of books, with the city of Caesarea behind him

Edward & Lady Grey / Doyle
Lady Elisabeth presents Edward IV with a letter, her sons follow behind. She is said to have given into Edwards advances only if he agreed to marry her

Soldiers Embarking 1810
Soldiers embarking for the Napoleonic Wars: The Girl I Left Behind Me

Deucalion and Pyrrha
After the deluge, Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha repopulate the Earth by throwing stones (the bones of their mother) behind them : his stones become men, hers women

British Advancing
British troops, wary of German snipers, move cautiously behind a ruined wall in St. Mauvieu, France

Agitators Behind Bars
Left-wing agitators behind bars

Underground Ticketoffice
A railway clerk, with a pencil tucked behind his ear, serves a customer in the ticket office of an unknown London underground station

Wwi / News from the Front
A German woman receives a letter from her husband at the Front. The words she reads makes his presence seem near, as the ghostly image behind her conveys

Vallum on Hadrians Wall
The fosse ditch of the vallum system at Limestone Bank. The vallum lay behind the main stucture of Hadrians wall, and acted as a people-control structure, not as a defence

Well to do Germans 1515
Well to do couple, she with her plumed hat on her head, he with his slung behind him

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