Me and My Girl - Lambeth Walk sheet music cover, 1937Bill Snibson (actor Lupino Lane 1892-1959) peeps from behind his stately home on this music cover for The Lambeth Walk, as featured in Arthur Rose and Douglas Furbers musical Me and My Girl. 1937
UVF - Ulster Volunteer Force PosterNotice posted by the Ulster Volunteer Force intending to quell speculation that its founding was a direct violent challenge to those of differing views within Ulster
Old Bill kneeling in front of the Cenotaph in WhitehallHis Pals - Fragments Copyright. Old Bill kneeling in front of the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)
Wartime Toby jugs, WW1Advertisement for Soane & Smith of Oxford Street, promoting their range of Toby jugs based on wartime leaders, principally Sir David Beatty, Sir Douglas Haig, Lord Jellicoe, Marshal Joffre
Bill Sykes (Barnard)Bill Sykes sits at a table with a bottle of booze while his dog Bullseye cowers against the wall, afraid of being hit
Rock n Roll DancingTwo young things in full 1950s attire, partake in a bit of Rock n Roll dancing
A Miner Success by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon" They must ave ad some good news or somethin, Alf; you can ear em cheerin quite plain." Two British Tommies, Bill and Alf
F G Pearce Ltd, business stationeryF G Pearce Ltd, Ice Cream company of Grant Street Dairy, Radford, Nottingham, business stationery (statement). circa 1930s
Gladstone / Home Rule BillThe House of Commons, February 13 1893. William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, introduces the Second Home Rule Bill
Compton and Edrich leave the Oval pitch, 1953Photograph showing the two English batsman, Denis Compton and Bill Edrich, leaving the pitch at the Oval Cricket Ground, London, 19th August 1953
Extinct marine reptilesSheet 1 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of marine reptiles lived during the Jurassic period between 200
Brooklands PosterA poster for the racing programme at Brooklands Race Tract at Weybridge, Surrey, featuring Sir Malcolm Campbell driving (at the time) the worlds fastest car, Bluebird
Ta Poster / BairnsfatherA recruitment poster for the Territorial Army featuring Bairnsfathers WWI creation, Old Bill
One of Our Minor Wars, by BairnsfatherOne of Our Minor Wars " Well, if you knows of a better ole, go to it" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, possibly his most famous, shown as it first appeared in The Bystander 1915
Captain Bairnsfathers first meeting with Old Bill, WW1This historic incident took place during the first battle of Ypres, but the Censor held stern views about battle pictures in those days
Parus caeruleus, blue titA blue tit (Parus caeruleus) in flight, U.K.The blue tit is common throughout Britain living mainly in deciduous woodland. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Calypte anna, Annas hummingbird
Poster advertising The Better Ole, Theatre Royal, ChathamPoster advertising a comedy produced by Charles Cochran, The Better Ole, or The Romance of Old Bill, at the Theatre Royal, Chatham. Performed twice nightly, with a Wednesday matinee
Empire Theatre / 1889The cover of a programme for the Empire theatre, London. The bill featured comedians including Dan Leno and Cleopatra, A Grand Ballet Divertissement
Nyctanassa violacea, yellow-crowned night heronPlate 79, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Selasphorus rufus, rufous hummingbirdPlate 379 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Buffalo Bills ShowBUFFALO BILLs WILD WEST SHOW Bill Codys rough rider extravaganza, featuring scenes of Napoleon, and an onstage artist, Rosa Bonheur
Houses of Commons / LordsLord Palmerston addressing the House of Commons (top) A debate on the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords (bottom)
Raphus solitarius, Reunion white dodoPlate 25 from Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World (1907) by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild
Buffalo Bills Wild WestPromotional postcard for Buffalo Bill Codys Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Riders of the World featuring the Union Jack flag and the Stars and Stripes
A Rehearsal of the Wild West showA series of sketches by Ralph Cleaver of rehearsals for Colonel Codys " Wild West" show at Olympia, including Sioux braves racing horses, cow girls and cowboys
Empire Nut BrownAdvertisement for Adkins Empire Nut Brown tobacco featuring Bairnsfathers WWI creation, Old Bill
Palladium Theatre / 1912The cover of a programme for the Palladium theatre, London. The bill featured Marie Lloyd
Cartoon, Triumph of De-Jenner-Action 1898Grim reaper holding the vaccination act. A new Vaccination Act removed these penalties and introduced a new clause known as the conscientious objector clause that allowed parents who did not believe
Timber Barge 1940SUnderneath the arches - timber barges ( Bill and Coral ) being unloaded on the River Thames under Kingston Bridge, Surrey, England. Date: 1940s
In the support trench by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon" Old Bill has practically decided to try to get Private Shinio (the ex-comedy-juggler-and-hand-balancer) transferred to another platoon." The stoicism of Captain Bruce Bairnsfathers
Anglo-Saxon by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon" You re comin along with me, my lad, as soon as this is over!" (Hermann feels he DOES know a better ole). Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander magazine showing his famous
Buffalo Bill Cody racing in Munich, GermanyWilliam Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917), American soldier, bison hunter and Wild West showman, seen here at Munich, Germany, racing on horseback against the cyclist Fischer
Bill Werbeniuk - Snooker Player Date: 1980s
Good Morning, Bill! By P. G. WodehousePromotional postcard for Good Morning, Bill! By P. G. Wodehouse, based on the Hungarian of Ladislas Fodor. First produced at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne
One Million German Mark banknote - 1923 - testament to the hyperinflation experienced by the Weimar Republic in the early 1920s. Date: 1923
Eight Bells, HatfieldThe Eight Bells inn at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, referred to in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Bill Sykes met the pedlar here. Date: 1950s
Doin the Lambeth Walk - Oi! These sketches, made by Sherriffs, are dedicated to The Lambeth Walk, dance hit of the musical comedy Me and My Girl (Victoria Palace)
Bill at Harrow SchoolBill or call-over is a compulsory roll call, held in each House at Harrow School three times a day. Date: circa 1920s
The New Submarine Danger by BairnsfatherThe New Submarine Danger " They ll be torpedoin us if we stick ere much longer, Bill" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring his popular characters Old Bill
Gracula religiosa indica, lesser hill mynaPlate 73, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Upupa epops, common hoopoePlate 55, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Ardea herodias, great blue heronPlate 211 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
When the ell is it going to be strawberry?Old Bill is disappointed to discover that the latest delivery of jam to the trenches on the Western Front during World I is plum and apple yet again! Date: 1915
Liberal posters for the General Election, & their artistsA selection of Liberal party posters for the 1910 General Election, together with a photograph of Francis Carruthers Gould, caricaturist and political cartoonist, who The Sketch says
Old Bill and Co. August 1940" Hey! Mind what yer doin ! Thats the second time you ve got me with that fifth column o yours!" Bruce Bairnsfather pokes fun at rumours of German spies
The Conscientious Exhilarator, by BairnsfatherThe Conscientious Exhilarator " Every encouragement should be given for singing and whistling" - (Extract from a Military Manual ) That painstaking fellow, Lieut
Members of Cuddington Golf Club, Surrey, 1933. Date: 1933
