Blue Collection (page 12)

Blue underwing, red underwing and dark crimson underwing
Blue underwing, Catocala fraxini, red underwing, Catocala nupta, and dark crimson underwing, Catocala sponsa. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis

Great blue turaco, Corythaeola cristata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Tasmanian blue gum tree, Eucalyptus globulus. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

June Howard-Tripp, English actress
June Howard-Tripp, sometimes referred to simply by her stage name, June, English actress. Date: 1934

Coats of Arms for Colleges of Oxford University. Date: circa 1910

Cat reading a book on a Christmas card Date: circa 1900s

Malcolm Campbells Blue Bird, land speed record 1928
Artists impression of the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird fitted with a Spring engine from the Air Ministry, with bodywork designed by Mulliner

YWCA Poster, Back our girls over there, WW1
YWCA Poster, design by Clarence F Underwood, Back our girls over there, United War Work Campaign, First World War. 1918

British recruitment poster, Are You in this? WW1
British recruitment poster, design by Robert Baden-Powell, Are You in this? First World War. 1915

Victorian scrap, Fairground roundabout. 19th century

Retro Toy Walking Plastic Robot - Blue-Grey Metallic Body
Retro Toy Walking Plastic Robot with grey blue body and colourful buttons and digital-style display panel

Photograph of Blue Boar PH, Stratford (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Blue Boar PH, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

Northern cassowary by JG Keulemans
Hand-coloured lithograph of cassowary head by JG Keulemans (c. 1898), based on the live animals at Walter Rothschilds Museum at Tring

Cartoon, The Six-Mark Tea-Pot (Aestheticism)
Cartoon, The Six-Mark Tea-Pot -- a satirical comment on the new fashion of aestheticism: a man who resembles Oscar Wilde admires a teapot

Farnborough 92 - MiG-29M (9-15) Blue 156
Farnborough 92 - Mikoyan MiG-29M (9-15) Blue 156 shown with Vympel NPO R-77 air-to-air missiles on the underwing pylons. Date: 1992

Mustafa Shokay, Khazak statesman and public figure
Mustafa Shokay (1890-1941), statesman, political activist, scholar and public figure, ideologist of the struggle for freedom and independence of the Common Turkestan. circa early 1940s

Jumble Sale, revue, Vaudeville Theatre, London
Jumble Sale, a revue by John Hastings Turner, music by Philip Braham, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. circa 1920

This Ones for you, alright! A postman delivering a Happy Birthday Greeting. Date: 1938

Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen - Steamship Europa
SS Europa of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) (North German Lloyd) was a German shipping company. SS Europa (later SS Liberte) and her sister ship, Bremen, were the two most advanced

A female photographer among crocuses in Soapery Gardens
A female photographer sits in the midst of a sea of purple and white crocuses in Soapery Gardens, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. She wears brightly coloured clothes Date: 2014

Colonies of rooks fly above Harlech Castle, north Wales, before roosting for the night Date: 2019

Old man in cloth cap - Thassos, Greece
Portrait of an old man wearing cap and old cardigan as he stands beside a blue-painted window. Thassos, Greece Date: circa 1995

Blue domed roofs, Tunisia
Ornamental blue domed rooftops, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia Date: 1987

Thomas Cook Travel Brochure - Cover - Winter Sports in France, Italy, Austria, Norway, Sweden and Czechoslovakia. 1923

de Havilland Blue Streak
De Havilland Blue Streak Medium-Range Ballistic Missile Being Lowered, in Its Launcher-Frame, Onto a Low-Loader Truck Date: 1950s

Blue Streak in LT Tower - Hawker Siddeley Dynamics? factory
Blue Streak in the LT Tower at Hawker Siddeley Dynamics? factory at Hatfield

Blue Streak test rig installation at Hatfield, c1958
Blue Streak test rig installation at Hatfield, circa 1958. Date: circa 1958

An almost complete Blue Streak at Stevenage, c1964
An almost complete Blue Streak at Stevenage, circa 1964. Date: circa 1964

Complete Blue Streak electrical mock-up for circuit testing at Stevenage, circa 1964. Date: circa 1964

Sindbads Blue Lagoon near Malindi, Kenya, East Africa
Hotel Sindbads Blue Lagoon near Malindi, Kenya, East Africa. The Hotel is now in ruins. Date: circa late 1940s

Olga Valery - French actress - Roses
Olga Timchenko (aka Olga Valery) (1903-2002) - French actress of Ukrainian origin - performing at the Casino de Paris. The (remarkable) comment on the postcard reverse reads as follows

The Ritz Hotel, Leura, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
The Ritz Hotel, Leura, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. Date: circa 1920s

Christmas tree decoration
Small aeroplane ornament with a clear glass body covered in pale blue fibre secured with wire, metal wheels, and two sets of wings made from plant fibre

Variety saucer
Glazed porcelain saucer decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and a bamboo design

Variety tray
Glazed porcelain diamond-shaped tray decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo

Variety tea cup and saucer
Glazed porcelain tea cup decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo, part of a tea set manufactured by Royal Worcester in 1876

Variety tea cup, underside
Glazed porcelain tea cup decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo, part of a tea set manufactured by Royal Worcester in 1876

Variety tea cup
Glazed porcelain tea cup decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo, part of a tea set manufactured by Royal Worcester in 1876

Variety milk jug
Glazed porcelain milk jug decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo, part of a tea set manufactured by Royal Worcester in 1876

Variety sugar bowl and lid
Glazed porcelain sugar bowl and lid decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo

Variety teapot, underside
Glazed porcelain teapot and lid decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo

Variety teapot and lid
Glazed porcelain teapot and lid decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo

Jug
Glazed earthenware jug with floral and geometric decoration, probably made in ǡ nakkale, Turkey, c.1870-1880. Date: 1870-1880

Mahogany armchair with a curved top-rail and scrolled arms, with a drop-in seat with modern silk upholstery. It is thought to have been manufactured in England and to date from c.1825. Date: c.1825

Mezzotint
Hand-coloured mezzotint print depicting a woman seated on an upholstered armchair with a bed visible through a door in the background, in a moulded frame painted black and gilded

Teapot with two cups and saucers
Porcelain teapot and lid painted with underglaze blue decoration of two trees in blossom on the teapot, and lotus flowers on the lid, made in Jingdezhen, China, c.1750-1780. Date: c.1750-1780

The book of The Times Furnishing Company Ltd
The Book of the Times Furnishing Company Ltd. an illustrated trade catalogue produced by the furniture retailer The Times Furnishing Co. Ltd. printed in England in 1929. Date: 1929

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