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A new dog-fancy: the Basset Hounds by Louis WainEngraving by Louis Wain showing four naughty basset hounds teasing two scared black and white cats. A fifth basset hound enters the room looking coy but unrepentant with a whip in its mouth
Return of Don Quixote and Sancho PanzaThe return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza -- Sancho kneels and raises his arms, no doubt relieved to be back home
WW2 - Secret Of The Scarlet BomberAn illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Secret Of The Scarlet Bomber, written by Phillip Conde. The image portrays a wartime policeman writing notes
HMS Vindictive at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1HMS Vindictive at Zeebrugge, Belgium, 23 April 1918 - a raid during the First World War, designed to disrupt use of the port by the German Navy Date: 1918
Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867)Karl Marx (1818-1883). German philosopher, political theorist, and socialist revolutionary. Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867). A Critique of Political Economy (1867)
Japanese bantams, black bantams and Pekin bantams. Mrs. Woodcocks Japanese white bantams, first prize at Crystal Palace 1872. E. Cambridges black bantams, cup winner at Bristol 1873. H. B
Golden spangled Hamburgh cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Henry Beldons pair, cock cup at Birmingham 1870, hen cup at Kendal, Whitehouse and Spalding 1871
Black Hamburgh cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Rev. W. Sergeantsons pair, first prize at Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester 1871, and Bristol 1872
Jeweller at his bench with leather covers. His tools include files, drills, hammer, pliers, wire drawer and crucible. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades
Book cover, Londres et Les Anglais (London and the English), by Dumont and Suger. 1908
Woman on a Train Date: 1950
Page from William Tarn and Co.s Illustrated Catalogue: witWilliam Tarn and Co.s Illustrated Catalogue, containing 202 pages including the front and back covers, with black and white and colour illustrations including designs for ceilings and dados
Group portrait, possibly of the Brewster family, in a domestGroup portrait, possibly of the Brewster Family, in a domestic interior, oil on canvas, signed by Thomas Bardwell and dated 1736
Book cover - Good-bye Summer - game of tennisFront cover of a book showing an Edwardian couple playing a game of tennis. c.1905
Lawyers books, brief and wig in a leather chair. Date: circa 1990s
Choirbook number 7. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. The VisiChoirbook number 7. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. Antiphonary By Master of Burgo de Osma. Parchment. The Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. Drop cap D. Miniature. Spain
Armillary Sphere. Astronomicon by Gaius Julius Hyginus. 1st century. Incunabula 283. Edition of 1485. Venice. Library of the University of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain
Zoe Porphyrogenita (978-1050). MosaicZoe Porphyrogenita (978-1050). Byzantine empress. Mosaic of the South Gallery. Hagia Sophia. Istanbul. Turkey
The Willow Pattern Scene in the Midnight Follies (1926), the cabaret show at the Metropole Hotel, London Date: 1926
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, end of a perfect dayIllustration by Cecil Aldin -- Cracker the bull terrier at the end of a perfect day, having organised a successful dog show. Date: 1927
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jim, a bobtail sheepdogIllustration by Cecil Aldin -- Jim, a bobtail sheepdog, owned by the actress Fabia Drake. The dog was a perfect actor, taking part in a childrens play called The Happy Family
Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Spot, An Autobiography. Date: 1895
Illustration, Peter, the fox terrier, discovers a fox (White-Ear) has been hiding in the bed. Date: 1912
Illustration, foxhounds howling in chorusIllustration, a pack of foxhounds howling in chorus, eager to go out hunting. Date: 1912
Illustration, A Song of the English, LighthouseIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century
Poster advertising British military uniform, WW1Poster advertising British military uniform, The Studington Military Kit... obtainable only from Studd & Millington Ltd, Military Tailors. Chromolithograph poster, 1914 (c)
Young girl in a winter sceneYoung girl with a basket and book walking in a snowy landscape. Date: 1895
Botanical Sketchbook -- Common Daisy. Date: 1920s
Hungry Peter the pigs dinner party, with Tabitha the cat, Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits, two ducks (the Quacks), and two dogs (Rags and Forager) gathered round a long table. Date: 1914
Pinocchio -- father in wheelchairPinocchio -- He constructed an elegant little wheel chair in which he could take his father out on fine days. Date: 1911
Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Zal meets
Almodis De La Marca (?-1071). Countess of Barcelona" Almodis De La Marca (?-1071). Countess of Barcelona, wife of Ram erenguer I.; Ramon Berenguer I (1023-1076). Count of Barcelona and Girona (1035-1076)
Catalan school. Painting on wood. Romanesque art. Painting. SPAIN. Vic. Vic Episcopal Museum
FERMAT, Pierre de (1601-1665). French lawyer, famous for his work in mathematics. Varia Opera Mathematica (1659). Title page. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)
Thomas HilderTHOMAS HILDER Puritan churchman, minister of Sandwich, Kent; he wrote a book on marriage for the benefit of his children Samuel, Mehetabel and Anne. Date: 1598 - 1651
Book cover design, The Cloud King: or up in the air & down in the sea, by W Stephens Hayward, London: Darton and Hodge, 1866. Showing a balloon attached to a whale. 1866
Book cover design, The Romance of Aeronautics: an Interesting Account of the Growth and Achievements of All Kinds of Aerial Craft, by Charles C Turner, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912
The Domesday Book, SurreyThe Domesday Book, a record of the resources and taxable values of the boroughs and manors of Surrey, including Guildford, extract from the Great Domesday Book Date: c. 1085
Advert for Dolcis shoes, shopping with five coupons 1941With five wartime coupons you could buy one pair of shoes from Dolcis. Casual shoes with contrasting coloures with a crepe sole and side lace. Casual shoes with 3 eyelette tie at front in suede
F Fought for itFrom A Apple Pie the iconic picture book by Kate Greenaway Date: 1886
Silhouette, As Mad As A Hatter (or March Hare)As Mad As A Hatter (or March Hare) -- silhouette based on illustrations to Alice in Wonderland, showing the Mad Hatter and March Hare sitting at the tea table
Susan sits alone on the fence, unhappy to think that Dunderpate is going to marry the tailors daughter or the pastrycooks daughter. Date: 1938
Young woman holding a baby, with sunflowersA young woman holding a baby, looking at some sunflowers. first published 1879
Origin Species, CH Bennett, banker - vultureVulturine. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a vulture to a banker. Known for his beak and bald head the vulture has exchanged his feathers for a broadcloth
Lear / Nonsense / BangorThere was an Old Person of Bangor, whose face was distorted with anger! He tore off his boots, and subsisted on roots, that irascible Person of Bangor
Night Piece by Aubrey Beardsley. An almost entirely black composition with the figure of a woman. Illustration in The Yellow Book, volume I, April 1894
Tchaikovsky / Rimsky BookPYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY Russian composer