Britain Collection (page 22)

Penzance Lifeboat Rescue
The Penzance lifeboat, Richard Lewis, goes out to the North Britain, wrecked in Mounts Bay

St Pancras Railway St
The fine Victorian Gothic architecture of St Pancras Railway Station

Sheep Dog Trial in 1876
Sheepdog trials at Alexandra Palace

Shrove Tuesday Football
A traditional game of football played on Shrove Tuesday in the streets of Kingston-upon- Thames, between teams named Townsend and the Thames- Street Club

Lord Mayors / Hogarth
Industry and Idleness - the Lord Mayors Procession

Mr Tape the Tailor, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Shops / Butcher / Mr Bones
Mr Bones the butcher, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Battle of Otterburn / Fsst
WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE Henry Percy (Hotspur) attacked the Scottish entrenchments and was totally defeated. The battle is celebrated in the Ballad of Chevy Chase

Rugby School - Photo 2
Scholars in front of one of the school buildings 2 of 4

Crystal Palace B / W Ext
The exhibition hall with people, some on horseback, milling around in front of it

Eminent Politicians / 1886
Eminent politicians including Gladstone, Randolph Churchill and Charles Stewart Parnell gather in the Commons Lobby

Prison / Millbank
A bird s-eye view

Landlord Rent / Slums / C19
The Rent - or out you go! Landlord demands dues from woman and children for slum accomodation

Punch / Free Trade / Uk Lion
FREE TRADE The British lion in 1850 or The Effects of Free Trade

Docks Liverpool
The Goree Warehouses, Georges Dock, Liverpool

London Stock Exchange
An interior view of the busy London Stock Exchange

Sheltering Underground
Sheltering underground during The Blitz, Islington, London; a woman pours drinks for those around her

Thames / Lantern Slide
Thames wharves by night Date: 1910

Bannockburn / 1314
The Scottish army led by King Robert de Bruce VIII defeat the invading English army of Edward II

Bannockburn / Bruce Review
Before the battle, King Robert de Bruce VIII reviews the Scottish army, who proceed to defeat the English

Durham Univ Exam 1842
Examination of the students of the University of Durham

Events / Culloden / 1746
Charles Edward Stuart in action on the battlefield

Social Scenes / Britain / 19
Costumes of North Wales

Hogarth Election / 4Of4(C)
THE ELECTION Chairing the Member after the election plate 4 of 4

Stephensons Rocket
The Rocket as it took part in the Liverpool & Manchester Railway competition (which it won)

Matilda Escapes Stephen
Empress Matilda escapes in white clothing over snow and ice from Oxford, where she had been besieged by King Stephen

Gunpowder / Conspirators
The conspirators (Guy Fawkes is number 6)

Gunpowder / Discovery
Guy Fawkes is discovered under the House of Lords

World War II transport planes & gliders ready England
Vintage World War II photograph - transport planes and gliders ready for takeoff in England, for landings in the Netherlands

World War II navy ship Pacific war against Japan
Vintage World War II photograph - navy ship releases a salvo in the Pacific war against Japan

Vintage photograph WW II - British Churchill tank
Vintage photograph World War II - British Churchill tank, Italian campaign, crossing of the Senio River

Cartoon, Disraeli Measuring the British Lion
Cartoon, The State of the Nation, Disraeli Measuring the British Lion. Mr Disraelis motion for a Select Committee to consider the state of the nation, in consequence of the repeal of the Corn Law

Euston Station, London 1837
Euston Station, London, in 1837, at the start of railway development and expansion. Showing a first-class carriage in the foreground

Chamberlain Clock in Birmingham
The Chamberlain Clock, Birmingham, erected to commemorate Joseph Chamberlains tour of South Africa 1902-3 after the end of the Second Boer War

Patriotic poster, Buy British - Britain Always First
Britain Always First - poster celebrating Britihs achievements in breaking speed records on land, water, air and rail. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Cottage built out of hard stone, Kinver Edge, West Midlands
Cottage built out of the hard stone of the Holy Austin Rock at Kinver Edge, on the border of Worcestershire and Staffordshire, with a toddler at the doorway and an elderly woman at the well

Derby Day at Epsom racecourse, Epsom Downs, Surrey, England -- horse-drawn coaches and other traffic arriving for the big event. Date: 1922

Men and women playing golf at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Men and women playing a round of golf on a course at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Date: 1922

Thames watermen at work during Swan Upping, when cygnets need to be rounded up on the Upper Thames River and distinguishing marks cut on their bills

Thames Tunnel
View of the newly opened Thames Tunnel, linking Wapping and Rotherhithe in London. circa 1840s

British Museum - new reading-room 1857
Interior of the new reading-room in the British Museum, London. Date: 1857

The Racquet Court. Date: circa 1880

CRYSTAL PALACE INTERIOR 1851
The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace: interior of the transept, looking north, with the Osler fountain and elm tree enclosed within the structure Date: 1851

Allsopps pale-ale brewery 1853
Interior of Samuel Allsopp & Sons, pale-ale brewery in Haydon Square, London. Date: 1853

Industrial Leeds 1885
Industrial aspect of Leeds from Richmond Hill. Date: 1885

Glenlivet Scotch Whisky distillery 1890
View of the worm tubs, where spirit vapour is condensed, at Andrew Usher & Co, in Edinburgh. Date: 1890

Exterior of British Museum - reading room 1855
Construction of the great Reading Room of the British Museum, the forerunner of the British Library Date: 1855

WRECK OF WHITE SHIP
Henry Is children drown when the White Ship founders on a rock and capsizes Date: 1120

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