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Britannia Collection (page 12)

Background imageBritannia Collection: 19th century Insurance Company Fire Notice

19th century Insurance Company Fire Notice, County Fire office, with an image of Britannia with lion and shield

Background imageBritannia Collection: British Industries Fair poster

British Industries Fair poster - with text in Spanish. Held in London & Birmingham up to 22nd October 1932. 1932

Background imageBritannia Collection: Side by side - Britannia! Britains Day Dec. 7th 1918

Side by side - Britannia! Britains Day Dec. 7th 1918. Poster showing Uncle Sam arm-in-arm with Britannia, accompanied by a lion and an eagle. Date 1918

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia Pier, Yarmouth, England

Britannia Pier, Yarmouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia Pier and parade (i. e. promenade), Yarmouth, Engla

Britannia Pier and parade (i. e. promenade), Yarmouth, Engla
Britannia Pier and parade (i.e. promenade), Yarmouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageBritannia Collection: Great Yarmouth - The Beach from Britannia Pier

Great Yarmouth - The Beach from Britannia Pier Date: 1903

Background imageBritannia Collection: Everybodys Magazine - Coronation Number

Everybodys Magazine - Coronation Number
Front cover of Everybodys Magazine, Coronation Number showing Britannia, in a carriage pulled by a lion and unicorn flying through the skies, holding her trident and shield

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britiannia Bides Her Time

Britiannia Bides Her Time
" Britiannia Bides Her Time.", Alick P. F. ritchie, The Bystander front cover, 19th August 1914. In 1914, Britannia really did rule the waves

Background imageBritannia Collection: Eminent 18th century musicians

Eminent 18th century musicians
Five eminent musicians in a decorative frame: Dr. Samuel Arnold(1739-1802), Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), composer of " Rule Britannia", George Frideric Handel(1685-1759)

Background imageBritannia Collection: Bristol Britannia

Bristol Britannia
British passenger liner with BOAC. Date: circa 1950

Background imageBritannia Collection: Xmas No 1929

Xmas No 1929
Britannia & Eve Christmas number from 1929 showing a Madonna & Child. Date: 01/12/1929

Background imageBritannia Collection: Franco-British Exhibition- Machinery Hall

Franco-British Exhibition- Machinery Hall
Machinery Hall (French Section) - Franco-British Exhibition, White City, Shepherds Bush, London, 1908. Date: 1908

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover Christmas 1944

Britannia and Eve front cover Christmas 1944
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a festive illustration of a Victorian couple. The gentleman, in a green frock coat and top hat is laden with parcels and a goose

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia mourns the death of Queen Victoria

Britannia mourns the death of Queen Victoria
Front-cover of The Sphere showing Britannia mourning the loss of Queen Victoria who died on the 22nd January 1901. Date: 1901

Background imageBritannia Collection: Advert for Britannia and Eve featuring Princess Elizabeth

Advert for Britannia and Eve featuring Princess Elizabeth
Advertisement for Britannia and Eve magazine in The Bystander (they were part of the same publishing group) tempting potential readers with the promise of delightful pictures of our beloved Princess

Background imageBritannia Collection: British and American soldiers on a tank, WW1

British and American soldiers on a tank, WW1
British and American soldiers standing on top of a tank, with their respective flags, in a street procession during the First World War. Date: early 1918

Background imageBritannia Collection: ILN cover design, Festival of Britain Exhibition Number

ILN cover design, Festival of Britain Exhibition Number. Showing Britannia in a red cloak, standing on a cliff top waving to some arriving ships (no doubt containing exhibition visitors)

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia Cunarder 2

Britannia Cunarder 2
Cunard passenger liner which starts the first regular transatlantic mail service; in 1849 she is sold to Germany and ignominiously ends her career sunk as a target ship. Date: launched 1840

Background imageBritannia Collection: I dreamt I slept at Madame Tussaud s

I dreamt I slept at Madame Tussaud s
I dreamt I slept at Madame Tussauds ! A satirical depiction. Date: 1847

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, March 1932

Britannia and Eve front cover, March 1932
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a woman posing in an orange bias cut dress typical of the period, and black hat

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, December 1953

Britannia and Eve front cover, December 1953
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a stylised festive scene, with Father Christmas in his sleigh pulled by reindeer

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, May 1932

Britannia and Eve front cover, May 1932
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine, featuring a blushing bride with a full veil holding a large bridal bouquet of lilies

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, February 1951

Britannia and Eve front cover, February 1951
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a blonde sweater girl model with an impressive torpedo bust and wavy Veronica Lake hairstyle

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, December 1942

Britannia and Eve front cover, December 1942
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine, Christmas 1942, featuring a stylish woman wearing a festive red and white sweater, hat and gloves combo

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, October 1932

Britannia and Eve front cover, October 1932
Front cover of Britannia and Even magazine featuring an elegant woman in coordinated blue suit and hat, holding a fur coat, waiting while a bell boy, laden down with her packages and hat boxes

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, December 1941

Britannia and Eve front cover, December 1941
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine, Christmas number, featuring a glamorous blonde woman carrying off a woolly scarf and bobble hat with aplomb

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, April 1932

Britannia and Eve front cover, April 1932
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a fresh-faced breezy looking woman in a yellow outfit finished off with red lipstick and a green neck scarf

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, March 1951

Britannia and Eve front cover, March 1951
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring an elegant 1950s woman wearing a brown patterned dress, a string of pearls and an elaborate straw raffia hat trimmed with flowers

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, Christmas 1949

Britannia and Eve front cover, Christmas 1949
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine, Christmas number featuring an illustration of a quaint, snow-covered street of half-timbered houses, with children carol singing outside one door

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve Christmas cover 1939

Britannia and Eve Christmas cover 1939
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine, December 1939 featuring an illustration of a sweet little boy blowing out a candle

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve magazine, May 1935

Britannia and Eve magazine, May 1935
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman with piercing green eyes, wrapped in a fur stole and wearing dangly red earrings

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve magazine, February 1931

Britannia and Eve magazine, February 1931
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a Lewis Baumer illustration of a pretty woman dressed in a red jacket

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve magazine, April 1935

Britannia and Eve magazine, April 1935
Front cover illustration featuring a pensive looking woman wearing a yellow blouse with a wide brimmed hat of blue trimmed with yellow

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover

Britannia and Eve front cover
Front cover illustration featuring a blonde woman applying make up while looking in a compact mirror

Background imageBritannia Collection: Bear Hotel and shops, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Bear Hotel and shops, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A view up the High Street in the town centre, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales, showing the Bear Hotel at the top, and various shops on either side

Background imageBritannia Collection: The Britannia bridge

The Britannia bridge
Three views of the Britannia bridge, which was built across the Menai strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was begun in 1846 and completed in March 1850

Background imageBritannia Collection: Marshall Britannia Boiler transported - India

Marshall Britannia Boiler transported - India
The transportation of a Marshall Britannia boiler across the Indian countryside by a vast team of oxen and men. Many thousands of portable steam engines were made between the 1840s and 1920s

Background imageBritannia Collection: HMS Yacht Britannia

HMS Yacht Britannia, flying the Royal Yacht Societys (RYS)Commodore flag - sailing out of Cowes Roads, Isle of Wight

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia as a patriotic Butterfly - WWI

Britannia as a patriotic Butterfly - WWI
A World War One era postcard from a French series Les Allies - Britannia depicted as a patriotic butterfly, with red ensign wings

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve, September 1934

Britannia and Eve, September 1934
Front cover illustration featuring the profile of a woman wearing a fashionable sun hat and strappy top

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve January 1943

Britannia and Eve January 1943
Front cover depicting a sophisticated woman in a brown coat with matching hat and gloves. A yellow silk scarf at her throat completes the outfit

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve, February 1933

Britannia and Eve, February 1933
A woman rests languidly on a cushion, book in the hand and looks rather seductively out at the viewer

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve, May 1933

Britannia and Eve, May 1933
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous woman posing in a generously large sun hat

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve, January 1933

Britannia and Eve, January 1933
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous woman in evening dress and gloves in a box at the theatre, her opera glasses and programme put to one side as she sits engrossed in a play

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve, June 1933

Britannia and Eve, June 1933
Front cover illustration featuring a sophisticated looking woman holding a cigarette in her elegant hands

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve, July 1938

Britannia and Eve, July 1938
Front cover illustration featuring a woman in a spring like yellow dress and matching hat picking violets

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve, February 1938

Britannia and Eve, February 1938
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous blonde woman pictured amid a ruffle of feathers

Background imageBritannia Collection: Britannia and Eve, November 1931

Britannia and Eve, November 1931
Front cover illustration featuring a lady in a beret and scarf driving a convertible car



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