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Boxer of Quirinal, also known as the Terme BoxerGreek Art. Hellenistic. Boxer of Quirinal or the Terme Boxer. Bronze sculpture of the Hellenistic period (1st century B.C.). Boxer sitting at rest, with metal and leather dressings used for combat
Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fireHeroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century
Dramatic Rail Accident at Gare Montparnasse, FranceAt the Montparnasse terminus of the Chemin de Fer de l Ouest, the Granville train crashes through the buffers and into the street (Rue de Rennes)
Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Sylvia PankhurstBadge issued by the Womens Social & Political Union with design by Sylvia Pankhurst. This circular tin badge in purple, green and white, shows a young woman
Australopithecus and the Rhodesian ManReconstructed: Australopithecus and the Rhodesian Man. Links in the chain of human evolution: Australopithecus Africanus (3 ft high on the left), representing the Taungs skull
Trams causing havoc on a Belfast streetHorses, carts, wagons and pedestrians in an almighty crash involving two trams in Donegal Place in Belfast. The card caption reads: " Our Trammelled Streets" Date: 1905
Blue Jay, by John James AudubonBlue Jay, Corvus Cristatus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838
Brunels SS Great Eastern, Milford Haven, South WalesBrunels iron sailing steamship, the SS Great Eastern, berthed at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, during the 1870s. The ship is so large that it runs the length of Hamilton Terrace
Card Game - The Game of SuffragetteThe Game of Suffragette was devised and produced by the Kensington branch of the Womens Social & Political Union. It was announced in the November 1907 issue of the Unions publication
Pinguinus impennis, great auk1 of 6 shots of Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century
London Bridge (New Version), words and musicLondon Bridge is broken down, ... My fair Lady! Build it up with penny loaves... iron and steel... silver and gold... etc
DREYFUSALFRED DREYFUS French army officer and victim of injustice: his degradation
Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay. Describes the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of King Nabonidus by Cyrus the Great
Spartacus and rebellion of GladiatorsIn 73 B.C Spartacus was sold, into the service of Lentulus Batiates, a man who taught at a ludus for gladiators. Spartacus and two Gallic gladiators led a riot at the school
Scene with ships during the Spanish Armada, when the expedition sent by King Philip II of Spain was met by the Royal Navy and out-manoeuvred. The surviving Spanish ships were badly damaged in storms
Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959. Date: 1959
Breakdown lorry from Lambeth fire station in actionThe breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station, being deployed to move a lorry involved in a serious accident with the OXO lorry in the distance
Broken Tulip - example of Tulip breaking virus. Illustration from Dr John Hill, Verhandeling over de verdubbeling van bloemen... Uit het engelsch vertaald
Humpty Dumpty looking unhappy after his fall, with cracks all over his head. A soldier in the background looks on helplessly
Derelict Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South WalesView of the derelict Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. The foreground is littered with pieces of wood, including an empty coffin which has broken apart. The colliery closed in 1969
Clinker fishing boat, Kings LynnClinker-built wooden fishing boat with broken rudder beach near Kings Lynn, Norfolk Date: 1990
Result of running into a Teller MinePhotograph: Result of running into a Teller Mine. Shows the back part of a tank with a broken track in a desert landscape
King David. Drawing for the rose window of the Cathedral of Leon. 14th century. Paper, gouache. Leon Cathedral Chapter. Castile and Leon. Spain
Menander (ca. 342-ca. 292 BC). PortraitMenander (ca.342-ca.292 BC). Greek dramatist, representative of the athenian New Comedy. Roman copy of a Greek original. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany
Windmill, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexThe Windmill (known as Archers Mill) at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured here after it had ceased working. It was a post mill working two pairs of stones and was demolished in 1921. circa 1915
The Bull in the China Shop Date: 1891
Embossed Victorian mourning card, Ann FerrierEmbossed Victorian mourning card with two angels and a broken column. Sacred to the Memory of Ann Ferrier, who died on the 6th of March, 1875, aged 58 years. Date: 1875
Titus (39-81 AD). Roman Emperor. Bust. MarbleTitus (39-81 AD). Roman Emperor. Flavian dynasty. Bust. Marble. 70-80 AD. From Utica, near Carthage. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
All went well till the wheels came off. Cartoon strip from the Bonzo Annual, 1935 Date: 1935
Huntley, Aberdeenshire - repairing a flat tyreHuntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - repairing a flat tyre. The number plate, identifies this fine vehicle as from Liverpool (" K" ) and it was vehicle number 388 registered
5th Royal Irish Lancers - Sergeant (Review Order). Date: 1910s
Alice & the DuchessAlice with the duchess in the chaotic kitchen Date: First published: 1865
Poster for a Royal Navy Auction, 1910Poster advertising an auction held in 1910 to sell a number of obsolete Royal Navy vessels. The Navy was selling these five vessels to the highest bidder
Sugar Loaf Late 19CMaman is watched by her daughter as she cuts a lump off the sugar loaf : at this time, sugar was supplied in cones which were broken off as required
Genghis KhanGENGHIS KHAN (variously spelt) on his deathbed, he urges his sons to unite, showing how single arrows are easily broken, but four together are unbreakable
Man falling off a broken chair at a dinner party causing a servant to spill a soup tureen over him. Other guests shocked, servants amused. More Miseries
Violet Gordon Charlesworth: the motor carThe motor car with broken windscreen from which Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth(b.1884) was alleged to have been thrown into the sea following an accident at Penmaenbach near Llandudno
South Africa - a toddler looks down guiltily at broken eggsSouth Africa - a toddler looks down guiltily at some broken eggs, spilled out from their laden basket. Date: circa 1930s
Old Houses, BletchingleySome of the fine old houses (although some could do with renewed rendering) at the corner of the road leading to Brewer Street, Bletchingley, Surrey. Date: 1930s
Herzogin Cecilie nearing Falmouth, CornwallThe Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), nearing Falmouth, Cornwall
1855 / Belgravia RiotWindows are broken in Belgravia during one of a series of riots in the Hyde Park area during the summer of 1855
Injured CatA veterinary surgeon holding a cat at the Cats Hospital, Hampstead, London
Man with broken umbrella stands in pouring rainMan in raincoat, hat and galoshes standing in the middle of a field in pouring rain holding up a broken umbrella for protection. (John Turner self-portrait.) Date: 1930s
Diagram of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17
Photograph of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17
Comic postcard, Black cat sitting inside an old shoe on a Good Luck card Date: circa 1918
Opium poppy varieties, Papaver somniferum, and Anemone mexicana. Papaver sativum flore saturate purpureo petalis laciniatis, Papaver sativum rubrum flore simplici
Casa dei Vetti (House of the Vettii), Pompeii, Italy. Date: circa 1900