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The Last Stand of the Imperial Guards at Waterloo. General Hill calling on upon the Enemy to Surrender.Print by Riddle and Goughman after the painting by Robert Hillingford
Ara ararauna, blue-and-yellow macawPlate 41, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Advertisement for W H Smith -- newsboy on an enamel sign. circa 1925
Zacchaeus ConvertedThe calling and conversion of Zacchaus, a publican
Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Call Boy. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease
Pin Up on telephone by David WrightAn alluring blonde woman in a black evening dress and white fur stole talks on a red telephone while looking seductively at the viewer
Circus aeruginosus, marsh harrierPlate 73 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)
Lana Turner in a scene from Calling Dr Kildare (1939) wearing a Dolly Tree gown Date: 1939
WW1 - Territorials Blessed at St. Pancras Church, LondonWW1 - London Territorials are blessed as they pass St. Pancras Church, London, where they deposited their colours Date: 1914
Cygnus columbianus, tundra swanPlate 10 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Woman on the telephone, postcard" Hello, are you there?" An early example of cold calling by telemarketers
Victorian Scrap -- Watercress Seller. late 19th century
Mimus polyglottos, northern mockingbirdPlate 27, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
French mobilisation poster, WW1French mobilisation poster for the First World War, calling all enlisted soldiers and sailors, and requisitioning animals, vehicles and related equipment. Date: 2 August 1914
The Call to Prayer - ConstantinopleThe Hodja upon the minaret calling the believers to prayer at Constantinople, Turkey
Illustration, La Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland), Battle of Roncevaux (778). Charlemagne hears Rolands horn, calling for help, but they will arrive too late to save the hero. Date: 778
Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - Take Cover - an eager volunteerComic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - " Take Cover" - an eager volunteer warden shouts down an alert of any occupants of a Ladies Public Convenience! Date: circa 1917
Birthday Card design - Glamour, Pin-Up, Woman on Telephone. Date: circa 1950
A young man in jeans sits against a fashion shop windowA young man sits against a fashion shop window and makes a call on his mobile phone. The window display shows a smartly dressed chimpanze and a bearded man - both wearing in blue jackets
WW2 - Home Guard Goings OnAn illustrated front cover for a WW2 children's story book, Home Guard Goings On, written by Basil Boothroyd. The image portrays an older gentleman wielding a gun
Calling All WorkersAn illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Calling All Workers, by English composer Eric Francis Harrison Coates, who can be seen in the main portrait photograph. Date: circa 1940s
Lilliburlero (Calling Us All)An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Lilliburlero, (calling us all) arranged by Kenneth J. Alford, words by Arthur Stanley
Theatrical and vaudeville presentations, December 1923Three photos from theatrical and vaudeville presentations, December 1923: the 8 Embassy Girls in vaudevile; the Childs brothers in London Calling
The actress and dancer Vera Freeman, December 1923. Was in Phi Phi and now London Calling where she dances the Blues with Noel Coward Date: 1923
Money order with Titanic red rubber stampWhite Star Line, RMS Titanic - rare money order from Aherne's Exchange & Shipping Office in Queenstown, Ireland, dated 9 April 1912
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - five book covers. Building the Titanic, an illustrated history of the Olympic class ships, Titanic Calling, A Titanic Myth, and The Riddle of the Titanic
Man and woman by a telephone, in a dressing room, woman in dressing gown. Captioned, Not Dressed for Calling'. With quotation
Spain. Civil War. Demonstration in Madrid calling to mobilization against the milutary uprising (July 1936). SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Salamanca. Archivo Histo Nacional
Ken Livingstone and Tony Banks at the GLCKen Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), and Tony Banks (Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford, 1943-2006), British Labour politicians and MPs
A female Republican supporter giving a speech on top of a car, Madrid, 1936. It was reported that she was calling for more volunteers to join the Republican army. Date: 1936
ANTI=VIETNAM DEMOAnti-Vietnam Demo, calling for an end to the war and for the release of Lieutenant William Calley, imprisoned in 1971 for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai village. Date: early 1970s
EGYPTIAN MAGICIANAn Egyptian magician is initiated into his calling : he encounters the figure of Death Date: BC
Comic postcard, Little girl on the phone Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple and baby in bed with gas masks, WW2 - calling up notice Date: 1940s
The Call of the Sea by Margaret BradleyThree playful mermaids (or sirens) play in the sea. Date: 1928
Men playing the ancient game of Morra, Italy. It involves one player extending their hand, with any number of fingers, and the other player calling out a number
Calling out the reserves, boys parade in Whitehall, WW1Calling out the reserves, boys parading in Whitehall, London (Biscuit Tin Band), 5 August 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914
Illustration in The Etiquette of To-Day - Drawing RoomBlack and white illustration of two ladies chatting with the caption topics of general interest are the best for conversational purposes when paying a call, from The Etiquette of To-Day
Illustration in The Etiquette of To-Day - Leaving CardsBlack and white illustration of a smartly-dressed lady leaving her calling card with a maid, from The Etiquette of To-Day published by Girls Own Paper, circa 1914 edited by Flora Klickmann
Adam Warner Hooted as a Wizard, exhibited at the Royal Academy by H B Roberts. 1872
LENIN AT PETROGRAD 1917Lenin, just arrived from Finland, addresses the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party at Petrograd, calling for an armed uprising. Stalin is also present. Date: 23 October 1917
Player Out at Home Date: 1936
The Calling of Peter and Andrew by Duccio di BuoninsegnaThe Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew by Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-1319) - Sienese for the Predella of the Cathedral at Siena. Date: circa 1310
London dustman 1862London dustman. Date: 1862
CHIMNEY SWEEP IN CARTMr Noble the sweep rides his cart through the streets, calling out Swee - eep ! to attract customers. Date: 1887
COSTERMONGERA costermonger leads his donkey laden with vegetables through the streets calling for people to buy his wares Date: 1869
FRENCH CHIMNEYSWEEPA French chimneysweep walks through the streets calling his trade : the caption calls him a type that is disappearing Date: 1907