Capability Collection

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LANCELOT CAPABILITY BROWN English landscape gardener

LCC-LFB foam carrier and foam equipment
The foam carrier (lorry) and pump-escape from station 71 Battersea demonstrating the foam making capability of front-line fire engines

Comic postcard - arrival of a new baby
Humorous comic postcard - arrival of a new baby. Mother and Child doing well - Not a word about Father....!! 1909

Electricity Council appliance testing lab, Leatherhead
Electricity Council appliance testing laboratories, Leatherhead, Surrey. A new extension was opened on 16 May 1969. Showing the Housecraft Department

Richings House, Iver, Buckinghamshire, seat of member of parliament John Sullivan. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by John Gendall from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts

John Blades upper showroom of ornamental glass and chandeliers, Ludgate Hill, London. Crystal and cut glass manufacturer. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by John Gendall

Sion House or Syon House, Isleworth, seat of the Duke of Northumberland, in gardens designed by Capability Brown. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by John Gendall from Rudolph

The Vine, Basingstoke, the seat of William John Chute. House reformed by Chaloner Chute from designs by Webb, Inigo Jones son in law

Hackwood Park House, seat of Baron Bolton
Hackwood Park House, Basingstoke, seat of Thomas Orde Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton. Statue of King George I in front of Ionic portico designed by architect Lewis Wyatt

St. Pierre manor house, Monmouthshire, Wales, seat of Charles Lewis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by F.W.L

Moor Park, Hertfordshire, the seat of Robert Williams, 1825. Built in the Palladian style by surveyor Sir James Thornhill from designs by Giacomo Leoni and gardens by Capability Brown

Belvoir Castle, seat of John Manners, 5th Duke of
Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, seat of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland. Built in the romantic Gothic Revival style to designs by the architect James Wyatt and restored by Sir James Thornton

Group of villas on Herne Hill, Camberwell, London, 1825. Ornamental cottage, family home, picturesque house and two-story house with Sicilian roof

General Airborne XCG-16A 44-76193 at Clinton County Field, Wilmington, OH.. Designed by Hawley Bowlus and Albert Criz, the sole General Airborne Transport Co

Royal Air Force - Handley Page Victor K. 1A 8517M - XA932
Royal Air Force - Handley Page Victor K.1A 8517M (XA932) at RAF Marham as a ground instructional airframe. Built as a B.1A, to BK.1A when converted to tanker/bomber

Capability Brown boutique, Carnaby Street
Capability Brown, a sister boutique to I Was Lord Kitcheners Valet in Carnaby Street, London during the swinging sixties. Date: 1967

Pyroscaphe Steamboat
Jouffroys steamboat proves its capability by steaming against the current on the Saone at Lyon, but the French government refuse to adopt the new technology

GLC-LFB Fire Investigation Unit
Fire investigation teams were introduced to enhance the fire investigation capability of the Brigade. These units were watch related and placed strategically across London

Patriotic humour
First World War cartoon image extolling the British navys defence capability. Date: 1915

Saunders Roe Lerwick -an ill fated effort to expand the RAFs anti-submarine capability that had to be withdrawn early

Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. Davis
Meeting the threat of airborne invasion in Britain during the Second World War: suggested measures for foiling German troop carriers

Sandbeck Park / Yorks / 1879
Sandbeck Park, Yorkshire

A High Kicking Dancer
A dancer does a standing split and doesn t seem to mind a bit though few possess the capability to shake a leg with such agility

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