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Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, D Oyly Carte SouvenirD Oyly Cartes Season of Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, Souvenir Programme, Princes Theatre, London, 29 September 1919 - 31 January 1920, showing a large cast of characters from the operettas. 1919-1920
Hominid craniaL to R: Australopithecus africanus; Homo rudolfensis; H.erectus; H. heildebergensis; H. neanderthalensis and H. sapiens
Mills Bomb No 5 hand grenade, used during World War One, 1915. Oval cast iron segmented body with handle and split pin. Marked on base plate with grenade number and maker?s name P B and Company
Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1) (Lucy)A cast of the partial skeleton (nicknamed Lucy) of Australopithecus afarensis found at the Hadar, North East Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald Johanson
Possession is nine points of the law by Louis WainIllustration by Louis Wain showing a cat occupying a cast-off saucepan or cooking pot during snowy weather. A selection of birds, including a magpie and a blue tit bemusedly face the cat
Homo erectus (Sangiran 17), H. sapiens (?) H. neanderthalensL to R, cast of Homo erectus, (Sangiran 17), Sangiran, Java, 700, 000 years old; cast of recent Homo sapiens skull from South East Asia; cast of Neanderthal skull from La Ferrassie, France, 50
Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaws play opens in 1914Spread from The Sketch magazine showing scenes from the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion, which opened at His Majestys Theatre, London on 11 April 1914
WW2 - NaFI presents ENSA Production at Alexandria, EgyptWW2 - A playbill for a production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde produced by N.A.A.F.I (Navy)
View of the River Wye and Old Wye Bridge at ChepstowView of the River Wye (at low tide) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
Coelophysis fossilCoelophysis was one of the earliest known dinosaurs which lived 225 to 220 million years ago during the Upper Triassic
Old Time Music Hall ShowThe cast of the Old Time Music Hall show from the City Varieties in Leeds take a bow; the audience, dressed in Victorian and Edwardian costume, are part of the show Date: 1960s
Shepherd with sheep, horse and dogA delightful scene on a country track in Cumbria showing a lakeland shepherd carrying home a lame member of his flock, accompanied by his trusty hound and a fine white horse
Arion on a DolphinA Greek poet and musician, reputed to have been cast into the sea by mariners but carried to Taenaros on a dolphins back
Lincoln Assass. / PlaybillThe playbill found in President Abraham Lincolns box after his assassination by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theatre
Trajan Column, Rome, base portionBlack and white lantern slide capturing image of the cast of the base of Trajans Column inside the Victoria and Albert Museum Cast Court
Coal mining by G. H. DavisCoal mine working and outcrop production: how coal, so vital to every form of war industry, can be won from opencast veins at shallow depths. Date: 1944
Woman & Aspidistra PhotoA woman in an enormous hat festooned with plumes & fabric sits in the garden outside her door. She rests her arm upon a small, 3 legged table on which stands an aspidistra in a pot
Odysseus & Tame AnimalsOdysseus and his men are amazed by a group of strangely tame wild animals - a lion licks Eurylochuss foot. Circe has cast a spell on them
RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Zapotec Civilization. 1947. Mural Pre-Hispanic Mexico and Colony in the corridor of the north wall. Detail
Mrs Bryan Guinness (Diana Freeman Mitford) as VenusFront cover photograph from The Sketch of the Hon. Mrs. Bryan Guinness, formerly the Hon
Cast copy of the Juno LudovisiModern cast copy of the Juno Ludovisi (Hera Ludovisi) - a colossal 1st century Roman marble head depicting an idealized and youthful Antonia Minor as the goddess Juno. Date: circa 1910s
London Life cover - On the Level - 1960s fashionsFront cover of London Life magazine showing three cast members from a new musical, On The Level (about a GCE scandal) which opened in London on 19 April 1966
Busby Berkeley montageA Busby Berkeley stage show montage featured in London Life magazine to coincide with a season of films at the National Film Theatre in 1965. Date: 1965
Messrs Vickers Iron Foundry - Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Date: circa 1910s
Australopithecine or Homo habilis foot (OH8) castCast of a near complete foot (OH 8) from an Australopthecus or Homo habilis discovered at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. It dates back to 1.75 million years ago
Homo rudolfensis (KNM-ER 1470) Homo habilis (KNM-ER 1813)On the left, KNM-ER 1470 (also attributed to H. rudolfensis). On the right, KNM-ER 1813. Both skulls are about 2 million years old. Held at The Natural History Museum, London
Advert, Doultons improved hooded baths, London, Paisley and Paris. circa 1890
Diplodocus Carnegii - Reptile Gallery, Natural History MuseuCast of Diplodocus Carnegii - Reptile Gallery, British Natural History Museum, Kensington, County of London, England. Date: 1910s
The Dandy Doctor by Edward Marris with music by Dudley Powell. First produced at the Avenue Theatre in Sunderland, 26 March 1900. Touring to the Palace Theatre, Newcastle, 22 June for six nights
Caricature of Harry Paulton, actor and dramatistCaricature of Harry Paulton (1842-1917), actor and dramatist. Seen here outside the Avenue Theatre, London, in cloak and hat -- Manteaux Noirs; or, a Tale of the Embankment
The Bing Boys are Here, 1916Scenes from the popular revue, The Bing Boys are Here starring Alfred Lester, George Robey, Lillian Davies and Blanche Stocker. The show was one of the most popular of the Great War period. Date: 1916
First Royal Variety Show dress rehersal, 1912The dress rehearsal for the first Royal Variety Show performance at the Palace Theatre, 1912, which was attended by many celebrities
The Embankment, London on wet night with Policeman and TramsA truly superb postcard photograph of The Embankment, London on wet night. The lights cast a strange eerie glow on the scene, magnified through the windows of a row of parked trams
Danae Cast Adrift (1903)Danae, daughter of Acrisius king of Argos, is impregnated by Zeus : perceiving her son Perseus as a threat, papa casts them adrift in a boat, but of course they survive Date: 1903
Cover design for Dutch Dolls Polka, a song by May Ostlere, published by Enoch & Sons, London. Arrangements are also available for orchestra, instrumental septet, and military and brass bands
Kluski Spirit GloveCast of a spirit glove made at Warsaw by Franek Kluski (pseudonym) (1874 - ?) in the presence of Richet, Geley and others
The cast of Hay Fever, described as Noel Cowards Clean Play "by The SketchThe cast of Hay Fever, described as Noel Cowards Clean Play " by The Sketch. Marie Tempest played the role of Judith Bliss, a bohemian ex-actress, while Graham Browne her husband, David Bliss
Angler near Waltons Cottage, StaffordAn angler in vintage gear fishing on the River Sow near Isaac Waltons cottage in Stafford, England. He wears a deerstalker hat, carries a wickerwork fishing basket and a vintage fly rod
Palace Theatre Company - London - Theatrical Garden Party Date: 1912
Cast of Chu Chin Chow catch bus to Night of the Stage BallThe cast of Chu Chin Chow at His Majestys Theatre board a bus and head for the Night of the Stage Ball at the Albert Hall held in aid of Sir Arthur Pearsons Fund for the children of blinded solders
Daily lives in London during the BlitzFour images relating to air-raided London in October 1940
Cardinale family making silk flowers. Father wears a cast. D8:00 PM January 29, 1912. Cardinale family making silk flowers. Father wears a cast. Does not work. (See report on schedule.) Boy, 11 years old, helps some, even at night. 43 Carmine St
Dr. Zanders apparatus, 1897Dr Zanders apparatus: a lady rides side saddle on a horse simulator. A fixed saddle is attached to a cast iron frame, simulating similar vibrations to those experienced when riding a horse. 1897
Actresses on National Service, 1939Cast members of Tony Draws a Horse at the Comedy Theatre in London pictured in their other war roles
London / Temple GardensSun patterns cast by young trees and iron railings on the lawn at Temple Gardens, London, England. Date: 1930s
Amalfi, Italy - Panorama of the Hotel San Caterina Date: circa 1930s
Wedding Garment ParableThe Parable of the Wedding Garment : the king orders the improperly dressed guest to be bound hand and foot and cast into outer darkness
Fishing at Bewdley, WorcestershireAn angler casts his line out into the River Severn in the misty morning light at Bewdley, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd
Wyclif / Fox Martyrs / BurntJOHN WYCLIF In 1425 his body is exhumed and burnt at Lutterworth by the ecclesiastical establishment and his ashes cast into the river
Buddha of KamakuraThe great bronze image of Buddha at Kamakura, Japan, cast in the 13th century, centrepiece of a group of shrines and temples which attract pilgrims
The Expulsion from Eden by Edmund Dulac. Scenes from Biblical History by Dulac, no. 1 of the series published in The Illustrated London News. Date: 1925
Advert for Carron Company - Cooker Range 1911Advertising the Carron range, with inner glass door. Date: 1911
Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts - the Lyric Revue companyHenrik Ibsen's Ghosts performed by the Lyric Revue company, at the Globe. This performance was classical drama set to music (lyrics by Arthur Macrae with music by Donald Swann). Date: 1952
Advert for Carron Company - Cooking Range 1910New range the Carron with thermometer fitted and an inner door that was of transparent glass so the cook could see the progress of the food. Date: 1910
Advert for New Carron Company - Range 1910The new Carron case iron range, fitted in recessed fireplace. Date: 1910
Ernest Trimmingham in Room V at the GarrickErnest Trimmingham (1880-1942) performing as Winnie in Room V at the Garrick alongside (lfrom left) Wenda Rogerson (Policeman's Wife), Christine Silver (Little Old Lady), Nancy Parsons (Girl)
Walter MacFarlane, Saracen Foundry in Glasgow manufacturer of cast iron clocks, towers, drinking fountains, bandstands, belfries. lamp pillars seat shelters and drinking troughs. Date: 1897
IRELAND/DUNSEVERICK CASTDate: 1879
Profile portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), queen from 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. In wimple with long veil, dress with ruff collar, Mary, Queen of Scotland
Head of Psyche, Greek goddess of the soul, holding a butterfly on her throat. From a cast engraved on cornelian in Tassie's collection
Bust of Jupiter Aegiochus in breastplate or aegisBust of the Roman god Jupiter Aegiochus in breastplate of divine armour or aegis. From a cast in the Musee Nationale, Paris
Firths Cast Steel Files 1917 - Thos Firth & Sons Ltd. Date: 1917
Thos Firth & Sons Cast Steels - Thos Firth & Sons Ltd. Date: 1916
This etching shows a silhouetted form of a house, cast by a glorious sunset on a large Scottish hill. Date: circa 1925
Hardy Patent Pick Co. mining tools 1890sSelection of solid steel mining hand tools made by Hardy Patent Pick Co, in Sheffield. Date: 1890s
Cast of a basking shark(Selache Maxima)Described in The Illustrated London News as a cast of the skeleton of a basking shark(Selache Maxima) caught off Bergen in 1901
The Vic-Wells Season & Dance, Waterloo, London, with portraits and signatures of creative staff, actors and actresses, including Tyrone Guthrie, Athene Seyler, Charles Laughton, Flora Robson
Cast of Hiawatha at the open-air Theatre, ScarboroughThe touring cast of The Song of Hiawatha by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor at the open-air Theatre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
A young woman fishes from the pier at Aberdovey (Aberdyfi)A young woman fishing from the pier at Aberdovey (Aberdyfi), on the estuary of the River Dovey in Gwynedd, north Wales. She wears a sparkling bikini and black socks and shoes Date: 2019
Busker plays an accordian on Ha penny Bridge, DublinA mature man sits on Ha penny Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. He plays an accordian
Open Mine, Kimberley, South Africa
RMS Majestic, First Class cast iron bed single endsRMS MAJESTIC: First-Class cast iron bed single ends with pierced geometric decoration
RMS Olympic cast iron table baseRMS OLYMPIC: Rare cast iron Second-Class table base, fluted central column with lion's head supports. 24ins
RMS Mauretania, First Class dining room, cast iron chair basCUNARD: Extremely rare RMS Mauretania cast iron chair base believed from First-Class dining room. 15ins. x 12ins
Pair of cast iron cannon on carriagesMARITIME: A pair of cast iron cannon on carriages with tapering barrels and armorial crest to the barrel. Barrels measure 38ins. long with a 6ins. diameter breech, 4ins
Plaster cast in Pompeii Museum, Pompeii, Italy, Victorian period
House In Surrey, Garden FrontAn architectural photograph of the garden front of a house in Surrey, in brick and Portland stone. The upper part of the staircase bay is covered with cast lead, enriched. Date: circa 1903
Safe. 16th century. SpainSafe. 16th century. Cast iron and fretwork. Maria Pita House-Museum. Corunna, Galicia, Spain
The Castle of the CountsAn etching showing a scene in the shadows cast by the Castle of the Counts, or The Gravensteen, at Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium
Light and ShadeA painting of a white building which has yellow flowers to each side of the green entrance door, shadows of nearby trees are cast onto the walls. Date: circa 1915
Wawel Castle, KrakowAn illustration of the Wawel Royal Castle in central krakow, Poland, with more modern buildings set in front
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Mercator cast modelsWhite Star Line, RMS Titanic - boxed pair of modern Mercator cast models, on treen stands. 11.5 inches. Date: 20th century
RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other itemsRMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz
Cast iron ship's table base with fish designCast iron ship's table base - the single pedestal support is decorated with a flying fish design. Date: 20th century