Century Collection (page 9)

Riot at Mold in Flintshire
A huge mob, assembled at the railway station at Mold in Flintshire, Scotland to protest against the imprisonment of miners, employees of the Leeswood Coal Company

Fairy Tales of Winter - Cinderella by Pauline Baynes
Cinderella by Pauline Baynes, one of four illustration of fairy tales which reflect each season. In this instance, Cinderella is transformed by her fairy godmother into a dazzling princess while her

Longest Day at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
People gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire on the longest day of the year, on or near 21 June 1912. This photograph shows a daybreak pilgrimage by members of The Universal Bond of the Sons of Men

Frost Fair on the Thames by Pauline Baynes
Illustration painted for Holly Leaves by Pauline Baynes showing Londoners in 1683-4 enjoying the delights of the Frost Fair on the frozen River Thames

St Giles Hospital, Camberwell, London
The administrative offices of Camberwell St Giles Hospital, formerly part of the Camberwell workhouse on Havil Street, now St Giles Road, south east London

Oakham, Rutland / Leicestershire
The market cross at Oakham, formerly in the county of Rutland but now in Leicestershire

Smugglers Unload Goods
A band of smugglers unload their cargo of contraband into a secluded coastal cave, constantly checking for any nearby customs men

Plants / Primula Auricula
BEARs EAR (from the shape of its leaves) variants Gem and King of the crimsons

Painting by Lesage
Painting by French coal miner Augustin Lesage who was told by the spirits that they would see to it that he became a famous artist

19th Century Ploughs
Kentish turn-wrest plough Old Norfolk plough Rotheram plough Paring plough Lord Somervilles double plough

Street Scene 1950S
Scene outside Gants Hill underground station near Ilford, Essex

Grimsby Street
Busy scene at the Old Market Place and Corn Exchange at Grimsby, Humberside, England

JACOBs STAFF
A sailor uses a Jacobs Staff to calculate the angle between a star and the horizon

Organ - Tippoos Tiger
The unusual organ Tippoos Tiger, constructed to the order of Tippoo Sahib (1753- 1799), Sultan of Mysore, and represents the mauling of an East India Company Officer

Heidi & Goats / Spyri
A girl day-dreaming with her goats around her

Liverpool Slum 1912
Liverpool : a sunless court, finally closed in 1912 by the Health Committee of Liverpool City Council

Armagh (Ireland)

Royal Marine / Graphic
ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY A private in marching order

St Anne Teaches Mary
Saint Anne teaches Mary, the future mother of Jesus, to read from a book of a type which will not come into use until the 2nd century AD

Bald Prima Donna 20C
A prima donna and her two bald-headed admirers

Warwick Castle 1760
The finest mediaeval castle in England. The present stone castle beig built in the 12th century. Ceasars Tower, Guys Tower & the Gatehouse are all depicted

Dolly of the Chop House
Wily owner of the chop house in Queen s-head-passage, London, Dollys fame was such that she is remembered in print. Here she pours herself a medicinal drop of something

Ludlow Castle
The ruins of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England, first referred to by chroniclers in 1138, but parts of the gatehouse keep appear to be late 11th century

Jesus Heals Bartimaeus
Jesus heals blind Bartimaeus (Bartimeus)

Jesus at Cana Marriage
Invited to a wedding at Cana, when they run out of wine Jesus cleverly turns water into wine which is even better than what they have been drinking up to now

Lantern Clock Tompion
Lantern clock by Thomas Tompion, the father of English clock-making

Venetian Galley 1570
A Venetian Galley (Galleas) at the time of the Battle of Lepanto (1571)

Sleeping Lions / F. Lewis
A sleeping lion and lioness. (panthera leo)

Vesta Tilley / Piccadilly
VESTA TILLEY Music hall entertainer, best known for her male impersonations, singing Algy, the Piccadilly Johnny (with the little glass eye)

Four Temperaments 16C
THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS - phlegmatic - sanguine - melancholic - choleric

Senora De Guadalupe
NUESTRA SENORA DE GUADALUPE, Mexico, miraculously imprinted on garment of Juan Diego, a peasant, in 1531

Royal Horse Artillery
British Royal Horse Artillery in action, 19th century

Bronze Statue of The Charioteer (c. 470 BC) - Delphi, Greece
Bronze Statue of The Charioteer (c.470 BC) - Delphi, Greece. Also known as Heniokhos (the rein-holder), the artwork is one of the best-known statues surviving from Ancient Greece

Roman orgy to celebrate the Saturnalia
Roman men and women having an orgy to celebrate the Saturnalia, held in honour of the god Saturn. Date: circa 1st century

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill V for victory salut
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill making his V for victory salute

La Rocco Tower, Saint Ouens Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands
Distant view of La Rocco Tower, Saint Ouens Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands, dating back to the late 18th century. Date: circa 1970s

Portrait of Saint John the Evangelist, ca. 1605, by El
El Greco (1541-1614). Cretan painter. Saint John the Evangelist, ca. 1605. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

The cacique of Tabasco presents to Hernan Cortes twenty Indian and between they Dona Marina. Engraving, 1825. Colored

Mother of God (Glykophilousa). Crete, 15th-16th century. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

Dolls House of Petronella Dunois, c. 1676
Dolls House of Petronella Dunois (1650-1695), c. 1676. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

The Shell (Conus marmoreus), 1650, by Rembrandt (1606-1669)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The Shell (Conus marmoreus), 1650. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Choirbook number 9. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. Virgin a
Choirbook number 9. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. Antiphonary By Master of Burgo de Osma. Parchment. Virgin and Child. Miniature. Drop cap. Spain

Head of a statue of Ares. Roman sculpture after original of
Ares, the god of war. Roman equivalent : Mars. Head of a statue of Ares. Roman sculpture after original of about 430 BC. Glytothek. Munich

Leonidas I (died 480 BC). King of Sparta. Monument in Spart
Leonidas I (died 480 BC). Also known as Leonidas the Brave was a Greek hero-king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line King of Sparta[

Richard I of England, known as Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199). King of England (1189-1199). Crusader forces praying before going into battle. Gustave Dore engraving

William Pitt (1708-1778). British politician
PITT, William (London 1708-Hayes, 1778), first Earl of Chatham, called Pitt the Elder or Prime Pitt. Also konwn as The Great Commoner. British politician. He joined the ranks of Commons Whig in 1735

Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosophe
Socrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Bust. Found at Piazza Venezia. 1st. century. Pentelic marble. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy

Folio of Codex of the Usages depicting the Catalan Parlia
Alfonso IV of Aragon called the kind (1299-1336). King of Aragon and count of Barcelona as Alfonso III, from 1327 to his death. Son of James II and Blanche of Anjou

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