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Uffington White HorseThe famous White Horse of Uffington, Berkshire, probably the oldest example of such a figure, believed to ascribe the victory of Alfred over the Danes in 871 AD
British Butterflies - Various - including: Chalk Hill Blue Butterfly (male), Wood White Butterfly, Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (female), Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (at rest)
Tailoring toolsTools used in tailoring, including scissors, needle and thread, chalk, measuring tape, a ruler and a smoothing iron
Saltdean Chalk CliffsThe beach and white chalk cliffs at Saltdean, Sussex, England. Date: 1950s
D-Day - Glider reinforcement teamA team of paratroopers amuse themselves whilst awaiting the call to take flight in their glider to back up the initial assault phase on the Normandy coast
Westbury White HorseOn the Downs at Westbury, Wilts is this Great White Horse commemorating the defeat of the Danes by Alfred at the Battle of Ethandune in 878
Anna May Wong in The Circle of ChalkMiss Anna May wong as Chang-Hi-Tang dancing before the tea-shop keeper in The Circle of Chalk, an ancient Chinese lay translated into English by James Laver
Bookmaker - Turf Accountant - James Dowsett of 38 Duke Street, Brighton. circa 1950s
Flamborough HeadThe North Landing, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, England; the chalk cliff is riddled with former smuggling caves. Date: 1950s
Scene in a lecture theatre, with chemical equations written on the blackboard, a woman giving a lecture, and students taking notes. circa 1940s
Joss Bay CliffsThe white chalk cliffs and foreshore at Joss Bay, Isle of Thanet, Kent, England. Date: 1950s
Soldiers doing target practice on a shooting rangeA group of men doing target practice on a shooting range before the outbreak of the First World War. Their success or otherwise is written up on various blackboards
Pavement Artist - London Embankment - this particular artist is working on a set of landscapes
Hayley Mills in The Chalk GardenThe young British actress Hayley Mills (b.1946) during the filming of The Chalk Garden, released in 1964. Date: 1963-1964
The Needles, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, EnglandFine aerial view of The Needles Rocks and lighthouse, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Date: circa 1920s
Kilburn White HorseView near the village of Kilburn, Yorkshire, England, with the famous chalk carving of the White Horse of Kilburn in the distance. Date: 1950s
The Watlington White Mark, Oxfordshire. The chalk scar was dug into Watlington Hill in 1764 to give the illusion that the town's church had a spire
Photograph of Hawley Arms, Chalk Farm, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details
LCC-LFB Interior of Brigade Control UnitThe inside of the control unit and the preparation of the fire ground map, showing the layout of the affected building. It is used for planning the disposition of crews and lines of attack on the fire
Pewsey White HorseOne of the lesser known White Horses, is this example, in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1950s
St. Margarets Bay, near Dover, Kent. A small bay, with a shingle beach and chalk cliffs, it was for many centuries a smugglers haunt and the scene of many shipwrecks
Suffragettes Chalking Pavement Deputation. A group of W.S.P.U members in replica prison dress chalk the pavement announcing the deputation to Mr. Asquith, 24th february 1909
School TeacherPeople You See. From Teddy Bear (8 February 1964)
Whiteleafe Cross, near Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: January 1939
Social / Chalk House 20CA country lane in Kent: Chalk House, where Charles Dickens spent his honeymoon
Bookmaker and punters at racecourseCharlie Redrup, bookmaker with punters at racecourse. Date: circa 1930s
Charlton sand Pits - Charlton, South East London. The home football ground of Charlton Athletic FC, The Valley dates from 1919, at a time when the club were looking for a new home
Agatha Christies abandoned motorcar, Surrey, 1926Photograph showing the abandoned motorcar at the edge of a Surrey chalk pit, near Newlands Corner, which Agatha Christie had driven before disappearing on 3rd December 1926
Grumman G-111 Albatross N116FB (msn 460, ex UF-2 148325, ex JMSDF 9052), a former Chalk International Albatross. Date: circa 1990
The Brewers Society Advertisement IllustrationAn advertisement illustration for the Brewers Society, showing a tabletop with four glass tankards, and a shove halfpenny board with Beer Is Best written in chalk. Date: circa 1939
Job SketchesA pair of sketches from a page of L'Album Les Maitres de La Caricature, one portrays a lady fastening the straps of her shoe, the other shows the back of a teacher writing on a chalk board
Indians In BelgiumA coloured chalk drawing of some Indian soldiers at an encampment in Belgium, one is lighting a cigarette, while another is stoking the fire, others are walking behind the red tent. Date: circa 1918
Resting TigerA chalk drawing which portrays a resting tiger, with hunched shoulders, looking directly towards the viewer. Date: circa 1918
Dancing WomenA coloured chalk drawing of some joyful women, dancing and playing flutes, wearing minimal, patterned costumes. Date: circa 1917
RAF recruit checking the kit list, WW2RAF recruit checking the kit list Date: circa 1941
Map showing the erosion of the Suffolk coastline. Highlighting the areas lost to the sea due to the chalk eroding. Date: circa 1912
The Chalk Cliffs, BullaA landscape watercolour painting of the chalk cliffs of Bulla, in Melbourne, Victoria, from across the water. Date: circa 1923
At The Play, Royalty TheatrePen, wash and chalk drawing, showing a play being performed tho hundreds of people at the Royalty Theatre. Date: circa 1930
Miss Elizabeth HendersonA chalk drawing portrait study of Miss Elizabeth Henderson, as a smiling young girl. Date: circa 1931
Study of a HeadA chalk drawing study of a man's head, identity is unknown. Date: circa 1931
Crowd of flat capped youths watching a street artistThis is a London street. The left handed artist is using chalk and his materials are on a cloth by his side. The postcard is one of the London Types series. Date: circa 1902
Woodwork classroom for boys who continued their education at Acland County Council School, Kentish Town, London. Date: 1906
Acland County Council School, Kentish Town 1906Conventional way of teaching where all the pupils are facing the front of the classroom while the teacher is writing on the chalkboard. Date: 1906
A Suffragette publicises a protest meeting by chalking it onto a pavement. Date: 1908
Comic postcard, Little girl with slate Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Little boy doing multiplication Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Little boy and teacher - grammar lesson Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Two little girls and teacher. Now what is it that elephants have that no other animal has? - Please Miss - Baby Elephants!! Date: 20th century
Birling Gap, near Eastbourne, East Sussexcirca 1910s
Photograph of Railway Tavern, Chalk Farm, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub
Photograph of Monarch PH, Chalk Farm, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details
Photograph of Lansdowne PH, Chalk Farm, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1929
Photograph of Haverstock Arms, Chalk Farm, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub
Photograph of Eton Hotel, Chalk Farm, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details
Sketch of Engineer PH, Chalk Farm, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Engineer
Photograph of Engineer PH, Chalk Farm, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934
Photograph of Chalk Farm Tavern, Camden Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub
Portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrences father, innkeeper Thomas Lawrence. Portly man in wig seated on a chair. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas
Leptogium biatorinum (Chalk lichen, Lichen cretaceus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800
Walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, 1797Parts of the north and east walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, founded 1293. After the fire of March 23, 1797. Walls of Caen stone and chalk, timber oak and chestnut
Geological sections and plan of a coal minePlan of a coal mine and mode of ventilation, 19th century. Geological sections of metallic veins, chalk, basalt, and limestone
Working Soldier, by Frank BrangwynWorking Soldier, study drawing by Frank Brangwyn, First World War. circa 1925
Study for Exodus, by Frank Brangwyn, WW1Study for Exodus, by Frank Brangwyn, depicting Belgian civilian refugees fleeing their homes during the First World War. Brangwyn was Belgian by birth. circa 1918
Children playing on London streets 1900sEdwardian children playing on the empty streets with nothing more than some chalk, rope and wheel and hoop. 1900s
Pavement artists at work, Bonn, Germany. Date: circa 1960s
The famous chalk stag on the hillside, Rheidol Valley, north Wales. Date: 1939
HIGHDOWN CHALKPITWest Chalkpit, on Highdown, near Worthing, Sussex, England. Date: 1950s
Frock Coated Gent 1909Sir A Osmond Williams wears a frock coat, chalk striped trousers with front creases, spats, a fawn coloured waistcoat with watch chain, all round collar & black tie. Date: 1909
English Yokel practising maths on slate 1858An English Yokel practising his maths on a slate. Date: 1858
Performing Fleas - Street Entertainment - North East London. Date: circa 1907
From the Western Front To Willie with compliments 1916Sergeant seen lying down beside a large shell bearing the message To Willie with compliments on the side. During WWI gunners often sent massages etched in chalk on shells. Date: 1916
Design for Textile or Wallpaper with yellow roses. Pencil, coloured chalk and Gouache on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1894
Wilmington Long ManThe Wilmington Long Man (or giant), cut in the chalk on the South Downs, between Lewes and Eastbourne. This figure is about 230 feet high and was reset in bricks in 1874. Date: 1950s
Kuda Bux and one of his experimentsUndated photograph of Kuda Bux and one of his experiments with " eyeless sight" : with head bandaged, he is duplicating shorthand characters drawn on a blackboard by Lucie Kay
Piece of string with comic verse on a Christmas cardPiece of string with comic verse instructions on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Blackboard with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Bakers with bread on a Christmas card -- He knows which side his bread is buttered. Date: circa 1890s
Sky diver practising in a field. Date: circa 1963
Chislehurst caves during WWIIChislehurst caves, Kent, during WWII. Mothers in bunks and babies in cots deep underground in their cave shelter. 1944
Fossils of diatoms, foraminifera, ferns and mollusks.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886
Boys playing football in Balham, SW LondonThree boys playing football in front of a concrete wall in a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Boy keeping goal in Balham, SW LondonA boy keeping goal in front of a concrete wall in a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Fire at Chinacraft store, Oxford Street, LondonLFB firefighters in attendance at the Chinacraft store, 499 Oxford Street, London, on 28 July 1958. A fire had occurred in the basement area. A policeman keeps pedestrians and traffic moving past
Blitz in London -- Cannon Street fire station, WW2Blitz in London -- Cannon Street fire station in the City damaged by bombing, 16 April 1941. The words dangerous wall have been chalked up. Date: 1941
