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Background imageCommentary Collection: Jonathan Agnew - Cricket commentator

Jonathan Agnew - Cricket commentator Date: 1990s - 2000s

Background imageCommentary Collection: Freddie Trueman - Cricket commentator

Freddie Trueman - Cricket commentator Date: 1980s - 1990s

Background imageCommentary Collection: Political poster, Chinese Labour

Political poster, Chinese Labour -- a commentary on British gold mining activities in the Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1906

Background imageCommentary Collection: John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury

John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury
John (Johannis) Peckham (1230-1292), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1279 to 1292. He was a native of Sussex, educated at Lewes Priory, becoming a Friar Minor about 1250

Background imageCommentary Collection: Danish poster, underwater film in colour, Greece

Danish poster, underwater film in colour, Greece, Aqua Film Co, with commentary by Henrik Schwensen, poster designed by Lehmann. circa 1950s

Background imageCommentary Collection: Satire on womens pursuit of aristocratic status

Satire on womens pursuit of aristocratic status
A satire on womens pursuit of aristocratic status in marriage, showing women angling for fish wearing crowns of the peerage. Date: circa 1840

Background imageCommentary Collection: Satire on the way love worships ancestry

Satire on the way love worships ancestry
A satire on the way Love Worships Ancestry -- the inflated respect for ancestry and aristocratic status -- showing Cupid kneeling to an heraldic device with a crown on top. Date: 1890

Background imageCommentary Collection: Urgell Beatus. 10th century

Urgell Beatus. 10th century illuminated manuscript and medieval commentary. Conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar Diocesan Museum. La Seu d Urgell. Catalonia. Spain

Background imageCommentary Collection: Henry Blofeld - Cricket commentator

Henry Blofeld - Cricket commentator Date: 1990s - 2000s

Background imageCommentary Collection: Jonathan Agnew - Cricket commentator

Jonathan Agnew - Cricket commentator Date: 1990s - 2000s

Background imageCommentary Collection: She Was Only a Gardeners Daughter

She Was Only a Gardeners Daughter
" She was only a gardeners daughter, but she knew how to handle a rake." A gaudily-depicted woman of humble origins seduces a " rake" - a womanising young man. 1928

Background imageCommentary Collection: Urgell Beatus. 10th c. Illuminated manuscript and medieval c

Urgell Beatus. 10th c. Illuminated manuscript and medieval c
Urgell Beatus. 10th century. Illuminated manuscript and medieval commentary. Diocesan Museum of La Seu d Urgell. Catalonia. Spain

Background imageCommentary Collection: Beatus of Liebana (c. 730- c. 800). The Commentary on the A

Beatus of Liebana (c. 730- c. 800). The Commentary on the Apocalypse. The Ark of Noah. National Library. Madrid

Background imageCommentary Collection: Cartoon, A Seasonal Warning, MPs Beware

Cartoon, A Seasonal Warning, MPs Beware - a commentary on the Votes for Women campaign. 1909

Background imageCommentary Collection: Cartoon, The Treasury

Cartoon, The Treasury -- a commentary on British politicians attempting to balance the books through cutbacks and taxes. late 18th century

Background imageCommentary Collection: Cartoon, Radio versus Television

Cartoon, Radio versus Television, by Rich. circa 1930s

Background imageCommentary Collection: Blessed of Valcavado. Illuminated codex. Detail

Blessed of Valcavado. Illuminated codex. Detail
Blessed of Valcavado. 10th century. Illuminated codex of the comments made by Blessed of A?a?A?a?Liebana in the 8th century to the Apocalypse of St. John

Background imageCommentary Collection: Blessed San Pedro of Cardena. Illuminated codex. Detail

Blessed San Pedro of Cardena. Illuminated codex. Detail
Blessed San Pedro of Cardena. 12th century. Illuminated codex of the comments made by Blessed of A?a?A?a?Liebana in the 8th century to the Apocalypse of St. John. Miniature depicting St

Background imageCommentary Collection: Caricature of Henry Labouchere, politician and writer

Caricature of Henry Labouchere, politician and writer
Caricature of Henry Du Pre Labouchere (1831-1912), English politician, writer, publisher and theatre owner. A commentary on a libel case between Henry Labouchere

Background imageCommentary Collection: Caricature of Montagu Williams, actor, playwright and lawyer

Caricature of Montagu Williams, actor, playwright and lawyer
Caricature of Montagu Stephen Williams (1835-1892), English actor, playwright, barrister, magistrate and teacher. A commentary on a libel case between Henry Labouchere

Background imageCommentary Collection: Detail of soldiers in Commentarius in Apocalypsim

Detail of soldiers in Commentarius in Apocalypsim (Commentary on the Apocalypse) (776-786) work of Beatus of Li颡 na. 11th-12th century catalan copy of the visigothic Beatus of Girona of 976

Background imageCommentary Collection: Escorial Beatus, 10th c White Army of God

Escorial Beatus, 10th c White Army of God
Escorial Beatus. 950 - 955. Cod & II. 5. Folio 144r. Faithful and True Rider, with a sword in his mouth, and the White Army of God (Rev. XIX, 11-16)

Background imageCommentary Collection: Escorial Beatus, 10th c Eschatological Harvest

Escorial Beatus, 10th c Eschatological Harvest
Escorial Beatus. 950 - 955. Cod & II. 5. Folio 120 r. Vision of the Son of Man and the Three Angels in the eschatological harvest and vintage. (Rev. XIV, 14-20)

Background imageCommentary Collection: Beatus of Girona, 976. The Evangelist Luke

Beatus of Girona, 976. The Evangelist Luke
Beatus of Girona. 976. The Evangelist Luke. Codex from the monastery of San Salvador de Tabara to the Commentary on the Apocalypse of St. John (776-786), work of Beatus of Li颡 na

Background imageCommentary Collection: Beatus aemilianensis, 10th c The seven plagues

Beatus aemilianensis, 10th c The seven plagues
Beatus aemilianensis. 2. Ms. Vit. 14-1. Folio 130r. Angels with the seven plagues and musicians with fiddles or violas or arc. Codex manuscript with the Commentary on the Apocalypse of St

Background imageCommentary Collection: The Dumbells - 3rd Canadian Division Concert Party

The Dumbells - 3rd Canadian Division Concert Party
Programme for The Dumbells - Third Canadian Division Concert Party - entitled Battle of Somme-Area (concerning the journey from Poperinghe to the Somme) and Kit Inspection with commentary

Background imageCommentary Collection: Two ragged street women disgust respectability

Two ragged street women disgust respectability
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting two poor ragged street women disgusting another who they describe, with no hint of the obvious irony, as " not respectable"

Background imageCommentary Collection: Dandy Pianist - a Wow with the Party Ladies

Dandy Pianist - a Wow with the Party Ladies
Botany - The Dandelion - a florid little man! A wow with all the ladies (up to a point!). A pianist, possibly modelled in part on popular Polish pianist Paderewski? Date: circa 1907

Background imageCommentary Collection: The fruits of success - A Chorus Girl visits home

The fruits of success - A Chorus Girl visits home
The fruits of success - An all-American chorus girl visits home and is greeted by surprise and a certain element of bemusement

Background imageCommentary Collection: Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed

Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed
" Pretty Time of night to come to bed Mr Caudle. Ugh! Enough to give any woman her death. I m sure." (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

Background imageCommentary Collection: Satire on the 1906 elections in France

Satire on the 1906 elections in France
A satire on the 1906 elections in France - Durand was an actual candidate - commenting on the various hues of political opinion in the country

Background imageCommentary Collection: L Apocalypse de Saint Sever. 11th c. Copy of

L Apocalypse de Saint Sever. 11th c. Copy of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Li颡 na. Representation of Earth. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Background imageCommentary Collection: Changing Role of Women in the UK

Changing Role of Women in the UK
The Girls reckon they can do anything without us men now-a-days - But can they? Interesting postcard highlighting the changing role of Women in the UK workplace in the early years of the twentieth

Background imageCommentary Collection: Titanic - Report and Timeline in the Sphere

Titanic - Report and Timeline in the Sphere
Page from the Sphere with comments, reports and anecdotes relating to the sinking of the Titanic together with a timeline listing the events that eventually led the ship to sink

Background imageCommentary Collection: G. K. Chesterton Our Notebook - comment on the Titanic

G. K. Chesterton Our Notebook - comment on the Titanic
Page from the Illustrated London News with the magazines weekly column, Our Notebook, by G. K. Chesterton commenting on the disaster of the sinking of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic

Background imageCommentary Collection: Tug of War Cartoon

Tug of War Cartoon
3rd Event - International Sports 1914- THE TUG OF WAR. " I Ain t seed Hun come up for the third time yet ave you Sargint?" - a sharp cartoon commentary on front line life

Background imageCommentary Collection: Cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money

Cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money
A cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money after the First World War. The German man in the foreground is in rags, and has no trousers, but none of the other European powers is able to help

Background imageCommentary Collection: Thomas / Hamlet / Liebig 5

Thomas / Hamlet / Liebig 5
Act 4 scene 2 : Ophelia has been driven mad, and distributes herbs with a commentary

Background imageCommentary Collection: Spanish Quit Dunkirk

Spanish Quit Dunkirk
Commentary on the evacuation of Dunkirk (then in the Spanish Netherlands) by the Spanish garrison, leaving it to be argued over between the Dutch and the French



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