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Complete Collection (page 9)

Background imageComplete Collection: The Eddystone Lighthouse, 1879

The Eddystone Lighthouse, 1879
Engraving of the Eddystone lighthouse built by Smeaton in 1759 and the foundations of the new lighthouse, designed by Sir James Douglass

Background imageComplete Collection: Prince of Wales opening the new wards of Charing Cross Hospi

Prince of Wales opening the new wards of Charing Cross Hospi
Established in 1831, this picture shows the opening ceremony after improvements made to the hospital in 1877. The alterations cost approximately 13, 000 and took just over a year to complete"

Background imageComplete Collection: Womans bedroom

Womans bedroom
Womans bedroon. A colour scheme of green, with dark furniture in Macassar ebony, showing a bookcase commode with secret jewel safe. The new British furniture, a complete home in the modern manner

Background imageComplete Collection: Mans Study

Mans Study
A mans study, with walls panelled in English walnut ply. A simple style without mouldings or enrichments, lighting arranged purely for books and reading

Background imageComplete Collection: Mans Bedroom

Mans Bedroom
A mans bedroom; masculine straight lines with furniture of mahogany and lubinga. The new British furniture, a complete home in the modern manner

Background imageComplete Collection: A recaptured French trench

A recaptured French trench
A French trench, complete with dug-outs, converted quickly from a German trench hit by a mine

Background imageComplete Collection: Dinning Room

Dinning Room
The dining room: furniture in coromandel and walnut, giving a keynote of black and yellow. A black marble mantlepiece and lighting urns on pedestals

Background imageComplete Collection: Womans Bathroom

Womans Bathroom
A womans bathroom; a feminine sheme of delicately engraved mirrors, with maple furniture and radiators under drying cupboards. The new British furniture, a complete home in the modern manner

Background imageComplete Collection: Cartoon Depicting the Problems of Professionalism in Footbal

Cartoon Depicting the Problems of Professionalism in Footbal
Cartoon showing the perceived problems of professionalism in football. In the main series of images, two football club directors haggle over the value of a player who performs a number of feats in

Background imageComplete Collection: Traditional Dining Room

Traditional Dining Room
A dining room in the traditional style, complete with fire place and sideboard

Background imageComplete Collection: Coster King by William Barribal

Coster King by William Barribal
A coster complete with traditional pearly king outfit

Background imageComplete Collection: Chester City Wall

Chester City Walls, Cheshire, England, which uniquely has a complete circuit of ancient walls, almost 2 miles long and affording splendid views of this historic city

Background imageComplete Collection: A Rival to the Gotterdammerung dinner: Dining in Berlin s

A Rival to the Gotterdammerung dinner: Dining in Berlin s
Two ladies and a gentleman sat around a dinner table at the Ice Palace in Berlin. The venue, complete with ice rink was built at a cost of 100, 000 and became a fashionable dining venue

Background imageComplete Collection: Crystal Palace Fountains

Crystal Palace Fountains
No palace is complete without fountains, and visitors to the Crystal Palace are delighted with a sight to rival Versailles

Background imageComplete Collection: King Charles Tower

King Charles Tower at the Northgate, Chester, Cheshire. It was from this tower that the ill-fated King Charles I saw his Royalists defeated at the battle of Rowton Moor

Background imageComplete Collection: Congo railway, station at Matadi

Congo railway, station at Matadi
Station at Matadi, forming part of the new Congo railway from Matadi to Stanley Pool. The railway took nine years to complete, and in the first five years only 25 miles of track was constructed

Background imageComplete Collection: Peepshow at Brighton

Peepshow at Brighton
Patronising the penny peepshows on Brighton Pier : the middle one is that traditional favourite, What the Butler saw without which no pier is complete

Background imageComplete Collection: Woman on Rug by Fire

Woman on Rug by Fire
A young woman sits on a leopard skin rug, complete with head, in front of a roaring fire

Background imageComplete Collection: Blonde on Leopard Rug

Blonde on Leopard Rug
Blonde model, wearing a black & white striped baby doll nightie (or is it a beach robe ?) strikes an alluring pose seated on a leopard skin rug complete with head

Background imageComplete Collection: Roman Grape Press / Mdina

Roman Grape Press / Mdina
Two Roman grape presses (one complete with grinding stones) at the Mdina Museum

Background imageComplete Collection: Civic Arena - Milan

Civic Arena - Milan
The Civic Arena of Milan. This large public space was used for classical sports reconstructions, including a complete flooding for a Naumachia in 1807 for Napoleon

Background imageComplete Collection: Gardens / Couples Meet 18C

Gardens / Couples Meet 18C
Couples meet, individuals take a brisk walk and groups congregate in a formally designed English parkland setting complete with temples, a lake and avenues of trees

Background imageComplete Collection: Pin-Up in Cape 1950S

Pin-Up in Cape 1950S
Pin-up with a beaming smile, poses in a pink lined black cape, black corselette & lace knickers, in a rich interior complete with a leopard skin rug with the head on!

Background imageComplete Collection: Feather Hat with Veil

Feather Hat with Veil
A toque or fitted helmet composed of black & white feathers creating a scallop design complete with a visor style veil; a black hat with a segmented brim

Background imageComplete Collection: Compleat Angler / Fish

Compleat Angler / Fish
The joys of angling

Background imageComplete Collection: Chales Fechter as Hamlet

Chales Fechter as Hamlet
Mr Charlesl Albert Fechter (1822-1879), actor, in the role of Hamlet, complete with the skull of Yorick

Background imageComplete Collection: Fox Fur Stole 1924

Fox Fur Stole 1924
Slender young woman in a black & white two-piece dress drapes a silver fox fur stole, complete with head, over a chair back

Background imageComplete Collection: White Fox Fur Stole

White Fox Fur Stole
A girl in clothing typical of the Great War period wears a white fox fur stole, complete with head, tail & feet, around her shoulders. Date: circa 1917

Background imageComplete Collection: Stiebel Lace Dress

Stiebel Lace Dress
A pretty design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a lace summer dress with a typical 50s fitted bodice and full skirt. Hat, gloves & corsage complete the outfit

Background imageComplete Collection: Fossil Holoptychius

Fossil Holoptychius
A complete holoptychius fossil found in Devonian stratum, which dates back to between 354 and 417 million years ago

Background imageComplete Collection: Victor Stiebel / Gown

Victor Stiebel / Gown
A design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for an elegant bias cut evening dress, complete with sequinned trim, pin tucked bodice and puffed sleeves

Background imageComplete Collection: Crusoe Surveys Island

Crusoe Surveys Island
Robinson Crusoe takes a more particular survey of the island, complete with parasol and pets

Background imageComplete Collection: Triplex Kitchen Grate

Triplex Kitchen Grate
A kitchen, complete with Triplex grate, which has separate heating compartments

Background imageComplete Collection: Chinese Emperor Boy

Chinese Emperor Boy
A little boy poses on a chair resplendent in a Chinese costume complete with head-dress, looking for all the world like a little emperor

Background imageComplete Collection: Santos Dumont at Paris

Santos Dumont at Paris
Brazilian aviator Santos- Dumont successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, Paris, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize

Background imageComplete Collection: Complete Croquet Player

Complete Croquet Player
THE COMPLETE CROQUET PLAYER manual by James Dunbar Heath

Background imageComplete Collection: Water Babies / Tom / 1922

Water Babies / Tom / 1922
Tom awakens & finds that the fairies have changed him into a water baby, complete with his own gills resembling a lace frill

Background imageComplete Collection: Edna May / Hat & Feather

Edna May / Hat & Feather
Edna May in a bonnet style hat tied with a large bow under the chin & worn tilted upwards to reveal the underside of the brim. White ostrich plumes complete the effect

Background imageComplete Collection: Murder Comes Calling

Murder Comes Calling
MURDER COMES CALLING (Desmond Reid) Paula (thats her in the off- the-shoulder dress) inherits an old house but finds that it comes complete with corpse

Background imageComplete Collection: Furs / Grunwaldt / Plate 4

Furs / Grunwaldt / Plate 4
A short tunic or jacket with fur collar & cuffs & a flat muff in an unspecified grey fur; a short astrakhan / astrakan coat worn with a complete animal pelt stole

Background imageComplete Collection: Travelling Coat 1914

Travelling Coat 1914
Paquin travelling coat with a fur collar, a narrow skirt & brightly coloured striped blouse. N.B fur hat in imitation of a cats head complete with whiskers!

Background imageComplete Collection: France / Colmar Alsace

France / Colmar Alsace
Colmar, Alsace: A detailed map of the city & environs including the surrounding villages & local gallows complete with hanged felons

Background imageComplete Collection: C16 Alphabet - 2

C16 Alphabet - 2
This alphabet is notable for being complete - I is distinguished from J and all 26 letters are found

Background imageComplete Collection: Un Bijou Tecla 1914

Un Bijou Tecla 1914
Un bijou Tecla complete une robe (loose translation, a Tecla jewel completes a dress...)

Background imageComplete Collection: Opulent Bed 1851

Opulent Bed 1851
Opulent, gilt bedstead complete with canopy, fringing and drapery

Background imageComplete Collection: Customs / USA / Apple-Bee

Customs / USA / Apple-Bee
The fall (autumn) tradition of the Apple-Bee - the complete apple peel is thrown and lands showing the initial of the ladys future husband

Background imageComplete Collection: Safe Aircraft - 2

Safe Aircraft - 2
So long as the flying machine remains on the ground, it presents no danger either to the aviator or to anyone else, and may be approached with complete safety

Background imageComplete Collection: Tropical Scenery 1835

Tropical Scenery 1835
A tropical vignette complete with parrots in the tree-tops, mountainous terrain and lush ferns and palms (tree ferns ?)



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