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Commune Damage 8The remains of the ponts d Asnieres, destroyed in the course of the fighting for the Commune
Police Cycle ProficiencyMetropolitan Police officer from the Road Safety Unit carrying out a cycling proficiency course for children on bicycles at a school
Japs Fighting ChineseJapanese soldiers swim a river in the course of an attack on the Chinese lines
Jovial Judge, Winner of the 1926 Waterloo CupPhotograph of the greyhound Jovial Judge, owned by Mr. J.L. Jarvis and trained by Mr. Denny Smith; the Winner of the 1926 Waterloo Cup
Boat of Tartary 1787Boat of Tchoka, Tartary, observed by La Perouse in the course of his famous voyage
Republican Outbreak - 5In the course of disturbances following a demonstration by Republican extremists, Suchet, one of the leaders, is arrested by the authorities
Republican Outbreak - 4In the course of disturbances following a demonstration by Republican extremists, the minister of public works is assailed by the insurgents
Uprising in Naples - 2In the course of the uprising in Naples, liberals set fire to the palazzo Gravina
Emperor in ItalyGuns salute Ferdinand I, emperor of Austria, as he steams into Capodistria, in the course of a visit to his Italian possessions
Scranton Curtains 1919A lady relaxes contentedly over her breakfast, secure in the knowledge that her curtains - by Scranton, of course - reflect her elegance and good taste
Mallaby-Deeley, GolferSir Harry Mallaby-Deeley, course architect and designer of Princes Golf Club, Kent
Trouble at Grenoble - 1Not everyone welcomes the Restauration of the Bourbons : at Grenoble, Didier heads an insurrection in favour of the Republic, but of course it is soon suppressed
The loss of HMS Victoria the flagship after being rammed byThe loss of the flagship H.M.S Victoria showing the boat sinking after being rammed by H.M.S Camperdown. 436 men died as a result of an Admiral sending the two ships on a collison course
Registering the finish of a horse race by photographA photograph of how the finish of a horse race is photographed. In order to terminate any dispute about the winner in a race, the first horse breaks a tight wire operating the apparatus
Jean Bart ThreatensNAVAL BATTLE OFF TEXEL In the course of his victory over the Anglo-Dutch fleet, Jean Bart boards a Dutch vessel and threatens to blow her up unless she surrenders
African Tribal ChiefKannema, a chieftain encountered by explorer Heinrich Barth in the course of his travels in west and central Africa
Club Des FeuillantsA body of moderates splitting from the Jacobins to pursue a less extremist course, the Feuillants make their home in an old convent near the Tuileries (now destroyed)
The Thames flooded after unprecedented rainfall. The area arThe flooded area about Weybridge, after unprecedented rainfall the Thames burst its banks. The course of the river untraceable where the banks of the river have merged into the land
ErichthoniusThe daughters of Cecrops are told to guard a box but not to open it; of course they do, and out pops the snake-child Ericthonius, scaring them so they jump off the Acropolis
Boy into LizardDemeter, desperately seeking her abducted daughter, gets thirsty : the boy Stellio mocks her for drinking so quickly, so of course she turns him into a lizard
RAIL / TUNNEL / 1831LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY Inside a tunnel along the course of the historic rail link, opened in September 1830
Payta BombardedAnson, in the course of his round-the-world voyage, bombards and nearly destroys the town of Payta in northern Peru
Scientist Loves CadburysAn archetypal scientist, with a flowing beard and surrounded by apparatus, studies a sample of Cadburys Cocoa; he of course concludes that it is the finest available
Epsom on Derby DayA spectacular birds-eye view over the expanse of the Epsom race course during the running of The Derby. Horse Buses and carriages line the track as the crowd follows the racers
Social / Blackpool CabaretA cabaret interlude in the Spanish courtyard of the Blackpool Winter Gardens - and the dance is of course Spanish in style
London Dog Show 1861Dog shows at this period are often informal affairs, held in the back rooms of hostelries; they are exclusively male occasions, of course
Sisters Sleep with DollsTwo sisters prepare for bed - and of course their dolls come to bed with them
Two Ladies at CannesTwo women on the Croisette at Cannes - the one in the centre is, of course, wearing MONDIA stockings - the most becoming and the most perfect from every point of view
Moscow FuneralThe funeral of those who gave their lives fighting for the revolution in Moscow is of course the occasion for a massive propaganda exercise
Ansons Naval VictoryAnson, in the course of his round-the-world voyage, encounters and takes the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Cabadonga
Quatre Bras CasualtyBATTLE OF QUATRE BRAS - in the course of the battle the duke of Brunswick, an officer in the Allied army, is shot
St Bartholomew FlayedSAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE depicted in the course of being flayed alive on the orders of a barbarian king, though the legend may have no basis in fact
Dragon (Mandeville)Sir John Mandeville encountered flying dragons in the course of his unbelievably remarkable travels
Pope Leo VIIIPOPE LEO VIII deposed and restored in course of conflict with rivals
Magic Versus SanctityA magical contest between Simon Magus, representing magic, and the saints Peter and Paul : the saints won, of course, so Simon converted to Christianity
Man & Woman at CourtA gentleman and his wife at the court of Louis XV, seen from the rear - something Louis, of course, never saw
Helen FourmentHELEN FOURMENT second wife of Rubens, who of course painted the original of this engraving
The Castle by the SeaParsifal, Galahad and Bors in the course of questing for the Grail, come to the mysterious Castle by the Sea
Harry & Norah Run AwayCobbs the gardener puts his hand on his hips as he asks young Master Harry and Miss Norah why they are running away together. To get married, of course!
Golf / in a BunkerIn a bunker sand trap taking a golfing swing
Golf / PuttingPutting on the green Date: 1909
Coal Exchange, LondonThe Coal Exchange is where the 960, 000 chaldrons of coal (each of 36 bushels) imported from Newcastle etc each year to keep Londoners warm, are regulated and, of course, taxed
Golf SilhouetteSilhouette golfer teeing off
Exhausted Soviet MenExhausted Russians resting in Prague in the course of their advance towards Germany
Exploration / John ByronCommander Byron, in the course of his circumnavigation of the world, encounters a giant race in Patagonia
Christmas Fare 1935A wonderful spread of Christmas fare, including turkey, pudding, cake and of course, the most modern cooker of the day
Serving Goose at BanquetServing the Christmas dinner in a grand mansion - the dance of the fools accompanies the second course of pheasant
Female Type / NaughtyA smiling young American woman tells someone off, in the nicest possible way of course, for being naughty