Critical Collection

John Cowper Powys
JOHN COWPER POWYS English Author of novels such as Owen Glendower (1940), poetry, philosophical and critical works

Shame Flute - German punishment for being a poor musician
A Shame Flute ( Schand Flote ) - German punishment for being a poor musician - you had to face the public wearing (around the neck) a heavy iron flute

Two people pass each other in a London street
Two people pass each other in a Central London street. Date: circa 1950s

Anti-British First Day Cover - Port Said Raid - Suez Crisis
Anti-British Egyptian First Day Cover (printed in Alexandria) - critical of British military operations in the 1956 Suez Crisis - November, 1956

Comic Postcard - Dirty Collar - Donald McGill
A collar for your Father? Yes Miss - like the one I'm wearing? No - a clean one. Date: circa 1925

HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Kale, a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered under the 1903-1904 Naval Estimates and named after the Kale Water in the Scottish Borders

Kaka beak, Clianthus puniceus
Kaka beak, crimson clianthus or glory pea, Clianthus puniceus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

A Critical Moment by Alfred Schwarz - a woman runs her bicycle (no doubt a Christmas present) into a table, breaking some crockery. circa 1898

Leonard Henry Courtney - Radical British Politician
U=Nivocal. Leonard Henry Courtney (1832-1913) - Radical British Politician and exponent of Proportional Representation and Critic of Imperial Expansion. Date: 1900

Arrest of Henri Rochefort 1870
Henri Rochefort (1831 - 1913), arrested for publishing sentiments critical of the regime. Date: February 1870

GOLF / CRITICAL MOMENT
A CRITICAL MOMENT Date: 1863

Germany. Congress of Gotha, 1875, where was founded the German Socialist Party (SPD). Reminder sheet with portrait of Marx and Lassalle at the centre

Royal West Kents in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) gallantly holding a road on the Western Front at a critical time. Reproduction of a painting by A C Michael in Great War Deeds

Sarcastic take on the Rigours of war on Home Front - WW1
WW1 - Sarcastic take on the Rigours of war on Home Front by Phyllis Spence. (from left) Standard Dress the Lady of the house horrified by the standardised form of ladies dress encouraged during WW1

SCHLEGEL, Friedrich von (1772-1829). German poet, critic and scholar. Critical leader of German Romanticism. Engraving

Thousands have Answered the Nations Call, but you May be the One to Turn the Scale at a Critical Moment. do you Realize this. Poster

Are You One of These? WW1 cartoon by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by H. M. Bateman poking fun at men who find a myriad of excuses - such as " my moustache is taking up all my time now

Loafers in the park - WW1 recruitment cartoon
Wastage! " War? Well, wot abart it?" The stirring carll to arms - " Your King and Country Need You!" - has still failed to reach

Young lady cries after receiving a retort from her boyfriend
Taking a Hot Return - cricket analogy used on a humorous(ish?) postcard showing a girl upset after receiving a harsh retort from her beau. Date: 1908

WWI Poster, Thousands have answered the nations call
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Thousands have answered the Nations Call, but you may be The One to turn the scale at a critical moment. Do you realize this? Date: 1915

FEIJOO y MONTENEGRO, Benito Jer󮩭o (1673-1764)
" FEIJOO y MONTENEGRO, Benito Jer󮩭 o (1673-1764). Spanish writer and essayist. " Teatro Crit co Universal" (Universal Critical Theatre). Edition carried out in Madrid in 1777

MONTEZUMA II (1467-1520). Aztec king (1502-1520). Portrait of Montezuma II from The Narrative and Critical History of America, edited

Oliver Earl Bolingbroke
OLIVER ST. JOHN, first earl BOLINGBROKE - statesman who took an active part in the political affairs of his day, critical of Charles I. Date: 1580 - 1646

US Soldier Attacked
US soldiers under physical attack in the Philippines and critical attack at home from the press and pacifists

Hospitals / USA / Bellevue
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, NEW YORK A critical case: a bedside consultation for the benefit of students and nurses

Animals Admire Poster
Passers-by in the street inspect with a critical eye a poster for Grandvilles Metamorphoses du jour

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