Cycle Collection (page 11)

Hobby Horse cycle (without pedals), c.1820-1880 Date: 19th century

Argynnis paphia, silver-washed fritillary
Plate 31. A Watercolour by Frederick William Frohawk (1861-1946) depicting a caterpillar, chyrsalis and adult silver-washed fritillary butterfly

Stagmatoptera precaria, mantid
Life cycle of the mantid (Stagmatoptera precaria). Reproduced as an engraving after the orginal watercolour from as Plate 66 Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)

Common rock types
A collection of common rock types - left to right - Igneous (granite), sedimentary (sandstone) and metamorphic (schist)

Butterfly lifecycle
Plate 109 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larvae, Frankfurdt 1622 by C. Flegel

Calcidiscus leptoporus and Syracolithus quadriperforatus, co
In this scanning electron micrograph, the transition of a life-cycle stage in Calcidiscus is shown from the outer cover to the inner layer. Specimen taken from W. Mediterranean

CASTAGNO, Andrea del (1423-1457). Dante Alighieri. ca. 1450. Portrait holding a book, from a cycle of famous personages. Fresco transferred to canvas. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Fresco. ITALY

CASTAGNO, Andrea del (1423-1457). Francesco Petrarca. ca. 1450. Portrait holding a book, from a cycle of famous personages. Fresco transferred to canvas. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Fresco. ITALY

Cycle of the Months. 1391-1407. ITALY. Trento. Castle Buonconsiglio. Eagles Tower. August: farmers reaping wheat. Work commissioned by Giorgio di Liechtenstein. Anonymous author

Cycle of the Months. 15th c. ; Cycle of the Months
Cycle of the Months. 15th c.; Cycle of the Months. 15th c. ITALY. Trento. Castle Buonconsiglio. Eagles Tower. Court scene, a knight and a lady. Detail

ITALY. Bolzano. Roncolo Castle. Dance scene belonging to a cycle dedicated to the story of Tristan and Iseult. Renaissance art. Fresco

ITALY. Trento. Castle Buonconsiglio. Eagles Tower. Cycle of the Months. Detail of a farmer sharpening the scythe. International

Beeston Motor Cycles advert
Beeston Motor Cycles, 1896

Stanley Show Cycles Exhibition, 1896 Date: 1896

Hercules bicycles Coronation advertisement
Advertisement for Hercules Bicycles, founded in 1910 in Birmingham, showing the street of a typical British town decorated with flags, swags and bunting for the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Guide to available moonlight during 1939
A diagram prepared for readers of The Sphere in order that they may know, at a glance, how much moonlight they will get on any particular evening of the period

The Life & Age of Woman
Stages of womans life from the cradle to the grave. Date: ca. 1857

Italian Sharpshooter on a bicycle
A mobile member of the Italian Army - a cycling sharpshooter Date: circa 1910s

Egyptian man on a bicycle, Cairo - just passing the pyramids as he races to work! Date: 1903

Police motorcyclist, 1904
A police sergeant fully equipped for running to earth motorists who exceed the speed limit. Under law introduced in 1904, all motor vehicles were compelled to be registered

Cycle race in Malmo
Cycle race, Malmo, Sweden about 1910. Date: 1910

Final Lap Bell
Cycle racing : Ringing the final lap bell, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

A group of cyclists in France
A silhouette showing a group of cyclists in the Bois de Boulogne, France Date: 1898

Road racing
Road Racing, , Arlov, Scabia 1947 Date: 1947

Motor cycle racing
Road Racing, , Arlov, Scabia 1947 Date: 1947

Racing Cyclist
A racing cyclist. Date: 1980s

Cyclists in Hamilton, Bermuda
Cyclists in Bermuda - this postcard is captioned " Rapid Transport" Date: circa late 1930s

Cycling with gas masks in WWII
Two French women cycle to work in Paris with gas masks slung over their shoulders in canisters. Date: 1939

Ireland / Tim Healy Pass
A fine impression of cyclists and cattle on one of the S- bends of the Tim Healy Pass, County Cork, Ireland. Date: 1950s

Cycling Winners Rostrum
Two happy cyclists waving from the Winners Rostrum of the Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Sprint Cyclists
Sprint cyclists, nose to tail on the cycle race track, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Cycle Race Push Start
A cyclist is given a push start at the beginning of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Cycle Race Starting Gun
An old man in a peaked cap blows the starting whistle and fires his gun at the start of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Cycle Cross, cross country cycle racing. Date: 1981

Cycle Racing
Cycle racing : Cyclists fight it out on the race track! Date: 1980s

German Motor Cycle
A German girl from Spreewald rides on the back of a motorcycle in rather impractical tradtional dress! Date: early 1930s

British cyclists company disembarking, Salonika, WW1
A British cyclists company disembarking at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 2 December 1915

Poster advertising Peugeot cycles
Reproduction of a poster advertising Peugeot cycles (design by Ernest Vulliemin), showing a cuirassier on his horse, chatting with a postman who is handing him a letter. Date: circa 1900

Two ladies in outfits by Lucien Lelong and Jean Patou
Two fashionable ladies in summer outfits, watching a cycle race. On the left, a long sleeved white and navy blue crepe de chine patterned 3/4 length dress, with white collar and cuffs

The first big audience at the 1908 London Olympics
50, 000 spectators witnessing the 100 kilometres cycle race. Up until this point, the events had been poorly attended, with thousands of seat unfilled each day

Motorcycle racing at Crystal Palace, South London
Motorcycle racing on a track at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: early 20th century

Machine Gun Battalion at Dieval, northern France, WW1
Men of the 24th Motor Machine Gun Battalion at Dieval, northern France, awaiting an inspection by General Horne towards the end of the First World War. Date: 12 June 1918

Polish Scouts on bicycles
Five Polish Scouts on bicycles cycle next to a cliff in the countryside. 1930s

Museum display of British soldiers with machine gun
A museum display of dummy British soldiers with various means of transport and a Vickers machine gun. Date: 20th century

Museum display of British soldiers with transport
A museum display of dummy British soldiers with various means of transport. Date: 20th century

Man of a Motorcycle Machine Gun Unit, WW1
A man belonging to a Motorcycle Machine Gun Unit with a Scott motorcycle during the First World War. Date: March 1915

Sherman tank destroys nine Panther tanks
Poster entitled Battle Front Dispatch, containing a report from Winston Churchill of how one Sherman tank destroyed nine enemy Panther tanks outside Caen in Northern France during the Second World

Six on a Cycle
Five gents and one lady on a single machine. Date: 1897

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