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December Collection (page 7)

Background imageDecember Collection: Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat N212KA

Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat N212KA (msn D.902, ex BuAer 121528), fitted with a passenger compartment in the fuselage. This aircraft was destroyed on 12 December 1968 when the engine failed on take-off

Background imageDecember Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, December 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, December 1967 - hand and power tools Date: 1967

Background imageDecember Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, December 1966

Cover design, Do it yourself, December 1966 - warmer homes with lower fuel costs Date: 1966

Background imageDecember Collection: Silhouette portrait of Charles Dickens aged about fourteen

Silhouette portrait of Charles Dickens aged about fourteen Date: circa 1820s

Background imageDecember Collection: French Infantry Drummer

French Infantry Drummer
An illustration of a French infantry drummer, probably Napoleonic, looking over his shoulder. Date: circa 1901

Background imageDecember Collection: La Prise

La Prise
A collection of illustrative studies based on a French soldier, he is standing in example, with different postures and directions indicating gestures of anxiety, impatience, frustration

Background imageDecember Collection: Attendant Des Ordres

Attendant Des Ordres
A side profile portrait sketch of a French soldier wearing a helmet with feathery plumes, holding the hilt of his sword, waiting on receiving some orders, his horse is beside him. Date: circa 1901

Background imageDecember Collection: Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons!

Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons!
This illustration portrays a gentleman wearing a top hat, and holding a cane under his arm, observing some old French military uniform hung in the wardrobe, possibly his own. Date: circa 1901

Background imageDecember Collection: French Military Man Dressing A Lady

French Military Man Dressing A Lady
An illustration of a French military man, having removed his bearskin hat, helping a young woman dress, by fastening the back. Date: circa 1901

Background imageDecember Collection: Marching Soldiers

Marching Soldiers
This illustration shows a marching troop of men armed with rifles placed over their shoulders. Date: circa 1901

Background imageDecember Collection: Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 2

Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 2
Part two of a series of four illustrations portraying a lady in company with Napoleon Bonaparte, who can be seen in the background, through the doorway, sat at his desk, looking over his shoulder

Background imageDecember Collection: Woman Dressing

Woman Dressing
A series of illustrations showing various stages of a woman dressing. Date: circa 1901

Background imageDecember Collection: Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 4

Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 4
The final part of a series of four illustrations portraying a lady in company with Napoleon Bonaparte, who can be seen in the background, through the doorway, sat at his desk

Background imageDecember Collection: Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 1

Napoleon Et Les Femmes Part 1
Part one of a series of four illustrations portraying a lady in company with Napoleon Bonaparte, who can be seen in the background, through the doorway, sat at his desk, looking over his shoulder

Background imageDecember Collection: French Drum Majors

French Drum Majors
A series of illustrations showing various regimental uniforms of French drum majors from 1809. Date: circa 1901

Background imageDecember Collection: Job Sketches

Job Sketches
A pair of sketches from a page of L'Album Les Maitres de La Caricature, one portrays a lady fastening the straps of her shoe, the other shows the back of a teacher writing on a chalk board

Background imageDecember Collection: Napoleon And His Grenadiers

Napoleon And His Grenadiers
A comical illustration which shows Napoleon Bonaparte tugging the ear of one of his grenadier guardsmen. Date: circa 1901

Background imageDecember Collection: Longchamps Year 7

Longchamps Year 7
An illustration of a green coated gentleman on horseback speaking with a young woman in a red coat riding astride him at Longchamps. Date: circa 1901

Background imageDecember Collection: Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket, by George Stubbs

Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket, by George Stubbs
Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket, painting by George Stubbs. A sale of the painting took place in December 1943. Turf was a bay colt owned by Lord Bolingbroke, one of Stubbs early patrons

Background imageDecember Collection: Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, by George Stubbs

Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, by George Stubbs
Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, painting by George Stubbs - English thoroughbred racehorse with a racing scene in the background, with trainer, jockey and stable lad

Background imageDecember Collection: The Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan

The Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan Date: 1834

Background imageDecember Collection: Sports for the New Year in the Sixteenth Century

Sports for the New Year in the Sixteenth Century Date: 1854

Background imageDecember Collection: Sports for the New Year in the Nineteenth Century

Sports for the New Year in the Nineteenth Century Date: 1854

Background imageDecember Collection: Queen Maria II of Portugal and her Cabinet Councillors

Queen Maria II of Portugal and her Cabinet Councillors
Queen Maria II of Portugal (reigned 1826-1828 and 1834-1853) and her Cabinet Councillors Date: mid-19th century

Background imageDecember Collection: Emperor Nicholas I of Russia at the head of his troops

Emperor Nicholas I of Russia at the head of his troops Date: early 19th century

Background imageDecember Collection: Farmyard, Cheshire

Farmyard, Cheshire
An oil painting of a sunlit farmyard in Cheshire, some very large haystacks stand inside the fence barrier, with a flock of chickens the other side. Date: circa 1921

Background imageDecember Collection: Rabbits

Rabbits
This woodcut shows a pair of contrasting white and black rabbits nestled beside some lettuce leaves in a fenced garden. Date: circa 1921

Background imageDecember Collection: Hills, Derbyshire

Hills, Derbyshire
A landscape oil painting of some undulating hills in a Derbyshire countryside, with a foreground of wildflowers. Date: 1921

Background imageDecember Collection: A Moorish Market

A Moorish Market
An oil painting of a market populated mainly by citizens of a town in north Africa, of the Muslim faith. Date: circa 1921

Background imageDecember Collection: Harbutt's Plasticine Advertisement

Harbutt's Plasticine Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Harbutt's Plasticine Ltd. promoting the self described premier modelling material, available in 10 colours

Background imageDecember Collection: Vinolia Company Sprinko Advertisement

Vinolia Company Sprinko Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Vinolia Company Limited, promoting Sprinko, an entiseptic, hygienic deodorant and hand cleanser, comes in a tin with a sprinkle top

Background imageDecember Collection: Night On The Dart

Night On The Dart
A painter engraver etching of a calm ocean foreground, leading to harbour town, located on a peninsula, under a dark evening sky. Date: circa 1920

Background imageDecember Collection: St. Mary Le Strand

St. Mary Le Strand
An etching of the St. Mary Le Strand church located at the eastern end of the Strand, in Westminster, London. After being pulled down in 1549 by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset

Background imageDecember Collection: Mother And Children

Mother And Children
A group portrait painting of a mother, wearing a yellow dress, holding an illustrious bouquet of roses, standing between two young girls, carrying a jug and a bowl of fruit in the garden

Background imageDecember Collection: Dixmude: Entree Du Beguinage

Dixmude: Entree Du Beguinage
This painting shows a front garden, consisting of flower beds and patches of lawn, divided by a nice cobbled pathway, making up the entrance to the Diksmuide Beguinage

Background imageDecember Collection: Stone House Interior

Stone House Interior
An etching of a dark interior, belonging to an old stone building, the sturdy, wooden door is swung ajar, allowing light to spill in to the entrance area

Background imageDecember Collection: Old Gateway

Old Gateway
An etching of an old gateway which forms the entrance to what is most likely a courtyard area. Above the doors, is some decorative architecture with a crumbled, square top

Background imageDecember Collection: Eglise Saint-Gervais

Eglise Saint-Gervais
An oil painting of an arched canal bridge in Paris, France, in front of the Eglise Saint-Gervais, a Roman catholic church, built between 1494 and 1657 upon the site of two earlier churches

Background imageDecember Collection: Bovril On Top

Bovril On Top
This painting is a promotional image for Bovril, it portrays a young woman having been shopping, carrying a basket containing a plethora of goods, but standing out on top of the pile

Background imageDecember Collection: Miriam

Miriam
A portrait painting of Miriam, a young woman knelt by a flora decorated screen, wearing a pink dress with a blue shawl, a cushion with a book sit beside her. Date: 1918

Background imageDecember Collection: Portrait Of A Gentleman

Portrait Of A Gentleman
A portrait painting of a seated gentleman, wearing a black robe with thick, white collars. Date: circa 1600s

Background imageDecember Collection: Enery

Enery
A watercolour portrait painting of Enery, a young red haired boy wearing a purple neck scarf, he is carrying a handbasket, brimming with pink roses, a bouquet of which is held in his other hand

Background imageDecember Collection: Burton Downs

Burton Downs
A landscape oil painting of a countryside track which bends behind a grassy slope at Burton Downs, a small rock face forms the background, under a cloudy blue sky. Date: circa 1919

Background imageDecember Collection: Reflections In The River Somme

Reflections In The River Somme
A landscape oil painting of a large flock of sheer, some of which are gathered by the edge of the river Somme, drinking, three boats are stationed next to each other. Date: circa 1919

Background imageDecember Collection: Never, Never Land

Never, Never Land
An imaginary landscape painting of a never-never land, illustrious trees artistically frame a picturesque view of an ocean, overlooked by a decorative garden wall

Background imageDecember Collection: At St. Ives

At St. Ives
An oil painting which provides a mysterious view of four figures standing in shallow waters at St. Ives, a town in Cornwall. Date: circa 1919

Background imageDecember Collection: Morny Freres Advertisement

Morny Freres Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Morny Freres Ltd. London based master perfumers. This poster promotes a series of bath salts, soaps and dusting powders and portrays a young woman

Background imageDecember Collection: Georges Carpentier

Georges Carpentier
A side profile portrait painting of French boxer, Georges Carpentier, 1894-1975, holding a total of 89 wins, his nickname was Orchid Man



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