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Demonstrating Collection

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: DE BARBARI, Jacopo (half 15th century-1515)

DE BARBARI, Jacopo (half 15th century-1515). Portrait of fra Luca Pacioli with a pupil. Pacioli demonstrating one of Euclids theorems. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. ITALY. Naples

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Hogarth Election / 1Of4(C)

Hogarth Election / 1Of4(C)
THE ELECTION An election entertainment: a Whig banquet, with Tories demonstrating outside plate 1 of 4 Date: 1755

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Cub Scout on skis, Snowy Mountains, Australia

Cub Scout on skis, Snowy Mountains, Australia
A group of Cub Scouts of the 1st Kosciusco Troop, on skis in the Snowy Mountains of Australia. Scoutmaster Bernie Jarratt is demonstrating a kick turn. Date: 1960s

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: The Apiarist

The Apiarist - a bee keeper demonstrating the examination of frames of brood

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Mass jets at the LFB annual review at Lambeth HQ

Mass jets at the LFB annual review at Lambeth HQ
London firefighters from East London demonstrating mass jets during the Annual Review display at the Brigades headquarters. Lambeth, SE1

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: CAGLIOSTRO

CAGLIOSTRO
GIUSEPPE BALSAMO, known as CAGLIOSTRO, demonstrating induced clairvoyance using hypnotised child as a medium capable of reading thoughts

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus communications set

LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus communications set
A Sub Officer from Lambeths (D61) emergency tender crew demonstrating the Southampton communications equipment that was worn with a full face mask on the Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Washing Board

Washing Board
A photograph demonstrating the use of a scrubbing board in a tub during washday in the early 20th century

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Crop Circle Alton Barnes

Crop Circle Alton Barnes
Alton Barnes, Wiltshire : a small girl runs across the largest circle in the formation, demonstrating its huge size

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: The Argentine Tango

The Argentine Tango
A photograph of a couple demonstrating the tango. Date: 8th February 1911

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Demonstration to keep Horley and Charlwood in Surrey

Demonstration to keep Horley and Charlwood in Surrey
A group of people on a demonstration in the middle of a road, holding banners and placards, determined to keep Horley and Charlwood in Surrey

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Policeman and policewoman with gas masks

Policeman and policewoman with gas masks
A policeman and a policewoman wearing civilian gas masks outside Harrow Road Police Station (X Division) before the outbreak of World War Two. The respirator is contained in the canvas bag

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Shotton Works Demo C1972

Shotton Works Demo C1972
Demonstration by Shotton steel workers against the closure of their factory

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Womens League of Health & Beauty

Womens League of Health & Beauty
Page from The Sketch reporting on the Womens League of Health and Beauty, who were in the midst of preparing for a big display at the Royal Albert Hall in 1934

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Vesalius Demonstrates

Vesalius Demonstrates
Vesalius demonstrating

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993)

Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993) giving a demonstration of his electronic musical instrument to a group of invited Scientists (including Sir Henry Wood (left) and Sir Oliver Lodge) at the Savoy Hotel

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993)

Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993) giving a demonstration of his electronic musical instrument to a group of invited Scientists (including Sir Henry Wood (left) and Sir Oliver Lodge) at the Savoy Hotel

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Womens wrestling school in Vauxhall, 1928

Womens wrestling school in Vauxhall, 1928
Gladiators of the feminine age. A wrestling school for women recently opened in Vauxhall, London

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Demonstration supporting Nelson Mandela

Demonstration supporting Nelson Mandela
A crowd of demonstrators calling for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. A large banner reads Mandela the world is with you'. Date: 1980s

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Photographs of Harry Price at Work

Photographs of Harry Price at Work. Full length photograph of Harry Price seated demonstrating the electrical control under which Rudi Schneider was tested

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: 1962 Cologne furniture exhibition

1962 Cologne furniture exhibition
A young model demonstrating furniture a the 1962 Cologne furniture exhibition. Date: 1962

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Saunders-Roe SR-N.1 G-12-4

Saunders-Roe SR-N.1 G-12-4, The first practical hovercraft derived from the work of Christopher Cockerell, seen at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow from 5-11 September 1960

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Demonstrating the force of a projectile from 110

Demonstrating the force of a projectile from 110 ton Elswick Gun, Royal Naval Exhibition of 1891 in London

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Demonstrating the cantilever principle of

Demonstrating the cantilever principle of the Forth Railway Bridge

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Forth Bridge Construction demonstrating cantilever principle

Forth Bridge Construction demonstrating cantilever principle
Forth Bridge Construction, demonstrating the cantilever principle Date: 19th century

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Construction of Forth Railway Bridge - cantilever principle

Construction of Forth Railway Bridge - cantilever principle
Construction of the Forth Railway Bridge - demonstrating the cantilever principle - Victorian period Date: 19th century

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Blackburn B-88 YB. 1 WB797

Blackburn B-88 YB. 1 WB797
Blackburn B-88 YB.1 WB797, demonstrating single-engined flight at the SBAC Farnborough International Air Show held from 5-10 September 1950

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: RAF cadets watch an expert demonstrating the controls, WW2

RAF cadets watch an expert demonstrating the controls, WW2
RAF cadets watch an expert demonstrating the controls Date: circa 1941

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Harry Lowe, Tottenham Hotspur trainer, in action

Harry Lowe, Tottenham Hotspur trainer, in action
Harry Lowe one of Tottenham Hotspur's trainers shows how to trap a ball on the run Date: 1946

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Australian General Electric Advertisement

Australian General Electric Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Australian General Electric Co, with bases in Sydney and Melbourne

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Patriotic Turkish marchers at start of Italo-Turkish War

Patriotic Turkish marchers at start of Italo-Turkish War
Patriotic Turkish marchers at the start of Italo-Turkish War - carrying a banner adorned with two Koranic quotes, that make clear that it is God who grants victory

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander G-BAAE

Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander G-BAAE
Britten-Norman BN-2A-35 Islander G-BAAE (msn 308), on 4 September 1972, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held between 4-10 September, demonstrating the extended nose

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Overseas students demonstrating over fees, London

Overseas students demonstrating over fees, London
Students from Hong Kong, studying at Queen Mary College, demonstrating outside their government's London office, December 1980

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Students demonstrating over grant offer

Students demonstrating over grant offer
Students demonstrating over a 4% grant offer, in the days when students were awarded grants rather than loans

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: NUS students demonstrating in the snow, London

NUS students demonstrating in the snow, London, 29 November 1980. Date: 1980

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Children demonstrating to save school playing fields

Children demonstrating to save school playing fields
Children demonstrating to save their school playing fields, Havering, Essex. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Little girl demonstrating for nursery places, Hackney

Little girl demonstrating for nursery places, Hackney
Little girl with a placard, demonstrating for more nursery places, Hackney, London, 22 May 1978. Date: 1978

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Children and adults demonstrating against nursery cuts

Children and adults demonstrating against nursery cuts, May 1972. Date: 1972

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Members of NUTGW campaigning

Members of NUTGW campaigning
Members of NUTGW (National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers)

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Young Communist League demonstration, London

Young Communist League demonstration, London
Young Communist League members demonstrating outside the American Embassy in London, 28 April 1980

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: London march against racialism

London march against racialism
Demonstrators marching through central London under the banner united against racialism in a march from Speakers Corner to Trafalgar Square

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Protest against Lions playing South Africa

Protest against Lions playing South Africa
Anti-Apartheid Movement demonstrators picketing in Twickenham to stop the British national rugby team playing against South Africa. Their placards read don't play with apartheid'. Date: c

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: MPs anti-apartheid demo

MPs anti-apartheid demo
Two Labour MPs Ms. Audrey Wise and Mr. Neil Kinnock take part in a demonstration against the trial of Nelson Mandela and apartheid in South Africa. The latter holds a placard reading free all S

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Shell petrol boycott

Shell petrol boycott
A group of protesters stand outside a Shell garage holding placards calling for people to boycott Shell fuel due to the company's links with South Africa and apartheid. Date: c. 1988

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Anti-apartheid demonstrators

Anti-apartheid demonstrators
Anti-Apartheid Movement demonstrators behind barriers, holding placards reading Freedom for Mandela, Forward to freedom in Namibia and South Africa

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Nelson Mandela Freedom March

Nelson Mandela Freedom March
Demonstrators leaving Manchester as they take part in the Glasgow to London Nelson Mandela Freedom March of 1988

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Protesters at the South African embassy

Protesters at the South African embassy
Demonstrators from Lawyers Against Apartheid picketing outside the South African embassy in Trafalgar Square to protest against sixteen years of martial law in Namibia

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Richard Attenborough greets Mandela marchers

Richard Attenborough greets Mandela marchers
In London, film-maker Richard Attenborough meets anti-apartheid demonstrators taking part in the Nelson Mandela Glasgow to London freedom march

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Moroccan civilians on the Green March

Moroccan civilians on the Green March
A road is filled with trucks and buses carrying Moroccan civilian men into Western Sahara to take part in the Green March, a mass demonstration of 350, 000 people organised by King Hassan II

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Home Guard practise

Home Guard practise
Home Guards practise blowing up tanks: a demonstration at the school for guerilla warfare at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London, where Spanish Civil War veterans provide the training

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: IAI Scout 401

IAI Scout 401 on a display stand, demonstrating EO systems. Date: circa 1990

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Dassault Mirage IVP 25 - AX

Dassault Mirage IVP 25 - AX
Armee de l'Air - Dassault Mirage IVP 25 - AX (msn 25), of Escadron de reconnaissance strategique (00-091), at Base aerienne 112 Reims-Champagne on 14 September 1997

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Comic postcard, Woman buying underwear in a shop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman buying underwear in a shop Date: 20th century

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: W. V. S. Worker demonstrating how to build an emergency oven

W. V. S. Worker demonstrating how to build an emergency oven
A W.V.S. (Womens Voluntary Service) Worker demonstrating how to build an emergency oven out of bricks, a piece of metal plate and a broken piece of drainpipe. Date: circa 1941

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: George Stephenson at Darlington - embroidery

George Stephenson at Darlington - embroidery
Engraving of a painting by A

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Making Cloisonne enamel - Japanese village in London

Making Cloisonne enamel - Japanese village in London
Japanese artisan making Cloisonne enamel at the Japanese Village in Humphreys Hall, Knightsbridge in 1885

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Odessa - supporters of the Black Hundreds

Odessa - supporters of the Black Hundreds
The little father is with us : revolutionaries bearing the Tsars portrait through the streets of Odessa (in Ukraine)

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: McMichael Radio used to receive weather reports

McMichael Radio used to receive weather reports
Demonstrating the McMichael Radio, used to receive weather reports at 23, 000 feet on the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. 1933

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: George Studdy as guest at Society of Jewish Artists

George Studdy as guest at Society of Jewish Artists
Artist George Studdy, regular contributor to The Sketch and creator of the famous Bonzo the cartoon dog, pictured as guest of honour at the Society of Jewish Artists in 1923. 1923

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Taming the Charleston

Taming the Charleston
Mr E. Scott-Atkinson, professional tango champion, and Miss Dorothy Cole

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Prunella Stack demonstrating exercises

Prunella Stack demonstrating exercises
Prunella Stack - Leader of The Womens League of Health & Beauty, The mortimer Halls, 43 Great Portland Street, W1

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: The riots in Belfast

The riots in Belfast
The police charging the mob in the brickfields, demonstrating against the First Home Rule Bill, introduced by the British Prime Minister, William Gladstone. Date: 1886

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Policemen guarding suffragettes

Policemen guarding suffragettes at the State Opening of Parliament 1912

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Demonstrations in St Petersburg

Demonstrations in St Petersburg
Crowds gather in St. Petersburg demonstrating against the October Manifesto. Date: 1905

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Duke and Duchess of York - Ashtead Potteries, Surrey

Duke and Duchess of York - Ashtead Potteries, Surrey
Duke and Duchess of York visiting the Ashtead Potteries, Surrey - founded to train disabled ex-servicemen in pottery. Date: 1928

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Nurse with child and doll

Nurse with child and doll
Nurse showing a small girl a doll used for demonstrating procedures to children. Date: circa 1980

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: T A SMITH, SCIENTIST

T A SMITH, SCIENTIST
T A SMITH lecturer on anatomy, physiology and chemistry, but not listed in any reference book : a fine example of a scientist demonstrating Date: flourished 1858

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Aloys Senefelder - Chereau

Aloys Senefelder - Chereau
Aloys Senefelder (1771 - 1834) - Prague-born German inventor of lithography, depicted in his workshop demonstrating his process

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: PARIS STREET TOY SELLER

PARIS STREET TOY SELLER
A Paris street seller of mechanical toys Date: 1896

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: LAMBETH HIGH TIDE 1860

LAMBETH HIGH TIDE 1860
High-tide (and consequential flood) at Lambeth Palace. Date: 1860

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Farnborough 92 - TIALD placard

Farnborough 92 - TIALD placard
Farnborough 92 - placard for the TIALD pod (Thermal Imaging & tv Laser Designator) placed under the Sukhoi Su-35, demonstrating proposed Anglo-Russian co-operation. Date: 1992

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Puysegur and Victor

Puysegur and Victor
PUYSEGUR demonstrating the power of suggestion with his subject Victor Race Date: 1784

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Dance, Ballet - two dancers demonstrating lifts and poses

Dance, Ballet - two dancers demonstrating lifts and poses. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: The trench periscope, WW1

The trench periscope, WW1
Photographs demonstrating the efficacy of the hyposcope (the landsmans periscope) using one here constructed by Mr C. Baker - an optician of High Holborn

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Listening to a Phonograph, South Africa, c. 1902

Listening to a Phonograph, South Africa, c. 1902
Illustration showing two Europeans demonstrating their phonograph (music machine) to a group of suitably impressed native South Africans, c.1902. Date: 29/03/1902

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: NFS firefighter under-running a fire hose, WW2

NFS firefighter under-running a fire hose, WW2
A London Region NFS firefighter in an instructional photograph demonstrating the correct method of under-running (which removes the water from inside the hose) prior to rolling the hose up after use

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Spartacist Poster / 1919

Spartacist Poster / 1919
Vote Spartacist A poster demonstrating how the Spartacists, radical German communists who staged an abortive uprising in 1919, would destroy the old order

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Women's League of Health

Women's League of Health
The Women's League of Health and Beauty presenting an exercise demonstration in Hyde Park. The League was founded in 1930 by Mary Bagot Stack. Date: 1932

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: William Caxton showing printing to Edward IV

William Caxton showing printing to Edward IV
William Caxton showing specimens of his printing to King Edward IV and his Queen, Elizabeth Woodville in 1477 in the Almonry in Westminster where he had set up his press

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Brian Jacks at Carn Brea Leisure Centre, Redruth, Cornwall

Brian Jacks at Carn Brea Leisure Centre, Redruth, Cornwall
Brian Jacks (b. 1946), British judoka (judo practitioner) and champion (top), with David Denmead of St Ives, demonstrating during a teaching session for young people at Carn Brea Leisure Centre

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Palestinian Arabic Scribe in London

Palestinian Arabic Scribe in London
Palestinian Arabic Scribe at the Palestine in London Exhibition held at the Royal Agricultural Hall (now the Business Design Centre) in Islington, London - June, 1907

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Leslie Howard and Georges Perinal, The First of The Few

Leslie Howard and Georges Perinal, The First of The Few
Leslie Howard (1893-1943), English actor, and Georges Perinal (1897-1965), French cinematographer, on location during the filming of The First of The Few

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Air stewardess demonstrating oxygen mask

Air stewardess demonstrating oxygen mask on board a passenger plane. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageDemonstrating Collection: Boy scouts in Cairo, Egypt

Boy scouts in Cairo, Egypt, at the Alamein Club. They are attending a St Georges Day rally in memory of their founder, Lord Baden Powell



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