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Depicting Collection

Background imageDepicting Collection: ANGELICO, Fra. The Annunciation Altarpiece

ANGELICO, Fra. The Annunciation Altarpiece
ANGELICO, Fra (1387-1455). The Annunciation. 1430s. Left lower detail of the predella, depicting the wedding between Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Tempera on wood

Background imageDepicting Collection: Crusades Map

Crusades Map
A map of Europe depicting the paths of various Crusades between 1096 and 1270

Background imageDepicting Collection: Palenque Xtraterrestrial

Palenque Xtraterrestrial
Carving at PALENQUE, Mexico, which has been interpreted by ingenious theorists as depicting an ancient astronaut in a rocket- powered spacecraft

Background imageDepicting Collection: The Princes in the Tower by Millais

The Princes in the Tower by Millais
The Princes in the Tower painted by John Everett Millais in 1878, depicting the sons of Edward IV (and nephews of Richard III), Edward V and his younger brother Richard

Background imageDepicting Collection: Ubu Roi / Alfred Jarry

Ubu Roi / Alfred Jarry
Front cover of Ubu Roi, depicting Pere Ubu & the spiral adorning his belly

Background imageDepicting Collection: The Lady With The Lamp Florence Nightingale

The Lady With The Lamp Florence Nightingale
A colour illustration from the 1890s depicting Florence Nightingale, English nurse and hospital reformer (1820-1910) at the barracks hospital, Scutari, in 1854 during the Crimean War

Background imageDepicting Collection: Triumph motorcyclist in Scotland

Triumph motorcyclist in Scotland
A colour illustration, depicting a man riding his Triumph motorcycle through the Scottish Highlands on a bright, sunny day

Background imageDepicting Collection: Codex Troano - 1

Codex Troano - 1
Part of a Calendar used by Maya priests, depicting gods and symbolic creatures Plate xx

Background imageDepicting Collection: The Two Friends / Aldin

The Two Friends / Aldin
Illustration entitled Two Friends by Cecil Aldin depicting two small dogs, one a West Highland Terrier, together on a chair

Background imageDepicting Collection: Womens Land Army Poster

Womens Land Army Poster
Poster recruiting women to the National Service Womens Land Army during World War One, depicting a land girl guiding a plough across a field

Background imageDepicting Collection: Jewish Scroll Ms

Jewish Scroll Ms
A carved Esther scroll case depicting the story of Purim. This is a Jewish manuscript from Eastern Europe

Background imageDepicting Collection: Titanic 2nd Class Deck

Titanic 2nd Class Deck
Colour illustration depicting the Second Class Promenade Deck of the ill-fated Titanic. Passengers can be seen sitting on steamer and deck chairs

Background imageDepicting Collection: Gwrych Castle

Gwrych Castle
Lantern slide depicting Gwyrich Castle in Wales. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDepicting Collection: The Battle of Issus. 1st c. Detail of the mosaic

The Battle of Issus. 1st c. Detail of the mosaic depicting Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus, fighting against Persian king Darius III. Roman art. Early Empire. Mosaic. ITALY. Naples

Background imageDepicting Collection: The man who drank the bands champagne by H. M. Bateman

The man who drank the bands champagne by H. M. Bateman
Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man in evening dress quaffing a glass of champagne watched by an astonished orchestra

Background imageDepicting Collection: Canberra: the swimming-pool

Canberra: the swimming-pool
Colour illustration depicting the swimming pool of P&Os super-liner Canberra. Designed by architects Casson and Rendle, the pool was of white mosaic and set within tiers of sunbathing terraces

Background imageDepicting Collection: Buddha / Tibetan Temple

Buddha / Tibetan Temple
SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, known as the BUDDHA ( Enlightened One ) Eighteenth century Tibetan temple painting, depicting the Buddha enthroned

Background imageDepicting Collection: St Dunstans, Stepney

St Dunstans, Stepney
Engaving depicting Dunstans church in Stepney from a view taken in 1803. It is known as The mother church of the East End. Date: 1803

Background imageDepicting Collection: Page from a poem book by Hafez-e Shirazi illustrated depicti

Page from a poem book by Hafez-e Shirazi illustrated depicting a banquet. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting

Background imageDepicting Collection: Well, if you knows of a better ole, go to it

Well, if you knows of a better ole, go to it
Ttwo soldiers stuck in a trench, during a battle in World War One. This famous illustration for The Bystander was by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959)

Background imageDepicting Collection: Save Food Poster / Wwi

Save Food Poster / Wwi
Poster depicting a British soldier encouraging those on the home front to save food in response to food shortages due to German U-boat targeting of British merchant ships

Background imageDepicting Collection: Recruitment Poster

Recruitment Poster
Recruitment poster from the First World War depicting an unclaimed soldiers kit and uniform, waiting to be filled by a volunteer

Background imageDepicting Collection: Stockings Advert. 1931

Stockings Advert. 1931
Advertisement for Bembergs stockings, depicting a black cat curling itself around the legs of a woman

Background imageDepicting Collection: World Known to Ptolemy

World Known to Ptolemy
1545 map from Basel, Switzerland, depicting the world as known to Ptolemy in the 2nd century

Background imageDepicting Collection: Bayeux Tapestry

Bayeux Tapestry. Tapestry divided in scenes depicting the conquest of England by the Normands (1066). Detail with the English

Background imageDepicting Collection: ASCOT 1929

ASCOT 1929
A stylised illustration depicting to elegant race goers at Ascot races in 1929, he with top hat and cigarette holder; her languid with a red hat

Background imageDepicting Collection: Roman Stations Map

Roman Stations Map
A map depicting the network of Roman settlements in Britain

Background imageDepicting Collection: Sea Girls the Summer Sees by Edmund Blampied

Sea Girls the Summer Sees by Edmund Blampied
Colour illustration by Edmund Blampied (pseudonym, Blam ) depicting a group of girls relaxing on a sailing boat

Background imageDepicting Collection: Hiker & Camper Mag / 6. 31

Hiker & Camper Mag / 6. 31
Front cover depicting a gate and stile which lead the walker along a path through a field

Background imageDepicting Collection: Saint George / Byam Shaw

Saint George / Byam Shaw
SAINT GEORGE " What Every Johnnie Bull Knows" drawn by Byam Shaw depicting a rather vicious looking St. George and a very dead dragon

Background imageDepicting Collection: Siege of Londonderry

Siege of Londonderry
SIEGE OF LONDONDERRY A popular image depicting the successful defence of the city by the protestants against James II

Background imageDepicting Collection: Digestive Organs

Digestive Organs
Various diagrams depicting the digestive organs

Background imageDepicting Collection: Fan with Fairies

Fan with Fairies
A highly ornamental lace folding fan by Duvelleroy of Paris with painted scenes depicting fairies by a pond & with sticks carved in imitation of feathers

Background imageDepicting Collection: Goya Birdmen

Goya Birdmen
MODO DE VOLAR One of Goyas many etchings depicting winged people, this is the most realistic, with wings large enough to be aerodynamically viable

Background imageDepicting Collection: Puck and Titania

Puck and Titania
Scene from A Midsummer Nights Dream (Sommernachtstraum) depicting Puck sprinkling fairy dust on Titania.(German) Date: 1900

Background imageDepicting Collection: St. Marks Square, Venice, Italy - The Horses of St. Mark

St. Marks Square, Venice, Italy - The Horses of St. Mark
The Horses of Saint Mark (the Triumphal Quadriga) - a set of Roman bronze statues of four horses, originally part of a monument depicting a quadriga (a four-horse carriage used for chariot racing)

Background imageDepicting Collection: George & Fenian Dragon

George & Fenian Dragon
Cartoon depicting the Fenian dragon defeating Saint George

Background imageDepicting Collection: Greeting card by Ethel Larcombe

Greeting card by Ethel Larcombe
Art Nouveau greeting card depicting a girl at her writing desk. Date: 1908

Background imageDepicting Collection: Tile mosaic depicting some fish. Roman art. Early

Tile mosaic depicting some fish. Roman art. Early Empire. Mosaic. IRAN. Susa. Archaeological Museum

Background imageDepicting Collection: Sitting Bulls Hat, 1897

Sitting Bulls Hat, 1897
Illustration of a hat depicting the life of Sitting Bull, the Native American Indian Chief. Tiny crescents denoted how many animals were captured by Sitting Bull

Background imageDepicting Collection: Britannia and Eve cover May 1939

Britannia and Eve cover May 1939
Front cover illustration by Carl Shreve for Britannia and Eve magazine depicting a young woman in a spring time setting

Background imageDepicting Collection: Poster by Ibels

Poster by Ibels
Poster depicting entertainers - singers, commedia del arte

Background imageDepicting Collection: Adamski and Painting

Adamski and Painting
Professor Adamski stands in front of a painting by Gay Betts depicting the Venusian space pilot he met in the Mojave Desert, California, 20 November 1952

Background imageDepicting Collection: Clerkenwell Prison

Clerkenwell Prison
Engaving depicting the old House of Detention, Clerkenwell. Clerkenwell (old) Prison, also known as the Clerkenwell House of Detention or Middlesex House of Detention, was a prison in Clerkenwell

Background imageDepicting Collection: Lake Vyrnwy

Lake Vyrnwy
Colour lantern slide depicting Lake Vywnry in Wales. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDepicting Collection: Ballet dancers

Ballet dancers
Art Nouveau style illustration depicting two ballet dancers decorated with petals and butterflies. Artist: Ethel Larcombe Date: circa 1910

Background imageDepicting Collection: Horse That Took The Wrong Turning- At Epsom, by H. M. B

Horse That Took The Wrong Turning- At Epsom, by H. M. B
Maverick horse galloping the opposite direction to the rest of the race. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Background imageDepicting Collection: Happy Valley, Llandudno

Happy Valley, Llandudno
Lantern slide depicting Happy Valley, Llandudno Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDepicting Collection: New York Worlds Fair - First Day Cover

New York Worlds Fair - First Day Cover
New York Worlds Fair World of Tomorrow - First Day Cover - Left-hand stamp depicts the Contemporary Arts Building. Date: 1939

Background imageDepicting Collection: Greece. Southern Aegean. Cyclades. Delos. House

Greece. Southern Aegean. Cyclades. Delos. House
GREECE. SOUTHERN AEGEAN. CYCLADES. Delos. House of the Trident. Mosaic of the impluvium depicting a dolphin and an anchor. Mosaic

Background imageDepicting Collection: Humorous pictures showing the Chinese mode of transportation

Humorous pictures showing the Chinese mode of transportation (four men harnessed to a carriage by their long pigtails) and a scene depicting the silk industry. Date 1895

Background imageDepicting Collection: Shipping poster

Shipping poster for Hamburg-Amerika Line depicting a strong modern cruise liner Date: 1940

Background imageDepicting Collection: Gold Mining Statue

Gold Mining Statue
The famous Gold Mining Statue, Johannesburg, South Africa, depicting 3 men - 2 black and 1 white, drilling a rock face, a bronze sculpture by David McGregor, 1960. Date: 1960

Background imageDepicting Collection: The Man Who Bid Half-A-Guinea At Tattersall s, by H. M. Bat

The Man Who Bid Half-A-Guinea At Tattersall s, by H. M. Bat
A humorous illustration showing a man who has caused havoc at the races. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Background imageDepicting Collection: David Wright

David Wright
LANCE-BOMBARDIER DAVID WRIGHT Illustrator and artist, photographed for the Sketch during his time with the Royal Artillery in 1942

Background imageDepicting Collection: Canberra: The First Class Lounge

Canberra: The First Class Lounge
Colour illustration depicting the First Class Lounge of Canberra, P&Os super-liner. The ship set off on her maiden voyage to Sydney, Australia in June 1961

Background imageDepicting Collection: Country Fair / Circa 1859

Country Fair / Circa 1859
A superb picture depicting stalls, sideshows and entertainers at a country fair. In the foreground a dancing bear entertains two sailors, children and a monkey

Background imageDepicting Collection: Le Furet Corsets Poster

Le Furet Corsets Poster
Art deco style poster advertising Le Furet corsets, depicting a slim and glamorous woman wearing the said item

Background imageDepicting Collection: The Gleaners, Blockley, Gloucestershire

The Gleaners, Blockley, Gloucestershire
A family group collecting left over corn at Blockley. The title might be a reflection of the painting by Jean-Francois Millet noted for depicting peasant workers in a sympathetic way Date: 1905

Background imageDepicting Collection: Lively cockerel

Lively cockerel
The Passing Show. A humorous scene depicting a lively cockerel chasing a hen. Artist: William Henry Ellam Date: 1914

Background imageDepicting Collection: Epps Chocolate

Epps Chocolate
Advertisement postcard depicting an elderly gentleman and a young girl outside a sweet shop. Date: circa 1904

Background imageDepicting Collection: Steamer Bonnie Princess

Steamer Bonnie Princess
Colour lantern slide depicting steamer Bonnie Princess leaving quayside. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDepicting Collection: Wartime coupons

Wartime coupons
Don t you worry, no coupons to spare Depicting girl with patched frock on the arm of a military man. Date: 1943

Background imageDepicting Collection: Pack clouds away

Pack clouds away
Decorative Art Nouveau style illustration depicting two happy young girls in bright costumes dancing. Unpublished illustration. Date: circa 1910

Background imageDepicting Collection: Battle of Jutland

Battle of Jutland
A scene depicting an action during the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916. William Lionel Wyllie, Ra Ri Re, (1851-1931)

Background imageDepicting Collection: The Sketch Front Cover, November 1955

The Sketch Front Cover, November 1955
A colour illustration for the front cover of The Sketch, depicting a shy lading hiding from a gentleman who wants to dance with her

Background imageDepicting Collection: The universality of car ownership

The universality of car ownership
An illustration depicting the universality of car ownership in 1926, by showing a large and a small car both made by Austin

Background imageDepicting Collection: Paranormal / Magic / Wizards

Paranormal / Magic / Wizards
LE SORCIER DU VILLAGE Popular print depicting a young country couple visiting the local wise man to know what the future holds in store for them

Background imageDepicting Collection: George Stephensons Centenary napkin

George Stephensons Centenary napkin. Presented to IMechE members by Andrew Reid to commerorate George Stephensons Centenary on 9 Jun 1881

Background imageDepicting Collection: Girl & boy blowing bubbles

Girl & boy blowing bubbles - Silhouette depicting girl & boy blowing bubbles. From The Book of Games published by Ward Lock. Date: 1920

Background imageDepicting Collection: Islington in 1780

Islington in 1780
Engaving depicting rural Islington in 1780. Date: 1780

Background imageDepicting Collection: St Bartholomew-the-Great

St Bartholomew-the-Great
Engaving depicting St Bartholomew-the-Great in 1737. The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, is a medieval church in Smithfield within the City of London

Background imageDepicting Collection: Spa Fields Chapel

Spa Fields Chapel
Engaving depicting Spa Fields Chapel in 1781. Spa Fields Chapel, erected in 1777, was one of many founded by Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon

Background imageDepicting Collection: Old Queens Head Tavern Islington

Old Queens Head Tavern Islington
Engaving depicting the old Queens Head Tavern, Islington. It was situated at the corner of Queens Head Lane, but was demolished in 1829

Background imageDepicting Collection: Ethel Parkinson

Ethel Parkinson
Christmas postcard advertisement for Four Castles Tea depicting happy children bearing sheaves of holly and mistletoe. Artist: Ethel Parkinson. Date: 1904

Background imageDepicting Collection: Cow Goddess Hathor nursing Pharaoh Horemheb

Cow Goddess Hathor nursing Pharaoh Horemheb
Fragment of a granite statue depicting cow goddess Hathor nursing Pharaoh Horemheb. Reign of Horemheb. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1319-1292 BC. Date: 13th century BC

Background imageDepicting Collection: Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford
Front cover of McCalls, March 1923 depicting Mary Pickford illustrated by Neysa McMein. Date: 1923

Background imageDepicting Collection: Christmastime

Christmastime
Off to the Party'. Watercolour illustration depicting children in warm clothing out walking through the snow. Date: 1915

Background imageDepicting Collection: Busy Restaurant

Busy Restaurant - Image depicting a crowded restaurant. Artist: Anon. Date: 1928

Background imageDepicting Collection: Sick Visiting

Sick Visiting - Illustration of a scene depicting a lady at the bedside of a sick elderly woman, with the nurse in attendance. Artist: Anon. Date: 1924

Background imageDepicting Collection: Western Scene, Useless To resist

Western Scene, Useless To resist
A wartime illustration depicting a western scene in which a cowboy is held up gunpoint upon his horse. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageDepicting Collection: WW2 - Minesweeper Apparatus

WW2 - Minesweeper Apparatus
A photograph depicting some British WW2 merchant seamen lowering some sweeping apparatus from the deck of a minesweeper to sea, by crane. Date: circa 1942

Background imageDepicting Collection: WW2 - Silver For A Wedding

WW2 - Silver For A Wedding
A WW2 children's short story illustration depicting a scene in which Penelope Rivers admires her reflection, as she tries on her wedding dress. Date: circa 1940s



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