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HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, 1845Engraving showing HMS Erebus (left) and HMS Terror, pictured on the River Thames, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror
Edmund Hillary & TensingSir Edmund Hillary with Tenzing Norgay after their successful attempt to scale Mount Everest in Nepal on 29th May 1953. The legendary mountaineer died in January 2008
Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror, 1845Engraving of Captain Francis Crozier (1796-1848) of HMS Terror, pictured shortly before departing on the ill-fated Franklin Arctic expedition of 1845
Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, VCCaptain Noel G. Chavasse was Medical Officer to the 1/ 10th Battalion of the Kings Liverpool Regiment during the First World War
Everest 1924 Group1924 EVEREST EXPEDITION Colonel Norton, the leader (3rd from left) between Irving (L) and Mallory (R) the two climbers who died near the summit
Saartje Baartman, also known as The Hottentot VenusSaartje ( Sarah ) Baartman (1789-1815), also known as The Hottentot Venus - an African servant girl from South Africas Eastern Cape of the Khoisan tribe brought to London in 1810 & exhibited at freak
Gravestone in the Graveyard of Winchester CathedralGravestone of Thomas Thetcher, a Grenadier in the North Regiment of the Hampshire Militia who died of a violent fever contracted by drinking Small Beer when hot on 12th May 1764
Captain Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)Engraving of Captain Sir John Franklin in his Royal Navy uniform, pictured shortly before departing on his ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845
Pheidippides RunsBATTLE OF MARATHON Athenian courier Pheidippides sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon in 490 BC, died after completing his run
EMILY DAVISON Died after throwing herself in front of the King's horse at the Derby in June 1913, She is wearing a prisoner's brooch & another medal. 1872 - 1913
Bernat Martorell (died 1452). Manuscript. Book of hours, 144Bernat Martorell (died 1452). Catalan painter. International Gothic style. Manuscript. Book of hours, 1444. Folio I. Historical Archive. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain
Mary Jane Clarke W. S. P. UMary Jane Clarke W.S.P.U. Mary Jane Clarke, (1863-1910) Younger sister of Emmeline Pankhurst. In 1909, she was organiser for the W.S.P.U, living in Brighton, a year later
James Doughty, oldest clown in EnglandJames Doughty of Brighton, at the time of this photograph the oldest clown in England, about to celebrate his 94th birthday. Seen here in costume with two of his performing dogs
Possession is nine points of the law by Louis WainIllustration by Louis Wain showing a cat occupying a cast-off saucepan or cooking pot during snowy weather. A selection of birds, including a magpie and a blue tit bemusedly face the cat
LCC-LFB fatal warehouse fire, Langley Street WC2Three firemen died fighting this blaze in a Covent Garden warehouse in Langley Street. The first crews to arrive, from Clerkenwell fire station, found the warehouse well alight
Postcard from Tom Mudd, RMS TitanicA handwritten postcard from Tom (Thomas Charles) Mudd to his mother in Halesworth, Suffolk, to let her know that he has arrived safely at Southampton for the departure of the Titanic on her maiden
Tsar Alexander III and familyTsar Alexander III (1845-1894) at the Livadia Palace, Yalta with his family. From left; the Tsarevich Nicholas (later Tsar Nicholas II), Grand Prince Georgi Alexandrovich, Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna
The Death of Ellen Bright at Wombwells Menagerie, 1850Engraving showing Ellen Bright (1832-1850), a Lion Queen animal trainer, being attacked by a tiger during the course of a performance at Wombwells Menagerie, Chatham, January 1850
The Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by ice, BarroEngraving showing the Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by pack ice in Barrows Straits, September 1849. These two ships were used by Sir James Clark Rosss Expedition of 1848-1849 to search
The End of Sir John Franklins Arctic Expedition, 1845Engraving showing the end of Sir John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845, entitled They Forged the last link with their lives. This engraving was taken from a painting by W
Yakov SverdlovYAKOV SVERDLOV Russian revolutionary, virtual creator of the new Soviet state : very active 1917-1919, but died of illness, cutting short an eminent career
Jane Seymour / HolbeinJANE SEYMOUR 3rd wife of Henry VIII; died in childbirth; mother of Edward VI
Coastguards and civilians of Leysdown, Isle of SheppeyCommemorative postcard, Heroes All! Five brave coastguards and two civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, who rescued 20 members of the 2nd Walworth Boy Scouts Troop who got into difficulties
The Right Hon. Cecil J. RhodesRhodes was a diamond and gold mining entrepreneur and worked for the De Beers Mining Company. He was born on the 5th July 1853 and died March 26th 1902
Virginia PoeVIRGINIA POE wife of Edgar Allan Poe, died of tuberculosis at age 23, thus hastening her husbands insanity
Simon De Montfort(Elder)SIMON DE MONTFORT 5th Earl of Leicester French nobleman, took part in 4th Crusade, prominent leader of Albigensian Crusade, died at siege of Toulouse in 1218
Gads Hill HouseThe fine red brick house at Gads Hill, near Rochester, Kent. It was here that Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, while writing his novel " Edwin Drood"
Athenodorus and GhostThe Greek Stoic philosopher Athenodorus (died 7 AD) rents a haunted house, whose ghost leads him to its improperly buried bones : regarded as the first investigated ghost story
PRINCE JOHN / 1914-19 / ILNPRINCE JOHN Youngest son of George V. Died aged thirteen, having suffered severe epileptic fits from infancy onwards
St Vincent Died 304SAINT VINCENT Martyr and Deacon to Bishop Valerius of Saragossa (put to death by Diocletian in Valencia)
Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864 - 1892) - elder son of Edward VII, died of pneumonia aged 28. Date: circa 1890
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale - British Royalty, elder son of Edward VII (1864-1892), died of pneumonia aged 28. Part of Box 63 Boswell collection. Celebrities of the day
Gaby Deslys dancer, singer and actress 1881-1920Gaby Deslys (Marie-Elise Gabrielle Claire) French dancer, singer and actress. Died young of a throat infection caused by Spanish influenza
Llest Colliery explosion, Glamorgan, South WalesA group of men and boys waiting for news of miners trapped underground following an explosion at Llest (Lluest) Colliery, Pontyrhyl, near Bridgend, Glamorgan, South Wales
Princess Helena with Prince Christian VictorPrincess Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1846-1923) with her eldest child, Prince Christian Victor, born at Windsor on 14 April 1867
Prince Rupert of TeckPhotograph of Prince Rupert of Teck, son of Princess Alice of Albany and Prince Alexander of Teck. Ruperts grandfather was Prince Leopold, Queen Victorias youngest son
Ingeborg KoberNorwegian medium Ingenborg Kober, whose father Judge Dahl died in mysterious circumstances, which were finally judged to be accidental
ALARIC I KING OF THE GOTHS Elected king of the Visigoths 395AD. Invaded and ravaged Italy in 401AD. Died in battle withdrawing in 410AD
Lorenzo RicciLORENZO RICCI - Italian general of the Jesuits when it was being widely attacked, despite his personal qualities imprisoned by the Pope in the Castels Angelo where he died. Date: 1703 - 1775
Martha of NorwayMARTHA, CROWN PRINCESS OF NORWAY Daughter of Princess Charles of Sweden, she married Crown Prince Olav of Norway in 1929. She died 3 years before Olav became King of Norway in 1957. Date: 1901 - 1954
Lancelot Mourns LegendLancelot mourns for Elaine, the lily-maid of Astolat, otherwise known as The Lady of Shalott, who has died of love for him
King Duncan I of Scotland (reigned 1034-1040). He is thought to have died in battle, though in Shakespeares play he is murdered in his sleep by Macbeth
Taylorcraft DC-65 XK-ATY (msn 0-4247. built as an L-2A ), at Mangere, NZ. (The aircraft and pilot Alexander N. Clark went missing on 23 November 1956, and were found in the bush 30 months later)
Embossed Victorian mourning card, Ann FerrierEmbossed Victorian mourning card with two angels and a broken column. Sacred to the Memory of Ann Ferrier, who died on the 6th of March, 1875, aged 58 years. Date: 1875
Stretcher party crossing the Menin road. Gunner F.J. Mears, B.E.F. Royal Garrison Artillery, Died 1929
Some Titanic officers lost in disasterPhotograph by AJF Bond of Bodmin of six officers of RMS Olympic taken on the bridge of the ship on the ships maiden voyage
Princess Alice with her childrenPrincess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878) with her children in 1877: (l to r) Ella, Alix, Victoria, Ernst Ludwig and Irene, with the youngest, May sitting on Alices lap