Down Collection (page 19)

Sketch by Fish of the two Houston sisters - Billy
Sketch by Fish of the two Houston sisters (Billy and Renee) singing When its June Down There at the Alhambra Theatre, London, 1926 Date: 1926

World War II - gas being laid down, attack on the Somme
World War II vintage photograph - gas being laid down before an attack on the Somme

Venice Italy, the Rio Palazzo, towards Bridge of Sighs
Venice Italy, view down a canal, the Rio Palazzo, towards the Bridge of Sighs. Vintage 19th century photograph

A person sitting in a back yard dressed up as Charlie Chaplin. Date: c. 1918
A person sitting in a back yard dressed up as Charlie Chaplin. Date: c.1918

Ruins of tower of St. Issey Church, Cornwall
Ruins of the tower of St. Issey Church, near Padstow in Cornwall

Cocktails and Crinolines, 1929 Cocktails and Crinolines: That Victorian Revival. 1
Cocktails and Crinolines: That Victorian Revival. 1. We are told that womens costumes tend to become more and more Victorian. 2

Caricature by Macmichael of Noel Coward, at that time causing a sensation with his play, The Vortex. The cartoon suggests Coward is so busy he has no time for any leisure

Old Clapham church
The surviving south aisle of the old parish church of Clapham. The church was in the centre of the mediaeval village of Clapham

Cromwells House
Built in 1637-38 for a London merchant, Richard Sprignell. Oliver Cromwell had no connection with the house. At that time it had over 19 acres of grounds

Earls Court House
The eminent surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793) bought this house in Earls Court in London in 1765. It had large grounds which he used to house a collection of animals including zebra

Trades in Regency England. Hop picking, South Down sheep and effects of gunpowder. Man cutting hops, women and children picking off the hops in Farnham 19

Man sitting down on a startled cat in his chair and being scolded by an old woman. Miseries Domestic. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Man chasing his hat down a muddy street in a high wind. Woman with her bonnet flying, maids stealing food off a platter on a mans head, roadsweepers, etc

Regency gentleman riding a horse down hill, while a couple fall off a horse in the background. How to Ride Genteel and Agreable Down Hill

Regency gentlemen riding horses using whips
Regency gentlemen riding horsesat a gallop using whips. How to Ride up Hyde Park. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration by Henry Bunbury from Geoffrey Gambados

Regency designs for wooden chin pieces for falling animals
Regency designs for wooden chin pieces to protect animals when they fall, and to keep away boring Christians. The Puzzle for the Dog, The Puzzle for the Horse, The Puzzle for Turk, Frenchman, or

Regency man riding a horse sliding down a hill on its hind legs, its forelegs straight. A man with a peg leg and eyepatch tumbles behind. How to Travel Upon Two Legs in a Frost

English huntsman in hunting pinks sitting on a horse with a pack of fox hounds, 19th century. Simon Heavy-side and his hounds

Upside-down jellyfish and polyps
Upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea frondosa 1, Melicertum species 2 and obelia polyp 3. Cassiopea frondescente, Melicerta perla, Obelia sferulina

Cotton-spinner or tubular sea cucumber, Holothuria tubulosa. Oloturia tubulosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

German costumes of the late 15th century. Woman in dress with long hanging sleeves holding a bird, and man in doublet with jagged sleeves and skirts, red hose, feathered hat

Woman in velvet cape, damask dress and pink slippers
Woman in white velvet cape embroidered with pearls, white damask dress and pink slippers in front of Chinese lacquer screen

Memorial to Sgt Charles Ranginawawahia Sciasia
New Zealander Sciasia, born of an Italian father and a Maori mother, played, with his brother John, for the Maori All Blacks in 1913

Memorial to Belgian pilot Willy Coppens, Klerken, Belgium
The small memorial to Heldhaftig Piloot Willy Coppens is in the Willy Coppens Plein in Klerken. He was Belgians leading fighter ace and, like American Frank Luke

Woodcutters
Two woodcutters in a country scene take a luch break after cutting down a large tree. Date: circa 1905

Lifebuoy
Come down and have the time of your life, boy! Young lady in her eye-catching bathing outfit pokes her head through a lifebuoy. Artist: W Stocker-Shaw. Date: circa 1910

Road leading down to the beach at Beer, East Devon, with fishing boats and equipment. Date: circa 1960s

Cartoon, The Liliput Levy on John Bull Gulliver -- a satirical comment on taxation putting the strain on John Bull (representing the middle-class British man)

HMS Pinafore, Ralph Rackstraw and Josephine Corcoran
HMS Pinafore. Josephine Corcoran walks away from Ralph Rackstraw. So saying, with tell-tale tears streaming down her face, she strode magnificently to her cabin. Date: 1908

Looking down on Castle Square from Caernarvon Castle Tower
A view looking down on Castle Square from Caernarvon Castle Tower, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, North Wales. Date: 1953

Studio portrait, woman wearing the latest fashion
Woman wearing the latest fashion in a studio portrait with a painted backdrop. late 1870s

The RAF Crew Memorial, Hartenstein Museum Grounds
This was the brainchild of Alan Hartley (standing beside the Memorial), the founder of the RAF Down Ampney Association, which remembered all the crews that flew the re-supply aircraft during

Headstone of Flight-Lieutenant David Lord, VC
David Lord is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Oosterbeek. He had spent five years, mostly in India with 31 Squadron

Memorial to C-47 Dakota 43-15180, Ochten, Holland
This Dakota, carrying men of 156th Parachute Battalion Machine Gun Platoon, was shot down by German ack ack on 18 September 1944, the second day of Operation Market Garden

51st Highland Division Memorial, Schijndel, Holland
To British eyes this is probably the most beautiful traditional war memorial in Holland. It is a statue of a kilted Highlander looking down on a delightful young Dutch girl

Cartoon, A Suggestion, London Underground escalator
Cartoon, A Suggestion, a comment on the escalator (moving staircase) at Earls Court Station on the London Underground. Showing people sliding down the parcel chute in the middle

Mullers Orphan Houses - Swimming Bath
Interior of the swimming bath opened in 1910 at Mullers New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol. Date: circa 1910

Mullers Orphan Houses - Dormitory
Infant girls dormitory at Mullers New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol. Date: Date unknown

Warwick, Southeast Queensland, Australia view from Town Hall
Warwick, Southeast Queensland, Australia - the view from the Town Hall. Date: circa early 1940s

Chap delighted with his parcel (Peak Freans Biscuit Box!)
A Young chap delighted to discover a parcel has arrived for him, containing a Peak Freans Biscuit Box! (or so says the hand-written message!!) Date: circa 1900s

Wych Street and Holywell Street, London, destined to be demolished for the Holborn-Strand improvement scheme which was finally completed after the First World War

Families on Inkpen Beacon overlooking the Kennet Valley, Berkshire, England. Date: 1980s

Birthday Card, Puppy and Saucepan - It All Boils Down - (front cover, 1 of 2) 20th century

Altar of Uhuhukwe, Eagle Down Fraternity, Zuni nation. The altar is decorated with figures of cougar, bear, bison, badger and white wolf, medicine stone, and bears feet

Chinese man bowing cotton, Qing Dynasty
Chinese man bowing cotton to remove husks, Qing Dynasty. He uses a bamboo frame to bow the cotton to remove dirt from the cotton down

People at a funfair, sliding down a chute

Woman sunbathing underneath a parasol on the beach
A woman sunbathing on an unidentified beach, with a parasol offering some protection. Date: 1920s

First white line painted on a London road
The first white line painted on a road in London, in an attempt to solve traffic congestion. 1924

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