Down Collection (page 8)

Booths bone china flared beaker. Hand-enamelled transfer. Portrait of Britannia entitled The Flag which never comes down. Royal Coat of Arms on reverse. Commemorative Ware

Reclining baby by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Belgian Air Force 2
Willy Coppens de Houthuist (born 1892) fights in World War One, specialising in shooting down German observation balloons, of which he destroys 35 ! Date: 1916+

Down the Severn in a Sheep Trough. A boy paddles a raft he has built from a sheep trough and two barrels

Boating on the River Thames, 1879
Illustration showing two scenes of boating on the River Thames, during the Summer of 1879. At top left, a young girl in her canoe encounters a family of swans

Buttermarket, Thame
Street scene at Buttermarket in Thame, Oxon. A couple with a bicycle walk down the street past a shoe shop and pub

AVRO TUTOR
The 621 biplane is the standard training aircraft of the pre- WW2 RAF, a user- friendly and versatile biplane well known for its ability to fly upside-down on request

WATER LANE
This is Water Lane in the village of Ospringe, Kent, where a stream flows down the centre of the road, usually about 30cm deep but varying with weather conditions

Castle Warders, Hillsborough Castle - a view of three warders outside, beside a gate. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Hillsborough). Date: circa early 1900s

Belfast Castle, Seat of the Earl of Shaftesbury - a view looking close in and down on the Castle. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Donaghmore Cross, Newry, E. Face - a view of an inscribed standing cross. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Newry). Date: circa early 1900s

Silent Valley, Co. Down - a view of the Valley as it exists today, as a water reservoir. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mournes). Date: circa early 1900s

The Strand, Groomsport - a view along rocks and sand. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Groomsport). Date: circa early 1900s

Scrabo Tower from Comber - a distant view of the tower across the Lough. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Comber). Date: circa early 1900s

Browns Bay, Larne - an elevated view looking down on the bay and buildings, some thatched. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Islandmagee). Date: circa early 1900s

A Mountain Farm in the Mournes - a view of a thatched cottage in the Mournes. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mournes). Date: circa early 1900s

Bryansford Gate, Tullymore Park, Co. Down - with woman behind gate. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Bryansford). Date: circa early 1900s

Clifden and the Long Hole, Bangor - a view of the boats in the Long Hole with the houses of seacliff road in the background. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Bangor). Date: circa early 1900s

The Harbour, Kircubbin - a view over the Harbour with two sailing ships and smaller boat, to the cottages beyond. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Kircubbin). Date: circa early 1900s

Standing Stone, Castle Espie, Co Down - with lady to the left in fur coat for scale. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down). Date: circa early 1900s

Storm of The Battle of Tinderley Down by C K Monro
Promotional postcard for Storm or The Battle of Tinderley Down by C. K. Monro. First produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, 13th August 1924. The title refers to the expression storm in a tea-cup

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Fennec Foxes (New Guinea). Date: 1933

Blenheims and Messerschmitts by G. H. Davis
The fight between Bristol Blenheims and Messerschmitt 110 destroyer planes over the North Sea during the Second World War

South Africa - a toddler looks down guiltily at broken eggs
South Africa - a toddler looks down guiltily at some broken eggs, spilled out from their laden basket. Date: circa 1930s

DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, author of the theory of evolution by natural selection. Litography. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. Down. Down House

Bound down the River. Date 1870

Woodside, Rostrevor. County Down, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

View of Philadelphia looking down the Skuylkill Riv from Fai

End of the Titanic
Artists impression of the final moment of the ill-fated White Star Line passenger liner, RMS Titanic, turning onto her end before plunging forward into the water

Musical Terms Up To Date - Running Down the Scales An altercation between a market barrow boy and a irate smart lady shopper regarding the setting (and accuracy)

Bonehill Down
A fine view of Bonehill Down, Dartmoor, Devon, England, viewed from near Widecombe-in- the-Moor. Date: 1950s

Tollymore Entrance Gate
The Main Entrance Gates to Tollymore Forest Park, near Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was built for Lord James Limerick. Date: 1780s

Beating the Bounds Boats
ENGLAND - BEATING THE BOUNDS Choirboys and dignitaries sailing down the Thames in rowing boats, en route to St. Clement Danes for the beating the parish boundaries ceremony Date: early 1930s

Taking a tumble has its compensations
" The New Compensation Act" - " Hooray! I believe I ve broken my arm!" - a hotel chambermaid is not unduly concerned at her fall

Attack on Dacian Village
Roman troops attack a Dacian village, carrying a tree-trunk to batter down its gates (modern Romania) - they were finally defeated by Trajan in 106 Date: 101 - 106

Christmas in Australia, Huntley and Palmers biscuits
Christmas Dinner in Centennial Park, Sydney, Australia given a quintessential British twist with the addition of Huntley and Palmers biscuits. Not sure how well they go with the turkey though

Turkish Troops - Gallipoli
Turkish troops - Gallipoli - firing down on allied positions from high in the mountains

Boswell and Johnson walking down Fleet Street, London
Engraving showing Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell walking, arm in arm, along Fleet Street in London

Flight Lieut. Nicholson winning the Victoria Cross; Second W
Illustration showing Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicholson shooting down a Messerschmitt 110 fighter-bomber over Southampton on 16th August 1940

Greece Styx
The river Styx was believed to flow down to Hades, hence the adjective Stygian, beloved of poets, for hellish darkness

Royal Exchange, London
A policeman directs traffic outside the Royal Exchange, which was opened by Queen Victoria in 1844; this is the third built on the site: the first burnt down in 1666

Trapeze / Upside Down
From the trapeze; how the acrobat sees his audience - upside down!

Airborne Musicians
This band has taken to the skies in their airship - folk down below may take their efforts for the music of the spheres

Farming in Argentina
A cowboy farmer in Argentina, South America. The cattle are driven from the ranch down to the beach over rolling green pastures

Queen Mary / Col Lith Down
QUEEN MARY Wife of George V in 1911

Zeppelin down Off Kent
Zeppelin L15 floats in the sea off the Kent coast

Smithfield Street C1935
A man leans against a postbox while two others sit down and watch the world go by in a Smithfield street

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