Earned Collection

Mrs Sullivan of Covent Garden Market
Mrs Sullivan, or Auntie of the Garden, a famous character in Covent Garden Market who earned her living from looking after the carters whips

Culloden Battlefield
After the battle : Royal soldiers mop up the remnants of the Pretenders forces on Drummossie Moor : the savage reprisals earned Cumberland the sobriquet of Butcher

Kentish Cider Drinkers
After a hard morning ploughing, two Kentish farm workers take a well earned break and pour themselves a mug of cider from a pottery flask

Glamourous Aviatrix
A glamourous blond Aviatrix, sporting red goggles and a cream flying helmet and jumpsuit enjoys a well earned smoke in between flights

Hereford: Automobile Club Small Car Trials 1904
In 1904 The Automobile Club organised a trial of light cars from August 29 to September 3, on routes radiating daily from Hereford for six days

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Something Accomplished
The Caption says Something accomplished, something done, has earned a nights repose! The card was posted on the third anniversary of the start of WW2. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1942

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned. Artists interpretation of a traditional proverb. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916

GREYHOUND ECCLEFECHAN
Ecclefechan is described as the celebrated greyhound and must have earned the right to have his portrait done by displays of speed. Date: 1866

GLAMOROUS AVIATRIX
A glamorous blond Aviatrix, sporting red goggles and a cream flying helmet and jumpsuit enjoys a well earned smoke in between flights Date: 1933

Fanny and Dora Watson, Kent / 178
Fanny (right) and Dora (left) Watson. Taken at the Houghton photographic studio. The Watson Fanny Watson is wearing three War Service Bar stripes on her left arm

Hans Daniel Hassenpflug
HANS DANIEL HASSENPFLUG German statesman of Hesse, whose reactionary anti- constitutional policies earned him the nickname Hessenfluch - the curse of Hesse

St Elzear De Sabran
SAINT ELZEAR DE SABRAN - French landowner whose good life earned him sainthood : left he receives stigmata, right his marriage to the blessed Delphine is blest. Date: 1285? - 1323

Edinburgh Miners Gala
The Annual Miners Gala in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland. At the beginning of May each year, 100, 000 coal miners take a well-earned holiday

Thomas Sutton
THOMAS SUTTON - statesman and merchant venturer, which earned him enough to found the Charterhouse, at first a Carthusian monastery but later a school - with his autograph

The Stripes / Chevrons of Glory - earned by a French Soldier
WW1 - The Stripes / Chevrons of Glory - earned by a French Soldier Date: 1917

Louis Fauche-Borel
LOUIS FAUCHE-BOREL Swiss political agent in the Prussian service, whose activities on behalf of the French royals earned him 33 months in a Paris prison. Date: 1762 - 1829

Claudian, Latin Poet
CLAUDIUS CLAUDIANUS Boot-licking Latin poet, born in Alexandria, went to Italy where panegyrics honouring royals and propaganda verses earned their due rewards. Date: ? - CIRCA 370

Joseph William Chitty -1
Sir JOSEPH WILLIAM CHITTY Judge, whose fondness for discussing points with barristers earned him the nickname Mr Justice Chatty. Date: 1828 - 1899

Saint Romula
SAINT ROMULA was a hermit in Palestine. She was paralysed and bedridden, but bore her infirmities with such patience that she earned the admiration of St Gregory the great. Date: 6th century

ALVERSTONE
Richard Everard Webster, viscount ALVERSTONE Lawyer : it is unlikely that in 32 years at the bar any man had more work to do, or earned more money Date: 1842 - 1915

Bombario the Hunchback, was used as a writing-desk by brokers and is reputed to have earned 6, 000 pounds in a few days Date: circa 18th century

A penny saved is a penny earned
Popular proverb. A penny saved is a penny earned. Image first published by Tower Tea, Nottingham. Artist: Eugenie Richards Date: 1904

Ploughmans Lunch
A ploughman takes a well- earned lunch break during the autumn ploughing season on a farm in Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Adolf Lorenz, Surgeon
ADOLF LORENZ Viennese surgeon whose revolutionary innovations earned him the nickname the bloodless surgeon : photo during his visit to America. Date: 1854 - 1946

Jacob Kleinjogg - 2
KACOB KLEINJOGG Swiss peasant farmer whose shrewd methods earned him the title of The Rustic Socrates and the praise of many, including Benjamin Franklin. Date: EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Jacob Kleinjogg - 1
KACOB KLEINJOGG Swiss peasant farmer whose shrewd methods earned him the title of The Rustic Socrates and the praise of many, including Benjamin Franklin. Date: EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Pierre Joigneaux
PIERRE JOIGNEAUX A striking portrait of this French statesman, whose ardent republican values earned him imprisonment and exile. with his autograph Date: 1815 - 1892

Boy with pet dog
Boy with Dog. Ceruti, Giacomo 1698-1767. Born in Milan, Ceruti trained there and absorbed the north Italian interest in still-life painting associated with the work of Caravaggio

Three of the four Arnold children. The oldest boy earned the money to buy his bicycle. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general Caption number 36. Date 1939 Aug

Soubirous Photo
BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS, French peasant girl of Lourdes, whose claim to have encountered Jesuss mother Mary earned her sainthood but also a lot of unwelcome attention : in 1864. Date: 1844 - 1879

Outback Camping Snooze
Bushwalkers sleeping off an 18 mile walk in the cool of the evening. Soon camp fires will be lighted and these hungry walkers will have a well- earned meal! Date: 1940s

Metropolitan Police hero and his six medals
A Metropolitan Police hero and his six medals, earned during both the First and Second World Wars

Santa Smokes Player s
Santa takes a well earned moment to himself to enjoy a Players cigarette

Jean Francois De Lacroix
JEAN FRANCOIS DE LA CROIX French revolutionary statesman whose views earned him a rendezvous with Madame Guillotine

A Devonshire lace-maker
Lace-making was a typical cottage industry and could be carried out independently by women in their homes

Servants Chatting
A kitchen maid and a scullery maid share a well-earned rest and chat at the window of the basement kitchen in an Edwardian country house

Alverstone (In Wig)
Richard Everard Webster, viscount ALVERSTONE Lawyer : it is unlikely that in 32 years at the bar any man had more work to do, or earned more money

Factory Tea Break
Three factory workers wearing overalls take a well-earned break and pour themselves a cup of tea from a very large pot

Pope Formosus
FORMOSUS pope who earned bizarre posthumous fame by being exhumed and his corpse put on trial by his successor, Stephanus VI

The Supine Damned
Virgil advises Dante not to feel too sorry for the damned in Hell - they earned their place there

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