An Ideal Home No. III. Space Economy At A Wedding ReceptionThe third of the Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson. The illustrations from The Sketch depict ingenious space creating ideas for the spatially challenged home
The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885, by Peder SeverinPeder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909). Danish painter. The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark
French poster, The Future Lies in SocialismA French poster which declares that The Future Lies in Socialism, showing men who have fought in the First World War facing up to the octopus monster of commercialism, foreign gold
Arabian-Byzantine coin. Coin. FRANCE. Paris. National Library
Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks posterWorld War II poster encouraging civilians on the home front to donate more scrap metal which can be turned into tanks to help the war effort
Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867)Karl Marx (1818-1883). German philosopher, political theorist, and socialist revolutionary. Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867). A Critique of Political Economy (1867)
Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). The Gleaners (1856). OrsayJean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). French painter, one of the founders of the Barbizon School. The Gleaners (1856). Orsay Museum. Paris. France
Market in the Gate of Ravenna in Bologna. Street traders. MiMarket in the Gate of Ravenna in Bologna. Street traders. Frontispiece of codex Marticola dei Mercanti, 1470. Museo Civico. Bologna. Italy
John Law (1671 1729). Scottish economist. Dutch satiricalJohn Law (16711729). Scottish economist. He was appointed Controller General of Finances of France under King Louis XV. In 1716 Law established the Banque Ge?ne?rale in France, a private bank
The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in PhiladelpUnited States. The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. Horticultural Hall. The Spanish and American Illustration (1876)
Workshop handmade candles. 18th century. Engraving in Encyclopedie by Diderot et d Alembert. Engraving
Industrial Revolution. England. Mining. Nineteenth-century engraving
100 and 50 drachmas bills, Greece. Coin
Patriotic poster, Buy British - Britain Always FirstBritain Always First - poster celebrating Britihs achievements in breaking speed records on land, water, air and rail. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis
Patriotic poster, Buy British, keep the home fires burningPatriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Buy British and keep the home fires burning. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis
Poster advertising National Savings (the best British recipe for prosperity), with six recipes from one of the first television chefs, Philip Harben (1906-1970). circa 1940s
Louis XVI does his BestAllegorical depiction of Louis XVI doing his best for his country, conferring with Justice, Economy, Truth and Religion : alas, they cannot save him from the guillotine. Date: 4 May 1789
This is Inflation, WW2 American War Bonds postal coverThis is Inflation, Take a Good Look, WW2 American Buy War Bonds postal cover envelope Date: 1944
The Shop of Geniani, 1772, by Luis Paret y AlcazarLuis Paret y Alcazar (1746-1799). Spanish painter. The Shop of Geniani, 1772. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain
Advert, Palmer Flexicord Tyres Date: 20th century
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Harvesting - Encouraging the people to keep the agricultural economy moving forward, to feed the people and the army. Date: 2nd half of 20th century
Group of indigenous Cabindas and LoangosHistory of Africa. 19th century. Group of indigenous Cabindas and Loangos, workers of the French factory of Landana. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
History of Africa. The Congo. Leopoldville stationHistory of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Leopoldville station. Panoramic view of the trading post and port from Ngaliema Bay in 1884. It was the first main Colonial Post near Stanley Pool
The Congo, Leopoldville. Indigenous women in the city marketHistory of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Leopoldville. Indigenous women in the city market. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Sao TomeHistory of Africa. 19th century. Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Saint Thome. Alvaro Caminha founded the colony of Sao Tome in 1493. Engraving
Africa. Loanda. St. Paul of Loanda. Market SquareHistory of Africa. 19th century. Loanda. Saint Paul of Loanda. View of the Market Square. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Africa. Congo. Courtyard of a factory in BananaHistory of Africa. 19th century. Courtyard of a factory in Banana. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Africa, Congo. Interior of the Vivi StationHistory of Africa. 19th century. Interior of the Vivi Station. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Africa. Congo River and the English factory of BomaHistory of Africa. 19th century. View of the Congo River and the English factory of Boma. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Africa. Floating factory on the shrimp riverHistory of Africa. 19th century. Floating factory on the shrimp river. The lack of security meant that in some areas of the Congo
Africa. The perfect Banana (Musa paradisiaca)History of Africa. 19th century. The perfect Banana (Musa paradisiaca). Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Turkey. Constantinople. The Sehzade MosqueOttoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Exterior view of the Sehzade Mosque, 16th century. Ottoman era mosque located in the Fatih district
Ottoman Empire era. Caravanserai in BurgasOttoman Empire period. Caravanserai in Burgas (today territory of Bulgaria). Couryard of the Caravanserai, resting place for travelers. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vormser and Cholet
Ottoman domination. Acre. Bazaar at Saint Jean d'AcreOttoman domination. Acre (today Akko in northern territory of Israel). Bazaar at Saint Jean d'Acre. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vormser and Lepetit
Turkey. Caravanserai of Kuchuk ChemetcheOttoman Empire. Turkey. Caravanserai of Kuchuk Chemetche. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vormser and Lepetit. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840
Turkey. Constantinople. The Sehzade Mosque. EngravingOttoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Exterior view of the Sehzade Mosque, 16th century. Ottoman era mosque located in the Fatih district
Piazza delle Erbe in Verona, ca. 1900, by GierymskiAleksander Gierymski (1850-1901). Polish painter. Piazza delle Erbe in Verona, ca.1900. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018
Cartoon advertisements for Bovril, captioned, Studies in Economy'. Showing man and woman looking first at fur coat, then new pullover, with man wearing billboard advertising
Wall Street Given Advice from Bishop Ingram 1907Bishop Ingram of London preaching to Wall Street business men, before panic in New York came. Date: October 1907
Gravestone of Sosas and Nostimos. GreeceGravestone of the farmers Sosas and Nostimos the Miletian. 2nd century AD. Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Greece
Panic Scene in New York 1907Crowds in Wall Street, New York, during the recent run on the banks. Over a three-week period starting in mid-October, when the New York Stock Exchange fell almost 50% from its peak the previous
Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 50 cents note issued by the towns of Albaida and Pau de Sert (Santa Pau). Coin
Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 500 pesetas bill of legal currency at the beginnig of the war on 18th July 1936. Coin
Second Spanish Republic. Reverse of a 50 cents banknote (1937). Coin
Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 5 cents note issued by the Union de Cooperadores of Barcelona (September 1936), of interior currency. Coin. SPAIN. Madrid. National Mint Museum
5 pesetas bill issued by the Generalitat of Catalunya (Barcelona, 1936). Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia
Spain. Civil War (1937). 100 pesetas bill issued by the Bank of Spain in Bilbao. Coin
Spain. Republican coin of the Civil War (1936-39). Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia
