Queen Victoria C1880QUEEN VICTORIA Circa 1880
Barbary lion in the New York Zoological ParkPostcard showing " Sultan" the barbary lion in the New York Zoological Park. Date: circa 1920
Shotley Bridge General Hospital, County DurhamAerial view of Shotley Bridge Hospital, County Durham. It was originally opened by the Gateshead Union in 1912 as a TB sanatorium (far right of picture)
Friedrich Engels & MarxFRIEDRICH ENGELS German political theorist working on Das Kapital with Marx Date: 1820 - 1895
NADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER, French music teacherNADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER (1887-1979), French music teacher and conductor. Her students included Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Lennox Berkeley, Virgil Thomson and Leonard Bernstein. Date: early 1960s
Rainy Street, ManchesterA typical English street on a rainy shopping day: an elderly couple use the zebra crossing
Simeon in the Temple, c. 1668-1669, by RembrandtRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Simeon in the Temple, c.1668-1669. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden
Queen Victoria and Munshi Abdul Karim, 1900Queen Victoria, Empress of India, listening to a despatch describing the elation of the troops at the services they had rendered to the Queen. Her Indian servant, Munshi Abdul Karim, supports her
Pantomime Characters, Commedia dell Arte - Clown, Harlequin, Columbine and Pantaloon. 19th century
Anthony Trollope / CenturyANTHONY TROLLOPE English novelist
Hewenden Viaduct, YorkshireRetired farmer Tom Ackroyd mends a dry stone wall on his farm in the Hewenden Valley, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. In the distance is the Hewenden Viaduct
Highwood Hospital, Brentwood, EssexAerial view of Highwood (or High Wood) Hospital, Brentwood, Essex, used for the care of children with tuberculosis. The site was originally opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 for
Henstead Union Workhouse, Swainsthorpe, NorfolkThe driveway up to Henstead Union workhouse at Swainsthorpe, Norfolk. The building, erected in 1836, was designed by John Brown
Ladywell Lodge, Lewisham, south east LondonAerial view of Ladywell Lodge, a residential institution for the elderly, near Lewisham, in south east London. The site was formerly St Olaves Union workhouse, designed by Newman & Newman
British Countryside - A 75 year-old Shepherd at Crondall, Hampshire Date: 1938
John Lewis, founder of the department storeJohn Lewis (1836 - 1928), founder of John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London
Blacksmith at work in his forgeAn elderly blacksmith hammering a horseshoe on his anvil. The owner of the horse awaiting a new set of shoes looks in at the window, while the blacksmiths cat scratches an ear on the work bench
Egypt - Old Egyptian men at prayer
Elderly Gypsy WomanAn elderly gypsy woman with long dark hair and wearing a thick cardigan stands in front of the brightly painted family caravan at an encampment in Surrey
Thomas Edison / PhonographTHOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor with his Edison Business Phonograph
Duke Wellington / StereoDUKE OF WELLINGTON British General and statesman, known as the Iron Duke
Tarot Card 9 - L Ermite (The Hermit)
Liberal Election Campaign Card, 1909A Liberal Party campaign card for the 1909 General Election. A grim image of an elderly couple heading for the workhouse is contrasted with the partys vision of sunlit fields of waving corn
Highwood School, Brentwood, EssexThe administration block at Highwood (or High Wood) School, Brentwood, Essex. The school was opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 for the treatment of ophthalmia in children
Darwin / Elliott & FryCHARLES DARWIN Naturalist
Shoemakers, TunisiaTwo shoemakers in their small workshop, Tunisia
A shepherd restingAn elderly shepherd rests on a small hillock with his collie dog as his sheep graze contentedly. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Mrs Sullivan of Covent Garden MarketMrs Sullivan, or Auntie of the Garden, a famous character in Covent Garden Market who earned her living from looking after the carters whips
Homeward at Sunset AldinHomeward : three white horses pull a covered wagon and an elderly man and woman follow on foot as the sun sets over the hills
Ww Gull / Cabinet PortraitCHARLES DARWIN English naturalist
Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelistLeo Tolstoy (Count Lyev Nikolayevich Tolstoy), Russian novelist, essayist, dramatist and educational reformer
Elderly Lope de Vega; Portrait of Lope de Vega. Spanish anonymous portrait. Oil on canvas
Italian dentist - NaplesPostcard entitled Neopolitan Customs ! An elderly lady about to have one of her teeth removed courtesy of the dentist and his rather serious-looking pair of pliers!! Date: circa 1910
Elderly woman making lace in an open doorwayAn elderly woman making lace in the open doorway of her home, with a large number of bobbins on display. Date: 20th century
Characterful old lady with her knittingA characterful old lady sits in a chair, holding a few rows of knitting in front of her as she looks thoughtfully into the distance
Beerbohm Tree as Rip Van Winkle, based on the story by Washington Irving, probably at Her Majestys Theatre, London. circa 1900
Old lady, Burford, CotswoldsAn old lady, smartly dressed and wearing a deerstalker cap, look in an antique shop window. She carries a wicker shopping basket. Burford, Oxfordshire, Cotswolds, England
Old Maid card - Old Maid. circa 1940s
Two neighbours chatting over a fence. Date: circa 1950s
Patriotism in a British home, WW1A cosy scene in a British home showing a young man (possibly a wounded sailor?) displaying a Union Jack flag to the rest of his family
Old Sami Man from Finnmark County, NorwayAn old Sami Man from Finnmark County in the extreme northeast of Norway. The Sami peoples (also spelled Saami and also known as Lapps)
Male inmates at Cardiff Union Workhouse, GlamorganA group of elderly male inmates, accompanied by a nurse, at the Cardiff Union workhouse located on Cowbridge Road, Cardiff
Union Workhouse, Wellington, SomersetThe Wellington Union workhouse on North Street, Wellington, Somerset. A group of local children stand outside. The workhouse, designed by County Surveyor, Richard Carver, was erected in 1836-7
Union Workhouse, Wincanton, SomersetThe Wincanton Union workhouse, Somerset, with extensive vegetable gardens in front which were cultivated by the workhouse inmates. The workhouse opened in 1838 and was designed by George Wilkinson
Union Workhouse, Cuckfield, SussexThe Cuckfield Union workhouse, erected in 1843 on Ardingley Road in Cuckfield, Sussex. The architects, Foden and Parker, produced a less severe design than used in earlier workhouses
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg with familyPrincess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg (1884-1966), fourth and youngest daughter of Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and his wife, Maria Alexandrovna (later Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg)
Old Men on Park BenchTwo elderly men in cloth caps take a breather on a park bench
The New Word in Golf by H. M. BatemanH. M. Bateman at his explosive best with this cartoon of an irate elderly golfer who fills the air with Anglo-Saxon expletives in frustration at his golf game