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Alls Well That Ends Well - Bertram, Count of Rousillon. 1862
Alls Well That Ends Well - title page - the blindfolded Parolles gives away military and other secrets. 1862
Some odds and ends of varied interest 1914Some odds and ends of varied interest, including the Royal Mail steam packet Alcantara, an advert for the Pathescope Camera for amateur cinematography, and a Burberry advert
Concorde under construction, BristolConcorde under construction at Filton, Bristol -- Mrs Lily Whitlake at work cleaning wire ends in the cockpit. Date: late 1960s
Caricature of Ledger, Scott and SampsonCaricature of Edward Ledger (18??-1921), editor of The Era theatrical newspaper, commenting on a reconciliation between Clement William Scott (1841-1904), influential English theatre critic
Chess Board Frock 1930SA silk dress with a high neck line and full, 3/4-length sleeves in a brown and white chess board check design. Worn with gauntlets & a belt with pointed ends & button fastener Date: 1930s
Trial of Aragon 1528The trial of the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, which ends in divorce. Date: 1528
Cornice Poles and EndsCornice poles and ends; brass curtain hooks; cleats; and other items Date: circa 1900
Costume Blue Dress 1820SYoung woman in a blue dress with short ornamented puffed sleeves & hemline & a round neckline & a ribbon ceinture with floating ends at the back. 1820s
Duel in the AirDuring a future war between England and France, a duel in the air between French and English aircraft ends in mutual destruction. Date: 1902
Beauvais, East end of the cathedral, 1247, FranceThe choir is the most lofty in the world. " In the work which seems to me the great type of simple and masculne buttress structure, the apse of Beauvais
Costume of a servant of Carentan The papillonCostume of a servant of Carentan. The papillon wings of her bonnet are square.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885
Four Lane Ends, Colne - Nelson, LancashireFour Lane Ends, Colne / Nelson, near Burnley, Lancashire, England. Date: 1930s
Favourite Sayings - Never burn a candle at both endsBlack and white lantern slide of a man scratching his head and holding a candle which is burning at both ends.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection
Switzerland - Lauterbrunnen, the StaubbachColoured lantern slide of a view through the town of Lauterbrunnen. In the background is the Staubbach Falls. The waterfall drops about 300 metres from a hanging valley that ends in overhanging
White Saxaul trees - on sand dunes with tracks of insects - track in foreground ends with a small sand bump where a large darkling beetle has hidden itself during the day heat (Haloxylon persicum)
Burning the ice at both ends! by George StuddyBurning the ice at both ends! Bonzo and the Bonzolines keep their temperatures down on a hot day, with a large cube of ice
Ending the TruceWhen the 12-year truce ends, the Dutch lion is aoproached by Petrus Peccius, chancellor of Brabant, offering olive branch or sword, watched by pope and king of Spain. Date: 1621
Sir Henry NewboltSIR HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT author of Drakes drum, The fighting Temeraire, and that one which ends Play up, play up, and play the game ! Date: 1862 - 1938
Household CupboardTwo young women look in an odds and ends cupboard in a corner under the stairs. Date: early 1930s
Machine for turning the ends of economiser pipes
Dressed for WinterLong line sweater (jumper) in green & white checker board with red belt & cuffs worn with a white skirt, long red & black striped scarf with fringed ends & a green hat. Date: 1912
Saving daylight ends, for 1918, Sunday, Oct. 27th Set your clock back one hour at 2 AM Sunday October 27th. Poster showing Uncle Sam shaking hands with a clock-headed figure
A fair knock-outA middle aged couple sitting indoors eating pickled onions and drinking stout beer, when the man reads in the newspaper that the First World War has ended " blime, lizer, the Wars over"
Scotland / Loch StrivenA view of Loch Striven, a sea loch in Argyllshire, Scotland. This little-used road beside the loch ends abruptly after a few miles. Date: 1930s
Hairstyle 1960SA young woman with her hair curled up at the ends, a very popular 1960s hairstyle. Date: 1967
Culmination of fightAn altercation between two men on a cliff top ends with the loser falling over the cliff edge to his death. Date: 19th Century
Dog Bites ManThe dog, to gain some private ends, went mad, and bit the man... circa 1887
Britannia Cunarder 2Cunard passenger liner which starts the first regular transatlantic mail service; in 1849 she is sold to Germany and ignominiously ends her career sunk as a target ship. Date: launched 1840
Ballad / Young BekieYOUNG BEKIE The Billy Blind tells Burd Isbel that Young Bekie is getting married that day - to another girl. She quickly dresses and all ends well. Date: traditional
Burdett SilhouetteSIR FRANCIS BURDETT Radical statesman : Hes the staunch patriot Whose noble soul No parties sway No private ends control... firmly Freedoms friend. Date: 1770 - 1844
Wars Transmutations by Helen McKieA cartoon showing how World War One flipped roles. A youthful clerk is bullied by a manager, who then ends up as a private while the clerk becomes an officer
Treaty of RijswijkBird s-eye view of the chateau and gardens of Nieuburg, at Rijswijk (or Ryswick etc), scene of the treaty of R which ends the None Years War or War of the Grand Alliance
Alls Well that Ends Wel
Play / Mills / Rainbow EndsWHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS Will o the Wisp tunes his pipe to the wind song while sitting on a mushroom
Housemaid DustingA housemaid in a large Edwardian house dusting the dressing table and polishing the brass bed ends
WOMEN & GIRL 1860White evening dress worn with a Swiss belt with long fringed ends. Purple & white spotted dress with a black lace shawl. The girl wears a white dress with scallop & bouillon trim
Costume / Women&girl 1864Child: white dress, red plaid sash with floating ends. Grey: jet tablier trim, jacket with jet epaulettes. Purple & white: rotonde with tassels, black cord trim
Fashions for Feb. 1861Green: wrap-over dress, Greek key border; grey & purple: d.b bodice, revers, ribbon centre & floating ends; blue plaid dress with braces, Swiss belt, habit-shirt & ankle boots
Fashions in Garden ?1864Pink: flounces & ruched trim, sash with floating ends at rear, white under-bodice with threaded black ribbon at neck & cuffs. Mantle: blue lining, emroidery & flounce border
The Leap Frog RailwayAn amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long
Cooking & Baking 1940SThe grandmother of the house struggles to make ends meet and cooks the best meals she can with the rations she has. Her daughter rolls out pastry for baking with a rolling pin
Herse and MermesHermes/Mercury falls madly in love with Herse, daughter of Cecrops, and bribes her sister Aglaura to help him achieve his amorous ends
Devon / Countisbury HillCountisbury Hill, Lynmouth, Devon - starting innocently enough the road ends in a steep 1 in 4 gradient - the cause of many a motoring mishap
Vegetable Seller, JapanA Japanese street trader of vegetables carries the produce in baskets suspended from the ends of a long pole
Rosepetal Fag-EndsCigarettes Primerose from the Regie Francaise (French state tobacco monopoly) - tipped with rosepetals to appeal to the fashionable lady
Petit-Gris Cloak 1922A cape with a large tubular stand collar made using rectangular pieces of petit- gris (a type of squirrel) fur & fastened with a silk cord with tassel ends
The Thundering HerdTHE THUNDERING HERD by Zane Grey, the Master Writer of the West. (All ends happily, you ll be glad to know.)