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Matania - Last Absolution of the MunstersThe Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois - painting by Fortunino Matania. This painting relates to an incident in France in May of 1915
The Allies of Santa Claus by Mabel Lucie AttwellTwo little girls slumber on a window sill as the elvish helpers of Father Christmasm sprinkle fairy dust in order that he may deliver presents. Date: 1919
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk dancing with his adopted daughterMustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) dancing with his adopted daughter Nebile Hamin on her wedding day to Rachid Bey, the Secretary of the Turkish Embassy at Vienna. Date: 1929
Aeneas Flees from TroyThe fall of Troy - Aeneas flees the city, carrying his father Anchises and accompanied by his son Ascanius and his wife Creusa who unfortunately dies
Please, Mr Policeman, where is Father Christmas by MataniaIn the centre of London, close to Piccadilly Circus, two children stop a policeman from directing traffic to ask him where Father Christmas is
Alexander & BucephalusALEXANDER THE GREAT Young Alexander impresses his father, Philip of Macedon and his courtiers by taming the wild horse Bucephalos
Bob Cratchit & Tiny TimHappy at the prospect of a hearty Christmas dinner, due to the generosity of the reformed Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit carries his son Tiny Tim on his shoulder!
Sisyphus and his StoneSisyphys, father of Odysseus, for no known reason, is condemned to push a rock to the top of a mountain in Hell, which the demons push down again, and again, and again
Talking Mongoose HouseThe home of Voirrey Irving at Cashens Gap, Isle of Man, where Gef, the " Talking Mongoose" manifested : Voirrey stands with her father at the front door
Jem Mace, BoxerGypsy Jem Mace (1831 - 1910), English champion and known as the " Father of Modern Boxing"
Grace Darling, rowing with her fatherGrace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, seen here rowing with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838
The Year of the Three British Kings - 1936The Year of Three British Kings in 1936 - King George V (1865-1936), King Edward VIII (1894-1972) and finally King George VI (1895-1952). Date: 1936
Hills. Christmas Is Coming. Cecil Aldin. 1898. jpgIllustration by Cecil Aldin depicting a kindly Father Christmas reciting the traditional song, " Christmas is Coming, the Goose is getting Fat" to a gaggle of obviously dim geese
Events / Britain / Civil WarWHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER. Parliamentary supporters interrogate the child of a Royalist
Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas cardA family of cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card, by Louis Wain. Date: circa 1900s
Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Swithland, LeicestershireSketch of the granite (or syenite) district viewed from Swithland Old Slate Quarry, including Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Leicestershire
Christmas scene with Santa Claus and yule log. There are rabbit musicians, geese pulling the log, a pudding, a boars head, and people carrying flaming torches. 19th century
Father Christmas parachuting out of a planeFather Christmas jumps out of an aeroplane using a parachute onto snowy rooftops. Who needs reindeer to deliver presents in the modern age? Date: 1932
The Fat Boy of Peckham and his fatherJohn Trundley, or sometimes, Trunley (1898 - 1944), known as the Fat Boy of Peckham appearing with his father on the front cover of The Tatler magazine in 1903 when he was aged five
Bayham Street, Camden, London (Dickens)16 (now 161) Bayham Street, Camden, London - home to John Dickens and his family, who moved here from Chatham in 1823. Also the residence of Mr Micawber
Santa caught by the tax inspector by H. M. BatemanA rather surprised looking Father Christmas, who has arrived at the house of a tax inspector to innocently deliver toys on Christmas Eve, finds himself caught by a vigilant tax inspector. H.M
Advert / Martini VermouthMartini Vermouth - what is Christmas without it?
Lantern Clock TompionLantern clock by Thomas Tompion, the father of English clock-making
LAMBTON WORMThe Lambton heir kills the loathsome worm, but is cursed because he fails to kill the first living thing he then meets - his own father!
Princess Alice with Grand Duke Louis of HessePrincess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hess with her husband, Grand Duke Louis (Ludwig IV) of Hesse (1843-1878). Alice was Queen Victorias third child and second daughter
Looking Up the Chimney by Muriel DawsonA little child peers up the chimney, wondering how Father Christmas is going to make his descent and fill the expectantly hung stockings while the fire is lit
A box of Christmas Eve crackersA lovely box of Christmas crackers from the 1920s, with the contents intact and the box lid featuring a bright and jolly picture of Father Christmas being helped to cross the road by a policeman
A 1950s Family Living RoomA classic nuclear family in their living room, the children playing with a train set, the Father reading his book or magazine in a comfy chair
A. A. Milne with Christopher RobinAlan Alexander Milne (1882 - 1956), British author and playwright, pictured with his son, Christopher Robin Milne (1920 - 1996), the inspiration for his famous Winnie the Pooh books
St Augustine / Hippo / TheveSAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Early Christian church father and philosopher
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
Joseph De Veuster DamienJOSEPH DE VEUSTER DAMIEN FATHER DAMIEN Belgian missonary who helped lepers
Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot(Theobald) Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot, regarded as the father of Irish republicanism
Defender, martyr, father - U. S. Grant, A. Lincoln, G. WashinDefender, martyr, father - U.S. Grant, A. Lincoln, G. Washington. Print showing bas-relief, bust portraits of Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington, in a medallion. Date c1870
Buddon Wood, Kinchley Hill, Mountsorrel, LeicestershireSketch of the Swithland area of Leicestershire, looking north-east towards Buddon Wood, Kinchley Hill and Mountsorrel, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859
Swithland Hall, Church and Rectory, LeicestershireSketch of Swithland Hall, St Leonards Church and Rectory, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859
Heath Robinson Bedroom 4 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Bedroom. A bedroom, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys
India SanawarGirls at play in the Lawrence Military Asylum at Sanawar, near Kasauli (Kussowlie) a school for British children : Hilary Evanss father was principal here in the 1930s
Edward I CrownedEdward I is crowned at Westminster, some 21 months after he was proclaimed successor to his father Henry III
Advert / Faulders ChocsFather Christmas delivers a carload of Faulders chocolates
Santa and ReindeerSanta and his reindeer flying through the sky with a sleigh full of Christmas goodies
Saint JosephSAINT JOSEPH putative or nominal father of Jesus of Nazareth, husband of Mary, woodworker by trade: credited with royal descent from David, King of Israel
Saint Joseph DreamsSaint Joseph dreams that he is visited by an angel who tells him that he is going to be the father of Jesus
Holmewood Colliery, Heath Village, MiningVillage life in Heath, Derbyshire. A young girl on a tricycle with her father beside her. Behind them, the outline of Holmewood Colliery
Father ChristmasA really creepy French Father Christmas surprisingly doesn t terrify two young girls
Grace Darling, lighthouse keeper's daughterGrace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, who rowed with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838
Richard CromwellRICHARD CROMWELL son of Oliver Cromwell, and briefly Lord Protector after the death of his father
Robert Peel(E) / LawrenceSIR ROBERT PEEL (ELDER) Calico Manufacturer, father of Robert Peel the politician