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Ebenezer Howard - Three Magnets diagramThe Three Magnets - Ebenezer Howards diagram illustrating the advantages of the garden city. Diagram from Ebenezer Howards To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898)
Ave Atque Vale by Aubrey BeardsleyAve Atque Vale. (Hale and farewell) Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley to his own translation of Carmen Ci, a poem by Catullus. Date: 1896
Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, London - Queens Opera House and Club can be seen on the right (in 2017 a Virgin Arctive Health Club...). Date: circa 1905
The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, LondonThe Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London, alongside the Great Western Railway line and between Wormwood Scrubs
Bridge Street, Wick, ScotlandBridge Street with the war memorial, Wick, Scotland. Station hotel can be seen on the far side of the bridge. Date: 1935
The Men of Arnhem by Bryan de GrineauThe Men of Arnhem: " A Superb Feat of Arms Performed by our First Airborne Division." - The Prime Minister. The First Airborne Division beating off a heavy attack by German S.S
Derby Day - The OlympiansCaricatures of prominent racing fans riding to Epsom in a stagecoach. From left, the Earl of Lonsdale, Lady James Douglas, Sir Edward Hulton, Lord Glaneley, Sir H. Cunliffe-Owen, Hon. G
Kate Carew self-portraitMary Williams (1869 1961), who wrote pseudonymously as Kate Carew, was a caricaturist self-styled as " The Only Woman Caricaturist"
Freda Dudley Ward and her childrenFreda Dudley Ward photographed with her two daughters, Penelope and Angela. Winifred (Freda) Dudley Ward, nee Birkin, was the mistress of the Duke of Windsor when he was Prince of Wales
The Copper Horse - Windsor Great Park, Windsor, BerkshireThe Copper Horse by Sir Richard Westmacott (1775-1856) - marking the end of the Long Walk at Snow Hill in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire Date: circa 1910s
Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps fashion house, one of a series of highly stylised and witty adverts designed by Lady Eileen Orde (daughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington)
Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920Lady Elcho, formerly Lady Violet Manners (born 1888), wife of Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho and heir to the Earl of Weymss. She was sister to Lady Diana Manners
Stripping the bark from the barkcloth tree, Uganda. Barkcloth making is an ancient craft of the Baganda people who live in the Buganda kingdom in southern Uganda
Ebenezer Howard - plan of garden cityEbenezer Howards plan of a garden city. Date: 1898
Yogi on bed of nails - Serampore, West Bengal, India. Date: 1925
The Green Man Pub - Putney Heath - operated by Youngs Brewery (Young & Co.s Pale Ales) - unchanged to this day. Date: 1905
American schooner Westward - built by HerrehoffThe American schooner Westward - built by Herrehoff in 1910 and later owned by Mr Thomas Benjamin Davis - a magnificent schooner of 323 tonnes. In 1910 she sailed in eleven races and won them all
Ark Royal - Elizabethan Naval shipBuilt by Raleigh, and named the Ark Raleigh, purchased by Elizabeth and renamed Ark Royal (and subsequently Anne Royal Date: 1587
Major Richardson and his ambulance dogsMajor Edwin Hautenville Richardson, renowned dog trainer and founder of the British War Dog School during the First World War
The Garden Model Village - Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer GreenHarry Macdonalds Model Village in the Garden of his Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Harry MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1
The celebration of the Mawlid al-nabi at Cairo, Egypt - the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad which is celebrated in Rabi al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar
Princess Beatrice Ward, Royal London Hospital, WhitechapelThe Princess Beatrice Ward (for Children), The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Date: circa 1906
Stonehenge, Wiltshire - John ConstableStonehenge, Wiltshire - painted by John Constable (1776-1837) - bequeathed to the V&A by Miss Isabel Constable. Date: 1835
Mrs Gerald Du Maurier & family including DaphneMrs Gerald Du Maurier pictured with her three daughters, Angela, Daphne and Jeanne. Date: 1920
Erlenbach, Switzerland on Lake Zurich (Zurichsee). Date: 1939
Tbilisi, Georgia - Husband on horseback with young fianceeTbilisi, Georgia - Husband (a Tscherkesse - Circassian Cavalryman) on horseback with young fiancee. Date: circa 1902
St Columbas, Pont Street, London - Lennox Gardens entranceSt Columba s, Pont Street, London - Lennox Gardens entrance - the church was dedicated on 4th December 1955 - architect Sir Edward Maufe, R.A. Date: circa 1956
University - Edgar Allen Library, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: circa 1920s
Students Memorial - University College, Bangor, Wales - completed in 1923 to honour all the people from North Wales who had been killed in the First World War. Date: circa 1924
Souvenir Postcard - Queen Victoria (1819-1901) (inset photograph by Gunn & Stuart). God Save The Queen! Date: 1900
Egyptian Mummy in the British Museum, London - KatebetMummy of an old woman named Katebet - a Chantress of Amun-Ra in Karnak, in linen wrappings, with a painted cartonnage mummy-mask with gilded face and attached wooden arms bearing jewellery
Elephant and Castle shopping centre opens, 1965A page from The Illustrated London News, dated 3rd April 1965, detailing the new three storey shopping arcade that had opened at Elephant and Castle, London. Date: 1965
The Simmer and Jack Proprietary Gold Mines - South AfricaThe Simmer and Jack Proprietary Gold Mines - east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The company which was founded in 1887 by the German August Simmer and Scotsman John Jack
King Edward VII raising his hatKing Edward VII (1841-1910) - raising his top hat. Date: 1905
Frontispiece to plays by John Davidson by Aubrey BeardsleyDesign for a frontispiece to John Davidsons plays by Aubrey Beardsley, featuring caricatures of Sir Augustus Harris, theatre manager; Oscar Wilde; Beardsleys sister Mabel (nude woman); Henry Harland
Interior of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilanis tomb, Baghdad, IraqThe interior (entrance) of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilanis tomb, in his madrasa in Babul-Sheikh, Rusafa on the east bank of the Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq Date: circa 1930s
1907 Imperial Conference - Discussions in WhitehallThe Imperial Conference of 1907 - convened in London on 15th April 1907 as the Colonial Conference, concluding on 14th May 1907
Lady Cynthia Asquith with her son JohnLady Cynthia Asquith (1887 - 1960) (nee Charteris), daughter of Lord Wemyss, author and notable survivor of the Titanic. Wife of Herbert Asquith, second son of the Prime Minister
Ebenezer Howard - plan of section of garden cityEbenezer Howards plan of a section of a garden city - ward and centre. Date: 1898
Major Richardson and his messenger dogsMajor Edwin Hautenville Richardson, renowned trainer of dogs for military use and founder of the British War Dog School during the First World War
Boulogne-sur-Mer - Beach, Britannia Statue and Port entranceBoulogne-sur-Mer, France, Beach, Britannia and Port entrance. The statue was erected to commemorate the arrival in 1914 of the British troops
WW2 - Liberation of Paris. A Leclerc Tank in action. Date: 1944
Stanley Palace, ChesterThe exterior of Stanley Palace, Chester. Date: 1936
Champion Piper - Oban, ScotlandChampion Piper John McColl (1860-1943) - Oban, Scotland. One of a family of famous MacColl pipers. Date: circa 1903
Brick tower (Dhamek Stupa) at Sarnath, nr Benares, IndiaAncient brick tower (Dhamek Stupa) at Sarnath (Sarnat), near Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1910s
Schoolgirls practising gymnastics to music (provided by an upright piano). Date: circa 1920s
Chile - Santiago - Plaza Italia, also known as (Metro) Baquedano. This huge roundabout sits in the heart of the city - the equestrian statue shows General Manuel Baquedano (1823-1897)