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Background imageFinally Collection: 1ST DUKE OF WESTMINSTER

1ST DUKE OF WESTMINSTER
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, then 1st marquis and finally 1st duke of WESTMINSTER (1825 - 1899), statesman. Date: 1870

Background imageFinally Collection: Old Craven House

Old Craven House
Formerly Drury House, it was later rebuilt as Craven House by Lord Craven, and finally turned into a public house, the Queen of Bohemia, named after Lord Cravens unrequited love

Background imageFinally Collection: Metropolitan Meat Market

Metropolitan Meat Market
19th century engraving of the Metropolitan Meat Market. The market originally covered 30 acres of the site and grounds of Copenhagen House (previously a pleasure resort and tea garden)

Background imageFinally Collection: Fleet Super Bonanza N174SV

Fleet Super Bonanza N174SV
Fleet Super V Bonanza N174SV (msn SV115) (donor aircraft msn D-422 built in 1947). In the late 50s Bay Aviation (formerly Oakland Airmotive produced a twin-engined conversion of the V-tailed Beech)

Background imageFinally Collection: Gloster Sapphire Meteor WA820

Gloster Sapphire Meteor WA820
Gloster Sapphire Meteor F.8 WA820 at the 1950 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. In the background can be seen Gloster Meteor F.4 VZ389 and Avro Lincoln B.2 RA657 of Flight refuelling Ltd

Background imageFinally Collection: Westland Whirlwind HAS. 7 XL880

Westland Whirlwind HAS. 7 XL880
Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 XL880 (msn WA230) at the 1958 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. (SBAC - Society of British Aircraft Constructors) First flown on 25 July 1958 and delivered in August 1958

Background imageFinally Collection: de Havilland DH. 114 Heron CC. 4 XM295

de Havilland DH. 114 Heron CC. 4 XM295
de Havilland DH.114 Heron CC.4 XM295 (msn 14129) at RAF Abingdon for the 50th Anniversary of the RAF. XM295 was delivered on 17 April 1958 and after de-mob was given B-class registration G41-2-68

Background imageFinally Collection: Uncle Sam and the Kaiser 1915

Uncle Sam and the Kaiser 1915
Satirical cartoon showing the United States of America feebly remonstrating with Kaiser Wilhelm II, threatening him ineffectively about Germanys U-boat policy

Background imageFinally Collection: Martial Eagle - attacking White Stork - the fight

Martial Eagle - attacking White Stork - the fight lasted more than an hour but finally the Eagle was victorious (Polemaetus bellicosus)

Background imageFinally Collection: Bristol Bulldog IIA K2227 formerly G-ABBB

Bristol Bulldog IIA K2227 formerly G-ABBB
Bristol Bulldog IIA, K2227, formerly G-ABBB, alongside a Bristol Fighter. This aircraft flew until the 1960s, finally with the Shuttleworth trust. Date: 1960

Background imageFinally Collection: Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), Labour politician and Prime Minister, pictured in uniform during the First World War

Background imageFinally Collection: Napoleon Exiled on Elba

Napoleon Exiled on Elba
Napoleon exiled to Elba - a French view which accuses him of blowing himself up so big that finally he burst !

Background imageFinally Collection: Francisco Duenas

Francisco Duenas
FRANCISCO DUENAS - Head of state, acting president and president of El Salvador 1852 - 1871, a time of revolt, civil war etc. He was finally kicked out and fled to Europe. Date: CIRCA 1860S

Background imageFinally Collection: Prussians Leave France 1873

Prussians Leave France 1873
The Germans finally evacuate French territory - Au revoir! Date: September 1873

Background imageFinally Collection: Tenochtitlan is Reached

Tenochtitlan is Reached
Cortes and his men stop for a moment and gaze in awe at wonderful city of Tenochtitlan they have finally reached. Date: 1519

Background imageFinally Collection: Basil Feilding, Denbigh

Basil Feilding, Denbigh
BASIL FEILDING, 2nd earl of DENBIGH Parliamentary general during the Civil War whose loyalty shifted : finally he sided with the Royalists Date: ? - 1674

Background imageFinally Collection: Battle of Chester

Battle of Chester
SIEGE OF CHESTER After a three-month siege, the Parliament army finally takes the city of Chester Date: 1645

Background imageFinally Collection: Low Gravity on Moon

Low Gravity on Moon
When Man finally lands on the Moon, he will discover the pleasures of comparative weightlessness Date: 1928

Background imageFinally Collection: Speech of Louis XVI to the Assembly of Notables

Speech of Louis XVI to the Assembly of Notables at Versailles on February 22, 1787. Assembly proposed by Charles Alexandre de Calonne to approve a new land tax that also affect the nobles and clergy

Background imageFinally Collection: French Revolution. Le Jeu de Hazard (The Gambling)

French Revolution. Le Jeu de Hazard (The Gambling). Caricature alluding to the abolition of privileges of the nobility and clergy

Background imageFinally Collection: Argentina. San Ignacio Min�Jesuit mission of 17th c

Argentina. San Ignacio Min�Jesuit mission of 17th c
ARGENTINA. MISIONES. San Ignacio Min� Ruins of jesuit mission of the Guaranis, founded in 1610 and located finally in 1696. World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. School classrooms

Background imageFinally Collection: Sketch of HM Airship 9 in flight near Barrow-in-Furness

Sketch of HM Airship 9 in flight near Barrow-in-Furness, preparing to land before an approaching storm in 1916. This preliminary sketch was finally reproduced as an oil on canvas, 24 x 36

Background imageFinally Collection: To Hell With Surrender! How Second Lieutenant J. C. Buchan

To Hell With Surrender! How Second Lieutenant J. C. Buchan
The official narrative for this drawing reads: When he saw the enemy had practically surrounded his command, he collected his platoon and prepared to fight his way back to the supporting line

Background imageFinally Collection: WW2 - Comic Postcard - Can it be true? Churchill Quote

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Can it be true? Churchill Quote
" We shall continue steadfast in faith and duty till our task is done." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister A little farmers boy is delighted that a reluctant hen has finally produced

Background imageFinally Collection: Supermarine Spitfire XIV MV259

Supermarine Spitfire XIV MV259
Supermarine Spitfire XIV, MV259, was not finally withdrawn from service until 1949. Date: 1949

Background imageFinally Collection: National Childrens Home, Edgworth

National Childrens Home, Edgworth
Inmates and staff at the Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton, founded in 1872 by Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Background imageFinally Collection: Viceroys House, Delhi

Viceroys House, Delhi
The Viceroys House, New Delhi, India, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869 - 1944), which was finally completed in 1929. Date: 1930s

Background imageFinally Collection: Norwich Cloisters

Norwich Cloisters
Norwich Cathedral, begun in 1096, was not finally consecrated until 1278. Here are the ruined Cloisters of the old monastic buildings of the cathedral. Date: founded 11th century

Background imageFinally Collection: Kasuga Japan Warship

Kasuga Japan Warship
Italian-built cruiser, bought by Japan, in service till the 1920s when she becomes a training ship, finally scrapped in 1948. Date: launched 1902

Background imageFinally Collection: Nelsons arrival in Goldfield

Nelsons arrival in Goldfield, Nervada, Battling Nelson vs Joe Gans, Boxing, Gans dropped Nelson repeatedly during the bout, but could not knock him out

Background imageFinally Collection: Big Ben Installed

Big Ben Installed
Big Ben is finally installed in the clock tower of the new Houses of Parliament

Background imageFinally Collection: Kings X Demolished

Kings X Demolished
Demolition of the Kings Cross, a monument to George IV that served as an exhibition hall, a police station and finally a beer shop. It was not much mourned

Background imageFinally Collection: Canadian Gunner with German Munitions, France; Second World

Canadian Gunner with German Munitions, France; Second World
Photograph showing a Canadian gunner inspecting some captured German 14-inch shells, Boulogne, 1944. The shells shown in the picture would have been used to fire at Dover

Background imageFinally Collection: Poland Kostrzyn

Poland Kostrzyn
(aka Kustrin) situated at the confluence of the Oder and Warta rivers : often held by the Germans, but finally bestowed on Poland in 1945

Background imageFinally Collection: Gerard De Nerval

Gerard De Nerval
GERARD DE NERVAL (real name G Labrunie) French writer, always eccentric, finally insane

Background imageFinally Collection: Attack on the Communards, Place Vendome; Paris Commune, 1871

Attack on the Communards, Place Vendome; Paris Commune, 1871
Illustration showing the attack, by Government troops, on the Communards in the Place Vendome, 1871. This was one of the last pockets of Communard resistance against the French Army

Background imageFinally Collection: The Great Dee viaduct in the Vale of Llangollen

The Great Dee viaduct in the Vale of Llangollen
The Great Dee Viaduct on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. The viaduct crosses the river Dee in the Vale of Llangollen. The impressive viaduct consists of 19 semicircular arches of 60 feet span

Background imageFinally Collection: Basing House / 1645

Basing House / 1645
Basing House, besieged by Parliamentary forces during the Civil War and finally taken by Cromwell in 1645

Background imageFinally Collection: Ross / A Sail! a Sail

Ross / A Sail! a Sail
John Rosss arctic expedition: " A sail! A sail!" - the expedition members finally see a sailing ship - the whaler Isabella, which picks them up

Background imageFinally Collection: The Royal Hospital of Bethlehem; the gallery for women

The Royal Hospital of Bethlehem; the gallery for women
The hospital also known as Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam was the oldest psychiatric hospital in the world. The building has been moved around many sites

Background imageFinally Collection: Fable / the Two Cocks

Fable / the Two Cocks
THE TWO COCKS (Human Version of animal fable): two men fight over a woman; the victors arrogance in his triumph leads finally to his defeat

Background imageFinally Collection: James Augustus Grant (1827-1892)

James Augustus Grant (1827-1892)
Engraving showing Captain James Augustus Grant, the Scottish soldier and explorer, pictured in 1863. Between 1860 and 1863 John Hanning Speke

Background imageFinally Collection: John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant speaking at the

John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant speaking at the
Engraving showing Captain John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) (standing, left) and Captain James Augustus Grant (1827-1892) (standing, right) being welcomed at the Royal Geographical Society, London

Background imageFinally Collection: Waganda Band, 1860 s

Waganda Band, 1860 s
Engraving showing a group of the Waganda, or Baganda, people of south-central Uganda playing musical instruments, early 1860 s

Background imageFinally Collection: John Hanning Speke (1827-1864)

John Hanning Speke (1827-1864)
Engraving showing Captain John Hanning Speke, the English explorer, pictured in 1863. Between 1860 and 1863 Speke and James Augustus Grant led an expedition to find the source of the Nile; finally

Background imageFinally Collection: Bending the Plates for the Cylinders of the Rotary Printing-

Bending the Plates for the Cylinders of the Rotary Printing-

Background imageFinally Collection: Massacres at Lyon

Massacres at Lyon
Six thousand people are slaughtered by revolutionary forces when they finally take Lyon, which has resisted the extremist activities of the Paris authorities

Background imageFinally Collection: Royal Academy 1810

Royal Academy 1810
The hall of the Royal Academy, at this time housed in Somerset House; in 1837 it will move to Trafalgar Square, and finally in 1868 to Burlington House, Piccadilly



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