Fine Collection (page 46)

Wedding Cake / 1885
A fine wedding cake which can be supplied on shortest notice by A Dressler, a refreshment contractor on Clapham Road, London

Edward Shoots Swans
Edward, prince of Wales, that great sportsman, enjoys a fine day out shooting wild swan in Sweden

Negligees & Undies 1920S
Stylish negligees, pretty chemise & French knicker sets adorned with geometric trim, fine pleating & embroidery & a boudoir cap with chin-strap & tassel

Cuckoo Tell me True
Cuckoo, cuckoo, tell me true, Tell me fair and fine, How long shall I Unmarried pine ?

Elsie Marley / Greenaway
Elsie Marley has grown so fine, she won t get up to serve the swine, but lies in bed till eight or nine, and surely she does take her time !

Almshouse at Coventry
Almswomen in their traditional costume sitting in the interior courtyard of Fords Hospital, Coventry, a fine 16th century building. The cat, though, is camera-shy

C18th Century Revival
Fine feathers in wartime: dress designers attempt to counter the practical move of wearing shorter, fuller skirts by employing impractical styles of previous centuries

Banana Tree / 18th Century
A fine engraving of a banana plant, showing 1)The full tree 2)A ripe bunch of the fruit 3)One figg to the full proportion 4)Young shoots growing from the base

Hexham Bridge
Linnolds Bridge, Hexham, Northumberland - a fine single-arch stone bridge

Coventry Cheese Notice
M.A. Laxon & Sons, fine cheesemakers of Coventry, tell their customers about the first-class state of their Stiltons

Street Musicians / C16Th
Two Street musicians strike up a tune in this very fine German engraving

C16 or C17 London House
A fine old timbered building in a London street, part of it used as a grocers shop

Duchess of Rutland 1888
Marion Margaret Violet, marcheioness of Granby and subsequently duchess of Rutland, daughter of Colonel the Honorable C H Lindsay. A very fine portrait photo

Ogdens Guinea Gold
A fine example of fin-de- siecle press advertising - a bold layout with lettering to match, creating a striking effect

Carriage Causes Chaos
A gentlemans tandem causes chaos and confusion - and a fine display of female leg ! - when it trots along a village street, scattering livestock and upsetting a market cart

Morden College Blackheat
This fine building was built by Turkey merchant Sir John Morden for decayed Turkey merchants who fell on hard times. It is still in use to house elderly retired folk

Almshouses, Glos
The fine 17th century Almshouses and beautiful church tower at Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, a delightful old-world town in the Cotswolds

Bow Street 1939
A fine view of Bow Street, London, on a summers day, only two months before the outbreak of World War Two. The Royal Opera House can be seen to the left

South Bank Promenade
The South Bank Promenade and Pier, which was directly in front of the brand new Royal Festival Hall, overlooking the River Thames, with a fine view of the City of London

Bloodhound (Vero Shaw)
A fine profile of this classic breed as it was in the 19th century

William Dyce
WILLIAM DYCE Scottish painter. Director of the Government School of Design. Professor of Fine Arts

Eau De Cologne Lilas
A fine French label for Eau de Cologne Lilas (= lilac) from the Pharmacie Etoile, France

Selling Shellwork
She sells sea shells on the sea-shore... this girl with her tray of shell-work is a fine example of local craftspeople catering for the tourist trade

Brambletye, Sussex
The desolate ruins of Brambletye, Sussex, a fine Jacobean mansion allowed to crumble into dust

Bramhall House, Cheshire, a fine example of a half- timbered stately home

Lion in Passenger Seat
A lion-tamer takes one of his menage for a car-ride to show it the sights of Dusseldorf, but the police are not amused and fine him for endangering the populace

Sydling, Dorset and Hunt
A fine view of Sir John Smiths country home in Dorset I dare say thats sir John returning home from the hunt with his huntsman and hounds

China / Dairen 1930S
Cyclists, a horse carriage, a car and a motor bus hardly crowd the Yamagata Dori, one of the main streets of Dairen (Manchuria) - a very fine city says the cards sender

Giraffe, 18th Century
A fine 18th century depiction of the CAMELEOPARD, albeit with a somewhat exaggerated idea of its height

Art Deco Style Room
A fine example of how some interiors missed the Art Deco mark! A cumbersome mirror and unattractive pouffe, plus a dreadful drinks trolley which looks like an old pram!

Cycling to the Bell Inn
Three cyclists, two women and a man, arrive at the Bell Inn, which boasts the Minster Tea Gardens and sells Rigdens Fine Ales

Taj Mahal, Agra
Arguably the most beautiful building ever constructed, the Taj is built by Shah Jehan in memory of his wife. It is 78 metres in height, and is surrounded by fine gardens

Locomotive 1840S
This fine locomotive is not an exact match of any other in our files, but it is very similar to the goods locomotives Mr Allan is building at Crewe, 1843+

Observatory Hill
People enjoy the fine weather and finer views on the long sweep of grass down from Observatory Hill In Greenwich Park

D arcy of the War Office
D ARCY OF THE WAR OFFICE, proudly showing off his fine array of medals

Margate Milkmaids
Two Margate milk girls working for E. Orchin, wheeling a cart of fresh milk along a street of fine Edwardian houses

Almshouse Archway
A fine stone archway, leading to a row of picturesque almshouses at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England

Girl with Cow / J Lawson
A small girl urges a cow to feed on yellow Cowslip and fine grass to help make her milk sweet to drink

Kentish Lychgate
This fine medieval lychgate at Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, is reputed to be the oldest lychgate in England

Phoenix Park Dublin
A fine view of Dublin from Phoenix Park

Lancashire Longhorn
A fine domestic breed from northern England, well suited to a cold climate, and grow fat in indifferent pastures

Afternoon at Biarritz
Even if one is not actually playing, one must look ones smartest at the Chiberta Golf Club, Biarritz; printed crepe afternoon dresses by Premet or Douillet-Doucet will do fine

Pyne - Waggoners
WAGGONERS - A broad-wheeled waggon, upon a fine road, with 8 or 10 horses bearing an equal share in the draught, is an object that excites no incnsiderable admiration

Church at Nantes
New church of Saint-Nicolas at Nantes - a fine example of 19th century Gothic

British Museum 1850
Exterior view : Smirkes fine buildings will be substantially unchanged until the end of the 20th century

Sketching Outdoors
Sketching outside on a fine summer evening

Can-Can (Minartz)
A fine display of frilly underwear in a Paris music hall

Pissoir, Doullens
Le marche aux bestiaux (cattle market), Doullens, France showing the fine pissoir to which visitors come from far and wide

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