Floating Collection

Lady of Shalott 1888
The Lady of Shalott floating down the river

Southampton Docks - Great Ocean Liners
Aerial View of Southampton Docks - Great Ocean Liners awaiting departure on the Trans-Atlantic route. The ships include RMS Olympic. Date: circa 1930

Titanic and Olympic - Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Fascinating photograph taken on 6th March 1912, showing The RMS Titanic (left) and The RMS Olympic (right), the brand new ships of the White Star Line at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast

Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats, WW1
Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats. Two mermaids and two fish are disturbed by a German U-boat which has a face like a shark. Date: 1917

London Fire Engine Establishment, list of fire stations
Formed in 1833, the LFEE took over firefighting in London from the various Insurance Company fire brigades. It had 19 fire stations and its headquarters was located at Watling Street, City of London

Father Christmas parachuting out of a plane
Father Christmas jumps out of an aeroplane using a parachute onto snowy rooftops. Who needs reindeer to deliver presents in the modern age? Date: 1932

General view of Itsukushima Shrine, Japan
General view of the Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, Aki Province, Japan

Allied Airborne Army Parachutes in Holland; Second World War
Aerial photograph showing parachutes of the Allied Airborne Army floating down to earth and discarded ones, after landing, in Holland, September 1944

Titanic and Olympic - Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Fascinating photograph taken on 6th March 1912, showing The RMS Titanic (left) and The RMS Olympic (right), the brand new ships of the White Star Line at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast

Concepts / Lovers 1913
How calm, how solemn, the atmosphere of lovers

Bovril Poster Suggestion
A poster sketch suggested for an advertisement for Bovril, it shows a mermaid waving to some distant sailors, perched on a giant floating Bovril jar. Buoys you up. Date: circa 1922

The Transfiguration of Christ, 1516-1520, by Raphael (1483-1
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) (1483-1520). Italian painter. The Transfiguration of Christ, 1516-1520. Pinacoteca Vaticana. Vatican City

Claude Monet (1840-1926). Bathers at La Grenouillere (1869)
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French painter founder of French impressionist painting. Bathers at La Grenouillere (1869). Oil on Canvas. National Gallery. Londres. England. UK

The Lady of Shalott setting out on her boat for Camelot
Colour illustration of the Lady of Shalott setting out on her boat for Camelot

Nuns in Boat
A group of nuns in the launch from the Christo Rey. When the floating church goes inland the sisters go ashore to administer help and advice

Night slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardener s
Night slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardeners Daughter. Date: c.1920

Kashmir, River Jhelum - woman paddles a wooden boat
Kashmir, River Jhelum - woman with two small children paddles a flat-bottomed wooden boat, or shikara Date: 1986

HMA No1 Mayfly leaving floating shed at the Cavendish Dock
HMA No1 Mayfly leaving its floating shed at the Cavendish Dock, Barrow-in-Furness

Filling the Air with Fairy Forms -- a little girl blows a dandelion clock and in her imagination it turns into a flight of fairies. Date: circa 1920s

Cover design for Dutch Dolls Polka, a song by May Ostlere, published by Enoch & Sons, London. Arrangements are also available for orchestra, instrumental septet, and military and brass bands

Morris Dancers on a floating platform, Stratford
A group of Morris Dancers, male and female, dancing on a floating platform on a river while a violinist provides the musical accompaniment

Evening Dress / Zimmerman
Back view of a high waisted draped gown with train by Zimmerman. An embroidered floating panel hangs from the shoulders. Worn with a toque & aigrette

Demon Floating Sugar
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Ghosts in Churchyard
A countryman passing through a churchyard at night is surprised to see three elegant female spirits floating in the air

Prison ship Success Australia, c. 1890
Image show offcers quarters on board. The ship was converted into a floating museum and used to display the horrors of the penal era. She was destroyed by fire in 1946

Fish Market, Skeppsbro, Stockholm, Sweden

The Floating Road, Liverpool, early 1900s

Floating road, Liverpool docks

The floating landing stage, Liverpool - early 1900s

Floating landing stage, Liverpool

RMS Olympic postcard, from Northern Irelandwith floating cra
RMS. OLYMPIC: Scarce original postcard by Walton of Belfast, either 1910 or 1911 (posted from Northern Ireland much later)

RMS Olympic, postcard from Northern Ireland
RMS OLYMPIC: Scarce original postcard by Walton of Belfast, either 1910 or 1911 (posted from Northern Ireland much later)

Cover design, The Brave Tin Soldier, Pocket Series story booklet

Liverpool Pier Head floating road, Victorian period

Portsmouth Harbour and Floating Bridge early 1900s

Southampton RMS Majestic in the Floating Dock probably 1932

The Floating Bridge Southampton in Victorian period

RMS Majestic in the floating dry dock Southampton

Southampton Floating Dry Dock 1930s

WW2 - That Man From Canada
A WW2 children's short story illustration of a woman holding rowing a boat, a man is comically keeping his balance on some floating logs. Date: circa 1940s

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, with crane, on postcard (back)
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, rare original postcard by Walton of Belfast, either 1910 or 1911 - as seen here, it was posted from Northern Ireland much later, in 1939

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, with crane, on a postcard
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, rare original postcard by Walton of Belfast, either 1910 or 1911 (posted from Northern Ireland much later)

Japanese fleet during the Russo-Japanese War
The Japanese fleet during the Russo-Japanese War - River Taedong, North Korea with large sheet of floating ice on the surface

Silver Chandelier Bowl Design
A drawing which shows the design for the bowl of a silver chandelier, vaguely depicting a pair of figures which could be cherubs, floating to each side of a central insignia. Date: early 1900s

Lady With Cherub
A sketch depicting a lady gracefully floating, swathed in light, a cherub looks on in the foreground, shrouded in darkness. Date: circa 1901

L'Heure Des Betises
This illustration's title translates to The Hour Of Nonsense, and depicts a smiling young lady listening to a floating child satyr or faun creature whispering in her ear. Date: circa 1901

Window display for Dunlop's Selflote floating oil hose. Date: 1971

Water lilies, 1916-1919 by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. Water lilies, 1916-1919. Marmottan Monet Museum. Paris. France

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