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Africa. Floating islands in the Upper CongoHistory of Africa. 19th century. Floating islands on the Upper Congo River. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Africa. Floating factory on the shrimp riverHistory of Africa. 19th century. Floating factory on the shrimp river. The lack of security meant that in some areas of the Congo
Toy BoatA painting which shows two boys playing with a toy boat, which is floating down a small channel of water from the sea behind. Date: circa 1922
A Canal In FlandersA painting of a boat, floating against a canal which is lined on both sides, with tall, slender trees, some houses sit in the distant background, situated in Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1917
Water's Edge HousesA landscape etching showing a large curve of shoreline with small boats floating on the shallow waters, houses with smoking chimneys are dotted around the land. Date: circa 1916
Sunny WatersThis oil painting shows some rippling waters, reflected strongly by the bright sun, with a pair of swans with their cygnets floating by. Date: circa 1918
Ocean Liners - selection of jigsaw puzzles and books. Victory plywood jigsaw puzzle of RMS Queen Mary. Victory plywood jigsaw puzzle of Southampton Docks, aerial view featuring Olympic, Majestic
RMS Titanic - shipping chart of North Atlantic for the month of April 1912, Sheet 133, Meteorological Office, London. The chart is in colour and displays wind, sea current, sea temperature
RMS Titanic - Harland and Wolff drawing of floating craneRMS Titanic - extremely rare Harland and Wolff linen backed scale drawing of the 150-200 ton 1- 80 scale floating crane, designed by Bertha Krupps and fabricated by Benrather Maschinenfabrik AG
The Fairy Folk on Freddy Frog's Ferry Date: 1930
Title page design, Mr Punch's Pocket Book 1871 Date: 1871
Sailing with a top hat, Henry cartoon by Carl AndersonSailing wih a hot hat, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936
Mlle Ameta Butterfly DancerPerformance artist Mlle Ameta uses costume, lighting effects and newly-invented machinery to perform her butterfly dance in Vienna. Date: circa 1910
Advertisement for Dunlop low pressure tyres. Scenic colour illustration, with fairy, trees and flowers, and Dunlop Cord Balloon tyre in foreground
Famous floating Torii of the Itsukushima Shrine, JapanItsukushima Shrine - a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its floating torii gate (pictured on this card)
Engine test of machinery by Lawrence Hathaway, Member of IMechE, at his Trinity Pumps Company, Gobowen. The company produced floating pumps which were first used in fire engines and then cars
Coventry Climax Engines (L Hathaway Ltd) fire engine, where Laurence Hathaway worked during Second World War [WWII]. Hathaway's company produced floating pumps which were first used in fire
Mulberry Harbour Remains Arromaches NormandyThe extraordinary idea of floating concrete harbours across the Channel is said to have been that of Winston Churchill. There were two of them but the one at Omaha Beach was destroyed by a storm
Airship Nulli Secundus Flying Over London 1907The new British military airship Dirigible No 1, christened Nulli Secundus, soaring around the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. Date: 5th October 1907
Wellman's Attempt to Reach the North Pole 1907Front cover of The Sphere showing the bow view of the airship. The start of the adventurous journey to reach the North Pole in the airship America. Date: 2 September 1907
Biggest experimental airship built at the time, designed by Dr. Barton and F. L. Rawson flying over Alexandra Palace, London. Date: 22nd July 1905
Electricity Council appliance testing lab, LeatherheadElectricity Council appliance testing laboratories, Leatherhead, Surrey. A new extension was opened on 16 May 1969. Showing the Housecraft Department
La Ville de Paris - Airship 1907Photograph of Henry Kapferer the pilot of the La Ville de Paris, throwing out ballast while floating above Paris. Date: 1907
Old Floating Church for Seamen, LondonSailors Floating Church was moored near Tower Hill in London, the ship was a well attended place of worship, with religious teachings for the seafarers that docked there. Date: 1846
KRAKATOA/CORPSES 1883The day after the eruption, a sailing vessel makes its way through a sea of floating corpses Date: 26-8 August 1883
Cartoon, Disenchantment, WW1Cartoon, Disenchantment. The old ones are no fun, they die too quickly, muses a German U-boat commander. Date: 1916
Many thousands gathered at the waterside at the River Thames in Richmond, with decorated illuminated floats, glowing fruits everywhere to be seen. Date: August 1892
Comic postcard, Young couple in the sea - Life Saving Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Bald head in the sea, WW2 Date: circa 1940s
Comic postcard, Plump man floating on the sea Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Aunt Matilda bathing in the sea in an inflatable ring Date: 20th century
Prison ship Success Australia, c. 1890Image 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
Shop window display, West End of LondonA surreal window display in a mens outfitters in Londons West End. Date: circa 1950s
Comic postcard, Edwardian woman at sea in large hat Date: early 20th century
Comic postcard, Man paddling in the sea. I can t swim, but I m not afraid - I ve got a floating kidney! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, People in the sea Date: 20th century
A floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal RiverMan and donkeys and other porters with sacks on their heads cross a floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River. View of a a bridge over the Ba-Fing or Black River
Weapons and musical instruments of Senegambia, 18th centuryWeapons, musical instrument and pipe of Senegambia, 18th century. Bow, powder horn, lance, quiver, arrow, boot, guitar and tobacco pipe
Workshop for engine test of machinery by Lawrence Hathaway, Member of IMechE, at his Trinity Pumps Company, Gobowen. The company produced floating pumps which were first used in fire engines
Imaginary raft, Napoleonic invasion of EnglandImaginary raft for a Napoleonic invasion of England which never happened. Date: circa 1804
Angelic women in the most wonderful photo ever takenTwo women appear angelic, dressed in flowing material as they are photographed amongst the clouds. The positioning of the women
Floating water plantain, Luronium natans (Alisma natans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800
The Infernal used by the English Navy at St. Malo s. A floating mine constructed in a vessel with sand, gunpowder, masonry, bombs and fireworks. Copperplate engraving by N.C
Floating bur-reed, Sparganium natans. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst
Hydraulics systems including floating, hydromancyHydraulics systems including floating action 1, 2, hydromancy or water divination 3, 4, and Archimedes solution to the problem of Hieros crown 5
Chinese juggler keeping a 100-foot long ribbon floating in the air, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Canadian Fort Garry Horse Memorial AnguernyThe Regiment was an armoured force equipped with Sherman floating tanks - DD (Duplex Drive) tanks. By early afternoon of 6 June A Squadron working with the Queens Own Rifles had cleared the area