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Start-rite shoes advertisement, 1961Advertisement for Start-rite shoes of Norwich, THE choice of classic shoe for children (the one bar style seen at the bottom of this advert is still being sold in various colours today)
Muscles and tendons of the leg and foot.. Handcolored steel engraving from Dr. Joseph Nicolas Masses Pocket Anatomy of the Human Body, Paris, 1864
Winter 1915, flooded British trench by Matania, WW1A British trench on the Western Front during the winter of 1915 drawn by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania and demonstrating the sort of flooded
Foot x rays showing damage done by wearing high heelsA double page spread from The Sketch reporting on the unnatural stresses put on the feet by the wearing of high heels, which had been banned by the French medical profession being bad for the feet
Chinese tribute money entering the mintThe safe arrival at the English mint of the Chinese silver paid as indemnity wa arranged by a recent treaty. Here the wagons are shown moving slowly under their valuable burden
Ptilinopus insolitus, knob-billed fruit dovePlate 52, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China. The plant is Bombax ceiba
Aix galericulata, Mandarin duck and other birdsLarge Series plate 35, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
GLC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladderA Morris style 50 foot wheeled escape ladder parked in the fire brigade workshops at Lambeth. When not carried on fire engines escape ladders were normally stored in this fashion
LCC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder in useA wheeled escape ladder being used in the bridged position as a crane whilst LFB crews undertake a rescue, by line, from the basement area of a building under demolition
Plaque left on the moon by the first visitorsThe metal plaque left on the surface of the moon in July 1969 by the first human visitors to the Earths sole satellite. It bears the signatures of astronauts Armstrong, Edwin Buzz Aldrin
Kaiser Wilhelm IIs sonsThe six sons of Kaiser Wilhelm II pictured in 1900: (l to r standing) Eitel Friedrich (1883-1942), Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951), Adalbert (1884-1948); (in front) Oskar (1888-1958)
Model of the R. M. S. Queen Mary in a test tank, 1934Photograph of an 18-foot model of the R.M.S. Queen Mary being tested in an experimental tank. The designers were seeing how the ship would cope with an Atlantic Gale when run at full speed
French Soldiers Ca 1600Two French soldiers of the time of Henri IV - an ARQUEBUSIER A PIED (foot arquebusier) and a CAPITAINE DE GENDARMES
Paris / Sacre Coeur 1907A horse bus waits at the foot of the Montmartre funiculaire, which still carries sightseers and worshippers to the church of Sacre Coeur
Paris 1889 / Tour EiffelVisitors stroll in the fresh air beneath the Eiffel Tower in front of the monumental fountain
Pair of feet with comic verse on a Christmas cardPair of feet with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Scotsman with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card -- First Foot. Date: circa 1890s
Team of stunt women posing with a stunt bicycle Date: circa 1970s
Volvo 202Photograph: Volvo 202. Volvo 202 Oversnow vehicle with a column of commandos trailing behind on foot, Falklands, 1982. One of fourteen copy photographs of British Army
Advert for James Aitchison brooches 1883James Aitchison, manufacturer of National Scottish Jewellery. From birds shot in the Highlands of Scotland, mounted as brooches in gold and silver, and set with Scotch Cairngorms stones. 1883
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Watson. One of a set of six unsigned oil paintings on canvas attributed to Giuseppe Chiesa (d 1789), 1769-1771 (c)
Engraved Jacobite airtwist drinking glass, 1760 (c). The bell bowl is engraved with an open thistle and two buds and a single moth, on a double-knopped mufti-spiral airtwist stem and conical foot
Grenadier cap, officers, 43rd Regiment of Foot, 1740-1749. Metal and silk thread embroidery on velvet and wool. This officers cap displays the white horse and motto of the house of Hanover
Spain - A Lady from AndalusiaSpain - A Lady from the autonomous community of Andalusia, in traditional costume and tucking into a bottle of something strong, not unlike herself... Date: circa 1910s
Ballymagee St, Bangor - a view looking down High street, in the foreground there is a motor bus with passengers going down the street and people on foot each side of the road
Berlin Gold Hat. Fine gold leaf. 1000 BCBerlin Gold Hat. Thin gold leaf. Late Bronze Age. 1000 BC. Detail. Unknown origin, probably South Germany. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Muscle structure Leonardo da Vincis drawing. 15th centuryMuscle structure. Leonardo da Vinci believed the study of the human body and of its proportions and muscles to be useful in artistic representation
Ahmose and his mother. Egyptian statueStatue group of the egyptian priest Ahmose and his mother, Baket-re. Diorite. C.1490-1400 BC. 18th Dynasty. New Empire. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark
Statue of Ankhrekhu. EgyptQuartzite statue of Ankhrekhu. 1850 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Singer Sewing Machine - Tailors Machine model 31K15. 1932
Singer Sewing Machine - one-drawer drop-leaf table. 1932
Coldstream guards, oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service. Date: 1894
42nd Highlanders by the Sphinx at Giza, Egypt, c. 1882Soldiers serving in Egypt were always keen to visit and photograph Egypts historic landmarks. In this image, the officers and men of the 42nd (Royal Highland)
Advert for J. L Foot & Son reclining chair 1899Comfortable reclining chair, can be lowered and moved in any position from upright to flat. 1899
Supposed foot of the Loch Ness Monster, Castle UrquhartSupposed foot of the Loch Ness Monster, found on the shore of the loch near Castle Urquhart, Scotland. Date: circa 1935
Occupation of Paris, 1815 - Place Louis 15th: Paris Sept: 1815.Watercolour by Maj William Loftie, 55th (the Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot, 1815.During the Occupation of Paris
Officers sword, 51st Foot, 1809 (c); blade is curved, flat backed, unfullered with a spear point, and is double edged for the last 10 in; steel stirrup guard; steel hilt mounts
Major (later Major-General) Sir Neil Campbell CB (1776-1827), 1815 (c).Oil on canvas by Edouard Henri Pingret (1788-1875), 1819.Full-length
A selection of British Shells Date: circa 1920s
Collared Lemmings large winter claw of a forepaw - adapted for digging snow (Dicrostonyx torquatus). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic
Chinese women with bound feet. Date: circa 1890
China - Shanghai - Woman with bound feet reclining on divan. Foot binding was the custom of binding the feet of young girls painfully tight to prevent further growth
George V pictured in erman uniform with Kaiser Wilhelm IIKing George V pictured in German uniform alongside his cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II (in the uniform of the British Dragoon Guards!)in 1912
Sacred foot of Buddha - Angkor Wat, CambodiaSacred foot (footprint) of Buddha - Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Date: circa 1910s
Falling down the stairs - the end result is the sameVoice from above - " Whist, Mick! Are yer for faalen down shtairs?" Mick - " Uts arl roight, oi was comin down, anyhow!" Date: 1896
Tomb of Sayyidna Hamza, MedinaThe Mosque built over the Grave/Tomb of Sayyidna Hamza at the foot of Mount Uhud, north of Medina, Saudi Arabia - building(s) demolished by Ibn Saud in 1925. Date: circa 1910s
Anthracoceros albirostris convexus, Oriental pied hornbillPlate 39, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Falco subbuteo, Eurasian hobbyPlate 18 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph