Foreground Collection (page 20)

Norway - The old Hardanger Hotel
Lantern slide of wooden slatted building with child on tricycle in the foreground.. Part of Box 124- Norway Land of the Vikings- Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Italy - Forum de Jupiter Rome
Coloured lantern slide of the ruins of the Forum of Jupiter in Rome. There are two tourists in the foreground in period dress, dating the slide to perhaps the Georgian period

India - Raj Bodri Das Residence
A black and white lantern slide of a small temple in foreground and a single storey building to the left. Slide number 22 of Box 221 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

India - Bawackpore
Black and white lantern slide of a huge tree in foreground framing house and garden. Slide Number 8 in Box 221 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Russia - a small Russian Orthodox Church monastery among agricultural fields - potatoes field on foreground - midsummer - June

Central America - Gold Mining - Lantern Slide series
Gold Mining in Central America - A coloured lantern slide of two small white buildings in a hilly landscape, with trees and various foliage in the foreground.. Slide from Box 270B. Date: circa 1900

White Saxaul trees - on sand dunes with tracks of insects - track in foreground ends with a small sand bump where a large darkling beetle has hidden itself during the day heat (Haloxylon persicum)

Bourke Street, looking West from Exhibition Street
Black and white image of Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia, with tram and pedestrian in foreground. Part of Box 100, Melbourne, Boswell Collection. Slide number 4. Date: circa 1890

Japan - A famous wisteria in bloom
Hand coloured slide showing people gathered on a bridge over water and wisteria blooms in the foreground and side. Part of Box 157 Japan Boswell Collection

Tundra view with a small lake in foreground and pockets of snow, remaining throughout the summer in ravines.. Arctic tundra of Taimyr peninsula near Kara sea, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic

A view down Oxford Street, London - looking east. The turning into James street (foreground left) can be seen.. Part of Box 35 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1895

Nibetdag mountain range - desert on foreground. Turkmenistan. Spring - April

Neuve Chapelle - WWI
Neuve Chapelle. Including a separate hand-written description as follows - Here enemy made a counter-attack (under cover of a mist) in mass formation

Ward at Leeds Infirmary, West Yorkshire
A an interior view of No.8 Ward at the Leeds Infirmary. Patients lie in their beds along both side. Two jugs and basins for washing are in the foreground. Date: Early 1900s

The Tophane Palace and Arsenal, Istanbul, Turkey
View depicting the arsenal and other buildings in the background with various small sailing boats in the foreground. From: A journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia

Aboriginal boat beached - two aboriginal men paddling a simi
An aboriginal boat is beached in the foreground with two aboriginal men paddling a similar boat in the background. Date: 1803

Westminster in 1808
An amazingly rustic view of Westminster in the early 19th century : in the foreground is the timber-yard on Millbank, Tothill Fields in the distance. Date: 1808

Somerset House C19
The river front - a steamer in the foreground, St Pauls in the background. Date: 1846

Landing Fish at Billingsgate Market, London, 1881
Engraving showing the busy, early morning scene outside Billingsgate Market as fresh fish was unloaded from boats moored in the River Thames, 1881

Drainage Aqueduct at Abbey Mills, London, 1864
Engraving showing the aqueduct which carried the London main drainage works over the River Lea at Abbey Mills, Stratford, London, 1864. In the foreground, a sailing barge approaches the aqueduct

Barges on the River Thames, 1845
Engraving showing a number of barges on the River Thames, on the day of the Lord Mayor of Londons Show, 1845. The Stationers Companys barge may be seen at left, being rowed

Allied Armour heading into Holland; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing Allied units heading up the Eindhoven to Nijmegen road in Holland during September 1944. In the foreground of this image one can see a tank destroyer, a despatch rider

The Port of Balaklava, Crimea, 1855
Engraving showing the port of Balaklava with sentries in the foreground, warmly dressed in boots and thick coats, during the Crimean War, 1855

Ziethen Statue
Sightseers in Berlin admire the statue of Prussian military commander HANS JOACHIM VON ZIETHEN while dogs play in the foreground. Date: 1699 - 1786

Vienna Distant View
A distant view of the city : I dare say those trees in the foreground are those Vienna Woods we hear so much about... Date: circa 1840

Trotsky in Warsaw
LEON TROTSKY Russian statesman, at Warsaw 1919 during the peace of Brest-Litovsk - he is nearest camera in foreground. Date: 1879 - 1940

Looking East towards the Castlereagh Hills from Malone, Arthur James Wards Cottage in Foreground. Trobridge, George F. 1856 - 1909

Bell Model 48 XR-12, 46-215, in the foreground, Bell XH-?
Bell Model 48 XR-12, 46-215, in the foreground, Bell XH-15, 46-530 in left background and Bell YH-13 in right background

Tokyo, Japan - Asakusa Branch of Matsuya Department Store (opened 1931) with the River Sumida in the foreground. Note the cable car ride on the store roof! Date: circa 1931

Mount Fuji, Japan - Hotel in the foreground on the shores of Lake Ashinoko. Date: 1939

The Bristol factory in c 1910
The Bristol factory in c.1910. The Bristol Monoplane designed by George Challenger and Archibald Low is in the foreground. Date: circa 1910

Percival E2 Mew Gull, G-AFa (foreground) and Percival Q6 at an RAeS Garden party in 1939

M Bregis Breguet H1-U2 seaplane sheltering at Beaulieu
M. Bregis Breguet H1-U2 seaplane sheltering at Beaulieu. The wreck of M. Weymanns Nieuport is in the foreground at the Monaco Schneider Trophy Contest, 12 April 1913

A modified Kaman K-225 Dogship N400A (foreground)
A modified Kaman K-225 Dogship, N400A, foreground, and the first Kaman HTK-1

Martin Johnsons two aircraft at Kimberley on the flight from Cape Town to Nairobi. Sikorsky S39CS, NC52V, Spirit of Africa, (foreground) and S38BS, NC29V, Osas Ark

A view over the former Hyde Park Corner from the top floor of the Royal Aeronautical Societys building. In the garden in the foreground the children of King George VI used to play when

A model of Sputnik III (foreground) and the final stage of the rocket which carried Lunik 2 at Earls Court, July 1961. Date: 1961

The south east face passenger building and control tower, Heathrow Airport Central. In the foreground are Vickers Viscounts of BEA

Aerial view from balloon over Hyde Park, London
This photograph was taken when the balloon was situated over Hyde Park and is the view observed when looking in the direction of south east

Foreground: A replica of a 1912-style Curtiss pusher built under the supervision of Glenn Curtiss shortly after WW1. Background: Curtiss A-3 Falcon. Date: 1912

A de Havilland DH86 G-ACPL (foreground)
A de Havilland DH86, G-ACPL (foreground); Handley Page HP42, G-aXja; two Short L17s, G-ACJJ, Scylla and G-ACJK, Syrinx, and a Boulton & Paul P71A, G-ACOX, Boadicea, of Imperial Airways

Volcano with straw roofed house in foreground, Moluccas, Ind
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View across to a mountain with buildings in the foreground
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Distant mountains with snow, cactus in foreground
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

ATAHUALLPA (1502-1533). Inca king (1532-1533). Portrait of Atahualpa, last Inca king. Engraving

RIBERA, Jos頨1588-1652). Democritus. 1630. Detail
RIBERA, Jos頨 1588-1652). Democritus. 1630. Detail

KRAMSKOI, Ivan Nikolaevich (1837-1887). Portrait of Leon Tolstoy. 1873. Detail of the face. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. Moscow. Tretyakov Gallery

CURIE, Marie (1867-1934). French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in 1911. Portrait of Marie Curie. Oil on canvas

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