Foreground Collection (page 26)

Langstone Mill
Langstone windmill and tide mill, Havant, Hampshire. The tower mill was used for milling cereals, the tide mill is in the foreground. Both date from the 18th century

Spain / Seville C1700
Seville: general view, with people and oxen in the foreground

Stockholm / General C1700
Stockholm: general view, with travellers in the foreground

Russia / Dagestan / Derbend
Derbend, Dagestan: general view, with people and camels in the foreground

Copenhagen / Distant C1700
Copenhagen: distant view, with people on horses in the foreground

Poland / Gdansk C1700
Gdansk, formerly Danzig: distant view, with travellers in the foreground

Menai Bridges / Hawkins
The Britannia Tubular Bridge (foreground) designed by Robert Stephenson and opened in 1850 and the Menai Suspension Bridge designed by Thomas Telford, opened in 1826

Tintern Abbey viewed from the Priory. The small building in the foreground is the Old Ship Inn

France / Amiens 1907
Amiens, with the cathedral in the background and the quayside in the foreground

Palms and Plantains
An assortment of monocotyledonous plants : palms and plantain, with a couple of giraffes drinking in the foreground

Back cover / Nature Stories for Tiny Folk
Stylished country scene with a lamb in the foreground, cottages in the distance and a bright blue sky

Algiers, Rue Randon
La rue Randon : my guess is that the children in the foreground are the photographers daughters

Champs Elysees 1840
The Champs Elysees, seen from the Arc de Triomphe, with the Palais des Tuileries in the distance : in the foreground, the old barrieres restricting trade in and out of the city

Croppers and a Freemer
Two men use teasels used for rooing the cloth. In the foreground a Freemer Boy detaches flocks of wool from recently used teasels

Rome / Pantheon C1835
The exterior of the Pantheon with people milling about in the foreground

Bay of Naples View
On the shores of the Mediterranean, a view of Naples from Mergellina harbour with fishing boats in the foreground and Vesuvius smouldering in the distance

Pembrokeshire Coastline
A fine impression of the beautiful cliff scenery of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The Stack Rocks are in the foreground, home to guillemots in the early summer months

Bank of England / Chromo
A view of the Bank of England from the corner of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill. People and carriages mill about in the foreground

Rome / Colosseum C1835
A general view with some people in the foreground

Migs over Leningrad
MIG-3 fighters patrol the citys airspace - the Peter Paul Fortress is in the foreground

Shell Mex Building
View across the Thames from the outside the Royal Festival Hall, showing the South Bank Promenade in the foreground and Shell Mex House (with clock) on the other side. Date: 1951

Kremlin / Clerget / 1870S
A view of the Kremlin from the River Moskva with a barge in the foreground

KREMLIN 1879
A view of the Kremlin from the River Moskva with a bridge in the foreground

Olympics / 1932 / Swimming
The start of the womens 100 metre freestyle with Helene Madison in the foreground

India / Calcutta / Aerial
Aerial view of the town showing the docks and buildings in the background and tents pitched on green fields in the foreground

French Steel Works / 1930
FRANCE Longwy Steelworks: the rolling mill, with workers in the foreground

Netherlands / Leiden C1700
Leiden: general view, with cows in a field in the foreground

Book Binder (Amman)
Interior of a German book- binding workshop : in the background the gatherings are being stitched, in the foreground covers are being prepared

French Strolling Players
A party of strolling players arrive at an inn : the fight in progress in the foreground seems to arouse minimal interest in the company !

Paris Street / Buses C1830
The first omnibuses to ply the streets of Paris - in the foreground, an Ecossaise, in the background, a Dame Blanche

Japan / Fujiyama 1858
Fujiyama in the distance, with boats on the water in the foreground

India / Calcutta / F William
Calcutta: Fort William, with ships in the foreground

India / Bombay C1750
Bombay: general view, with ships in the foreground

L ODEON / PARIS / 1904
An exterior view of Le Theatre National de L Odeon with the statue of Emile Augier in the foreground

Seaside Peepshow C1890
Drop in a penny and the model will work. - wholeseome family entertainment on the pier; but the young lady in the foreground would rather know what the butler saw

Crystal Palace
An exterior view of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham with a large fountain in the foreground

Newmarket Training, 1790
Exercising horses at Newmarket: the Prince of Wales, George IV is in the foreground

Sluys / Sluis 1739
View of Sluys, scene of the famous sea battle of 1340, as it was four hundred years after the event. A map of the towns fortifications is visible in the foreground

Switzerland / Fribourg
Fribourg including a view of the suspension bridge. A group of locals perform a folk dance to the tune of a fiddle player in the foreground

Portsmouth 1750
West prospect of Portsmouth, Hampshire: important buildings & shipping depicted & in the foreground inhabitants & sailors smoke, canoodle with local lasses or load cargo

Ben Nevis, Scotland
At 1343 metres, Ben Nevis in the Grampian range is the tallest peak in the British Isles. In the foreground is the entrance to the Caledonian Canal

Rebuilding London Bridge
The rebuilding of London Bridge, with numerous boats in the foreground and the Monument visible in the distance

Hereford Butcher Row
An splendid example of Elizabethan domestic architecture in Butcher Row, Hereford : several market traders are active in the foreground

Off the North Foreland
Sailing vessels off the North Foreland, Kent; a small fishing boat is busy in the foreground

Mamhead, Devon, with sheep grazing in the foreground to keep the lawns cropped

Blunt / N. Europe Aurora
As seen with mountains in the foreground

Blunt / Three Rainbows
Three rainbows over a river with a bridge in the background and ships in the foreground

Football / Spanish Card
A group of players challenge for a corner ball in the air (Barcelona strip in foreground)

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