Forms Collection (page 3)

Balthasar Nebot - Gardens of Hartwell House, Aylesbury - 2 / 8
One of a series of eight paintings by Balthasar Nebot (active 1729-1765) showing the spectacular garden landscape of Hartwell House, just outside Aylesbury, in 1738

Union of Utrecht
De Unie van Utrecht forms an armed alliance of the united provinces, but effectively separates Holland from Belgium, which becomes the Spanish Netherlands

Sven Hedin to Tibet - 1
Swedish explorer sets out on a second expedition (first was in 1895); he takes the train to furthest point, Andidjan, and forms a caravan which will carry his supplies to Lailik

Link Boy, 18th Century
A barefoot LINKBOY carries a flaming torch with which he will illuminate the path of a gentleman, in the absence of any fixed street lighting

ARAB DHOW
Arab dhow, used in various forms in the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and the east coast of Africa

Bismarck / Rohling / Page 21
Bismarck forms a ministry with Bernstorff, Jtzenplitz, Muhler Eulenburg and Roon

Order form for Our Boys Clothing Company
Order form front cover for Our Boys Clothing Company, showing the store in Oxford Street, London. Date: 1895

Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado, USA
A narrow gap between two sandstone masses forms the entrance to the Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado. The Garden contains strangely shaped isolated rocks of all shapes and sizes

Tobacco Stall in Market
Tobacconists stall in a Co-operative market selling cigars, cigarettes, snuff and other forms of tobacco Date: 1909

Water Tricycle - 1
Several inventors propose forms of water-tricycle. Frenchman Romanes-Rousseau demonstrates his project at Marseille, on a conveniently calm day. Date: 1880

The Radio Widow
THE WIRELESS WIDOW The social impact of thecoming of radio takes many forms... Date: 1923

Switzerland - Blumlis Alp
Black and white lantern slide of the Bluemlisalp, a massif of the Bernese Alps, in the territory of the municipalies of Kandersteg and Reichenbach im Kandertal

Switzerland - Interlaken, Hotel Beau-Rivage
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Swiss town Interlaken. In the background is a Mount Jungfrau - one of the main summits in the Bernese Alps

Switzerland - Lauterbrunnen, the Staubbach
Coloured lantern slide of a view through the town of Lauterbrunnen. In the background is the Staubbach Falls. The waterfall drops about 300 metres from a hanging valley that ends in overhanging

Suffragette Votes for Women Tobacco Jar
A porcelain bust, hand-painted of a woman wearing a black hat with purple, white and green ribbon. Over her left shoulder is a sash, also in the colours of the W.S.P.U

North Surrey District Schools, Anerley, Upper Norwood
The North Surrey District (or Industrial) Schools at Anerley, Upper Norwood, opened in 1850 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Jay, Goldfinch and White-throated thrush
Three Himalayan birds of European genus: the jay, the goldfinch and the white-throated thrush Himalayan birds of European forms Date: 1839

Men sleeping rough on the embankment, London, 1910
Men who have not been able to get into a night shelter are sleeping rough on a bench on the embankment in London. A flashlight reveals their sleeping forms bent at awkward angles in an effort to find

China - Shanghai - Junks. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with alternative transport. Comic postcard from wartime England by Evelyn E Morris, showing alternative forms of transport available if the petrol pumps ran dry

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913. Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916). Sculpture in bronze. Date: 1913

Jardines House on Inya Lake - Rangoon - Beautifully manicured garden down to the Lake. Traveller palm - fan shaped, each leaf stalk in joining the main stem forms a gourd-like reservoir of water for

Bank teller
People You See. Bank teller. From Teddy Bear (24 January 1970)

Girls in Class / Iln 1911
East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English. Date: 1911

New forms of transportation. Print shows various forms of human- and animal-drawn carts and carriages, with a view of a steamboat in the background. Date 1871

Ritten Plateau, Tyrol, Italy - Erdpyramids
The Renon/Ritten Plateau - the spectacular and bizarre Earth pyramids (Erdpyramids). The raw material for the earth pyramids comes from moraine clays deposited by the main Eisack valley glacier

Lots of Bread
Bread in some its many forms : Bread buns, wholemeal sliced loaf, wholemeal tin loaf, white tin loaf, bloomers, etc. etc.! Date: 1980

Middle Tower of London
The Middle Tower forms the entrance to the famous Tower of London, which was built by William the Conqueror to protect and conrtrol the City of London. Date: 13th century

Thames at Radcot
A glimpse of the River Thames at Radcot, where it flows through pleasant meadows and forms the boundary between Berkshire and Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1950s

Wales / Lydstep Point
Lydstep Point, Pembrokeshire, Wales.. This fine headland, with its magnificent limestone cliffs, forms part of the National Park. Caldey Island is in the distance. Date: 1950s

Boating on the Thames
Boating on a pleasant stretch of the River Thames, viewed from Swinford Bridge, where it forms the boundary between the counties of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Cruck-Beam Gable
A derelict cruck-beam house (being demolished), at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. This was one of the very earliest forms of building construction. Date: 19th century

Jewish Inscription

Christmas / Presents 1960S
A little girl is given a present from Father Christmas who prefers a sports car to a sleigh any day Date: 1960s

Cressets and Street Lamp
Paris streets illuminated by lamps of slowly-burning material placed in strategic locations : the nightwatchmen carry cressets using similar technology Date: 16th century

Jordan / Petra / Edom 1835
Petra: Edom, a triumphal arch across the ravine which forms one of the approaches to Selah or Petra Date: 1835

Religion / Egypt / Horus
The falcon-god Horus has many forms : this is HERU-SMA-TAUI, who has been identified with the Sun in Spring

Abstract painting of fluid forms
An abstract painting of fluid forms by Raymond Sheppard

Abstract view of an underground cavern
An abstract view of an underground cavern in a surreal style. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

South American ceramics
Items of material culture from South America. Distinctive ceramic bowls and drinking vessels, sporting fierce mask faces and anthropomorphic forms. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Abstract picture of tubes & swirls
Abstract painting of tubes, horns & swirls by Raymond Sheppard

Patterned shapes - abstract painting by Raymond Sheppard

Pigeon Container on a British Paratrooper, Second World War
Photograph showing a pigeon container strapped to the stomach of a British paratrooper, 1944. Pigeons are one of the oldest and most reliable forms of military communication

Life on the Stars 3
The great nebula of Orion is ten light years wide : life forms could resemble those of Earths early phases, with massive aquatic creatures

Ship of Europa
Though driven by oars, this vessel on Europa, one of Jupiters moons, is powered not manually but by the energy taken from the ether which forms the moons atmosphere

Beijing Entrance
The Western Gates of Beijing leave travelers in no doubt that they are entering a mighty city. Note various forms of transport by river and road

Chinese Official
A Chinese official reads a message brought to him by a courier

Egyptian Writing
Egyptian hieroglyphs developed the scope of visual symbols to an extraordinary degree, graphic as well as decorative

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