Head Collection (page 17)

Drinking Fountain at the British Museum 1860
Designed by Sidney Smirke, two white marble drinking fountains placed one on each side of the entrance doorway at the British Museum, London. Date: 1860

Prince Arisugawa Takehito (1862 - 1913), 10th head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy

POMPEY'S HEAD
Pompeius's head is shown to Caesar, as evidence of his death. Date: 48 BCE

DEATHLY SUNDIAL
An unusual sundial head in a niche over the church porch at Sheepstor, Devon, England, dating from 1640. It reads (in Latin): Life is but an Hour, Death is the Gate to Life'. Date: 17th century

Puss in Boots - the Ogre - Nursery Tale
The ogre glares at Puss in Boots as he bows and scrapes before him; a platter of dead babies and a calf's head stew are on the table Date: circa 1870

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Priest
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CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLAND St Edward's Staff: head and foot Date: 20th century

CORONATION/CHAMPION ENGL
The Champion of England, head of the House of Dymoke, Lincolnshire - it was a tradition for him to appear at every coronation until that of George IV in 1821 Date: -

Kaiser Wilhelm Ii 1903 Cartoons Caricatures German
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A man walking - some carrying a load on his head, some not. Date: 1880s

WILHELM II/DEATH'S HEAD
WILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY The Kaiser in the uniform of the Death's Head Hussars Date: 1903

MASSACRE AT GLENCOE
THE MASSACRE AT GLENCOE A family grieves over the dead head of the household. Date: 1692

LADY AND DEATH'S HEAD
She looks into her mirror but, somewhat to her surprise, instead of her own face she sees a death's head

HAWAII BURIAL GROUND
A Representation of a Morai, or Burial Place at Owhyhee (Hawaii) Date: circa 1770

GARRICK
DAVID GARRICK (1717 - 1779), English actor, famous for his Shakespearean roles, a few months before his death

FUNERAL OF MRS BRIGHT
The funeral of Mrs John Bright, wife of the statesman (seen standing at the head of the open grave)

METRO, ACCIDENT 1903
When a train - made of varnished wood - catches fire near Belleville station, passengers head for safety but mistake their way and 84 die of asphyxiation Date: 1903

TREASURE ISLAND/ISRAEL
The death of Israel Hands: "the coxswain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds, & plunged head first into the water." Date: First published: 1883

TREASURE ISLE/TOM MORGAN
Long John Silver questions Tom Morgan: "Do you call that a head on your shoulders, or a blessed dead-eye?". Date: First published: 1883

Anubis, god of the dead, with head of a jackel
Anubis, god of the dead, with the head of a jackel

ANUBIS/OSIRIS
Anubis, god of the dead with the head of a jackel, and a recently deceased mortal

Cartoon portrait, SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859 - 1930), writer, caricatured with his head in the clouds and with manacles on his ankles

Woman head in plant pot
Front cover idea for Die Dame in wash and watercolour on a cosmetic theme - a woman's head appears to grow, plant- like, out of a flower pot circa 1928

The Reichsadler - the state eagle of Germany - proudly rears its head, over which the imperial crown of Charlemagne hovers. Date: circa 1890

BOOK OF THE DEAD/33
1. 4 cynocephali sit at pool of fire 2. Amulets placed on the mummy : Tat, Buckle, Heart and Head-rest 3. Portion of sepulchral chamber

BOOK OF THE DEAD/10
1. Cat cuts off serpent head 2. Ani and his wife, Tutu, adoring the scarab-headed god Khepera on the Solar Bark 3. The god Atum in Solar Bark 4. Couchant lion on pedestal

Death personified on a Tarot card
Death personified as a skeleton with a scythe on a Tarot card. Date: 1926

Damocles dines with a sword hanging over his head
Damocles, member of the Greek court of Dionysius of Siragusa (Syracuse), Sicily, dines dangerously, with a sword hanging over his head. Date: 404 BC

Louis XVII, titular King of France, son of Louis XVI
Louis XVII (1785 - 1795), titular King of France (1793 - 1795), son of Louis XVI. Imprisoned during the French Revolution from August 1792 until his death in 1795, he never ruled

Beachy Head near Eastbourne by Terry Whitworth

Windermere from Orrest Head by A. de Breanski, Junr

General Sir Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) fording the River Kaitna, Battle of Assaye, western India, 23 September 1803

Funeral of General Simon Fraser, 8 October 1777, the day after the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Date: 1777

Victorian scrap, Head and shoulders of woman
Victorian scrap, Head and shoulders of a young woman Date: circa 1880s

Victorian scrap, cats head Date: 19th century

The Three Graces on Liverpools Pier Head (Waterfront) (from left): The Liver Building, The Cunard Building and The Port of Liverpool Building - Liverpool, Merseyside. Date: circa 1936

The Liver Building, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside. Architect: Walter Aubrey Thomas. Date: circa 1936

Market Day in the French Basque Region
Elderly woman on Market Day in the French Basque Region. Date: circa 1920s

African woman street seller in Istanbul, Turkey holding a basket of bread. Date: circa 1902

Comic postcard, Couple asleep in the countryside Date: 20th century

Fred Storey, actor, in three different theatrical roles Date: 1890s

Scottish Fisher-Woman in Great Yarmouth 1932
One of the 3, 000 Scottish women that came every year to Great Yarmouth in the herring harvest to gut fish in the months of October and November. Date: October 1932

Comic postcard, Sale of wrong product - customer and barber Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple in bed Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two babies in a pram - twins Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Turnip, beans and rhubarb Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Bald head in the sea, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Woman Having her Hair Dried 1928
A woman sits under a chrome-plated hair dryer, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

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