Headed Collection (page 5)

Spain (20th c. ). Visit of Alfonso XIII to Bilbao
Spain (20th c.). Visit of Alfonso XIII to Bilbao

Statue of the goddess Sakhmet. 1555 -1337 BC. The lion-headed goddess, Sekhmet, were originally created for the funerary temple of King Amenophis III, in Thebes

Red feather the costilest and most gorgeously mounted comic opera ever seen in America : with a cast of well known operatic artists headed by Cheridah Simpson and a great singing chorus. Date c1906

Cemi kbir, the large mosque, Larnaca, Cyprus: turban-headed gravestones; note graveyard unusually close to the mosque Date: 2011

Avenue of ram-headed sphinxes, Temple of Amun, Egypt
The avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leading to the west gate of the Temple of Amun at Karnak, near Luxor (ancient Thebes), Egypt. Date: early 20th century

Ashy-Headed Geese
Ashy-headed Geese. Date: 1960s

Nineveh Sculpture at the British Museum, London, 1850

Serbia - Card issued by the National Post Office, showing a postman and the varied means of conveying ones letter around the globe - by train, by plane or by sea. Date: 1936

Stele-carrying turtle - Ming Tombs Nanjing, China
Stele-carrying turtle at the Ming Dynasty Tombs Nanjing, China Date: circa 1910s

King George Vs message to troops of the Expeditionary Force from Buckingham Palace after Belgium had been attacked by Germany

Three sisters sitting in a Pembrokeshire garden
A family group of three middle-aged Edwardian sisters, sitting in the garden of a Pembrokeshire house. They are all wearing black clothes, in mourning for King Edward VII

Baleen whale
A baleen whale splashes out of the water on a rocky coastline while black-headed gulls flock around

Destruction of Kaleya - a four-armed Hindu God destroys a monstrous many-headed snake (Naga) - which is in the process of consuming two women whilst suspended over a river

Aswan - Egypt. Elephantine Island
Elephantine Island is the largest of the Aswan area islands, and is one of the most ancient sites in Egypt, with artifacts dating to predynastic periods

Envelope from the Titanic
An envelope, postmarked Southampton, 10 April 1912, addressed to Irvine Aitchison Esq of Sherwood, Beckenham, Kent. It contained a letter from his fiancee on White Star Line RMS Titanic headed paper

Letter headed paper from the Titanic
A blank sheet of letter headed paper from the RMS Titanic, with the White Star Line logo at the top left and the date partially completed in print on the right

Letter to Thomas Henry Ismay
A letter to Thomas Henry Ismay from twenty of his colleagues and employees on White Star Works headed paper, dated Bootle, 6 February 1899

Letter from Captain EJ Smith
A two-page letter from EJ Smith, future Captain of the ill-fated SS Titanic, to My dear Alvin Taylor. It is written on RMS Baltic White Star Line headed paper

Letter from the Titanic
A letter dated 10 April on White Star Line headed paper from Adolphe Saalfeld of Manchester, a first class passenger who survived the Titanic disaster

Various Titanic items
Various items from RMS Titanic, namely receipts for meals and typing, a headed letter card, a restaurant card, and a box of matches

Feeding the seagulls - Lake Geneva, Switzerland
A family feeding the Black headed gulls - Lake Geneva, Switzerland

Well, Warden, Hows this for a siren suit? by Merlin Enabnit
Red-headed pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a transparent negligee. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Ligue Catholique
Allegorical depiction of the Catholic League - showing the serpent-headed League dividing its loyalty to the king and elsewhere

Captain James Fitzjamess Cabin aboard HMS Erebus, 1845
Engraving showing Captain James Fitzjamess cabin aboard HMS Erebus, pictured shortly before departure, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror

The Deck of HMS Alert, British Arctic Expedition, 1875
Engraving showing the weather deck of HMS Alert as it headed out for the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Husky dogs

Franco-Prussian War. First German Prisoners brought into Met
Bare headed Prussian soldiers are brought into Metz under guard of French soldiers dressed in bearskins and frogged and braided uniforms

The Provisional Government reviewing the National Guard; Fra
Illustration showing the Provisional Government reviewing the National Guard during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1. The Provisional Government of National Defence was set up after the French

Green-headed Aliens
THE THREE PLANETEERS, by Edmond Hamilton. Two green-headed aliens, fly a spacecraft whilst under fire from groups of humans with ray-guns

Midshipman at Masthead
The Mast-headed Midshipman". A young man looks moodily out over the sea from the top of a ships mast

Embassy at Great Wall
The first British embassy to China, headed by George, earl Macartney, enters China via the Great Wall at Chogon Koton

Red-Haired Girl
A colourful design showing the head and shoulders of a red headed girl against a floral checked background

China Macartney Embas
The first British embassy to China, headed by George, earl Macartney, is greeted at (presumably) Beijing (Peking as was) by a military parade

Al-Mohurram Festival
The Al-Mohurram festival in India : the procession passes through the streets, headed by an elephant

Aristocratic Assembly
A long-headed assembly! : an aristocratic group play a hand of cards at a formal party while others dance in the background

Revolt at Modena
A conspiracy headed by Ciro Menotti seeks to overthrow Austrian dominion in Modena, but the rebellion is supressed and Menotti is arrested : he will be hanged

Easter Excursion Van
Easter Monday : London holidaymakers board an excursion van headed for the country - street traders offer them oranges to add to their picnic hampers

Royal Commission Sport
A Royal Commission on Sport, headed by viscount Richard Cross, made important recommendations for the proper management of British sport. Note prince of Wales low R. Date: 1888

Ram-Headed Sphinxes
At the Temple of Amun at Karnak the entrance is flanked by rows of ram-headed sphinxes

Penitent / Sedan Chair
A shaven-headed religious man (possibly a monk) spends reflective time in a spike - lined sedan chair in China in penitent repose

Tsarist Eagle Removed
As a symbol of the February Revolution, the tsarist two- headed eagle is removed from the Winter Palace at Petrograd

Three-Headed Dog / Cerberu
Dante & Virgil throw a sop to Cerberus, the dog who guards the entrance to Hell, thus ensuring that he ll not attack them as they pass

Two Bee-Eaters
(Merops) Two from this family : Red-winged bee-eater Blue-headed bee eater

Hades / Dis / Pluto
Hades (known to the Romans as Dis or Pluto) the God of the underworld, with his three- headed dog Cerberus

Allium-Round Head Garlic
Round-Headed Garlic

Rounding Cape Horn
A double-headed train of the Central Pacific Railroad rounds Cape Horn, the first of the heavy climbing across the Sierra, and the first sight of California

Luther with 7 Heads
Luther satirised as a seven- headed monster - aside from being an ecclesiastic, he is also Barabas the thief, a doctor, an inspector etcetera

Reptiles / Crocodile
Narrow-headed Crocodile

Henri IV of France with a seven-headed beast
Henri IV, King of France (from 1589), and King of Navarre (from 1572), seen here in armour, with his sword raised, having decapitated the seven-headed beast

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