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Lucky charm mascots worn during WW1Two lucky charm mascot pendants worn by servicemen during the First World War. One is in the shape of an anchor, the other in the shape of a heart with a cross in the middle. Date: 1914-1918
Measuring a childs height. Artist: Helen Jackson. Genre image entitled As High as Ones Heart Date: circa 1910
Label, Hotel Meran, Salzburg, AustriaLuggage label from the Hotel Meran, Salzburg, Austria. Date: 20th century
Heart and flowers on a birthday postcardA heart-shaped scene on a lake, with three pink roses below, on a birthday postcard. Date: early 20th century
Advertisement for Black & White WhiskyAdvertisement for Black & White Scotch Whisky, featuring a fine silhouette of the Old Laird of Dumbiedikes passing advise to his son Jock (and also to Mr Novit)
Young woman with sweeping brush
Initiation to the Master of PrefectsThe recipient is assisted by a Brother, who has been given the name Scherebiah, the title Captain of the Guards, and is dressed in a biblical costume
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Havana, Cuba Date: circa 1910s
Rouen Cathedral, France - Misericord in the Choir stalls. A stange female creature with the wings and tail of a Chimera and a crows feet, holding up a heart in her right hand. Date: circa 1910s
Johns submission to King RichardKing Richard forgives his younger brother John, who had rebelled while Richard was away on the Third Crusade. John was named as heir to the throne and succeeded his brother in 1199 Date: 1194
Longchamp arrests Hugh de PuisetWilliam Longchamp, Bishop of Ely, arrests Hugh de Puiset (Hugh Pudsey) at Tickhill Castle. Longchamp, a favourite of Richard I
Durnstein Castle and townThe town of Durnstein, on the river Danube, Austria. On a rocky hill above the town sits Durnstein Castle, where Richard I of England was held captive from December 1192 to March 1193 following his
King Richard enters LondonFollowing his release from captivity in Austria on his way back from the Third Crusade, King Richard makes a triumphant entry into London Date: 1194
Xmas. Girl with holly by Ethel Parkinson. " Accept that Greeting dear to friends, The welcome of the heart" - A Macfarren. circa 1902
King Richard forgives his assassinMortally wounded, King Richard nevertheless pardons the crossbowman, Bertrand de Gurdon, who had shot him from the battlements of the castle of Chalus-Chabrol Date: March 1199
A Modern DreadnoughtA Servicewoman of the pre-First World War years, titled as A Modern Dreadnought. Perhaps she served as part of the British Royal Navy (in an unofficial capacity as the Wrens were only formed in 1917)
Servant GuidelinesServants, be obedient to them that are your Masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)
Anatomy of the HeartANATOMY OF THE HEART (interior) according to Jean-Baptiste Senac Date: Circa 1760
Heart & Chest ArteriesThe HEART and the CHEST ARTERIES of the human body according to the anatomist Haller. Date: Circa 1760
Rayon BallgownLove-in-a-mist coloured rayon gown with a long skirt, & heart (en coeur) shaped pleated corsage with narrow shoulder straps & worn with a triple belt trimmed with roses Date: 1938
Bird on Nellies HatA fashionable hat of the period trimmed with a stuffed bird worn by May Ward - the dainty little comedienne. Date: 1906
Japanese Tea and SakiJapanese tea ceremony (Sado); a custom strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism, in which the many rituals must be learned by heart Date: circa 1860
Ballad / Lord RandalLORD RANDAL O yes, I am poisoned, mother, make my bed soon, for I m sick at the heart, and I fain wald lie down (His true love gave him eels boiled in broth.) Date: traditional
M-M. AlacocoqueSAINT MARGUERITE-MARIE ALACOCQUE French nun and visionary; canonised in 1920 Date: 1647 - 1690
Female Type / RemembranceAn elegant young woman. Date: 1909
Paramount Hotel Grill, New YorkThe interior of the Paramount Hotel Grill just west of Broadway at 46th Street, New York. The Worlds most luxurious restaurant located in the heart of the theatrical
Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, CaldecottFront cover of The Queen of Hearts illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, showing the Queen of Hearts walking upon a carpet of playing cards and proudly displaying one of her famous jammy treats
Mrs BalchristieFancy dress costume idea from 1884 for Mrs Balchristie, a character from Sir Walter Scotts Heart of Midlothian. The costume comprises a dark dress, plain skirt, low square bodice
Angel of Love by Millicent SowerbyA cheery little angel smiles against a backdrop of a love heart and roses
Music sheet cover for I Would Not Have Thee, Call Me Back, a ballad with words by H Tolkien and music by G Tolkien. A lady of the Restoration period is depicted in a garden with her King Charles
The language of the legsThe Language of the legs! - charting the development of a relationship through body language - from Timid to Ecstacy !
An Andean Harpist with his harpThe harp migrated from Europe to Mexico and South America with the Conquistadores and Missionaries. The South Americans adapted it and it sometimes called the Highland Harp
Madhya Pradesh, Central IndiaScene in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India -- a rather barren looking landscape. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Fraulein Urta BohnUndated photograph of Fraulein Urta Bohn, who took the past of the " maiden pure in heart" at the black magic experiment conducted by Harry Price on the Brocken
Morocco, Casablanca - The Rue Deify Dieude and CathedralThe Rue Deify Dieude and Cathedral of the Sacred Heart at Casablanca in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of the Greater Casablanca region
Ayasofya, Istanbul - FountainAblution Fountain in the courtyard in the heart of the Ayasofya Mosque Complex, Istanbul
Tea Dance Paris 1926A raucous tea dance, somewhere in the heart of swinging Paris
Burns / Lass O BallochmylTHE LASS OF BALLOCHMYLE With careless step I onward strayed, My heart rejoiced in natures joy, When musing in a lonely glade, A maiden fair I chanced to spy
Burns / Second EpistleSECOND EPISTLE TO DAVIE A Brother Poet Hale be your heart, hale be your fiddle; Lang may your elbow jink an diddle
Lear / Nonsense / CowThere was an Old Man who said, how shall I flee from that horrible cow? I will sit on this stile, and continue to smile, which may soften the heart of that cow
The Tatler Spring Motor SupplementA front cover illustration showing a couple of lovers lit by a heart shaped headlight
Elections held at Greek Church, ConstantinopleElections held in the heart of the Greek Church of St Trinity, Constantinople in the Taksim District. Church also known as Aya Triyada
The Crazy GangBud Flanagan (1896-1968) with the Crazy Gang in Young at Heart
Bud Flanagan (1896-1968) with the Crazy Gang in Young at Heart
Germany BernbastelBerncastel on the Moselle, in the heart of the wine district
Lombard StreetTwo Morris Minors drive down Lombard Street in the heart of Londons financial district
THE HEART IN HAND INNThe striking inn sign of The Heart in Hand at Bourne End, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Chekhov with FamilyANTON CHEKHOV at the age of 17, with his family. (he is the tall youth in the back row with his hand on his heart...)