Highly Collection (page 2)

America - The Stamp Act - Celebrating the repeal of the Act of March 22, 1765 in May 1766 with The Liberty-Pole Festival. The Liberty Pole was known to be a symbol of dissent against Great Britain

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW665 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft

Imaginary inhabitant of the planet Mars
An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Mars. Martians enjoy less gravity, but must withstand a thinner atmosphere with extreme temperatures. Civilisation could be highly developed. Date: 1939

Hawker Hurricane Mk IV -fitted with anti-tank cannons, these aircraft proved highly effective in North Africa

Blackfoot Indians Camp, Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Blackfoot Indians Camp, Medicine Lodge, Barber County, Kansas, USA. Showing highly decorated tepees Date: 1900s

Palawan Monitor Lizard - rests on a path with its tongue outstretched (the tongue has a highly developed olfactory sense) to smell a visitor (Varanus marmoratus)

LEMURIA
The Lost Continent of Lemuria, located in todays Pacific Ocean, may have housed a highly developed civilisation with advanced technology and a sophisticated culture

Greek Costume / Medea
ANCIENT GREECE: The sorceress Medea, wearing robes and a headdress highly decorated with ornamental motifs including scrolls, flowers & stars. Date: B.C

James Thomas Byford McCudden, pilot
James Thomas Byford McCudden (1895-1918), British air ace with a confirmed overall score of 57, who rose to the rank of Major, seen here in the cockpit of his Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a

Sonia Henie, Norwegian figure skater and film star
Sonia Henie (1912-1969), Norwegian figure skater and film star. She won many Olympic and World figure skating titles, and later became a highly paid Hollywood actress. Date: 20th century

Tattooed Gentleman
After patronising an Indian tattoo artist, this British soldier is highly decorated Date: circa 1900

Hall of Ambassadors - Black and white interior- 2 arched doorways- highly decorated walls Date: circa 1890s

Quimperle. St Michels church - black & white view of highly decorated Norman style stone doorway Date: circa 1890s

?Marengo?, the favourite charger of Napoleon I, 1815 (c). Soft-ground etching, by and after James Ward, published by R Ackermann, Strand, London, 1 August 1824

WW1 - The advantages of using Quinine to treat illness
WW1 - Soldier! Take your daily quinine - the advantages of using Quinine to treat illness, due to its antipyretic (fever-reducing), antimalarial, analgesic (painkilling)

Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil - Distinguished and highly decorated soldier. As colonial administrator in Egypt and advisor to the Liberal government he helped to implement Army reforms (18671918)

Tour of the Colonies - Mr Kings Piccadilly - Picture of highly decorated shop front. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies. Date: circa 1900

Richard Gibson
RICHARD GIBSON Dwarf (1.17m) and miniature painter, with a miniature of his wife, Anne Shepherd, of similar height. His work was highly regarded by all. Date: 1615 - 1690

Alexandre Bixio
JACQUES-ALEXANDRE BIXIO Highly respected French doctor, naturalist, agriculturist, also politician and philanthropist. Date: 1808 - 1865

Matthew Talbot Baines
MATTHEW TALBOT BAINES (son of Sir Edward Baines, older) Lawyer and statesman, highly regarded but not distinguished for anything in particular. Date: circa. 1840s

Grey Costume 1899
Jacket bodice, scallop edged basques, high collar rolled down to reveal red lining & fur edge, gored skirt with fullness at the back, highly ornamented with passementerie Date: 1899

Passementerie 1889
Detail of a bodice with puffed sleeves and a V neck which is highly ornamented with passementerie. Date: 1889

Circa 1820 Costume
Four fashionable ladies are charmed by a parrot. One gown has an elaborate stomacher & full, puffed sleeves. Two ladies wear pelisses with highly decorative detailing Date: early 1820s

Roller Skating 1891
Seriously over-dressed Victorian ladies roller- skating at the Olympia rink, London, where " fast skating", though highly unlikely, is " strictly prohibited". Date: 1891

Jullien / Pound / Mayall
LOUIS-ANTOINE JULLIEN French musician who conducted highly popular concerts in Britain from 1840 to 1859 Date: 1812 - 1860

Nautch girl dancing
A nautch girl (dancing girl) performs rhythmic steps emphasised by the bells around her ankles. The nautch girls were often courtesans highly trained in dance & music. Date: 1870

JULLIEN / ILN / 1843
LOUIS-ANTOINE JULLIEN French musician who conducted highly popular concerts in Britain from 1840 to 1859 Date: 1812 - 1860

Pinks Potted Bloater, Great Yarmouth
Pinks Potted Bloater, a most delicious relish of altogether superior quality. Showing the product being prepared by steam machinery from very highly cured Yarmouth Bloaters. 1888

B Ward, Christmas 1918, Quex Park VAD Hospital
B Ward in Gallery 1 of the Powell-Cotton Museum on Christmas Day 1918. This was the first Gallery of the Museum, built in 1896

Christmas 1918 in A Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
A Ward in the Drawing Room of Quex House on Christmas Day 1918. The room is highly decorated with flags, greetings, paper decorations and festive greenery

Cinderella married to the Prince
Black and white. Illustration of a couple at the alter getting married. Their clothes are very highly decorated.. Part of Box 365, Miscellaneous Part 1, Boswell collection. Slide number 8

India - Akbars Tomb Gateway
Black and white. Highly decorated white building with tree in foreground.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection. Slide number 218 and 84. Date: circa 1890s

India - The Chini-Ka-Roya, Agra
Black and white. Highly decorated building which has started to fall apart - plaster and walls missing in places.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection. Slide number 158 and 10. Date: circa 1890s

India - The Kutab - Details of windows at Ala-ud-din Gate, D
Black and white. Very highly decorated windows.. Part of India Box, Boswell collection. Slide number 58 and 37. Date: circa 1890s

Rome, Italy - St Clements Church, Interior
Black and white. Altar with a highly decorated dome over the top of it, in a building which seems to be made mostly of white marble.. Part of Box 196, Rome, Boswell collection. Slide number 18

Rome, Italy - Interior of Baptistery and Pisanos Pulpit
Hand coloured. A highly decorated pulpit.. Part of Box 196, Rome, Boswell Collection. Slide number 14. Date: circa 1890s

Visit to Madeira - Funchal Cathedral - Interior
Black and white lantern slide of an ornate cathedral interior with a very highly decorated chandelier.. Part of Box 125, Madeira, part of Boswell collection. Slide number 45. Date: circa 1890s

Palawan Monitor Lizard - searches for food along a public path with its tongue outstretched (the tongue has a highly developed olfactory sense) (Varanus marmoratus)

Highly decorated unmarked plate - WWI patriotic themes
Highly decorated unmarked plate showing Britannia, the British Lion, British soldier, ships, and flags of the Allies. Transfer reads - BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD - PEACE DAY SOUVENIR OF THE GREAT WAR

W H Goss Peace plate - 1919 - Angel of Peace
An extremely rare W. H. Goss Peace plate. Multi-coloured design, issued to commemorate Peace in 1919. The highly detailed transfer has the Angel of Peace in a gothic frame

Crews for British night fighters by G. H. Davis
Seeing in the dark: stringent eyesight tests precede the selection of crews for British night fighters during the Second World War. The men selected have highly developed vision. Date: 1944

Hon. Sir Seymour J. Fortescue, Vanity Fair, Spy
Captain Hon. SIR SEYMOUR JOHN FORTESCUE (1856-1942). Highly decorated officer of the British Royal Navy. Held the office of Equerry-in-Waiting to HM King Edward VII between 1893 and 1910

Magdalen De Passe
MAGDALEN DE PASSE Dutch engraver, highly regarded Date: 1596 - 1638

Arthur, 1st Marquess of Donegall 1739-99 (c.1780). Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788. During the eighteenth century full-length portraits were the most admired

Paul Biston the 1st - The King of Boot-blacks
A very odd postcard depicting Paul Biston the 1st - The King of Boot-blacks in highly regal pose ! Date: circa 1905

Interior of The Kaiser Wilhelm II ocean liner (2 / 4)
Interior of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II passenger steamer of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) (North German Lloyd), a German shipping company. Seized by the U.S

Borabadur - Restored gate, 4th north gallery
Borabadur, Java, Indonesia. - Restored gate, 4th north gallery. Borabadur is a 9th century Mahayana Buddhist Monument/Temple. Date: circa 1910s

Highly polished Bristol Blenheim I at an exhibition

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