History Collection (page 100)

Gout Devil Bites 1799
A little devil sinks his teeth into the swollen foot of a gout sufferer

Brazil / Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro: distant view, with Sugar Loaf Mountain

Tower Circus / Blackpool
Two girls perform tricks while riding a white horse. A clown holds a hoop with a paper surface which one of them has just leapt through

Evening Wear 1939
Evening gowns by Lavin and Molyneux

Mycenae - the Lion Gate
The Lion Gate at Mycenae. This early citadel was extensively excavated in the mid 19th century by Schliemann, who dug the Royal shaft graves, finding many treasures

Woolwich Arsenal Team
WOOLWICH ARSENAL football team (each player is named below)

Finn McCool Hears Fairy Harp
Finn McCool hears the fairy harp

Paris / Eiffel Tower 1926
French aviator Lieutenant Collot successfully flies his biplane beneath the Tour Eiffel, but in a moment he will hit a cable and crash fatally

Mary Tudor / Egleton
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England, in a somewhat idealised, Victorian depiction

Wagner / Gill / Ring Cycle
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in a satirical comment on his four-part opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen

Immanuel Kant / Home
IMMANUEL KANT German philosopher: his home at Konigsberg, Germany

Wharncliffe Viaduct
The Wharncliffe Viaduct of the Great Western Railroad, at Hanwell, Middlesex. Brunel (I.K) was responsible for the construction and design of much of the early GWR

Lulworth Castle
The front of Lulworth Castle, with people strolling in the grounds and a groom leading horses

Mary Seacole (Punch)
MARY SEACOLE nurse during the Crimea War

Football / Womens Match
Femina-Sport Versus Les Cadettes De Gascoigne at Paris

England V Italy 1934
ENGLAND versus ITALY at Highbury

London Underground
A Northern Line train in the standard red colour, on its way to Morden, southwest London

Underground / Wood Green
A train arrives at Wood Green station, London

Art / Hogarth / The Times
THE TIMES 1 of 2 a satire on political rivalry between the Pitt and Temple factions

Art / Hogarth / Roast Beef
THE GATE OF CALAIS, OR, O THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND a satire on the well-fed English versus the poorly- fed French

Eugen Sandow
EUGEN SANDOW American exponent of physical fitness

Lycurgus of Sparta
LYCURGUS OF SPARTA Legendary Greek lawgiver, mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch and Xenophon, who praise his legislation

Marie Antoinette &fersen
MARIE ANTOINETTE at the age of 23, depicted with her Swedish admirer, le comte Axel Fersen, in the park of the Palais de Versailles

Saint Teresa (Anon)
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA depicted enraptured in contemplation of the sacred heart of Jesus : her own heart is bleeding due to being pierced by an arrow

Jack London * Wife
JACK LONDON with his second wife CHARMIAN photo taken six days before his death

Jorrocks and the Bull
HANDLEY CROSS; OR MR JORROCKSs HUNT Jorrocks on the wrong side of a bull

Weighing of the Heart
Ani, recently dead, is judged in the Underworld where his heart is weighed

Afghan War / Dargai
THE STORMING OF DARGAI The Gordon Highlanders, under Colonel Mathias, storm heights fiercely defended by a large force of Afridis

Brunels Thames Tunnel
Brunels Thames tunnel - the method of work, whereby a number of labourers could work side by side

Saint Perpetua
SAINT VIVIA PERPETUA, a young married woman of Carthage, refuses to abandon her Christian faith and is consequently sent to the arena with wild beasts

Pilgrim Fathers Depart
102 Protestants (24 of them women) leave Plymouth for America in the Mayflower. Only 35 were Puritans. The phrase Pilgrim Fathers was first used in 1799

Coal Narrow Boats
A pair of laden narrow boats, with their cargoes of coal, passing through a lock on the Grand Union Canal near Watford, Hertfordshire, England

John Milton Vertue
JOHN MILTON English poet and puritan at the age of 21, with the motto: " Poets are born, not made"

Cherub Looking to Right
cherub looking to the right

Cicero Speech Scene
MARCUS TULLIUS the Roman writer, statesman and orator delivering a speech to the people of Rome

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer playing the harpsichord

Wa Mozart Composing
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer at work in Salzburg

Thomas Cromwell / Holbein
THOMAS CROMWELL earl of Essex statesman

The Block / Felix on Bat
Home Block

Turkey and Wishbone
Eat hearty - let the daye be your excuse - an invitation to Thanksgiving over- indulgence on the fourth Thursday in November

Charles I Martyr
CHARLES I OF ENGLAND The King as Martyr

Pressing Cider Apples
The Pound-House of a Devon cider farm : on the right is the mill, and on the left is the press where the mock of crushed apples is built into a square heap for pressing

Ufo Flying Saucers
where do they Come from ? what do they Want ?

Gunpowder Plot 1605
The Conspirators

Bathing / In Bathroom / 1926
A woman drying herself in front of the bathroom mirror

Desert Bus Service
The Nairn Transport Company operates this motor coach which carries passengers from Baghdad on the road to Damascus, and vice versa

Rickshaw in India 1920S
Four men are required to propel this European lady in her rickshaw - but then Simla (India) is a very hilly town. Date: 1920s

Racial / Iroquois Fishing
Hiawatha goes fishing in his canoe; " Take my bait, O king of fishes! "

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