History Collection (page 2)

Real Tennis & Racquets
The racquets used to play the game are depicted below a match in progress. Date: 1771

Scotland / Fraser Castle
Fraser Castle, Aberdeenshire

Flag of the Scottish Covenanters
The Flag of the Scottish Covenanters. They were Presbyterians sworn to defend their religion, part of a Protestant effort to seize power in Scotland against the English

Piero della Francesca (c. 1420-1492). Italian painter. The Ba
Renaissance Art. Italy. 15th century. Piero della Francesca (c.1420-1492). Italian painter. The Baptism of Christ (c. 1450). Detail. Tempera on panel. National Gallery. London. England. UK

Short Solent Passener Flying Boat - Victoria Falls - Zambesi
A Short Solent Passenger Flying Boat (G-AHIN) close to the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi River - Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). Date: circa 1949

An Ideal Home No. V. The Spare Room by William Heath Robinson
This is W. Heath Robinsons solution of the spare room problem, a brilliant idea which renders it possible to entertain in the smallest flat without the slightest difficulty

National Savings Group wartime poster
Convoy your country to victory : save and lend through our National Savings Group. World War II poster illustrated by warship flying the Royal Navy ensign

Chinese Acupuncturechart
CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE CHART showing the crucial locations on the body

Suffragette W. S. P. U Holloway Brooch
The Holloway Brooch, designed by Sylvia Pankhurst, for presentation to W.S.P.U released prisoners. It depicts the portcullis symbol of the House of Commons with chains and broad arrows in purple

Advertisement for Carmen, playing at the Grande Arena
An Art Nouveau advertisement for Carmen, playing at the Grande Arena Date: 1900s

Poster for Lake Garda, Italy
Poster advertising Lake Garda, Italy -- an idyllic scene

Queen of the Night by Marjorie Miller
Moody colour illustration by Marjorie Miller showing woman clad in a diaphonous dress roaming moonlit forests with a savage-looking wolf-like dog

Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his mistress, in the Gallery at Hever Castle, Kent

RMS Mauretania - Passenger liner of the Cunard White Star line, she held the Blue Riband for 21 years; she was withdrawn from service and broken up in 1935. Date: circa 1907

MONTPARNASSE ACCIDENT
At Mont Parnasse terminus of the Chemin de Fer de l'Ouest, the Granville train crashes through the buffers and into the street, killing a poor woman selling newspapers Date: 1895

Allotments Success
A couple and their son rejoice as the first seed sprouts in their allotment

Rollercoaster
Riders on the Scenic Railway rollercoaster at Dreamland in Margate, Kent

Workshop of a carpenter and joiner
The workshop of a carpenter and joiner, with various activities taking place

North Landing, Flamborough, Yorkshire
North Landing, Flamborough, near Bridlington, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1900s

RIVERA, Diego. Man, Controller of
RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Man, Controller of the Universe. 1934. Right detail. Mexican Mural Painting. Fresco. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. Fine Arts Palace

Turnbull & Asser khaki puttees advertisement
Advertisement for khaki stocking puttees in medium and heavy weights from Turnbull and Asser, military and sporting outfitters

Breugel, Pieter, The Elder. Hunters in the Snow
Breugel, Pieter, The Elder, called Peasant Bruegel (1525-1569). Hunters in the Snow. Work belonging to a series

Manneken Pis Statue, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. Date: 1910s

Mena House Hotel, Cairo, Egypt - View of Cheops Pyramid. The hotel was a former Royal hunting lodge, which opened as a Hotel in 1869. Date: circa 1920s

The Scout, Every Boys Weekly front cover
Front cover of The Scout magazine, the " only weekly official organ of the boy scouts" featuring two enthusiastic and earnest looking boy scouts reading a map while out on a hike

The Scout magazine, Special Hobbies and Model-Making Number
Front cover of The Scout magazine, " The Only Weekly Official Organ of the Boy Scouts". As this particular issue is the Special Hobbies and Model-Making number

Poster advertising Evian les Bains
Poster for French railways advertising Evian les Bains, on the southern side of Lake Geneva, just across the border in Switzerland

Vintage Racing Car
A vintage racing car hurtling along a country lane

Hush-A-Bye, Baby by Lawson Wood
A colour illustration by artist Lawson Wood showing a monkey using her tail to rock her baby to sleep

Japanese Dolls / Owners
Dolls displayed in the childrens festival at Hina-no-matsuri, Japan

Annette Kellerman at the Hippodrome Theatre, New York, 1925-26 Date: circa 1926

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog
The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by FRIEDRICH, Caspar David (1744-1840). Romanticism. Oil on canvas

HMS Implacable, 1920
Photograph of HMS Implacable, formerly the Duguay-Trouin, 1920. This ship was built in France in 1789, served at Trafalgar, and was captured by the Royal Navy shortly thereafter

Wroxham Bridge, with yachts and other boats

Chimney Sweeps 1866
The young and the old, both looking tired after a days work

Hogarth Actresses Barn
Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn Using a loophole in the law that defied actors to act outside London without a licence

PADRE PIO
Francesco Forgione, name in religion Pio de Pietrelcina, known as PADRE PIO, Capucin friar who manifested stigmata and many other paranormal phenomena

JOHN WESLEY 1703 - 1791
JOHN WESLEY English religious leader preaching

Theres a Long, Long Trail by Mabel Lucie Attwell
" Theres a Long, Long Trail A-Winding into the Land of My Dreams." Knitting themed illustration by Mabel Lucie Attwell showing a cherubic little girl knitting comforts for the troops

Salmo stomachicus, or Gillaroo, also known as Gizzard Trout, a variety of trout inhabiting Lough Melvin, Ireland. Date: 1879

Consolidated PBY Catalina (aft) climbing away of Boeing built PB2B-2

Greenwich Park, Greenwich, London
Greenwich Park, Greenwich, near Blackheath, County of London, England. Date: 1917

The Market, Banbury, Oxfordshire
The Market, Banbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1920s

Parsons Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Parsons Street, Banbury, near Great Bourton, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1910s

Polish cavalry at the start of World War Two
Poland as a military power: cavalry, tanks and infantry (part of a spread in the Illustrated London News). Polands impressive horse cavalry are seen here, probably the best in Europe (the ILN says)

Dolgelly and Cader Idris (i. e. Dolgellau and Cadair Idris)
Dolgelly and Cader Idris (i.e. Dolgellau and Cadair Idris), Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Royal Navy recruitment poster. Stokers required, no previous experience necessary, age 18 to 25 years. Apply to the Royal Navy Recruiting Office, Naval Base, Great Yarmouth

Highwood School, Brentwood, Essex
The administration block at Highwood (or High Wood) School, Brentwood, Essex. The school was opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 for the treatment of ophthalmia in children

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