History Collection (page 8)

Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus Critically
Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus. Critically endangered.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

The nursery rhyme, Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Silver bells and cockle-shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: c. 1930

Training Ship HMS Conway
A view of the training ship HMS Conway which was established in 1859 and for many years was moored on the River Mersey near Liverpool. Some of the ships company can be seen amongst the rigging

Poster advertising Austin Healey Sprite MK II
Poster advertising the Austin Healey Sprite MK II

The Flying Scotsman No. 4472, LNER
The Flying Scotsman, 4-6-2 locomotive No. 4472, built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923

Meat Loaf in concert
Meat Loaf - Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947), American rock musician and Actor performing at the Penwith Rock Festival in 1983 (Chuck Berry)

Heath Robinson Kitchen 3 of 4
Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Kitchen. A busy Kitchen, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys

Too Many Cooks by Lawson Wood
A policeman on the beat around a smart London square appears to be blissfully unaware of the cooks emerging from each house to gaze adoringly at him

An Ideal Home No. III. Space Economy At A Wedding Reception
The third of the Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson. The illustrations from The Sketch depict ingenious space creating ideas for the spatially challenged home

Syria and Lebanon holiday poster
La Syrie et Le Liban. Travel poster from French company PLM advertising Syria and Lebanon as holiday destinations. A charabanc makes its way up a winding mountain road

An infamous image of the Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness Monster? A photograph taken by Mr R. K Wilson, a London surgeon, after noticing an object moving in Loch Ness

England / Margate
The busy beach, promenade and clock tower at Margate, Kent, England

Poster for Englands Glory Matches
Strike out foreign competition by buying Englands Glory Matches: advertisement featuring a boxing match taking place on a ring made of match boxes between British and German pugilists

Police Officer London
Police officer on duty in London with a George Vi helmet plate Metropolitan Police

Arab Girl Dancing
A Middle Eastern Belly Dancer dancing with a veil to musical accompaniment

Advert / Sandeman Port
Sandeman Port - the famous silhouette

Advert / Mumms Champagne
Mumms Cordon Rouge Champagne

Map / Arctic Circle 1895
Map of the Arctic Circle and surrounding areas

Wall St Crash 1929
The Wall Street Crash makes the headlines of the late news issue

York Railway Station
A steam train entering York railway station, Yorkshire, England

Treasure Island Map / Col
A map of Treasure Island

St Hildegard Von Bingen
SAINT HILDEGARD VON BINGEN German religious Founder and abbess of convent of Rupertsberg

King Henry VIII & Wives
KING HENRY VIII Portrait of the King of England with all his wives SEYMOUR/CLEVES/HOWARD HENRY VIII PARR/ARAGON/BOLEYN

Training Ship Arethusa II
Training Ship Arethusa - sometimes referred to as Arethusa II since it replaced the original long-serving Arethusa in 1933. Date: circa 1930s

Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation of TWA over New York City, 55

First issue of Blast magazine, 1914
The front cover of the first issue of Blast: Review Of The Great English Vortex, dated 20th June 1914. Edited by Wyndham Lewis

Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California, USA
Aerial view of the Memorial Stadium, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Date: circa 1940

New British Sten gun by G. H. Davis
The Sten gun: the new British machine gun, introduced during the Second World War, explained in detail. It is a simplified Tommy-gun that fires almost any type of 9mm ammunition at 550 rounds per

The Hope of the World - Jesus and Children - Postcard
The Hope of the World - Jesus and the Children of many nations. Postcard produced by the London Missionary Society. Date: circa 1910s

A Dachshund choir has a dress rehearsal
Dress Rehearsal - A Dachshund choir is put through its paces... Date: 1911

The Forth Rail Bridge - viewed from North Queensferry. The Bridge became a UNESCO World Heritage site in July 2015. Date: circa 1910s

Hippocratic oath. Photography

Portrait of Robert Burns, Ayr, Scotland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Dovedale, stepping stones, Derbyshire, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Cottage of Alfred Wallis, St Ives, Cornwall
View of the cottage of Alfred Wallis (1855-1942), primitive artist, mariner, fisherman and marine stores dealer, at Back Road West, not far from Porthmeor Beach and the Tate Gallery

Poster advertising Holland America Line
Poster advertising the Holland America Line from Rotterdam, calling at Le Havre, Southampton, Cobh in Ireland, New York and Canadian ports

Poster advertising Sestriere, Italy
Poster advertising Sestriere, an alpine village in Italy, popular as a ski resort

Greenway House, Devon, 1946
Photograph showing Greenway House in Devon, which was the home of Agatha Christie and Max Mallowan in 1946. The couple can be seen (just) in the foreground of this image

Gypsy Caravans
A group of travellers and their horse-drawn caravans/wagons. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Nelson outlining his battle plans for Trafalgar, 1805
This picture illustrates the famous incident when Nelson, visiting Lord Sidmouth five weeks before Trafalgar, dipped a finger in the port and sketched his plan for the expected battle

Holy Infant of Prague
The miraculous Holy Infant of Prague was revealed by his mother Mary to Saint Cyril of the Mother of God, a barefoot Carmelite monk, at Prague, in the 9th century

Ukulele Song 1926
A happy couple singing by moonlight: Give me a ukulele... and a ukulele baby... and leave the rest to me

Anchor Line Poster for ship travel between Gibraltar, Egypt and India with an elephant

Lucas Lamps Advert
A fabulous advertisement for Lucas Lamps We Make Light of our labour

Friedrich Nietzsche
FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE German philosopher

Norman Wisdom / Rank
NORMAN WISDOM British slapstick comedian on film, stage and TV

Elvis Presley / Guitar
ELVIS PRESLEY American pop singer, guitarist and actor in musical films, seen here with his guitar

Nonsuch Palace / Speed
Nonsuch Palace, Surrey

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