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Steppe Tortoise - emerges from an overnight shelter under bushes (Agrionemys horsfieldii). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Horsfields Tortoise - Testudo - April
Sphere cover - artillery negotiating shell craters, MataniaBritish artillery in difficulty among shell craters in August 1918. Shell craters were created by explosions, could easily subside and filled with water in wet weather
Boy scouts resting during a hike, Mauritius
The Channel Tunnel - hints to engine drivers, Heath RobinsonHeroic endeavour of an engine-driver to stop a leak. An engine driver sticks his head in a hole threatening to flood the Channel Tunnel - a humorous scenario envisaged by William Heath Robinson
British staff car avoids shell holeA British Staff Car veers to one side to avoid a large shell hole in the middle of the road on which they are hurrying. Narrowly avoiding ending up in the roadside ditch
Using a shell hole as a wash-tub, WW1French peasant women on the Western Front display a keen sense of carrying on as they use a water-filled shell-hole measuring twenty-five feet in diameter
Blitz in London -- public shelter, Fieldgate Street, WW2Blitz in London -- men clearing up after a direct hit on a public shelter in Fieldgate Street, East London, on 5 September 1940. Date: 1940
Bystander cover - Derby scheme attesting BairnsfatherFront cover of The Bystander magazine featuring an illustration by Fred Buchanan which is a pastiche of Bruce Bairnsfathers famous The Better Ole cartoon (in the same magazine)
Old Bill plaque relating to the Old Fort - Shell HoleOld Bill plaque relating to the Old Fort (Durban, South Africa) Shell Hole. Commemorative Ware
A Funk-Hole near Bullecourt, 1917, by Lieutenant W (Will) H Dyson (1880-1938), Australian Imperial Force. Dyson joined the Army
Indian sappers in a mine holeSappers, probably of the British Indian Army, in a mine hole. Date: circa 1890s
The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo (Friday) -- he removes an infernal machine (a leaking hot water bottle) from the bed. Date: 1923
Bonzo Quite Agrees! by George StuddyBonzo Quite Agrees! He falls into a hole in the road, which confirms that the maintenance work is necessary. Date: 1923
What to do in the case of air or sea raids, WW1What to do in the case of further air or sea raids during the First World War. Showing cross sections of buildings, and photographs of air raid damage to buildings in Kings Lynn
Ruined brickwork in Le Barque, Western Front, WW1A close-up of ruined brickwork in Le Barque, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1917
British officers observing, Western Front, WW1British officers in a trench or shell hole, doing observation work on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Gordon Highlanders resting in shell hole, WW1Gordon Highlanders resting in a shell hole on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British troops away from front line, Western Front, WW1British troops taking a break away from the front line, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Interior of a mine crater, Western Front, WW1Interior of a large mine crater on the Western Front during World War One, with the tiny figures of three men. Date: circa 1916
Shell hole used as stable, Western Front, WW1A shell hole used as a stable -- a common sight on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Shell hole used for gun position, Western Front, WW1A shell hole is used for a gun position of an advanced British battery on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Battling Bonzo wins in the first round by George StuddyBattling Bonzo wins in the first round. He tackles a black dog bigger than himself, and takes the credit when the enemy accidentally falls down a manhole
Rufus the cat explores the mouseholeHide and Seek -- Rufus the cat explores the mousehole, but gets stuck halfway. Date: 1912
Rufus the cat watches a mouseFull Speed Ahead! -- Rufus the cat watches a mouse and plans to track it down. Date: 1912
Ground defence against enemy air attacks, WW1Examples of ground defence against enemy air attacks during the First World War. Showing bomb-dropping by hand from an aeroplane, an aeroplane being transported on a military motor
German armoured car with bullet holes - MunichA German armoured car with nine bullet holes marked on it, which took part in the civil unrest in Munich - May 1st and 2nd 1919.. Date: 1919
British soldiers sheltering in shell hole, Western Front, WWBritish soldiers sheltering in a shell hole on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Shell hole on road, Western Front, France, WW1A shell hole in a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. It was the result of a British shell striking the road near a German ammunition wagon
The Ice Hole Clam Spearer by Heath RobinsonAn ingenious, though perhaps rather complicated device to catch clams through ice in the frozen north, part of a series of drawings in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News entitled
Miniature Golf at the Kit-CatAn attractive addition to the pleasures of dining at the Kit-Cat Restaurant in Haymarket, central London; an entertaining nine-hole golf course in miniature, laid out in the Bray Room
The Gentle Art of Excavating - A New Multi-Movement Drag ShoA new multi-movement drag shovel excavating for the foundations of a new cinema. A typically convoluted digger, made from recycled bits of houses
Shaggy dog at Newquay, CornwallA cute shaggy dog sitting inside a hole in a stone wall at Newquay, Cornwall. Date: 1934
Farnham HoleMother Ludlams Hole at Farnham, Surrey : she was a white witch and herbalist, known as GOOD Mother Ludlam, much frequented and esteemed by the locals. Date: circa 1770
William Hole, EngraverWILLIAM HOLE artist and engraver with his autograph Date: CIRCA 1884
Matthew HoleMATTHEW HOLE Churchman and theologian Date: 1640 - 1730
Howds Hole, Ardglass. Fry, William Arthur 1865 - 1936
Royal Assembly Hall at Seoul, Korea. A couple peer downwards into a mysterious hole.... Date: circa 1950s
Belgrade, Serbia - Damage to houses on Knez Mihailova StreetWW1 - Belgrade, Serbia - Damage from shells fired by Austrian Monitor Boats on the Danube and Sava River - July/August 1914 to houses on Knez Mihailova Street or Prince Mihailo Street
Macedonia - Bitola - Damage to Turkish Officers MessWW1 - Macedonia - Bitola - Damage to the rather ancient building used as the Turkish Officers Mess after allied bombardment. Date: circa 1918
Two Naughty boys taking a drill to an unfortunate front doorTwo little boys from Northern Italy up to no good, Here they are taking a drill to the door of a less-favoured relative (possibly a Battleaxe Aunt)
Two White Mice run past a brick wallTwo white mice running past a brick wall - one imagines the hole is their home... Date: circa 1905
Motor car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killedMotor car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg were murdered by Gavrilo Princip (one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilic)
The Devils Hole, Bermuda - a large water-filled sinkhole, close to the southeastern corner of Harrington Sound, Bermuda. A tourist attraction since the 1830s
Cat and mouse on a pot-shaped Christmas cardA cat and a mouse on a pot-shaped Christmas card with a comic verse. Date: circa 1890s
Easel and artist on a cutout Christmas card -- he has stuck his head through the canvas from the back. Date: circa 1890s
Aptenodytes forsteri, Emperor penguin eggsEggs of Aptenodytes forsteri (Emperor penguin) brought back from Apsley Cherry-Garrards 1911 Antarctic expedition. The holes were made to allow investigation of the embryos
Phoenicurus phoenicurus, common redstartPlate 51 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
British Mammals Title PageTitle page of Vol. 1 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2, written and illustrated with 50 colour plates and pen and ink sketches by Archibald Thorburn F.Z.S