Hope Collection (page 9)

Aborigine woman in a canoe
Engraved title page, showing an Aborigine woman in a canoe, fishing. Book: An account of a voyage to New South Wales by George Barrington

Bunyan (With Faith Etc)
JOHN BUNYAN Author of Pilgrims Progress and other religious works, depicted with Charity, Hope and Faith. with his autograph Date: 1628 - 1688

Their only hope is rain

Misery loves company; - but they hope soon to be out of it. Illustration shows John Bull standing up to his knees in a morass labeled Boer War $16, 000

Faith, hope, charity. Inebriates express. Composite of scenes related to temperance. Date c1870

Hope. Print shows a drowning woman being pulled from turbulent waters by an angel onto a small island on which is a large stone cross; the angel gestures toward the sun shining through dark clouds

The postman. ( Twixt hope and fear). Woman in doorway and a postman delivering mail. Date c1901

Faith, Hope and Charity. Cross with flowers and cherubs holding banner Faith, Hope and Charity.. Date c1875. Faith, Hope and Charity

Faith, hope, and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is tango. Illustration shows a mother with an infant and a young child standing in the windblown snow at night

Drought refguees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. The official at the border (California-Arizona) inspection service said that on this day, August 17

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Charles Frohman presents a new play, Phroso by Anthony Hope. Date c1898

French troops in Cape Town 1860
French troops from the ship La Dryade on their way to China mixing with the locals in Greenmarket Square in front of the city hall, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Date: 1860

Title page and frontispiece, Travels through Africa

A man and woman of Bahaharana, Africa
Plate entitled A man and woman of Bahaharana in the dress of the country. He carries a large club and she carries a bucket

Russian lady and a giant anchor - Patriotic postcard
" Hope". Russian lady in full traditional orthodox costume holding on tight to a giant three-pronged anchor. This might be a propaganda card from the time of the Russo-Japanese war

Police guard for Slate Club Money, Old Street, London
In what was then the largest Slate Club in England, 15, 000 in cash was distributed to the 13, 000 members of the New Tabernacle Church, Old Street, London

A Moor in the desart of Sahara, Africa
Plate entitled A Moor in the desart of Sahara, depicting a man on a horse riding across the desert. The book (one of three), entitled Travels through the Interior of Africa

A Christmas Eve Dream by Hope Dunlap
A little girl sits by a hearth on Christmas Eve, and is dumbstruck to encounter two friendly fairies. Date: 1909

Street music: hopeful organ grinder
An organ grinder looks up hopefully whilst plying his trade at the kerbside. Perhaps he is serenading someone in a upper window

Louisa Vctess Beresford
LOUISA, viscountess BERESFORD, wife of general William Beresford, viscount; widow of Thomas Hope. Date: ? - 1851

Hope Well Dressing
A Well Dressing at Hope, Derbyshire, England, which takes place on Acension Day. This ceremony is a relic of the old pagan custom of blessing wells for water. Date: 1950s

Woman Firing a Revolver
A woman fires a revolver. Lets hope shes not unhinged. Date: 1930s

HOPEs NOSE
Hopes Nose, a rocky part of the British coastline, near Torquay, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Monte Carlo, Monaco - The Casino
" I must focus or I will die!" The perils of playing on the roulette wheel at the Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco. One must focus on playing smart or suffer the perils of misfortune

Signing of Armistice, Compiegne Forest, Northern France
Photograph taken just after the signing of the Armistice which ended the First World War, in a railway carriage in the Compiegne Forest, Picardy, Northern France

Bob Hopes home - North Hollywood
Bob Hopes home in North Hollywood, California, USA Date: circa 1939

Girl / Basket of Puppies
A girl walks through the snow carrying two puppies in a basket - doubtless a Christmas present for someone who, lets hope, will remember that a dog is not just for Christmas ! Date: circa 1890

Dog and Food Smells
The smell of those chops on the table is almost more than he can bear, but he waits in hope to get the bones... circa 1912

Market, Nytorv
The street market in Kongens Nytorv on a cold winters day - tradespeople hope for business, a policeman strolls leisurely past... Date: 1888

Eagle, Cat and Sow
THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE SOW " I hope" says the cat, " you do not intend to go abroad today?" Date: 1912

Austin Goodwood
By naming the Austin Fourteen Goodwood they probably hope to give it a sporty image, but this remains a sedately conservative family model. Date: 1937

Diamond Hunting / Borneo
Natives hunting for diamonds in a river, Borneo. They sieve through the silt in the hope that they will find diamonds. Date: 1883

Families helped to emigrate by the Salvation Army
A group of families on the platform of a large railway station, about to emigrate to Canada with the assistance of the Salvation Army. An Army band accompanies their departure

Rye, Sussex
View of Rye, east Sussex, from the south

Modern Athenians plate 18 - Edinburgh
Two judges, The Hon. Patrick, Lord Robertson (1793-1855) and The Right Hon. John Hope, Lord Justice-Clerk (1794-1858) meet on the streets of Edinburgh

Its a Long Way to Tipperary - WWI
Its a Long Way to Tipperary - but we ll be back there soon. A postcard full of hope at the beginning of World War One as a group of jolly Britsih soldiers head off to the Western Front.~Postcard by

H. M.s Good Hope
Sunk in action off Chile, H.M.S Good Hope

French soldiers taking cover from artillery fire inside a ca
A photograph of two French soldiers taking shelter from artillery fire inside a captured German ammunition depot. The Illustrated London News reported that the men were in the process of removing

Demo at Warsaw
A huge popular demonstration in the streets of Warsaw, at the end of World War One, in support of the Allies who, they hope, will at last give them independence

In Roaring Forties
THE ROARING FORTIES A three-master confronts the stormy seas south of the Cape of Good Hope - here a vessel always meets the worst conditions of weather

Premier of Bulgaria 1915
Photographic portrait of Dr. V. Radoslavoff, premier of Bulgaria in 1915. Bulgaria entered the war on the side of Germany and Austria-Hungary in the hope of regaining part of Macedonia

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
A photographic portrait of Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861-1948), often known as Foxy Ferdinand, or the Balkan Fox. Bulgaria entered World War I in 1915 on the side of the Central Alliance

van Riebeek Landing at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652
Illustration of Johann van Riebeek landing at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, from the Illustrated London News, 8th October 1927

Help from Indian Deity
An Indian patient is taken to the temple of Ixora, in the hope that the deity will reward his faith by restoring him to health

Cholera in Russia / 1909
Russian authorities destroy contaminated peasant hovels in the hope of preventing the spread of cholera

Guinea Worship
People of Guinea, West Africa, place gifts and dance before a sacred tree in hope that the god who lives in it will give them what they want

Ross / A Sail! a Sail
John Rosss arctic expedition: " A sail! A sail!" - the expedition members finally see a sailing ship - the whaler Isabella, which picks them up

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