Idealised Collection

The Great Sacrifice by James Clark, WW1
The Great Sacrifice by James Clark, originally published in the 1914 Christmas number of The Graphic. Depicting a dead soldier on a battlefield with an ethereal image of Christ on the cross shining

Recruitment poster for the RAF
Recruitment poster for the Royal Air Force -- the gateway to a brighter life. The recruitment office is in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London

Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planning
An advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities

Woman with greyhound dogs in the Mountains
Woman with greyhound dogs in the mountains. circa 1930s

Trades union membership certificate
A trades union membership certificate for the United Operative Plumbers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, with Defence and Defiance as their motto

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

Poster depicting cocoa pod gathering
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board depicting the gathering of cocoa pods

Crusaders Idealised
(general) Idealised representation of the Crusaders

Poster, Motor Show, Automobile Club of France
Poster, 5th Motor Show, Automobile Club of France, Cars and Cycles, Champs Elysees, Paris, 10-25 December 1902. Date: 1902

Poster, Gilbert and Sullivans operetta, Patience
Theatre poster, Gilbert and Sullivans comic operetta, Patience, showing the title character, a dairymaid

German Woodworker
DER DENGLER (" THE HONER/SHARPENER" ) Idealised German woodworker in traditional clothes

Ideal reconstruction of tomb of Pope Julius II
Ideal reconstruction of Michelangelos tomb of Pope Julius II installed in St Peters Basilica in the Vatican, with the figures of Michelangelo and Pope Julius looking

Poster, Come to Britain for Hiking Date: circa 1950

Poster, Canadian Pacific Railways
Canadian Pacific Railways, agent's poster, Harvesting Scene in Western Canada showing an idealised farming group with locomotive in background set in original oak frame, 24 x 17 inches

Insurance companies memorial with the Latin motto: Non Omnis Moriar (not all will die). The sculpture shows firefighters on a horse-drawn fire engine, rushing to fight a fire. (2 of 3)

Fantasy Garden Scene
Idealised scene of the back garden of a large house festooned with flowers. Date: 1940s

Cartoon, The Working-Man, Royal Westminster Exhibition
Cartoon, The Working-Man, from the Royal Westminster Exhibition. A satire on the Royal Academy Exhibition, where many paintings depicted working men

Elizabethan aristocratic couple getting into a coach. Date: 16th century

Elizabethan aristocratic man going hunting on horseback. Date: 16th century

Two Elizabethan aristocratic men and an elegant lady. Date: 16th century

Christmas festivities in an Elizabethan hall. Date: 16th century

Christmas postcard, The Waits, The Good Old Days. 1904

French cook engaged for a special Elizabethan feast
French cook engaged to devise his own contributions to a special feast at a rich mans house in Elizabethan times. Date: 16th century

Elizabethan courtier and two elegant ladies. Date: 16th century

Rich mans kichen staff at work
A rich mans kichen staff at work, depicting the hospitality and charity of old times, when food was given away to poor people. 16th century

Dance, little Baby, Dance Up High by Agnes Richardson

Poster, Armitages Dry Chick Foods

The Morning - rural scene with milkmaid milking cows and others with milk pails outside a cottage. late 18th century

ON A PLANTATION
An idyllic scene on a cotton plantation in the southern United States where masters and workers co-exist happily 1864

Portrait of Giuliano de Medici by Michelangelo
circa 1910s

Jeanne D arc, Idealised
JOAN OF ARC An idealised representation - she fulfils Merlins prophecy that a virgin will come whose horse will trample the backs of bowmen

Cadbury Tea Dealer, Bull Street, Birmingham
Idealised street scene showing the Cadbury Tea Dealer shop in Bull Street, Birmingham, where John Cadbury was apprenticed as a young man. Date: 1820s

Order of Rechabites 1898
Membership certificate for the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society of abstainers from alcohol

The Cloth of the World, Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Ltd, Preston, Lancashire, an outline of the history of the company, dating back to the 18th century -- trade design. 1920

The Cotton Industry, a Romance of Modern Work -- trade design. 1920

Music cover, Fiddle & I, Waltz
Music cover, Fiddle & I, a waltz based on Mrs Goodeves popular song, by Otto Roeder. circa 1891

Christmas card, Sincerest Wishes. 20th century

Social / Working Lancs Man
A Lancashire working man, who now lives " rent free", in his " own home" - an idealised family scene Date: 1861

French News Stand 1791
A somewhat idealised depiction of a Paris news stand during the French Revolution Date: 1791

Poster, Israel Reborn. Date: circa 1950

Womens Land Army WW1. Somewhat idealised portrait of a Land Girl in hat and smock. Pitchfork over her shoulder. Captioned, National Service Sunshine on the Land Date: Circe 1917

Insurance companies memorial with the Latin motto: Finis Coronat Opus (the end crowns the work). The bas relief sculpture shows modern-day firefighters with water hoses and ladder, fighting a fire

Styles of cottage, old and new
The beautiful old-time cottage and its crop-eared successor -- styles of cottage, old and new. Illustrating an article entitled Parliament and the Cottage Question

Peace in wartime, rural silhouettes, WW1
Peace in wartime, three silhouettes of the unchanging English countryside, vital for food supplies for a country at war. Depicting idealised views of Morning, Afternoon and Evening activities

Ancient and modern cottages compared. Illustrating an article entitled Parliament and the Cottage Question (second reading of the Rural Cottages Bill)

Ivan Ivanovitch, the Russian Tommy Atkins, WW1
Ivan Ivanovitch, the Russian Tommy Atkins at the start of the First World War. A typical Russian soldier smiles and salutes. Date: August 1914

Man harvesting in a field, He Also Serves, WW1
He Also Serves. A man harvesting in a field at the start of the First World War. The verse below says: He serves no less who toils to save / The harvest for his native land. Date: August 1914

People and animals with a balloon
Fanciful design showing crowds of people and animals watching the ascent of an idealised balloon (complete with what appears to be a key to wind it up)

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