Idealistic Collection

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

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

Camping Family 1950S
A happy mother emerges from the tent with a tray of unbreakable plastic plates and cups, surrounded by her loving family in this rather idealistic camping scene! Date: early 1950s

Lord Byron in the uniform of a Greek patriot
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) in the uniform of a Greek patriot, including a cavalry helmet which he designed himself, based on descriptions of armour in Homers Iliad

Merveilleuse Greqcque
Though some merveilleuses carry freedom to excess, others adopt a simpler, Grecian style in admiration of the heroic age which inspires the idealistic revolutionaries Date: 1794

Cartoon, German Culture, after Ardnt, WW1
Cartoon, German Culture, after Ardnt, showing Germans in various satirical scenes, with idealistic captions about the superiority of their nation and people. Date: 1915

Queen Victorias subjects celebrate her Diamond Jubilee
Happy and glorious, long to reign over us, God Save the Queen! Queen Victorias subjects at home and in the colonies celebrate her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 in this idealistic illustration. Date: 1897

Saltaire, Yorkshire
The factory and model town of Saltaire, Yorkshire, built by the manufacturer Titus Salt to house the workers in his factory. Apparently there were no pubs!

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