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Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. Turner
Illustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s. The caption reads, ...only last month there was a house-party at which the ten guests

Bali Bird Dance
This illustration portrays a Balinese woman wearing a costume and holding two fans symmetrically at shoulder height, performing the cendrawasih dance

The Peacocks Skirt
An original, vintage, poster of The Peacock Skirt, an 1893 illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, published by Big O Posters Inc, in about 1969

BOOK OF THE DEAD/15
1. Priest rises above Ani 2. Ani makes offering to jackel-headed Anubis to illustrate giving his heart to the deceased

Helena and Hermia - female friendship in Shakespeare
Helena and Hermia sit sewing together, created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion - an example of female friendship in Shakespeare (A Midsummer Nights Dream). Date: 1841

The Year of the Poets -- Christmas Mummers outside a large house, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Coleridge, Shakespeare and others. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Let Winter Come, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Spenser, Burns and others. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Autumn, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Keats, Shelley, Shakespeare and others. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Jolly Summer, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Edmund Spenser and others. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Maypole, St Andrew Undershaft
The Year of the Poets -- Maypole outside St Andrew Undershaft in the City of London, with people dancing round it, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Queen of the May, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject of May Day, including Edmund Spenser. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- May, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject, including Edmund Spenser. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Spring Holidays, to illustrate a range of spring poems, showing people dancing round a maypole, and other seasonal activities. Date: 1845

Pulled-Sugar Flowers Date: 1935

Piped Flower Samples Date: 1935

Orbital Activity Demo

BLUNT / ATMOSPHERIC REF
A diagram explaining atmospheric refraction using pictures of ships at sea to illustrate the concept Date: 1849

WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints

Racial / Iroquois 1905
Iroquois chief wearing a feathered headdress, to illustrate Longfellows Song of Hiawatha Date: 1905

Joseph Chamberlain MP at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, 4th Novem
Illustration showing Joseph Chamberlain MP, delivering a speech on Protectionism and Free Trade, at Bingley Hall, Birmingham

Traditional Green Man of English folklore - this one is used to illustrate a ballad about Robin Hood... was Robin a folklore entity ?

Real Yellow Peril / Judge
The newest yellow kid - hes the real yellow peril. Satirical picture to illustrate an article about the new Chinese army

Atmospheric Refraction
A diagram explaining atmospheric refraction using pictures of ships at sea to illustrate the concept

The Angel appears to the Shepherds Book of Hours
Early Book of Hours printed in Paris for Germain Hardouyn: Heures, a l usage de Paris tout au long sans rien requerir, with printed text and images and ornaments illuminated by hand

Geyser in Yellowstone Park, Colorado, USA
A geyser, near Firehole River in Yellowstone Park, Colorado, USA. Several figures illustrate the height of the water jet. Date: circa 1895

Racial / Iroquois C1904
Elderly Iroquois chief wearing a feathered headdress and carrying a blanket over his arm, to illustrate Longfellows Song of Hiawatha Date: circa 1904

Racial / Iroquois 1904
Iroquois chief wearing ceremonial dress, to illustrate Longfellows Song of Hiawatha Date: 1904

Illustration of a becoming skating costume in the Tatler
Black and white illustration of a lady modelling a becoming skating costume in the Tatler of 29th December 1909 as part of an article entitled The Highway of Fashion : by Marjorie Hamilton

Illustration of Marie Tempest in the Tatler
Black and white illustration in the Tatler of 22nd December 1909 of popular actress Marie Tempest modelling a novel fancy dress idea as part of an article entitled The Highway of Fashion

Illustration of fur-lined foot gloves in the Tatler
Black and white illustration for fur-lined foot gloves advertised in the Sporting and Country House Supplement of the Tatler, 22nd December 1909

Illustration by Millicent Sowerby in the Tatler
Black and white illustration by Millicent Sowerby in the Tatler of 1st December 1909. The illustration was accompanying the story by her sister Githa Sowerby entitled The Princess with the Sleeping

Illustration of G M Chapman in the Tatler
Full page black and white illustration of G M Chapman, C.U.R.F.C. by George M Sullivan in the Sporting and Country House Supplement of the Tatler of 22nd December 1909

Militant Suffragette Crested China Figurine
A porcelain figure of a militant suffragette produced as an item of crested ware with the crest of the city of Exeter. The figure of the woman is finely detailed to illustrate her allegiance to

Corrido (Mexican folk song). 1911. Drawing to
" Corrido" (Mexican folk song). 1911. Drawing to illustrate Carlos Coronados lyrics. Engraving."

Regents Park, London, 1863
Engraving showing a number of Victorian Londoners strolling in the gardens of Regents Park, London, in 1863. This image was published in the Illustrated London News to illustrate the improvements

Union Workhouse Plan by John Bowen
A model plan for a union workhouse annotated by poor-law critic John Bowen of Bridgwater to illustrate his arguments that workhouse inmates were overcrowded and underfed. Date: 1842

Dryden / Fashion / 155
A white dress to illustrate flounce Date: circa 1928

Puppies on Xmas Card
Puppies illustrate a Christmas greeting card Date: 19th century

Woman suffering the effects of poverty, South Wales
A woman in despair, suffering the effects of poverty in South Wales. This photograph, entitled Poverty, was used to illustrate talks designed to raise support for the South Wales Miners Federation

Inhabitants of a bog village, near Castlereagh, Ireland
Sketches from Ireland showing inhabitants of a bog village near Castlereagh. They illustrate men, women, children and couples

Driving cattle for rent in Ireland
A mans livestock is being driven away in lieu of outstanding rent. The owner and his family can only stand by and watch. Two young women carrying wood and water stand sadly

A first-line trench in Champagne
A three-storeyed French trench in the Champagne region of France in October 1915. Much was made of the sophistication of German trench fortifications

Saving their servants and enjoying themselves with easy cons
Restaurant scene to illustrate the fashion among society to dine at a grand restaurant or hotel on a Sunday evening, to give their servants a rest

Dinner table scene
Engraving to illustrate a short story by Robert Buchanan, The Master of the Mine showing a family in a typical middle-class Victorian home around a dining table

The Post in the Snow
Three engravings to illustrate the changing modes of postal delivery through the nineteenth century. The top illustration shows a post boy with his horse, lost in the snow

Electricity Experiment
French schoolboys illustrate how the human body can act as an electrical conductor, with the aid of an insulating stool, a small stool with glass legs

Sheep in Meadow 1862
Sheep and lambs in a meadow on a spring day, to illustrate the months of March and April

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