Import Collection (page 9)

Archbishop Manning on Clerkenwell Green, London, 1872
Engraving showing Archbishop Manning administering the pledge, before a large audience on Clerkenwell Green, London, 1872

Sandown Park Racecourse, 1875
Engraving showing the track and stands of the then newly constructed Sandown Park Racecourse, 1875

The Alexandra Park Races, 1868
Engraving showing one of the horse races held at Alexandra Park, Muswell Hill, during the summer of 1868. The large stand is clearly visible on the right of the image

Mr Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty with Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, First Sea Lord

Barnes Terrace, London, 1902
Illustration showing Barnes Terrace, London, with the River Thames on the extreme left of the image, 1902

Violet Bonham-Carter, c. 1915
Photographic portrait of Violet Bonham-Carter (1887-1969), nee Asquith, the Liberal politician and Governor of the BBC, pictured c.1915

Dockyard Workers on board HMS Coventry, Second World War
Photograph showing dockyard workers, including a rivetters boy working with a portable forge, refitting HMS Coventry during the Second World War, 1940

Measuring up an end of Bowls, 1903
Photograph showing the measuring from a jack during a game of bowls, Britain, 1903

Royal Engineers unloading ships at Surrey Docks, London, 194
Drawing showing Royal Engineers and men of the Pioneer Corps, under Government orders, busily unloading ships in Surrey Docks, London, August 1945

RAF Bomb-Aimer at his position; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing a Royal Air Force bomb-aimer at his position with the bomb release cable ready in his right hand, November 1943

Boulton Paul Defiant fighter; Second World War, 1940

SS Norman arriving at Southampton, 1903
Photograph of the SS Norman arriving at Ocean Quay, Southampton, 14th March 1903. Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary, was on board the Norman arriving back from a foreign tour

Allied Airborne Army Parachutes in Holland; Second World War
Aerial photograph showing parachutes of the Allied Airborne Army floating down to earth and discarded ones, after landing, in Holland, September 1944

September 1953 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

The Conference of Kaw Indians with the United States Governm
Image showing the Kaw native American Indians appealing to the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs to protect their land from settlers, 1857

July 1953 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Ambulance
A 12-15 horsepower FIAT motor ambulance equipped with two stretchers, and greatly in demand by the Red Cross during World War I

Sailing Barge Match on the Thames, July 1864
Engraving of a sailing barge match on the Thames, from the Illustrated London News, 23rd July 1864. This match was hosted by the Prince of Wales Yacht Club over a course from Erith to the Chapman

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Team, 1908
Photograph of the Wolverhampton Wanderers Football team of the 1907-1908 season. The players pictured are: Back row, left to right: W. Shepherd (Director), W. Wooldridge (Captain), J. Jones, K

Sheffield Football Club, 1874
Engraving of the Sheffield Football Club team, seen at the end of the 1873-1874 season. Sheffield FC was founded in 1857 and is, reputedly, the oldest club in the world

Members of a Republican Militia; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing two female members of a Republican militia unit taking a break on their march towards the frontline in the Guadarrama Mountains, 1936

A robot to open an exhibition: the new mechanical man
Photograph and sketches of an aluminium man, the first British robot invented by Captain Richards and Mr. A.H. Refell. The machine could rise, bow and make a speech

Londons new amusement: Up and down the escalator
Illustration from 1911 of the first escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station

The Great Western Railway service from Penzance
The inaugural trip of the Great Western Railway service from Penzance. The new express service, which shortens the journey by forty minutes

Christmas Dream
Illustration from a 1951 issue of the ILN, showing a Madonna & Child in front of a Christmas tree being decorated by angels

Scenes of peasant working life, Ireland
These illustrations show women and men engaged in activities such as carding wool, spinning, sowing, threshing, minnowing and scutching

A Bunch of Sweetness by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

One D--n Thing After Another ! by David Wright
One D-n Thing After Another! by David Wright, showing an almost naked woman sitting on a bed wearing little except a head scarf and stockings and trying on a series of hats

The Siren by David Wright, showing a woman clad in little more than underwear and stocking, with a head scarf round her head, posing on a carpet of furs

Streamline Fuselage by David Wright, showing a red-haired woman in pink and black polka dot lingerie, stockings and stilletos, stretching out her legs

Good Night ! by David Wright
Good Night! by David Wright showing a blonde woman in typically revealing night attire, holding a luxurious feather fan and looking at her reflection in a Venetian glass mirror

Golden Girl by David Wright featuring a elegantly blonde woman in a revealing black evening dress. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

The Right Hon. Cecil J. Rhodes
Rhodes was a diamond and gold mining entrepreneur and worked for the De Beers Mining Company. He was born on the 5th July 1853 and died March 26th 1902

Salvador Dali
The surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989), was photographed with a statuette of the Madonna and Child during a visit to London in 1959. At the time Fleur Cowles was writing a book about him

MARX, Karl (1818-1883). German philosopher, politician, economist and revolutionary. Portrait of Karl Marx. Engraving

BRAILLE, Louis (1809-1852). French pedagogue and inventor, creator of the writing system for the blind. Braille alphabet. Photography

MARX, Karl (1818-1883); ENGELS, Friedrich (1820-1895). German philosopher, politician, economist and revolutionary.; German socialist

The Crucifixion of St. Peter

BREZHNEV, Leonid (1906-1982). Soviet politician, leader of the Communist Party (1964-1982). Oil on canvas

BRUNO, Giordano (1548-1600). Italian Renaissance philosopher, of pantheistic inspiration. Portrait. Litography

The Coronation of the Virgin by VELAZQUEZ, Diego RodrЧ uez de Silva (1599-1660). Baroque art. Oil on canvas

MOROCCO. Fes. Royal Palace. Door of the Royal Palace, situated in Fes el Jedid (New Fes). Islamic art. Architecture

BAKUNIN, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1814-1876). Russian revolutionary, founder of the international anarchism. Portrait of Bakunin, Russian

GAUSS, Karl Friedrich (1777-1855). German mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Portrait of Carl Friederich Gauss. Engraving

UNAMUNO, Miguel de (1864-1936). Miguel de Unamuno reading in a garden. Photography taken after his return from exile. Published

POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). American writer. Historias Extraordinarias (Extraordinary Tales). Spanish edition

Spanish Armada
Lisbon (1588). Departure of the Spanish Armada (Invincible Fleet) towards England. Litography. Date: 1588

Flags and Ships of the Great Steamship Companies, 1932
Illustration of the Flags and Ships of the Steamship Companies offering ocean cruises in 1932, with a map of their routes. Lloyd Triestino, Booth, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, P.&O. Coast, B.&N

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