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Badge of Australian Commonwealth Military ForcesEmbroidered badge of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, worked by Walter A. Bryant, 17th Battalion AIF. Staff House, Netley Red Cross Hospital, August 1917. Label included. Commemorative Art
Embroidered badge of the Welsh Guards, worked by Private H. Gee, 13th Battalion Manchester Regiment and dated March 1917, Netley
Horse-drawn transports passing the Cloth Hall, Ypres. New Years message to every Officer, Warrant Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer
WWI Field Message bookFirst World War Field Message book containing many detailed drawings of shells, guns, trench designs. Also included is a Field Writing Pack containing notepad, envelopes and postcards
Hammersmith Infirmary, LondonThe Hammersmith Infirmary, opened in 1905 on Du Cane Road, was the most visible section of a site which also included a new Hammersmith workhouse. Date: 1909
Tsaritsa Maria FeodorovnaEngraving from a photograph of Empress Maria Feodorovna, later Dowager Tsaritsa, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), wife of Tsar Alexander III
Georges Sand PhotoGEORGES SAND French writer and folklorist, famous for her unconventional life-style and her string of lovers who included de Musset and Chopin. Date: 1804-1876
7th Viscount RanelaghTHOMAS HERON JONES, seventh viscount RANELAGH military commander, looking very dashing in the uniform of the South Middlesex Volunteers, sword included. Date: 1812 - 1885
Lord Edward Fitzgerald 1763-1798 (c.1798). Hamilton, Hugh Douglas 1739-1808. Hamilton was one of the most important Irish portrait painters of the second half of the 18th century
Included diamond gemstoneA two-carat rectangular step-cut diamond with a large violet-red garnet inclusion visible in the table facet
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Flemish cartographer" ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Flemish cartographer and cosmographer. Portrait included in the Work " Thearum Orbis Terrarum". Printed in Antwerp by Christophe Plantin (1588)
DEVERIA, Eug讥(1805-1865);SHAKESPEARE, William" DEVERIA, Eug讥 (1805-1865); SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). English poet and playwright. Scene from William Shakespeares " Hamlet" with Ophelia, King Claudius
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). British writer" KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). British writer, born in India. Portrait of Kipling included in the biography of " Rudyard Kipling" by Bonamy Dobree
POMPEY The Great (106-48 BC). Roman general" POMPEY The Great (106-48 BC). Roman general, consul and statesman. Bust of Pompey included in the book " Illustrium imagines" (1606). Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library."
SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro (1729-1799). Portrait of" SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro (1729-1799). Portrait of Spallanzani included in the title page of his work " Viaggi alle due Sicilie" published in 1795. Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona
VEGA CARPIO, F鬩x Lope de (1562-1635). La gallarda" VEGA CARPIO, F鬩 x Lope de (1562-1635). La gallarda toledana", comedy by Lope de Vega included in the compilation " Parte catorze de las comedias de Lope de Vega"
GONGORA Y ARGOTE, Luis de (1561-1627). Spanish" GONGORA Y ARGOTE, Luis de (1561-1627). Spanish poet from the Golden Century. " Sᴩ ra" (Satire), poem included in the compilation " Poesic; varias de grandes ingenios
Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus Roterdamus (1469-1539)
London Season / CruikshankA girls vision of the London Season. Included in the montage: balls; presentation at court; riding in rotten row, clothes; a wedding, gentlemen callers........ Date: 1840s
Lily Hanbury. Actress. Her extensive repertory included, Countess Wintersen in The Stranger; Hetty Preene in GR Sims Lights o London; and Petra in Ibsens Enemy the People
TIMUR (1336 - 1405)TIMUR LENK, TAMERLANE Built an empire which included most of Asia in the 14th century. Made Samarkand into a centre of culture. Date: 1336 - 1405
The Azure Waters of the Adriatic Sea by F. MataniaLuxurious holiday on the beach at Lido, Italy, a playground for the rich in the 1920s. Included in the image are Lady Abdy, Mrs D. Beaumont and Miss Peggy Joyce
Crumbs from the rich mans table, Guildhall, London by S. B
A Years Food for the Animals of London Zoo, 1913Illustration showing the sum total of food required to feed the animals of the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo) in 1913
Portrait of Queen Victoria, fancy dress ball, 1842Queen Victoria in fancy dress for the fancy dress ball held in 1842. The theme of the ball being historical costume, the Queen chose to dress as Philippa, Queen of Edward III
Prince Alexander of Teck, Earl of AthloneMajor General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, formerly Prince Alexander of Teck (14 April 1874-16 January 1957)
Sketches of the evictions in IrelandThese sketches show scenes of evictions, trial, and Irish Land League activity in south west of Ireland. In the first sketch, the special artist of this publication is misunderstood by the crowd
Black Eagle at the Great United States Circus, London, 185Engraving showing the American trick-horse Black Eagle performing at Howes and Cushings Great United States Circus at the Alhambra, Leicester Square, London, 1858
King George Vs collection of Gold Plate, Windsor Castle, 19Photograph showing part of King George Vs collection of gold plate at Windsor Castle, 1935. The collection, which included gold ornaments, vases and a dinner service, was valued at 3, 375
The Lost CunarderPhotograph of the Lusitania, a floating palace, torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915 with the loss of 1200 lives
Dry digging, Turon gold fields, AustraliaDry digging on the Turon, a sketch from the Turon gold fields, New South Wales. This proved to have the richest finds on the river yielding approximately 400 ounces
The Champion Bulldog, Baron Sedgemere, 1897Photograph of Mr. Sam Woodiwisss Champion Bulldog Baron Sedgemere, pictured when a two and a half year old. Baron Sedgemere was the offspring of Stockwell and Champion Blackberry
Broadmoor - view of the terrace where male prisoners were abBroadmoor opened as an asylum in 1863 to female patients and to male patients the following year. The building was designed by military engineer, Major General Joshua Jebb
Saint Alfonso LiguoriALFONSO MARIA DE LIGUORI Neapolitan bishop of St Agatha of the Goths, founder of the order of Redemptorists. His many writings included The glories of Mary. Saint
Christian Diors Spring Fashion Show, 1948Christian Berard, the Surrealist painter, seated on the floor, gazing at passing gowns during Christian Diors Spring Fashion show, 1948
France LA RochefoucauldThe home of the illustrious family of La Rochefoucauld family, who included the celebrated duc Francois, author of those witty pensees and maximes
An anaglyph of a seaside sceneOn Kentish Sands; a seaside anaglyph. Although invented some seventy years earlier, the Illustrated London News was the first publication to print 3-dimensional anaglyphs in 1924
Armstrongs hydro-electric machineHydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s
Television in the comfort of your own homeThe latest type of home receiver for vision and sound, with a fluorescent screen 8 by 6 inches, displaying a picture of Mickey Mouse
20h. p. Austin Marlborough LandauletteA photograph showing the 20h.p. Austin Marlborough Landaulette. The car had a 10ft wheelbase chasis. Its fitments included a ventilator in the roof
FROST FAIR OF 1683 / 4A view of the Frost Fair held on the Thames. The stalls formed Friezland Street alias Blanket Fair and included a Tavern, Coffeehouse and Weavers
Board room on wheels for the Birmingham CorporationTwo photographs showing the board room on wheels for the Birmingham Corporation. The coach was fitted up to enable authorities to transact business while paying official visits
Vampire Bat - 2(desmodus rotundus) The American Vampire Bat thrives on warm-blooded creatures, humans included, from which it will suck 25ml of blood in 30 minutes
Vampire Bat - 1(desmodus rotundus) The American Vampire Bat thrives on warm-blooded creatures, humans included, from which it will suck 25ml of blood in 30 minutes
Vampire Bat - 3(desmodus rotundus) The American Vampire Bat thrives on warm-blooded creatures, humans included, from which it will suck 25ml of blood in 30 minutes
Women Volunteers 1861THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT The scene at Wimbledon Camp when the whole family - ladies included - join the Volunteer Movement
Sargon II of AssyriaSARGON II His many conquests included Babylonia, Armenia, Philistia and Israel, which was wiped out by its defeat
Oxford Music Hall / 1893The inside pages of a programme for the Oxford Music Hall, London, for the week commencing 18 September 1893. The bill included Mr Dan Leno and Miss Marie Lloyd