Including Collection (page 17)

British Railways memorabilia
A wagon-load of old timetables are pored over by railway enthusiasts, including a lady in a tam-o-shanter and wellington boots. circa 1974

Soviet-era posters displayed in a window - Moscow
Soviet-era posters (including a poster of Lenin) displayed in a window - Moscow, USSR. Date: 1986

VAD patients at the Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients at the Sports Day held at Woodford House School field in Birchington during War Weapons Week. The Quex Park VAD Hospital

Patient in Bed 29 Quex Park VAD Hospital
Photograph of a patient (name unkown) in Bed 29 in C Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital during the First World War. The man has suffered a severe wound to his right hand or arm

Loading an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station
Loading a stretcher into an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station in March 1916. Several men, including service personnel and a civilian are assisting lifting a stretcher holding a patient into the top

Kent VAD ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station
A Kent VAD ambulance is parked by some buildings at Ramsgate Town Station in March 1916. Two sailors are carrying a stretcher. A man and a VAD nurse are leaning over the stretcher

Emile Girardin
EMILE DE GIRARDIN French journalist associated with many periodicals including Le petit Journal. Date: 1806 - 1881

John Gibson, Architect
JOHN GIBSON Architect, including Dobroyd Castle, Todmorden. Date: 1817 - 1892

Doll in Knitwear
A doll wearing a knitted (crocheted) outfit, including a bonnet, cardigan, bootees and dress. Date: 1930s

Eric Dupuy Scholar
ERIC DUPUY or ERICIUS PUTEANUS or ERIK VAN DER PUTTE Flemish scholar, depicted with allegorical motifs including an eagle with a laurel wreath, the winged horse Pegasus etc. Date: 1574 - 1646

Sir Kenelm Digby
SIR KENELM DIGBY - Scholar and statesman, depicted with a shelf of books representative of his interest in science, including Plants, Bodyes and the Powder of Simpathie. Date: 1603 - 1665

Abraham Darcie
ABRAHAM DARCIE (or Darcy, Darssie etc) Writer, known for his translation of Camdens Annals and for his elegant clothing, including a fine lace collar. Date: CIRCA 1625

Winifred Ashton Drawing
WINIFRED ASHTON Author, writing as CLEMENCE DANE, of novels and plays, including Broome stages and A bill of divorcement. Date: 1888 - 1965

Students at Reichstag
German students in military uniforms including jack boots, on parade at an unspecified event outide the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Milan Cathedral
Begun in the 1380s, Milan Cathedral, one of the largest in the world, was built by many different architects, including Leonardo and was completed in the 19th century. Date: 1930s

James Cobb, Playwright
JAMES COBB - Secretary in the East India Co. who wrote many mediocre stage pieces, mostly musical comedies but including an operatic version of Paul et Virginie, best forgotten. Date: 1756 - 1818

Jules Bastien-Lepage - 2
JULES BASTIEN-LEPAGE French artist who specialised in painting peasants, though he also did portraits including Bernhardt. Date: 1848 - 1884

Jules Bastien-Lepage - 1
JULES BASTIEN-LEPAGE French artist who specialised in painting peasants, though he also did portraits including Bernhardt. Date: 1848 - 1884

Thomas Haynes Bayly
THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY Prolific writer of popular farces and other pieces, including the balled Oh no, we never mention her... Date: 1797 - 1839

Thomas Baines, Historian
THOMAS BAINES (son of Sir Edward Baines, older) Journalist and local historian - including Yorkshire Past and Present and Lancashire ditto. Date: circa. 1840s

Chinese Mandarins Home
The interior of a mandarins home, with a splendid view of buildings including a pagoda. Date: circa 1840

MAY DAY 1950S
Boys & girls perform traditional English dances on the village green at Elstow, Bedfordshire, England including a sword dance & maypole dances. Date: 1950s

Officials Dress
Officials wear long gowns or houppelandes - one has dagged side vents & a pleated front. N.B long huke, jacket & various hats including some with tall conical crowns. Date: 15th century

Racial Types / Dutch 1640
Dutch women including a housewife wearing ruffs which continued to be fashionable in the Netherlands after other European countries had ceased wearing them. Date: 1640

Racial Types France
Strasbourg costumes including a bride: skirts with gathered yokes, bodices pointed borders, ornate stomachers, large lace hat or close- fitting cap or toque. Date: 1670 - 1690

Female Londoners 1590
The clothing of London women of various social classes including a servant. All three wear ruffs. The 3rd woman is taken from " Descriptions of England". Date: 1590

WOMENs COSTUME 1789-90
Ladies wearing pelerines, a buffont, fur tippet & matching muff, hats including a large mob cap & gowns with open fronts revealing waistcoats & petticoats. Date: 1789 -1790

Healing Plants 1904 Pl. 2
A selection of 11 healing plants & herbs including parsley, rosemary, horsetail, birch and lungwort. Date: 1904

Narcissus Etc C18Th
A posy of NARCISSUS, including a double white variety; ANEMONE; JASMINUM, a variety described as Yellow Indian, tied with a striped ribbon. Date: 18th century

Incense, Cinnamon, Myrrh
Orientalism: depiction of the influece of all things eastern upon western fashions including harem pants or Turkish trousers & turbans. N.B lampshade tunic. Date: 1914

Motoring / Hotspur 1949
" You can t escape from the evil eye!" A man in a car tries to escape from a man pursuing him on a motor bike: the back of the car, including the wheels, is missing! Date: 1949

Grecian Architecture
Details of classical Greek architecture and sculpture including a pillar, a statue and an entablature Date: Ancient Greece

Boating in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris
This couple boating on the lake in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, seem to be attracting a surprising amount of attention, including a vendor of things to eat... Date: 1905

Buffalo Bills Circus
Buffalo Bills circus: portraits of the characters taking part in the wild west show, including Cody himself and Annie Oakley Date: 1886

Conference of Engineers
A conference of engineers for Britannia Bridge, including Robert Stephenson and I.K.Brunel

A Lover of Shakespeare
An artistic young woman sits with a book in her hand surrounded by evidence of her other creative hobbies including a harp and an unfinished sampler. Date: circa 1850

Mixed Group of People
A group photo at Delhi including leading men and women, civilian and military. Date: 1918

Brain / Business Centre
The brain, depicted as a business centre: a series of offices including the headquarters (cerebrum) and camera operators (the eye muscles) etc. Date: 1920s

Gladstone / Commons / 1880
The Liberal Opposition Front Bench, including the leader William Gladstone, during a late sitting of the House. Date: circa 1877

Vincenzo Bellini
VINCENZO BELLINI Italian composer. Composed melodic operas including Adelson e Salvina, I Capuleti e i Montecchi and Norma. Date: 1801 - 1835

Family on Beach, C. 1910
A family group, including dog, enjoying sitting in the sun on a sandy beach against a backdrop of beach huts Date: circa 1910

Poster hearts of World
Poster for HEARTS OF THE WORLD, directed by D W Griffith, starring the two Gishes and including Stroheim and Coward in a World War One propaganda tear-jerker. Date: 1918

Lydia Huntley Sigourney (nee Howard) (1791 - 1865) - American author, immensely popular in her day, published more than 60 books including How to be happy and The faded hope (sequel?)

London Music Cover
A silhouette view of London including the Houses of Parliament and Tower Bridge. Illustration for music featured in George Blacks musical, " London Rhapsody" Date: 1937

JP Sousa - Tat; er 1903
John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) nicknamed The March King American bandmaster and composer of about 140 military marches, including Stars and Stripes Forever (1897) Date: 1903

Christine De Pisan / Mono
CHRISTINE DE PISAN French writer, including several works in defence of women Date: 1364? - 1430

Coronation of Louis XV
The costumes of the officers of state at the coronation of Louis XV at Rheims. The King is arrayed in all the royal ornaments, including the crown of Charlemagne. Date: 1722

Owen Jones Flowers 98
Various flowers, including White Lily, Daffodil, Narcissus, Dog Rose, Honeysuckle, Mallow, Ladies Smock, Speedwell, Harebell, and Primrose Date: 1868

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