Interest Collection (page 4)

The Tower of Hercules. Ancient Roman lighthouse. Detail. A Coruna. Galicia. Spain

The Alhambra. 14th Century. Mexuar. Granada. Andalusia. Spai
The Alhambra. 14th Century. Nasrid period. Mexuar. Initiated by Abu-LWalid Isma il and rebuilt by Yusuf I and Mohammad V, between 1333 and 1391. Granada. Andalusia. Spain

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

Frank Buckland - 3
FRANK BUCKLAND Naturalist who took a special interest in natural curiosities. with his autograph Date: 1826 - 1880

Winter Rural Scene
A country home in winter : two women break up sticks for firewood, not much helped by a young man smoking a pipe, while two cows look on with interest. Date: circa 1850

Torquay Aviation Meeting
Public interest in aviation is vividly expressed by this scene at a flying meeting at Torquay, England, where crowds throng round a biplane. Date: circa 1910

Survey Party / Australia
Three aboriginal men look on in interest as three surveyors map out part of the Hampton Plains in Western Australia. Date: 1891

Pedlar Sells Cloth / 1880
The women of a country village take an interest in the fabrics of a passing pedlar. Date: circa 1880

Teresa and the virgin
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) She received instructions for the design of her convent from the Queen of Heaven, who shares with Prince Charles a royal interest in architecture

Zangwill / Vfair 1897
ISRAEL ZANGWILL English playwright and novelist, with a special interest in Jewish themes Date: 1864 - 1926

Charles Beresford / China
CHARLES WILLIAM BERESFORD Charles William de la Poer Known as Lord Charles - British naval officer, satirised here for his interest in China Date: 1846 - 1919

Preparing for Flight
Preparing a biplane for flight at the Semaine d Aviation, Nantes (France) : this kind of air show is repeated throughout France, attracting immense public interest. Date: 14-21 August 1910

C Vanderbilt - Seabald
Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794 - 1877) Powerful 19th century rail and shipping magnate. Gained a controlling interest in numerous provincial railroads

Site of a Wartime Hospital - St. Michaels Cave, Gibraltar
Site of a Wartime Hospital and Now a Place of Interest to Visitors to Gibraltar: St. Michaels Cave, with Its Strange and Wonderful Stalactites and Stalagmites

The Duke of Edinburgh at the Road Research Laboratory
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, examining the motor-cycle combination fitted with devices for recording aspects of road surfaces, when he toured the Road Research laboratory in Harmondsworth

WW1 poster, The New War Loan
WW1 poster, If you buy the New War Loan your country gets funds to carry on and Win the War. Date: circa 1916

WW1 poster, War Loan, subscriptions here, five shillings upwards, with a 4.5 per cent interest rate. Date: 1914-1918

Poster, Buy National Savings Certificates
For your children, Buy National Savings Certificates. Date: 1920

South Africa - Kaffir Caves
Black and white photograph of mouth of cave used as dwelling-place, South Africa.. This slide dates from the late 19th century. The racial term kaffir was commonly used at the time

Grand Chalet, Rossiniere, Vaud, Switzerland
The Grand Chalet, a building of historical interest in Rossiniere, Vaud, Switzerland

Three fleets worth watching by G. H. Davis
Three fleets which are worth watching: the naval forces of Brazil, Argentine and Chile. 1910

King Alfonso photographed talking to a woman
Who Would Be King? Photograph of King Alfonso XIII of Spain, captured by snapshotters during a trip to San Sebastien, talking to an unidentified young woman

Advert for Jigsaw puzzles, 1939
Advert for The London Electrotype Agency. Theres nothing like a puzzle ! To keep the children out of mischief... to amuse and entertain the convalescent

Street scene with fire engine
Street scene with people watching a fire engine in action

France Cherbourg
Sinking caissons in Cherbourg harbour earlier in the century; published in 1794, this print reflects English interest in the French fortifications. Date: 1735

Martin Hope Sutton
MARTIN HOPE SUTTON seed merchant, author of a book on grasses in which the Prince Consort took an interest : philanthropist. Date: 1814? - 1901

Ebbing & Flowing Well
Ebbing and Flowing Well, near Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England, excites much interest to passers-by, for the level of the water rises and falls at regular intervals. Date: 1930s

William Nichols
WILLIAM NICHOLS (or Nicholls) churchman and theological writer whose Discourses on the Common Prayer are of interest to those who are interested in such things. Date: 1664 - 1712

Aln. Baron Londesborough
ALBERT DENISON, first baron LONDESBOROUGH antiquarian, collector and archeologist with a special interest in tumuli. Date: 1805 - 1860

Boy with pet dog
Boy with Dog. Ceruti, Giacomo 1698-1767. Born in Milan, Ceruti trained there and absorbed the north Italian interest in still-life painting associated with the work of Caravaggio

Boy with Vegetables. Ceruti, Giacomo 1698-1767. Born in Milan, Ceruti trained there and absorbed the north Italian interest in still-life painting associated with the work of Caravaggio

Comic Postcard - Woman bemoans lack of male interest
Comic Postcard - Woman bemoans and mourns the loss of 500 men in a (fictional) disaster, not that it appears she is (unfortunately) a magnet for male interest! Date: circa 1910

North Yorkshire, Filey Sands - Bleriot Light Type Monoplane (likely to have been) of Robert Blackburn, a pioneer of powered flight in the area. Date: circa 1910

Nautical chart depicting the West Coast of Africa, Brazil, the North Atlantic Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean, by Jorge Reinel. 1535

Movie Marquee - Rangoon - Went to see maha Penmai a legendary character derived from the ancient drama of Rama. Costumes like those of the gnats in pagodas

Egyptian Style 1914
An image that demonstrates that the interest in Egypt as a source of inspiration predates the discovery of Tutankhamens tomb by Howard Carter in 1922. Date: 1914

London Spelling Book
Title page of a spelling book, showing a girl and boy reading a book while their dog watches with interest. Date: 1851

GLC-LFB Brigade photographer Dolly Gray
The brigade had three Sub Officers skilled in photography, who attended all fires of special interest, fatal fires and those requiring more than eight pumps to record evidence

Satirical cartoon, An Appropriate Text!, showing a street preacher preaching to four bored-looking people while a large crowd watches the launch of the Charles Green balloon

Kishineff must be paid for - with interest. Illustration shows Nicholas II, emperor of Russia, sitting on a throne, wearing a large skull topped with a cross as a crown; a Japanese man is offering

Buy United States government war savings stamps Your money back with interest from the United States Treasury. Poster showing a variety of people lined up at a window tended by Uncle Sam

New York: a birdseye view from the harbor, showing Manhattan Island in its surroundings, with various points of interest in the city and the location of Rogers, Peet & Co.s building

Leoncavallo visiting Rowton House, London

Page of text from the Illustrated London News, 1889
A page of text from the Illustrated London News, 1889, describing, amongst other items of interest, the Savoy Hotel, London. For the illustration which accompanies this text, see image 10507364

Hungarian Artist
An old, dilapidated part of Budapest, Hungary, is a source of interest to this artist at his easel. Date: 1930s

Hindhead Common
A young man wearing shorts and Argyll socks studies a National Trust stone on Hindhead Common, Surrey, England, which points out local places of interest. Date: 1930s

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