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The provisioning of a lighthouse in Brittany. Image published in L Illustration on December 9th, 1899. Engraving
LOUIS VI the Fat, of France (1081-1137). King of the Franks (1108-1137). King Louis VI (1080-1137) Watching the Construction of a Church, from the Grandes Chroniques de France 1375-79. Gothic art
Camerlengo at his Desk. Biccherna cover. 1388. Renaissance art. Trecento. Tempera on wood. ITALY. TUSCANY. Siena. Archivio di Stato (Provincial Archives)
Glass for tobacco (18th c. ). Bordeaux ceramicsGlass for tobacco (18th c.). Bordeaux ceramics. Ceramics. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. HAUTS-DE-SEINE. S趲 es. Sevres National Museum for Ceramics
Jewish merchant, 18th c. Hindu art. Miniature Painting
French Occupations card series game 1890sFrench card game - Yes or No - Occupations series. Illustration of a notary (lawyer, solicitor). Date: circa 1890s
The Last Tea by HigginsSwiftly fled each honey d hour Spent with military male; Metropole became a bower Cecil an Arcadian vale. A rather mournful female clerical worker or secretary takes her last cup of tea of her
Munitions Girl by Helen McKieLook at the girls who REALLY work To strafe the German and the Turk - The girls who slave at making shells And scorn the screeds of H. G
Land girls on a Surrey farm, WW1A group of cheery land girls taking a break from work on a Surrey farm in 1917. The Bystander magazine, in which this photograph was published, comments
Staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross, WW1Female staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross Station, set up, along with similar buffets at other London terminus
Advert for Peter Robinsons practical garmentThe land for the Land. Ideal skirt for gardening, agricultural and general country wear, made in Khaki water proofed dungarine fitted with huge pockets. 1916
Training munition workers at Shoreditch Technical InstituteScenes showing the training of munition workers at Shoreditch Technical Institute (run by London County Council) during the First World War
Women working at Prisoners of War Information Bureau, WW1Women working at the offices of the Prisoners of War Information Bureau, located at 49 Wellington Street, Strand, where are record of all British soldiers who were prisoners of war in Germany were
Woman motor driver teaching soldier to drive, WW1A new driver in the Army Motor Transport section being taught to steer by a female instructor during the First World War. A school to teach women driving and car mechanics was established by the Hon
Women at a car mechanics class, WW1Women at a school in London established by Gabrielle Borthwick (daughter of the late Baron Borthwick) where driving and mechanics were taught during the First World War
Women being trained at an L. C. C. technical college, WW1Women and men together studying the theory of machine tool using at the Shoreditch Technical Institute during the First World War
Women Gardeners at Windsor, WW1One of the four women gardeners employed at Windsor Castle during the First World War, pictured opening the top-lights in the glass-houses
Students at a school for women chemists, WW1Women at a London County Council school in Hammersmith, training in chemistry following the acceptance of women dispensers by the Army medical authorities during the First World War
Changes in Whitehall, WW1 cartoonCartoon demonstrating the changes at Whitehall during the First World War, when women replaced men in most of the clerical roles, and the war necessitated the War Offices expansion. Date: 1916
Woman delivery van driver, WW1A woman in uniform takes over a traditional male role as the driver of a horse drawn delivery van during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Woman bus conductor, WW1A girl bus conductor in her blue uniform, with gaiters and turned up hat, rings the bell on the no 25 route which travels from Marble Arch in central London to Ilford on the outskirts of East London
Woman railway officials on the Underground, WW1Two women in uniform working on the London Underground during the First World War in jobs which were previously carried out by men. Date: 1914-1918
Signing on for Munition Work, WW1Women signing up for work in munitions factories during the First World War. Date: 1914-18
A Munitionette, Munition worker, WW1A woman operating an automatic cartridge machine in a munition factory during the First World War. Date: 1917
Marie Lohr - a wartime actress-manageress, WW1Marie Lohr, Australian actress (1890-1975) pictured in The Tatler at the time she had taken on the role of manager at the Globe Theatre in London where she was staging a play by W. Somerset Maugham
Myrtle Newton, hotel driver, WW1Miss Myrtle Newton of Cambridge who had accepted the post of motor car driver at the Kings Head Hotel in Cirencester on the understanding that by so doing she would release a man for service during
Women tram conductor and officer, WW1Illustration showing a women tram conductor speaking to an army officer during WW1. Date: 1916
St Dunstans Hostel advertisement, WW1A full page of The Tatler devoted to reporting on the work of St. Dunstans Hostel for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors in Regents Park, London
Women wanted for War Work, WW1Advertisement by the Motor Drivers Licensed Employment Bureau calling for women to train as engineers during the First World War. Full training in machinery and car repairs offered. Date: 1918
Miss Farnar-Bringhurst as Martryred BelgiumMiss Farnar-Bringhurst dressed martyred Belgium, a costume she wore (without shoes) for the Womens Right to Serve march through London in July 1915
Chancing It, WW1 London bus with woman conductorIllustration by Edmund Blampied showing a British soldier, possibly home on leave managing to just catch a moving bus presided over by a female bus conductor. Date: 1916
Barkers Womens trench coat, WW1 advertisementAdvertisement for the Womens Service Section of Barkers Department Store on Kensington High Street, set up to provide nurses
Office girls drawn by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, a character in the Letters of Eve in The Tatler, drawn by Annie Fish, is pictured njoying his time in the office now that girls are taking on wartime clerical roles. Date: 1917
Waitress in a gentlemens club by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, one of the characters in The Tatler magazine s, Letters of Eve, drawn by Annie Fish is pictured enjoying having his lunch at his club
Female bus conductor drawn by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, one of the characters in the gossip column, Letters of Eve, finds his commute to the office infinitely more enjoyable now there are ladies working as bus conductors during the war
Gas powered car with lady chauffeur, WW1 cartoon" You ll have to get rid of the chauffeurette, Alfred - shes getting much too flighty." Cartoon commenting on the double novelty of gas powered cars
Morals of Mackenzie - Working women, WW1Morals of Mackenzie: Complex Woman - Her Complexion. Illustration showing women filling a number of traditional male roles during the First World War
Laurette Taylor in Out There, war-themed play in New York, WMiss Laurette Taylor (1883-1946) American actress born Loretta Helen Clooney, pictured appearing in various scenes in the play, " Out There
Women police, WW1Miss Margaret Mary Damer Dawson, Chief Officer, and Miss Mary Sophia Allen, Chief Superintendent of the Womens Police during the First World War
Female taxi drivers in cab shelter, WW1 by Annie FishHumorous impression of lady taxi drivers drinking tea in a cab shelter and charming the cabmen official. The Taxi Drivers Union objected to women taxi cab drivers during the First World War
Female taxi drivers, WW1 by Annie FishHumorous illustration by Annie Fish in The Tatler showing a tongue-in-cheek impression of women taxi drivers during the First World War, more concerned with adjusting make up than driving
Lady Cowdray with one of her lady gardenersLady Cowdray, a strong supporter of the Womens Land Council, seen with one of the many lady gardeners who was employed on her large estate at Cowdray Park, Midhurst during the First World War
Miss Muriel Perry, Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria StationMiss Muriel Perry, the capable quartermaster of the Sailors and Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station during the First World War, where 200, 000 men were fed at a cost of one penny per head
Miss Angel Archdale as a land girlMiss Angel Archdale, only daughter of Brigadier-General Archdale, C.B. who was busily engaged in farm work in the Cotswolds during the First World War
Mrs Sprott as a Red Cross ambulance driver, WW1Mrs Sprott, daughter of Sir George and Lady Berry of Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, pictured in her uniform as a driver of Red Cross ambulances in France
Zambrene raincoat advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Zambrene rubberless raincoat, ideal for war workers on a wet day, and to prove the point, the illustration shows a girl heading forth into the rain in her practical garb
Farmers wife tractor ploughing 1917Woman ploughing a parafin 16 h.p tractor, specially built for war time agriculture, capability of ploughing five archers a day. Date: 1917
French shells used on Land and Sea WWIIn Toulon arsenal: Finished projectiles after " passing the doctor" ; the necessary wash. Upper photograph: showing big-gun shells
