Lay Collection (page 4)

The Russian generals very politely lay down their arms. Print shows Russian generals, possibly including Aleksei Nikolaevich Kuropatkin, surrendering to a group of Japanese soldiers. Date 1905

The Old Curiosity Shop, death of little Nell
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841. There, upon her little bed, she lay at rest

A dead German, lying symbolically in a field of wheat
" The Harvest" Caption: " And with mine own hand labour d it to grow, and his as all the harvest that I reap d" The moralising quote, from the Rubaiyat of Omar Kyyam

European Gentlemans Kedmutgars or Table Servants bringing in dinner. (Plate 7 of 20) Date: 1813

Silhouette, To Lay Up for a Rainy Day
To Lay Up for a Rainy Day -- silhouette showing a squirrel putting nuts aside for survival during the winter

Twelve proverbial silhouettes given a literal depiction: the fat is in the fire, to have a finger in the pie, sending coals to Newcastle, one sows and another reaps

Mulenen, Switzerland Date: circa 1910s

Laying a Tiled Floor
Three men lay a tiled floor in a grand house, being careful to measure everything exactly Date: circa 1760

Harvest Festival at Castleford, Yorkshire
A Harvest Festival display at the United Methodist Church, Whitwood Mere, near Castleford, Yorkshire. Included in the photo is the organist, Bower M Stoker, and a lay preacher, Job Harling

Laying Foundations 18Th
Examples of how to lay foundations according to the standards of 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Laying railway tracks at night
A very atmospheric shot of a steam engine and cranes aiding the laying of a new set of railway tracks. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Laying Railway Tracks
Three construction workers guide a large rail into position. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Duke and Duchess of Connaught leave for South Africa
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), and his wife, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes)

Laying Pavements in London, 1877
Engraving showing a group of workmen laying pavement in a London street, c.1877. The men appear to be preparing an asphalt or glue substance, with which to lay the wooden paving blocks

The Trowel used by Queen Victoria, 1867
Engraving showing the golden trowel used by Queen Victoria to lay the first stone of the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1867

Funeral of Sir John Burgoyne, St. Peters Church, Tower of L
Engraving showing the funeral of Field Marshal Sir John Pox Burgoyne (1782-1871), the British soldier, held at St. Peters Church in the Tower of London, 1871

The Tsars Ukase
Polish villagers listen to the tsars ukase, read to them by their priest. He offers an amnesty to all who lay down their arms, but the rebels reject his kind offer

Cleopatras Needle, Alexandria
Cleopatras Needle was originally erected by Pharaoh Thothmes II around 1500 B.C. It was then moved to Alexandria, Cleopatras city

Members of the Womens Crusade surrounding a Whisky Saloon
Engraving showing a group of American men in a whisky saloon as, outside, members of the Womens Crusade, a temperance movement, lay siege to the venue, Ohio, 1874

Odysseus Laid Out
Having pleaded with King Alicinous of Phaeacia to return home, the Phaeacian men lay Odysseus (Ulysses) down on the coast of Ithaca

Lifeboat on Roadside
Shiver my timbers! What a strange roadside sight! Once the pride of Falmouth, Cornwall, this old lifeboat lay for many years in quiet country lane in Surrey

Papins Experiments
The experiments of Denis Papin with a steam cylinder lay the foundations of future steam- power development

H. M.s Agamemnon
Launch of H.M.S Agamemnon, the first steam ship to attempt to lay the Trans-atlantic telegraph cable

Rooftop Insurgents
In the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, insurgents hurl anything they can lay hands on at the government troops

Prince of Wales visiting the Great Eastern steam-ship
Engraving showing the Edward, Prince of Wales, visiting Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Eastern steam-ship in 1865, prior to its voyage to lay the transatlantic cable

Shipping the Atlantic Telegraph onboard the Great Eastern
Engraving showing Isambard Kingdom Brunels steam-ship Great Eastern receiving the Atlantic cable from a smaller vessel. The cable was manufactured at Messrs

Coiling of the Atlantic telegraph cable
Coiling of the Atlantic cable on board H.M.S Agamemnon prior to the 1858 expedition to lay cable from Britain to North America

The Asia, dismastered by a waterspout, on her passage to Bom
The Asia dismasted by a waterspout on her passage from Port Phillip to Bombay. The rain flooded the decks ankle deep, the fall of the foremast had crushed all that lay beneth. Date: 22nd April 1854

Professors Ayrton and Perrys new electric railway
A model of a electrical railway designed by Professors Ayrton and Perry. There were a number of dynamo-electric machines in the experimental stages

Wherever I Lay my Hat
A smiling outdoor girl wearing little more than a large straw hat which she demurely uses to cover her chest

Red Guards Armed
On the eve of the Bolshevik revolution, Red Guards arm themselves with whatever weapons they can lay hands on and pose for a group photo looking ever so determined

Market Women
An English Market-Woman and her daughter - both laden with baskets of - what ? Vegetables ? Eggs ? all will be revealed when they lay out their wares

French Lay a Railway
French engineers lay a railway to facilitate the transport of men, supplies, guns and ammunition

Capuchin Lay Brother
LAICO CAPPUCINO lay brother of the Capuchin order

Laico Teresiano
LAICO TERESIANO Lay brother of the order of Saint Teresa d Avila

Siege of Jerusalem 1099
The Crusaders lay siege to Jerusalem

Vallum on Hadrians Wall
The fosse ditch of the vallum system at Limestone Bank. The vallum lay behind the main stucture of Hadrians wall, and acted as a people-control structure, not as a defence

Treasure Isle / Jim Spies
Jim Hawkins spies on the pirates: " I lay for some time watching the bustle which succeeded the attack."

Little Boy in the Barn
The Little Boy in the barn lay down on some hay, the owl came out and flew about and the Little Boy ran away

House that Jack Built 3
This is the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built

Cable Laying / Gt Eastern
The Great Eastern starts to lay the Atlantic Cable at Valentia

Hamengku Buwono IX
DORODJATAN KAMENGKU BUWONO The Sultan was crowned in 1940. Shown here meeting the Dutch Governor of his region, which lay in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

Dutch Take Colombo
The Dutch land in Ceylon 1602, and lay siege to Colombo the following year, under the command of general Gerard Hulst. Subsequently amicable relations are established

Man Escapes Fire C17Th
A man takes a running jump, flames licking his heels, as he makes a bid to return to a ship that awaits him below. His musket & pike lay on the ground

Veneration of the Magi
The Three Kings lay their gifts of gold, frankincence and myrrh, before Jesus while the Star of Bethlehem shines down

Crossing French Gutter
In bad weather, the gutters of Paris streets aren t easy to cross, so enterprising boys lay planks across them for fashionable ladies to cross, expecting a modest tip

Baden Rebels Retreat
The rebel forces in Baden lay down their arms and retire to Switzerland

Urbain Fardeau gallops into the enemy lines, holds his sword against the enemy commanders neck, and orders him to tell his men to lay down their arms

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