Leading Collection (page 14)

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Muslim leading his horse
Bosnia & Herzegovina - A Bosnian Muslim (in traditional costume)leading his horse

Leading from Dummy
Cartoon, Leading from Dummy. A popular hostess conducting a dress rehearsal of her first at home of the season, practicing with a dummy

New Years Eve Party at the Royal Albert Hall, 1925
Illustration showing balloons cascading down onto the revellers at the New Years Eve Party held at the Royal Albert Hall, 1925-6

Blacksmith shoeing a horse
A Blacksmith changes the shoes on a working horse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Sir Robert Baden-Powell leading a cavalry charge, 1899
Illustration showing Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, leading a cavalry charge in South Africa, 1899. He is shown in the uniform of the Special Corps

Lt. General Sir Miles Dempsey, 1945
Painting showing Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey (1896-1969), the British Army Commander, pictured when leading the British Second Army, 1945

British Troops making a stand near Dunkirk; Second World War
Illustration showing Captain Ervine-Andrews (top left) leading his men of the East Lancashire Regiment in a determined stand against an attack by three German Battalions, near Dunkirk, 1940

German Boys on a disused Railway, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing two German boys playing on a railway track leading into the American Sector of West Berlin, November 1948

Doing his Little Bit
Humorous illustration from the First World War period showing a boy scout leading three German soldiers, plus a Zeppelin behind him. Earnshaw regularly drew boy scouts

The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. The Verandah
Engraving of verandah on grand Indian estate where gold has been found. Three servants in turbans are waiting on their master, one servant is leading a horse to the master

Manning Barricades 4
Storming a barricade : the government troops of general Lamoriciere charge the barricade at the Petit Pont, leading to La Cite

Sophie Arnould
SOPHIE MADELEINE ARNOULD leading French singer, depicted in the opera of Pyrame et Thisbe

Riots in Croatia
Just who will rule Croatia is much disputed, leading to riots such as these at Agram : eventually count Khven- Hedervary will be installed as Ban of Croatia

Eugenie at Lille
The Empress Eugenie visits Lille, where she meets the leading ladies of the district at the Prefecture

Emperor Visits - 1
Franz-Joseph, emperor of Austria, visits Paris where he meets the leading ladies of the court at the Elysee palace

European Ambassadors in Constantinople, 1896
Photograph of the ambassadors of the leading European powers, photographed in the garden of the Austrian Embassy, Constantinople (now Istanbul), 1896. Those pictured are (from left to right) P

Lord Dudley Stuart, (1803-1854)
Portrait of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, leading advocate of Polish Independence, engraved in 1843

Birthplace of Sir John Franklin, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 1859
Engraving showing the house in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, where the British naval commander and explorer, Sir John Franklin, was born in 1786

Bicycle Race at the Catford Cycling Club, 1892
Engraving showing one of the bicycle races between Catford Cycling Club and a Dutch team, held at Catford, August 1892. The Dutch team won the event by 9 points to Catford Clubs 11

Grand Saloon of an American Steam-boat, 1875
Engraving showing the Grand Saloon of an American Steam-boat, possibly the Bristol which operated between New York and Boston

The 2nd Marquis of Salisbury (1791-1868)
Engraving of James Brownlow William, 2nd Marquis of Salisbury, who served as Lord Privy Seal (1852) and Lord President of the Council (1858)

Anti Home-Rulers attacking Winston Churchills car, Belfast
Illustration showing a crowd of anti home-rulers attacking the car carrying Winston Leonard Spencer Churcill (1874-1965), then First Lord of the Admiralty

Joffre and King Albert of Belgium
General Joffre in conversation with King Albert of Belgium (1875-1934), Commander-in-Chief of the Belgian army. Albert was credited with leading a gallant Belgian resistance against the German army

SS Ophir and the Royal Yacht Alberta at Portsmouth, Marc
Photograph of the Royal Yacht Alberta, with King Edward VII on board, leading SS Ophir, with the Duke of Cornwall and York, out of Portsmouth harbour, March 1901

Four leading cricketers of 1874
Engraving showing four leading English cricketers of the 1874 season. From top left, clockwise: G.F. Grace Esq. W.G. Grace Esq. J. Southerton and H.Jupp

USA Saratoga Springs
At the races : Saratoga is one of Americas leading horse racing centers

The Civil War in America. The Picket leading the ships of th
General Burnside took his troops to engage with the Confederates on Roanoke Island

Greece Piraeus
Reconstruction of Piraeus, the port of Athens, BCE, showing the highway leading to the city

Sir Francis Younghusband and the American Ambassador, 1922
Photograph showing the American Ambassador to Great Britain, Mr. Harvey (on left), presenting an American Geographical Society Medal to Sir Francis Younghusband; London, 1922

Venice Fabric Trade
Venice becomes Europes leading trading centre for fabrics

Sir Henry Morton Stanley leaving Yambuya Camp during the Emi
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on right, wearing dark jacket) setting out from Yambuya Camp on the 28th June 1887 during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Church in Shere, Surrey
A lovely corner in the village of Shere, leading to its fine old church

CHRYSIPPUS - Greek philosopher at Athens, leading exponent of Stoicism, succeeding Cleanthes as head of the Stoa, promoting the views of Zeno while enlarging them

The Village of Cheddar
The viallge of Cheddar, Somerset, with its lake beside the road leading up to the famous Gorge

Admiral Von Tirpitz
ALFRED VON TIRPITZ Chiefly responsible for the strengthening of the German navy in the years leading up to World War One; seen here age 80

Marseille Trade Centre
A shipment of figs arrives at Marseille, whose strategic position on the Mediterranean, with access to western Europe, renders it one of the worlds leading trading centres

Nijni-Novgorod Trade
Fur traders at Nijni-Novgorod, which, on the border between Europe and Asia, becomes one of Europes leading trading centres

Lubeck as Trade Centre
Lubeck, strategically located on the Baltic coast, becomes a leading trading centre of the Hanseatic League, doing extensive business with Scandinavia

HMS Royal Oak viewed from HMS Queen Elizabeth, 1935
Photograph of a huge wave breaking over the bows of HMS Royal Oak, launched 1916, as seen from the stern of HMS Queen Elizabeth, Mediterranean Sea, 1935

Note from the President
The President of the Republic sends a message to the Assemblee Nationale : they are more and more at odds as the year progresses, leading to the December coup d etat

Coriolanus & Women
Coriolanus, the Roman hero who fell from grace by leading his enemies against Rome, is begged by his mother, wife and the women of Rome, to withdraw his Volscian army, which he does

The Leap Frog Railway
An amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long

Battle of Pavia
Popular broadsheet describing the battle of Pavia, where Francois I is defeated by a mixed Imperial army, leading to the Spanish domination of Italy

Greestone Stairs Lincoln
A glimpse of Greestone Stairs, a steep flight of steps leading up to Lincoln Cathedral, England

Steps / Stepcote Hill
Stepcote Hill and Bridge, Exeter, Devon, a medieval pack-horse road, leading over the old bridge

Chamber at Mycenae
A rock-cut side chamber leading from the tholos tomb, dubbed the Treasury of Atreus by Schliemann

Miss Mary Anderson
MARY ANDERSON Actress born in California who always played leading roles in Londons West End. Dubbed " Our Mary" by American audiences

David Niven
DAVID NIVEN Graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before he arrived in Hollywood where he became part of Clark Gables social set

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