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Background imageLeading Collection: Rising Moon over Mount Nanping Date: 1885

Rising Moon over Mount Nanping Date: 1885

Background imageLeading Collection: West Surrey Staghounds Point-to-point races at Slyfield

West Surrey Staghounds Point-to-point races at Slyfield - the All Comers Maiden Steeplechase, won by Mr Oliver Dixon on Master Royston

Background imageLeading Collection: Greetings to you all - A pretty skater leads a Pierrot

Greetings to you all - A pretty skater leads a Pierrot and other revellers onto the ice. She holds a long stick onto which an orange Chinese lantern is attached. Date: 1905

Background imageLeading Collection: The Grove, Country Home

The Grove, Country Home
A small country house, The Grove in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, with steps leading up from the gardens Date: circa 1830

Background imageLeading Collection: Joseph Richardson, Flute

Joseph Richardson, Flute
JOSEPH RICHARDSON flautist from Leeds, reckoned to be one of, if not THE leading flute player of his day. Date: 1814 - 1862

Background imageLeading Collection: LCC-LFB Brigade marching band at the Annual Review

LCC-LFB Brigade marching band at the Annual Review
The Fire Brigade Band performing at the 1929 Annual Review in Victoria Park, East London. Formed after the First World War

Background imageLeading Collection: Front cover, Derby Supplement

Front cover, Derby Supplement
The front cover of the Derby Supplement, with vignettes of Lady James Douglas and Lord Woolavington at the top, and a reproduction of a painting by Alfred Munnings

Background imageLeading Collection: The discoverers of Tutankhamen

The discoverers of Tutankhamen
Standing on the steps leading to the doorway of Tutankhamens tomb are (from left to right) Lady Evelyn Herbert, her father Lord Carnarvon, Mr Howard Carter and Mr B

Background imageLeading Collection: Old Houses, Bletchingley

Old Houses, Bletchingley
Some of the fine old houses (although some could do with renewed rendering) at the corner of the road leading to Brewer Street, Bletchingley, Surrey. Date: 1930s

Background imageLeading Collection: British Tank attacking German positions; First World War, 19

British Tank attacking German positions; First World War, 19
Illustration showing a British tank, probably a Mark V Male, leading an attack on German positions, somewhere on the Western Front, 1916

Background imageLeading Collection: Conservative Ladies

Conservative Ladies
A Meeting of Primrose Dames - leading conservative ladies in Lady Salisburys drawing room. Few if any of them favour the emancipation of woman

Background imageLeading Collection: Paris Salpetriere

Paris Salpetriere
The manufactory of saltpeter (potassium nitrate) used to make gunpowder : in the 19th century it will become one of Pariss leading hospitals, associated with Charcot etc

Background imageLeading Collection: Sarah Margaret Fuller

Sarah Margaret Fuller
SARAH MARGARET FULLER American critic and social reformer, associated with many leading writers and cultural figures of her day

Background imageLeading Collection: Prisoners / Old Bailey

Prisoners / Old Bailey
Prisoners await their turn at the passage and stairs leading to the dock in the Old Bailey

Background imageLeading Collection: Electricity Oersted

Electricity Oersted
The Danish scientist Christian Oersted observes the link between electricty and magnetism, enabling him to develop electro-magnetism leading to modern machines

Background imageLeading Collection: Pope Urbanus VI

Pope Urbanus VI
POPE URBANUS VI (Bartolommeo Prignano) After a stormy election, he acted so severely that most cardinals withdrew allegiance, leading to Avignon schism

Background imageLeading Collection: Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orleans

Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orleans
Joan of Arc (Jeanne d Arc) (1412-1431) - on a divine quest to aid France against the English. She bore a white banner bearing the image of God and two Angels

Background imageLeading Collection: Marshal Italo Balbo (1896-1940) in America in 1933

Marshal Italo Balbo (1896-1940) in America in 1933 shortly after leading the ?Italian Air Armada?

Background imageLeading Collection: Bruno Kastner - German stage and film actor

Bruno Kastner - German stage and film actor
Bruno Kastner (18901932) - German stage and film actor, screenwriter and film producer whose career was most prominent in the 1910s and 1920s during the silent film era

Background imageLeading Collection: Sir Hector Maclean of Duart, 2nd Baronet of Morvern, leading the charge at the Battle of

Sir Hector Maclean of Duart, 2nd Baronet of Morvern, leading the charge at the Battle of Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, fought between the English

Background imageLeading Collection: Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, leading the Royalist cavalry at

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, leading the Royalist cavalry at the Battle of Edgehill, Warwickshire, 23 October 1642, during the English Civil War (1642-1646). Date: 1642

Background imageLeading Collection: Stationery, Lockwood & Bradley Ltd, Tailors

Stationery, Lockwood & Bradley Ltd, Tailors
Stationery, Lockwood & Bradley Ltd, Londons Leading Tailors, Old Street, City Road - From the Mills to the Million. 1930

Background imageLeading Collection: Marquis Yamagata Aritomo

Marquis Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922)was a Japanese field marshal, twice-elected Prime Minister of Japan, and a leading member of the genro

Background imageLeading Collection: Ancient horse breeders, Kazakhstan

Ancient horse breeders, Kazakhstan
Kazakh men of an ancient tribe on horseback, leading a herd of horses through the steppe

Background imageLeading Collection: A Bedouin shepherd on a donkey leads his flock, Syria

A Bedouin shepherd on a donkey leads his flock, Syria
A Bedouin shepherd on a donkey leads his flock of sheep in a long line across the empty wastes of the Syrian desert in Syria Date: 2005

Background imageLeading Collection: Clink Street, leading to Winchester Wharf, London

Clink Street, leading to Winchester Wharf, London, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Background imageLeading Collection: Alice Eyre Macklin

Alice Eyre Macklin
Alys Eyre Macklin (nee Philpott), a leading member of The Poetry Society. Married to Thomas Eyre Macklin, artist. Date: 1902

Background imageLeading Collection: WW2 - R. A. F. Preparing For Training Flight

WW2 - R. A. F. Preparing For Training Flight
A photograph which portrays a British WW2 Royal Air Force instructor checking over a map with young pilots before leading them on a training flight. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageLeading Collection: Salo, Province of Brescia - Street Scene - Borromeo Statue

Salo, Province of Brescia - Street Scene - Borromeo Statue
Salo, Province of Brescia, on the shore of the Lago di Garda, Italy. Statue of Charles Borromeo, the Archbishop of Milan (1564 to 1584) and a cardinal of the Catholic Church

Background imageLeading Collection: Lane at Cockington, near Torquay, South Devon

Lane at Cockington, near Torquay, South Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageLeading Collection: Thatched cottages at Thurlestone, South Devon

Thatched cottages at Thurlestone, South Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageLeading Collection: View of the gardens leading up to the Casino at Monte Carlo

View of the gardens leading up to the Casino at Monte Carlo
A view of the gardens leading up to the Casino at Monte Carlo, 1920s Date: 1920s

Background imageLeading Collection: White Star Line, RMS Olympic, dinner menu card (back)

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, dinner menu card (back)
Signed First Class dinner menu card (back) for Titanic?s sister ship RMS Olympic dated September 20th 1911. This is a significant date as Olympic collided with Royal Naval cruiser HMS Hawke

Background imageLeading Collection: Ship's bell trophy won in 1934 in motor yacht race

Ship's bell trophy won in 1934 in motor yacht race
MOTOR YACHTING: Superb ship's bell trophy owned by Sir Roy Fedden (1885?1973), a leading aero and motor car designer. It was won by Dolphin II in 1934 for South Coast power boat races organised

Background imageLeading Collection: WW2, Admiral Drake

WW2, Admiral Drake
A WW2 childrens book illustration from The Blue-Eyed Cat. The image shows Admiral Drake leading the gallant navy of chicks dressed in sailor uniforms. Date: circa 1945

Background imageLeading Collection: House And Garden, Switzerland

House And Garden, Switzerland
An architectural drawing showing the design of an attractive garden beside a pathway leading to some stairs going through an elevated terrace, towards a large house in Switzerland. Date: circa 1906

Background imageLeading Collection: Overmantel Design George Crawley

Overmantel Design George Crawley
A drawing which shows the design for an overmantel, richly decorated with floral columns, leading up to some crossed violins pleasantly entwined with more flowers and vines. Date: early 1900s

Background imageLeading Collection: Modernist House Interior At Tewin, Hertfordshire

Modernist House Interior At Tewin, Hertfordshire
A photograph showing the interior of a group of modernist houses at Tewin, Hertfordshire, designed in 1936, by architect Mary B. Crowley

Background imageLeading Collection: Yew Cottage Proposal, Woldsea

Yew Cottage Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for Yew Cottage to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire

Background imageLeading Collection: Country Loggia

Country Loggia
A photograph of an attractive loggia erected for a home in the countryside, with decorative brick steps in the form of a half circle, leading up to the main brick floor finish. Date: circa 1929

Background imageLeading Collection: Dunfermline Abbey

Dunfermline Abbey
This photograph shows a view of Dunfermline Abbey, in Fife, Scotland, which was founded in 1128 by King David I. During the Scottish Reformation, the church underwent a protestant cleansing in 1559

Background imageLeading Collection: Colonel Henry Ridge leading the stormers at Badajoz

Colonel Henry Ridge leading the stormers at Badajoz, Spain, during the Peninsular War - The Fighting Fifth, Northumberland Fusiliers Date: 1812

Background imageLeading Collection: Back To Town

Back To Town
A sketch of a procession of figures including a tuba player and a man on horseback, leading a band of guards in uniform. Date: circa 1901

Background imageLeading Collection: Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Ho Chi Minh's Campaign

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Ho Chi Minh's Campaign
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Ho Chi Minh takes every step and every advance alongside his troops, even if he is not physically by their side'. Date: circa mid-1970s

Background imageLeading Collection: Faithful Servants

Faithful Servants
This oil painting portrays an old farmer leading his white workhorse through a woodland path, pulling a large, but empty hay wagon. Date: circa 1923

Background imageLeading Collection: Cuban Scene

Cuban Scene
A painting of some Cuban town houses rising upon an upwards sloping road, leading towards a tower in the background. Date: circa 1923

Background imageLeading Collection: Winter, Holland

Winter, Holland
A watercolour painting of some Dutch town steps with a tall lantern to the side, leading up to an alleyway with tall buildings of shops and flats to each side. Date: circa 1923

Background imageLeading Collection: Countryside Settlement

Countryside Settlement
An oil painting of a countryside path leading to a settlement opening, comprising of a building surrounded by an old stone wall, and a centrally placed, large tree. Date: circa 1923



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