Left Collection (page 61)

A Glacier Table
Glacier tables, where a boulder has protected the ice and snow beneath it from solar melting; as the surrounding snow melts the rock is left atop a pillar of ice

Ww1 Postcard / Le Reve
Le Reve: a soldier remembers the girlfriend he left at home, and she in turn thinks of him in the trenches

Helen Wills Moody (left), American tennis champion, photographed with Miss Coward (?) or Rowland (?). Known as Little Miss Poker Face, Wills Moody won Wimbledon eight times

Bow Street 1939
A fine view of Bow Street, London, on a summers day, only two months before the outbreak of World War Two. The Royal Opera House can be seen to the left

Costume / Women / 1930
Printed chiffon dress with corsage on left. Sculptured bodice marocain dress on right

Pub Scene Crane 1883
Words and music to a song, The Leather Bottel, with an appropriately jolly scene on the left

Phoenician Glassware1
Three glass items from Phoenicia : the vase on the left is a strikingly modern design

Sylvia, Adela, Christabel
From left to right: Sylvia, Adela and Christabel Pankhurst as children

Butter Churns
A traditonal butter churn (left) and a barrel-type from Normandy (right)

The Pool of London 1842
The Pool of London, below Waterloo Bridge, with Somerset House to the left, the Shot Tower on the right, the Tower of London in the distance

Blunt / Bootes / Plate 35
The constellation of Bootes - the figure is that of a man holding a club in his right hand and leading two hounds with his left

BLUNT / CEPHEUS / 33 / 1849
The constellation of Cepheus which takes the form of a regal personage, seated, having a diadem on his head, a sceptre in his right hand, with his left hand extended

Louis XIV Convalescent
LOUIS XIV LE ROI SOLEIL entitled the convalescence of Louis XIV this shows him (2nd from left) discussing state affairs with his counsellors

Between Two Fires
BETWEEN TWO FIRES a cigar-smoker to her right, a pipe-smoker to her left

Jerusalem / Plan 1C Ad
Plan of the city in biblical times : the City of David upper left, Solomons Temple lower centre, the site of Jesuss crucifixion upper centre

Exploring Ww1 Wrecks
Divers explore the wrecks of vessels torpedoed during World War One : the amazing suit on the left is specially designed for very deep dives

Istanbul in 1520
Constantinople under Turkish rule - the Seraglio Palace in the foreground, the Golden Horn on the right with Pera beyond, the Bosphorus to the left, with shipping

St. Leonards Church, Broomfield, Essex, dating back to Saxon times, one of the five round tower churches left in the county

Blood Transfusion 1930S
A hospital patient in his bed receiving a blood transfusion from an ampule of stored blood, seen on the top left hand side of the photograph

A Doll for Christmas
Two girls are delighted to find that Santa has left dolls for them on the Christmas Tree

Quadrille Accidents 2
Accidents in Quadrille Dancing Mishaps to avoid on the dance floor: a man with two left feet trips dragging the woman opposite down with him to the amusement of a rival female

COAVINSES
Coavinses Harold Skimpole stands in front of the fire, with Richard Carstone and Ester Summerson on his left

Mr Smallweed Breaks Pipe
Mr Smallweed breaks the Pipe of Peace Matthew Bagnet (left) and George Rouncewell visit the userer Joshua Smallweed

The Vardens at Breakfast
Simon Tappertit (left) joins Gabriel and Dolly Varden at the breakfast table

Bear and the Travellers
THE BEAR AND THE TWO FRIENDS One traveller asks his friend, whom he had left to his fate, what the bear had said to him: never travel with a friend who deserts you in danger

Girl with Dog / J Lawson
A little girl plays with her building blocks which tumble to the floor, proving that construction should be left to the boys

German Ammunition, Wwi
Ammunition supplies left behind by the Germans after the British advance near Cambrai; bombed and roofless houses provide the backdrop

Hereward Leaves Ely
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward and his men left Ely (Cambridgeshire, England) by rowing boat and how his poor mare Swallow was told to swim, but drowned

Tolstoy & Friends 1856
TOLSTOY (top left) with (left to right) I A Goncharov, Ivan Turgenev, D V Grigorovich, A V Druzhinin and A N Ostrovski

Moscow Revolution Square
Moscow street scene shortly after the Revolution. Most of the traffic is horse-drawn. The Grand Hotel is on the left

Summer Dresses 1926
Two afternoon dresses for summer, by Bernard in crepe on the left, by Brandt in muslin on the right

Outdoor Dresses 1926
Left - creation by Jenny Right - creation Worth

DORMOUSE
(muscardinus avellanarius) on the left is a suirrel- tailed dormouse, on the right a garden dormouse : they hibernate in wnter, dormant, hence their name

Opossums (Bewick)
Left, the SARAGOY, or MULUCCA OPOSSUM, from the East Indies. Right, the MURINE, from the warmer regions of South America

Richard II Diptych - 1
Richard is presented to Mary and Jesus by King/saint Edward the Confessor, king/saint Edmund, and John the Baptist. (left-hand panel)

Moonlighters Weapons
Police examine weapons left behind by Irish moonlighters (terrorists who work by night) after an attack on the police at Castle sland, county Kerry

Two Elegant Ladies
She on the left wears a manteau in velvet by Beer, her companion chooses a grande robe de reception by Doucet

Five Steam Warships
Removed from the effective list: The last cruise of the coast-defence monitors (left to right) Hydra, Glatton, Cyclops, Gorgon and Hecate

Admirals Mayo & Beatty
Admiral Henry Mayo (left), commander of the US Atlantic Fleet in World War One, meets Admiral Sir David Beatty, commander of the British Navy

Shakespeare / Miller / Bust
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. Oval bust, left profile

STRAND (1779)
Looking eastward along the Strand, with St Mary-le-Strand on the left, and Somerset House, housing the Royal Academy, on the right Date: 1779

Judgment (Blake)
The Day of Judgment - God presides, an angel sounds the last trump, the virtuous (on the left) rise to their eternal bliss, the wicked fall to endless misery

Housemaid & Bottle
After the dinner-party, a housemaid looks in the wine bottle to see if there is any left for her

Joan of Arc (Banners)
JOAN OF ARC Her banners: Etendard (top); Pennon (left); Banniere (right)

SAINT GALL (on left) he marvels as Postumien tells him about his adventures as a missionary

Street Scene - Strand
The Strand, looking east, with buses, cabs and cars - the car on the left sports an a badge. On the right is the Hotel Cecil

Sir Robert Walpole / H O C
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE 1st Earl of Orford English statesman - Whig MP in the House of Commons

Victoria &granddaughters
Queen Victoria with three granddaughters, left to right: Victoria of Hesse; Alix of Hesse, later Empress Alexandra of Russia; and Elizabeth, later Grand Duchess of Russia

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