Life Collection

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. A scene of London life in which happy and healthy tradesmen

Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618
Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Spanish Baroque painter. The Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

Piero della Francesca (c. 1420-1492). Italian painter. The Ba
Renaissance Art. Italy. 15th century. Piero della Francesca (c.1420-1492). Italian painter. The Baptism of Christ (c. 1450). Detail. Tempera on panel. National Gallery. London. England. UK

Horses pulling the plough
Two heavy horses, pull a farmers plough through a newly cut cornfield. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Gilrs Blackberrying Victorian period

Dog Rescued from Wreck
All saved ! the last crew member of a sinking sailing boat is pulled to safety on a breeches buoy, clutching the ships dog

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Palmistry map of the hand
A palmistry map of the hand, labelling the different areas

A pair of working Shire Horses & Farmer
A pair of working Shire Horses, Farmer and Collie dog. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

George Harrison and Patti Boyd
Beatle George Harrison (1943-2001) with his new wife, the model Patti Boyd (born 1944), pictured in London Life magazine in 1966 both wearing green-tinted sunglasses. Date: 1966

KATERI TEKAKWITHA
KATERI (CATHERINE) TEKAKWITHA Saint of Iroquois/Algonquin descent. Fleeing persecution, she settled in Quebec, where she devoted her life to God. Date: 1656 - 1680

Supper at Emmaus, 1648, by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Supper at Emmaus, 1648. Detail. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

A Heath Robinson drawing
Cartoon, A Heath Robinson drawing of Heath Robinson drawing a Heath Robinson drawing. Drawing a piece of string from life

A Selection of Fish
An assortment of fish: 1. sharp-nosed eel, 2. blunt-nosed eel, 3. burbot, 4. lamprey, 5. lampern, 6. chub, 7. perch, 8. roach, 9. bream, 10. rudd, 11. Prussian carp, 12. Crucian carp, 13. tench, 14

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Naughty Nuns
Naughty nuns, respecting their vows of celibacy, but not much else

Cabbala Tree of Life / Col
The TREE OF LIFE of the Jewish Caballa (variously spelt), formed from the ten Sephiroth and the twenty-two letters, constitutes the framework of Adam Qadmon, the Heavenly Adam

Fossils from the palaeozoic era
Life forms of the palaeozoic era (for identification of individual items, refer to the book page 13-14)

Horse-drawn harvester
Two shire horses pull a farmer sitting asride an basic harvesting machine. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Photograph of Sir Richard Francis Burton, the English explorer, linguist and diplomat. A master of up to 30 languages, Burton made a pilgrimage to Mecca disguised as a Pathan in 1853

Where Have You Been All My Life? by David Wright
Where have you been all my life? by David Wright featuring a vampish semi-naked brunette woman. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Gin Juggarnath, 1835
The Gin Juggarnath, or the Worship of the Great Spirit of the age : a satire on gins apparent grip on British life in the early nineteenth century

Achilles Shields
THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES in 12 Tables: 3 of a Town in Peace; 3 of a Town in War; 3 of Agriculture and 3 of Pastoral Life

Voodoo / Marie Laveau
Marie Laveau, the queen of the Voodoos at New Orleans, in the last year of her life - she was supposed to be over 100 years old

Danish poster, Oscar Fredericksen Fish House No. 1, Levende Orreder (Trout), designed by Aage Lund. circa 1920

Ludwig van Beethoven - studied from the death mask i. e. life
Ludwig van Beethoven - studied from the death mask i.e. life mask. Photograph of bust statue by Hugo Hagen, based on life mask by Franz Klein done in 1812

Life / Saint Patricks Day 1924
Two Irish men in tradition costume beat a drum carried between them as they march along on Saint Patricks Day

A team of working horses at work in the fields ploughing. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Cabbala Tree of Life
The TREE OF LIFE of the Jewish Caballa (variously spelt), formed from the ten Sephiroth and the twenty-two letters, constitutes the framework of Adam Qadmon, the Heavenly Adam

Lifeguards on horseback, Horse Guards Parade, London
Lifeguards on horseback in Horse Guards Parade, London. Date: circa 1970s

Salmo stomachicus, or Gillaroo, also known as Gizzard Trout, a variety of trout inhabiting Lough Melvin, Ireland. Date: 1879

One of the Famly - a horse joins a family meal
One of the Family by Frederick George Cotman (original in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames

Wartime poster, save bread, serve potatoes
Wartime poster encouraging people to save bread (and you save lives), serve potatoes (and you serve the country). Depicting a loaf of bread inside a lifebelt. 1940s

Gypsy Lee, the fortune teller
Sketches of Gypsy life: a camp near Latimer Road near Notting Hill showing Gypsy Lee, the fortune teller at the Devils Dyke

Grace Darling, rowing with her father
Grace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, seen here rowing with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838

Lions and Dead Quagga, by Thomas Baines
Lions and Dead Quagga, Vultures and Adjutants, Zululand, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (3 of 5) Date: 1874

A Pike and a Perch
A pike and a perch

Harvesting Oysters
American oystermen of New Jersey harvest the mature oysters which they planted earlier in the year when they were young

Omnibus I, 1895 or 1892, by Anders Zorn
Anders Zorn (1860-1920). Swedish painter. Omnibus I, 1895 or 1892. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620, by Hendrick Avercamp
Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634). Dutch painter. Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands

Pharaoh Amenhotep I. Egypt
Pharaoh Amenhotep I. Painting on stucco. New Kingdom. 20th Dynasty. 1152-1145 BC. Thebes. Grave 359. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Piero della Francesca, Italian painter
Renaissance Art. Italy. 15th century. Piero della Francesca (c.1420-1492). Italian painter. The Nativity, 1470-75. Tempera on panel. National Gallery. London. England. UK

Paula Rego and her three children
The Portuguese visual artist Paula Rego (b. 1935) with the three children she had from the marriage with the English painter Victor Willing. Date: 1966

Mary Quant - British fashion designer and fashion icon
Mary Quant (1934- ), British fashion designer and fashion icon, she became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements

London Life: Costermonger Pearly Kings and Queens, Southwark Date: circa 1940

The Black Rhinoceros Charging, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (4 of 5) Date: 1874

Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337). Scenes from the Life of Christ: 10. Entry into Jerusalem. Scene n 26. ITALY. Padua

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