Light Collection (page 16)

HMS Dauntless leaving Miraflores locks, Panama Canal
HMS Dauntless, British Danae class light cruiser, leaving Miraflores locks, Panama Canal, South America. Date: 1932

HMS Dragon, British light cruiser, at Malta
HMS Dragon, British D-class light cruiser, seen here at Malta in March 1922. Date: 1922

HMS Foresight, British light cruiser (Forward class). Date: circa 1908

Advert, James Gray & Son, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advert for James Gray & Son, Stove and Grate Makers, Kitchen Ranges, Electric Light Fittings, George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Christmas card, Children walking in snow with lantern. 20th century

Exposure meter advertisement
Advertisement for a Watkins Exposure Meter from R. Field & Co based in Birmingham, England. One of the first developments of a light meter. Date: 1892

Woman poses for a photograph in a studio
A woman poses besides a fire place as she has her photograph captured in a photographic studio. She is being illuminated by the large windows beside and above her

Louis Daguerres Diorama theatre
Louis Daguerre (1787 1851) used the principle of the Diorama theatre to present two large scale tableaux s. Changing the direction of light placed on these interior and exterior paintings

Ackermanns Library for Works of Art, London
Ackermanns Library for Works of Art, 101 The Strand, London. View of the library room with people looking at paintings, books and prints under gas light fittings by F.C. Accum

Porcelain night light or veilleuse from Marieberg, Sweden, 18th century, decorated with molded tulips and roses. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Light carriage called a diligence or voiture-coupe for two passengers from the court of Marie Antoinette. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times

Light crimson underwing, old lady, drinker and yellow-tail
Light crimson underwing, Catocala promissa, old lady, Mormo maura, drinker, Euthrix potatoria, and yellow-tail, Euproctis similis

Uniform of Light Dragoon cavalry, with sword, musket and helmet, 17th century. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale

Bright arc of light over icebergs and ice floes in Baffin Bay, Canada. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Gas lights by Samuel Clegg, John Stancliffe and Benjamin Cooke. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr

Various examples of the camera obscura. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

Uniform of a Chasseur-Voltigeur des troupes
French light infantry uniform of a Chasseur-Voltigeur des troupes legeres, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques

Uniform of the French light horse cavalry, Chevau-Legers, 1790. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes lantern, Oxford University
An artefact from the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes lantern, on display at Oxford University. 17th century

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Statuettes, including Harvesting, Mercury and Secession. Date: 1922

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Bowl Fittings. Date: 1922

Osram light bulbs
Advertisement for Osram light bulbs. Date: 1928

Osram Nitra bulb
Advertisement for Osram Nitra light bulb. Date: 1928

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Electroliers, with a range of shades. Date: 1922

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Brackets
Electrical Fixtures catalogue, Brackets in copper, brass, etc, with a range of glass shades. Date: 1922

Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Candleabra (Candelabra)
Electric Light Fixtures catalogue, Two Light Wall Candleabra (Candelabra), Queen Anne period style, in brass and oxidised silver. Date: 1922

Title page, Electrical Fixtures, FS & Co Limited
Title page, Supplementary Catalogue, Electrical Fixtures, Falk, Stadelmann & Co Limited, Veritas Works, Farringdon Road, London EC1, also with offices in Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham. 1922

Lavatory doors, Liverpool Abattoir, Stanley Street, Liverpool, constructed from standard Plymax type M flush doors. Date: 1936

Shower partitions at public baths, Moston, Manchester
Shower partitions at public baths, Moston Baths, Manchester, constructed in double-sided galvanised steel Plymax with sealed edges. Date: 1936

Bath partitions at Downham School, Harlow, Essex, constructed from Plymax standard lavatory design for slipper bath cubicles. Date: 1936

Lavatories in a telephone exchange, City of London
Lavatories in a a telephone exchange, Faraday House, Queen Victoria Street, London EC4, constructed from Plymax standard lavatories type C with special marble finish. Date: 1936

Lavatories in a department store, using Plymax plywood
Lavatories in a department store, constructed from Plymax standard lavatories type C, with Venesta plywood type A flush doors. Date: 1936

Lavatories at Downham School, Harlow, Essex, constructed from Plymax standard lavatory compartments type B. Date: 1936

Dressing cubicles at public baths, Sittingbourne, Kent
Dressing cubicles at public swimming baths, Sittingbourne, Kent, constructed in double-sided galvanised steel Plymax. Date: 1936

City centre at night, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Date: 1937

Saltair Pavilion by night, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Saltair Pavilion and Hippodrome by night, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse, Portland, Maine, USA
Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse, near Two Lights State Park, Portland Harbour, Maine, USA. Date: circa 1915

Insignia of the City of Westminster, London on a lamppost Date: circa 1990s

Poster, Veritas Mantles and Burners, British Made -- Gosh! them Veritas beat all. circa 1910

W W Reville-Terry Ltd, Elspeth Champcommunal (British fashion designer and first editor of Vogue in Britain), 50 Grosvenor Street, London W1. 1936

Descending a coal mine at Wielliczka, Hungary. early 19th century

Sullivans Haddon Hall at the Savoy Theatre, London
Scene from Arthur Sullivans light opera Haddon Hall in production at the Savoy Theatre, London. 1892

Roanoid bakelite electric light fittings. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite wall fitting in marbled brown. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite ceiling fitting with gallery, in marbled cream with egg and dart design. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite ceiling fitting in marbled cream. Date: 1930s

Grand Avenue, Smithfield Market, City of London. Date: circa 1910

A young woman stands beside a vase of tulips contemplating the summer light filtering through some window shutters. Date: 1924

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