Light Collection (page 5)

Airco DH 4 two-seater light bomber, first flown in mid-August 1916, and used by the RFC and the RNAS. Seen here is serial no. A 7845, a reconnaissance fighter version. Date: circa 1916-1918

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Eskdale, Cumbria
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Eskdale, near Gosforth, Cumbria, England. A Light Express Train Date: 1910s

HMS Dunedin, British light cruiser
HMS Dunedin, British Danae class light cruiser. Date: 1937

HMS Yarmouth, British light cruiser
HMS Yarmouth, British Town class light cruiser. Date: circa 1911

HMS Birmingham
The British light cruiser HMS Birmingham, commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, which sunk the first German submarine of the war (the U-15). 1914

Poster advertising the Vauxhall Light Six car -- the car for happy days. A family of five have driven out to the countryside for a picnic

Royal Arch, Dundee, Scotland. This extraordinary structure was erected between 1849 and 1853 to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (in 1844)

Avro 560 as flown by Bert Hinkler at the Lympne Light Aeroplane Trials in 1923. Date: 1923

Opening of New London Bridge
Opening of the New London Bridge by King William IV and Queen Adelaide. The River Thames is full of royal barges, and a balloon can be seen in the top right. 1 August 1831

Fossil trees in coal mine
Fossilised trees and plants found in a coal mine. Date: C.1870

Milton / Comus / Stars 1634
the Stars That nature hung in Heav n, and fill d their Lamps with everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely Travailer. Date: First published : 1634

Italian cruiser Nino Bixio at Brindisi, Italy
The Italian light cruiser Nino Bixio, launched 1911, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1929. Seen here at Brindisi, Italy. Date: 20th century

High Cup Nick - Teesdale, east side of the Pennines in County Durham Date: circa 1930s

HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, WW1
HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, launched 1913, served in various locations during the early part of the First World War, damaged by a mine off Felixstowe and wrecked 1916

Embankment and River Thames, London
View of the Embankment and River Thames, London, on a misty day, with traffic crossing a bridge. circa 1940s

London Embankment at night
A statue of a Sphinx on the London Victoria Embankment at night. Date: circa 1930s

First World War - Blackout cartoon postcard
Hoping to see more of you - mindful of the blackout enforced in London during World War one, this couple look forward to getting a better view of each other when their paths next cross

Fairies at the New Moon
Fairies are excited by the new moon, and like to dance by its minimal light. Date: 1908

David Wright woman with lipstick
Elegant woman in a low-cut blue evening dress, putting on bright red lipstick at her dressing table. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Boy silhouetted against the sky, holding a crab
A boy wearing a diving mask stands silhouetted against the sea and sky, holding a crab

Hay bales in the evening light
A view of a field with stacked bales of hay in the evening light. Pencil and watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Hunting Series (2 of 5) - Trout Fishing - A likely spot

Fantasy Landscape Diptych - Left
Cherry blossom branches overhang a misty fantasy landscape of soft hills, mountains and lakes. The left side of a Diptych painting by Malcolm Greensmith

44th Gurkha Light Infantry leaving Shillong, Assam, 1891
Engraving showing the troops of the 44th Gurkha Light Infantry, of the British Army, leaving Shillong, Assam Frontier, for an expedition to Manipur, 1891

Flannan Isles Lighthouse
Artists impression of the Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides where three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared without trace in December 1900

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Chopper for Light Sovereign
Engraving of a mechanical chopper used to deface gold coins, which were under weight. In June 1842 the Bank of England recalled millions of gold sovereigns which through wear had lost weight

Dymchurch Light Railway
The Green Goddess, a locomotive on the The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway (a miniature railway), Kent, England, pulling out of a station

Ufos / Fate Cover 1958
This UFO, resembling an electric light bulb, is seen over San Francisco by D Bruce Berry and Marion Shepherd

Mediumship / Carancini
Italian physical medium Francesco Carancini demonstrates table-lifting, though bound and seemingly in full light; he was however widely accused of trickery

A white tulip amongst black tulips
A lone white tulip grows up amongst a mass of darker blooms. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

At the Coal Face / 1842
By the light of a Davy safety lamp, two miners work at the coal face

Chaucer, Doctor O Physic
The Doctor of Physic holds up a flask to the light

Porch Light
A lamplight pattern from a porch light at St. Edwards House, Westminster, London

Bristol Market 1930S
A study in light and shade at the fruit and vegetable stall of Bristol Market, England

RAINBOW
A magnificent rainbow arch seems to form a bridge from land to sea, illuminating the foreground fields in iridescent light while the rain clouds disperse

Ignis Fatuus (Colour)
The ignis fatuus, or marsh light, lures the unwary traveller into dangerous marshwaters

Greek Warship
A light fighting ship from classical Greece

Balaclava / Dupray
The Charge of the Light Brigade - into the Valley of Death !

The Electric Polka by Alphonse Cary
Promotional music sheet for The Electric Polka by Alphonse Cary, circa 1880s, showing Mestopheles shining an electric light over the recently-constructed Victoria Embankment in London Date

Advert, William Suggs Patent Gas Burners
Advert, William Suggs Celebrated Patent Gas Burners, Vincent Works, Vincent Street, Westminster, London. 1880

The Charge of the Light Brigade - then they rode back, but not - not the Six Hundred ! Date: 25 October 1854

Trafalgar Square, London on a foggy night - the neon lights on the circular dome of the Coliseum Theatre on St. Martins Lane can be seen peeking out over the distant rooftops beyond

Sevenstones lightship at sea, Cornwall
Sevenstones lightship at sea, off the coast of Cornwall, between the Scillies and Lands End. Date: circa 1980s

Music cover, Puss! Puss! Puss! Comedy song waltz, words by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J Damerell, music by Tolchard Evans. 1932

Les Elegances Parisiennes by Jenny -- three women in dresses and coats in shades of blue. circa 1916

Scotland, Ballachulish - Loch Linnhe - reflections of the mountains in the lake in the evening light

Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Istanbul. Turkey
Turkey. Istanbul. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Erected during the reign of Justinian I. Interior

French Customs officers X-Ray for smuggled goods 1897

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