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Living Collection (page 7)

Background imageLiving Collection: Interior of Azm (Azem) Palace in Damascus, Syria

Interior of Azm (Azem) Palace in Damascus, Syria
Interior of the palace of As ad Pasha al-Azm in Damascus, Syria. As ad Pasha al-Azm was the governor of Damascus under Ottoman rule from 1742 to 1757

Background imageLiving Collection: Miyako Hotel, Kyoto - Japan

Miyako Hotel, Kyoto - Japan - Gracious resort living in 16 acres of beautiful landscaped Japanese gardens in the heart of the historic and fascinating city of Japan

Background imageLiving Collection: Margaret Patten (136)

Margaret Patten (136)
MARGARET PATTEN When she died in St Margarets Workhouse, London, she was living almost entirely on bread and milk, but was in good health almost to the end Date: 1603 - 1739

Background imageLiving Collection: Nawab Mansur Ali

Nawab Mansur Ali
NAWAB MANSUR ALI Said, Nawab, Nizam of Bengal - " A living monument of English injustice" Date: CIRCA 1890

Background imageLiving Collection: Tiled fireplace with wooden surround 1936

Tiled fireplace with wooden surround 1936
Slabbed in three different mottled tiles with kerbed hearth and a high oak wooden surround with ebonized shelf in the middle. Date: 1936

Background imageLiving Collection: Art Deco fireplace 1936

Art Deco fireplace 1936
Dull mottle tiles with plain vertical pattern to the side and a Art Deco centre. Date: 1936

Background imageLiving Collection: Living room with painted panels by Eric Ravilious

Living room with painted panels by Eric Ravilious
Living room in Sir Geoffrey Frys flat in London, with folding door panels painted with tennis scenes by Eric Ravilious. Date: 1933

Background imageLiving Collection: Smooth otter - tame animal living in Labuk Bay

Smooth otter - tame animal living in Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary (Lutra (Lutrogale) perspicillata). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Background imageLiving Collection: Jack London and Bert hop picking

Jack London and Bert hop picking
The writer Jack London (right) and a companion in Kent to experience hop-picking. London was in England for several weeks, living incognito amongst the poor in the East End of London. Date: circa 1902

Background imageLiving Collection: Flights into the Future - dinosaurs on Venus?

Flights into the Future - dinosaurs on Venus?
Dinosaurs pictured as possible inhabitants of the planet Venus in a book on the possibilities of space travel. Date: 1943

Background imageLiving Collection: Zulieka, Potiphars wife (or Potifar), presents

Zulieka, Potiphars wife (or Potifar), presents Joseph to the harem. Indo-Persian Art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. City Library

Background imageLiving Collection: Temporary homes 1945

Temporary homes 1945
During World War Two many houses were bombed, there were a shortage of homes for people after the war so temporary homes where quickly built

Background imageLiving Collection: Millican Dalton looking toward Derwentwater from Borrowdale

Millican Dalton looking toward Derwentwater from Borrowdale
Derwentwater from High Lodore, Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England. This card features Millican Dalton (1867-1947), famous outdoors man

Background imageLiving Collection: Pammastic emulsion paint advertisement

Pammastic emulsion paint advertisement
Advertisement for Pammastic emulsion paint transforming the interiors of Britains homes into bright, jolly retro delights! c.1955

Background imageLiving Collection: Satirical cartoon on poverty, WW1

Satirical cartoon on poverty, WW1
A satirical cartoon by the German artist George Grosz, showing three people living in a slum. An elderly woman sits on a chair, a young boy is slumped at the table

Background imageLiving Collection: Gypsy Camp near Latimer road, London

Gypsy Camp near Latimer road, London
Sketches of gypsy life: an encampment near Latimer road, Notting Hill. Mr. George Smith, social reformer of Coalville, Leicester, can been seen conversing with a gypsy family in the fore ground. 1879

Background imageLiving Collection: Middle-Class Living Room

Middle-Class Living Room
A middle-class sitting room Date: circa 1900

Background imageLiving Collection: German Interior 1920S

German Interior 1920S
Womans living room with particularly stylish armchairs; designed by Paul Gresser-Bielefeld. Date: 1920s

Background imageLiving Collection: Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, Essex

Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, Essex
Girls and staff in the grounds of Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex, with childrens cottages in the background. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up a Village Home for Orphan

Background imageLiving Collection: Sit down and read the papers

Sit down and read the papers, I did as she bade me - A couple in their living room, with the man reading a newspaper and the woman writing a letter

Background imageLiving Collection: St Josephs Industrial School, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland

St Josephs Industrial School, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
St Josephs Industrial School at Ferryhouse, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland, was opened in 1885 for 170 Catholic boys. Industrial Schools, often privately run

Background imageLiving Collection: Johanna the Gorilla, Barnum and Baileys Circus, 1897

Johanna the Gorilla, Barnum and Baileys Circus, 1897
Photograph of Johanna, then known as the only living giantess gorilla, who was part of Barnum and Baileys three ring circus The Greatest Show on Earth, in her cage, 1897

Background imageLiving Collection: Edwardian Living Room

Edwardian Living Room
An attractive blonde Edwardian upper class lady, standing proudly next to the marble fireplace of her beautifully furnished living room

Background imageLiving Collection: Italian Immigrant Boy

Italian Immigrant Boy
An Italian boy, smartly dressed in a hat and long cloak, an immigrant to Britain, living in the Saffron Hill, area of London, EC1

Background imageLiving Collection: Italian Father / Daughter

Italian Father / Daughter
A proud Italian father with his pretty daughter, immigrants to Britain, living in the Italian community area of Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

Background imageLiving Collection: Dante & Beatrice: Heaven

Dante & Beatrice: Heaven
" For that all living lights, waxing in splensour burst forth into songs; Such as from memory glide & fall away." (Canto XX, lines 10-12)

Background imageLiving Collection: Using Boys as Chessmen

Using Boys as Chessmen
Thirty-two pupils from Ramsgate schools act as living chessmen in two matches that form part of Kent Chess Associations Easter Congress

Background imageLiving Collection: African Green Parrot

African Green Parrot
AFRICAN GREEN PARROT (Psittacus species) There are several species of green parrot living south of the Sahara : this is one or other of them

Background imageLiving Collection: The living poster pageant

The living poster pageant which took place in the West End of London in order to shine a light on the International Advertising Exhibition which had opened at White City

Background imageLiving Collection: Houseboat (Dungar) on a river, Kashmir, India

Houseboat (Dungar) on a river, Kashmir, India. Date: circa 1910

Background imageLiving Collection: Drawing room on Thomas Liptons yacht, Erin

Drawing room on Thomas Liptons yacht, Erin
The very comfortable drawing-room of Sir T. Liptons yacht " Erin". Lipton would later sail to Serbia in the " Erin" during the First World War

Background imageLiving Collection: 73d Str. and Shore Road, Bay Ridge, New York

73d Str. and Shore Road, Bay Ridge, New York
View of the waterfront from the Shore Road in Bay Ridge, New York. Date: 1907

Background imageLiving Collection: The War of the Worlds - Comtemplating life in the sewers

The War of the Worlds - Comtemplating life in the sewers
" We will have to lead a life underground, do you understand? I thought about the sewers..." Date: First published: 1898

Background imageLiving Collection: Noah entering the Ark with his family

Noah entering the Ark with his family and the living creatures agreeable to the divine command - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 7.7. 1787

Background imageLiving Collection: Rehearsal for the Living Poster Ball

Rehearsal for the Living Poster Ball
Lady Diana Cooper, Mrs. Baillie-Hamilton and Lady Cunard rehearsing for the Living Poster Ball, held in aid of the Childrens Country Holiday Fund

Background imageLiving Collection: The pianoforte lesson

The pianoforte lesson
Watercolour illustration of a child at a grand piano in a living room setting. Date: 1900

Background imageLiving Collection: A Turkish Woman living in Egypt, looking into a mirror

A Turkish Woman living in Egypt, looking into a mirror
A Veiled Turkish Woman living in Egypt, looking into an elegant oval mirror. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLiving Collection: Animals at a French Zoo - Giraffe

Animals at a French Zoo - Giraffe - Giraffe in Paddock. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo.The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal

Background imageLiving Collection: Soldiers home, Potchefstroom, NW Province, South Africa

Soldiers home, Potchefstroom, NW Province, South Africa
Soldiers home (connected to a British garrison), Potchefstroom Cantonments, NW Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageLiving Collection: David and Mrs Dennis

David and Mrs Dennis - David, Mrs Dennis and Toddler in living room. Part of Box 79 Boswell Collection. Trap to Catch a Sunbeam. Date: circa 1900

Background imageLiving Collection: The Gentle Art of Living by H. M. Bateman

The Gentle Art of Living by H. M. Bateman
A couple enjoy a pleasant dinner in a restaurant, garnished with champagne and the attendance of a waiter. Date: 1925

Background imageLiving Collection: Woman looks surprised entering room decorated for Christmas

Woman looks surprised entering room decorated for Christmas
Woman in 1970s dress and headscarf is caught with surprise when entering room decorated for Christmas with a heavy wallpaper pattern. Middlesbrough, England. Date: 1970s

Background imageLiving Collection: The Home - 1930s educational poster

The Home - 1930s educational poster
Charming illustration of an interior of a typical British home in the 1930s with a scene of domestic bliss. Mother is darning socks

Background imageLiving Collection: Dog with a hat and balloon in a 1970s living room

Dog with a hat and balloon in a 1970s living room
A dog wearing a hat stands on its hind legs, with a balloon in its mouth, held by a woman in slippers, in a heavily wallpapered 1970s living room. Middlesbrough, England. Date: 1970s

Background imageLiving Collection: Woman undressing baby, Falls Road, Northern Ireland

Woman undressing baby, Falls Road, Northern Ireland
A mother undresses her baby, in preparation for bathing it in a bowl, living in squalid conditions in a slum bedsit on the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Background imageLiving Collection: Woman bathing baby, Falls Road, Northern Ireland

Woman bathing baby, Falls Road, Northern Ireland
A mother dries her baby after its bath, living in squalid conditions in a slum bedsit on the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Background imageLiving Collection: Health, Wealth and All Prosperity

Health, Wealth and All Prosperity. The scene of a fun evening - pipes, cigarettes and cigars have been smoked, cards have been played and ale and whiskey have been drunk! Date: circa 1909

Background imageLiving Collection: Moneylender. Miniature Livre de Bonnes Meurs by Jacques Le

Moneylender. Miniature Livre de Bonnes Meurs by Jacques Le
Medieval society. Moneylender. Miniature Livre de Bonnes Meurs by Jacques Le Grand (m.1415). French school



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