Long Collection (page 9)

Poster: Keep on keeping up tyre care, giving advice on how to make your car tyres last as long as possible. 20th century

Kensington Gardens Lake
A charming glimpse of The Long Water, Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, London. Date: 1940s

V. O. Gyarmati, long jump, 1948 London Olympics
Hungarian athlete Gyarmati won the long jump event at the 1948 London Olympics. Date: 1948

NIGHTDRESS
A blonde woman reveas her long legs as she poses for the camers wearing a white nightdress Date: 1950s

Mongolian Traders in China with camels
Mongolian Traders in China with their delightful camels and tent. A stop at the city gates at the end of a long trading journey

The Terrace, Windsor Castle, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
A watercolour and pen painting of the Terrace, Windsor Castle, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson

Art is Long by Pica
A woman with a svelte figure and an Eton crop hair style studies the latest elongated fashions of the 1930s in the pages of a womens magazine

A Couple Boating on the River Thames, 1879
Illustration showing a young couple, boating on the River Thames, enjoying a quiet moment among the long grasses of the river bank

War with Russia - 5
The long-drawn out battle of the Vistula ends in a crushing defeat of the Red Army by the Poles, seen here posing later in the year with guns taken from the bolsheviks

Jb Lully / Johannot / Geille
JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician

Macneice / Louis / Morgan
FREDERICK LOUIS MACNEICE Irish poet and playwright

Thos Cranmer / Lambeth Pal
THOMAS CRANMER Archbishop of Canterbury

Worth Fashion House 1890
Well-to-do women try on their new dresses at Maison Worth, Paris

Young Girl and Pet Dog
A young girl dressed in her best white dress, with her pet dog, a Manchester Terrier

San Fansisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
Illustration of San Francisco - Oakland Bay bridge, at the time the largest bridge system in the world at 8.25 miles long

Goats / Olaus Magnus 1555
Goats

Goat / Syrian 19C
Syrian goat

Edwardian Blushing Bride
A nervous looking Edwardian bride complete with veil and bouquet stands upon a Turkish carpet in order to be photographed, her long train draped over her arm

Long-Tailed Tit (Morris)
LONG-TAILED TIT (Acredula caudata)

Baking a Pie
The baker places a pie in his oven, using a long-handled appliance which doubtless has its own name, but I don t know it

Princesse De Lamballe
MARIE THERESE LOUISE DE SAVOIE princesse LAMBALLE, friend of Marie Antoinette and one of the most shocking victims of the Revolution not long after this portrait was made

Advert / Shillong India
Visit Shillong, India for a long holiday

Female Type at Bar 1926
A liberated flapper type, sitting on a bar stool

Joan of Arc / Buttre
JOAN OF ARC French heroine in armour on the battlefield

Costume / Men / Saxon Chief
A Saxon warrior chief, fully equipped for battle in helmet and body armour, and carrying a long spear

Communism in Russia 1934
Standing by to hoist the flag when Europe turns communist may mean a long wait, but at least its a steady job!

Richard Savage / Van Gucht
RICHARD SAVAGE English poet and playwright, friend of Dr Samuel Johnson

Rimsky-Korsakov / Postcard
NIKOLAY ANDREYEVICH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian composer in later life

John Churchill / Miniature
JOHN CHURCHILL Duke of Marlborough, Commander in Chief over the armies of England and Holland in the war of the Spanish Succession

Robert Graves / Powys Evan
ROBERT RANKE GRAVES British poet, novelist and critic as a young man

Woman Feeds Chickens
An older woman in a long dress and wide-brimmed hat throws handfuls of chicken feed on to the ground for the chickens to peck at and scratch in the straw

King Cnut / Canute / Cig Cd
KING CNUT / CANUTE King of England (1016-35) and Denmark (1018-35)

Hans Sloane / W Holl Eng
SIR HANS SLOANE British physician and naturalist

Shaftesbury / 1st Earl / Min
ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER 1st EARL of SHAFTESBURY English politician

Geo. Washington De Long
GEORGE WASHINGTON DE LONG American naval officer and Arctic explorer, his ship Jeannette crushed in ice, died with all companions while on foot towards Sibera

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Corset Persephone, 1911
The veritable corset Persephone renders the sveltest Parisiennes even svelter

Jane Lewson (116)
JANE LEWSON a London widow as renowned for her eccentricities as her age, such as a belief that washing in water is unhealthy : she used pigs lard instead

A Kabuki Play / Japan / C19
An actor with a brilliant red wig, and a long flowing gown, dances wildly during a scene from a Kabuki play

Social / Placing Flowers
A dress typical of the close of the 1920s with its low back, flared skirt & uneven hemline dipping to form train- a transitional phase prior to the long skirts of the 30s

Burberry Weatherproofs
Two sensible ladies are protected from the unpredictable British weather in their Burberry weatherproof overcoats with stylish long lapels & low waistlines

Girl with Fan 1870S
Girl in a white party dress with a pink sash, broderie Anglaise trimmed drawers, long gloves, shoes with rosettes & a folding fan decorated with roses

Maiden Castle Hillfort
At 1, 800 ft long, Maiden Castle is one of the largest and most completely excavated Hillforts in Britain

Cartoon of London Treaty
Two minds with but a single thought...NOW ! - a comment on the London agreement, which seemed to promise peace in Ireland - but for how long ?

Belgian Baby & Dogs
A typically Belgian child in a long blue gown, wearing a white little cap and clogs meets two dogs as big as her pulling a straw cart

The Long Drawing-Room
Sunset in the long Drawing- room at Chesney Wold Date: First published: 1852-53

Eastbourne Sailing Ships
A busy scene on the Crumbles, a long stretch of shingles, from Eastbourn to Pevensey Bay, formed by the tidal wash of the sea

Fieldmouse (Bewick)
mus sylvaticus - the LONG- TAILED FIELD-MOUSE : this is the Country Mouse of Aesops fable, who prefers to risk reapers and predator birds to adopting an urban lifestyle

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