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Background imageLooked Collection: Long looked for comes at last

Long looked for comes at last
Popular proverb. Long looked for comes at last. Image first published by Tower Tea, Nottingham. Artist: Eugenie Richards Date: 1904

Background imageLooked Collection: Liore 130 -antiquated as it looked, the type was carrie

Liore 130 -antiquated as it looked, the type was carried aboard the larger French warships and served well thoughout the war

Background imageLooked Collection: The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914

The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Background imageLooked Collection: R F A mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track

R F A mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track
R.F.A. mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Background imageLooked Collection: Armistice Anniversary Night, Trafalgar Square

Armistice Anniversary Night, Trafalgar Square, 11 November 1922. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Background imageLooked Collection: Flanders 1914

Flanders 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Background imageLooked Collection: Kokine Valley Road - Rangoon

Kokine Valley Road - Rangoon

Background imageLooked Collection: Young Cigarmakers in Englahardt & Co. Tampa, Fla

Young Cigarmakers in Englahardt & Co. Tampa, Fla. There boys looked under 14. Work was slack and youngsters were not being employed much

Background imageLooked Collection: John Dempsey (looked 11 or 12) years old. Said he helped onl

John Dempsey (looked 11 or 12) years old. Said he helped onl

Background imageLooked Collection: Queen Ena of Spain as a nurse

Queen Ena of Spain as a nurse
Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, formerly Princess Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969), second child and only daughter of Princess Beatrice

Background imageLooked Collection: The Canterbury Pilgrims in the Yard of the Tabard Inn, 1387

The Canterbury Pilgrims in the Yard of the Tabard Inn, 1387
Illustration giving an artists impression of how Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims may have looked as they stood in the yard of the Tabard Inn, 17th April 1387

Background imageLooked Collection: Tea and Tattle by Cyril R. Hallward

Tea and Tattle by Cyril R. Hallward
Cosy scene showing a group of women in a typical late Victorian sitting room or parlour. The picture shows them drinking tea and talking

Background imageLooked Collection: The Leap Frog Railway

The Leap Frog Railway
An amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long

Background imageLooked Collection: Jerusalem / Titus 70Ad

Jerusalem / Titus 70Ad
Jerusalem: general view of the city as it looked when besieged by Titus in the first century

Background imageLooked Collection: School Disco

School Disco
Remember school discos, when all the boys looked lost and girls wore white stilettos with ankle socks?

Background imageLooked Collection: Edward VIII Coronation

Edward VIII Coronation
EDWARD VIII An artists impression of how Edwards coronation ceremony would have looked, had he not abdicated in December 1936

Background imageLooked Collection: Water Babies / Tom / Moon

Water Babies / Tom / Moon
Tom " sat upon a little point of rock, & looked up at the broad yellow moon, & wondered what she was, & thought that she looked at him."

Background imageLooked Collection: Alphabet / Z for Zany

Alphabet / Z for Zany
Z - was a Zany, who looked a great fool

Background imageLooked Collection: Nurnberger Chronik

Nurnberger Chronik
A 15th century, German view of what Babylon may have looked like depicted in Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik

Background imageLooked Collection: Percy H Fawcett expedition

Percy H Fawcett expedition
PERCY H FAWCETT Expedition which looked for the explorer Fawcett after his disappearance in the Matto Grosso of Brazil, but they never found him

Background imageLooked Collection: Erasmus / David Mortier

Erasmus / David Mortier
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist, whose ideas looked forward to the Enlightenment

Background imageLooked Collection: Hensons Flying Machine

Hensons Flying Machine
Ws Hensons flying machine never flew, but if it had, and if it had flown as far as the Pyramids, this is how it might have looked

Background imageLooked Collection: Waiting to Evacuate

Waiting to Evacuate
A matron who has temporarily looked after a group of young children watches over them as they sit on steps with their belongings packed, ready to be evacuated to the country

Background imageLooked Collection: London Bridge / Nonsuch Hs

London Bridge / Nonsuch Hs
London Bridge with Nonsuch House, as it looked in the 17th century

Background imageLooked Collection: Card Players in China

Card Players in China
Ladies of a mandarins family playing cards; two children are looked after by a servant

Background imageLooked Collection: Syria / Krak / Castle C1125

Syria / Krak / Castle C1125
Krak des Chevaliers, the Crusaders Castle, as it looked in the 12th century

Background imageLooked Collection: Babylon / 15C German View

Babylon / 15C German View
A 15th century, German view of what Babylon may have looked like

Background imageLooked Collection: Stevenson / Poems / Foreign

Stevenson / Poems / Foreign
Foreign Lands: " Up into the cherry tree Who should climb but little me? I held the trunk with both my hands, & looked abroad in foreign lands."

Background imageLooked Collection: Uncle Tom / Reads Bible

Uncle Tom / Reads Bible
The silver fair browed moon rose in the purple sky & looked down on the black man, as he sat, with his arms folded, & his Bible on his knee

Background imageLooked Collection: William Duke Devonshire

William Duke Devonshire
WILLIAM CAVENDISH, second duke of DEVONSHIRE soldier and statesman, noted for opposing the South Sea scheme which he looked upon as a nefarious trick

Background imageLooked Collection: Hereward Tricks William

Hereward Tricks William
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward played the Potter and tricked the King (William the Conqueror): Then Hereward looked at the face of the great man and met his match

Background imageLooked Collection: Leopard (Munster)

Leopard (Munster)
(panthera pardus) Early depictors of the leopard knew it had spots, but apart from that they had very little idea what it looked like

Background imageLooked Collection: Trouser Suit by Worth

Trouser Suit by Worth
My friends looked askance, The first time they saw me in pants. I just hope this crepe de chine ensemble by Worth Doesn t excite their mirth

Background imageLooked Collection: France / Arles / Arena 1666

France / Arles / Arena 1666
The arena at Arles as it looked in 1666



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