Lost Collection (page 6)

Sir Douglas Bader in TV interview, Falmouth, Cornwall
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982), RAF pilot during the Second World War despite having lost both legs in a crash in 1931

Cardinal Wolsey Arrested for High Treason, having lost favour with King Henry VIII. circa 1530

Theatre in Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Theatre Royal in Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Walter Melvilles Company were performing The Girl Who Lost Her Character, a bad woman drama. Date: circa 1904

Satan tempts Eve in the dream. Paradise Lost by John Milton
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. 1658-1667. Satan tempts Eve in the dream. Engraving of John Martin (1789-1854). Colored

Eve gives Adam the forbidden fruit. Paradise Lost by John Mi
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. 1658-1667. Eve gives Adam the forbidden fruit. Engraving of John Martin (1789-1854). Colored

Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608-1674)
John Milton (1608-1674). English poet. Paradise Lost, 1667. Title cover of an edition printed in London, 1727. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Rearming Venus
What did the Venus de Milo, now standing in the Louvre, Paris, look like before she lost her arms ? These are some of the suggestions... Date: 1896

Old Man / Young Woman 1919
An elderly, well-dressed man approaches a young woman in the street: she tells him to get lost! Date: 1919

MARSYAS
A Phrygian flute-player who challenged Apollo to a contest of musical skill, lost, and was flayed alive for his presumption

General Kuropatkin, Russia
ALEXEI NIKOLAIEVICH KUROPATKIN Russian general. Below are the words: I regret to report... (after losing the Battle of Mukden during the Russo-Japanese War). Date: 1848 - 1921

Three books, The Somme, Lille, Amiens
Three books, The Somme, Lille and Amiens, published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

Petlyakov Pe-8 -the only heavy bomber to be produced by the Soviets during the war A significant number of the 93 built were to be lost

A bearded man stands in front of 3 ornately carved columns
Black and white. A bearded man stands in front of 3 ornately carved columns which are falling into disrepair - one of them has lost its middle section. At least of of the carvings represents Buddha

Suffragette Trampling on Policeman Ceramic
A gloriously victorious suffragette stands with arms outstretched on the head of a prostrate policeman. She is dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U - purple, white and green

Laurence Irving & Mabel Hackney, lost in Empress of Ireland
Mr Laurence Irving, actor and playwright, and his wife, the actress Miss Mabel Hackney, who both died in the Empress of Ireland disaster. 1914

Unconquerable The King of the Belgians
Unconquerable. The Kaiser : So you see - you ve lost everything. The King of the Belgians : Not my soul. The frame has a plaque which reads Presented by the Belgian Refugees in recognition of their

Lucy Locket lost her pocket..Traditional nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1912

King John loses Crown Jewels in the Wash
On 14 October 1216, King John, while on a campaign, arrived at the south side of the Wash. As his army crossed the sands, the tide rose unexpectedly and the Kings baggage, including the crown jewels

Addled Ads - Humorous postcard - Irish Terrier and Bobby
Addled Ads - Wanted Section Reward. Lost a light brown rough-haired Irish terrier. Had collar with Bobby on plate. Date: circa 1905

Scene of whale rescue attempt, River Thames, in which a Northern Bottlenose Whale was lost

Sailors on board the British submarine, H42
HMS H42 was a British H class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Upon Tyne. She was laid down in September 1917 and was commissioned on 1 May 1919

York railway station with H. L. Oakley silhouette posters
York railway station in the north east of England, with H. L. Oakley silhouette recruitment posters on display outside, probably during the early stages of the First World War. circa 1914-1915

DI Jill McTeague, Arts & Antiques Squad, with necklace
DI Jill McTeague of the Arts & Antiques Squad of the Metropolitan Police, holding a stolen necklace which has been recovered

Eternal Flame at Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad). Battle of Stalingrad Memorial at Mamajev Kurgan Hill. The Memorial Hall of Honour with the Eternal Flame. Date: 2010

Lost Ball by George Studdy
A smug looking Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy in The Sketch magazine, knows exactly where his has hidden the golf ball his owner is so anxiously searching for

I ve lost my heart properly this time! by G. E Studdy
Comic colour illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing his canine creation, Bonzo sitting holding some playing cards. Studdy created Bonzo for The Sketch magazine in the early 1920s

The first class dining hall, Interior from the lost liner, V
The dining hall from the lost liner Vestris. The liner was sailing from New York, bound for Barbados. On the 11th November 1928 she sprang a leak during a storm and abandoned off the Virginia Capes

American Indians. The Peaceful extinction of the red Indian
In all their war paint, Chiefs of the vanishing Sioux tribe. The Sioux were originally the principle tribe in Dakota. By 1851 they had lost nearly all of their land

The Fox Without a Tail
THE FOX THAT LOST ITS TAIL A fox that lost its tail in a trap and mourned its loss, tried to convince his brethren that they would be better off without their tails

Police Officer & Stray
Police officer walking stray dog to lost and found home in London Metropolitan Police

Gulliver in Luggnagg
Gulliver is shown the aged Struldbrugs, who have lost wits, memory and health, acquiring in exchange all kinds of deformity

Hop O my Thumb up a Tree
Hop O My Thumb climbs to the top of a tall tree to see what he can see after the brothers are lost in a dense forest

Bulldog rescued from sinking ship, First World War
When the King Edward is sunk by a mine during the First World War, the crew rescue Norah the bulldog, together with the monkeys and cats they had as pets

Song, The Maids Petition
Sheet music for a song entitled The Maids Petition. 18th century

Real boy scouts starring in the film, Lost Valley
Scene from the movie, Lost Valley, starring real-life boy scouts with the lead role played by fifteen year old Edward Royle. Date: 1932

Dangerous aerial stunt by Dick Grace
Stunt men undertaking a double leap from aeroplanes for a movie stunt, the film in question being The Lost Squadron. One of the men featured is Dick Grace

Cofferdam work to raise USS Maine, Havana harbour, Cuba
Cofferdam work exposing the wreck of USS Maine, Havana harbour, Cuba. The ship exploded and sank in 1898. Date: 1911

The Babes in the Wood, Grand Theatre, Islington, London. Date: 1904-1905

The Babes in the Wood, Harold Reading production
Babes in the Wood, Harold Readings Grand 1921 Pantomime, One Long Continuous Laugh. For three nights only. On tour at the Pier Theatre, Bognor Regis, February 1921. Date: 1921

Cardinal Wolsey and the Kings Messenger -- Wolsey has lost favour with Henry VIII, and his downfall begins. circa 1529

Little girl on a ferry boat, Scotland. circa 1968

A Prophecy by Harold Earnshaw
Cartoon by Harold Earnshaw depicting three types of courtship - stone age man dragging a woman, a civilised marriage during the First World War (when this cartoon was drawn) and then, in the future

Shakespeare - Loves Labours Lost - Biron: Where lies thy grief, O tell me, good Dumain? circa 1830

Cricket - The Lost Ball. circa early 20th century

Tugela Heights, Colenso, Natal Province, South Africa
Tugela (Thukela) Heights, Colenso, Natal Province, South Africa, location of a battle, 14-27 February 1900 which led to the lifting of the Siege of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War (1899-1902)

A Scotchman Visiting Monte Carlo by H M Bateman
A Scotchman, ordered to the Riviera for his health, makes the mistake of visiting Monte Carlo by H M Bateman. This illustration shows a man from Scotland being carried away by worried officials after

Kenya, East Africa - Man with his two wives - it appears he may have a false (artificial) left leg (which would explain the walking stick). Date: circa 1910s

The end of love
The Honourable John Maler Collier (18501934) - Pre-Raphaelite Painter and one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation

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