Lying Collection (page 13)

Nursery Rhymes -- baby and drummer, lion
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a royal baby in a cradle is entertained by a drummer. Below -- an old lion lies on the ground. Date: early 20th century

Sheet music cover, Love Like a Star Dear Shall Shine on our Way. A comic duet sung nightly by Miss Lottie Venne (1852-1928) and M Marius, in Alfred Lees burlesque, The Lying Dutchman

Young woman in exotic costume
A young woman in an exotic costume, worn for a street carnival

Three soldiers lying on the grass by their jeep
Three soldiers in relaxed mood, lying on the grass by their jeep near Okehampton, Devon. Date: 1940s

Baby Scouts -- lying on the grass
Baby Scouts -- And yet a scarecrows such a curious sight, it makes some baby scouts fall down with fright. Date: 1900

London Cotton Garden
Useful chunks of building stone lying about at Cotton Garden, Westminster - and some houses badly in need of repair... Date: 1804

Leopard Seal
(hydrurga leptonix) A group of leopard seals lying on a beach while seabirds throng around them. Date: circa 1870

Sherman Lies in State
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN The body of the American military commander in the Federal Army, lying in state in the family residence in New York city. Date: 1820 - 1891

Amelia Opie - 2
AMELIA OPIE (nee Alderson) Popular author of The Black Mans Lament or How to make Sugar, and Illustrations of Lying in all its Branches. Quaker, wife of John Opie. Date: 1769 - 1853

Keep Fit Class
Keep young and beautiful - a ladies keep fit class, with the ladies lying on their backs in a circle, doing leg exercises! Date: early 1930s

Pretty Hungarian Girl reclining amongst cushions Date: circa 1925

Japanese Woman O-Koto-San goes to sleep - Goodnight! Date: circa 1905

Tunisia - A Spahi reconnoitering
Tunisia - A Spahi (a term given to a soldier of a French colonial cavalry unit) reconnoitering. Date: circa 1910s

One Encore too many - Boy performer collapses backstage
One Encore too many - A young boy performer collapses backstage and is tended to by his female co-star, a kindly clown and another older member of the ensemble

A Victim at Pompeii
A victim of the disastrous explosion of Mount Vesuvius, which buried (and perfectly preserved) the Roman town of Pompeii. Archaeologists discovered voids in the ash

King Edward VII lying in state in Westminster Abbey, May 1910. An estimated 700, 000 people passed through the Hall to pay their respects. Date: 1910

Chinese Opium Smokers. In 1907, the Chinese Government condemned Opium smoking (and addiction) as the greatest curse of the country and passed laws to restrict its use. Date: circa 1908

Water Therapy at Bourbonne-les-Bains, France
Water Therapy at Bourbonne-les-Bains - a commune in the Haute-Marne department in northeastern France. A lady lies naked on her side

Two women in bed, Japan
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Phacochoerus africanus, common warthog
Young wart hogs (matabili golube)a shot by myself south west of the Bembesi River October 1870. Sketch 128 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines

Leptonychotes weddellii, Weddell seal
Mother Weddell seal with pup. Folio 1906. Ref. Z88fw. Watercolour by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) from reports of the Discovery Expedition to Antarctica, 1901-1904. Folio 1906. Ref. Z88fw

Odocoileus virginianus, white-tailed deer
Cervus Virginianus (Pennant), Common American Deer (Fawn). Plate 81 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 2, 1846, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Madame Monet lying on a Sofa
RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919). Madame Monet lying on a Sofa. Impressionism. Oil on canvas

Blue Fox

Conrad / Typhoon / Chinese
TYPHOON Short story by Joseph Conrad...the Chinamen were lying prostrate about the decks Date: First published: 1902

Blitz in London -- wreckage of Hurricane fighter plane, WW2
Blitz in London -- the wreckage of a Hurricane fighter aircraft shot down over London, lying on the pavement in Buckingham Palace Road

Russian doctor and nurse attending to a man with a Russian battleship for a head lying in bed. Date 1904

Kyogen play with three characters, two with swords, the third lying down or feigning sleep. Date between 1800 and 1870

Two mice, one lying on the ground with head resting on forepaws, the other is standing on hind legs with forepaws crossed, they are looking at each other

The body of the martyr President, Abraham Lincoln. Lying in state at the City Hall, N.Y. April, 24th & 25th 1865. Date 1865. The body of the martyr President, Abraham Lincoln

Jewish Woman reclining on a divan - India Date: circa 1910s

President Warren G. Hardings body lying in state in the East Room of the White House. Date 1923

Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Soldiers asleep in railway carriage during rail strike
During the 1911 rail strike two soldiers of the South Staffordshire Regiment take a nap in one of the unused railway carriages. 1911

Men testing breathing apparatus
A group of men testing some breathing apparatus, possibly for diving or for use down a mine. circa 1911

British Western Front in France - Base Hospital operating th
An official First World War Press Bureau picture from the British Western Front in France showing the operating theatre of an unidentified Base Hospital

Arrival of hearse of Duke of Wellington at Chelsea Hospital
Arrival of the hearse and remains of the Duke of Wellington at Chelsea Hospital. The body of the great statesman and soldier had been lying in state at Walmer Castle, his residence

Duke of Wellington lying in state at Chelsea Hospital
The remains of the Duke of Wellington lying in state in the hall of Chelsea Hospital. Date: 1852

Duke of Wellington lying in state at Walmer Castle
The remains of the Duke of Wellington lying in state at Walmer Castle, his residence. Date: 1852

Chelsea Hospital, lying-in-state of Duke of Wellington
The crowd going into Chelsea Hospital to see the lying in state of the Duke of Wellington who had died on 14th September 1852 at Walmer Castle. Date: 1852

A boy lying on a bed with a book and a toy horse, the head board is decorated with bird fruit and sun motifs. The caption to the picture reads I d buy rusks, bananas, and apples

Exotic Turkish Woman of the Harem Date: circa 1904

France, Biarritz, France - Fine cattle
Two very fine reclining cattle at Biarritz, France Date: 1923

Silhouette of a man sunbathing
Proceeds methodically to tan his face -- silhouette of a middle-aged man sunbathing, while a girl sits reading at his feet

Mexican Revolution - Dead in the Doorway
Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) - Diligence - The brave dead lying in the doorway. Date: circa 1911

Australian troops in action on the battlefield, WW1
Australian troops in action on the battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Armenian Bathhouse - Sulphur Baths. The attendant is wearing a camel hair mitten, which is using to rub the bather all over which cleanses and exfoliates! Date: circa 1910s

Edward VII - his body is brought to Windsor Castle - the funeral procession entering the cloisters of Windsor Castle Date: 1910

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