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Makes Collection (page 9)

Background imageMakes Collection: Wild Monkey Captured

Wild Monkey Captured
A man captures a wild monkey which he makes into his pet

Background imageMakes Collection: Fo Priest, China

Fo Priest, China
A Fo priest makes an offering in the Temple

Background imageMakes Collection: Previewing a Lover

Previewing a Lover
A Spanish girl breaks a raw egg into a glass of water on St Johns Eve : the shape it makes tells her what kind of lover she will have

Background imageMakes Collection: Druidesses of Gaul

Druidesses of Gaul
Druid priestesses on the Breton coast are consulted as prophets : Vercingetorix is just one leader who makes use of their inspired utterances

Background imageMakes Collection: Emperor Meiji

Emperor Meiji
When Shogun Keiki abdicates, civil war breaks out, but the emperor Meiji is able to seize control and makes a triumphal entry into Yedo (Tokyo). Now Japan starts to modernise

Background imageMakes Collection: Jingu and Chuai

Jingu and Chuai
The empress Jingu urges her husband, the emperor Chuai to direct his efforts to the west. He won t listen, so the gods slay him, and Jingu makes a friendly treaty with Korea

Background imageMakes Collection: Riding the Stang 1814

Riding the Stang 1814
A herald carried aloft the stang makes rough music & alerts the neighbourhood to a husband-beater. Natural justice aiming to get wrong- doers to mend their ways

Background imageMakes Collection: Mr Guppy Announced

Mr Guppy Announced
The young man of the name of Guppy Sir Leicester and Lady Dedlock are sitting in front of the fire as William Guppy makes his enterence

Background imageMakes Collection: Yvonne LA Bois

Yvonne LA Bois
Yvonne La Bois, American starlet, reclining languidly on her bed as she makes a phone call, surrounded by photographs of her men friends

Background imageMakes Collection: Pyne - Butter Churner

Pyne - Butter Churner
CHURNING BUTTER She is working a barrel churn, which makes the task of churning milk into butter relatively easy

Background imageMakes Collection: Pyne - Herald

Pyne - Herald
HERALD As representative of the sovereign, he makes his appearance on ceremonial occasions in a costume which dates from Richard IIIs time

Background imageMakes Collection: Cow of an Art Critic

Cow of an Art Critic
A discerning cow, unimpressed with an artists amateurish dawbs, makes some improvements with her tongue. The artist, who has been walking with his lady friend rushes back

Background imageMakes Collection: Man Escapes Fire C17Th

Man Escapes Fire C17Th
A man takes a running jump, flames licking his heels, as he makes a bid to return to a ship that awaits him below. His musket & pike lay on the ground

Background imageMakes Collection: Dining on Oysters

Dining on Oysters
An insolent young man smoking a cigar, puts on his gloves as he makes a parting comment to an affronted older gentleman who is stopped in the act of smashing open an oyster

Background imageMakes Collection: Barking Creek

Barking Creek
A small sailing boat makes its way down Barking Creek, which eventually joins the River Thames; in the 1850s, the creek was home to Englands largest fishing fleet

Background imageMakes Collection: Freshwater Bay I. O. W

Freshwater Bay I. O. W
The sandy beach at Freshwater makes this a favourite bathing place

Background imageMakes Collection: Archduke at Meeting

Archduke at Meeting
All the audience and orchestra rise to their feet when the Erzherzog (archduke) Johann von Ostreich makes his appearance in the Stadttheater at Frankfurt

Background imageMakes Collection: Napoleon at Boulogne 3

Napoleon at Boulogne 3
Napoleon makes a second attempt at a coup d etat, at Boulogne this time : again he fails to attract support : he is arrested and imprisoned at Ham

Background imageMakes Collection: Napoleon at Boulogne 2

Napoleon at Boulogne 2
Napoleon makes a second attempt at a coup d etat, at Boulogne this time : again he fails to attract support : he is arrested and imprisoned at Ham

Background imageMakes Collection: Swedish Postman C1900

Swedish Postman C1900
The Swedish postman makes use of a steam ferry to get from one part of Stockholm to another

Background imageMakes Collection: The Dutch Pilot

The Dutch Pilot
After he has been helped by a Dutch pilot, he makes him a present of the boat

Background imageMakes Collection: WW1 / 1918 / EITHER OR

WW1 / 1918 / EITHER OR
EITHER... OR... The German army on the Western Front makes its final effort

Background imageMakes Collection: Vanity Fair / Live Baronet

Vanity Fair / Live Baronet
Rebecca makes acquaintance with a live baronet

Background imageMakes Collection: Jacques Coeur / Burgun?

Jacques Coeur / Burgun?
JACQUES COEUR French merchant, chancellor to King Charles VII, (falsely) accused of traitorous conduct, makes a public apology to the people

Background imageMakes Collection: Carasco Beats Quixote

Carasco Beats Quixote
He is finally beaten by his friend Sanson Carasco, who makes him swear not to take up arms again for a year

Background imageMakes Collection: Moffat and Boer

Moffat and Boer
Robert Moffat makes a big impression on Boer farmers and African tribespeople when he starts preaching in southern Africa

Background imageMakes Collection: Mermaid and Friend

Mermaid and Friend
A mermaid makes friends with a fisherman

Background imageMakes Collection: Ghost of Fiancee

Ghost of Fiancee
An Athenian makes love to his fiancee, unaware that she has died and that it is her spirit which is visiting him from beyond the grave

Background imageMakes Collection: Giant Snowball

Giant Snowball
Many a little makes a mickle Two children roll a giant snowball

Background imageMakes Collection: Giles Australian Trips

Giles Australian Trips
Ernest Giles leads a series of journeys into Central and West Australia : his camel train makes its way through the scrub

Background imageMakes Collection: Penn Makes Treaty 1682

Penn Makes Treaty 1682
William Penn makes a treaty with the native Americans and proceeds to found Pennsylvania



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