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Background imageMans Collection: Motorsport - Le Mans winning Jaguar XJ9

Motorsport - Le Mans winning Jaguar XJ9 rear racing wheel and front tyre from the Tom Walkinshaw Silk Cut Jaguar racing team, 1988

Background imageMans Collection: Old Man's Head

Old Man's Head
A portrait study etching of the head of an unknown old man, wearing a pointy black hat, and a bushy, curly beard. Date: circa 1921

Background imageMans Collection: The Critic

The Critic
A marble sculpture of a man's head, who seems to be glaring judgmentally. Date: circa 1917

Background imageMans Collection: Head From Life

Head From Life
A portrait profile picture of an unknown man's head and shoulders. A drawing by a student of the National Gallery Schools, Melbourne, selected by Lindsay Bernard Hall, the director

Background imageMans Collection: Study of a Head

Study of a Head
A chalk drawing study of a man's head, identity is unknown. Date: circa 1931

Background imageMans Collection: Portrait Drawing of a Man

Portrait Drawing of a Man
Portrait drawing of a man's head, looking to the left, his identity is unknown, but seems to be a professional of some kind. Date: circa 1931

Background imageMans Collection: Caricature illustration by Chloe Preston. Captioned, In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy'

Caricature illustration by Chloe Preston. Captioned, In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy'. Showing children, dogs, ponies, nurse and policeman in park scene

Background imageMans Collection: Ticket booth in German underground station

Ticket booth in German underground station
Solitary lady in hat buying a ticket from a uniformed lady in the booth.Caption explains that it is a woman doing a man's job while the men are away at war. Cleared by Censor. Date: circa 1914

Background imageMans Collection: Tree stumps in no man's land at sunset, Somme, WW1

Tree stumps in no man's land at sunset, Somme, WW1
Tree stumps in no man's land at sunset, Somme, First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageMans Collection: A Driver Climbing in to his Cab

A Driver Climbing in to his Cab
A train driver climbs in to the cabin of a British Rail diesel locomotive. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Background imageMans Collection: Searching a body; Paris Commune 1871

Searching a body; Paris Commune 1871
A soldier searching a corpse for coins to place over the dead man's eyes, during the Paris Commune

Background imageMans Collection: A POOR MAN'S EPITAPH

A POOR MAN'S EPITAPH
The epitaph of Robert Bone Phillip, a poor man, at St. Edmund's Church, Kingsbridge, Devon, England. Date: 1793

Background imageMans Collection: An autumn hedgerow festooned with Clematis vitalba, also known as Old man's beard

An autumn hedgerow festooned with Clematis vitalba, also known as Old man's beard and Traveller's Joy. Date: circa 1905

Background imageMans Collection: ELISHA POSTHUMOUSMIRACLE

ELISHA POSTHUMOUSMIRACLE
After Elisha's death, a supposedly dead man's body happens to touch his bones and he is brought back to life and stands up on his feet

Background imageMans Collection: A French barber puts his male client's hair into curling papers Date: 1840

A French barber puts his male client's hair into curling papers Date: 1840

Background imageMans Collection: ROMAN FUNERAL

ROMAN FUNERAL
A Roman funeral procession carries the dead man's corpse to the funeral pyre, where the widow stabs herself to the alarm of her friends ; note the weeping mourners Date: circa 1st century

Background imageMans Collection: HAND OF GLORY

HAND OF GLORY
THE HAND OF GLORY - the hand cut from a dead man's corpse, soaked in oil, and used as a magic torch by robbers because its light was visible only to the carrier Date: 1829

Background imageMans Collection: Rabbits and other animals playing blind man's bluff

Rabbits and other animals playing blind man's bluff by M. Sherborne (no title)

Background imageMans Collection: Gentlemens fashions, 1853. Two small boys in the street have a chuckle at a man s

Gentlemens fashions, 1853. Two small boys in the street have a chuckle at a man s
Gentlemens fashions, 1853. Two small boys in the street have a chuckle at a mans outrageously-patterned waistcoat. Ho! Crikey Charlie! If ere ain t a ge man with a lot o hadders a crawlin hover im

Background imageMans Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Mans Job

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Mans Job
The Caption is A Mans job. Women filled so many jobs while the men were away. There is a series of photos showing King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at a balloon site

Background imageMans Collection: (conversation over the garden fence) - 'The War ll be over in a fortnight now

(conversation over the garden fence) - "The War ll be over in a fortnight now
(conversation over the garden fence) - " The War ll be over in a fortnight now, cos my ole mans joined the Army an I know e never keeps a job longer n that!" Date: circa 1944

Background imageMans Collection: Blind Mans Buff

Blind Mans Buff
Artists interpretation of traditional childrens games. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916

Background imageMans Collection: Species of ostracods

Species of ostracods. Cypris fusca 1, Cypris ornata 2, 3, Cypris vidua 4, Cypris unifasciata 5, 6, Cypris monacha 7, Cythere lutea 8

Background imageMans Collection: Excelsior

Excelsior
From the poem Excelsior by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which describes a young mans journey through a mountain village carrying a banner inscribed Excelsior ( Onward and Upward)

Background imageMans Collection: Victorian Greeting Card - Blind Mans Buff

Victorian Greeting Card - Blind Mans Buff
Five kittens playing blind mans bluff. Date: circa 1890

Background imageMans Collection: Hoodman blind, or blind mans buff, 14th century

Hoodman blind, or blind mans buff, 14th century. Men taking turns to be the blind man by reversing the hood, or hitting the blind man with their knotted hoods, and women playing the game (bottom)

Background imageMans Collection: Casque or helmet pitcher from Sinceny, France, 18th century

Casque or helmet pitcher from Sinceny, France, 18th century, Oriental birds and flowers and mans head at the spout. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Background imageMans Collection: Merveilleuses playing the game of blind mans buff

Merveilleuses playing the game of blind mans buff. A blindfolded woman runs in a garden as one woman strokes her hand and another grabs her muslin dress

Background imageMans Collection: Seated blind mans buff

Seated blind mans buff. A dandy in Regency fashion guesses the identity of the woman in muslin dress who provides his chair

Background imageMans Collection: Olld mans beard and travellers joy, Clematis vitalba

Olld mans beard and travellers joy, Clematis vitalba, Clematite des haies. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Background imageMans Collection: Poor mans orchid, Schizanthus grahamii

Poor mans orchid, Schizanthus grahamii (Blunt-petalled schizanthus, Schizanthus retusus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Background imageMans Collection: Dead mans rope and kelp

Dead mans rope and kelp
Dead mans rope, Chorda filum 1, and kelp or oarweed, Laminaria digitata 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Background imageMans Collection: Magnificent feather duster, dead mans fingers

Magnificent feather duster, dead mans fingers
Magnificent feather duster, Sabellastarte magnifica 1, dead mans fingers, Alcyonium digitatum 2, and scrupocellaria, Scrupocellaria scruposa 3

Background imageMans Collection: Artists palette

Artists palette
Artists paint palette shown as mans face in illustration of man with message board. Date: 1938

Background imageMans Collection: Start of Grand Prix d Endurance at Le Mans, France

Start of Grand Prix d Endurance at Le Mans, France
Start of Grand Prix d Endurance Le Mans, France. 20th century

Background imageMans Collection: Interior pages of The Illustrated London News, 1849

Interior pages of The Illustrated London News, 1849
Example of a double page spread from The Illustrated London News, dated 17th March 1849. Pictured here is heroic young seaman Lieutenant Molesworth

Background imageMans Collection: Sunbeam car at Le Mans Race, 1925

Sunbeam car at Le Mans Race, 1925
Early Motor Car Racing - Sunbeam car at Le Mans Race, 1925. 1925

Background imageMans Collection: Men on the Pit Counter at Le Mans, France

Men on the Pit Counter at Le Mans, France
Early Motor Car Racing - men on the Pit Counter at Le Mans, France

Background imageMans Collection: Le Mans 1929, Tim Birkin with Babe Barnato

Le Mans 1929, Tim Birkin with Babe Barnato
Early Car Motor Racing - Le Mans 1929, Tim Birkin with Babe Barnato. 1929

Background imageMans Collection: Charles Sims, Mans last pretence of consummation painting

Charles Sims, Mans last pretence of consummation painting
Mans last pretence of consummation in indifference. One of a series of Spiritual Ideas pictures by Charles Sims (1873-1928) which were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1928

Background imageMans Collection: Tank crossing No Mans Land, by Muirhead Bone, WW1

Tank crossing No Mans Land, by Muirhead Bone, WW1
A female Mark I tank crossing No Mans Land on the Western Front, by Muirhead Bone, First World War. 1916

Background imageMans Collection: British soldiers carrying telegraph wire, WW1

British soldiers carrying telegraph wire, WW1
British soldiers carrying telegraph wire for communication purposes, the Battle of the Bridges, Western Front, First World War

Background imageMans Collection: Schoolboys Dream of Christmas 1858

Schoolboys Dream of Christmas 1858
Victorian Schoolboys dreams of Christmas, including parlour games, mince pies, kissing under the mistletoe, entertainment and presents. Date: 1858

Background imageMans Collection: Merry Christmas! 1847

Merry Christmas! 1847
" Heaven Bless you Merry Gentlefolks let Nothing You Dismay, " Page of Victorian men and women getting into the Christmas spirit! Indulging themselves in food, drink and dance. 1847

Background imageMans Collection: Signpost Lane, from British lines to German lines, WW1

Signpost Lane, from British lines to German lines, WW1
Signpost Lane, which ran from the British lines, through the German lines into the village of Neuve Chapelle. This sketch was made from a ditch in No-Man s-Land during a reconnaissance for

Background imageMans Collection: RE wiring party in front of the trenches, WW1

RE wiring party in front of the trenches, WW1
An RE [Royal Engineers] wiring party in front of the trenches. Until about late 1915, wiring was exclusively the work of the RE, but the casualties sustained in doing this work

Background imageMans Collection: Blind Mans Buff at a childrens party Date: early 19th century

Blind Mans Buff at a childrens party Date: early 19th century

Background imageMans Collection: Railroad Mans Tools Date: 1949

Railroad Mans Tools Date: 1949



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