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Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls. Date: c.1924
Advertisement for the Western Electric vacuum cleaner with a women patiently cleaning the carpet around her snoozing husband. Lets hope that cigarette falls into his lap and wakes him up. Date: c.1924
Glymiel Jelly - Nobody in OUR family suffers from chapped hands. Glymiel Jelly stops all that. Date: c.1924
Tatler cover, Countess of RosseThe Countess of Rosse, formerly Anne Messel, sister of designer Oliver Messel. She was married to Ronald Armstrong-Jones in 1925, with whom she had a daughter and a son
Page from The Bystander, 18th April 1928, featuring an article called Flying for Women by Lady (Abe) Bailey, who is pictured top left as the champion woman aviator who flies a D.H. Moth
Advertisement for Aladdin safety paraffin mantle lamp from Aladdin Industries Ltd. of Aladdin House, South Street, London. Date: c.1924
Advertisement for Viota "Afternoon Tea"cake mixture, one packet makes 18 of the mostAdvertisement for Viota " Afternoon Tea" cake mixture, one packet makes 18 of the most delicious home-made cakes in the world. Date: 1924
Advertisement for Doctors China Tea by Gladys Peto, done in her characteristic decorative style. Date: c.1924
Advertisement for Fairy Dyes, promoted, appropriately, by some fairies who flutter through the night sky carrying a length of rainbow fabric. Date: c.1924
Sir Julian Stafford Corbett (1854 - 1922). British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose works helped shape the Royal Navys reforms of that era
The Harrogate Hydro, spa and hotel in the Yorkshire town of Harrogate with accommodation for 300 guests and the very latests in hydropathic treatments
Exhibition of Fine Arts, Salon of Palais de L IndustrieScene at the opening of the annual exhibition of fine arts in the salon of the Palais de L Industrie, Champs Elysee, Paris
Ovaltine advertisement designed by Gladys Peto in her usual gorgeous, decorative style, showing women of all ages partaking of Ovaltine in a garden because it
Philippa Fendall Stewart, nee Wendell, Countess of Galloway, pictured in the robes and tiara she wore for the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Date: 1937
A Pre-Raphaelite finishing his picture for the Academy. Satirical cartoon featuring a Pre-Raphaelite artist dressed in medieval clothes to paint his canvas of Petrarch and Laura. Date: 1853
A little difficulty. A family in a carriage get into trouble when they find the treacherous-looking coastal road is closed
Omnibus nuisances. Caution to ladies who like to occupy the seat next to the door. A mans hobnail boots kick a woman on the head as his feet swing in from the window of the omnibus. Date: 1853
Aberdeens bubble. How long will it last? Satirical cartoon about Lord Aberdeen sAberdeens bubble. How long will it last? Satirical cartoon about Lord Aberdeens coalition government. Date: 1853
The latest act of Hun fiendishness during the First World War: the Glenart Castle, the seventh hospital ship sunk in breach of the German pledge
The ascent of Mont Blanc made easy: a suggestion to the followers of Mr Albert Smith. A very relaxed Victorian man is transported to the top of the mountain on a giant pair of retractable mechanical
The Railway King! Down Upon Him! Satirical cartoon mocking the downfall of railway financier George Hudson. He is held upside-down by a bird - perhaps a crow or raven - dressed as a judge
The charwomen in the National Gallery. A cartoon about the conservation controversy at the National Gallery, after nine paintings were cleaned in the autumn of 1852
Ras Prince Monolulu (1881 - 1965), real name Peter Carl Mackay (or McKay). From the Illustrated London News, 20th February 1965: Britains most colourful racehorse tipster is dead. Date: 1960s
British picture gallery, Paris International ExhibitionThe British Picture Gallery in the Paris International Exhibition. Date: 1867
The new rooms in the National GalleryVisitors admiring the new rooms in the National Gallery. Date: 1876
The Nineveh Room at the British Museum. Date: 1853
The Great Hall at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition in 1857. Date: 1857
Exhibition of Art and Industry at StockholmView of the exhibition of Art & Industry at Stockholm, with a large and magnificent fountain to the fore. Date: 1866
Grand Panorama of the Great Exhibition showing the south and north transept. Date: 1852
Great Exhibition - East Nave viewed from the southThe Great Exhibition - east nave viewed from the south. Date: 1851
Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. The Zollverein department, looking west. Date: 1851
Visitors to the Guildhall Art GalleryVisitors to the Loan Collection at the art gallery at the Guildhall. Date: 1894
Section of the Thames EmbankmentA section of the Thames Embankment, taken by the Charing Cross railway bridge, showing; (1) the subway, designed to hold the gas pipes, the water pipes, perhaps the telegraph wires
HMS Rinaldo bombarding Salangore in the Strait of Malacca. Date: 1871
Page from The Bystander, 6th May 1931 featuring Ada May (1896-1978), American singer and dancer, one of the bright particular stars of C.B. Cochrans ill-fated " 1931 Revue"
Advertisement for Van Heusen, the worlds most economical collar - a soft collar with the smartness of a stiff one. Date: 1924
Advertisement for Iron Jelloids, for children, men and women - the great tonic. Looks like it from the visible vitality of this 1920s family. Date: 1924
Advertisement for St. Ivel with a maid bringing bowls of soup (or cups of tea) to neatly laid lunch table already with ham, cold pie, bread and of course, a tub of St
Advertisement for All-In suet puddings of various kinds - the new way. Made by Dunragit Food Products of Wigtownshire, Scotland. Date: c.1924
Advertisement for Creamola toilet soaps, manufactured by Ventura Ltd of Mare Street, Hackney. " If Fairies Used Soap they d use Creamola". Date: c.1924
Advertisement for Mazda electric lamps (made in Rugby) showing people in a rather opulent domestic interior seated on a sofa lit by a lamp which would fetch thousands on ebay today! Date: c.1924
Advertisement for Welsbach, providers of gas mantles & burners and gas radiators, showing a cosy domestic scene with two little girls
Advertisement for Parozone showing a mother, in a pristine white dress, saying goodnight to her little boy, who is in a bed with pristine white sheets
Ridges Food for infants, invalids and the aged. This baby looks particularly pleased to be getting Ridges in his bottle. Date: c.1924
Advertisement for Walls Sausages depicting a young, married couple about to be served some delicious bangers for dinner by their maid. Date: c.1924
Advertisement for Everitt trouser presses complete with new comfort screws, greatly improved appearance, and an all steel black finish. Splendid for ensuring razor sharp creases in your trousers
Advertisement for Skippers Sailor Savouries sandwich filling with a poem illustrated by Gladys Peto. Date: c.1924
Advertisement for Gre-Solvent cleaning fluid by the inimitable William Heath Robinson, showing a family finding all kinds of ways to make the most of its magical cleaning properties. Date: c.1924