Master Collection (page 2)

Signwriters at work
A wonderful photograph by Heinz Zinram showing a master signwriter at work, with his younger collegue (or apprentice) behind. A study in concentration, accuracy and exactitude in the craftsmans art

Nautical Christmas Cake
Captain Hover, the Master of the Goodwin Lightship, with a Christmas cake modelled in the shape of the lightship, the customary gift of Mr. E.A. Anderson of Broadstairs. Date: 1930s

A horrible business - Butchers shop, 1851
Humourous scene from a butchers shop, 1851. Master Butcher: " Did you take old Major Dumbledores ribs to No. 12?" Boy: " Yes

Malik-I-Maidan at the Bijapur Fort, Karnataka, India
The Malik-I-Maidan at the Bijapur Fort, Karnataka, India. The Malik-i-Maidan (Master of the Battlefield), also called Burj-E-Sherz

The Trojan War: The Destruction of Troy. ca. 1470. Detail. Hecuba entrusts her daughter Polyxena to Antenor during the assault of the Achaeans

The Old Curiosity Shop, schoolroom
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841. The puzzled dunce

Passengers on the deck of an Emigrant Ship, 1849
Engraving showing emigrants on the deck of their ship, at sea, 1849. A group of children are being taught their lessons by a school master whilst a small crowd gathers around the ships galley

Teutonic Knights
A Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and a Knight of the Order of the Sword

Journey to the West
The master is rowed away by a disguised demon. From the legend of the Journey to the West

Baa Baa Black Sheep / 1884
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes Sir, Yes Sir - three bags full. One for the master and one for the dame, and one for the little boy who lives down the lane

Monkeys gathering leaves from tea bushes high on a mountain and delivering them to their master. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

West Surrey Staghounds Point-to-point races at Slyfield - the All Comers Maiden Steeplechase, won by Mr Oliver Dixon on Master Royston

Chemistry Laboratory at Eton College, Berkshire
Boys being taught in the Chemistry Laboratory at Eton College, Berkshire. Date: circa 1905

William Eldred, Gunner
WILLIAM ELDRED Master gunner of Dover Castle, Kent. Date: CIRCA 1646

Martin Clifford
MARTIN CLIFFORD Educator, Master of the Charterhouse, writer. Date: ? - 1677

Newfoundland with Stick
This Newfoundland dog loves water, like all the breed, and has just dived into the river to retrieve its masters stick. Date: circa 1870

Masonic Charity
The duc de Chartres, Grand Master, holds a Masonic banquet for charity inside a Benedictine monastery Date: 1776

P C Haviland, Bellevue Scout Troop, Johannesburg
P C Haviland, Scoutmaster, Bellevue Scout Troop, Johannesburg, South Africa

Rev. Edward Hale, Vanity Fair, Spy
Reverend EDWARD HALE (1828- ) Master at Eton College, England, here dressed in gown and mortar board. Caption: Badger Date: 1828-

Richard Sibbes
RICHARD SIBBES puritan churchman, master of St Catherines Hall, Cambridge, and preacher at Grays Inn. Date: 1577 - 1635

Sir Robert Harley
Sir ROBERT HARLEY of Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire Statesman, master of the Mint Date: 1579 - 1656

Preparing for Sabbat
The master of the house investigates noises in his wine-cellar, finds his domestic staff taking the evening off on their broomsticks

Guillemette and the Wolf
A wolf carries young Guillemette to meet its master, Satan : in the forest, it becomes an old hag, who presents the girl to the Devil, assuring him she will serve him all her life

Cheery Families - Master Switch the Schoolmasters Son. 1890s

Master mystifier, Houdini the greatest necromancer of the age - perhaps of all times - The literary digest. Date 192-?

The Wreck of the Titanic by Lawrence Beesley - Sphere
A page from the Sphere with a full report of the sinking of the Titanic by a survivor, Mr Lawrence Beesley, a science master at Dulwich College since 1904. Date: 1912

Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey, North Wales, was designed by architect Master James of St. George for King Edward I of England, using a concentric plan. Date: founded 1295

1st Baron Cozens-Hardy
Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy (1838 - 1920). British politician and Master of the Rolls from 1907 - 1918."

Hounds of the Essex Otter Hunt
The hounds of the Essex Otter Hunt, with their Master, at the side of a country road

Happy Families / Mstr Tape
" Happy Families" was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Fencing School 1890
Two men practise under the careful eye of their master at a fencing school

TAILORs WORKSHOP / 1890
A Tailors workshop, showing the master cutter, sleeve- presser and under-presser

Queenwood College
Housed in the former Richard Owen Socialist community building Harmony Hall (built 1841) between 1847-1896. Burnt down in 1903. Former maths master: John Tyndall

Initiation to Master
A French Lodge ceremonially inducts a member to the grade of Master

Sir John Strange
SIR JOHN STRANGE lawyer and statesman, Master of the Rolls

Dog Parachutist
At Saint Catherine, Canada, a police dog parachutes down with her master

Vauxhall Gardens / 1833
C. H. Simpson, Master of Ceremonies, venerated with an illuminated likeness at Vauxhall Gardens

Three Master (Spurling) /
A three-master under sail

Initiation / Secret Master
Initiation of a Secret Master

Mr and Mrs Uvedale Lambert: Mr Lambert, of South Park, Bletchingley, became Joint Master in 1950. His father was Master of the Burstow Hounds from 1900 to 1905. Date: 1952

SPINNING STREET DOG
While its master plays the organ, a dog works a spinning wheel, to the admiration of passers-by in the streets of Paris Date: circa 1816

Martin P6M SeaMaster
Us Navy Martin P6M Seamaster Jet-Powered Seaplane Bomber Taxiing Ashore from the Sea in a Purpose Built Beaching-Vehicle Date: 1958

Martin P6M-2 SeaMaster
Us Navy Martin P6M Seamaster Jet-Powered Seaplane Bomber Splashing in the Sea During Take-Off Date: 1959

Master Franz Ebert, German actor-comedian on a pony Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Servant and angry mistress Date: 20th century

Phillips-Powis Miles Master III Advanced Trainer Aircraft
RAF Phillips and Powis Miles Master III Advanced Trainer Aircraft, WW2 Date: 1942

Tony Sarg and one of his dancing marionettes, 1928
Tony Sarg (regarded as Americas puppet master and one of his dancing marionettes, 1928 Date: 1928

THREE FINE GERMAN MALES
And yet we have conquered ! Three fine Germans symbolise the Master Race at the 15th commemoration of the Munchen beer-hall putsch Date: 9 November 1938

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