Mates Collection

Crew of a Scottish purse seiner, Falmouth, Cornwall
The crew of a Scottish purse seiner, at Falmouth, Cornwall. A seine net is usually a long flat net like a fence, with weights on it, which catches the fish by encircling them. Date: circa 1970s

Humming Bird Silk Print
Decorative silk print showing two green birds (possibly Humming Birds) nest building

Pere Mates (1500-1558). Reinassance Spanish painter. Altarpiece of Mary Magdalene(1526). Detail. Chapterhouse Museum. Cathedral of Girona. Catalonia. Spain

Sporty equestrian blond posing with her horse
Team-mates - a very pretty sporty equestrian blond in jodhpurs and boots, standing holding the bridle of her thoroughbred black stallion, gloved hand on hip. Date: early 1940s

Telegraph Parrot
No one told this poor parrot on a telegraph pole that it would need to buy a telephone before it could chat to its mates

Fat bums, Appleby Horse Fair
Two men with big fat bums lean on a horse cart, Appleby Horse Fair, Date: 1990

Three young ladies strolling along the seafront of a British coastal resort in the summer. Date: 1938

RMS Titanic in memoriam handkerchief
RMS Titanic - post-disaster in memoriam souvenir handkerchief to the Captain, mates, crew of the ill fated Titanic, printed by S. Burgess of the Strand. Date: circa 1912

World War I. Tombs
First World War (1914-1918). Tombs of war mates. Picture by Jean Lefort published in L'Illustration (25th November 1916). Drawing

Friendship - four girls, 1940s
Four friends pose for a photograph together. Date: c.1948

SAILOR AT MAST HEAD
A sailor up in the clouds atop a mast head waves his straw boater at his ship mates below. Date: circa 1830

Four couples posing for a photograph in a suburban garden
Four very smartly-dressed couples pose for a jolly photograph in a smart suburban garden. circa 1905

Three farmers chat while waiting for a sheep sale
Three elderly farmers chat while waiting for a sheep sale at the Castle Douglas cattle market, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. One man holds his hand in the air to make a point Date: 2004

Six terrific chums heading off for a jolly hike
Six terrific chums (all with pipes and sticks) pose for a photograph before heading off for a jolly ramble - late September. Date: circa 1920

Four Fine Chums
Four very elegant Gentleman pose for their Group Studio Portrait. The two on the right are sporting very precise waxed moustaches and all four are keeping the UK Starch industry in business

German students on a summer camping trip - Kirchen, Germany on the River Sieg. Kirchen is a town (and climatic spa) in the district of Altenkirchen in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate

Dante / Virgil / Purgatorio
Now the fair consort of Tithonus old, arisen from her mates beloved arms, look d palely o er the eastern cliff. Date: First published: 1307-21?

Physical education, Boxing
At a secondary school in Stoke on Trent, England, two boys box in front of their class mates, part of their physical education

Joan Mates. Gothic painter. Altarpiece of Saint James of the
Joan Mates. Gothic painter. Catalan. Documented since 1390-1431. Altarpiece of Saint James of the parish of Vallespinosa (Santa Perpetua de Gaia, Conca de Barbera, Tarragona). 15th century

Altarpiece of Saint James of the parish of Vallespinosa by J
Altarpiece of Saint James of the parish of Vallespinosa (Santa Perpetua de Gaia) by Joan Mates (active 1361-1431). Gothic style. Nativity of Jesus. Diocesan Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain

Pere Mates (1500-1558). Reinassance painter Spanish. Altarpiece of Santa Maria of Seguero. Detail. Adam and Eve in Paradise. Girona Art Museum. Catalonia. Spain

Kings Road Shops
Young people walking outside Mates boutique on the fashionable Kings Road, Chelsea, London. Date: late 1960s

Page design, classmates, School Silhouettes
Page design for classmates in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Ian Botham, cricketer, signing book
Ian Botham, cricketer, signing the Lands End to John o Groats Association book after completing his charity walk which raised 750, 000 in November 1985

TIBALDI, Pellegrino (1527-1596). The Mates of Ulysses Stealing Oxes to the Sun. 1549. ITALY. Bologna. Poggi Palace. Mannerism art. Fresco

MATES, Joan (14th century-15th century). Saint Sebastian and Crucifixion. ca. 1417 - ca. 1425. Lower detail depicting Saint Sebastian. International gothic. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. Barcelona

Dont Go down Mine - 2
DON T GO DOWN THE MINE, DAD the boy begs his father to tell his mates about the dream. Date: circa 1900

Two boys on a home-made go-kart
Two boys enjoying a ride on a home-made go-kart in Horley, Surrey. They are travelling at such a speed that the photograph is blurred!

Five boys swinging on a rope, having a great time

Three boys playing inside a large barrel. One of them has lost his footing and has fallen over

Four British airmen in uniform pose for their photo in the photographers studio

Workmens Duel
Two American ironworkers, longtime enemies, fight with red-hot bars : their mates separate them, but not before each has received terrible burns Date: 1907

Norfolk Step-Dancing
STEP-DANCING An example of one of the many forms of step-dancing found in England. Two men perform for their mates in a pub tap room

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