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Messenger Collection

Background imageMessenger Collection: AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2

AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2
An AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) despatch rider and messenger on a motorbike at an LFS sub-station during the Second World War

Background imageMessenger Collection: Royal Engineer with messenger dog, France, WW1

Royal Engineer with messenger dog, France, WW1
A Royal Engineer reading a message brought by a messenger dog by swimming a canal, near Nieppe Wood, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageMessenger Collection: Seaplane carrier pigeon, WW1

Seaplane carrier pigeon, WW1
A carrier pigeon housed on board a seaplane for the delivery of messages during the First World War. This particular bird delivered a message (no)

Background imageMessenger Collection: Mary Qoss Messenger

Mary Qoss Messenger
A pigeon carries messages for Mary Queen of Scots, imprisoned at Tutbury, to Babington who is plotting to rescue her and set her back on the throne again

Background imageMessenger Collection: Olympia Theatre, Paris, France

Olympia Theatre, Paris, France Date: 1906

Background imageMessenger Collection: Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
A Policeman and two smartly-dressed messanger boys stand in the street at Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Background imageMessenger Collection: Kitsch Greek Greetings Postcard

Kitsch Greek Greetings Postcard
A kitsch Greek Greetings card, featuring a rather unusual bird (cross between a swallow and a dove!?) carrying a message of good wishes across the sea, surrounded by a border of red and pink flowers

Background imageMessenger Collection: District Messengers / Gpo

District Messengers / Gpo
Young boys worked as GPO District Couriers and delivered packages all over London. Here, they leave the District Messenger & Theatre Office. Date: circa 1930

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M38 Messenger 2B G-AGPX

Miles M38 Messenger 2B G-AGPX
Miles M38 Messenger 2B, G-AGPX

Background imageMessenger Collection: Western Front, France, 1918

Western Front, France, 1918
Telephone and pigeon men in a shell hole. Telephone lines are broken so messages have to be sent by carrier pigeons on the Western Front in France during World War I on 25th April 1918

Background imageMessenger Collection: Benzole Company National Agency round sign

Benzole Company National Agency round sign
A circular tin/alloy sign advertising National Agency - Benzole Company Ltd. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Background imageMessenger Collection: Olivetti Advert 1928

Olivetti Advert 1928
An Olivetti typewriter is held aloft by Hermes, messenger of the gods and patron of the telecommunications industry

Background imageMessenger Collection: Alice, King, Rabbit, Hatter

Alice, King, Rabbit, Hatter
The Hatter, with Alice, the White King, the Rabbit Messenger and the Lion

Background imageMessenger Collection: Comic postcard, Pretty woman and messenger boy in theatre dressing room

Comic postcard, Pretty woman and messenger boy in theatre dressing room. Date: early 20th century

Background imageMessenger Collection: Comic postcard, Cupid with fig leaves - Luggage in advance. Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Cupid with fig leaves - Luggage in advance. Date: early 20th century

Background imageMessenger Collection: The Arabian Nights, illustration by Edmund Dulac

The Arabian Nights, illustration by Edmund Dulac. The Fisherman and the Genie. Recalling the fisherman by a swift messenger. Date: 1907

Background imageMessenger Collection: Major Richardson's Sentry and Ambulance Dogs, Earl's Court

Major Richardson's Sentry and Ambulance Dogs, Earl's Court
Major Richardson's Sentry and Ambulance Dogs - Imperial Services Exhibition, Earl's Court, London

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles Messenger 2A G-AKKO

Miles Messenger 2A G-AKKO
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AKKO (msn 6716) Date: circa 1961

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles Messenger 2A G-AKEZ

Miles Messenger 2A G-AKEZ
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AKEZ (msn 6707) Date: circa 1961

Background imageMessenger Collection: History of France. 1400. From left to right, 2

History of France. 1400. From left to right, 2: Charles VII of France (1403-1461), 3: citizen, 4-5: noblemen, 6: professor, 7: citizen, 8: page, 9: citizen, 10: herald, 11-12: princes

Background imageMessenger Collection: History of France. 1400. From left to right, 1

History of France. 1400. From left to right, 1: citizen, 2: Charles VII of France (1403-1461), 3: citizen, 4-5: noblemen, 6: professor, 7: citizen, 8: page, 9: citizen, 10: herald, 11-12: princes

Background imageMessenger Collection: Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). Arrival of a homing pigeon in Paris during the siege. Engraving

Background imageMessenger Collection: A king with officers of his court from a 14th century MS

A king with officers of his court from a 14th century MS

Background imageMessenger Collection: Duke WIlliam of Normandy on his throne receiving a messenger

Duke WIlliam of Normandy on his throne receiving a messenger
Mounted messengers from Duke William of Normandy racing to Count Guy I of Ponthieu, and William on his throne receiving a Saxon messenger in his palace

Background imageMessenger Collection: Portrait of William, Duke of Normandy, with his banner

Portrait of William, Duke of Normandy, with his banner
Portrait of William, Duke of Normandy, in chlamys with his banner receiving a messenger

Background imageMessenger Collection: Roman messenger god Mercury in petasos

Roman messenger god Mercury in petasos
Head of the Roman messenger god Mercury in petasos hat or helmet. Etruscan Turms, Greek Hermes. From a cornelian gem. Mercurius Incis in Corneola

Background imageMessenger Collection: Roman god Mercury with caduceus and rooster

Roman god Mercury with caduceus and rooster. In Etruscan religion, messenger god and god of trade Turms. Roman Mercury, Greek Hermes. From an engraved agate gem. Mercurius in Achate ap March

Background imageMessenger Collection: Roman god Mercury with caduceus and winged hat

Roman god Mercury with caduceus and winged hat
Roman god Mercury with caduceus, staff, winged petasos hat and winged feet. In Etruscan religion, messenger god and god of trade Turms. Roman Mercury, Greek Hermes. From an engraved cornelian gem

Background imageMessenger Collection: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey receiving a letter from King Henry VIII

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey receiving a letter from King Henry VIII
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, 1473-1530, receiving a letter from King Henry VIII while riding near York, 1530. Copperplate engraving from M. A. Jones History of England from Julius Caesar to George IV, G

Background imageMessenger Collection: Norman messenger bringing news of Harold before the Battle of Ha

Norman messenger bringing news of Harold before the Battle of Ha
A messenger bringing news of Harold to William Duke of Normandy before the Battle of Hastings 1066. Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest 1066

Background imageMessenger Collection: Native American swimmer-couriers in Peru, 1800s

Native American swimmer-couriers in Peru, 1800s. Men with letters wrapped in turbans swim in rivers between Quito and Jaen de Bracamoros Province

Background imageMessenger Collection: Bust of Pallas, daughter of Triton

Bust of Pallas, daughter of Triton
Bust of Pallas in Etruscan helmet with raised crest, carved breastplate, daughter of Triton and messenger of the seas. In hyacinth topaz. Pallade. In hiacinto

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AIEK / RG333

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AIEK / RG333
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AIEK / RG333 (msn 6339), at RAF Gaydon circa 1970

Background imageMessenger Collection: Training dogs in the trenches, WW1

Training dogs in the trenches, WW1
Training war dogs

Background imageMessenger Collection: Love's Messenger by S. E. Waller, Valentine, Love Letter

Love's Messenger by S. E. Waller, Valentine, Love Letter
Love's Messenger by S.E. Waller, Valentine, Love Letter, Greyhound - Cassell's Family Magazine 1896

Background imageMessenger Collection: WW2, R. A. F. Messenger Pigeons

WW2, R. A. F. Messenger Pigeons
An illustration which shows a man of the Royal Air Force tending the the messenger pigeons

Background imageMessenger Collection: Le Messager De Cupidon

Le Messager De Cupidon
This illustration, titled Cupid's Messenger, portrays a seated man, with his wife sat on his knee in a dining room, routing through his mail bag. Date: circa 1901

Background imageMessenger Collection: Photographs of women at work, in traditionally male roles

Photographs of women at work, in traditionally male roles

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 4B G-AKVZ

Miles M. 38 Messenger 4B G-AKVZ
Miles M.38 Messenger 4B G-AKVZ (msn 6352), at Biggin Hill in October 1969. Date: 1969

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AZHT

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AZHT
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AZHT (msn 6334), at Elstree in May 1969. Date: 1969

Background imageMessenger Collection: Death taking the hat of the Cardinal as he

Death taking the hat of the Cardinal as he receives a messenger

Background imageMessenger Collection: ELIZABETH TOLD MARY DEAD

ELIZABETH TOLD MARY DEAD
Queen Elizabeth receiving the news of the death of her sister, Queen Mary, who died on 17 November. Date: 1558

Background imageMessenger Collection: German court messenger and old man, 15th century

German court messenger and old man, 15th century
German male fashions of the late 15th century. Costume of a court messenger with brooch and lance, from painting of the life of St. Sigismund

Background imageMessenger Collection: Armorial shields of the crossbowmens guild, late

Armorial shields of the crossbowmens guild, late
Armorial shields of members of the crossbowmens guild in Munich, late 15th century. A Hans Duke of Bavaria, 1463, B Hainrich 1486, C Hans Duke of Saarwerden, D unknown, E C

Background imageMessenger Collection: Audiences with Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, 1365

Audiences with Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, 1365
Audiences with Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV

Background imageMessenger Collection: Skeleton of Death grabbing the hat of a Cardinal

Skeleton of Death grabbing the hat of a Cardinal as he receives a Papal bull from a messenger in a vineyard

Background imageMessenger Collection: Livery of a French courier, Napoleonic era

Livery of a French courier, Napoleonic era

Background imageMessenger Collection: Uniform of a messager d etat (state messenger)

Uniform of a messager d etat (state messenger) under the Directory. Each councilor had four messengers who wore white tunic, blue coat and hat with tricolor plumes

Background imageMessenger Collection: Telegram Messenger Boy

Telegram Messenger Boy - People You See. From Teddy Bear (24 October 1964). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1964

Background imageMessenger Collection: Cumberland County Rugby Team

Cumberland County Rugby Team: Fletcher, Messenger, Blacklock, Mumberson, Steel, Fawcett, Mawsor, Timmony, Bell, Elliot, Cunningham, Westray, Moore, Bell, Davidson, Ritson, Graham. 1890s

Background imageMessenger Collection: French regimental pigeonnier releasing a carrier pigeon

French regimental pigeonnier releasing a carrier pigeon. Pigeons were found useful in World War One to send messages and had not been entirely superseded by wireless telegraphy. Date: 1916

Background imageMessenger Collection: A messenger runs with the news that a gas main is on fire after an air raid during World

A messenger runs with the news that a gas main is on fire after an air raid during World War II Date: 1939-1945

Background imageMessenger Collection: Telegraphic message boy

Telegraphic message boy
Telegraph boy employed to deliver telegrams, holding his leather satchel with an important sealed message

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AKIM

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AKIM
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AKIM (msn 6724), built by Miles (Northern Ireland) Ltd. at Newtownards and flown to Woodley for completion to customer specification. Date: 1950s-1960s

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A ZK-AWE

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A ZK-AWE
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A ZK-AWE (msn 6717), somewhere in New Zealand. Built as G-AKKL by Miles (Northern Ireland Ltd.) at Newtownards it was registered to Godfrey Holmes Ltd

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 4A G-AKVZ

Miles M. 38 Messenger 4A G-AKVZ
Miles M.38 Messenger 4A G-AKVZ (msn 6352). Civilianised after WWII G-AJDF was built as RH427 by Miles (Northern Ireland Ltd.) at Newtownards, for the Royal Air Force. Date: 1960s

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AKIR

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AKIR
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AKIR (msn 6726). G-AKIR was built by Miles (Northern Ireland Ltd.) at Newtownards in 1947. Date: 1950s-1960s

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 4A G-AJDF

Miles M. 38 Messenger 4A G-AJDF
Miles M.38 Messenger 4A G-AJDF at Newcastle in 1963. Civilianised after WWII, G-AJDF was built as RH370 by Miles (Northern Ireland) Ltd. at Newtownards, for the Royal Air Force. Date: 1963

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AJFF

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AJFF
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AJFF (msn 6363). Date: 1950s-1960s

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AJFC

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AJFC
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AJFC (msn 6349). Date: 1950s

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AJOE

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AJOE
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AJOE (msn 6367) at Woodley. Registered on 24 June 1947 and sold to Reproducers and Amplifiers Ltd. Wolverhampton. Date: 1947

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AJVC

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AJVC
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AJVC (msn 6371). After several UK based operators, G-AJVC was taken on by Tyrolean Travel Ltd

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A - G-AIEK

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A - G-AIEK
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AIEK (msn 6339) at White Waltham Date: 1950s-1960s

Background imageMessenger Collection: Blue Carrier Cock Pigeon

Blue Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a Blue Carrier Cock standing in full-length. The Blue Carrier Cock (Blue Bar), is one of the oldest English fancy breeds of pigeon

Background imageMessenger Collection: Black Carrier Cock Pigeon

Black Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of the Black Carrier Cock shown in a countryside landscape, with three of its kind visible in the background

Background imageMessenger Collection: Minerva, Mars, and Mercury, Roman gods

Minerva, Mars, and Mercury, Roman gods

Background imageMessenger Collection: Triton and Nereid by Arnold Bocklin - Symbolist Painting

Triton and Nereid by Arnold Bocklin - Symbolist Painting
Reproduction of a work by Arnold Bocklin (18271901) a Swiss symbolist painter, entitled " Triton and Nereid"

Background imageMessenger Collection: London District Messenger Service

London District Messenger Service - Messenger boy in distinctive uniform with cap at jaunty angle. Date: circa 1905

Background imageMessenger Collection: NFS messenger boy at Pimlico bombing, WW2

NFS messenger boy at Pimlico bombing, WW2
The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico, with a messenger boy in the foreground. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene

Background imageMessenger Collection: Messenger on horseback

Messenger on horseback
A messenger from Sandringham bringing news of the Prince of Wales illness

Background imageMessenger Collection: Major Richardson and his messenger dogs

Major Richardson and his messenger dogs
Major Edwin Hautenville Richardson, renowned trainer of dogs for military use and founder of the British War Dog School during the First World War

Background imageMessenger Collection: British passport from Madrid to Gibraltar

British passport from Madrid to Gibraltar, made out to Captain John Coulson, British subject, travelling with despatches, dated 3 November 1900. 1900

Background imageMessenger Collection: The Annunciation by Piero del Pollaiuolo (1443-1496)

The Annunciation by Piero del Pollaiuolo (1443-1496)
Piero del Pollaiuolo (1443-1496). Italian painter. The Annunciation. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Background imageMessenger Collection: Heliodorus expulsed of the Temple of Jerusalem by heavenly m

Heliodorus expulsed of the Temple of Jerusalem by heavenly m
Heliodorus. 2nd century BC. Minister of the Syrian king Seleucus IV Philopator. Tried to seize the treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem. Heliodorus expulsed of the temple by heavenly messengers

Background imageMessenger Collection: The Archangel Gabriel gives the Qur an to Muhammad on Mount

The Archangel Gabriel gives the Qur an to Muhammad on Mount
Revelation of Tanail. The Archangel Gabriel gives the Qur an to Muhammad on Mount Hira during a battle. Ottoman miniature. 15th century. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Background imageMessenger Collection: First ride of Pony Express, Missouri to California, USA

First ride of Pony Express, Missouri to California, USA
Depiction of the first ride of Pony Express, from St Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California, USA, on 3 April 1860

Background imageMessenger Collection: WW2 Poster -- ATS Carry The Messages

WW2 Poster -- ATS Carry The Messages
ATS Carry The Messages. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Date: 1940

Background imageMessenger Collection: Miles M48 Messenger 3 G-AGOY

Miles M48 Messenger 3 G-AGOY
Miles M48 Messenger 3, G-AGOY, the prototype Miles M65 Gemini, G-AGUS, and Miles M57 Aerovan II, G-AGWO

Background imageMessenger Collection: Balloon designs by Charles & Robert and Montgolfier

Balloon designs by Charles & Robert and Montgolfier
Balloon designs by Charles and Robert (1, 5) and the Montgolfier Brothers (2, 3, 4). No. 3 ascended from Versailles. No. 4 ascended from the Chateau de la Muette. No

Background imageMessenger Collection: Wartime Messenger Dog

Wartime Messenger Dog
A soldier writes a message to give back to a French messenger dog on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

Background imageMessenger Collection: Circular sign for National Benzole Mixture

Circular sign for National Benzole Mixture
A round enamel sign advertising National Benzole Mixture, with the distinctive logo emblem of the head of the winged messenger God Mercury. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Background imageMessenger Collection: Stylised illustration depicting Fortune and Mercury

Stylised illustration depicting Fortune and Mercury
Stylised illustration depicting Fortune bearing an overflowing cornucopia and Mercury, the winged messenger god

Background imageMessenger Collection: British passport from Gibraltar to Madrid

British passport from Gibraltar to Madrid, one journey, made out to Captain J Coulson, Army Service Corps, Bearer of Despatches. 1900

Background imageMessenger Collection: The Transvaal (Boer) Crisis

The Transvaal (Boer) Crisis
A Field Cornets messenger hands over commandos to Boer farmers to be ready for war Date: 1899



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