Messenger Collection (page 2)

Triton and Nereid by Arnold Bocklin - Symbolist Painting
Reproduction of a work by Arnold Bocklin (18271901) a Swiss symbolist painter, entitled " Triton and Nereid". See: 10949416 for an alternate version of the same scene by the same artist

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

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

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

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

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. Showing the first messenger setting off on what was the first fast mail line

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

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

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

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

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

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*

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

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

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

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

Cardinal Wolsey and the Kings Messenger -- Wolsey has lost favour with Henry VIII, and his downfall begins. circa 1529

French Front messenger-pigeon service 1917
Special mobil messenger-pigeon service lofts built on a motor-vehicle chassis were used in the Western Front during World War One

Pigeons for message-carrying WWI
Going going gone! During the First World War, homing pigeons were used extensively to transport messages back to their home coop behind the lines. 1917

Triptych by Paolo Schiavo (1397-1478)
Paolo Schiavo (1397-1478). Florentine painter. Triptych. Detail of the Annunciation. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Annunciation. Fresco depicting the Virgin Mary kneeling before the messenger angel. 12th century. South side of the apse. From the Church of Saint Peter Ad Vincula, Lavelilla

Grasshopper riding a moth on a Christmas card
Grasshopper riding on the back of a moth on a Christmas card -- Fairy Queens messenger. Date: circa 1890s

London Messenger Boy
A London messenger boy Date: 1908

The Messenger Boy by James T Tanner and Alfred Murray
Promotional postcard for The Messenger Boy by James T. Tanner and Alfred Murray; music Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. First produced Gaiety Theatre, 3rd February 1900

A Message From Mars by Richard Ganthony
Promotional postcard for A Message From Mars by Richard Ganthony. First produced at the Avenue Theatre, London on 22nd January 1899

Londoners 1911
A messenger boy: Artist: Ernest Ibbetson Date: 1911

Major Richardsons war dogs - bringing in a dispatch
Major Richardson, the renowned dog trainer, with two of his messenger dogs. During the Great War, Richardson was commandant of the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness

The Dogs of War - trained animals at work at the front
Messenger dogs, trained at the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness, pictured in action delivering messages at the front in a page from the Illustrated London News. Date: 1918

The Red Cross for the Russo-Japanese War
An ambulance dog supplied by Major Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer to the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war in 1904

The Dogs of War - training messenger dogs at Shoeburyness
Page from the Illustrated London News illustrating the work of the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness on the Essex coast in training dogs to become messengers at the front during the First World

Pigeons and their motor lorry home at the front, WWI
H.M. " Air" Service - Petrol and Pigeons at the Front. A motor lorry behind the lines, converted into a home for carrier pigeons, used to carry message at the front

White Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a White Carrier Cock standing in full-length with one other of its kind nesting in the background. The portrait brings to attention its distinctive features

Dun Carrier Cock Pigeon
A full-length portrait of a Dun Carrier Cock. The Dun Carrier Cock is an English fancy breed of pigeon. The large cere above the beak is one of the characteristics

Miles Messenger -this light VIP transport type was used by such as General Bernard Montgomery as his personal transport

French Pigeon Trainer, Illustrated War News, WW1
A French pigeon trainer with his avian pupils during the First World War. Pigeons, possessing a natural homing instinct, were used extensively as messengers during the conflict. Date: 1917

How staff are informed of movements at the Front by Matania
A scene in a stately French chateau. From the roar and the excitement of the trenches to the peaceful calm of a French chateau - a despatch rider at British headquarters with reports from

Nautical engineering- bolt machinery and messenger, 18th century.. Nautical engineering- Captain William Boltons machine for drawing bolts, Mr Phillips tubes for driving bolts, bits, ring rope

British War Dog School
Keepers and their canine charges at the British War Dog Training School, where dogs were trained to act as messengers at the front during the First World War

British War Dog School, Shoeburyness, 1917
Dogs and their keepers line up at the British War Dog School which was based at Shoeburyness on the Essex coast in 1917. The school was run by Colonel Edwin Richardson

Cleopatra and her court. Flemish tapestry 16th c
Cleopatra and her court. 2nd half 16 c. Cleopatra receives a messenger. Series of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Cardboard attributed to Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Possible manufacturing in Brussels

The Dogs of War - Let Loose
A page from The Bystander featuring pictures of the training of messenger dogs for war service by Major Richardson at his training school

Miles Messenger 2A G-AJFC built in 1947. Owned privately by George Gibson it crashed at Bognor Regis in 1963 Date: circa 1960

Vesta Tilley as a messenger boy
Miss Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall and variety entertainer best known for her male impersonations

Training dogs at the British War Dog School, WW1
Part of the training ground at the War Dog School, which trained dogs in readiness for serving at the front during First World War in various roles such as sentries and messengers

British messenger dog, WW1
Messenger dog, Nell. This dog worked with the British Army throughout the war, delivering messages between trenches and headquarters

Mrs Richardson and her dog pupils, WW1
Mrs Richardson, wife of Lieut.-Col. E. H. Richardson, Commandant of the British War Dog School during the First World War, pictured with a selection of some of her canine pupils

British messenger dogs, WW1
Keeper Coull with three of his charges - messenger dogs used by the British Army during the First World War to carry messages between trenches, headquarters and stretches of land

WW1 messenger dogs - training them under rifle fire
Messenger dogs of the British Army undergoing training under rifle fire, to mimic conditions under which they would have to carry messages on the Western Front. Date: 1914-18

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