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Metropolitan Collection (page 9)

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Two women police officers outside a police station

Two women police officers outside a police station. On the left is a sergeant, on the right WPC Daphne Acton in the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Male and female police officers in a London street

Male and female police officers in a London street, with a building called Benson Court behind them (probably in N19). The WPC is wearing the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Women police officers at passing out parade, London

Women police officers at passing out parade, London
Two women police officers in uniform, with medals, at a Cadet School passing out parade, London, in the summer of 1981. Date: 1981

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Woman police officer Shirley Jennings, London

Woman police officer Shirley Jennings, London
Woman police officer Shirley Jennings (joined May 1941, later Becke), standing in a park on a sunny day. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: London Underground Opened 1863

London Underground Opened 1863
Dignitaries taking a ride on the first train on the Metropolitan Railway, including William Gladstone and his wife (at the front of the carriage on the left). Date: 1863

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: ITURBIDE, Agust�(1783-1824). Mexican general

ITURBIDE, Agust�(1783-1824). Mexican general
ITURBIDE, Agust� (1783-1824). Mexican general and statesman. Emperor of Mexico (1822-1823). Allegory of his coronation by Peace

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Marriage of King Constantine of the Hellenes & Princess Anne

Marriage of King Constantine of the Hellenes & Princess Anne
Wedding, at the Athens Metropolitan Basilica of the Annunciation, of eighteen year old Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark and twenty-four year old King Constantine of Greece

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary, Brownlow Hill

Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary, Brownlow Hill
A view of the Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary at Brownlow Hill, now the site of the citys Metropolitan Cathedral. Date: 1925

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: LCC-LFB bus crash, Walworth Road SE17

LCC-LFB bus crash, Walworth Road SE17
London firefighters, London ambulance service and Metropolitan Police attend the scene of crash between two London Transport buses in South London near the Elephant and Castle

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex

Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex
Ships company on the TS Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the Thames off Grays, Essex. In 1903

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Metropolitan Convalescent Home, Cooden, Bexhill-on-Sea

Metropolitan Convalescent Home, Cooden, Bexhill-on-Sea
Exterior view of the Metropolitan Convalescent Home at Cooden, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. The building was completed in 1905, and demolished in 1988. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Metropolitan Police officers teaching road safety

Metropolitan Police officers teaching road safety to children. The man in the white outfit with traffic lights on his front is Safety Sam

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Fitting of Metropolitan Police uniform, south east London

Fitting of Metropolitan Police uniform, south east London
A Metropolitan Police officer is fitted with his uniform at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London. There are rows of helmets and piles of clothes on counter tops

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Police Tea Break

Police Tea Break
A Metropolitan Police officer drinking a cup of tea break on Derby Day. In 1947 over 16 million cups of tea were drunk by the Metropolitan Police

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Police Charge Room

Police Charge Room
Police charge room in a police station Metropolitan Police

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Police in Uniform 1977

Police in Uniform 1977
WPC wearing Surrey cap and PC wearing Queen Elizabeth II helmet plate, EIIR Metropolitan Police

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Police Officer Uniform

Police Officer Uniform
Police officer in uniform. Metropolitan Police

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Two women police officers in a London street

Two women police officers in a London street
Two women police officers walking along a London street, going past the Talbot Cafe. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Charles Samuel Egerton, London fireman

Charles Samuel Egerton, London fireman
Charles Samuel Egerton, fireman with the Metropolitan (London) Fire Brigade, in a head and shoulders portrait (see also 10535448 and 10535449). circa 1903

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Greece. Mystras. Metropolitan Church of Saint Demetrius (Agi

Greece. Mystras. Metropolitan Church of Saint Demetrius (Agios Dimitrios). Founded late 13th century. Painting murals. Scene life of st. Demetrius

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Greek art. Greece. Terracotta neck amphora. 7th century BC

Greek art. Greece. Terracotta neck amphora. 7th century BC. Proto-Attic Period. It represents Herakles grabbing the hair of the centaur Nessus. Behind Herakles, a four-horse chariot and a driver

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Theodore Chasseriau (1819- 1856). French painter. Comtesse d

Theodore Chasseriau (1819- 1856). French painter. Comtesse d
Theodore Chasse?riau (1819- 1856). French painter. Comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg (Marie-Louise-Charlotte-Gabrielle Thomas de Pange, 18161850). 1841. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Phoenician art. Cyprus. 4th century BC. Grave marker. Limest

Phoenician art. Cyprus. 4th century BC. Grave marker. Limest
Phoenician art. Cyprus. 4th century BC. Classical Period. Grave marker depicting two men reclining at a banquet (top) and a couple (bottom). Limestone. It comes from Golgoi (Cyprus)

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Phoenician art. Cyprus. Bearded man with votive offerings. C

Phoenician art. Cyprus. Bearded man with votive offerings. Ca. 475-450 BC. Classical Period. Limestone. Comes from Golgoi (Cyprus). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Cyprus. Limestone male head wearing a helmet with a bird. Ar

Cyprus. Limestone male head wearing a helmet with a bird. Archaic Period. Last quarter of the 6th century B.C. It comes from Golgoi (Cyprus). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Phoenician art. Cyprus. Marble anthropoid sarcophagus with w

Phoenician art. Cyprus. Marble anthropoid sarcophagus with womans head. Last quarter of the 5th century B.C. It comes from a tomb at Amathus (Cyprus). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Persian-Achaemenid art. Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a f

Persian-Achaemenid art. Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a f
Persian-Achaemenid art. Islamic Republic of Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a fantastic leonine creature. 5th Century BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Mesopotamian art. Bust of a ruler, dated between 2300 and 20

Mesopotamian art. Bust of a ruler, dated between 2300 and 2000 BC. Early Bronze Age. It comes from Iran (?). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Mesopotamian art. Sumer. Gudea of A?a?A?a?Lagash (2150-210

Mesopotamian art. Sumer. Gudea of A?a?A?a?Lagash (2150-2100 BC). Sculpture of the neo-Sumerian period, in diorite. Girsu (modern Tello). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Egyptian Art. Stela of King Intef II Wahankh. First Intermed

Egyptian Art. Stela of King Intef II Wahankh. First Intermed
Egyptian Art. Stela of King Intef II Wahankh. Pharaoh offering milk and beer to the gods Ra and Hathor. First Intermediate Period. 11th Dynasty. ca. 21082059 B.C

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Egyptian Art. Funerary Stela of the Gatekeeper Maaty. First

Egyptian Art. Funerary Stela of the Gatekeeper Maaty. First Intermediate Period. 11th Dynasty. Reign of Mentuhotep II, early. ca. 20512030 B.C. Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, el-Tarif probably

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Egyptian Art. Stela of Intef I. Ca. 2021-1981 B. C

Egyptian Art. Stela of Intef I. Ca. 2021-1981 B. C
Egyptian Art. Stela of Intef I. ca. 2021-1981 B.C. Middle Kingdom. First Intermediate Period. 11th Dynasty. Fayum Entrance Area, Herakleopolis (Ihnasya el-Medina, Ahnas, Ehnasya). Egypt

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Pre-Columbian Art. Aztec. Mexico. Seated Deity (Macuilxochit

Pre-Columbian Art. Aztec. Mexico. Seated Deity (Macuilxochitl). 15thearly 16th century. Basalt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Pre-Columbian Art. Tumaco or La Tolita Culture. (600 B. C. an

Pre-Columbian Art. Tumaco or La Tolita Culture. (600 B. C. an
Pre-Columbian Art. Tumaco or La Tolita Culture. (600 b.C. and 200 A.C.). Standing figure. (1st. b.C.-1st. d.C.). Gold. Colombia or Ecuador. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Pre-Columbian Art. Colombia. Anthropomorphic pendant. 5th10

Pre-Columbian Art. Colombia. Anthropomorphic pendant. 5th10th century. Gold. It comes from the Department of Tolima. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Pre-Columbian Art. Colombia. Calima (LLama) culture. Gold fu

Pre-Columbian Art. Colombia. Calima (LLama) culture. Gold funerary mask. 5th1st century BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Lucius Verus Augustus. (130-169). Roman Emperor (161-169)

Lucius Verus Augustus. (130-169). Roman Emperor (161-169). Fragmentary roman marble bust. Antonine period. It comes from a villa in Acqua Traversa (near Rome). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Caracalla. Roman emperor. Marble portrait. 3rd century

Caracalla. Roman emperor. Marble portrait. 3rd century
Marcus Aurelius Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (186-217). Roman Emperor (211-217). Marble portrait. 3rd century. Severan period. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Sphinx-shaped bracket. (27 B. C 14 A. C. ). Augustan period. Ma

Sphinx-shaped bracket. (27 B. C 14 A. C. ). Augustan period. Ma
Roman Art. Sphinx-shaped bracket. (27 b.C 14 a.C.). Augustan period. Marble. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Greek Art. Hellenistic. Marble head of a god, probably Zeus

Greek Art. Hellenistic. Marble head of a god, probably Zeus. 3rd or 2nd century B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Upper part of the marble stele (grave marker) of Kallidemos

Upper part of the marble stele (grave marker) of Kallidemos
Greek art. Greece. Upper part of the marble stele (grave marker) of Kallidemos. Date ca. 350-325 BC. Comes from Attica. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Two police officers in a police station, London

Two police officers in a police station, London
Two police officers, one male, one female, in a police station, London, standing on either side of the counter. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Two police officers working in a station, London

Two police officers working in a station, London
Two police officers working in a London police station. The WPC is Maureen (Mo) Dennison. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Two women police officers working in a station, London

Two women police officers working in a station, London
Two women police officers working in a London police station, looking in a book. One of them is Maureen (Mo) Dennison (right). Date: circa 1950s

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Five police officers, including Inspector Helen Hunt

Five police officers, including Inspector Helen Hunt, who is wearing the Norman Hartnell style womens uniform introduced in 1968

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Male and female police officers at an inspection parade

Male and female police officers at an inspection parade
Police officers (including one woman) taking part in an inspection parade, Met Police, London. Date: circa early 1960s

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: Male and female police officers in Nijmegen March, Holland

Male and female police officers in Nijmegen March, Holland
Male and female police officers of the Met Police taking part in a Nijmegen March in Holland. Date: 1950s

Background imageMetropolitan Collection: CS Winifred Barker and Superintendent Shirley Becke

CS Winifred Barker and Superintendent Shirley Becke
Winifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960



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