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Midst Collection

Background imageMidst Collection: Nelson turns a blind eye - Battle of Copenhagen

Nelson turns a blind eye - Battle of Copenhagen
Admiral Lord Nelson ignoring the signal from Sir Hyde Parker to stop fighting. He is looking though his telescope with his blind eye (popularising the phrase to turn a blind eye )

Background imageMidst Collection: The Shepherd

The Shepherd
This oil painting portrays an old shepherd, leaning on his crook in the midst of his flock of sheep and lambs, along the water's edge. Date: circa 1918

Background imageMidst Collection: RMS Titanic, Charles Lightoller summons

RMS Titanic, Charles Lightoller summons
RMS Titanic - Second Officer Charles Lightoller. An official summons to appear before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia

Background imageMidst Collection: Dalgety Essex Advertisement

Dalgety Essex Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Dalgety & Company Limited, promoting a black Essex standard touring phaeton with five cord tyres

Background imageMidst Collection: A physician, his patient, a coffin and two skeletons

A physician, his patient, a coffin and two skeletons
Frontispiece of Robert Poole's A physical vade mecum (1741). Depicting a physician, his patient acoffin and two skeletons

Background imageMidst Collection: The Triumph of Death In the midst of life

The Triumph of Death In the midst of life... a reminder that Death is waiting for us all... Date: 14th century

Background imageMidst Collection: Finchley Road Stn

Finchley Road Stn
Finchley Road station, on the Hampstead Junction Railway, is idyllically located midst green fields

Background imageMidst Collection: Unidentified Station

Unidentified Station
Railway station, refreshment rooms and hotel - seemingly in the midst of nowhere. Regrettably, we have no idea where this elaborate establishment is located

Background imageMidst Collection: Turkish Sultan

Turkish Sultan
A Turkish sultan, depicted as a picturesque figure with his noble steed in the midst of battle

Background imageMidst Collection: Plants / Nicotiana Tabacum

Plants / Nicotiana Tabacum
TOBACCO PLANT described by Gerard as Henbane of Peru Some cannot forbeare [go without] it, no not in the midst of their dinner

Background imageMidst Collection: Jews at Babylon / Martin

Jews at Babylon / Martin
The Jews, taken in captivity to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar II, grieve by the rivers of Babylon (the Euphrates) and hang their harps upon the willows in the midst thereof

Background imageMidst Collection: Trafalgar 1805

Trafalgar 1805
In the midst of battle

Background imageMidst Collection: Gardens / Operations / 1867

Gardens / Operations / 1867
A Victorian gardener in the midst of potting duties

Background imageMidst Collection: Trafalgar (Cigarette Crd

Trafalgar (Cigarette Crd
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR in the midst of battle

Background imageMidst Collection: Trafalgar (Turner)

Trafalgar (Turner)
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR in the midst of battle

Background imageMidst Collection: Hotei, God of Children

Hotei, God of Children
The God of the Children, one of the most popular of Japanese deities, he personifies the contented spirit in the midst of adverse circumstances

Background imageMidst Collection: Albatross in Storm

Albatross in Storm
(diomedeida) An albatross hunts for food in the midst of a storm, as a ship founders nearby

Background imageMidst Collection: Herne and Henry

Herne and Henry
WINDSOR CASTLE Herne the Hunter appears to Henry VIII on the terrace in the midst of a storm


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