Modern Collection (page 6)

Roman legionaries in armour building fortifications. One cuts wood with an axe, other bring lime in baskets, stones and timbers. From Trajans Column. Fortificazioni

BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1, opened in 1932. Date: circa early 1930s

Naba Leba, Queen of Solor, and a Malay girl from Timor. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy

Ancient depictions of Tamerlane or Timur, Turco-Mongol conqueror. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Carpet tapestry and Runic inscriptions of the Vikings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by P. Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Wedding of Edward and Eleonor of Castile, 1254
Wedding of 14-year-old Prince Edward (later King Edward I of England) and 11-year-old Eleonor of Castile at the monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos, 1254

Natives of the island of Formosa (Taiwan), depicted as headhunters and cannibals, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

View of the Island of Saint Helena, early 19th century, taken from a recent English map. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after an illustration by Beaugean from Giulio Ferrarios

Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Poster, exhibition of English Graphic Art, Zurich
Poster, Kunstsalon Wolfsberg exhibition of English Graphic Art, announcement of a Board of Trade and British Museum exhibition held in Zurich from June to August 1923

John F Kennedy Memorial Park, County Wexford, Ireland
John F Kennedy Memorial Park, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - Traction Terminal Building. Date: circa 1920s

Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Boylston Street (viewed from Arlington Street), Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1915

The Times Building, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Moses and the Burning Bush. Miniature. 16th century. France
Moses and the Burning Bush. Miniature. Montmorency Book of hours, 16th century. France

Room of Martin Luther (1483-1546) at Wartburg. Engraving. Co
Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Luthers room at Wartburg. Engraving by Hurel. The Religious Revolution, 1880. Colored

Saint James the Greater by Jusepe Ribera
Jusepe Ribera (1591-1652). Spanish painter. Saint James the Greater. 1631. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616). Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. Colored engraving

Ferdinand I of Two Sicilies (1751-1825)
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751-1825). King of Sicily, Naples and Two Sicilies. Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Spain. Murcia. Main Square and St. Nicholas Church
Spain. Murcia. Main Square (detail). At background, the tower of the Church of St. Nicholas (1735), baroque temple by Jose Perez

Jesus meets a patient cured by him and says: now you are healed and sin no more. Miniature. Codex Predis. Quattrocento Renaissance (XV century). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

View of Broadway, Fresno, California, USA, with the Goodfellows Grill, hotels and shops. 1939

Mass of Saint Gregory. 15th c. Attributed to Juan de Nalda. Castilian Spanish-Flemish School. It comes from the Convent of Santa Clara (Palencia). Gothic art. Painting. SPAIN

Codex Capodilista, 1442. Falconer
CAPODILISTA, Giovanni Francesco (15th c. - 15th c.). Capodilista Codex. 1434. Carlotus Capodilista de Transelgardi, nobleman of the lineage Capodilista, dressed in a falconers costume

Cable laying, Houses of Parliament, London
Laying cables in the street outside the Houses of Parliament, Central London

Standard Triumph car advertisement
Advertisement for Standard Triumph cars featuring a stylised festive character by Karo holding a Triumph saloon aloft in the air

Modern Athenians plate 6 - Edinburgh
John Jeffrey (1775-1848) the younger and only brother of Francis, Lord Jeffrey, facing Charles Kilpartick Sharpe (1781-1851) a long resident of Edinburgh, eccentric in ways and dress

Modern Athenians plate 9 - Edinburgh
Robert Thompson (d. 1843) an importer of Irish linen and a Whig, approaching Alexander Douglas (d. 1851) for many years a Commissioner of Police

Modern Athenians plate 2 - Edinburgh
Rev. David Dickinson (1780-1842) of St, Cuthberts church, approaching and shaking hands with Rev. Robert Candlish (died 1873) of St Georges Church

Modern Athenians plate 46 - Edinburgh
James Simson (d. 1876) doctor and president of the Royal College of Surgeons, approaching Alexander Monro (d. 1859) professor of Anatomy

Rugby Hero 1928
A dynamic rugby player surges forward

Cortes destroying his fleet. Colored engraving
Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Cortes destroying his fleet, moored in the Villa Rica of the Vera Cruz, to prevent defections among his crew. Volume I. Engraving by J

Young New Zealand. John Bull is riding an out-dated penny farthing while Young New Zealand has a modern bicycle. New Zealand gave women the vote in 1893. Illustrated by Joan Harvey Drew

Modern woodmen of America

The Charleston by Rose le Quesne
Humorous illustration recording the difficulties in mastering the Charleston. Date: 1927

Attack on Dacian Village
Roman troops attack a Dacian village, carrying a tree-trunk to batter down its gates (modern Romania) - they were finally defeated by Trajan in 106 Date: 101 - 106

Telford Modern Housing
New town style modern housing in Telford, Shropshire Date: 1950s

Modern Athenians plate 32 - Edinburgh
Mr David Tweedie and his brother John Tweedie (c. 1773-1847) on the Streets of Edinburgh. Both brothers partners in law

Modern Athenians plate 37 - Edinburgh
Capt. The Honorable Augustus G. F. Jocelyn (d. 1847) approaching Lieutenant General Sir Niel Douglas (1790-1853) commander and chief of the British army

Extra Streamline / W Heath Robinson
A long, low sleek streamlined car body. Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture

1804 / Pitt as Weathercock
A Hint for another Statue - or a Sketch of a Modern Weather Cock Pitt the Younger is satirised as a weathercock

Canberra: The First Class Lounge
Colour illustration depicting the First Class Lounge of Canberra, P&Os super-liner. The ship set off on her maiden voyage to Sydney, Australia in June 1961

Mexico / Tenochtitlan
A reconstruction of the Front wall and Entrance Gate of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs, above which modern Mexico City now stands

The forerunner of the modern type writer- a piano like machi
Photograph of a typewriter from 1851. This typewriter resembled a toy piano with black and white keys

Kenwood Mixer C1950S
A Kenwood mixer

Wroxeter (Vriconium)
A surviving section of the Roman wall of Wroxeter, the largest Roman city to survive completely without any modern development. Only the Roman Baths are on public display

Boss and Secretary 1928
A secretary stands beside her boss, seated at a desk whose size indicates his importance

Rama Iv(Mongkut) of Siam
CHAO FA MONGKUT Pictures with Queen Ramphuy. Worked to modernise Siam (modern Thailand), relinquishing control of Cambodia to the French (1867)

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