Nearby Collection (page 2)

Children At The Beach
A pastel painting showing a child climbing onto a nearby rock, covered in seaweed at the beach, more children are playing behind. Date: circa 1918

The Old Boat
This watercolour painting shows a simple, old boat, unusually placed amongst a group of houses, with two men in conversation nearby. Date: circa 1924

Melbourne from the West
An etching showing Melbourne, Victoria, from the West, with industrial towers and a nearby bridge. Date: circa 1921

Wharf Interior, The Thames
An etching showing an interior of a business premises on the East London Wharf by The Thames River. The business proprietor, William Jones, a lime burner, is leaning on a nearby barrel. Date: 1859

Autumn in Paris
An oil painting showing a bridge spanning a river in Paris, France, with nearby pedestrians travelling along the waters edge walkway. Date: circa 1921

At Macedon
A landscape oil painting depicting the ancient kingdom of Macedon, showing a colourful array of buildings in the distance, framed by nearby trees. Date: circa 1919

The Broken Waggon
A landscape oil painting showing a broken down wagon, with two horses nearby, in an Australian countryside setting. Date: circa 1919

The Broken Vase
An oil painting showing a seated mother wearing a pink dress, inspecting a large vase, which appears to be broken, with a sheeping looking boy standing nearby. Date: circa 1917

Williams Talc Powder Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Williams Talc Powder. The fragrance of an old-fashioned garden, promoting a nostalgia, the purity of mountain air and the softness of thistle down

The Plough
This oil painting shows a band of three workhorses ready to pull a plough, with a nearby farmer tinkering. Date: circa 1916

Hay Stack
Watercolour painting of a large hay stack, ready to be moved by the nearby trailer. Date: circa 1932

Washerwomen, Moret-sur-Loing
Oil painting showing some nearby women washing laundry in a river, being spanned by a bridge in the background. Date: circa 1931

Roads and Vagabonds
An illustration depicting numerous men on horseback pulling a stagecoach, in some kind of disarray with some farmers nearby with their dog. Date: circa 1931

The Card Party
Oil painting with great character and detail, showing four people playing cards at a table, three of whom are glaring at the nearby lady in a feathered hat and colourful skirt. Date: circa 1930

Large Ship Painting
An Oil painting showing a large ship nearby, with a few distant ships in the background. Date: circa 1926

A quaint street view in the village of Chipstead
Chipstead is near Sevenoaks in Kent. Nearby is a large lake created by gravel extraction. It is now used for swimming and sailing. Date: circa 1920

ABRAHAM AND ISAAC
He is all set to slit his son Isaac's throat when lo ! an angel turns up just in time with a reprieve for the lad, but a death sentence for a ram caught in a nearby thicket

CIMETIERE MONTMARTRE
Looking down on the Montmartre cemetery from a nearby house, close to where it is crossed by the Pont Caulaincourt Date: circa 1905

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A thing of duty - no joy whatever
The Caption is A thing of duty is no joy whatever. The concept of Duty was impressed upon the population during the war as one of the planks of morale. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

German bunker, Oosttaverne Wood, Oostaverne
This bunker is one that formed part of the German defensive line that was attacked on 7 June 1917, the opening of the Messines prelude to the battle for Passchendaele

View over Dikkebus Lake, Dickebusch, Belgium
The name Dickebusch means hick forest and dates from the time that this area was dense woodland. The Germans never took the lake, although they reached the water in May 1918

Welsh National Memorial Dragon, Hagebos - Iron Cross
This fine memorial in Belgium is not only to the 38th Welsh Division, but to all Welsh Forces who fought in the Ypres Salient. It is similar to the dragon at Mametz on the Somme

Bus House CWGC Voormezeele, Belgium
Marking places on battefields is always a tricky business. hence the use of simple identifiers such as Lone Tree, Railway Corner etc. Our old friend Rose Coombs told how this cemetery got its name

Memorial to Irish poet Francis Ledwidge, Artillery Wood
The memorial, mounted on a brick plinth, carries a photo of the poet. Beside it the Irish flag flies, there is an information board and behind is an apple tree planted in his memory on 27 March 2010

Memorial to 14th Field Regiment RCA, Bernieres
The Memorial reads, The shore nearby and the field you are facing saw the sacrifice of the following members of 14 Field Regt RCA

50th Northumrian Division Asnelles Normandy
The memorial is at a crossroads named Alexander Stanier after the Commander of the leading brigade (the 231st) of the 50th that landed on Gold Beach. Nearby are memorials to the leading battalions

Prescoed Camp, near Usk, Monmouthshire
Prescoed Camp used to house well-behaved inmates from the nearby Usk Borstal, Monmouthshire. Date: circa 1945

Entrance of Romero to Mexico 1865
Entrance of Matias Romero into Mexico, surrounded by soldiers, as people nearby watch. Romero was Benito Juraez Minister to the United States

Woods near Haslemere, Surrey, with a stream running through and farm buildings nearby. Date: 1906

Couple at Refrigerator Date: 1948

Little Lady Hops Aboard Date: 1948

Child Plays in Water Date: 1948

Mom and Son in Playpen Date: 1948

Cowboy Views Herd Date: 1947

Engineer Chats with Boys Date: 1950

Rainy Day in the City Date: 1950

Artists Studio Visit Date: 1944

Distracted by Butterfly Date: 1944

Island Girl at Tahiti, Bora Bora

Ring ORoses - circa 1880
Three little children dance in a ring whilst holding hands, as fluffy lambs frolic in a nearby meadow. Date: circa 1880

TESTING THE CONSTRUCTION
Troops from the nearby Knightsbridge barracks are made to run in step, to test the strength of the flooring in the Exhibition. Date: 1851

SEE-SAW / LATE C19TH
A group of children enjoy a makeshift see-saw fashioned from a wooden barrel and a plank of wood taken from a nearby building site Date: late 19th century

C17 METALWORKER
A metalworker sits on a trestle and uses his hammer on a metal item softened by heating on that nearby stove. Date: 17th century

China - The Ha-Ta-Men, one of the Great Gates of Peking
Lantern slide of The Ha-Ta-Men, one of the Great Gates of Peking (Beijing). The Chongwenmen Gate was popularly called Hatamen after the Mongol Prince Hata who lived in a nearby palace

Socorro Sighting 1964
Patrolman Lonnie Zamora sees a landed spacecraft, with two aliens standing nearby; they rapidly leave, leaving four scorch-marks where the legs had rested on the ground

Venezuela / Orinoco 1894
VENEZUELA - The banks of the Orinoco teem with picturesque wildlife, but some it can be dangerous, too - note that leopard prowling nearby

Seaman aboard ship
A Victorian Royal Naval seaman poses on the deck of a ship. A group of sailors are rowing a lifeboat nearby. Date: 1899

St Peters Orphanage, Isle of Thanet, Essex
The garden of St Peters Orphanage, Isle of Thanet. A group of women sit on the grass, one in a deckchair. Nearby, a girl holds a rake. Date: circa 1905

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