Ordering Collection

Angel commanding Hagar to return to Sarah
The Angel of the Lord commanding Hagar to return to her mistress Sarah - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 16.9. 1787

Toothbrushes (Adverts)
Toothbrushes and Combs

Ordering Christmas Dainties, Steven Spurrier
Ordering Christmas Dainties, illustration by Steven Spurrier, artist (1878-1961). Showing a woman and girl ordering at the counter of a Victorian tea and grocery shop

Ordering rooms by wireless, The Savoy Hotel, London
Remote booking, ordering rooms by wireless, The Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1911

VILLAGERS MURDERED
In a village near Louvain, Belgium, the Germans set fire to homes, ordering the inhabitants to stay inside ; those that try to flee are shot. Date: 1915

Comic postcard, Ordering a pair of trousers Date: 20th century

Cromwell dissolving the English Parliament
This illustration shows Cromwell asserting his authority in dissolving the English Rump Parliament on 20 April 1653. He is shown ordering the removal of the golden mace from Parliament. 1653

JAPANESE SHOPPING LIST
The Japanese lady of the house writes out her shopping list for her maid. The maid does not take any money to the shops with her and all accounts are settled monthly. Date: 1930s

FOREIGNER ORDERS FOOD
A foreigner struggles to order a meal in a restaurant. Date: 1849

Manco Capac, legendary founder of the Inca Empire, ordering the construction of the city of Cuzco, capital of the Empire. Illustration in Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande

Poster, Air Taxis, always at your service, sure, speedy and satisfactory. Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd. 20th century

Cartoon, The aperitif. A waiter stands beside a table whilst a seated couple read the menu. The woman asks her husband why he has such a good appetite

Drogheda Massacre
Cromwell besieges and takes Drogheda, ordering massacre of the garrison, some 3000 men (mostly English) Date: 12 September 1649

Henry Becque
The writer Henry Becque signals for more of the same Date: circa 1890

In the Firing Line
A smartly dressed man, which a perplexed expression, being caught with the woman in pink and being told to be sent away by the man in militray uniform, who has an angry expression. Date: 1918

Lyons Corner House
A Lyons Nippie waitress at a Lyons Corner House tries to take down an order from a young couple, who seem more interested in one another than ordering food or drinks! Date: early 1930s

Ismail Pacha ordering his chibouque. Ismail Pacha (Hungarian general Kmety), full-length portrait, seated on gabion, facing front; three soldiers stand behind him, as a servant hands him his pipe

Ordering from Trolley
A man orders his food by choosing from a trolley in a hotel restaurant. Date: 1950s

A dogs education
Three young girls train a small white dog who sits obediently on the table in front of them. One of the girls takes the dogs paw and orders him to be quiet by holding her finger against her lips

Popish Plot Document
Proclamation ordering a complete inquiry into the (supposed) Popish Plot against the late Charles II, in the belief that the sinister conspiracy might continue

Nelsons devotion to his friend Hardy
Captain Horatio Nelson ordering the Minerva to slow under the guns of the Spaniards in order that Hardy might be saved. Hardy had gone to the rescue of a sailor who had fallen overboard

Placing an Order 1929
A smart waiter takes the order of a seated couple

Saint Peter (Mosaic)
Church and Empire are depicted as equal partners, under the aegis of Saint Peter (in other words, the Pope has the last word...)

Studying Paris Menu 1874
A rather portly customer studies the menu in a Paris restaurant

Athenaeum Coffee
Ordering from the menu in the coffee room at the Athenaeum Club

Scene at La Salpetriere in Paris
A scene at La Salpetriere, Paris, where Philippe Pinel orders the manacles removed from the mental patients

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