Paying Collection (page 3)

VCs filing past tomb of the Unknown Warrior
A hundred winners of the Victoria Cross filing past the grave of the Unknown Warrior after the burial service in Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920. Date: 1920

King George V at the graveside of a soldier, WW1
King George V beside the grave of a British soldier, marked with a cross and a steel helmet, on the battlefield during a visit to the Front in 1916

Silhouette. Princess & the Swineherd. The princess paying the swineherd 100 kisses for a menial pot. German. Date: circa 1920

Tatler cover - Soldier at Gallipoli with grave
A moving front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring the silhouette of a soldier at Gallipoli visiting the grave of a fallen comrade who had gone west. Date: 1915

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - looking North
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London. Designed by Edwin Lutyens, the permanent structure was built from Portland stone between 1919 and 1920 by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese pay respects at Russian Graves
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese pay respects at Russian Hilltop Graves, marked by a Russian Suppedaneum Cross. Date: circa 1905

Argentinian traveller paying respects at grave of a gaucho
Country Customs in Argentina. A traveller pays his respects at the grave of one of his fellow gauchos. Date: circa 1907

HMS Sirius paying a courtesy visit to Saudi Arabia - killing the sheep presented by King Ibn Saud to the crew at Jeddah. Date: 1946

Charles IV and his Family
Paying Homage to Charles IV and his Family. Vicente Lopez y Portana (1772-1850). oil on canvas, circa 1802. Date: 1802

Paying Taxes / 1903
French people paying taxes at a post office Date: 1903

Hiding from bills and debt
A nursry verse wtih a grown up curse! The homeowner hides as various men he owes bills to come a knocking. Date: 1928- 1929

Duke of Wellington lying in state at Walmer Castle
The remains of the Duke of Wellington lying in state at Walmer Castle, his residence. Date: 1852

Duke of Wellington funeral procession, Piccadilly
The funeral procession for the Duke of Wellingtons state funeral passing through London from Chelsea Hospital where his body had been lying in state to St Pauls Cathedral where he was buried

West Southwark Slate Club paying out, London
Scene showing people collecting their money on paying out day of the West Southwark Slate Club in London. A Slate Club was a society whose members contributed small sums weekly or monthly to a fund

Fork Over What You Owe play on words Date: 1868

Paying the rent. Scene from the Swedish every day life Date: 1850s

Italian Patriotic Card - Request for funding
Patriotic card which highlights the need for money during wartime and how every member of Italian society needs to do their bit and keep the national blood flowing through savings

Artist in his studio, painting a female model

Cancellation of a Brothers Membership
A Brother is excluded after dishonouring the society through not paying his membership Date: 1890s

Laying transatlantic cable
Laying the Atlantic Cable : paying out the land end of the cable from the stern of the Niagara. Date: 1857

Macedonia - Visiting the Cemetery Date: circa 1913

Kaiser Wilhelm II in Constantinople (1 / 2)
The German Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Constantinople, Turkey in 1917, during World War One. He is paying his respects by leaving flowers at a grave of Wilhelm Leopold Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz

Boys playing rugby at Rugby School. This truly English game is played in perfection at the fine Elizabethan school, at Rugby in Warwickshire. Date: 1845

Lighting / Street
Ladies paying an evening visit are preceded by a boy with a lantern Date: circa 1840

School yard, Eton College
Eton College school yard. Date: 1909

Pupils with tuck boxes, Marlborough School
Pupils raid their tuck boxes at Marlborough School. Date: 1962

Pupils in study room, Marlborough College
Pupils relaxing in a study room at Marlborough College. Date: 1962

Pupil in library, Marlborough College
Pupil studies in the library of Marlborough College. Date: 1962

The funeral of Syntax. Many weeping mourners wearing black follow Dr Syntaxs coffin in his funeral procession, while crowds watch and pay their respects

Victorian schoolboy ready for the holidays
A Victorian schoolboy, smoking a small cigar, sits on a pile of suitcases on the platform of a railway station, ready for the long school holidays

Gambia - Bathurst
Bathurst, Gambia River - the landing of the British Governor: His inspection of the Frontier Force - who are paying the military honours

Eton schoolboys on 4 June
Five Eton schoolboys in smart suits and top hats, sitting on a wall on 4 June, traditionally the date when King George IIIs birthday is celebrated at the school with speeches

Pancake Day at Westminster School
Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) at Westminster School -- the pancake is tossed, and the boys compete to get the largest portion, the winner receiving a guinea

The Ashanti War (1873-74) Paying a West India regiment
British officers paying soldiers of a West India regiment during the 2nd Ashanti War. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - paying woman porters
Here women porters or carriers from the Fante tribe (under British protection) are being paid at Cape Coast Castle. The second Ashanti War fought between, 1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari

Squaring the Circle
A stylised illustration showing an angular honeymooning couple paying a rotund bellboy at the hotel where they are spending their wedding night

Emigrants waiting to board ship, Liverpool, 1907
Illustration showing European emigrants, waiting on the quayside at Liverpool to board a ship to America, 1907. These majority of these emigrants travelled third class

Zola / Gill / Hommes 1878
EMILE ZOLA French novelist paying his respects to Balzac

The Postman by Yeend King
Painting by John Henry Yeend King (1855-1924) showing a postman paying his daily visit to an idyllic thatched cottage close to the sea

Board room on wheels for the Birmingham Corporation
Two photographs showing the board room on wheels for the Birmingham Corporation. The coach was fitted up to enable authorities to transact business while paying official visits

Debt-Paying C1830
Paying bills old and new

Paying at Toll Gate 1850
Paying at the toll gate

Presenting the Bill 1867
A waiter in restaurant presenting the bill to the customer

Booking clerk inside a ticket office
Inside the ticket office - the booking clerk serves a passenger, who is paying with a bank note

Gt Eastern Paying Out
The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern which meticulously lowers the cable to the sea- bed as the ship proceeds westwards

Chap Facing Bill 1922
A young man is shocked by the bill, though his companion doesn t seem too concerned

Deflationary Notice
A sign in Spalding, Lincolnshire, warning that any motorists who park their cars in the cattle market without paying the 2/6 fee will have their tyres deflated

Drayton Manor / R. Peel
DRAYTON MANOR in Staffordshire Seat of Sir Robert Peel. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert paying a visit in November 1843

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