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Background imagePersonally Collection: Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase, HMS Medina

Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase, HMS Medina
Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase - The Royal Yacht, HMS Medina, 1911-1912 Coronation Expedition to India for the Durbar. Designed and made for Her Majesty by Waring and Gillow

Background imagePersonally Collection: Captain Edward J. Smith on board RMS Olympic

Captain Edward J. Smith on board RMS Olympic
Edward J. Smith, future Titanic captain - original photograph of Captain Smith taken on board RMS Olympic. This is a famous image

Background imagePersonally Collection: LOUIS XV AT STRASBOURG

LOUIS XV AT STRASBOURG
At the death of Fleury, Louis declares that he will hereafter govern France personally : though war is raging, he pays a state visit to Strasbourg. Date: 1744

Background imagePersonally Collection: Captain Woodward, 1st Australian Tunneling Company

Captain Woodward, 1st Australian Tunneling Company
Captain Oliver Woodward was one of the heroes of the underground war at Hill 60. He had trained as a mining engineer and during his military career won the MC and two bars

Background imagePersonally Collection: ITALIAN CAMPAIGN At the battle of LODI, Napoleon personally aims a cannon Date

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN At the battle of LODI, Napoleon personally aims a cannon Date: 10 May 1796

Background imagePersonally Collection: BATTLE OF TORGAU Friedrich der Grosse personally leads his Prussians to attack

BATTLE OF TORGAU Friedrich der Grosse personally leads his Prussians to attack the Austrian rear; though repulsed, Ziethen later turns defeat into victory Date: 3 November 1760

Background imagePersonally Collection: Field Marshal Douglas Haig personally thanking troops 1918

Field Marshal Douglas Haig personally thanking troops 1918
Field Marshal Douglas Haig is photographed here, personally thanking Canadian troops who took part in the northern part of the Allied great offensive. Date: 1918

Background imagePersonally Collection: Indian Postman

Indian Postman
An Indian postman delivers mail personally to a high- ranking recipient, attended by a servant with a fly-swat. Date: circa 1900

Background imagePersonally Collection: Clovis and Syagrius

Clovis and Syagrius
Clovis I, king of the Franks, personally splits the head of the soldier who broke the vase of Soissons. 486

Background imagePersonally Collection: Advert for Asprey dressing case 1935

Advert for Asprey dressing case 1935
Lightweight cases by Asprey. Obtainable in a variety of coverings and with a wide range of high quailty fittings, made from chinese lacquer. Also supplied unfitted. Special design to order. Date: 1935

Background imagePersonally Collection: French at Valenciennes

French at Valenciennes
The French take Valenciennes after a prolonged siege : Alauxs picture gives the impression that Louis was personally engaged in the thick of the fighting. Date: 16 March 1677

Background imagePersonally Collection: Advert for J. Roussel lingerie with elastic lace belt 1936

Advert for J. Roussel lingerie with elastic lace belt 1936
Roussel creates for you a belt in elastic lace... so light... so dainty... yet so firm in its moulding action. Roussel has created amasterpiece in this luxuriously feminine belt - woven for each

Background imagePersonally Collection: Thomas Clark Durant

Thomas Clark Durant
THOMAS CLARK DURANT American railwayman, who personally pushed Union Pacific Railroad to completion but 2 weeks later was expelled from the board of directors. Date: 1820 - 1885

Background imagePersonally Collection: Looting in Poland

Looting in Poland
The wife of Von Hindenburg personally supervises the looting of a Polish castle. (True, or merely propaganda ? It doesn t seem probable !)

Background imagePersonally Collection: Peter as Hairdresser

Peter as Hairdresser
Determined to westernise his country, Peter forbids the wearing of beards at court and taxes those who retain them : he personally shaves some of his boyar entourage

Background imagePersonally Collection: Wagner / Moonshine / Horn

Wagner / Moonshine / Horn
RICHARD WAGNER German composer with a large hunting horn, which featured prominently in his operas, but which he personally did not play

Background imagePersonally Collection: Interrogating Austrian

Interrogating Austrian
He personally interrogates a captured Austrian major

Background imagePersonally Collection: Missionaries / America

Missionaries / America
Juan de los Barrios personally sets about the rebuilding of the cathedral at Bogota, Colombia


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