Pointing Collection (page 4)

Little girl teaching elephants in a field
A little girl standing in front of a blackboard on an easel, apparently teaching elephants maths. They are in a field with a circus van and tent. Date: circa 1960s

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with Grand Duke, WW1
Tsar Nicholas II (Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov, 1868-1918), last Tsar of Russia (reigned 1894-1918). Seen here with his uncle, the Grand Duke Nicholas, in the early days of the First World War

Housing poster, The Home I Want, with a quotation from Richard Reiss: You cannot expect to get an A1 population out of C3 homes

Princess Elizabeth and her mother the Queen, Zimbabwe, 1947
Princess Elizabeth stands shoeless with her mother the Queen after climbing the Matopos Hill, Bulawayo. The Queen had damaged her shoes during the climb

Field-Marshal Montgomery and staff officers, Germany; Second
Photograph showing Field-Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery (centre, pointing at map) briefing his liaison officers at his headquarters in Germany, April 1945

Ross / Copeland Island
Ross/Copeland Island

Saint Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus, early Christian leader who went on several journeys to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, as documented in several books of the New Testament

Heart with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic postcard, Two ducks and a sleeping Scotsman Date: 20th century

Angel with two children on a Christmas card with ornate white and gold edging. Date: circa 1890s

Boy with a slate on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Andrew Besley, photographer, and magazine, Cornwall
Andrew Besley, photographer, with Cornwall County Council press officers on the publication of the annual magazine, Discover the Magic of Cornwall, featuring his photograph on the front cover

Dick Whittington. Artist Will True
Dick Whittington. Again the reverse is blank. Dick is being shown the door by his mother, the pantomime dame, always of course played by a man. The artist is Will True. 1900s

The Young Fortune Tellers, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, depicting Lord Henry John Spencer (1770-1795), later a British diplomat and politician, and Lady Charlotte Spencer (later Charlotte Nares)

Poster, Valais, Switzerland. circa 1950s

Ramon Berenguer III the Great (1082-1131). Engraving. Colore
Ramon Berenguer III the Great (1082-1131). Count of Barcelona. Engraving in Spain Illustrated History, 19th century. Colored

Kossuth Memorial, 1952. By Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl (1884-1
Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894). Hungarian politician and Regent-President of Hungary. Kossuth Memorial, 1952. By Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl (1884-1975). Budapest. Hungary

Advertisement, Oakeys Knife Polish
Advertisement for Oakeys Knife Polish, depicting the Duke of Wellington on horseback. 19th century

Felix Schuster / Vfair 06
FELIX SCHUSTER Banker Date: -

King Cnut the Great fails to halt the incoming tide
Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler

Woman with alligator, Chipperfields Circus
Woman with an alligator in a cage, a Chipperfields Circus act. Date: circa 1964

Group of children at a gate, Balham, SW London
Group of children standing round a wrought iron gate in front of a house on a Balham street, SW London. They are all smiling and looking at something interesting, perhaps in a window

Victorian family with drunkard husband
Slide showing a picture of a man and a woman talking with two children. The woman is pointing at a shop with a sign saying Christmas Gin with a man in torn clothes walking past. Part of Box 366

Favourite Sayings - Cart before the horse
Black and white lantern slide of a man putting a horse the wrong way round between the shafts of a cart.Two men stand at the side, one pointing to what the man is doing

Italian Military Poster, WW1
Fate tutti il vostro dovere! (Everyone do your duty.) Colour photolithograph published by the British Library, 1981. Reproduces an Italian home front poster designed by Mauzan

Blitz in London -- Barking Power Station, WW2
Blitz in London -- bomb damage at Barking Power Station, with a hand pointing to a crack in the tank of a transformer. Date: 1940s

A case of mistaken insanity: wrongly admitted to the asylum
A cunning lunatic dupes the staff at a mental institution into taking his irate captor into the incurables ward instead of himself. Date: 1838

French Propaganda postcard - WWI
A French propaganda card from the end of the First World War, depicting a defiant Marianne, ordering Kaiser Wilhelm II ( The Cruel )

Pride comes before a fall
An illustration to the saying, Pride comes before a fall. Showing a rich man (possibly royal) in an encounter with a boy selling food from a basket in the street

Gipsy man and three boys with their horse
A gipsy man and three boys with their horse. The man is leading the horse across a frosty field. Two boys are riding on the horses back, and a third boy is walking alongside

Signpost at Bluff, South Island, New Zealand
The signpost at Stirling Point, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand, showing distances to major cities around the world. Bluff is the southernmost town in New Zealand

Native Doctor - Sierra Leone. Checking a diagnosis by the means of the placement of a set of small stones of seeds

Queen Marys Army Aux
A poster encouraging women to enrol in Queen Marys Army Auxiliary Corps

Raleigh / Boy / Storyteller
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator as a young boy, listening to a sailors exciting tales of the sea

Woolly Stockings C. 1940
A smiling young woman, reclining on tasselled cushions, pulls on a wool stocking while pointing her toe in the air

King Canute gets his feet wet
King Canute of England (1016-1035) and Denmark (1018-1035) gets his feet rather wet as he attempts to command the waves! The story may be apocryphal

La France Maritime - Vice Admiral (in everyday uniform). 19th century

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of Folbach, Falkas uncle
Falka by H.B. Farnie. Shown here is Folbach, Falkas uncle. The caption reads Our motto is Prudence and Fall back. One can assume that these are all accurate depictions of the costumes. Date: 1880s

Dick Whittington. Chiswick Empire
Dick Whittington. The design is unusual in including the visit to Morocco on the right. Grand Fairy Comic Pantomime. For the Chiswick Empire, on 12th January 1931. 1931

Signpost on coastal footpath near Torquay, Devon. Date: circa 1990s

An Englishmans Home by Guy du Maurier. First produced at the Wyndhams Theatre on 27th January 1909. Guy du Maurier was brother of the actor Gerald, and uncle of the novelist, Daphne

The Eternal City by Hall Caine. Roma is with the Pope in the loggia of the Castle of St. Angelo (Act IV scene 3). The caption reads Yes, There is One!. Date: 1902

The Christmas Tree by Charles Robinson
Illustration showing two young children gazing up at The Christmas Tree that is covered in toys and decorations. Date: 1906

Broadway Jones by George M. Cohan
Postcard for Broadway Jones by George M. Cohan by artist John Hassall. The image shows a fat policeman pointing accusingly at a laughing man and saying Are You Laughing At Me

Robert McNamara explain Vietnam War strategy, 1965
A front page of The Illustrated London News, dated 13th February 1965, showing Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara(1916-2009) outlining the U.S strategy for the Vietnam War. Date: 1965

Small boy pointing a toy gun, Malaga, Spain

Illustration to a story, There -- there is my child
There -- there is my child! A woman in desperate search for her missing child catches sight of her performing on an outdoor stage

Vickers gun in Talbot lorry - (operations near Jamalabad)
Photograph: Vickers gun in Talbot lorry - (operations near Jamalabad). Shows two men in a truck with a gun pointing out of the front

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