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Background imagePound Collection: Lear / Owl & Pussycat / C19

Lear / Owl & Pussycat / C19
The Owl & the Pussy-Cat went to sea, In a beautiful pea- green boat; They took some honey, & plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five-pound note

Background imagePound Collection: Five pound note

Five pound note issued by the Bank of England

Background imagePound Collection: British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. Davis

British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. Davis
Considered at the time to be the best field gun in the world: the British 25-pounder

Background imagePound Collection: The Owl and The Pussycat

The Owl and The Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note

Background imagePound Collection: British Bank Notes

British Bank Notes
A One Pound and a Ten Shillings note issued following a moratorium announced by the Government at the outbreak of World War One

Background imagePound Collection: Old Uk Money 1969

Old Uk Money 1969
A pile of " old" United Kindom currency, including pound notes shillings and copper coins before Decimalisation occurred on 15 February 1971

Background imagePound Collection: We Gladstone / Pound / Mayal

We Gladstone / Pound / Mayal
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE English politician MP sitting in a chair

Background imagePound Collection: EZRA POUND

EZRA POUND American writer

Background imagePound Collection: English Scientist Michael Faraday Portrait

English Scientist Michael Faraday Portrait
Michael Faraday English scientist Date: circa 1830s

Background imagePound Collection: Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912
Ladys real pigskin dressing case, with solid silver fittings. Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Background imagePound Collection: Ezra Pound / Morgan

Ezra Pound / Morgan
EZRA LOOMIS POUND American poet, critic and editor

Background imagePound Collection: Advert for John Pound & Co cases 1913

Advert for John Pound & Co cases 1913
Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Background imagePound Collection: Hastings at High Tide

Hastings at High Tide
Rough waves pound the sea wall during high tide at Hastings. A small sailing boat is tossed by the swell

Background imagePound Collection: The One Pound Look by Ricardo Brook

The One Pound Look by Ricardo Brook
Front cover of The Bystander special issue focusing on the fall in the value of the pound during the first half of 1920. Here a rather aristocratic looking gentleman is fashioned out of a pound sign

Background imagePound Collection: Africa - Women Pounding grain

Africa - Women Pounding grain
Africa - Women pounding grain, millet corn or cassava roots as the first step in the preparation of a meal. Date: circa 1970s

Background imagePound Collection: Advert, Mackintoshs Week-End Chocolate Assortment

Advert, Mackintoshs Week-End Chocolate Assortment -- Just look what you find in Week-End. Two shillings and ninepence for a half pound box. 1957

Background imagePound Collection: Cartoon, Louis Engel and Alexander Henderson

Cartoon, Louis Engel and Alexander Henderson
Cartoon, Mr Louis Engel (musician and music critic) and Mr Alexander Henderson (theatre owner and director) - I ll have my bond! (A reference to Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.) 1885

Background imagePound Collection: Two butter tokens in a Butter Token Book

Two butter tokens in a Butter Token Book, part of a social security benefit scheme, for half a pound of butter at a reduced price. (2 of 2) Date: 1975

Background imagePound Collection: Booklet cover, Butter Token Book

Booklet cover, Butter Token Book, part of a social security benefit scheme, for half a pound of butter at a reduced price. (1 of 2) Date: 1975

Background imagePound Collection: Debutantes court gowns of 1905

Debutantes court gowns of 1905
A page of Debutantes wearing traditional white court gowns. Date: 1905

Background imagePound Collection: Cherries, Fourpence a Pound! Cries of London

Cherries, Fourpence a Pound! Cries of London

Background imagePound Collection: Advert, Blue Cross Pekoe Souchong Tea

Advert, Blue Cross Pekoe Souchong Tea from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Date: 1891

Background imagePound Collection: RMS Titanic - Relief Fund cheque, Mr J Berriman

RMS Titanic - Relief Fund cheque, Mr J Berriman
RMS Titanic - Relief Fund cheque for one pound and five shillings, made payable to Mr John Berriman, father of Second Class passenger and victim William John Berriman, dated 27 May 1917. Date: 1917

Background imagePound Collection: RMS Titanic - Relief Fund cheque, Mrs A L Slemen

RMS Titanic - Relief Fund cheque, Mrs A L Slemen
RMS Titanic - Relief fund cheque for one pound and two shillings dated 28 April 1917 to Mrs Augusta Louisa Slemen, mother of Second Class passenger and victim Richard James Slemen of Cornwall

Background imagePound Collection: Advert, John Pound & Co, Oxford Street, London

Advert, John Pound & Co, Oxford Street, London - Ladies Leather Dressing Case Date: 1911

Background imagePound Collection: Comic postcard, Chauffeur buying petrol Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Chauffeur buying petrol Date: 20th century

Background imagePound Collection: Comic postcard, Woman looking for nearest toilet

Comic postcard, Woman looking for nearest toilet Date: 20th century

Background imagePound Collection: Comic postcard, Man selling his car Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man selling his car Date: 20th century

Background imagePound Collection: Comic postcard, Man lighting cigar with one pound note Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man lighting cigar with one pound note Date: 20th century

Background imagePound Collection: Comic postcard, Postcard, letter, phone and money Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Postcard, letter, phone and money Date: 20th century

Background imagePound Collection: Comic postcard, Money and a broken bottle Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Money and a broken bottle Date: 20th century

Background imagePound Collection: WW2 poster, Join your savings group, now! Date: circa 1944

WW2 poster, Join your savings group, now! Date: circa 1944

Background imagePound Collection: Photograph of Pound Inn, Leebotwood, Shropshire

Photograph of Pound Inn, Leebotwood, Shropshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imagePound Collection: An Ounce of Help

An Ounce of Help is Worth a Pound of Pity. Artists interpretation of a traditional proverb. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916

Background imagePound Collection: Customs of Native American peoples

Customs of Native American peoples
Interpreter Sacagawea reunited with the Shoshone people on Lewis and Clarkes Expedition 49, a Native American presents a tobacco pipe to the Medicine Stone 50

Background imagePound Collection: Cartoon, John Bull with William Gladstone as dentist

Cartoon, John Bull with William Gladstone as dentist
Cartoon, John Bull with William Gladstone as a dentist who has just extracted an eleven million pound tooth - And this is what you call painless dentistry, is it, William? 1885

Background imagePound Collection: Educational Bank, One Pound note

Educational Bank, One Pound note, for scholastic use only

Background imagePound Collection: ENGLISH POUND NOTES

ENGLISH POUND NOTES
A five pound note, a one pound note and a ten shilling note. Date: 1960s

Background imagePound Collection: CHERRIES FOR SALE

CHERRIES FOR SALE
Round and sound, five pence a pound, Duke cherries: a woman weighs out a quantity of cherries from her wheelbarrow for two children, and ignores the attentions of a carter Date: 1795

Background imagePound Collection: Street trade - cherries

Street trade - cherries
Woman in the streets of London selling cherries. Date: 1885

Background imagePound Collection: Joy-land! at The Hippodrome, London

Joy-land! at The Hippodrome, London
Promotional postcard for Joy-land! at The Hippodrome, London. A WW1-era revue starring Shirley Kellogg and produced by her husband Albert de Courville. 1917

Background imagePound Collection: Great Exhibition cartoon - the pound and the shilling

Great Exhibition cartoon - the pound and the shilling
The pound and the shilling

Background imagePound Collection: Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai, India

Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai, India
Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai (Madras), India Date: circa 1920

Background imagePound Collection: WW2 poster, Join your savings group, now

WW2 poster, Join your savings group, now! Date: 1940

Background imagePound Collection: Broadcast Receiving Licence excluding television

Broadcast Receiving Licence excluding television, issued in 1947, costing twenty shillings (one pound). 1947

Background imagePound Collection: Join Scotland?s Only Rifle Regiment

Join Scotland?s Only Rifle Regiment, 1960 (c).Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, published by Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Background imagePound Collection: Meteorite fall at Ensisheim, Germany (now France)

Meteorite fall at Ensisheim, Germany (now France)
Depiction of a Donnerstein (thunderstone), a 250 pound meteorite which fell into a field near the town of Ensisheim, Germany (now in north east France, near the border with Germany)

Background imagePound Collection: Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA

Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA
A man feeding a 600-pound porpoise at Marine Studios, an oceanarium at Marineland, Florida, USA, watched by spectators. Date: 1939

Background imagePound Collection: Advert for John Pound & Co military equipment 1915

Advert for John Pound & Co military equipment 1915
An advertisement for the military equipment, ingersoll service watch nickel or gun metal, lifeguard reinforced pocket periscope, campaigning knife, penlite pocket lamp, folding pen knife

Background imagePound Collection: Advert for John Pound & Co luggage case 1920

Advert for John Pound & Co luggage case 1920
Advertisement John Pound & Co, compressed fibre cabin trunk, covered brown painted flax canvas, ladys purse and wrist bag. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Background imagePound Collection: British Armed Forces One Pound Banknote

British Armed Forces One Pound Banknote
One Pound Banknote of the British Armed Forces, who issued their own paper currency between 1946 and 1972. Date: circa 1950s

Background imagePound Collection: WW2 - British RAF Wellington Bomber and 900kg bomb

WW2 - British RAF Wellington Bomber and 900kg bomb
ww2, wwii, world, war, two, second, 2nd, ii, british, raf, formation, sirling, bomber, bombers, royal, airforce, air, force, union, flag, aircraft, plane, livery, squadron, freedom Date: circa 1940

Background imagePound Collection: Battle of Burqa, Palestine, WW1

Battle of Burqa, Palestine, WW1
Action during the Battle of Burqa in Palestine during the First World War, showing the 264th Brigade RFA (Royal Field Artillery) with 18-pounder guns

Background imagePound Collection: British artillery in action near Kirkuk, WW1

British artillery in action near Kirkuk, WW1
British 18 pound artillery guns of the 55th Brigade, RFA (Royal Field Artillery), in action near Kirkuk (now in Iraq) during the First World War. Date: May 1918

Background imagePound Collection: Christmas card in the shape of kitchen scales

Christmas card in the shape of kitchen scales, with a turkey on one side and a twenty pound weight on the other. Date: circa 1890s

Background imagePound Collection: New Zealand troops loading ammunition limbers near Albert

New Zealand troops loading ammunition limbers near Albert, September 1918. Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1918

Background imagePound Collection: Table display -- fruit basket

Table display -- fruit basket
Table display -- wickerwork style fruit basket made out of pound cake or almond paste, with grapes, apples and pears. 19th century

Background imagePound Collection: Calcutta Volunteer Battery, Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1

Calcutta Volunteer Battery, Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1
Calcutta Volunteer Battery with a 12 pounder gun, Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

Background imagePound Collection: Four pound weight with robins on a New Year card

Four pound weight with robins on a New Year card
Four pound weight with robins and holly on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imagePound Collection: Pound St. Carndonagh

Pound St. Carndonagh - a low level street scene with people and horse vehicle and thatched cottages on the left. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Carndonagh). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imagePound Collection: Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Pound Day

Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Pound Day
Pound Day at Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds. Local supporters of the home were asked to donate a pound in cash or a pound weight of household supplies. Date: circa 1919

Background imagePound Collection: The Fort and Ten Pound Island. Gloucester, Massachussetts, 1

The Fort and Ten Pound Island. Gloucester, Massachussetts, 1
Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865). American painter. The Fort and Ten Pound Island. Gloucester, Massachussetts, 1847. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Madrid. Spain

Background imagePound Collection: London Cries - Sixpence a pound, fair cherries

London Cries - Sixpence a pound, fair cherries! 1827

Background imagePound Collection: Caricature of Squire Bancroft and Edgar Bruce

Caricature of Squire Bancroft and Edgar Bruce
Caricature of Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) and Edgar Bruce (1845?-1901), both actor-managers

Background imagePound Collection: Caricature of Sir Henry Irving as Shylock

Caricature of Sir Henry Irving as Shylock
Caricature of the English actor and actor-manager Sir Henry Irving as Shylock in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice. circa 1879

Background imagePound Collection: Advert for John Pound & Co travel trunks 1912

Advert for John Pound & Co travel trunks 1912
Finest solid leather trunks and kit bags. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Background imagePound Collection: John Bright / Pound

John Bright / Pound
JOHN BRIGHT radical statesman Date: 1811 - 1889

Background imagePound Collection: Costa (Pound)

Costa (Pound)
SIR MICHAEL COSTA musician Date: 1810 - 1884

Background imagePound Collection: Teesdale - Colonel - Pound

Teesdale - Colonel - Pound
Sir Christopher Teesdale (1833 - 1893) Soldier, Royal Artillery

Background imagePound Collection: Thomas Raffles / Pound

Thomas Raffles / Pound
THOMAS RAFFLES Clergyman Date: 1788 - 1863

Background imagePound Collection: Jullien / Pound / Mayall

Jullien / Pound / Mayall
LOUIS-ANTOINE JULLIEN French musician who conducted highly popular concerts in Britain from 1840 to 1859 Date: 1812 - 1860

Background imagePound Collection: Sir Cl Eastlake / Pound

Sir Cl Eastlake / Pound
SIR CHARLES LOCK EASTLAKE English painter and art critic Date: 1793 - 1865

Background imagePound Collection: Shaftesbury - 7th - Pound

Shaftesbury - 7th - Pound
Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1801 - 1885) - 7th earl of Shaftesbuty, statesman and reformer

Background imagePound Collection: Charles Haddon Spurgeon (Pound)

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (Pound)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892) English Baptist minister and noted preacher

Background imagePound Collection: Palmerston / Pound Eng

Palmerston / Pound Eng
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, Third Viscount PALMERSTON Statesman holding a speech in his hand Date: 1784-1865

Background imagePound Collection: Palmerston / Pound / Mayall

Palmerston / Pound / Mayall
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, Third Viscount PALMERSTON Statesman Date: 1784-1865

Background imagePound Collection: Tsar Alexander Ii / Pound

Tsar Alexander Ii / Pound
TSAR ALEXANDER II Date: 1818 - 1881

Background imagePound Collection: Garibaldi (Pound Litho)

Garibaldi (Pound Litho)
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI - Italian statesman Date: 1807 - 1882

Background imagePound Collection: Anna Maria Hall / Pound

Anna Maria Hall / Pound
ANNA MARIA HALL nee FIELDING Irish writer, wife of Samuel Carter Hall Date: 1800 - 1881

Background imagePound Collection: Music cover, The Five-Pound-Note They Never Found

Music cover, The Five-Pound-Note They Never Found, written and composed by A J Mills and Bennett Scott, sung by Michael Nolan. circa 1893

Background imagePound Collection: Garibaldi (Pound Eng. )

Garibaldi (Pound Eng. )
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI - Italian statesman and patriot Date: 1807 - 1882

Background imagePound Collection: Salvation Army receipt

Salvation Army receipt for one pound. 1918

Background imagePound Collection: Fisherman with pollock, Lands End, Cornwall

Fisherman with pollock, Lands End, Cornwall
Fisherman landing a four pound eight ounce pollock near Lands End, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Background imagePound Collection: Highbury Home for Friendless Children, Pound Day

Highbury Home for Friendless Children, Pound Day
Highbury Home for Friendless Children, North London



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