Practised Collection

German Student Duel / 1880
A German students duel at Gottingen. The Mensur, as practised by German fraternities, is a fast yet rarely-lethal affair with cuts accepted as marks of honour

Judo at Oxford 1950S
Judo is practised in the Quad at Oxford

CLEMENCEAU IN PATRIE
Clemenceau and general Picquart - the defender of Dreyfus, now minister for war - make an ascent in the military airship Patrie at Chalons military camp

SWINGING INDIANS
A Diversion of swinging practised by the principal people in India Date: 18th century

INDIAN SWINGS C18
A Diversion of swinging practised by the principal people in India Date: 18th century

Dr Slade the spirit medium
The trial of Henry Slade, the medium who was said to communicate with spirits by a slate board. Top sketch shows Mr G. Leis, counsel for the Prosecution and bottom image shows Professor E

James Grangers Home
The home of the scholar and bibliophile JAMES GRANGER at Shiplake. It was here that he practised grangerising - the addition of illustrations to those already in a book. Date: circa 1770

William Baly, Doctor and Physician
WILLIAM BALY (1814 - 1861) - Medical, studied in France and Germany, practised in London, studied cholera and prison health, one of Victorias physicians, crushed in railway accident. Date: circa 1850

Johann Caspar Keerl
JOHANN CASPAR KEERL Reference books are shy about listing this German musician, about whom we know nothing except that he was German and practised music. Date: early 18th century

Native Canadians Separat
The Ceremony of a DIVORCE, as practised by the natives of CANADA, in North America over a symbolic fire : it seems that she keeps the girls, he the boys Date: circa 1730

John Fothergill / Livesay
JOHN FOTHERGILL English physician who practised in London and maintained a botanical garden. Date: 1712 - 1780

John Fothergill / Cook
JOHN FOTHERGILL English physician who practised in London and maintained a botanical garden. Date: 1712 - 1780

Book of the Moghul. Ms. 8300. 17th c. Hindu sacred ceremony practised during an eclipse of the Sun and the Moon. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St)

St Anns Well, Buxton, Derbyshire - the well is dressed as part of the long traditional of Well Dressing in Derbyshire and the Peak District

Dr Slade: spirit writing trial
Sketches of the trial of Henry Slade, showing Slade in the centre. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave seances from his lodgings in

Dr Slades spirit writing trail
A message from the spirits: a sketch of a slate showing a message from Dr Slades deceased wife. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave

Truffle hunting
A man and boy accompanied by four small dogs, hunt for truffles in a forest. Truffles, a fungus that grows in symbiosis with certain trees, and a culinary delicacy

Crystal Palace Archery
Archery is the most extreme sport practised in the early days of the Palace : the football team has yet to come

Gaspar Aselli
GASPAR ASELLI Italian surgeon from Cremona, practised in Milano, professor at Pavia : made important anatomical discoveries

Woodrow Wilson in 1883
WOODROW WILSON American president, at the outset of his career when he practised law

Practicing Martial Arts
SUN-GOD:PHOEBUS/APOLLO crosses the sky in his chariot - Martial Arts practised under his gaze: swordfighting wrestling and rock-throwing

Native American Medicine
Various forms of healing practised by the Native Americans of Florida; herbs, infusions and smoking

Zoroastrian Baptism
Baptism by fire, practised by the Parsees of Bombay State, India, followers of Zoroaster (Zarathustra) to whom fire is sacred

Prison Uniform
UNDAUNTED A suffragette in prison uniform contemplates: Oh, Justice, what crimes are practised in thy name. To the Laws discredit and the Nations shame!

John Fothergill / Anon
JOHN FOTHERGILL English physician who practised in London and maintained a botanical garden

Weaving, Bronze Age
Rudimentary spinning, and quite sophisticated weaving, as practised during the Bronze Age

German Women Spinning
A pretty scene in a German village, where old world crafts such as spinning with spinning wheels are still practised. Note the hand- embroidered head-dresses

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