Preparatory Collection

Grenadier Guards Depart
The Grenadier Guards march through Trafalgar Square, London, preparatory to departing for the Crimea whence many of them will not return

The R101 before Flight
THE R.101 : hundreds of men are required to manoeuvre the cumbersome airship on the ground, preparatory to its disastrous first (and last) flight

Preparatory Class, Brondesbury and Kilburn High School
Girls and boys of the Preparatory Class at Brondesbury and Kilburn High School in north west London

The forward gondola of the R34. The airship is being eased up, preparatory to flight, when the lines held by the groundcrew will be released from the handling rail. 14 March 1919 (the first flight)

Acland County Council School, Kentish Town 1906
Conventional way of teaching where all the pupils are facing the front of the classroom while the teacher is writing on the chalkboard. Date: 1906

Of what ill will he die?
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Of what ill will he die?. Preparatory red wash and sanguine drawing for plate

While a young gentleman conducts his social affairs by telephone, his man fastens his spats over his boots, preparatory to going out Date: 1904

Camp Life at The Curragh - Irish Derby - Preparatory Gallop
Camp Life at The Curragh - Irish Derby - The Preparatory Gallop. Date: 1874

The Ascot Procession crossing Windsor Park - Alfred Munnings
The Ascot Procession crossing Windsor Park by Sir Alfred James Munnings R.A. (1878-1959). Below is a small inset photograph showing the artist at work on another painting within the grounds of

The Hunting Field at the R. A. - Viscount Lascelles Pack
The Hunting Field at the R.A. - Viscount Lascelles Pack by Sir Alfred James Munnings R.A. (1878-1959). A study of the West Riding pack mastered by Viscount Lascelles: The Barmham Moor Hounds

Drawing, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler
Preparatory drawing for a painting, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler. A reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike. late 1920s

Hell, drawing by Archibald Ziegler, a preparatory study for his painting, An Allegory of Social Strife, a reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike

RACIAL TYPES / SCOTS CARD
A Scotswoman in her cottage cards wool, preparatory to spinning it into thread Date: 1848

CARDING WOOL, SCOTLAND
A Scotswoman in her cottage cards wool, preparatory to spinning it into thread Date: 1848

Tobacco Plantation
Virginia, USA : clearing ground preparatory to planting tobacco on a plantation Date: 1874

Bust - Reich Chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck
Preparatory Study Bust of the Prussian Prime Minister and Reich Chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) for the Bismarck Monument in the centre of Hamburg

Preparatory sketch by Tom Browne - Pain - screaming boy
Preparatory pencil sketch by the extremely popular English strip cartoonist, painter and illustrator of the late Victorian and Edwardian period

The Leas Preparatory School, Hoylake, Wirral, Cheshire. Date: 1916

Study of a Man in Profile, 1611-1612, by Peter Paul Rubens (
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Study of a Man in Profile, 1611-1612. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

Highbury School, Hillcrest, Natal Province, South Africa
Aerial view of Highbury Preparatory School, Hillcrest, Natal Province, South Africa, a private school for boys founded in 1903. Date: 1920s

Pacific Cannibals
Natives of the New Hebrides (Pacific) dance around a roasted victim, preparatory to eating it

Respresentation of Armies of King Charles I and Fairfax
A respresentation of the Armies of King Charles I and Sir Thomas Fairfax exhibiting the exact order... preparatory to the Battle of Naseby. Coloured line engraving, contemporary, 1645

Pupils from Fretherne House School, 1903
Group photograph of pupils at Fretherne House School, a preparatory school based in Welwyn Garden City up until in the Second World War

Pupils from Fretherne House School, c. 1902
Pupils of Fretherne House School, a preparatory school in Welwyn Garden City up to the Second World War. On the far left is Cuthbert Gasemann who owned the album from which this photograph is taken

Fretherne House School 1900
Pupils and teachers at Fretherne House Preparatory School around 1900. From an album owned by Cuthbert Gasemann who is seated 2nd row, third from left. Date: c.1900

Study for Frontispiece by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Study for Frontispiece to The Early Italian Poets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), engraved by James Davis Cooper (1823-1904). Date: 1884

Church of England High School, Baker Street, London -- Preparatory Hall. circa 1905

The Gentle Art of Excavating - Early Walking Draglilne`
An early form of the walking dragline stripping rocky overburden preparatory to erecting a new tea shop in the Allegheny Mountains

Bury them and keep quiet. Plate 18 of The Disasters of War
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Bury them and keep quiet. Plate 18 of The Disasters of War. Preparatory

Plate 16 of Proverbs. Preparatory drawing

Los Caprichos. Preparatory drawing for plate 72
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Los Caprichos. Preparatory drawing for plate 72 of Los Caprichos. Drawing

Los Caprichos. Preparatory drawing for plate 32
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Los Caprichos. Preparatory drawing for plate 32 of Los Caprichos. Drawing

Los Caprichos, Preparatory drawing for plate 16 of Los Capri
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Los Caprichos. Preparatory drawing for plate 16 of Los Caprichos, etching, aquatint

El Cid spearing another bull
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). El Cid spearing another bull. Preparatory drawing for plate 11

Los Caprichos
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Los Caprichos. Second preparatory drawing for plate 10 of Los Caprichos. Drawing

drawing for plate 42 of Los Caprichos, red wash and sanguine
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Los Caprichos. Preparatory drawing for plate 42 of Los Caprichos, red wash and sanguine

Meeting of generals Grant and Lee preparatory to the surrender of general Lee and his entire army to lieut. general U.S. Grant, April 9th 1865

Plague in China 1911
Stacking coffins containing victims of bubonic plague, preparatory to burning, at Tientsin, China. 1911

Vendome Column 1
Cutting the base of the column in the place Vendome, Paris, preparatory to pulling it down, at the instigation of artist Gustave Courbet. Date: 8 May 1871

Luther Tears Papal Bull
He tears up the Papal bull preparatory to burning it in front of the East gate of Wittemberg Date: 10 December 1520

Young ladies Preparatory School 1858
Preparatory School for young ladies, where they are urged to become good housewives and know something about the art of cookery

School Beagles - Mostyn House School
Mostyn House School - Parkgate, Cheshire. The current Head of this Preparatory School, Suzi Grenfell is the sixth generation of her family to lead Mostyn House. Picture of the school beagles!

U. N Conference, London
A general view of the delegates of the preparatory commission of the United Nations at the inaugural meeting at Church House, Westminister

Stukas over Norway
Norway : German JU-87 Stukas make a low-level attack over the snow-covered landscape of Norway, preparatory to the invasion

Spanish Airship
The Torres Quevedo held on the ground by squads of men preparatory to take-off

Northumberland Launched
Naval warship launched at Millwall, on the Thames : shipworkers man the capstan preparatory to the launch

Racial / War Dance 1810
Dance Preparatory to War, among the Indians of North America

Roman Wagon Loaded
Roman soldiers load a packhorse and a horse-drawn wagon with sacks of food preparatory to making an expedition from their fort

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