Present Collection (page 24)

Hungarians & Franz Josef
Hungarian magnates present a petition to Franz Josef

Berlioz Faust Liebig 2
Mephistopheles presents the sleeping Faust with a vision in which, restored to youth, he has his pick of countless gorgeous girls. Date: first performed 1846

Germans in Belgium
German infantry leave Brussels to attack Antwerp, which is at present the centre of Belgian resistance; it will shortly fall, with heavy losses and terrible destruction

Christian Missionaries
Christian missionaries present themselves to a English leader

Mausoleum / Halicarnassus
A massive memorial to King Maussollus of Caria built at Halicarnassus (present-day Bodrum). Completed in 350 BC, the mausoleums stones were re-used in a crusader castle

Master Robert & Horse
Master Robert Abercromby, son of the present Lady Northbrook, riding his hobby-horse

Shah in his Car
The Shah of Persia - present- day Iran - drives through the streets of Tehran and scares the wits out of his subjects

The Moons Surface
The Moons surface, spattered with rocks and the craters of extinct volcanoes, testifying to a more violent past than the present appearance suggests

Horsemen 4 - Parthians
PARTHIANS : these warriors from present-day Iran are renowned as horseman and bowmen, noted for the Parthian shot loosed just as they seem to be retreating

Horsemen 2 - Numidians
NUMIDIANS : living in present- day Algeria, these renowned nomadic warriors separate during the Punic Wars, one tribe supporting Carthage, the other backing Rome

Emperors Reading Device
The Emperor Frederick in his study at Charlottenburg can read at ease with this clever book-holding device given to him as a present from the Queen

Money Box Safe
A useful money box safe with a combination lock is a good idea for a present for kiddies and an ideal way to teach them to save

Four Presents Crane 1878
Four people each bring a present to a princess: a young man kneels and presents her with a large egg!

Mount Tabor, Israel
A goatherd waters his flock in a pool within sight of Mount Tabor, Palestine, in present- day Israel

Family Xmas Presents
Father hands Mother her present and she leans over to kiss him. Meanwhile son and daughter (who wears an Alice band), unwrap their presents while a record plays

Past and Present
The AKERU, a pair of lion- gods, represent Past & Present, Yesterday and Today, in the Egyptian cosmology

Bohemian Castle
BURG KARLSTEIN - an impressively romantic castle of Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic)

Juba, King of Numidia
JUBA, KING OF NUMIDIA (approximates to present-day Algeria)

Knitted Elephant
This amusing elephant with a face and limbs of knitted wool would make a good Christmas present for a small child!

Girl Posts Parcel 1880S
A little girl in a huge fruit festooned bonnet, arms full with a doll, umbrella & muff, looks up at the high slot on the red pillar box & wonders how she will ever reach it

Churchill at Sidney Street
WINSTON CHURCHILL, then Home Secretary, is seen with a with a posse of policemen during the Siege of Sidney Street in Stepney, London

Fremont Exploration 4
At Fort Laramie, in present- day Wyoming, Fremont explains to skeptical native Americans that his expedition to the West is entirely in their best interests

Grand Tour Visit Card
The visiting card of W Landon, doing Rome while making the Grand Tour and lodging in the Piazza di Spagna : he would present these cards to people he wished to call on

Triumph of Pompeius
Gnaeus Magnus Pompeius ( Pompey ) enjoys a triumph after a series of striking victories in present-day Syria

Paper at Turkestan
Ppaper of the kind we know today is thought to have been invented in Turkestan in the 6th century : here it is being sold at Samarkand in present- day Uzbekistan

Saint-Simoniens
Followers of Saint-Simon hope that the July Revolution will enable his socialist ideas to be put into practice : they meet to present their case but they have no success

The Dutch Pilot
After he has been helped by a Dutch pilot, he makes him a present of the boat

A Present from France
France brings Germany a present - a nice little coffin for a German child !

Saint Clodoaldus
SAINT CLODOALDUS (in French : Saint-Cloud) grandson of Clovis and Saint Clotilde, became priest, and abbot at present-day Saint- Cloud, near Versailles

The Adulteress
Finding a woman taken in adultery about to be stoned, Jesus invites whichever of those present is without sin to cast the first stone

Wartime Christmas
In war-time France, the present the children want Pere Noel to bring them is - PEACE !

Jesus in Church
Jesus depicted as being always present in places of worship

Present Child to Devil
Parents present their child to the Devil

Presenting Souls to God
Angels present the souls of the recently deceased to God

Beside the Tree
Four children sit and stand by the tree, admiring their presents

Admiring Tree
Sister, brother and baby all admire the present-laden tree

Gifts for Old Cottager
The visit to the cottage - the lady of the manor greets her bible-reading cottage tenant, while her page carries in a hamper of good things

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