Private Collection (page 5)

Bravery of Private Samuel Johnson of the Green Howards, Capture of Belle Ile, Brittany, France, 1761, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763)

Ricardo Cortez - American silent film actor
Ricardo Cortez (Jacob Krantz) (1900-1977) - American silent film actor, shown here in the role of Paris in The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927). Date: 1927

Comic postcard, Different interpretations of business Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Wife visits husband at his office Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Wife visits husband at his office Date: 20th century

Leaves from life: two types of music from either end of the social spectrum, a new series of studies by Edmund Blampied. A charity concert and In the backwoods of Kennington - the lodger. Date: 1933

A Very Jolly Afternoon - his majesty King George V attends Harrow School Speech Day. Date: 1912

Lord Inverclyde presenting the McKenzie Cup for the ladies swimming race at the Glasgow South Side Ladies Gala at the Govanhill Baths

Newport Castle, Newport, South Wales, in the foothills of Carn Ingli, founded by the first Lord Marcher of Kemes, Martin de Turribus in 1191 - now a private residence. Date: circa 1910s

Group of Sami outside their home, c. 1890
19th century vintage photograph: group of Sami outside their home, c.1890. The Sami people are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting Sapmi

Market, city of Cairo, camels and merchants, Egypt
Vintage c.1900 photograph: market on the edge of the city of Cairo, camels and merchants, Egypt, photochomre c.1900

The Royal Visit to the Vatican - standing behind Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip are Major Martin Charteris, Private Secretary to the Princess (wearing white tie), Lady Palmer

Good Luck postcard, Royal Irish Guards, WW1. Bonne Chance Pour Toi, Mon Garcon. Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, British soldier in dugout, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, British soldier reading letter from wife, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, British soldier homesick on rough seas, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, British soldier dreaming of home sweet home, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, two British soldiers, private and sergeant major, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, British soldier on sentry duty in the cold, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, Boy soldier posting a letter, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Two boys playing at soldiers, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Alice Adair - Centre - playing Aphrodite in
Alice Adair (Centre) playing Aphrodite in the First National film The Private Life of Helen of Troy (directed by Alexander Korda) with two Marion Morgan dancers, 1927 Date: 1927

Officers of a native Indian regiment, British army, India
officers of a native Indian regiment, British army, India, photographed by Shepherd and Robertson. Vintage 19th century photograph

Christening of Princess Elizabeth, 1926
The Royal Christening: Inside the Chapel at the Palace. The christening of Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) in May 1926 in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace by the Archbishop of

Private Lives, fashion on stage, Gertrude Lawrence
Article by Florence Roberts in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News reporting on the fashions on stage (and in the stalls) during Noel Cowards play, Private Lives at the Phoenix Theatre

Clarendon House
A view of Clarendon House in 1666. Clarendon House was a town mansion which stood on Piccadilly in London, England, from the 1660s to the 1680s

Burlington House
A view of Burlington House in 1875. It was originally a private Palladian mansion owned by the Earls of Burlington and was expanded in the mid-19th century after being purchased by the British

Muslim women entertaining themelves in their private quarters. Woman smoking hookah pipes, spinning yarn, embroidering, etc. Appartement d une dame Mahometane avec le tandour

Private quarters of an Ottoman official. Officials in robes sit on a divan in a large carpeted room. Appartement d un ministre de la Porte

Dance of the dervishes, Kadri order. Ballo dei Dervisch Cadry. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Polish Memorial, Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium
The memorial, which is on an outside wall, commemorates the Polish Forces who liberated Ypres in September 1944. In September 2016 researcher Chris Lock discovered that three Polish soldiers were not

Vlamertinghe Chateau, subject of Edmund Blunden poem
Blunden wrote the poem, On Passing Vlamertinghe Chateau in July 1917 in which he describes Poppies by the million. The Chateau survived the war

Headstone of Private Richard le Page, 26 March 1918
Le Page, who was 42 years old, was in the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry. He is buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery. The Regiment was formed at the end of 1916 from the Guernsey Militia

A view of Fettes College in Edinburgh. Date: 1955

Sketch by Bryan de Grineau showing the great dining-hall at Fettes College, Edinburgh. A master and two prefects are dining near the large stone fireplace carved with the Fettes College arms

Sketches by Bryan de Grineau of Fettes College, Edinburgh. The top picture shows the study rooms in Kimmerghame House leading off from a central common room with armchairs, piano and billiard table

Private Headstone of Gnr A. E. Wheeler, Zillebeek
Private Headstone of Gnr A.E. Wheeler, Zillebeek Date: 2016

Private Memorial to Major H. K. Redmond, Locre Date: 2016

Peoples private coach, 26 seater Thornycroft coach; fitted with easiway roof and non-chafe seating. Boby by Thurgoods of Ware. Date: circa 1940

Hall Lewis Cardiff conference private motor bus. Date: circa 1940

Private Memorial, Old Lonsdale Church, Oosterbeek
The final fighting north of the River Rhine during the last stages of Operation Market Garden was in and around the small Arnhem suburb of Oosterbeek

Joe Mann Memorial, Open-Air Theatre, Best, Holland
This was put up by the people of Best in memory of Private 1st Class Joe E. Mann of H Coy, 502nd US Parachute Infantry Regiment. It was unveiled by his parents on 17 September 1956

Cartoon, William Sydney Penley in Private Secretary
Cartoon, William Sydney Penley (1851-1912), English actor, singer and comedian, in The Private Secretary, a farce by Charles Hawtrey. 1884

Cartoon, W J Hill as Mr Cattermole in Private Secretary
Cartoon, William Jones Hill (1834-1888) as Mr Cattermole in a theatre production of Private Secretary, a farce in three acts by Charles Hawtrey. 1884

Mary Cunningham-Reid & Barbara Cartland at Peter North exhib
The Hon. Mrs Cunningham-Reid (formerly Mary Ashley, sister of Edwina Mountbatten) and Mrs McCorquodale aka novelist Barbara Cartland

Chamberlain in his study
Joseph Chamberlain in his study engaged on the enormous correspondence involved by the fiscal campaign. Chamberlain is assisted by his private secretary, Mr Wilson. Date: 1903

First HQ in France for journalists covering the invasion
The Press had established themselves in Bernieres by 1030 hours on D-Day in the Hotel de Grave, now a private house, No 288, Rue du Regiment de la Chaudiere

Winchester College and Wardens Ground, Hampshire
Winchester College (an independent boarding school) and Wardens Ground, Winchester, Hampshire, dating back to the 14th century

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