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Pride comes before a fallAn illustration to the saying, Pride comes before a fall. Showing a rich man (possibly royal) in an encounter with a boy selling food from a basket in the street
Essex Univ GraduationA graduation ceremony at Essex University. Date: circa 1950s
The Christening of Princess Elizabeth in 1926Official photograph of baby Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) with her parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) at Buckingham Palace on 19th May
Niobe and her FamilyNiobe, proud of her 14 children, imprudently mocked Leto/Latona who had only 2, whereupon Apollo and Diana slew them all and turned Niobe herself into a stone
A Grandfather and Grandson - DevonA Grandfather and Grandson, in a very lavish interior in Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Italian Father / DaughterA proud Italian father with his pretty daughter, immigrants to Britain, living in the Italian community area of Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1
Tregony Heavy Horse Show and Country Fayre, Cornwall -- keepers with their beautifully turned out horses. circa 1980s
Cartoon, Captain Fred Collins of BrightonCartoon, Captain Frederick Collins of Brighton (1832-1912) -- always skylarking. He became famous as Captain Collins of the Skylark, a pleasure yacht for holidaymakers. 1883
Coriolanus - title page - with Volumnia, Virgilia and Young Martius. 1862
Inoculation by H M Bateman. This illustration shows a man smuggly and confidently going through a series of injections by different doctors, on different parts of his body
French Cockerel proudly defeating the German Black EagleThe French Cockerel stands proud having defeated the German Eagle (standing on a German fur busby decorated with a Totenkopf - Deaths Head symbols). Date: 1914
Old Maid card - Cook. circa 1940s
Antoine Louis BaryeANTOINE LOUIS BARYE (1795-1875) French sculptor, towards the end of his life, looking proud and prosperous. Date: 1866
Benedetto BacchiniBENEDETTO BACCHINI Italian cleric and scholar of Parma, holding a theological book on the ecclesiastical hierarchy of which he is no doubt the proud author. Date: 1651 - 1721
Silk Dress by CallotCallot of Paris: striking black silk dress, diagonally tucked & piped in white to create a panel that stands proud of the body. A flounce & bishop sleeves soften the look Date: 1930s
Caravan of Newly WedsThe newly-weds park their caravan in a cabbage-field, and in no time at all they are proud parents ! Date: circa 1930
Cadillac V-8 Series 60A proud member of the Royal Family of Motordom (honest, thats what they say !) this is Cadillacs V-8 Series 60 Sedan. Date: 1935
Sir John Blundell Maple - Politician and PhilanthropistSir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet (1845-1903) - Furniture merchant, MP, successful racehorse owner and Philanthropist who rebuilt University College Hospital. Date: 1889
Wilhelm Ii / Stafford 1896WILHELM II depicted as the modern Caesar bestriding the narrow world like a Colossus 1896
The Debutante 1850A debutante in a beautiful white satin dress and a rosette in her hair, fixes her hair in the mirror. She is admired by her proud mama and servants. Date: 1850
A lady ( Marion ) - sitting on the running board of her car. Date: circa 1930s
Cartoon, mother of a young soldier on leave, WW1Cartoon, the mother of a young soldier on leave dresses up to meet him and admires herself in the mirror -- she says she hasn t dressed so well for a long time. Date: 1916
Proud Winners. Whippet racing Carlin Howe, N Yorks 1970s Date: 1970s
Proud Parent. Middlesbrough 1970s Date: 1970s
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cock-O-Lorum. Showing a proud cockerel conducting a roll call of all his hens, and finding the independently-minded Hetty missing. Date: 1921
Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Cock-O-Lorum The Great, in the Letter Book Series. Showing a proud white cockerel surrounded by admiring hens. Date: 1921
WW1 - Cartoon - Wilhelm II hears the Cossacks comingWW1 - A cartoon illustrating German Emperor Wilhem II standing proudly, mistaking the sound of distant rumbling as the arrival of his people
WW1 - Guynemer with proud relatives at his home in CompiegneWW1 - Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer (1894 - 1917), a top fighter ace, Lieutenant, Captain and Commander of the Storks Squadron for France during World War I
WW2 Christmas card from home (inside). Date: circa 1942
Boy scouts band, Ponsonby, Auckland, New ZealandGroup photo of the boy scouts of the Ponsonby Drum and Fife Band, affiliated with the Ponsonby No. 1 Troop of Auckland City, New Zealand. They won a competition with a five quickstep selection
WWI Poster, Make us as proud of you as we are of himWWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Make us as proud of you as we are of him! Poster issued August 1915. Date: 1915
WWI Poster, You re proud of your pals in the ArmyWWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, You re proud of your pals in the Army of course! But what will your pals think of YOU? Think It Over! Date: 1915
Chief Scout and Governor with new Queens Scouts, GuyanaGovernor and Chief Scout, Sir Richard Luyt, with two of seven new Queens Scouts and their proud mothers from Buxton, East Coast Demerara, British Guyana, South America
Chief Scout and Governor with new Queens Scout, GuyanaGovernor and Chief Scout, Sir Richard Luyt, with one of seven new Queens Scouts and his proud mother from Buxton, East Coast Demerara, British Guyana, South America
Savoy China Jug - WWISavoy China Jug, inscribed and showing a Private of the Grenadier Guards with the Kings Colour and Union Flag. On reverse, Shakespeare prose - This England never do
Souvenir printed cotton square. This England never did, nor never shall lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. Flags of all the allies represented. Commemorative Art
Out of Doors -- mother, children and peacockOut of Doors -- a mother and her two children watch a peacock on the lawn. Date: 19th century
Cartoons, What He Will Look Like, WW1Cartoons, At the End of " The Day", What He Will Look Like. Showing Kaiser Wilhelm II during the First World War, His Own Version (left) and That of the Allies (right). Date: September 1914
Men of the Belgian Army, WW1Men of the Belgian Army, allied with Britain during the First World War. Showing infantry, artillery, a lancer, and news received from Liege in a Brussels cafe
Cartoon, Knights of the Air, WW1First World War cartoon entitled Knights of the Air, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II and Field Marshal Von Hindenburg with a scene of destruction behind them
Young woman saying goodbye to soldier, WW1The Proudest Day of Her Life -- a young woman saying goodbye to a soldier as he leaves for the Western Front in the early weeks of the First World War. Date: September 1914
Boy on sentry dutyA boy in a tin helmet with a rifle on his shoulder, playing at being on sentry duty. Date: circa 1940s
Boy in military uniformBoy, of perhaps 13 or so, in unknown military uniform. Date: C.1911
Christening RobesA proud grandmother holds her baby grandchild, dressed in its Christening robes. Date: 1950s
Baby Camel at the ZooA cute baby camel, admired by his proud mother, chewing straw in a doorway of their hut at a zoo. Date: early 1930s
Spanish BorzoiThe finest Borzoi in Madrid, Spain, with its proud owner. Date: early 1930s
Japan - Japanese Women pose for a photograph with babiesJapan - Japanese Women pose for a photograph with their babies Date: circa 1903
Joseph Chamberlain as a Lion Tamer, taming his various opponents and enemies, named as the Radicals, the opposition Press and the Boer African Lion (bearing a suspicious likeness to Paul Kruger)