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Lady Diana Cooper in The SketchBlack and white photograph of Lady Diana Cooper dressed as Sir Peter Lelys Diana - complete with greyhounds - at the Picture costume ball held at the Grafton Galleries, London
Miss Nancy BeatonBlack and white photograph of Miss Nancy Beaton in her Air dress for the Tha Ball of the Midnight Sun organised by Mrs Robin d Erlanger at the Park Lane Hotel, London on 22nd November 1928
Illustration, A Song of the English, British EmpireIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). My arm is nothing weak, My strength is not gone by
Illustration, A Song of the English, AucklandIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Auckland -- Last, loneliest, loveliest, exquisite, apart
Illustration, A Song of the English, CapetownIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Illustration, A Song of the English, HalifaxIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Halifax -- Into the mist my guardian prows put forth
Illustration, A Song of the English, Deep Sea CablesIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Illustration, A Song of the English, The SeaIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Illustration, A Song of the English, LionsIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Illustration, A Song of the English, CampfireIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Cover design, Womans PictorialCover design, Dressing Up, by M Kemp Welch, Womans Pictorial magazine, 21 June 1924. Depicting a girl wearing improvised fancy dress. With items by Kitty McKane, Fannie Kilbourne and Gilbert Frankau
Costume designs, Weldons Beautiful NeedleworkCostume designs and patterns for girls, a page in Weldons Beautiful Needlework magazine. Date: circa 1920s
Egyptian designs, Weldons Beautiful NeedleworkEgyptian designs for home furnishings, an insert page from Weldons Beautiful Needlework magazine. Date: circa 1920s
Tapestry designs, Weldons Beautiful NeedleworkTapestry designs for home furnishings, a double page spread in Weldons Beautiful Needlework magazine. Date: circa 1920s
Cover design, Weldons Beautiful Needlework, No. 2, showing a young woman in a crinoline dress sewing. Date: circa 1920s
Cover design, Laugh It Off Annual for 1945, bubbling with sparkling wit and humour. Showing a fun-loving young woman in a giant glass of champagne. Date: 1945
Dahlias, insert illustration in L Artisan PratiqueInsert illustration in L Artisan Pratique, a French decorative art magazine. Showing an arrangement of dahlias on a design for a velvet cushion. Date: 1924
The Gondolier, insert illustration in L Artisan PratiqueInsert illustration in L Artisan Pratique, a French decorative art magazine. Showing a gondolier rowing two women across the waters of Venice. Date: 1923
Cover design, L Artisan PratiqueCover design for a French decorative art magazine, L Artisan Pratique, December 1924. Date: 1924
Cover design, Popular Flying, the National Aviation Paper, November 1936. Date: 1936
Insert of cover design, Popular FlyingInsert reproduction of cover design, Popular Flying, the National Aviation Paper, July 1936. Running the Gauntlet(s), showing a Hawker Demon (with a Rolls Royce Kestrel engine) of 23F Squadron
MɒIMɅ, Prosper (1803-1870). French novelist, playwrightMɒ IMɅ, Prosper (1803-1870). French novelist, playwright, essayist and Hispanist. Title page of Colomba, 1840. Publication created in Leipzig
A Fragments Fortune by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoonAutobiographical cartoon (perhaps?) by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing how his experiences at the front inspired his cartoons, but how they were often vetoed by the censor back at home. Date: 1919
Coucher de soleil dans la plaine de L Yser. Pi裥 de 75 allant prendre position.. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News
Head and shoulders oval portrait of an American Sergeant, 1917. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration
Portrait of a Corporal of the 1 / 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) BaPortrait of a Corporal of the 1/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, 5th Brigade, 9th Division, 1st Army in full marching order. Georges Scott, (1873-1943)
La Medaille Militaire. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13
A heavy French transport en route. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of
A heavy artillery convoy. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13
Obtaining Encyclopaedia Britannica booksEncyclopaedia Britannica, 16 larger double volumes instead 32 single volumes. General knowledge books with some colour illustrations. Small monthly payments. Date: 1925
John IrelandJOHN IRELAND Biographer of Hogarth and presenter of his works, depicted with his publication. Date: 1720 - 1808
Distinctive character publicising Phil Mays summer AnnualDistinctive character (his publisher?) publicising Phil Mays summer Annual. Date: 1892
Poor street magazine seller and childA poor ragged woman with a very beaten-up face pictured ironically selling the magazine Larks on the street whilst clutching her infant child Date: circ 1898
The Descent of Man, New York, 1923Darwin published this work in 1871 and during his lifetime it was translated in to Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Swedish
Journal of Researches - title pageThe title of page of Darwins Journal of Researches in Geology and Natural history
Hortus Sanitatis, Jacob Meidenbach, 1497 editionHortus Sanitatis title page
Shu No Kigen, Tokyo, 1914This is the first edition of the Japanese translation of The Origin of Species. The book was published as a pocket-size edition in five volumes and includes a folding image of a speciation tree
Portrait of a Gentleman studyOpening page of The Malay Archipelago, The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of travel with studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace, 1874
Page 186 from The Origin of SpeciesPage 186 of a first edition of On The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Page 187 from The Origin of SpeciesPage 187 of a first edition of On The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
The Works of Charles DarwinA selection of various editions of Darwins writings. Darwin wrote sixteen books and many editions of some of the titles. All his writings remain in publication today in various forms and languages
Journal of Researches in Geology and Natural historyA first edition of the one of the works of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer
Darwin statue, September 1927The 2.5 tonne marble statue of Darwin was unveiled in June 1885 after a worldwide public appeal raised &, xfa; 4500. The statue by Sir Joseph Boehm cost &
Title page of Darwins ResearchesResearches in Geology and Natural History (1839) by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) open at its title page
The Tower of Pelee, looking NorthThe breaking clouds and vapors uncovering the giant obelisk. Photograph taken June 13, 1902. Figure XXXII in Heilprin, A. (1908)
Display cases in the Central Hall at the Natural History MusThis grand vista of the Central Hall sweeps from the bronze statue of Sir Richard Owen by Thomas Brock to the marble statue of Charles Darwin on the staircase. Photograph taken in April 1906
Tommaso Salvadori (1835-1923)Count Adelaro Tommaso Salvadori Paleotti was one of ten eminent ornithologists who assisted Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Head of the Bird Section. Image shows Tommaso working on flamingoes, c. 1890
Title page from A New Herball by William TurnerThe title page complete with Royal crest of King Edward VI from A New Herball (1551) by William Turner