Quiet Collection (page 6)

The Letter from Home by Samuel Begg, WW1
" From His Little Girl: The Letter from Home" published in The Illustrated London News Christmas Number in 1916

Suffragette Need Not Apply. Bachelor peruses the newspaper ads from a matimorial agency. One reads, Wanted A Wife cheap who can cook, sew, wash, nurse, eat little, drink less and keep quiet

Paris, France - Barriere de la Cunette. Date: 1830

Paris, France - Square des Arts et Metiers. Date: 1861

Mairi Chisholm reading in the cellar at Pervyse
Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm of Chisholm, better known as Mairi Chisholm (1895-1981), Scottish nurse and ambulance driver during World War I pictured in silhouette, taking a rare

Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 12
This is the cottage, the home of delight, Whence prayer, like an incense, ascends day and night, Where joy and contentment sit smiling so bright - Whence came this glad home where such comforts unite

A quiet smoke. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

The defences of the village of Caestre
Scale 1/2500 of the defences of the village of Caestre - April 1918, showing 11 machine gun positions, trenches and barbed wire produced by 286681, E. North, 90th Field Coy, Royal Engineers

Kashiwabara, Tokaido, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Lake, Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India
Lake at Mount Abu, a hill station in Rajasthan, India. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Attractive Holiday Resorts, August 1914, WW1. Showing suggested posters for advertising the latest attractions at continental holiday resorts, including boating on the canal at Kiel

Cartoon, Our Society Portraiture, Mrs Grundy. Showing just the face, hat and folded hands of a docile-looking Mrs Grundy, the proverbial Mary Whitehouse figure of the early 20th century

Cycle track on roadway, Germany
A cycle track on a roadway in Germany, with two cyclists making good use of it. Date: 20th century

A quiet corner on Sark. A woman in a brown skirt, pink hat and matching blouse reading a book on the stony beach of the Channel Island

Advertisement, Napier car
Advertisement for the Alpine-tested 30-35 horsepower, six-cylinder noiseless Napier car. Date: July 1914

Street scene, St Ives, Cornwall
A street scene in St Ives, Cornwall, with houses and shops, and a sign advertising BP. Date: 1922

Poster: come and explore Britain (2)
Poster inviting you to come and explore Britain, showing a quiet town with older style architecture. (2 of 2)

Riots in Clichy
Not-so-quiet days in Clichy : the 1 May holiday is the occasion for popular rioting directed at the government. Date: 1889

Llyn Blaenmelindwr
The broad waters of Llyn Blaenmelindwr, near Ponterwyd, Cardiganshire, Wales, a quiet, infrequented lake among the hills. Date: 1960s

Robert Sym, Lawyer
ROBERT SYM Scottish lawyer, evidently partial to a quiet stroll in the woods. Date: CIRCA 1787

Arthur Jackson
ARTHUR JACKSON nonconformist churchman and scholar, a quiet and peaceable man, though he was obstinate in opposing The Book of Sports. Date: 1593 - 1666

Three boys escape their savage captors during the night
Three boys escape their savage captors (drunk on brandy) during the night, grabbing some of their clothes to wear in the process. Date: 1898

A shady quiet part of the Thames in West London or Surrey
A shady quiet part of the River Thames in West London or Surrey Date: 1911

Different approaches to personal slights
" You Engleeshe you do not fight ze duel. Vat d you do ven you air insult?" " Oh, we write to the newspaper." Date: 1895

Statue of Alexander II - Helsinki, Finland
Statue of Emperor Alexander II - Senate Square, Helsinki, Finland. Erected in 1894, the statue was built to commemorate his re-establishment the Diet of Finland in 1863. Date: circa 1907

A mother and daughter wander down a country lane c. 1910

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

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

Street scene in Kostel, Slovenia
Street scene in Kostel, also known as Podivin, a small town once in southern Moravia, now in the Czech Republic. Two little girls take a doll in a pram for a walk. Date: 1962

Amersham / Metro-Land 1926
Amersham, Buckinghamshire: a quiet side-street Date: 1926

The Witness Who Would Rather Not Say by H. M. Bateman
A glamorous woman in the witness stand at a court hearing, keeps her own counsel, much to the delight of the judge and others present. See picture number 10636972 for the partner to this image

A quiet cove. Sun setting behind three sailboats at shore. Date c1910

Quiet day in the Mortar Battery. Four soldiers relaxing in a mortar battery. Date 1855. Quiet day in the Mortar Battery. Four soldiers relaxing in a mortar battery. Date 1855

Telegraph Poles Eyesore
Even motoring on a quiet lane, the beauty of the countryside is spoilt by ugly telegraph poles; a scene in Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s

Scene in a Russian village during WW1
A quiet scene in a Russian village during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

TENBY BAY
A quiet scene, with moored craft in the harbour at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

England / Warmington
A general view of Warmington, Warwickshire, a quiet village on the border with Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1960s

A Matter of Taste A different approach to having a drink between these two boating enthusiasts. The portly older gentleman preferring a whiskey and soda

Lake Windermere
A quiet lakeside scene, at the south end of Lake Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria, England. Date: 1960s

Quiet street in Vienna, Austria
View of a quiet street in Vienna, Austria, with a couple of parked cars and a little girl leaning against a large arched doorway. Date: 1953

Stanford-In-The-Vale
Thatched cottages in the quiet village of Stanford-in-the- Vale, Berkshire, England. Date: late 1950s

Lower Slaughter
The tranquil village of Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England. Date: January 1939

St. Jamess Park London
A quiet and delightful corner of St. Jamess Park, central London, out of sight, but within sound of the roar of traffic. Date: 1939

Morden Hall Park
A quiet backwater of the River Wandle, in Morden Hall Park, Surrey, England. This land was once owned by millionaire tobacco merchant Gilliat Hatfield. Date: 1960s

England / Lacock
This lucky lone cyclist has the whole of this quiet village to himself. It is Lacock, Wiltshire, a perfect example of Tudor England, with its timbered houses. Date: 1930s

England / River Dart
Quiet anchorage - a scene on the River Dart, near Kingswear, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

In the School Library
Studying in a quiet part of the school library. Date: 1950s

Lollipop Lady
A lollipop lady stands in the middle of a very quiet residential road to assist a group of schoolchildren to cross it. Date: early 1970s

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