Raise Collection

Female Type / Maid 1935
Pretty young French maid with a revealing neckline: " Sir has the flu, so I m going to try and raise his morale." Date: 1935

Stylish Horse Race by Victor Hicks
A stylised illustration showing an elegant lady leading a racehorse in the paddock. The illustration is accompanied by the following poem; Airs and graces

Riding, 1936 Olympics
Czech postcard, probably sold to raise funds for the Czech equestrian team in the Olympics

Fest / Britain / Guide Cover
The cover of an official guide. Following the war, the festival aimed to raise the nations spirits whilst promoting the best in British art, design and industry. Date: 1951

Charity Bootblacks
To raise money for hospitals, English girls offer their services as shoeblacks to passing gentlemen in the streets of London

KULAGINA DOING PK
Nina KULAGINA, Russian psychic attempts to raise an object from the table, by using her psychokinetic ability Date: circa 1970

Sow the seeds of victory! Plant & raise your own vegetables. Poster showing Liberty sowing seeds. Date c1918. Sow the seeds of victory! Plant & raise your own vegetables

WWI Poster, Belgian & Allies Aid League
Design by Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956), Belgian & Allies Aid League, Will you help these sufferers from the war to start a new home. Help is better than sympathy

Meeting at the Guildhall on Behalf of the Jews in Russia, 18
Engraving showing a meeting held at the Guidhall, London, in 1890 to raise funds on behalf of Russian Jews. The prominent figures shown are (from left to right)

London Opinion 1937
Four glamorous ladies raise their glasses to toast the New Year in 1937

The Exercise At Boulevard Richard-Lenoir
A colourful illustration of a military exercise in which soldiers in unison raise their rifles above their heads, within a clearing at Boulevard Richard-Lenoir in Paris, France. Date: circa 1901

Chevauchees D'Antan La Charge
This illustration depicts a military charge of French soldiers on horseback with raised swords pointing to the sky, the thunder of hooves causes clouds of dust to raise. Date: circa 1901

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - collection of publications
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - book collection including Titanic Voices, Beyond Reach, The Night Lives On, Raise the Titanic, and The Death and Life of a Legend. Date: 20th century

RMS Titanic - Raise the Titanic film Date: 1980

RMS Titanic - poster, French version of Raise the Titanic
RMS Titanic: poster for French version of the film Raise the Titanic, 61 x 45 inches. La Guerre des Abimes (The War of the Abyss). Date: 1980

Coloured portraits of the Kaiser & Emperor Franz Joseph
This is an official card produced to raise funds for the Red Cross. All sides used postcards to raise funds for a variety of Causes. WW1 Date: 1914

A touching scene in a charitable institution, showing a portrait plaque of Queen Alexandra (Queen-Mother at the time) on the wall of a children's ward in the Alexandra Hospital

Welsh National Memorial Dragon, Hagebos - Iron Cross
This fine memorial in Belgium is not only to the 38th Welsh Division, but to all Welsh Forces who fought in the Ypres Salient. It is similar to the dragon at Mametz on the Somme

Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham, 1642
Opening scene of the English Civil War - Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham. 1642

Elkington & Co, Electro-Plate Works, Birmingham
Scenes from Elkington & Co, Electro-Plate Works, Birmingham -- raising, plating, stamping and vats. Date: circa 1850s

Proclamation of the Colony of Bay Islands
The British gained violent control of the Bay Islands from Honduras in 1838, but did little about any formalities or governance until March 1852

Label for painting, The Buffet, by William Strang, WW1
Label for painting, The Buffet, by William Strang, First World War. Buffets were held to raise money as part of the war effort. 1917

The Buffet, by William Strang, WW1
The Buffet, painting by William Strang, First World War. Buffets were held to raise money as part of the war effort. 1917

Christmas toast for the evening 1872
Family raising a glass after an older gentleman makes a speech for Christmas. 1872

OLD & NEW WAY TO DRINK OLD & NEW WAY TO DRINK
The old way and the new way of drinking. Date: 1830

ITALIANS TAKE BERBERA
North Africa : the Italians triumphantly raise their tricolour as a sign of their occupation of Fort Berbera Date: November 1940

LADY RIDER AND GENT
A lady riding sidesaddle causes a gentleman to raise his hands - but whether at her riding skills, her beauty or her recklessness, who knows ? Date: circa 1660

Children raise the Union Flag C1890
Children raise the Union Flag on the remains of an old boat Date: circa 1890

Happy New Year - Jolly German Girl seeing in the New Year by raising a glass as the clock hands pass midnight. Date: circa 1908

Well, Heres Luck! - British trench scene
In a British dug-out, soldiers raise their glasses and wish themselves luck for the coming battle. Date: 1917

Greek Art. Goddesses rearing children. Ny Carlsberg Glyptote
Ancient Greek Art. Archaic Period (700 B.C-480 B.C.). Goddesses rearing children. Terracotta. Statuette. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

The Toast - Elizabethan men drinking and merrymaking. circa early 17th century

Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2
Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). They are collecting waste paper and old tins to help raise money for the War Fund, probably during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

A young Common Monitor Lizard rests (sunbathing in order to raise the body-temperature) on a tree-trunk, fallen in a small stream in rainforest (Varanus salvator)

Poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, WW1
American poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, designed to raise money for the war effort during the First World War. Showing a menacing German with bloody fingers and bayonet. Date: 1917-1918

William Doran, veteran of the Battle of Navarino, at St Geor
William Doran ( Old Navarino ), aged 96, was once a powder monkey on the Genoa at the Battle of Navarino. In his old age, he was discovered to have entered the St Georges Fulham Road workhouse

Breakdown lorry lifting car from basement area
The breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station being deployed to raise a car from the basement area after it crashed through the railings

Tricouleur Hotel Ville
The insurgents raise the tricouleur over the Hotel de Ville

Four frogs in red tailcoats on a cutout Christmas card, raising their glasses in a toast. circa 1890s

Airbags used to raise fishing trawler, Newlyn, Cornwall
Airbags used to raise the Bounteous fishing trawler off the coast of Cornwall, near Newlyn harbour, which rolled and sank in rough seas, 17 January 1980. A diver is also visible in the water

American cavalry soldiers camping, USA
American cavalry soldiers camping in a field, USA -- seen here in the process of raising their tents. Date: circa 1910

Cofferdam work to raise USS Maine, Havana harbour, Cuba
Cofferdam work exposing the wreck of USS Maine, Havana harbour, Cuba. The ship exploded and sank in 1898. Date: 1911

The National Gallerys Wartime Canteen
Volunteers prepare food for their customers at The National Gallery canteen, established during the Second World War in order to raise money for the war effort. 1940

Scottish Womens Hospitals WW1
Two paper flags sold to raise funds for the Scottish Womens Hospitals at the front. The SWH was founded by Dr. Elsie Inglis, a member of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies

WW1 poster, United War Work Campaign
Poster, United We Serve, United War Work Campaign, fundraising by a group of charities: YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic War Council, Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service

A waterwheel, Algeria
A woman and a man stand (encircled by Arecaceae) next to a large waterwheel machine, used to raise water from the ground. Date: circa 1910s

The Turtle Fountain. Detail. Turtle and bronze ephebe. 16th c
The Turtle Fountain. Italian Renaissance. Built between 1580-1588 by Giacomo della Porta (1533-1602) and Taddeo Landini (1561-1596). Detail. Turtle and bronze ephebe. Rome. Italy

Christmas greeting, Compliments of the Season, with a smiling couple raising their glasses. circa late 19th century

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