Rays Collection

China - Cultural Revolution Poster - Chairman Mao
The Many accomplish great things - Cultural Revolution poster from the Peoples Republic of China, featuring happy workers heading out to work, many holding aloft the Little Red Book

Tarot Card 19 - Le Soleil (The Sun)
The Sun, as depicted on a Tarot card

X-Ray of a Seahorse
An x-ray of a seahorse, showing its skeleton

Tarot Card 19 - Le Soleil (The Sun)

The Personification of Finland (Suomi)
The Female Personification of Finland (Suomi), holding aloft the National Flag over the sun rising across the Finnish lakes

Military Rockets for Space Activity, Armed with Death Rays

Roentgen X-Rays Patient
William Konrad Roentgen examines a patient. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 for his discovery in 1895 of what was to be called the x-ray

Roentgens X-Ray System
A photograph taken by Dr Voller of Hamburg using the Roentgen system

Hoffmann / Man Shooting
The Story of the Man that Went out Shooting

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage with Barn Owl
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. A landing barn owl has been added to the border framing the scene

Sunset through the trees
The last rays of the days sun cast two autumnal trees into sharp silhouette. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Customs inspection with X-rays, World War I
An officer examines a bale of cotton with an X-ray machine to try and detect contraband during World War I in March 1915

Griffon preaching to the Maronites of Mount Lebanon
Griffon, preaching to the Maronites of Mount Lebanon, is aided by a miracle -- God moves the sun so that its rays illumine the church from the east, not the west

Infra red photographs by Professor Wood
A selection of landscapes photographed using infra-red rays, the result of pioneering work by Professor Robert Williams Wood whose pictures were exhibited at the Royal Society of Photography in 1911

Horses being X-Rayed
A horse being x-rayed at the Royal Veterinary College, Camden, London, using portable x-ray apparatus, which has proved invaluable in the treatment of animal ailments

Soldier X-Rayed / 1915
Locating a bullet in a soldiers heart by means of an x-ray

Young Napoleon has his fortune told by a gipsy
The young Napoleon, later Emperor of France, has his fortune told by a gipsy in Corsica

Dantis Amor
This drawing depicts the central figure, Love, holding a sun dial, standing against a decorative background, divided in two, the upper left portrays the head of Christ depicted as the sun

The Last Rays
A landscape painting of a copse, heavily populated with tall, thin trees. Date: circa 1916

X-ray Machine and photos
X-ray machine and some of the images taken using it. Guns and animals are seen to be photographed here at Woolwich. At the time this was Europe's largest X-ray machine

Wolseley Workers in solarium
Wolseley Workers, women being treated with sun rays in the works ultraviolet solarium, wearing swim suits and goggles. The solarium was installed to counteract the lack of daylight for wartime shift

Advertisement for Sunray Glass'. Health! Sturdy limbs and bronzed bodies come of the Ultra Violet Rays which windows of Sunray Glass admit to your home

Holt Brewery Amber Rays

X-ray - Soldier with Bullet Bound Being Examined 1900
Wounded soldier from the Boer War been examined in a London hospital by means of X-ray. One of the interesting features of the Boer War was the demonstration of the practical utility of the X-rays

The Death of the Venerable Bede
In 733, Bede travelled to York, to visit Ecgbert, who was then bishop of York. The see of York was elevated to an archbishopric in 735

Advert for Perihel Mixry - Sunlamp 1940
The Perihel Mixry, artificial sunshine to bring you heath and vigour. Date: 1940

RED ORIENTAL PARASOL
A young lady shades her complexion from the harsh rays of the sun encountered at the seaside with a large, bright red japanese parasol & a broad brimmed straw hat. Date: 1915

The Invisible Man, book cover
The Invisible Man. Cover illustration to an early French edition

Sun Rays - Pixies by Lorna Steele

Comic postcard, Large woman sunbathing at the seaside Date: 20th century

X-ray had proven useful in World War One, for locating bullets and foreign bodies in wounded men and also detection of any contraband

Mother and daughters by the gate of a lovely bungalow
A Mother and her three older daughters by the gate of a lovely period bungalow with a superb sunburst design on the gable end above a patterned-leaded window. Date: circa 1930s

The Nature of Light - Sir William Braggs experiments
The Universe of Light: Factors in " A Fascinating Problem". The Nature of Light - The famous physicist Sir William Braggs experiments at his opening lecture at the Royal Institution - aimed

New Ideas for using X-Rays for Medical use WWI
Used in the British, French and Russian military hospitals the Kompact, apparatus, to find foreign bodies in wounded soldiers

Catching rays at Belize
Foxy-Golf on tour catching rays at Caye Chapel on the second biggest Barrier Reef in the World. Date: 1990

Gilthead seabream, white seabream, picarel and Rays bream
Gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata 26, white seabream, Diplodus sargus sargus 27, picarel, Spicara maena 28, and Rays bream, Brama brama 29

Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama (Rays toothed gilt-head, Sparus raii). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Piccards feat - Atmospheric Exploration Illustrated
The Meaning of Piccards Feat: atmospheric exploration illustrated. Professor Piccard of Brussels University made a daring ascent on 18 August 1932 where he rose to approximately 16

Lighthouse at Dawn Date: 1948

Return to Home by Sea Date: 1948

X-Ray - Elbow Joint. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

X-Ray - Guinea Pig. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

X-Ray - Foot of Lamb. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

X-Ray - Claw Foot. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

MAN AFTER 35 000 YEARS
MACHINE MAN OF ARDATHIA (Francis Flagg) 35, 000 years hence, man lives in a container fitted with controls for everything, including powerful rays Date: 1927

Cover design, Amazing Stories. Machine Man of Ardathia (Francis Flagg) -- 35, 000 years hence, man lives in a container fitted with controls for everything, including powerful rays. Date: 1927

The Sun depicted on a Tarot card
The Sun, as depicted on a Tarot card. Date: 1926

Young Napoleon has his fortune told by a gipsy
The young Napoleon, later Emperor of France, has his fortune told by a gipsy in Corsica. Date: 1769 - 1821

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