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Salvador Dali
This photograph of Salvador Dali (1904-1989)was taken at his home at Port Lligat, at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees, where the surrealist artist spent three months of the year

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Princess Alice with Grand Duke Louis of Hesse
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hess with her husband, Grand Duke Louis (Ludwig IV) of Hesse (1843-1878). Alice was Queen Victorias third child and second daughter

Background imageRecently Collection: Weighing of the Heart

Weighing of the Heart
Ani, recently dead, is judged in the Underworld where his heart is weighed

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Lyttleton V Saunders 89
A Lyttleton and C Saunders play real tennis at New Princes Club in Knightsbridge, London, which was recently opened by the Prince of Wales

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Middle Temple Library
The new library of the Middle Temple, recently opened by the Prince of Wales

Background imageRecently Collection: Champlain / Huron Indians

Champlain / Huron Indians
Samuel De Champlain, with help from the recently befriended Huron Indians, on the war path with the Iroquois

Background imageRecently Collection: The Magi in the Stable

The Magi in the Stable
Guided by a star, the three Magi are guided to the Bethlehem stable where Jesus has recently been born

Background imageRecently Collection: A sketch of the dancer Derra De Moroda by G. Peres

A sketch of the dancer Derra De Moroda by G. Peres, December 1923 who recently performed at the Palladium Theatre Date: 1923

Background imageRecently Collection: Have You Seen It All? And So I Get Dressed!

Have You Seen It All? And So I Get Dressed!
A portrait illustration of a young lady, wearing a black dress and hat, which she has only recently gotten into. Date: circa 1901

Background imageRecently Collection: Royal Mail Steamer Chitral

Royal Mail Steamer Chitral
An advertisement illustration for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, showing the luxurious new P. & O. Royal Mail Steamer, ??Chitral

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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-8846 Pink Lady
Boeing B-17G-85-VE Flying Fortress F-AZDX Pink Lady (msn 8245, ex 44-8846), marked as B-17F 42-5703 Mother and Country for filming of Memphis Belle at Duxford

Background imageRecently Collection: DEMONS SEIZE DEAD SOUL

DEMONS SEIZE DEAD SOUL
The soul of a recently deceased person is seized by demons who drag him down to Hell. Date: 16th century

Background imageRecently Collection: MOURNING AT GRAVE

MOURNING AT GRAVE
Two women and a gentleman pay their respects beside the grave of a recently deceased relative Date: 1899

Background imageRecently Collection: PRESENTATION TO OSIRIS

PRESENTATION TO OSIRIS
Ani, recently dead, is taken to the Underworld where he is presented to Osiris

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GALVANI AND FROG
He discovers the existence of animal electricity in an experiment on a recently dead frog Date: 20 September 1786

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ANUBIS/OSIRIS
Anubis, god of the dead with the head of a jackel, and a recently deceased mortal

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High Street Tonbridge, Kentf
A recently opened Woolworths store dominates the High Street in Tonbridge, Kent. Date: circa 1935

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Boys outside block of Marylebone flats, NW London
Boys play outside a block of recently built Marylebone flats, NW London. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageRecently Collection: A portrait of the Hon Mrs Russell, 1925

A portrait of the Hon Mrs Russell, 1925, recently seen in the British film Human Desires Date: 1925

Background imageRecently Collection: Dancers from around the world, 1929

Dancers from around the world, 1929. Germaine and Armand Fellows, (top left), Belgian dancers who have danced all over Europe, recently in the Folies Bergere

Background imageRecently Collection: Dorothy Stone and dancing partner Charles Collins, 1931

Dorothy Stone and dancing partner Charles Collins, 1931. Recently appeared in the Fred Stones show Ripples Date: 1931

Background imageRecently Collection: WW II - Submarine at Deshimag Shipyard, Bremen Germany

WW II - Submarine at Deshimag Shipyard, Bremen Germany
World War II - Submarine at Deshimag Shipyard in Bremen Germany, yard had recently been bombed by the Allies

Background imageRecently Collection: Great Lakes 2T-1 Sport Trainer N872K

Great Lakes 2T-1 Sport Trainer N872K (msn 133). N872K was written-off on 09 April 1966, during an impromptu aerobatic display for some campers at a dry lake near Baker in California

Background imageRecently Collection: Bell 209 Cobra N209J

Bell 209 Cobra N209J (given the spoof serial 64-7015). The private venture prototype of the Huey-Cobra, built by Bell while the US Army was wasting time and money on the Lockheed AH-65 Cheyenne

Background imageRecently Collection: North American T-6G Texan N6FD

North American T-6G Texan N6FD (msn 168-109) Built as 49-3005 for the United States Air Force. Recently, on 16 August 2012, with Omega 1 Corp, Middletown, DE registered as N109NA. Date: 1976 to 1981

Background imageRecently Collection: Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf swims with mother (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf swims with mother (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

Background imageRecently Collection: Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 18. Thomas Philip Perk

Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 18. Thomas Philip Perk
Who recently won the Amateur Championship. He has the true golf swing, compact, powerful, rhythmic and spontaneous, and is undoubtedly the best young amateur golfer who has appeared since Wethered

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MISSISSIPPI WARSHIP
One of many ships bearing this name, this is a pre-world-war- one warship, photographed as she passes through the recently completed Panama Canal. Date: circa 1915

Background imageRecently Collection: Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf and mother

Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf and mother - milking (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

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Lady Serena James by Bertram Park
Lady Serena James (1901-2000) photographed recently after her marriage to the Hon. Robert James on the July 23rd 1923, Serena James was formerly Serena Lumley

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Normandy: Churchill tank waits in ambush
Photograph: Normandy: Churchill tank waits in ambush. A Churchill tank awaits possible enemy counter-attack in a ruined Normandy village, scene of much bitter fighting recently

Background imageRecently Collection: Studdys Dog Studies: Brevity is the soul of wit by G. E. St

Studdys Dog Studies: Brevity is the soul of wit by G. E. St
Early illustration by G. E. Studdy showing a tearful Spaniel with a recently docked tail being grinned at by a smug cat. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Background imageRecently Collection: Salvador Dali Cartoon

Salvador Dali Cartoon
This cartoon appeared recently after the surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989), had completed his portrait of Sir Laurence Olivier in his role of Richard III

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Mexican officers visit paratroop display
Photograph: Mexican officers visit paratroop display. Major General Gustav Salinas commander of the Mexican Air Force and Captain Radames Gaxiela paid a visit to an airfield in the Eastern Command to

Background imageRecently Collection: The Deserted Village by H M Bateman

The Deserted Village by H M Bateman. Speaking recently before a distiguished society, an architect named a village which to his surprise, though near the City

Background imageRecently Collection: Iris Barry

Iris Barry
IRIS BARRY (1895 1969) The moving spirit of the recently formed Film Society in London. Date: 1926

Background imageRecently Collection: V and a Exterior Mono

V and a Exterior Mono
A boring photo of the recently rebuilt Victoria and Albert Museum, formerly the South Kensington Museum, renamed in 1899 as the V & A, and rebuilt to reopen in 1909. Date: 1914

Background imageRecently Collection: Leopard up a Tree

Leopard up a Tree
An African leopard recently added to the Zoological Societys collection in Regents Park. (panthera pardus) Date: 1860

Background imageRecently Collection: Trafalgar House / 1879

Trafalgar House / 1879
Trafalgar House, near Salisbury, Wiltshire: recently used as the location for Barton Park in a film of Jane Austens novel, Sense and Sensibility Date: 1879

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Bunyan with the Bible
JOHN BUNYAN English preacher and writer depicted with the Holy Bible recently translated into the english language Date: 1628 - 1688

Background imageRecently Collection: Claire Luce (1927)

Claire Luce (1927) recently in Paris and now back in the Ziegfeld Follies Date: 1927

Background imageRecently Collection: Pipe screwing machine for hat factory

Pipe screwing machine for hat factory - this would be a piece of machinery for delivery to the recently purchased factory at Conty which Battersby

Background imageRecently Collection: Belgian machine at Battersbys hatworks

Belgian machine at Battersbys hatworks - designed to be beltdriven, and apparently recently assembled, judging by the spanner left on its base. Date: 1902

Background imageRecently Collection: Charles Cotton Hotel, Hartington, Peak District

Charles Cotton Hotel, Hartington, Peak District
Still in business over 100 years later, and recently refurbished, the Charles Cotton Hotel is seen here around 1906 - Photogrpaher Ernest Battersby sits on the wall outside with friend Ted Ellis

Background imageRecently Collection: Bottlenose Dolphin - mother is stimulating her

Bottlenose Dolphin - mother is stimulating her recently born calf after which the calf normally will feed (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

Background imageRecently Collection: Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf swims with mother

Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf swims with mother (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

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Wounded Australian troops are paraded through the streets of
A photograph of a Napier, with the driver carrying wounded Australian soldiers, recently returned from Gallipoli or Europe, through the streets of Sydney

Background imageRecently Collection: Atlantic Is. Azores

Atlantic Is. Azores
The islands of the Azores, recently discovered : Flores is in the lower left of the map. Date: 17th century

Background imageRecently Collection: Priest directed to find a Scotsmans late business partner

Priest directed to find a Scotsmans late business partner. Parson (to Mr MacDougal) - " ! want to see Mr Thompson, please." Macdougal

Background imageRecently Collection: 223 E. 107th St. NY Rent sign states that these are Elegant

223 E. 107th St. NY Rent sign states that these are Eleganti Apartmenti. License was recently revoked and after that, our investigator found eight families doing home-work there

Background imageRecently Collection: H. R. H. Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II

H. R. H. Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II
Princess Elizabeth who recently acted as bridesmaid for her cousin, the Hon. Patricia Mountbatten, at her wedding to Captain Lord Brabourne, on Saturday 26th October 1946. Date: 1946

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Horse-Power
A new apparatus recently adopted by the licensing authorities for testing the horse-power of motor cars. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger

Background imageRecently Collection: Blackheath Green Man

Blackheath Green Man
The Green Man, on the crest of Blackheath Hill, standing until quite recently as a venue for old-style music hall performances. Date: circa 1860

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Ascot
Photograph of the recently built Royal Enclosure at Ascot in 1902

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Ascot
The recently built stands at Ascot

Background imageRecently Collection: Disinfection Service

Disinfection Service
Disinfecting a room in Paris recently occupied by refugees

Background imageRecently Collection: Billingsgate Fish Market, London, 1852

Billingsgate Fish Market, London, 1852
Engraving showing the, then recently opened, Billingsgate Fish Market on the north bank of the River Thames, in London, 1852

Background imageRecently Collection: Column of Russian soldiers marching to the Balkan front

Column of Russian soldiers marching to the Balkan front
A large number of Russian infantry, equipped with only recently introduced steel helmets, are shown marching towards the Balkan front

Background imageRecently Collection: Russian soldieres at Salonika marching to the Balkan front

Russian soldieres at Salonika marching to the Balkan front
Russian soldiers, recently arrived in the Allied encampment at the Greek port of Salonika, are shown marching towards the Balkan front

Background imageRecently Collection: Visiting Boulogne

Visiting Boulogne
Napoleon and his recently acquired bride Eugenie visit Boulogne : both are assiduous tourists

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USA / Met Opera / Front
NEW YORK front entrance of the recently built theatre, on Broadway

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Gandhi Impersonator
A young man impersonates Mahatma Gandhi and pleases the crowd outside Buckingham Palace, London. The real Gandhi had recently visited for the Round Table Conference

Background imageRecently Collection: Dock no. 2 at Chatham

Dock no. 2 at Chatham
Dock no.2, at Chatham in Kent, recently opened in 1858. The dockyard dated from the 16th century but was extended in the 1850s and 60s to cover an area of 380 acres

Background imageRecently Collection: Plas Mawr / Conway / Wales

Plas Mawr / Conway / Wales
Plas Mawr or The Great Mansion on the High Street in Conway. This fine building was built in 1576 by the Wynne family and has recently been restored

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Moroccan Delegates
Muley Abbas, ambassador from the emperor of Morocco, recently defeated by the Spanish, presents his credentials to Isabela, reopening diplomatic relations

Background imageRecently Collection: Croppers and a Freemer

Croppers and a Freemer
Two men use teasels used for rooing the cloth. In the foreground a Freemer Boy detaches flocks of wool from recently used teasels

Background imageRecently Collection: The Dublin Crimean Banquet

The Dublin Crimean Banquet
Engraving showing a panoramic of a banquet for Crimean war veterans in Stack A, a warehouse in Dublins Docklands, held on October 22nd 1856

Background imageRecently Collection: Dartmoor Prison

Dartmoor Prison
A splendid birds-eye view of the recently built Dartmoor Prison and English Barracks. Prisoners from the Napoleonic Wars helped build the jail

Background imageRecently Collection: Eiffel Punch Sambourne

Eiffel Punch Sambourne
Gustave Eiffel a satire on the recently built Eiffel Tower: " Our artists latest Tour de Force"

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Titania, Puck, Changeling
Titania, Puck, and a recently acquired changeling

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Kangaroo (Bewick)
This native of New Holland was a relatively new discovery when Bewick drew it, having been recently identified by Sir Joseph Banks

Background imageRecently Collection: Presenting Souls to God

Presenting Souls to God
Angels present the souls of the recently deceased to God

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Folklore / Centaurs
A Centaur with recently decapitated victim and stone axe



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