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Background imageRegular Collection: The Kinecar by William Heath Robinson

The Kinecar by William Heath Robinson
Double page illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a well-equipped omnibus transporting passengers while they watch a film

Background imageRegular Collection: The Royal Logistic Corps

The Royal Logistic Corps. The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed in 1993, by the union of the following British Army corps: Royal Corps of Transport, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Background imageRegular Collection: A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a Lawn

A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a Lawn
Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn. A man is hosted by ropes supported by a teepee configuration of poles worked by

Background imageRegular Collection: Jersey Airways Poster

Jersey Airways Poster
Poster, Jersey Airways Ltd, Regular Daily Services, Multi-Engined Air-Liners. Showing a De Havilland biplane with a map below. 20th century

Background imageRegular Collection: Our ?Little Contemptibles?, 1914

Our ?Little Contemptibles?, 1914.Oil on canvas by William Barns Wollen (1857-1936), 1918 (c); exhibited at the Royal Academy 1918 (No 260).Composed of regular soldiers and reservists

Background imageRegular Collection: Rules to be Observed by a Victorian Family

Rules to be Observed by a Victorian Family -- a typical summary of Victorian values, with advice including: Waste Not, Want Not; Do everything at its proper time; Be punctual, be regular

Background imageRegular Collection: Playtime at Wimbledon. by William Heath Robinson

Playtime at Wimbledon. by William Heath Robinson
The new craze of Jazz Tennis caught in full swing by our extra special artist. A humorous illustration of tennis players dancing the foxtrot on a tennis court

Background imageRegular Collection: Blitz in London -- Regulars and Auxiliaries side by side

Blitz in London -- Regulars and Auxiliaries side by side
Regular London firefighters side by side with their Auxiliary (AFS) counterparts at Tottenham fire station. The building next door is Tottenham Town Hall

Background imageRegular Collection: LFB horse drawn steamer at modern LFB review

LFB horse drawn steamer at modern LFB review
Lambeth, headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, hosted annual displays and regular reviews of the Brigade. A popular feature was the inclusion of the working Victorian Shand Mason horse drawn steam

Background imageRegular Collection: Wedding Feast by William Heath Robinson

Wedding Feast by William Heath Robinson
Finely detailed colour illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a wedding feast amid a rural setting. Robinson would follow this image with two more in subsequent years

Background imageRegular Collection: Invention of the Cube Car

Invention of the Cube Car. This box-like car, designed by French-Vietnamese designer and engineer Quasar Kahn, was produced in limited numbers between 1967

Background imageRegular Collection: R. M. S. Queen Mary and R. M. S. Queen Elizabeth, off Cowes

R. M. S. Queen Mary and R. M. S. Queen Elizabeth, off Cowes
Photograph of the two huge liners Queen Mary, in the foreground, and Queen Elizabeth, at top right. The Queen Elizabeth was setting off on her regular service between Southampton and New York

Background imageRegular Collection: Cuba - First Pan American Airways service

Cuba - First Pan American Airways service
Cuba - The First Pan American Airways (PAN-AM) service between Key West, United States and Havana, Cuba in October 1927. Pan American Airways was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Background imageRegular Collection: Poster advertising New Zealand Line

Poster advertising New Zealand Line
Poster advertising the New Zealand Line, offering a regular service via the Panama Canal

Background imageRegular Collection: Military spy - a camera carrying pigeon

Military spy - a camera carrying pigeon
A pigeon as a military spy. A camera small enough to be attached on a bird to capture ariel images, ideal for war time spying. The camera is automatic and takes a photograph at regular intervals

Background imageRegular Collection: Gaiety Girl / 1904

Gaiety Girl / 1904
A Gaiety girl, one of the regular performers at the Gaiety Theatre

Background imageRegular Collection: Poster advertising New Zealand Line

Poster advertising New Zealand Line
Poster advertising the New Zealand Line, offering a regular service via the Panama Canal

Background imageRegular Collection: Fire station drill, hook ladder and 50 foot escape ladder

Fire station drill, hook ladder and 50 foot escape ladder
Regular training continued at all London fire stations during WW2, though it was unusual for a sub-station to have a drill tower

Background imageRegular Collection: Romania - Iasi - Vasile Lupu Normal School

Romania - Iasi - Vasile Lupu Normal School
Vasile Lupu Normal School - Iasi, Romania Date: circa 1900

Background imageRegular Collection: Recruitment poster, join the Regular Army

Recruitment poster, join the Regular Army

Background imageRegular Collection: Vasco di Gamas Fort

Vasco di Gamas Fort, built 1498. The lady dressed in a Leso is carrying a kerosene tin of water on her head. This is the regular method of water supply in Zanzibar. 1935

Background imageRegular Collection: The Latest Spelling Test by William Heath Robinson

The Latest Spelling Test by William Heath Robinson
A desperate effort to instil good luck into a five-franc plaque before returning to the Casino. Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944)

Background imageRegular Collection: Patrons of the Cafe Royal

Patrons of the Cafe Royal
Sketches by H. H. Harris of various well-known artists, writers and celebrities of the 1930s who were regular patrons of the Cafe Royal in Regent Street, London

Background imageRegular Collection: Croydon Aerodrome

Croydon Aerodrome is Britains largest and most prestigious airport, with regular flights to the European Continent. Note the wind-sock which tells pilots the prevailing wind

Background imageRegular Collection: Accident- Snow from Roof

Accident- Snow from Roof
A REGULAR DAMPER - AND NO MISTAKE Having left an exhibition on Swiss avalanches a tatty man suffers a similar fate courtesy of a roof clearer !

Background imageRegular Collection: Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars of The RNAS - Middle East

Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars of The RNAS - Middle East
Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars of The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), developed in 1914 and used during the First World War as pictured here (possibly in Egypt)

Background imageRegular Collection: One Of My Models At Rest

One Of My Models At Rest
A portrait sketch of a lady resting on a settee, with her hand cupping her jaw, she is identified as a regular model for the artist. Date: circa 1901

Background imageRegular Collection: Irma

Irma
A portrait oil painting of a young woman named Irma, a regular sitter in his paintings, she is happily sat on a bench, wearing a yellow blouse and black hat. Date: circa 1923

Background imageRegular Collection: Christian Religious Orders

Christian Religious Orders - L-R (standing) Benedictine nun, Benedictine monk, Cluniac, Cistercian, Carthusian, nun of St Gilbert, regular canon of St Gilbert, Trinitarian, Knight Templar

Background imageRegular Collection: Dassault Mirage IIIO A A3-93

Dassault Mirage IIIO A A3-93
Royal Australian Air Force - Dassault Mirage IIIO(A) A3-93, of No.3 Squadron, based at RAAF Butterworth in Malaysia, on a regular detachment to Tengah circa 1975, Date: circa 1975

Background imageRegular Collection: Dassault Mirage IIIO A A3-83

Dassault Mirage IIIO A A3-83
Royal Australian Air Force - Dassault Mirage IIIO(A) A3-83, of No.3 Squadron, based at RAAF Butterworth in Malaysia, on a regular detachment to Tengah circa 1975, Date: circa 1975

Background imageRegular Collection: Advert for R. M. S. P. Luxurious Travel 1915

Advert for R. M. S. P. Luxurious Travel 1915
Advertisement for the Luxurious ocean steam ship R.M.S.P. (The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company). Date: 1915

Background imageRegular Collection: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936), English author, journalist and essayist. Chesterton was the author of some 63 books by the time of his death including biographies of Robert Browning

Background imageRegular Collection: Rising at four o'clock in the morning everyday, the lone worker goes to the newspaper office to

Rising at four o'clock in the morning everyday, the lone worker goes to the newspaper office to procure a few of the first morning papers allotted to him, at extra charges

Background imageRegular Collection: Comic postcard, Couple kissing in the countryside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple kissing in the countryside Date: 20th century

Background imageRegular Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Monday Night at Eight

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Monday Night at Eight
Even though the war is over, coal rationing continued so the fire is unlikely to be lit. The caption Monday night at Eight refers to a regular entertainment show broadcast by the BBC Home Service

Background imageRegular Collection: Poster, His Majestys Army, Rates of Pay for Soldiers, WW1

Poster, His Majestys Army, Rates of Pay for Soldiers, WW1
Poster, His Majestys Army, Weekly Rates of Pay for Private Soldiers in the Regular Army and Special Reserve, First World War. 1915

Background imageRegular Collection: Bookplate inside The Ice Desert, by Jules Verne

Bookplate inside The Ice Desert, by Jules Verne -- Victoria Street Sunday School, Derby, January 1901, presented to Alfred Watson for Regular Attendance and Good Conduct, signed by R Richardson

Background imageRegular Collection: Soldiers of the Mexican Army

Soldiers of the Mexican Army
A collection of the soldiers of the Mexican army in full dress; an officer of the African Chasseurs, a rifleman, an irregular lancer, a trumpet cavalryman, a lancer of the Zacatecas brigade

Background imageRegular Collection: Advert for Tanner & Baylis Fly Waggons

Advert for Tanner & Baylis Fly Waggons, to and from London, two days each way. 1826

Background imageRegular Collection: Recruitment poster, Join the Regular Army

Recruitment poster, Join the Regular Army, Moving stairway of quick promotion, why Not Now? Designed by Thomas Somerfield. 1919

Background imageRegular Collection: Hoopoe (Upupa epops). A regular spring visitor to Britains southern shores

Hoopoe (Upupa epops). A regular spring visitor to Britains southern shores. Date: 1851

Background imageRegular Collection: Garrett Portable Engine

Garrett Portable Engine at Redruth steam rally. was at the time of the rally, in regular use for soil sterilisation at a nursery in Hayle, a small town, civil parish and cargo port in west Cornwall

Background imageRegular Collection: First regular air mail, England to Australia 1934

First regular air mail, England to Australia 1934
First regular air mail from England to Brisbane in Australia, Sir Kingsley Wood making his speech. Leaving from Croydon, London in Imperial Airways liner. Date: 8 December 1934

Background imageRegular Collection: WINDESHEIMER

WINDESHEIMER
A regular canon of the CONGREGATION OF WINDESHEIM [Netherlands] Date: 1848

Background imageRegular Collection: ORDER OF PIOUS SCHOOLS

ORDER OF PIOUS SCHOOLS
A regular cleric of the ORDER OF PIOUS SCHOOLS (Spanish) Date: 1848

Background imageRegular Collection: SAINT ANTOINE

SAINT ANTOINE
Regular canon of the ORDRE DE SAINT-ANTOINE Date: 1848



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