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Poster advertising French Line to the West IndiesPoster advertising French Line from Southampton to the West Indies -- Sunshine Voyages. Date: circa 1950
BIG BOSSDemocracy - Depicting a vulture over looking workers while sitting upon a human skull 1941
Illustration, White-Ear at night with his prey. Date: 1912
Spring sunshine in Cathays Park, showing people relaxing on benches, Cardiff, Wales. Date: 1950s
Two young women at home, relaxing and reading their books. Date: 1910
A young lady displays her legs on the platform of her beach cabin. Date: 1916
Relaxing on Deck Date: 1941
Busy Day at the Beach Date: 1870
Sea side 1856Victorian men, women and children enjoying a summers day at the beach. Date: 1856
A Day in the Country 1872Londoners travelled to the countryside in the summer for a days break. Date: 1872
SPRING MAGNOLIA BLOSSOMFamilies relaxing beneath the lovely magnolia trees in blossom in the early spring in the gardens at Clifton, Bristol Zoo, England. Date: 1950s
A CIGARETTE AND A COFFEEA young woman sits in a comfortable armchair, jacket over her shoulders, and enjoys a cigarette with her coffee. Date: 1940s
WOMAN KNITTING 1929A woman sits in an armchair, knitting. Date: 1929
LADY RELAXING 1940SA young woman with bare feet lies on her back on a grassy bank and stares up at the sky in a mood of relaxation and contemplation Date: 1940s
Rocking-chair with fan 1893Woman relaxing in the summer sun with a mechanical rocking-chair connected to a fan. Date: 1893
AHASUERUS / XERXES I / PERSIAHASUERUS or XERXES I the Great King of Persia (486-465 BC), who features in the Book of Esther, and fought against the Greeks Date: 519? - 465 BC
MAN WITH THE FLUA man (actually the arctic explorer Sir John Ross) puts his feet up over the fireplace and has a hot toddy to ward off the flu. Date: circa 1850
BEACH SCENE / PEDDIELadies emerge from their bathing huts and bathe in the sea, while a man sits on the grass and watches. Date: early 20th century
French soldiers relaxingNAPOLEONIC ERA French soldiers relaxing Date: CIRCA 1800
French man smoking pipeA French man sits at a table smoking a pipe and drinking Date: 1818
Family relaxing in deckchairs on the beach at PaigntonCandid seaside photograph of a family of four relaxing in deckchairs on the beach at Paignton. Note the on-trend permanent wave hairstyle of the Mother and daughter circa 1930s
On the lawns of Abbey Gardens Bury St Edmunds, SuffolkFour young office workers and a white swan sit in the lawns of Abbey Gardens Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and enjoy their lunch break Date: 1988
Man snoozing outside his house in Stewart Street, Barrow inA male resident of Stewart Street, Barrow in Furness, lies on the pavement with his head on his own doorstep to sleep off his lunch in the sunshine
Sandy toes, Normandy - 2A woman in black coat dusts sand from her toes on a beach in Cabourg, Normandy, France. First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1988
Sandy toes, Normandy - 1A woman in black coat dusts sand from her toes on a beach in Cabourg, Normandy, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988
Le Grand Hotel, Cabourg, FranceFamilies and strangers on the beach in front of Le Grand Hotel, Cabourg, Normandy, France. Out of season. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988
Country woman and child. PortugalA country woman hugs a small girl. Both sit on the shafts of an old wooden cart and wear traditional straw hats in a field near Viana do Castelo in Portugal
beach shadow, AberdaronThe silhouette shadow of a holidaymaker falls on his windbreak as he sits reading a book on Aberdaron beach. Other holidaymakers are in the background. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990
A Poule de Luxe relaxing on the seashoreA well-provided-for woman relaxing by the sea with EVERYTHING she could ever want from a hairdryer to an inflatable crocodile
Filming of the Movie Hamlet at Denham - the Stars relaxingFilming of the Movie Hamlet at Denham (directed by, and starring Laurence Olivier) - some of the Stars relaxing - includes Charles Doran, Terence Morgan
Bund of Shiomisaki at Mogi, Nagasaki, JapanLocal folk fishing, swimming and relaxing at the Bund of Shiomisaki at Mogi, Nagasaki, Japan. Date: circa 1910s
Londoners Gypsying, a woodland scene with a family enjoying a picnic, oil on canvas, signed and dated C R Leslie / 1820, in a curved top frame with moulded acanthus leaf ornament. Date: 1820
Kurunegala Rest House, Kurunegala, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Kurunegala Rest House, Kurunegala, North Western Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s
Mr Dale Bourne & Mrs Beryl Mills at Monte Carlo BeachMrs Beryl Mills in a yellow bathing suit and Mr Dale Bourne, golfer pictured by the Monte Carlo pool. They were both guests of Lady Hindlips house part at Cap Ferrat. Date: 1932
Female contortionist Diana Gaye relaxingThe female contortionist Diana Gaye stretching out and relaxing in her bikini. Date: 1971
Cartoon, Holy France! WW1Cartoon, Holy France! A middle-aged soldier tells his colleague about his son, who is almost grown up at fifteen. He says that if someone in his family has to take a hit
Woman on a horse in a field, lying back with her feet out of the stirrups. Date: circa 1920s
Blondes, Juan Les PinsTwo trendy blondes on holiday, one relaxing on a sunbed and the other looking out to sea, both having drinks on the hotel patio; Juan les Pins, France. Date: 1960s
Boys Club, swimming and relaxing by river, 1928A group of boys from a Boys Club sit by a rivers edge and dry off in the sun after their swim
Come Aboard, Sir! by Edmund BlampiedAn illustration by Edmund Blampied or Blam (1886-1966) of a young lady relaxing at the prow of a yacht while the breeze blows her hair
Naked lady and cockatooA naked woman relaxing while speaking to her cockatoo
Police Tea BreakA Metropolitan Police officer drinking a cup of tea break on Derby Day. In 1947 over 16 million cups of tea were drunk by the Metropolitan Police
RMS Titanic, Annie Martin, stewardess in uniform, photoRMS TITANIC: Rare original photograph of Titanic stewardess Annie Martin in uniform, reposing in a White Star Line deckchair aboard Oceanic at New York, 1909
Noel Coward at CannesNoel Coward (1899-1973) at Cannes. His play This Happy Breed was due to premier in October. The outbreak of World War II caused this to be delayed until 1942. The play was turned into a film in 1944
Five owls at a table on a Christmas cardFive owls at a table with a bowl of punch on a Christmas card -- Noctes Ambrosianae. Date: circa 1880s
Comic postcard, Man enjoying a drink or two in the countryside Date: 20th century
Soldiers of Royal Fusiliers relaxing during route march, WW1Three young soldiers of the University Mens Corps, Royal Fusiliers, relaxing during a route march from Clipstone Camp, near Mansfield, 21 July 1915. On the left is Albert Auerbach. Date: 1915
New Rest House, Negombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Front view of New Rest House, Negombo, Western Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1940