Retiring Collection

Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833 - 1913), early successes in India and Africa were followed by appalling incompetence during the Boer War

Comic postcard, Hot bath before retiring Date: 20th century

Young gentleman compliment retiring from a
Young gentleman compliment retiring or politely leaving a panelled room, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy

United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325 on take-off as a floatplane. After retiring from the 1922 Curtiss Marine Trophy Race with mechanical trouble, the Navy had no urgent need for both 18Ts

Flying Scotsman advertisment
Advertisment for the Flying Scotsman and the new services offered on board, such as a Louis XVI restaurant, a cocktail bar, a ladies retiring room and a hairdressing salon. 1932

South Downs Ranger with horse, Sussex
South Downs Ranger Harry Ward with horse, near Eastbourne, Sussex, around the time of his retirement from the service. Date: circa 1967

Louise-Fr De LA Baume
LOUISE-FRANCOISE DE LA BAUME Duchess of La Valliere and mistress of Louis XIV before retiring to a convent Date: 1644 - 1710

The Citys Homage to the Sirdar
The retiring Lord Mayor entertains Lord Kitchener - who had just returned victorious from a campign in Sudan - with a banquet at the Mansion House

Cartoon, Integrity retiring from Office! by James Gillray. The outgoing Tory government ministers, led by William Pitt, leave through the Treasury arch

Farewell to scout commissioner, Ghana, West Africa
Scouts say farewell to their commissioner, Ghana, West Africa. Major and Mrs W H Donald visited Accra headquarters as guests of honour on their retirement from the country

J H Doolittle
J.H. Doolittle, retiring President of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences (IAeS); Griffith Brewer, RAeS President; and Frank W

The army retiring, 1870
Sketch 66 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Two lifeboat coxswains, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Retiring lifeboat coxswain John Byford (left) and new coxswain Thomas Bloom, pictured at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. John Byford had been cox from 1929 and Thomas Bloom, known locally as Puggy

Retiring German cavalry WWI
Bavarian cavalry retreating during the rearguard actions near Chauny which the French took on the 19th March 1917 during World War I

Westminster Abbey, before the Coronation, 1902
Illustration showing the exterior of Westminster Abbey, London, with the temporary Annex at the Great West Door, 1902. The annex was built to contain reception and retiring rooms for the King

Sir William Waldron and Sir John Laurie outside Buckingham P
Photograph showing Colonel Sir William Waldron and Lt.-Colonel Sir John Laurie, the two retiring Sheriffs of the City of London, leaving Buckingham Palace after being knighted, London, 1936

Hawfinch (Morris) 1851
(Cocothraustes vulgaris) A bird of shy and retiring habits... its presence may easily escape detection

Harrow Teacher Retiring
Mr Pope receives a hearty send off from his Harrow boys when he retires. They wave their straw boaters in the air

Scipio Africanus retires from Rome
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, though a military hero in Rome, has political enemies and is accused of misconduct in public affairs

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