Reward Collection

Carbolic Smoke Ball / 1893
Advertisement for The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. which claimed to offer a cure for a wide variety of ailments. This led to a court case on grounds of deception & a landmark ruling

Beardsley / Salome / Head
The dancers reward : the head on a platter

William Thompsons fight off Poole, Dorset, 30 May 1695. Thompson was a local fisherman whose fishing boat was fired on by a French privateer near the Isle of Purbeck

WWI - Wounded soldier in the arms of his nurse
WWI - Wounded soldier (who has lost his arm) in the arms of his nurse - Comrades in Arms. Date: circa 1917

Play / Wilde / Salome
The dancers reward: the head on a platter. Maud Allan holds the head of Johannen. Date: 1907

Lieutenant (Sir) Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), Antarctic explorer. In the year this photograph was taken he and three companions established a record for reaching the farthest southern point

The British Rough A criminal is restrained by the arm of the law

Police Reward Poster
Metropolitan Police reward poster for Peter Piatkow, aka Peter the Painter, who was accused of murdering police officers in London

Orange at Waterloo
On the field of battle, the Prince of Orange bestows the medals hes wearing to reward his brave troops

Comic Postcard - The Fathers Revenge on daughters Man
Comic Postcard - " Loves Reward" - The Fathers Revenge on her daughters new man, who is getting a hearty spanking for some indiscretion which has made his girl cry

Maria Pita - Spanish heroine. Memorial of Maria Pita
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna in 1589 against the attack of the English

Royal Order of the Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa. Spanish order created by king Charles IV in 1792, reserved only for noble women

Memorial to New Zealander Leslie Andrew, VC, Warneton
Lance Corporal Andrew, who won his VC at La Bassee when he was 20 years old, went on to serve in WW2 and died, a Brigadier, in January 1969

Joke notice, Lost Hours
Joke notice, Lost, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, Two Golden Hours, each set with Sixty Diamond Minutes. No Reward is offered, for they are Lost For Ever. early 19th century

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

Cheltenham, Public School 1890s
Cheltenham, public School in Gloucestershire, with boy seated on long wooden benches reading. Date: late 1890s

Gold Naval Reward for the defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588

The Ringer, Grand Theatre, Swansea
The Ringer, at the Grand Theatre, Swansea - wanted on a charge of murder, 500 reward. circa 1927

Many kittens and a Santa cat on a Christmas card by Louis Wain. Have they behaved well enough to receive their presents? Date: circa 1900s

WW2 poster, Good Work earns you more than a pay envelope -- it earns you your countrys gratitude. Date: 1940s

Boy with a cake on a cutout New Year card -- For a Good Boy. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1888
Policeman holding a touch up at a notice on a fence saying Arrest all dirt and cleanse everthing by using Hudsons Soap REWARD!! purity, health and satisfaction by its regular saily use. 1888

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1889
Policeman holding a touch up at a notice on a fence saying Arrest all dirt and cleanse everthing by using Hudsons Soap REWARD!! purity, health and satisfaction by its regular saily use. 1889

War of the Succession of Landshut (1503-1505). Siege of Kufs
War of the Succession of Landshut (1503-1505). The emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) takes the territory arround Kufstein as a reward for his mediation in the war between the duchies of Bavaria-Munich

Judas Iscariot. One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Betrayal of Jesus to the hands of the chief Sanhedrin priests in exchange for a payment of thirty silver coins. Engraving by Bong

Judgment Day (Angelico)
THE CHOSEN - those who have lived good lives are picked out by the angels and led to their reward, an eternity of heavenly bliss Date: God knows

Poster, Cyprus crisis 1957, reward for arrest of Grivas
Poster, Cyprus crisis 1957, reward for the arrest of George Theodorou Grivas, and for arms handed in. Date: 1957

Colenso Diamond Wanted Poster
Poster offering reward of e750 for the return of the Colenso Diamond. On 29th April, 1965, from the Mineral Gallery at the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, SW7

A Weak Link by Bateman. This illustration is of a man that abstains from all lifes pleasures but reaps his reward financially

Two women police officers escorting woman, London
Two women police officers, one of them a sergeant, escorting a woman into a London police station. The notice board on the left displays a few Reward posters. Date: circa 1950s

Amina Becomes a Horse
Receive the reward of your crimes ! - Amina receives the magic potion in her face from her husband Sidi-Nouman, and is forthwith transformed into a horse - permanently

Giovanni Capistrano
GIOVANNI DE CAPISTRANO Italian friar and inquisitor, made a saint in reward for his zeal in the cause Date: 1386 - 1456

Bible Texts - 2
THE LABOURER IS WORTHY OF HIS REWARD and other texts Date: 1875

Bible / Salomes Dance
She danced before Herod and demanded the head of John the Baptist as her reward. Date: 1909

Queen Victoria as Empress of India
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield, shortly after he had arranged for Victoria to become an empress - One good turn deserves another... Date: 1804 - 1881

Patient fishermen, illustration by William Heath Robinson
A party of benevolent philanthropists rewarding the patience of unfortunate fishermen, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Illustration, The White Snake -- The Fishes, in their joy, put their heads out of the water, and promised to reward him. Date: 1909

Governor and scouting leader at a rally, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), presenting scouting leader Guy de la Hogue with the Silver Acorn at a rally

Archbishop Makarios III, as sketched by Stephen Ward, 1961
Archbishop Makarios III(1913-1977), president and ethnarch of Cyprus, picture at the time of his offer of a large reward for the discovery of the murderer of a young British architect, Peter Gray

WW2 poster, De Havilland productivity -- lost last week 1034 working hours, a gift to German industry, reward of national gratitude will be paid for their recovery

Bonzo does the dirty work! by George Studdy
Bonzo does the dirty work! He does some parlour tricks with a sugar cube, but the Pekingese Chee-Kee gets the reward, and runs off with the cube

Torquato Tasso Profile
TORQUATO TASSO Italian writer who in 1574 completed his epic Gerusalemme Liberata, but received little reward and spent much of his life crazed in asylums... Date: 1544 - 1595

The Descent of the Virgin Mary to Reward St
MURILLO, Bartolom Esteban (1617-1682). The Descent of the Virgin Mary to Reward St. Baroque art. Oil on canvas

Thousand pounds reward. Charles Mathews, Esq. Humorous text-only broadside appears to offer a reward for information on Charles Matthews whereabouts in order to announce his appearance at the English

Four Scout badges and awards -- the Life Saving Bronze Cross, the Medal of Merit, the Life Saving Silver Cross, and the Ambulance Badge. circa 1912

Male Child found dead -- reward poster

Albert Medal 1877
ALBERT MEDAL: Introduced on 7th March 1866. A Royal Warrant of 1867 created two classes of medal & in 1877 was altered to allow the saving of life on land to be eligible. Date: 1877

Medal, Derby Scholarship Tests
Medal for a 1st Prize in the Derby Scholarship Tests. Date: 1924

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