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Little girl and boy with rabbits on a Christmas cardLittle girl and boy with three rabbits on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Little boy in sailor suit at the seaside on a Christmas cardLittle boy in sailor suit with a parasol at the seaside on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Seasickness - Satirical Greetings Postcard. Date: circa 1901
Sailor firing machine gun at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City, USA Date: 1901
Children and toys on an audible Christmas cardTwo children and their toys on an audible Christmas card, with a snowy scene below. Date: circa 1890s
Three boys in sailor suits on a Christmas cardThree boys in sailor suits dancing on a beach on a Christmas card. circa 1890s
Boy and two girls in the snow on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Six children with elephant on a Christmas cardSix children with an elephant on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, Nostalgia, WW1Cartoon, Nostalgia. A sailor in a trench tells his commander that he is unable to go on the attack this morning because hes suffering from land sickness (presumably the opposite of sea sickness)
Cartoon, Neglected sailor, WW1Cartoon, A neglected sailor asks a group of civilians in a restaurant what is the point of being masters of the sea, if people only give you one sardine to eat? Date: 1916
Cartoon, War stories, WW1Cartoon, War stories. A French sailor tells a group of civilians of his exploits. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Guarding Salonika, WW1Cartoon, Guarding Salonika. Two sailors in white uniform on deck, watching the passing shipping. Date: 1916
Cartoon, An easy target, WW1Cartoon, An easy target. A German sailor tells his Commandant that a merchant ship has stopped near them. The Commandant replies that in that case hes not likely to miss it. Date: 1916
WW1 family portrait with father in the army and one young son wearing naval uniform Date: circa 1916
C. Harris feeding Galapagos tortoises, 1898Sailor and explorer Charles Harris was despatched to the Galapagos islands to collect giant tortoises for Walter Rothschild in 1897
WW2 poster, And please don t throw FOOD away eitherSecond world war poster by Fougasse, encouraging people not to waste clothing or food. A sailor on board ship throws his trousers to the winds
Advert for Debenham & Freebody suits 1917Crepe-de-chine suits, in good quailty silk. Coats cut in simple becoming lines, with ever high or sailor collar. 1917
Formosan men aboard their boats, similar to large bamboo rafts. Date: 1932
Illustration, Monkey on board shipIllustration, A monkey on board ship entertains the sailors by running off with someones hat. Date: 1832
Nautical Terms Illustrated IV - Crossing the LineA sailor flirts with a woman over her washing line drawn by Harold Earnshaw, artist husband of Mabel Lucie Attwell. Earnshaw was a successful artist who joined the Artists Rifles at the outbreak of
Nautical Terms Illustrated - Anchored by Harold EarnshawIllustration showing an old sea salt finding himself in a bit of a fix after his wooden legs has caught in a drain grill and snapped
Fortunino Matania as a boy - copy of a portrait by his fatheOil painting of the Italian artist, Fortunino Matania as a young boy, purportedly a copy of a portrait done by his father Eduardo (also an artist) in 1887. Date: 1887
Christmas leave, home from the Grand Fleet 1917Sailor home for Christmas, holding his two childrens hands while walking in the snow. Date: 1917
National Childrens Home (NCH), Alverstoke - Story TimeNational Childrens Home (NCH), Alverstoke, Hampshire. Young children, surrounded by books and toys, including a rocking horse and an ark, gather around a nurse for a story
Royal princes return on H. M.s Bacchante, 1880Welcome Home! The Princess of Wales(Alexandra of Denmark, later Queen Alexandra, consort to King Edward VII of Britain)(1844 1925)
Rear Admiral Sir John ParryRear Admiral (described here as Vice Admiral) Sir John Parry, hydrographer of the Royal Navy during the First World War. Date: 1925
Japanese Naval Types (2 of 2)Japanese Naval Types. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1908
Japanese Naval Types (1 of 2)Japanese Naval Types. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1908
Royal Navy visit to Japan after the Russo-Japanese War, showing British sailors on decorated trams. Date: circa 1907
Men of the Australian Navy in Great War Deeds, WW1Men of the Australian Navy, on board the HMAS Sydney, cheering and crying as the defeated and sinking German cruiser Emden turned to run ashore
Sailors on the deck of a ship. Date: circa 1940s
Poster, Orient Line Cruises, Orion & Orontes. Date: circa 1930s
WW1 - British submarine rescues German sailorWW1 - A British marine seen saving the life of a German sailor belonging to a war-ship sunk in the North Sea. The marine is hauling the man on board using a life-line which has been flung to him
By-the-wind sailor, little sail, Velella velella.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792
By-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, Velella velella.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792
Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves.. Handcolored lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris
Japanese circa 1800, musicians, seller of whale meat, and sailor.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Woman and girl with a terrier dog in a gardenA woman and a girl in a sailor suit, with a terrier dog in a garden. Date: circa 1920s
Man and boy holding a dachshund. Date: circa 1910s
Four people with a German Shepherd dog in a gardenFour people (two women and two children) with a German Shepherd dog in a garden, Germany. Date: circa 1930s
Boy on a beach with a dog, GermanyBoy in a sailor suit on a beach with a dog, Germany. Date: circa 1910s
Studio portrait, boy with terrier dogStudio portrait, boy in a sailor suit with a terrier dog. Date: circa 1910s
Studio portrait, two boys with Jack Russell terrierStudio portrait, two boys in sailor suits with a Jack Russell terrier, photo by F M Thomson, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Date: circa 1910s
Old man and a dog on a street, with a boy in a sailor suit in a doorway. Date: circa 1910s
Family of four and a dog in a garden. Date: circa 1905
WW2 greetings card, Stoker Andrew Martin, by Eric Kennington, official war picture from the National Gallery. Martin, of HMS Exeter
Boy with a terrier dog in a gardenBoy in a sailor suit and straw hat with a terrier dog in a garden. Date: circa 1910s
The Monkeys on Gibraltars Rock by MataniaThe famous wild monkeys on the rock of Gibraltar, who were more visible than usual in the spring of 1914. As observed by the Spheres special artist, Fortunino Matania. Date: 1914