Separation Collection

Pentonville Prison, Islington, North London
An aerial view of Pentonville Prison in Islington, North London. The prison was opened in 1842 as the new Model Prison, on the separate system

Persephone & Demeter
Persephone (Proserpina) is reunited for the Spring and Summer with her mother Demeter (Ceres) until each Autumn and Winter, when she must return to her husband Pluto (Hades)

Chaffinch (Morris)
(Fringilla coelebs) Coelebs means bachelor, and refers to the birds habit of temporary separation from its mate

Whitneys Cotton Gin
WHITNEYs GIN Eli Whitneys gin of 1793 enabled separation of cotton fibre from its seeds to be done mechanically : this is a modified version in use

The Duo car for the incompatible / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Waiting at the Cotton Gin - Memphis, Tennessee. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds Date: circa 1910

WW2 Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst - Womens War Emergency Council
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) - (standing) presiding over the Womens War Emergency Council which she started immediately after the outbreak of WW2

Short S. 38 - SA. 1 Sturgeon S. 1 RK797
Short S.38/SA.1 Sturgeon S.1 RK797, the first prototype of a new carrier-borne strike and reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Navy

Alice, Where Art Thou, Christmas card
Alice, Where Art Thou, comic interpretation of a popular song on a Christmas card, with a frog finding his lost love, who is now an angel frog with wings up in the clouds. (3 of 3) Date: circa 1890s

Apparitions: angels & the ghost of a lover comforts woman
The spirit of a dead man, accompanied by two angels, returns to Earth to comfort his surviving lover. Date: circa 1810

Art Nouveau design with woman and soldier Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Soldier and his girlfriend, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Absent soldier and his son, WW2 - Good Night, Dad! Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Soldier and his girlfriend, WW2
Comic postcard, Soldiers letter to his girlfriend, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Evangeline is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published in 1847 which describes the separation of Evangeline and her beloved Gabriel during the expulsion of the Acadian community from Nova

Divorce of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon pleading her case against divorce from King Henry VIII in front of the Papal legates. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre

Priest Eleazar conducting ritual purification
This depicts High Priest Eleazar preparing the water of separation (commonly known as the water of purification) preparing to purify a bull in preparation for slaughter

Revolution at Panama
On 3rd November 1903, American forces prevented Colombian troops from travelling from Colon to suppress a rebellion occurring in Panama City by standing in front of the train station.This was to

Romantic paper lace card - Absence
Romantic paper lace card with pink flowers and blue ribbon - Absence. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon of W E Gladstone as Bubbles
Cartoon of W E Gladstone as John Everett Millais Bubbles. 1887

Sentimental scene -- Kiss Me, Mama. A little girl looks at a lantern slide projection of her departed mother, while her father bows his head in grief. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Calendar, December 1914, WW1
Calendar, December 1914 -- Enlisting, First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1914-1915

John Bull goes to war
John Bull going to the Wars (probably the Napoleonic Wars), despite the reluctance of his family. Date: 1805

Caricature, Lillie Langtry and Henrietta Hodson
Caricature, Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) and Henrietta Hodson (1841-1910) -- The best of friends must part. Hodson (referred to here as Mrs Labouchere because of her relationship with Henry Labouchere)

Funerary papyrus of Djedkhonsouefankh depicting Geb and Nut, Third Intermediate Period (papyrus), Egyptian 21st Dynasty (c.1069-945 BC). Egyptian art. Late Period. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum

Bonzo sells a pup by George Studdy
Bonzo sells a pup -- Bonzo and five Bonzolines sit in a basket, while one pup sits separately with a sold notice round his neck, ready to travel on the GWR to The Kennels, Lone Bridge, Dartmoor

The Disruption of 1843
The interior of St Andrews Church, Edinburgh, at the first meeting of the General Assembly, where the Free Church of Scotland was formed, after members withdrew from the Church of Scotland

Poster - Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme
Mothers - let them go - give them a chance of greater safety and health. Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme circa 1942

When the War is Over, Maggie (2) WW1
When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front writes a letter home to his love, with a promise of marriage when he returns. (2 of 3) Date: 1914-1918

Friday prayers, Jama Masjid, Delhi, India
Friday prayers at the Jama Masjid mosque, Delhi, India. Date: circa 1910s

Divorce. by Ballarin, 1877
Divorce. Engraving by Ballarin, 1877. Colored

Watchtower and strecht of the Berlin Wall in the Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany

American Declaration of Independence. Act adopted in the city of Philadelphia by representatives of the thirteen British colonies in North America

The United States Declaration of Independence. (July 4, 1776). Facsimile

The Recruits Departure - Off to War. circa early 19th century

Music cover, Consolation, written and composed by Archie Gottler and Dorothy Booth. 1931

Ww1 Postcard Long Trail
A soldier on the battlefield thinks of his sweetheart waiting for him at home. Date: 1914

Disestablishment Fought
E W Benson, archbishop of Canterbury, thunders at the Albert Hall against proposals for disestablishment (the separation of church and state) Date: 16 May 1893

Cartoon, Naivety, WW1
Cartoon, Naivety. A woman is delighted that, thanks to System D, her husband has been able to get a leave of absence from the army

Divorce ceremony between natives of Canada.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

WW2 greetings card, To Daddy. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card from home to an absent soldier (inside). Date: circa 1942

Cartoon, The Queen of Hearts, WW1
Cartoon, The Queen of Hearts, showing a woman at home, thinking of her soldier at the Front during the First World War. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, New scale of separation allowances
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, New scale of Separation Allowances for Soldiers Wives and Children... other dependents. Enlist Today and your dependents will be well provided for

WWI Poster, Soldiers Separation Allowances
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Soldiers Separation Allowances, details of increased rates. Date: 1915

The Optimist & the Pessimist by George Belcher, WW1
The Small One: They seem to think the war will be over very soon now, Mrs Arris The Ohter: I shouldn t be surprised, Mrs. Green; twenty-five shillings a week and me usband away

Man winnowing corn, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

The Hon J and Mrs Freeman-Mitford
John Power Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, later 4th Baron Redesdale (18851963), seen here with his bride, formerly Fraulein Marie Ann von Friedlander-Fuld, daughter of a wealthy German coal owner

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