Sharp Collection (page 3)

Alison Skipworth (1863 1952), American character actress of stage and screen, seen here as Miss Crawley in Becky Sharp (1935)

Englishman of 1655
Puritanism is in fashion - and even the sharp dresser must go with the zeitgeist : collar instead of ruffs, simple hues, and the plainest of hats... Date: circa 1655

Robert Blake (Sharp)
ROBERT BLAKE Parliamentary naval commander Date: 1599 - 1657

Carnaby / Lord John Shop
CARNABY STREET A young man in a sharp suit walks towards Lord John, a clothes shop for men. Date: 1960s

John Dryden Sharp
JOHN DRYDEN The English poet and Poet Laureate. Date: 1631 - 1700

Frontispiece of The Childs Christmas 1906
Showing a lovely Frontispiece with the illustration by Charles Robinson and text inside by Evelyn Sharp. Date: 1906

A large circular saw. Date: 1898

Robot shocks a group of men
A robot strides across a room, shocking a group of men. They were hideous things, without brains, without feelings, without souls

White flowers, thorns and a cross on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

A saw on a Christmas card -- the basis of a fairly excruciating pun. Date: circa 1890s

Horse-head engraved on bone
Late Pleistocene wild horses head engraved on the right fourth metatarsal bone of a horse, specimen (NHM 38745). Found among horse remains from the Late Magdalenian site of Roc du Courbet, Bruniquel

Anguilla anguilla, or Sharp-Nosed Eel
Anguilla anguilla (Anguilla acutirostris), or Sharp-Nosed Eel, a freshwater eel. Date: 1865

Sharp-Nosed Eel and Broad-Nosed Eel
Sharp-Nosed Eel (Anguilla anguilla, Anguilla acutirostris), and Broad-Nosed Eel (Anguilla anguilla, Anguilla latirostris). Date: 1879

Raia oxyrhynchus, or Burton Skate
Raia oxyrhynchus, also known as Burton Skate, White Skate, Sharp-Nosed Ray, Friar Skate and Mavis Skate. Date: 1862

Sumatran Green Pigeon, Treron oxyurus Near threatened
Sumatran Green Pigeon, Treron oxyurus. Near threatened.. Handcolored steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selbys volume Pigeons in Sir William

Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800

Pointed lockhartia orchid, Lockhartia acuta.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Sharp-angled spiny cactus, Echinopsis oxygona.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1834

Sharp-pointed or prickly dryandra, Banksia armata.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine

Two boys having mock fight, Balham, SW London
Two boys having a mock fight on a street in Balham, SW London. The boy on the right seems to be holding a rather dangerous-looking knife. Date: circa 1961

Dutch rover scout sharpening an axe

Suffragette W. S. P. U Demonstration Programme
A W.S.P.U programme for a Womens Demonstration at the Royal Albert Hall, 28th March 1912. Printed in purple with green pencil attached with green ribbon

Suffragette W. S. P. U Shop Kensington
Suffragette W.S.P.U Shop Kensington. The W.S.P.Us shop and office at 143. Church Street, Kensington, the Hon. Sec. (from 1911) was Evelyn Sharp (1869-1955) seen here with Votes for Women placard

Suffragette Evelyn Sharp Rebel Women. Suffragette novel by Evelyn Sharp (1869-1955) W.S.P.U member & organiser for the Kensington branch

A Pick Nick Down Under by William Heath Robinson
A sharp thrill in the Antipodes: one of the dangers of very deep mining. A man tunnelling through te earth with a treacherous looking pick axe surprises an Australian having managed to dig entirely

William Sharp
WILLIAM SHARP engraver Date: 1749 - 1824

John Sharp - 1
JOHN SHARP Archbishop of York Date: 1645 - 1714

John Sharp - 2
JOHN SHARP Archbishop of York Date: 1645 - 1714

Denmark - Copenhagen - Amalienborg Palace
A stunning pin-sharp photographic postcard of a View through the Colonnade in the Amalienborg Palace, the winter home of the Danish royal family. The statue Date: circa 1910s

The Neglected Lion. The British Lion as Struwwelpeter, neglected by his politicians who " tinker up the laws and never manicure his claws." ! Date: 1899

The Tenor hits a high note and is met by a special bouquet
An Operatic Tenor hits a high note and is met by a special bouquet, comprising of eggs, carrots, a turnip and a dead cat! " He who pitches too high, won t get through his song"

The Tenor hits a high note and a special bouquet awaits
The Tenors Top Note. An Operatic Tenor hits a high note and is about to meet a special bouquet, comprising of rotten eggs, a carrot and a turnip !! Date: circa 1910s

Egyptian street knife grinder - Port Said. A young boy is fascinated and has popped his head out of a small window to watch the grinder grinding away. Date: circa 1902

Young boy admonished for fishin on the Sabbath
Clergyman - " My Boy, do you know its wicked to fish on the Sabbath?" Youngster - " I isn t fishing; I m teachin this ere wurm ter swim." Date: 1895

The first Fairey Delta 2 WG774 after modification
The first Fairey Delta 2, WG774, after modification into the BAC 221 with a sharp-edged ogival wing for flight validation of a Concorde-style delta wing

Shell
Specimen shell held at the Natural History Museum, London

Specimen label for Geospiza difficilis, sharp-beaked ground
Second of three specimen labels for a finch collected by Dr A. Habel from Abingdon Island, Galapagos Islands in 1868

Acanthocybium solandri, wahoo
Ff. 87 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Agave candelabrum, agave
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Tupaia glis, common tree shrew
Teeth in the upper mandible of a male comon tree shrew, showing the fundamental mammalian triangle of sharp, pointed cusps. Scale is in millimetres

Sharks head and teeth
Page 333 from Metallotheca by Michele Mercati (1717). Sixteenth century drawing

Nymphaea sp. water lily: underside of leaf
Plate 3 from Victoria Regia 1854, by John Fisk Allen. Illustration by William Sharp

Geospiza difficilis, sharp-beaked ground finch with labels
A specimen of a sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) collected by Dr. A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Hydrocynus sp. tigerfish
Specimen skull of a tigerfish (Hydrocynus sp.). Tigerfish are found in warm rivers and lakes throughout Africa, they are fierce and voracious feeding on whatever is most abundant

Melocactus caroli-linnaei, melocactus
Illustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is thought to have been made by Simon Taylor (1742-1796)

Black basalt lava
This basalt lave has cooled quickly and gas bubbles have formed into balls of fragile, needle-sharp crystals of zeolite minerals

Hand-Axes

Opunita fiscus-indica, prickly pear
An oil painting of a prickly pear (Opunita fiscus-indica). The artist and date are unknown. Original canvas held at the Natural History Museum, London

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