Shown Collection (page 2)

Meeting at the Guildhall on Behalf of the Jews in Russia, 18
Engraving showing a meeting held at the Guidhall, London, in 1890 to raise funds on behalf of Russian Jews. The prominent figures shown are (from left to right)

Athena / Minerva Bust
A colossal head of Minerva, an example of very early Greek sculpture. The goddess is shown in a heavily restored form with later additions of a helmet crest and owl motifs

Strasbourg Astron. Clock
The Astronomical Clock in the Cathedral at Strasbourg built in 1842 by J B Schwilgue in the form of earlier medieval astronomical clocks. The phases of the moon are shown

Map of London
Map, made by Pieter Vanden Keere, showing the extent of London in 1593. Around the edge of the map are the crests of twelve of the Merchant Guilds

Match of Bowls at Crystal Palace, London, 1901
Illustration showing a match of bowls at the Crystal Palace in London during June 1901. The players shown are (from left to right) Dr. W.G. Grace (large beard), Mr. John Young (Australia), Mr. J.W

American Anti-Aircraft Guns near London; Second World War, 1
Illustration showing an American anti-aircraft unit firing at enemy bombers, during a German raid on London in 1944. The gun shown is a 90-mm weapon

Nicholas II with his staff
Tsar Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, shown with his staff on the Eastern front. Nicholas dismissed Grand Duke Nicholas in 1915

Dryden / Bugatti / 27
Three types of Bugatti are shown with the kind of person the artist thinks would be likely to buy this sort of car

Marshalsea Prison
The Marshalsea Prison, mainly a debtors prison, was in the Borough High Street, Southwark, as shown on the map

Old Chinese Manuscript
Fragment from a manuscript of the Uigur dynasty : figures are shown writing and reading, and one is playing a lute-like musical instrument

England / London / Tower
Visitors are shown some of the principal sights, including the lion in the menagerie which, after a regrettable episode, was transferred elsewhere for security reasons

C17th Fire Engine / Dutch
An early fire engine in use in Holland. The first flexible hose was invented by Jan van der Heijden in 1672 in the Netherlands, and a pre-cursor of this may be shown here

New Baby Victoria 19C
The new baby, Princess Victoria, is shown off by her mother in Kensington Park, London

Antwerp Exhibition
A selection of handmade laces are shown by a local manufacturer at the Antwerp Exhibition, (Exposition Internationale Coloniale), Belgium

Copernicuss System (2)
The universe with our Sun as its centre, circled by our Earth and the other planets, and by the signs of the Zodiac : Jupiter is shown with its satellites

Watching Election Result
Londoners watch the election results as they are shown on giant screens erected in Trafalgar Square

Beechcraft C-45H Expeditor N8640E (msn AF-510, ex 52-10580), of Grimes Manufacturing Company, in use as a flying laboratory for navigation and anti-collision lights

Western Avenue, on the Gabalfa Estate, a council estate in Cardiff, Wales, shown here when it was newly built. Date: 1960s

Dassault-Breguet Mystere 20 1st prototype F-WLKB at the 1964 Paris Air Show, shown with the two 3, 300 lbf Pratt & Whitney JT12A-8 turbojet engines originally fitted

Farnborough 92 - MiG-29M (9-15) Blue 156
Farnborough 92 - Mikoyan MiG-29M (9-15) Blue 156 shown with Vympel NPO R-77 air-to-air missiles on the underwing pylons. Date: 1992

H. G. Seaborne, Show A Leg!
An advertisement page promoting the services of H. G. Seaborne Ltd. a London based advertising company, specialists in block making, photography and retouching

Sa Majeste Guillaume II
This illustration portrays Wilhelm II, the last German emperor, and king of Prussia, reigning between 1888 and 1918, he is shown here with the head of a predatory bird as he struts across

Indignities shown to the corpse of William the Conqueror - on his death in France, his body was stripped of clothing and jewellery. Date: 1087

Lever Brothers Advertisement, Shaving Stick
An illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting the Lever's Easy Shaving Stick, EASY on the razor, EASY on the chin, EASY on the purse

Isis
A Sculptural portrait depiction of the Ancient Egyptian Goddess, Isis also referred to as Aset, seen by many as the Mother of Horus, her worship was spread throughout the Greco Roman world

Tenterden Hall
A photograph of Tenterden Hall, a school establishment in Hendon, Middlesex, aimed at preparing boys between the age of 7 and 14 for public schooling and the Royal Navy

Goochs Jurna Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Goochs Vogue & Value, promoting Jurna corsets, which gives women graceful lines and poise

Scene from Japanese Noh Drama, Eguchi
Scene from the Japanese Noh Drama, Eguchi - the yokyoku (noh song) Eguchi is thought to have been composed by the priest Ikkyu-Zenji

Rue de la Cordonnerie, Dinan
An etching of Rue de la Cordonnerie in the town of Dinan, Brittany in northwest France, well known for its cobbled streets, as shown in this piece. Date: circa 1921

Amiens and the Cloud
A landscape oil painting showing a distant view of Amiens, a city in northern France, that is divided by the Somme river. The city is shown with looming great clouds hovering above. Date: circa 1919

Lassetters Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Lassetters, the fashion house of reliability and quality, founded in 1820. The large illustration shows a decoratively dressed lady with a parosol

Lightfoot Advertisement
An advertisement for Young, Osmond and Young, Limited, promoting the Lightfoot tubular electric heating system. Examples of this are shown in the images, including a skirting heater, towel rail

Fish
The influence of Western naturalism upon the Japanese tradition of calligraphic drawing is shown in this water colour and one can also trace in it the influence of Western composition

Wrought Iron gate
A beautiful wrought iton gate made in Battle, Sussex. Date: circa 1929

Etching of Countryside House
Etching of a country view with a house or small town shown on the left side. Date: circa 1929

The Tree of Jesse
A print of a stained glass window depicting the Tree of Jesse, where Jesse is shown fast asleep in a walled garden. Date: circa 1929

A Benedictine monk with two St Bernard rescue dogs
The postcard is titled Maitre et Serviteurs The figures are shown in a snowy landscape. Date: circa 1910

Canadair C. 4 Argonaut G-ALHK BOAC London Airport Queen flew
Canadair C.4 Argonaut G-ALHK, shown in white tail livery, on which HM Queen Elizabeth arrived back from East Africa after the death of her father King George VI in January 1952 Date: 1962

Prince Henry and Waldemar of Prussia
Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889-1945) with his father, Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Prussia (1862-1929) at Balmoral in the 1890s. Waldemar was the eldest son of Henry and Princess Irene of Hesse

Soldier of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Spanish Civil War
Soldier from the Philippine Islands serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion of the International Brigade, during the Spanish Civil War

Hungarian Cavalry of the International Brigade; Spanish Civi
Photograph showing members of the Hungarian cavalry unit of the International Brigade, shown on their way to the Madrid front, during the Spanish Civil War, 1937

Republican Government Posters, Barcelona; Spanish Civil War
Photograph showing some soldiers of the Republican army looking at posters produced by their government, Barcelona, 1936. The posters shown urged the women of Barcelona to join up to the Republican

Children, dressed in Communist jumpers and with toy rifles, marching through the streets of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, 1936

POMPEY'S HEAD
Pompeius's head is shown to Caesar, as evidence of his death. Date: 48 BCE

Prince Orange Drowns 1687 1711 Johan Willem Friso
prince, orange, drowns, 1687, 1711, johan, willem, friso, stadholder, friesland, shown, moments, before, death, drowning, crossing, holland, diep, ferry, way, hague, ferrymen, rough, water, boatmen

RHADAMANTHYS
The son of Europa and Zeus, after his death he and his brothers found posthumous employment as JUDGES OF THE UNDERWORLD : they are shown Date:

AENEAS AND ANCHISES
Aeneas visits his dead father Anchises in the Underworld, and is shown a vision of the glorious heroes of Rome who will be his descendants

BOOK OF THE DEAD/31
The Hail of the Two-fold Maat decorated with uraei and feathers symbolical of the Law. Within are the 42 judges of the dead, 33 shown here

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