Silence Collection

The Zulu war. Scene of the Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana)
After the Battle of Isadhlwana. A description by Lieutenant Crealock reads, Day waned and the night hung over the hill, when we reached the last ridge, beyond which lay what had been our camp

World War Two information poster
A poster from the Second World War advisting the public to keep quiet to avoid inadvertently passing information to the enemy

Nun looking at the camera, with her finger covering her lips as if in a conspiracy of silence. Date: circa 1970s

Silence sign outside Charing Cross Hospital
A Quiet for the Wounded sign for traffic hanging outside Charing Cross Hospital in London during World War I

Statue of Harpocrates, Greek god of silence
Statue of Arpocrate or Harpocrates, Greek god of silence. He holds a horn and wears a lotus flower on his head. Found in Hadrians Villa at Tivoli

A Quaker meeting in the 19th century

Rolls-Royce Phantom
Priced at L2700, the Rolls- Royce Phantom III Continental touring saloon is the last word in comrt, speed and silence. Date: 1937

Ww1 Wife with Medal
In a suburban home in the south of London a war widow observes the two minutes silence by reverent contemplation of her dead husbands medal

Parsee Tower of Silence
The Parsees (= Persians) (worshippers of Zoroaster) flee Muslim persecution in Persia and settle in India; their dead are exposed naked on these Towers of Silence

Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 500 cc Sports Special Motor Cycle Date: 1939

Tower of Silence, Bombay (Mumbai), India
Tower of Silence (Dakhmeh), Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1890s

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El Espia. Silencio! El enemigo acecha en todas partes (The Spy. Silence! The Enemy threatens everywhere). Republican poster

TOWER OF SILENCE
The top of a Parsee Tower of Silence, Dakharma, where the dead bodies are exposed to the elements and to scavenging birds. Date: 19th century

Traffic at Ludgate Circus is halted and passers-by stand still to observe a minute's silence on Armistice Day Date: 1926

Plaque to Captain J J Crowe VC, Nieuwkerke Hospice
The final German attempt to break through to the Channel ports, known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres, had initial success

The white Water-Lily and yellow Nuphar, Silence
The white Water-Lily, Nymphaea odorata, and yellow waterlily, Nuphar lutea, Silence. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora

Silence in Heaven, by Frederick Carter
Silence in Heaven, etching by Frederick Carter. 1925

NAILING WOMANS TONGUE
The best way to silence a suffragette or any woman who demands her rights! Date: 1913

Plutus, Fortuna and Harpocrates.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

Solitude - Empty Rowing Boat by a Lake
Solitude. An empty rowing boat with oars resting across the sides, rests propped up on some small rocks close to a large lake, glowing in the evening light. An airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

WW2 Poster -- Serve in Silence
Serve in Silence. Se Taire C est Servir. Colour photolithograph, with a profile of Britannia against a Union Jack flag. Date: 1940

The Parsi (Zoroastrian) Tower of Silence at Deolali, India. The name of the town is the source of the British slang noun " doolally tap", loosely meaning " camp fever"

Gull swoops above an empty rowing boat
A gull swoops above an empty rowing boat with oars resting across the sides. The boat rests propped up on some small rocks close to a large lake, glowing in the evening light

Harold Macmillans Speech to the South African Parliament, 1
Photograph of Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) (standing at top) delivering a speech to the South African Parliament, 3rd February 1960

Dumb Cake Custom
BAKING THE DUMB-CAKE At Hallowe en, St Johns Eve or other feasts, young women bake a cake in expectation of seeing their beloved : it must be done in total silence

2 Minute Silence, London
A two minute silence is observed in London

Parsee Tower of Silence, Malabar Hill, Bombay, India
Parsee Tower of Silence, Malabar Hill, Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1905

Dorothy Grimston in The Golden Silence
Dorothy Grimston (1880-1962), actress daughter of Madge Kendall, pictured in The Golden Silence playing at the Garrick Theatre in 1903

Contemplation - Young child sits beneath an arch - Tunisia Date: circa 1920s

Mottos - Curtain Silence - Two young boys pulling back curtains. Part of Box 134 Boswell Collection - Mottos. Date: circa 1895

Mottos - Signpost of silence - Children with Flowers beneath Sign. Part of Box 134 Boswell Collection - Mottos. Date: circa 1895

Mottos - Circle of Silence - Child in Bed - flowers circling Bed. Part of Box 134 Boswell Collection - Mottos. Date: circa 1895

The Silent Minute - Big Ben, London - WW2
The idea of the silent minute was developed in Britain in the Second World War, initially from an idea by Major Wellesley Tudor Pole

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Silence the Ushers Wife. late 19th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Silence the Usher. late 19th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Miss Silence the Ushers Daughter. late 19th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Silence the Ushers Son. late 19th century

2 Minutes Silence
Two minutes silence - before getting on with the next war... Date: 1933

Two minutes silence at Mansion House, 1920
Crowds observing the two minutes silence on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920, outside Mansion House in the City of London. Date: 1920

Egyptian woman with sistrum and simpulum, and priestess with statue of Harpocrates.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

Auxiliary Red Cross hospital, Ghent, Belgium, WW1
Scene inside the Auxiliary Red Cross hospital (Kerchove Institute), Ghent, Belgium, during the First World War. 1914-1918

SERT, Josep Maria. Love and Silence
SERT, Jos頍 aric (1874-1945). Dance of Love. Love and silence. 1910. Sketch of the scenery by Hein Keckroth. Romanticism. Drawing. Private Collection

Florence Higgins
FLORENCE HIGGINS The first female bachelor of music in Britain, but judging by the silence of the internet, she never fulfilled her early promise... Date: circa 1895

St. Pauls, London - 1st Remebrance Day - 2 minutes silence
On 11th November 1919, the first anniversary of Armistice day, the Britsh nation, in response to an invitation by King George V

CREMONA, Tranquillo (1837-1878). Loving Silence. 19th c. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Milan. Galleria d Arte Moderna (Gallery of Modern Art)

Zoroastrian Tower of Silence
A Parsi (Zoroastrian) Tower of Silence in India. These towers or Dakhma are circular, raised structures used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead and hence consumption by vultures

Your silence is hard to bear
A bear listening to the bottom of the candlestick holder of the telephone, while the receiver is on the floor 1928

Female Mason - 2
Sister Isis-Felicitas (born Lyon 1863) initiated into the Val d Amour Lodge, now Chancery Mistress of Despatches in the Chapter Rose of Perfect Silence. Date: 1891

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