Size Collection (page 2)

Flower Bed
A colourful landscape painting of a garden pathway, which has a large bed of flowers, varying in size and colour to it's side. Date: circa 1916

Three men in a rowing boat dwarfed next to prow of a steamer
Three men in a small rowing boat dwarfed by the massive prow of a large steamship at (likely) Liverpool Docks, Merseyside

RMS Titanic - signet ring recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - an 18 carat gold and small old-cut diamond solitaire band/signet ring, slightly tapering (1/4ins)

Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition, Antarctic
Robert Falcon Scott Terra Nova Expedition - important archive of 52 negatives taken by Lt. Henry Birdie Bowers during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition that claimed the lives of Scott

RMS Titanic - postcard, Wallace Hartley, Captain Smith
RMS Titanic - unusual jumbo size postcard by A. Stott of Barnoldswick, The Wreck of the Titanic, with portraits of Wallace Hartley (violinist and bandleader) and Captain Edward Smith

Humorous bone of Dinosaur stood next to a man at the natural history museum. Showing the large scale of the prehistoric animals. Date: 1925

Noted Missal (Fragment)
Parchment leaf, probably from a missal, cut to about 1/3 of its original size. The liturgical text on this fragment is from the Second Book of Kings, featuring the widow visiting the prophet Elisha

Fragments of Codex Justinianus and Digesta
Ten strips of parchment manuscripts cut to similar size and shape, probably used to reinforce the spines of later bindings. They all appear to be from Justinian's Codex and Digesta

Gregory Homilia in Evangelia (Fragment)
Single leaf of parchment, cut to size for use as a binding cover. The text is from Homilia in Evangelia by Pope Gregory I

Psalter (Fragment)
Fragment of a psalter, parchment double leaf, quarto size. Text on f.1r begins at Psalm 46:7 Psallite deo nostro psallite: psallite regi nostro psallite: Quonia(m) rex omnis terre deus

Advert, Bigger Size Mars Bar - chocolate bar, still restricted by postwar rationing, hence the reference to points Date: 1950

Canadian Postcard
The card is printed in blue with a 1c stamp of Queen Victoria head and shoulders. It is small. Oddly it is about the size of the original British card issued in 1870. Date: 1871

Children in a playground, Dial Park Primary School, smiling for the camera. Date: circa 1970s

Waxwork Effigies in Westminster Abbey, 1872
A verger of Westminster Abbey guiding visitors to the waxwork funeral effigies of the Ragged Regiment or Play of Dead Folks, 1872

HAPSBURG VAULT
The funeral vault at Vienna of the Hapsburgs, the Imperial family of the Austrian Empire. The coffins are of a size appropriate to such mighty folk. Date: circa 1840

Comic postcard, Woman complains about dress size Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, A row of six bottoms in swimsuits at the seaside Date: 20th century

The Jaws of the Great White Whale: Part of a Model of "Moby Dick"at the London Zo
The Jaws of the Great White Whale: Part of a Model of " Moby Dick" at the London Zoo. Date: 1955

Pie eating contest, National Bathing Beach, Washington 1921
Female contestant in the pie eating contest, at the National Bathing Beach, Washington DC 1921

Comic postcard, Soldier in the British Army, WW2 - They only issue two sizes of shirts in the Army, large --- and very large! Date: circa 1940s

View of Saint Peters Basilica, Rome. Esterno di S. Pietro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Scottish traveller John o Arnha encounters a witch
Scottish traveller John o Arnha with cudgel encounters a witch flying on a broomstick. Sae fently did she wing her flight, In a twinklin she was out o sight

Building Victoria station
Building the new Victoria station - the view from Buckingham Palace Road. Extending Victoria station in 1905, and increasing the size from five to thirteen

The Rossow midgets at the London Hippodrome
The Rossow midgets, brothers Frank and Charlie, performing at the London Hippodrome. The highlight of their act was a boxing match. Date: 1902

London - Tower Bridge, Guildhall and the Tower of London
Early pictorial postcard - court card sizing - Scenes and sights of London - The Tower of London, Tower Bridge (opened three years earlier in 1894) and the Guildhall. Date: 1897

The Model Village at West Cliff Lodge, Ramsgate, Kent - The Aerodrome with models of the lockheed Constellation passenger airliner and the de Haviland Comet Date: circa 1953

Smallest house in Great Britain, Conwy, Wales
The smallest house in Great Britain, at Conwy, Wales, July 1939. 1939

Round and Flat Watercolour Sable Brushes in Albata. circa 1880s

Traction engine model on running board of a full size engine
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Traction engine model on the running board of a full size engine Date: 1969

A tulip stamen, magnified about ten times more than its natural size. Date: 1950s

American advert for a compact pocket Kodak camera. Date: 1916

Diagram showing German air-dreadnought, zeppelin compared to a section of buildings in Piccadilly London. Date: 1915

The Great Wheel - Earls Court, London
circa 1910s

Legendary Paul Bunyon Date: 1948

FALL / TOY POODLE / 1957
ROTHARA WYCHWOOD THE SPARK with a Continental cut, and standing next to an 18 inch, 46 cems, ruler to show its tiny size. Owner: Lockwood Date: 1957

SOCIAL / SPAIN / PROSPECTS
Two provocatively dressed women size up the men... Date: 1879

FALL / GRIFFON / IN HANDS
LALAROOKH GOLD NUGGET Owned by Bridle. This tiny puppy sits in a womans hands to show its size. Date: 1963

AMERICAN DOLLARS
A selection of different dollar coins, before the introduction of the United States Central Bank in 1911. The coins pictured include a dollar from California. Date: late 19th century

BOOT & SHOE SHOP / GREEN BOOT & SHOE SHOP / GREEN
Customers try on new footwear for size in a boot and shoe shop Date: circa 1813

FOLKLORE / MANTIGER
The Mantyger of South America was described as being the size of a dog, with olive and brown hair and a head resembling that of a horse. Date: 1763

MAN TURNS INTO TREE
A man turns into a cypress tree

St Pauls choir
A new choir was added around the 14th century, much enlarged and built in the latest modern Gothic style. The new choir was double the size of the one it replaced which made the cathedral some 585

Beneath one of the the sheer stone faces ofs Hostal quarry
A woman photographer looks very small beneath one of the the sheer stone faces ofs Hostal stone quarry, Ciutedella, Menorca Date: 2008

Devon Apple Dumpling - " Yer be a Whoopin Opple Dumplin vor ee. Now Vall to." Date: 1927

A row of girls from Togo, West Africa, increasing from left to right in age and height. Date: circa 1930s

American Fat Man - Barney Worth - Freakshow Performer
American Fat Man - Barney Worth - Remarkable socks and slightly distressingly-short shorts. Titania and Barney Worth were billed as The Worlds Fattest Couple when going on show at various Freakshows

Pigeons - A Red Helmet, Black Lahore and Yellow Spot
A portrait of three breeds of fancy pigeon illustrated inside their coop. The plain-headed Red Helmet presents its bicoloured plumage formation

Pigeons - English Fantails or Garden Fantails
A portrait of a Black, White and Blue English Fantail pictured inside their coop. The English Fantail is a highly developed breed of fancy and exhibition pigeon, and sub-variety of the Fantail

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