Splendid Collection (page 2)

Anne Bill Printers Wife
ANNE BILL, wife of John Bill the Kings printer - a splendid tribute to the lady. Date: 1588 - 1621

Souvenir of Alum Bay
A glass container, housing sands of different colours from Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, and with a sand painting depicting rocks. A splendid example of Victorian kitsch. Date: 19th century

Zig-Zag Fag Papers
Splendid wrapper for a packet of Zig-Zag cigarette papers, winner of many gold medals

Exhibitions / France / Paris
Bird s-eye view of the site of the exhibition, erected on the Champ de Mars, where the Tour Eiffel was subsequently located; note the splendid bathing boat on the Seine

The Splendid Story of the Battle of Ypres, by Will Irwin
Newspaper supplement (4th March 1915) - The Splendid Story of the Battle of Ypres, by Will Irwin. Reprinted from The Daily Mail. Includes map of the battle. Commemorative Art

Thessaloniki - The Splendid Palace Hotel. Date: circa 1910s

Mark E. Swans latest farcical success, the effervescent ecstasy, Whose baby are you? a splendid cast present this fantastic farce. Date c1900

MOTHER HUFF CAP PUB
The splendid sign of the Mother Huff Cap pub, depicting a strapping wench serving a flagon of frothy ale, Great Alne, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1950s

Totnes East Gate
Looking down Fore Street, the main street of Totnes, Devon and the splendid East Gate Arch, with its distinctive clock tower. Date: 1950s

Girls Picnic by Sea
Two young women enjoy a splendid picnic by the sea

Publius Valerius Publicola destroys his own house
Publius Valerius Publicola, a Roman Consul, to dissipate suspicion of his ambitions, destroys his own splendid house on top of the Velian Hill - an instance of Roman high-mindedness and self-sacrifice

Monte San Salvatore (915m) - Lake Lugano, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s

Wonderful war work of the women of Ireland. Splendid energies of Irishwomen of all the political parties during the First World War. 1916

Theodore Samuel Ted Williams (1918- 2002). Nicknamed The Kid. American professional baseball player and manager. Monument. Boston. Massachusetts. United States

13th Earl of Eglinton
ARCHIBALD WILLIAM, thirteenth earl of EGLINTON, Scottish statesman whose chief claim on our attention was the famous tournament (of which we have splendid illustrations). Date: 1812 - 1861

Shaving Soap & Brush
A smiling young man works up a splendid lather with his shaving soap and brush! Date: 1930s

Motor Cycle and Sidecar
A splendid New Hudson motorcycle and sidecar, with a massive radio aerial on it! Date: 1930s

Peter Barlow
PETER BARLOW (1776 - 1862) a splendid example of a Victorian self- made man, rising from obscure schoolmaster to eminent mathematician, scientist and engineer, professor, F.R.S.&c. Date: circa 1850

Chinese Mandarins Home
The interior of a mandarins home, with a splendid view of buildings including a pagoda. Date: circa 1840

Cornstalk Abstract
Maybe they are meant to be ears of corn, but who cares - this is a splendid jugendstil motif, restrained yet full of impact. Date: 1904

Henkell Trocken Drinking
A row of seated diners raise their glasses of Henkell sparkling wine - its splendid stuff you know! Date: 1909

Acatene Metropole
Splendid publicity for a French bicycle. Date: circa 1895

Canada / Surprise Lake
Travelling by canoe is a splendid way to see the country, but you must be prepared to make portages now and then, such as this at Surprise Lake. Date: 1907

Soiree Dansante 1903
The Salle des Reunions of the Paris newspaper Le petit Journal at 21 rue Cadet offers a splendid art nouveau decor along with its spacious dance floor and balconies. Date: 1903

New York Stock Exchange
The splendid classical portico of the New York Exchange Date: 1857

9th Earl Haddington
THOMAS HAMILTON, 9TH EARL OF HADDINGTON Scottish noble Date: 1780 - 1858

Splendid parrot or crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Yellow flowered splendid cinquefoil, Potentilla splendens.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Crimson rosella, Platycerus elegans.. Handcolored steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Browns Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Edinburgh, 1833

Splendid hibiscus, Hibiscus splendens.. Illustration drawn by James MacNab, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, 1830

Splendid stanhopea orchid, Stanhopea insignis.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine

Splendid scarlet-flowered leschenaultia, Leschenaultia splendens.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical

Hotel Splendid, Galati, Romania
Street scene with the Hotel Splendid, Galati, capital city of Galati County, Moldavia, eastern Romania

Suffragette W. S. P. U Holiday Campaign Kent
Suffragette W.S.P.U Holiday Campaign Kent. Eight members of the Womens Social & political Union or Gypsy Wanderers set off from Lincolns Inn on 9th August 1913

Extraordinary array of game and fish with local butcher
A butcher proudly displaying his game and fish ready for Christmas. This photograph was taken in, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. England. Date: circa 1925

A charge of the Canadians at Ypres
Canadian soldiers charging the enemy at Ypres in 1916. The Canadians were reported to have showed their splendid fighting quality, in retaking trenches captured by the Germans the previous month

Paris Deputies Chambre
The splendid new Chambre des Deputes, a fit home for Frances leading citizens. Date: circa 1840

Arwerton Hall Gate
The splendid gatehouse of Arwerton Hall, Suffolk : if all those towers are chimneys, the residents must be nice and warm... Date: 1785

France Meudon
The splendid chateau of Meudon now finds itself in the southwestern suburbs of Paris. Date: 1700

Ramsey Church
The splendid Norman tower of St. Michaels Church, Romsey, Essex, England. Date: 11th - 12th century

Chas. Canning Winmill
CHARLES CANNING WINMILL architect who specialised in fire stations but also designed the splendid premises of the Mary Evans Picture Library. Date: 1865 - 1945

Restif De LA Bretonne
NICOLAS-EDME RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE French writer, auhot or Monsieur Nicolas etc : we have splendid illustrations to his science fiction ! Date: 1734 - 1806

John Philips
JOHN PHILIPS writer, author of The splendid shilling, Cyder etc. Date: 1676 - 1709

Montgomery Home
The splendid home of JAMES MONTGOMERY, the author of The world before the flood, at The Mount, Sheffield, a far cry from his humble Scottish cottage birthplace. Date: early 19th century

Alfonso Lombardi
ALFONSO LOMBARDI Italian sculptor, in a splendid surround showing classical females working on sculptural and architectural projects. Date: 1487 - 1536

Giant Easter Egg
A girl holding a splendid giant Easter egg! Date: early 1930s

Rev James Lawson
JAMES LAWSON Presbyterian churchman of Edinburgh described as the Persevering Petitioner : a splendid example of Kays delightful inventiveness. Date: ? - 1788

Thessaloniki, Greece - Le Grand Hotel Splendid. Date: circa 1908

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