Stern Collection (page 8)

Naval Steamship - Charles Robinson
One of the Men-O -War that " guard our shores"

Beafeater on book serialisation poster
The stern and unmisstakeable profile of a Beefeater Guard from the Tower of London used as the main illustration on a poster advertsing the serialisation of the book Ghosts of London by H V Morton in

Wheelhouse of the Great Eastern, 1859
Engraving showing the stern deck, steering apparatus and wheelhouse of I.K. Brunels steamship Great Eastern, 1859

USS Pennsylvania at sea, 1921
Photograph showing the American battleship and Flagship of the Atlantic Fleet, USS Pennsylvania, seen from the stern of USS Henderson, 1921

British Motor-Launch in the North Sea, Second World War, 194
Photograph showing the deck of a Royal Navy motor-launch (M.L.) on patrol in the North Sea, 1942. This photograph clearly shows the three gun turrets on the rear of the launch

Sinking British Merchant Ship, 1916
Photograph showing a sinking British Merchant ship, after she had been torpedoed by a German submarine, 1916. In this picture the ships funnel has reached the waterline

British Overseas Airways Stewardesses, 1943
Photograph showing two stewardesses (on right) of the British Overseas Airways, in the stern of a motor-launch, heading out to join a waiting flying-boat, 1943

SS Peluge, 1912
Photograph showing the largest Bucket dredger then afloat, the SS Peluge, built at the Lobnitz Shipyard for the Suez Canal Company

Wilhelm Ii / Living Rulers
WILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY German Emperor in 1902

Stern Reproof
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing Gran pop the orang utan working as a delivery driver and dispatching a group of naughty fruit thieves

Paris Sightseeing
Sightseers view Paris from the stern of a bateau-mouche : they have just passed Notre- Dame and the Ile de la Cite. The fox is not interested

Severe Edwardian Butler
The stern butler (Hugh Edgar) of the Edwardian Country House

At the Wheel of a Yacht, 1890
Engraving showing the scene at the steering wheel of a sailing yacht, entitled Passengers are requested not to speak to the man at the wheel

Young Cloudesley Shovel Swimming With Despatches
Engraving taken from the painting Young Cloudesley Shovel Swimming with Despatches through the Enemys Fire. In the background can be seen the stern of a 16th or 17th century warship

Scale Model of an 80-gun Stuart Warship
Photograph of a model of an 80-gun ship of Charles the Seconds Navy, of about 1680. The model, made of boxwood and walnut, was 53 inches long and was being offered for sale in 1929 by J.M

HMS Royal Oak viewed from HMS Queen Elizabeth, 1935
Photograph of a huge wave breaking over the bows of HMS Royal Oak, launched 1916, as seen from the stern of HMS Queen Elizabeth, Mediterranean Sea, 1935

Portuguese Toldo-Boat
Toldo-boat, carrying several passengers, steered from both bow and stern

Shipbuilding, England
The construction of a warship. This photograph shows the stern with the barbette, as worker put on the thick layers of metal armour

Cutty Sark at Sea 1924
A view looking back toward the stern end of the Cutty Sark - the world famous tea clipper The ship was badly damaged by fire whilst under restoration in Greenwich on 21st May 2007

French Classroom 1901
A stern-looking teacher does his best to hold the attention of his class of little boys

Cement Factory
Sterns portland cement works at Funkenwalde, near Stettin

Wolfgang Kapp
WOLFGANG KAPP German Chancellor after the right-wing Kapp-Putsch of 1920

Hubrecht Goltzius / Boulon
HUBRECHT GOLTZIUS Flemish painter and antiquarian

Andrea Doria / Thevet 1584
ANDREA DORIA Genoese admiral and statesman

Gb Stern / Cig Card
G B STERN (Gladys Bronwyn) Writer, eg of a book on Jane Austen in 1949

Servants / Interview / 1896
" Not a love affair, I hope " A young woman seeking a position as a ladys companion is interviewed by a stern agent eager to ascertain why she left her last position. Date: 1896

Family Breakfast 1885
Presently her husband came into the room and she handed him the letter ; a typical Victorian husband examines a letter at the breakfast table

STEAMSHIPS / LIBERTE
French liner, formerly the German Europa but substantially refitted for the Atlantic crossing

MAN O WAR, EARLY C19
A MAN-OF-WAR When wars stern duty calls, Englands best safeguard are her wooden walls

Dog and Turkey 1905
A white bulldog looks up enquiringly at a rather stern- looking turkey cock

Waterloo / Scott Poem 30
List - frequent to the hurrying rout, the stern pursuers vengeful shout tells, that upon their broken rear rages the Prussians bloody spear

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