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Subject Collection (page 3)

Background imageSubject Collection: Funeral Flowers

Funeral Flowers at Strathclyde, Offerton Lane, Stockport. They are for the funeral of Charles Harold Battersby who died on 12th January 1913 in Amiens, France and was buried on the 16th in Stockport

Background imageSubject Collection: Silhouettes for classroom decoration by H. L. Oakley

Silhouettes for classroom decoration by H. L. Oakley
Silhouettes for classroom decoration by H.L. Oakley, in The Teachers World, 2 September 1927. The subjects illustrated are Literature, History and Geography. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSubject Collection: Ice skaters skate over a frozen river

Ice skaters skate over a frozen river
Black and white. Ice skaters skate over a frozen river with bridge and trees in the background. The main subject of the photograph is a man skating away from the camera and looking back at it

Background imageSubject Collection: Suffragette Forcible Feeding insurance

Suffragette Forcible Feeding insurance. Reference to forcible feeding on the subject of Health Insurance. Shows a Health Insurance stamp with instruction to Lick as proposed under the 1911 National

Background imageSubject Collection: Letter returned to sender, WW1

Letter returned to sender, WW1
A letter addressed to a Mr Loewenthal, a British subject living in London, returned to sender in Hamburg " owing to state of war"

Background imageSubject Collection: Henri IV Assassinated

Henri IV Assassinated
Henri IV is assassinated by Ravaillac, a discontented subject. Date: 14 May 1610

Background imageSubject Collection: Mount Shasta

Mount Shasta
Shasta Butte and Shasta valley - this mountain is the subject of native American folklore and features in modern New Age lore. Date: 1857

Background imageSubject Collection: ALICE CARY

ALICE CARY American poet, author of Poems of Faith, Hope and Love which gives you some idea of her subject-matter. with her autograph Date: 1820 - 1870

Background imageSubject Collection: George Morland

George Morland
GEORGE MORLAND artist, whose favoured subject matter - gin-shops, stables and public houses - reflected his personal habits... Date: 1763 - 1804

Background imageSubject Collection: Marquise De Lambert

Marquise De Lambert
ANNE THERESE de MARGUENART de COURCELLES, marquise de LAMBERT French writer on the subject of education. Date: 1647 - 1733

Background imageSubject Collection: Sketch of an Imaginative Subject. Formerly A Fanciful Subje

Sketch of an Imaginative Subject. Formerly A Fanciful Subject.. Burn, Rodney Joseph 1899 - 1985

Background imageSubject Collection: Swedenborgian Subject ?

Swedenborgian Subject ?
Swedenborgian Subject (?). Flaxman, John 1755 - 1826 (attributed to)

Background imageSubject Collection: Portrait Artist Gilbert at work at Vichy

Portrait Artist Gilbert at work at Vichy
A corner of the tea garden at Vichy - the artist Gilbert and his (rather excellent-looking) portraits. He is busy working on a new subject! Date: 1909

Background imageSubject Collection: WW2 - The Scales of Victory - Oil and Steel Output compared

WW2 - The Scales of Victory - Oil and Steel Output compared between the Free Labour of the British Commonwealth and the USA and the Slave Labour of Germany and her subject nations

Background imageSubject Collection: Valentines Day postcard - Football Match - To My Love

Valentines Day postcard - Football Match - To My Love
To My Love. A spectacularly unusual subject for this Valentines Day Card sent from a man to his lady love... a scene of a football match! Sent on 14th February 1914 Date: 1907

Background imageSubject Collection: A Buryat (or Buriyad) man - Siberia, Russia

A Buryat (or Buriyad) man - Siberia, Russia
A Buryat (or Buriyad) man - the largest indigenous group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia

Background imageSubject Collection: The Coronation Durbar, Delhi

The Coronation Durbar, Delhi - 12th December 1911. The Maharajah of Benares bows before The King Emperor (George V) and Queen Empress (Mary) Date: 1911

Background imageSubject Collection: An Elevated Subject (1830)

An Elevated Subject (1830) [Caricature depicting an accident to a balloon] [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection]

Background imageSubject Collection: FORTUNY, Mariano (1838-1874). African street

FORTUNY, Mariano (1838-1874). African street subject (Africa 1860). 1860. Romanticism. Drawing. SPAIN. Reus. Salvador Vilaseca Regional Museum

Background imageSubject Collection: Girls with China 1894

Girls with China 1894
So great is the mania for blue china in late 19th century England that theres even a childrens book on the subject - here, two girls handle the precious items. Date: 1894

Background imageSubject Collection: Boys / School / Patient

Boys / School / Patient
Two schoolboys subject a third to the unwanted ministrations of a doctor, who forces medicine down his throat. Date: 1930

Background imageSubject Collection: Elizabeth / Colonial Exhib

Elizabeth / Colonial Exhib
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, photographed when Duchess of York, at the Colonial Exhibition in Paris. She is presented with a bouquet from a loyal colonial subject. Date: 1931

Background imageSubject Collection: Photographer and subject, in Yokohama, Japan

Photographer and subject, in Yokohama, Japan. Print shows a woman posing for a portrait photograph, half-length, seated, facing right

Background imageSubject Collection: A Pleasing subject, by J. G. Brown, N. A

A Pleasing subject, by J. G. Brown, N. A
A Pleasing subject, by J. G. Brown, N.A. Print shows a young girl, seated in a chair, looking at stereographic photographs. Date c1891

Background imageSubject Collection: Buryats - Siberia, Russia

Buryats - Siberia, Russia
A group of The Buryats (or Buriyads) - the largest indigenous group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia

Background imageSubject Collection: The Selengyin Buryats

The Selengyin Buryats
The Buryats or Buriyads - the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia

Background imageSubject Collection: Chicago - Pier

Chicago - Pier
The East End Recreation Pier will include Concert Halls, Dance Hall, Childrens Amusements and Refectory, accessed by street car from the mainland. Date: 1916

Background imageSubject Collection: ILN Front cover: Princess Elizabeth aged 2 years

ILN Front cover: Princess Elizabeth aged 2 years
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring a photograph of Princess Elizabeth of York (the future Queen Elizabeth II) in a party dress

Background imageSubject Collection: Female Photographer

Female Photographer
A young female photographer adjusts her camera in the park, ready to capture her subject - YOU! Date: 1960s

Background imageSubject Collection: Watch the Birdie

Watch the Birdie! A female photographer adjusts her camera lens in a park, ready to capture her subject - YOU! Date: 1960s

Background imageSubject Collection: Hereward the Wake

Hereward the Wake
HEREWARD known as The Wake Anglo-Saxon rebel and outlaw who opposed William I, taking refuge on the Isle of Ely, the subject of romantic legends. Date: ? - 1072

Background imageSubject Collection: Paranormal / Healing

Paranormal / Healing
LARISSA VILENSKAYA uses faith healing on a subject at the Basel Psi-Tage Date: 3 November 1984

Background imageSubject Collection: Edison Shop, New York

Edison Shop, New York
The Edison Shop. 471, 473 and 475 Fifth Avenue; buisnesses include Schotz & Co. and The Edison Shop (subject of photo)

Background imageSubject Collection: Humourous photographer card

Humourous photographer card
A very silly postcard depicting a photographers subject suffering a rather revealing fate, falling backward over some sticks

Background imageSubject Collection: Photographic Studio scene

Photographic Studio scene
A fantastic example of a photographic studio from the early 20th century with the decoration and dressing of the studio, the immense plate camera and the photographer himself

Background imageSubject Collection: Flatford Cottage

Flatford Cottage
Willy Lots cottage, Flatford, Suffolk : subject of one of Constables paintings, and scarcely changed since then

Background imageSubject Collection: Flatford Mill

Flatford Mill, Suffolk : subject of one of Constables paintings

Background imageSubject Collection: The Bystander Special Flying Number

The Bystander Special Flying Number
Front cover from The Bystander special flying number showing a group of elegantly-dressed passengers boarding an Imperial Airways flight

Background imageSubject Collection: Skating Subject- And Objects! By Joyce Dennys

Skating Subject- And Objects! By Joyce Dennys
A illustration of a demure lady skating whilst a dragging a worried looking gentleman across the ice

Background imageSubject Collection: Albert Smiths Ascent of Mont Blanc, London, 1852

Albert Smiths Ascent of Mont Blanc, London, 1852
Engraving showing an illustrated lecture given by Albert Smith, on the subject of his ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851, in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, 1852

Background imageSubject Collection: No Joke! by Frank Reynolds

No Joke! by Frank Reynolds
A humorous artist, stumped for further jokes on the subject of the First World War, wishes that peace would be declared so he could submit some of his new ideas

Background imageSubject Collection: The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. The Verandah

The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. The Verandah
Engraving of verandah on grand Indian estate where gold has been found. Three servants in turbans are waiting on their master, one servant is leading a horse to the master

Background imageSubject Collection: The Wynaad Goldfields of Southern India. Richmond Coffee Sto

The Wynaad Goldfields of Southern India. Richmond Coffee Sto
Engraving of servants sweeping and carrying coffee to the store on the Richmond Estate, where gold was found. Wynaad in the Malabar district of Madras was subject to many gold finds between 1876

Background imageSubject Collection: King Sebastian

King Sebastian is the subject of many Portuguese legends : here he is depicted enjoying the pleasures of the fabulous island of Incoberta

Background imageSubject Collection: Krippner Experiment 2

Krippner Experiment 2
A subject in Krippners DREAM TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT at the Maimonides Laboratory, Brooklyn (New York) : EEG and polygraph record her brain and emotional activity

Background imageSubject Collection: Krippner Experiment 3

Krippner Experiment 3
A subject in Krippners DREAM TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT at the Maimonides Laboratory, Brooklyn (New York) : EEG and polygraph record her brain and emotional activity

Background imageSubject Collection: Scene in a photographers studio, example of portrait making

Scene in a photographers studio, example of portrait making
Portraiture in the early twentieth century. A photographer entertaining his subject while his assistants capture her photograph

Background imageSubject Collection: San Francisco, California, 1851

San Francisco, California, 1851
Engraving showing the city of San Francisco with Yerba Buena Island in the background. On 3rd May 1851 San Francisco was subject to a terrible fire and only days later, on 15th May



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