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Queen Victoria and Munshi Abdul Karim, 1900Queen Victoria, Empress of India, listening to a despatch describing the elation of the troops at the services they had rendered to the Queen. Her Indian servant, Munshi Abdul Karim, supports her
Childbirth in 1513A midwife discreetly helps to deliver a child, while a friend supports the mother who is seated upright
Kyoto, Japan - Maruyama Park - Cherry BlossomJapan - Cherry Blossoms in Maruyama Park, Kyoto. The parks star attraction is a weeping cherry tree (shidarezakura), supported by a multitude of props. Date: circa 1910s
Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, GreeceThe Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis at Athens, Greece Date: circa 1930s
M. C. C. Cricket tour in AustraliaFingleton batting for New South Wales, hit by a rising ball from Voce. Bradman supports him; the Nawab of Pataudi is picking up his bat, while Ames and Jardine are walking across
Team of Carpenters making a cartThree carpenters make a cart under the watchful gaze of an elder craftsman or the intended recipent of the cart. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - Travel Building. 1933
Launching of a Dhow - Aden Maalla Village, Yemen Date: 1910s
Fitting roof supports in a coal mine Date: circa 1900s
Coal Mining fitting roof supports early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
RMS Olympic cast iron table baseRMS OLYMPIC: Rare cast iron Second-Class table base, fluted central column with lion's head supports. 24ins
Modernist House, HampsteadA photograph of a modernist house at Hampstead, designed in 1936 by architect Edwin Maxwell Fry, built in reinforced concrete frame and panel walls
The Saloon, Blenheim PalaceA painting which showcases the grand interior of the saloon in Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, and a gift to John Churchill
Ocean Liners - oak open arm dining chair. House flag on top rail, drop in seat. The whole on turned supports and stretchers. Date: early 20th century
An inside view of a covered slip, with overhead travelling cranes at the Germania yard at Kiel, Germany. The ship being built is Battleship L'. Date: 1902
Canterbury Cathedral Crypt supports, September 1939Photograph of the 843-year-old crypt of Canterbury Cathedral in which the apex of the vaulting has been supported with a series of wooden beams as a precaution against potential air raid damage
The brainchild of Sir Bernard Lovell, the Lovell Radio Telescope is in Cheshire, England. Here are shown part of its supports and track. Date: 1960s
Bridge with Two Towers Date: 1880
Green Watering Can Date: 1880
H M Dockyard, Bermuda - A Floating DockH M Dockyard, Hamilton Bermuda - A Floating Dock, containing the HMS Psyche. Date: circa 1908
Cannings Oak, Cliveden, Bucks Date: 1980s
Ruins of Maharubi Palace, Zanzibar, East Africa - built outside Zanzibar Town in 1882 for Sultan Barghash to house his impressively large harem
Java, Indonesia - remarkable bridge. Date: circa 1930s
Blossom Tree with bamboo supports by Ogata KorinTrained Blossom Tree with bamboo supports by Ogata Korin Date: circa late 17th century
Engineering survey using divers - The Trans-Baikal RailwayThe Trans-Baikal Railway - a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Chita and serving Zabaykalsky Krai and Amur Oblast
Lovamahapaya - City of Anuradhapura, Sri LankaLovamahapaya - a building situated between Ruvanveliseya and Sri Mahabodiya in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Advert for Acaric mens sock suspender 1898For gentlemen the Acaric, sock suspender, preventing slipping down of socks! Date: 1898
Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina - Calle Cordoba - very impressive street lighting - arching out over the road on elegantly decorated supports. Date: circa 1904
Repairing pit props, Plas y Coed Level, South WalesA miner repairing pit props in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
The Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Isles, 1849Engraving of the first Bishop Rock lighthouse, which was built in 1847 and destroyed by storms on 5th February 1850. The design, by Walker and Burges
Fairy Holds GrassesA fairy supports herself on a stem by holding onto grasses
Early view of the worldEarth conceived as having roots reaching down into the Infinite; or as standing on it supported by columns
Roadside Telegraph Poles along the road to OttercopsFabulous roadside Telegraph Poles along the road to Ottercops, Northumbria. Date: circa 1909
Findelen, a hillside village near Zermatt, Switzerland and view of the Rothhorn. Date: circa 1910s
Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, JapanKiyomizu dera, officially Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera - an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. Date: circa 1910s
Elegant Koraibashi Bridge, Osaka, Japan. In 1870, the original wooden bridge was replaced by an iron bridge built by Alt & Co.1
Wallensteins CampWallenstein supports the emperor when Bohemians rebel. His camp at the Kahlenberg, near Vienna Date: circa 1620
Syria / Archaeology / AryanOne of the monumental door supports, shaped in the form of a lion, found at the Tell site of Aryan in the Khabour river valley. Date: 1853
Candid seaside photograph - 3 women and child - under pierCandid seaside photograph of three women (possibly Mother, Aunt and Grandmother) and a young toddler standing beneath a pier (possible Blackpool)
WW2 - National Savings Committee Flier - Wings for Victory - The Skys The Limit. Date: circa 1941
Glastonbury Thorn, Glastonbury, SomersetThe Glastonbury Thorn, a legendary tree at Glastonbury, Somerset. A flowering hawthorn, it is associated with Joseph of Arimathea and the arrival of Christianity in Britain
British soldiers with trench supports, Western Front, WW1British soldiers carrying trench supports during construction work on the Western Front in France, World War One. Date: circa 1916
Launch of Cunarder, Aquitania, by G. H. DavisThe launch of the year. First drawings of the gigantic Cunarder, the Aquitania, in the process of being built on the Clyde. Above: a cross section
Damage to St Pauls Cathedral, LondonThe dangers which assail St Pauls Cathedral: vibration damage caused by nearby heavy traffic. Sectional view showing where the cracks in the building exist at the present time. Date: 1913
Smashed up German trench at Morval, Somme, WW1A smashed up German trench at Morval on the Somme, Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Kyoto, Japan - Maruyama ParkJapan - Cherry Blossoms in Maruyama Park, Kyoto. The parks star attraction is a weeping cherry tree (shidarezakura), supported by a multitude of props - here shown out of season. Date: circa 1910s
Japan - A street in Tokyo and a street in Osaka - decorativeJapan - A street in Tokyo and a street in Osaka - two photographs set within a very decorative surround of bamboo water pipes, swallows and lilies. Date: circa 1910s
Building an Ocean Liner at Harland & Wolff, Belfast - In the Course of Construction. Date: circa 1903
Poole Pottery - Setting the glazed ware in the kilnSetting the glazed ware in the kiln. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in
The Spiral Railway - Franco-British Exhibition - White City, Shepherds Bush, London. Date: 1908
A rather basic bridge - Senegal, West AfricaA rather basic bridge (likely far more secure than it looks!) - Senegal, West Africa Date: circa 1910s
Pier, Wabana Iron MIne, Belle Isle, NewfoundlandDominion Iron and Steel Company Pier at the Wabana Iron MIne, Belle Isle, Newfoundland, Canada. Date: 1902
Roscoff, Finistere, Brittany, France - Ancient Fig TreeBrittany, France - Ancient Fig Tree in a convent garden at Roscoff, Finistere, dating back to 1610. The expanse of branches is supported by rowsof grante props
H M Dockyard, Bermuda - A Floating Dock Date: circa 1910s
Timber supports in a South Wales mineTimber supports in a mine in South Wales
Antioch - Turkey - Large waterwheelAntioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed
Carpenters building a wagonThree carpenters working on a wooden wagon, using traditional tools and techniques. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Waterwheel at AntiochAntioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed
Large waterwheel at AntakyaAntioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed
Council of VienneAt the Council of Vienne (on the Rhone) pope Clemens V (from Avignon) supports Philippe IV by withdrawing support for the Templars, thus ensuring their destruction
Dryden / Fountain Pen AdAn advertisement for L & C Hardtmuths fountain pen, showing the pens as supports for a bridge with skyscrapers in the background
Life on JupiterThe largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is 318 times as large as Earth, so perhaps supports a huge population which may surpass our civilisation in every way
Gokstad Viking ShipExcavated in 1880, a perfectly preserved Viking ship shown after its removal from a long barrow at Gokstad, Norway
Scaffolding / BeverleyA stunning view of the framework scaffolding used to move the North front of Beverley Minster back over its base foundation after it had shifted due to subsidence
Channel Bridge 1Project for a railway bridge : signal lamps warn shipping to steer clear of the supports for the suspended monorail
FRENCHWOMAN 1570- 2A lady-in-waiting supports the hand of her mistress : though more modestly dressed, she still wears a high ruff, and deep sleeves to her fine gown
Timber Sawing / 1835The Sawyer
Brassiere 1911La Brassiere Lystra supports the bust without compressing it, thus keeping the bust always young
Goldins Magic TrickHorace Goldin suspends Miss Fransiola in mid air on stage at the Palace Theatre and passes a hoop around her body to show there are no hidden supports
Lecture / British MuseumA lecture in the Assyrian Gallery of the British Museum. The speaker points towards one of the massive carved Lion supports removed by Layard from excavations at Nineveh
Atlas Holds up HeavensThe Titan Atlas supports the Heavens on his shoulders (other versions have him holding up the world, but this is probably the original version)
Wm Franklin ArrestedWilliam Franklin (son of Benjamin), governor of New Jersey, supports the British so is arrested by the rebels. He will be exchanged and end his days in England
