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Swan Upping FlagsSwans on the Thames are chiefly the property of the companies of Dyers and Vintners, and of the Queen. Here the boats fly the flags of those companies. Date: 1930s
Anna Pavlova dancing Swan LakeAnna Pavlova (1881-1931) Russian ballet dancer photographed here in Swan Lake in 1920
Lohengrin ArrivesLohengrin arrives in a boat drawn by Elsas brother Godfrey, who has been transformed by Ortruds witchcraft into a swan
RMS Carpathia, 1903Photograph of the Cunard Lines RMS Carpathia, launched by the Swan Hunter Shipyard, in 1902. She was the first vessel built for the Cunard Line which was exclusively for second
Anna Pavlova (1881 - 1931), Russian ballet dancer as the Dying Swan in a performance of Swan Lake'. Date: 1912
A portrait of Anna Pavlova in her Swan Dance, 1923A portrait of Anna Pavlova, the worlds greatest ballerina in her Swan Dance, 1923 Date: 1923
Swan Fountain Pens 1932A selection of Swan pens for you to give your friends at Christmas, knowing that the pleasing hues give added charm to fine craftsmanship
Lohengrin and the Dove of the Holy Grail who will tow his boat (replacing the swan) to Monsalvat Date: first performed 1850
Irish gentleman in a whisky bar in Dublin prison, 1821Irish gentleman in Croftons whisky and beer bar in Dublin prison, 1821. Bankrupt Brian Boru with his friends in the taproom drinking with criminals and debtors. The Tap in Sheriffs Prison
Winter Circle by Vernon WardSwans and ducks swim together in a pond, watched by gulls who stand in the snow
Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in loveSiegfried and Odette fall in love while the little swans dance. Because of an evil spell, they are swans by day, and only resume human shape at midnight
Cygnus atratus, black swanWatercolour 351 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection
Three SwansThree swans among the rushes on the banks of a river
Blunt / Cygnus & Lyra / Pl32The constellation of Cygnus - a flying swan - and Lyra - that of an ancient Greek lyre
Hotel Buffalo, Buffalo, NY State, USA. To be found on the corner of Swan and Washington Streets. Renamed thus (from The Hotel Statler - built in 1907) in 1923, sadly in 1968 it was demolished
Swans in a punt at HenleyA punt load of swans, and two cygnets, about to be transported higher up the River Thames for their safety, in preparation for the annual Henley Regatta in early July
Chinese Abacus 1814A man uses a " swan-pen" - a Chinese version of the abacus
The Finish of the Race for Doggetts Coat and Badge, LondonEngraving showing the finish of the Race for Thames Watermen for Doggetts Coat and Badge, Chelsea, 1869. This race, held on the River Thames, between the Old Swan, London Bridge, and the White Swan
Mute Swan SwimmingMute swan swimming (Cygnus olor)
Swan, Loves MiracleLOVEs MIRACLE (Annies Swan) He was only a clerk Devoted to work, But his life became lyrical Thanks to loves miracle
Daredevil Diver Leslie Gadsby, Shanklin Pier, Isle of Wight and his variety of crazy dives, including a 90ft dive in a sack, a 45ft long arm balance
Gertrude Hermes - Sculptor, Designer, EngraverGertrude Hermes (1901-1983) - Sculptor, Designer, Engraver 1940
Title page, Grimm Brothers, collected talesTitle page, Childrens and Household Tales, collected by the Grimm Brothers. 19th century
Swan Hotel, Newby Bridge, Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria Date: circa 1907
Scene at a petrol station, with an attendant filling up a car
A Fountain Pen Repair Shop - Indianapolis, Indiana, USAA Fountain Pen Repair Shop - The Pen Shop - at 112 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Date: 1940
Lockwood, Huddersfield, West YorkshireA Policeman and two smartly-dressed messanger boys stand in the street at Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The Huddersfield Industrial Society Building is on the left (still standing)
Black SwanA very stylised airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith depicting a mysterious-looking Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) serenly swimming across dark, still waters, dark
Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann as Prince SiegfriedBallet dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Sadlers Wells Ballet). Date: 1946
Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, in Swan Lake. circa 1920s
Brechin Swan Street early 1900s
Photograph of Swan With Two Necks PH, Whetstone, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub
Royal Ediswan, Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1919
Harborne Road, Chad Valley, Birmingham, West Midlands, with The White Swan public house. Date: circa 1910s
Black swan, Cygnus stratus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792
HMS Monarch, British cable shipThe HMS Monarch, a British cable-laying ship. There were three cable ships of this name -- this is probably the third one, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1916. Date: 20th century
Shipyard ApprenticeApprentice at Swan Hunters Yard, Tyneside. Date: 1950s
Theatre / Swan / De WittA sketch of The Swan theatre in London
Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-avon, WarwickshireMemorial Theatre (Swan Theatre) and Theatre Garden, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-avon, Warwickshire, England. Devastated by fire in 1926 Date: circa 1920
Photograph of Swan PH, Hammersmith, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934
Jews mallow, Corchorus olitoriusNalta jute, tossa jute, Jews mallow, Corchorus olitorius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1828
Swan Hotel, High Street, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, with horse-drawn carriages and a car outside. Date: circa 1910
Thames watermen at work during Swan Upping, when cygnets need to be rounded up on the Upper Thames River and distinguishing marks cut on their bills
Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann and Margot FonteynBallet dancers Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried and Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) in the role of Odette in the finale of Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House
Various birds on a sheet of Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s
Life on a barge, Henley-on-Thames - early 1900s Date: early 1900s
The White Swan Tea House, Hamilton, Bermuda. Date: circa 1910s
Swan Among ReedsA lovely study of a swan among the reeds at the edge of a river. Date: 1950s
Viola Meynell (author)Portrait of Daisy Ashford from The Bookman. Date: 1919
Patrick MacGill (author)Portrait of Patrick MacGill from The Bookman. Date: 1919
Moose(Elk) / Cuthbert SwanA moose or elk (alces machlis)
An Elizabethan PlayhouseAn early 20th century drawing of a scene at the Swan Theatre, Bankside, loosely based on a contemporary sketch by Johannes de Witt
Lady Queen Anne, words and musicLady Queen Anne she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a swan
England / MalvernA view of the Swan Pool at the spa town of Malvern, Worcestershire. Malvern Chase, a medieval administrative entity, was granted to the Earl of Gloucester by Edward I
Mute Swan (Morris)MUTE SWAN (Cygnus olor)
Polish Swan (Morris)POLISH SWAN (Cygnus immutabilis)
Elstow, Village StreetThe village street at Elstow, Bedfordshire, in Victorian times - the surface is not made up, but then theres not much traffic besides the hay cart outside the Swan Inn
Musk Deer / Swan / 1909Musk deer (moschus moschiferus)
Swan-Upping / RobertsonSwan-upping on the Thames (catching young swans to mark them)
The Harrogate Hydro, spa and hotel in the Yorkshire town of Harrogate with accommodation for 300 guests and the very latests in hydropathic treatments
Photograph of Swan PH, Ponders End, Greater London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub
Cupid in a boat on a New Year postcardCupid in a boat drawn by two swans on a New Year postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Shipbuilding - RMS Franconia 1910In construction the Cunard companys steamer RMS Franconia, covered in girders and scaffolding. Franconia, was intended for the lines Boston service, between Liverpool and Boston, USA. Date: 1910
RMS Mauretania - Cunard LIne Transatlantic Ocean LinerRMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. circa 1920
Swan Lake, Monaghan, Republic of IrelandSwan Lake, Monaghan, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s
Three tiny cygnets enjoying a ride on their mother swans back
Silhouette - man and woman watching the sunset - CaernarfonSilhouette of man and woman watching the sunset from a footbridge in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, north Wales. Although they are slightly separated, they seem to be sharing the beauty of the moment
Lyre, Cygne (Swan), Lizard, Fox
Western Australia - Culham - Upper Valley of The Swan
Western Australia - Swan River At Garden Hill, Guildford
Western Australia - Home of The Black Swan
Swan boats, Franco British White City Exhibition in London in 1908
The Lake, The Franco-British Exhibition at White City, London, in 1908
Chad Valley, Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham - The White Swan (Publican: H. W. Mansell). Date: circa 1908
H. M. S. Tyrian (F67) - S-class destroyerH.M.S. Tyrian (F67) - S-class destroyer. Commissioned in 1943, built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend. Date: circa 1950s
Sir Joseph Swan (1828-1914) English physicist, chemist, and inventor. Date: 1911
Margot Fonteyn, ballerina in Le Lac des Cygnes (Swan Lake), The Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937
Croydon Swan and Sugar Loaf Pub early 1900s
Alton High Street, Hampshire, early 1900s
Swan Inn, Wyke Regis, early 1900s
Woolbridge Manor House, near Lulworth, DorsetWoolbridge Manor House, just outside the village of Wool, near Lulworth, Dorset. It was the inspiration for Wellbridge House
The Grand Canal, Tullamore, Co Offaly, Ireland Date: circa 1920s
Swan Inn on River Thames at Streatley, OxfordshireSwan Inn on the River Thames at Streatley, Oxfordshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Swan Hotel, River Bure, Horning, Norfolk Broads - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
