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Cartoon, Butterfly Fever -- No Fees to French Authors. 1881
Caricature of Henry Hamilton, English playwright and actorCaricature of Henry Hamilton (c1853-1918), English playwright and actor, whose adaptation of Ouidas novel, Moths (published 1880), was in production at the Olympic Theatre, London
Colonial & Indian Exhibition, South Kensington, LondonCover design, daily programme, Colonial & Indian Exhibition, South Kensington, London. 1886
Caricature of Henry James Byron, dramatistCaricature of the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor, Henry James Byron (1835-1884) -- A " Special" Engagement. 1881
Asbestos logo from Asbestos company letterheadAsbestos logo from the letterhead of Asbestos Cement Building Products Ltd, Asbestos House, Southwark Street, London SE1. 1920
Letterhead, Asbestos Cement Building Products Ltd, Asbestos House, Southwark Street, London SE1. 1920
Music cover, Anglo-Saxon March by Max Werner, with a Dreadnought battleship, an allegorical female figure holding an American flag, and the British Lion at her feet. 1898
Dove in flight on an Easter card with decorative lacy border. Date: circa 1890s
Dove in flight on a New Year card with decorative lacy border. Date: circa 1890s
George Bubb DodingtonGEORGE BUBB DODINGTON Statesman and wit, baron of Melcombe Regis, author of poems and a diary : a cherub holds his portrait with other symbolic ornaments. Date: 1691 - 1762
Autumn PersonifiedAutumn personified by an attractive girl wearing little other than bonnet and some autumn leaves around her body. Date: 1912
Cartoon, War and Peace, WW1Cartoon: You forced your war on us, we shall force our peace on you! An allegorical female figure with a sword (France) confronts the German invaders
Cartoon, German Kultur, WW1Cartoon, German Kultur or the cultivated truth during the First World War, showing a blindfolded allegorical female figure with flames rising around her. Date: 1915
Cartoon, New Year gifts for France, WW1Cartoon, New Year gifts for France -- Peace... but only with Victory. A French soldier sees a vision on the battlefield. Date: 1916
Thos Cranmer / De BrijTHOMAS CRANMER Archbishop of Canterbury Date: 1489 - 1556
Thos Cranmer / VanderwerffTHOMAS CRANMER Archbishop of Canterbury with symbols of his martyrdom Date: 1489 - 1556
St Agnes / Miss KnellerSAINT AGNES Miss Kneller depicted as the Roman saint, complete with symbolic lamb Date: ca 290 - 304
Native Canadians SeparatThe Ceremony of a DIVORCE, as practised by the natives of CANADA, in North America over a symbolic fire : it seems that she keeps the girls, he the boys Date: circa 1730
Greetings telegram, happy birthdayGreetings telegram with a patriotic design, happy birthday. Date: 1942
King Henry V of England and his family, allegorically depicted. Henry VIII can be seen as a boy second from the left, kneeling behing his elder brother and father. Date: 1387 - 1422
Three British bulldogs on a greetings cardThree British bulldogs standing on a Union Flag on a greetings card -- Defenders of the Empire. Date: early 20th century
Cherub with dove and pink roses on a greetings cardCherub with a white dove and pink roses on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Flowers and doves on a cross-shaped greetings cardPink roses and white doves on a cross-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
White doves and church bells on a cross-shaped card. circa 1890s
White flowers and dove on a cross-shaped Easter cardWhite flowers and a dove on a cross-shaped Easter card, with a Biblical quotation. Date: circa 1890s
Flock of white doves on a cross-shaped Easter card. Date: circa 1890s
New Year Baby with mother on a New Year card -- Learn to Creep Before You Run. Date: circa 1890s
New Year Baby with gifts on a New Year cardNew Year Baby with gifts, sitting on top of a train on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas and New Year card, British War OfficeChristmas and New Year card (front), British War Office, with blue and red ribbon, and a golden lion on a crown. Date: 1951
The Victory Girl by PizerGlorious illustration by Herbert Pizer showing a pretty girl wrapped patriotically in a Union flag in the aftermath of the First World War. Date: 1919
Cartoon, The useless trap, WW1Cartoon, The useless trap. Kaiser Wilhelm asks Chancellor Bethmann if he thinks the enemy will recognise his dove, which is really a two-headed eagle with white feathers. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The vision, WW1Cartoon, The vision. Kaiser Wilhelm sits looking at a map of Europe, with the figure of a Roman emperor hovering behind him. He realises that one moment of genius is worth more than 44 years of work
Cartoon, The imperial eagle, WW1Cartoon, The imperial eagle. He will return to his eyrie devoid of feathers, never to return. A comment on a German retreat during the First World War. Date: 1916
Cartoon, On the Isonzo, WW1Cartoon, On the Isonzo (a river on the eastern Italian Front). Showing an Italian carabiniere holding the imperial eagle upside down -- it will make a nice starter for his wolfs dinner
Cartoon, Russian army on battlefield, WW1Cartoon, Russian army charging across a battlefield. A Russian man tells a French man that they will soon put paid to the German enemy. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, WW1Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, showing the German Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, replacing the German eagle with a duck (canard, an idiom for a hoax or rumour). Date: 1916
Cartoon, The peace treaty, WW1Cartoon, The peace treaty. An imaginary peace treaty with a sword sticking into a German eagle, and the signature of Rosalie (a nickname for the French bayonet) signed in the eagles blood below
Cartoon, The little English knife, WW1Cartoon, The little English knife. A French soldier in a trench on the Western Front tells his English colleague that he is faithful to his Rosalie (the name for his bayonet)
Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed, WW1Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed. An allegorical female representing the medieval period holds the famous sword named Durandal (or Durendal), from the time of Charlemagne
Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, WW1Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, showing a large white bear (representing Bulgaria) with blood dripping from its claws, towering above its Central Powers colleagues from Germany
The flowers awakeThe flowers of the garden awake after their long winter sleep. Date: 1895
French Theatre -- Science et AneryeScience et Anerye (Science and Stupidity), a morality play. Showing an allegorical female figure representing Stupidity in a black cloak with a donkeys head, legs and tail attached to her
WW2 Christmas card, soldier fighting dragonWW2 Christmas card, soldier fighting a dragon. Date: circa 1942
WW2 Christmas card, Keep Going... for a Happy Christmas. The message inside reads: A message of cheer this Christmastide / To help to KEEP GOING along the steps / That lead towards a just
WWI Poster, US MarinesTeufel Hunden (Devil Dogs), German nickname for US Marines, American recruiting poster, showing a bulldog chasing a dachshund. 1918
Texas Heroes Monument, Galveston, Texas, USA, in memory of those who died in the Texas Revolution (Texas War of Independence, 1835-1836)
Representation of a cat, s. XVI. Bring clothing newborn and talisman against evil spirits. Japanese art. Sculpture. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Museum of Oriental Art
Figure. Pre-Columbian art. Sculpture in the round. COLOMBIA. CUNDINAMARCA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum. Proc: COLOMBIA. BOYACA. Sogamoso