Takes Collection

Concorde in British Airways colours takes-off
Concorde, in British Airways colours takes-off

Passenger Plane Imperial
An Armstrong Whitworth Ensign of Imperial Airways takes off: it has the same Dunlop tyres as the smart red motor car on the ground

Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - September
SEPTEMBER The wine harvest takes place close to the Chateau de Saumur Date: 1409 - 1487

Concorde in British Airways colours takes-off
Concorde, in British Airways colours takes-off

Eros / Cupid Stothard
The Greek god of love : his Roman equivalent is CUPID. Here he is pointing a bow and arrow at a victim

LEGGY SECRETARY 1920 S
A leggy secretary sits by her typewriter and takes a letter, revealing her suspender in the process

British Airways Concorde G-BOAC takes-off - Heathrow
British Airways Concorde, G-BOAC, takes-off from London Heathrow Airport at 13.01 hours on 24 May 1976 on its first commercial flight to the US. Date: 1976

Angel Islington 1930S
A cyclist stops and takes in the night-time scene as a policeman directs the traffic at the crossroads on Upper Street, the Angel Islington, London

Concorde 002 takes-off from Filton on its maiden flight on 9 April 1969. Date: 1969

The Five ALLs - John Kay
Satirical cartoon by Scottish caricaturist John Kay (1742-1826) entitled The Five All s, depicting five characters and their interpretations of their reltion to All

Mermaid of Zennor
At Zennor, Cornwall, a mermaid takes a passer-by by surprise

Fox Hunting / Accident
A hunting accident - " A squire-trap, by jove", cries Mytton, " a little more and I should have done it" ! English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) takes a tumble

Concorde 204 G-BOAC in takes-off
Concorde 204, G-BOAC, in takes-off

Sealyham Riding a Sheep
Jimmie, a tame sheep belonging to Mr V. Payne, a garage proprietor of West Malling, Kent, takes its Sealyham doggy friend for piggy backs ! Date: 19 February 1937

Chichester Market Cross
The Market Cross at Chichester, West Sussex, at 1.30pm : a helpful policeman is holding back pedestrians while the gentleman takes his picture

ITALY. Siena. Piazza de Il Campo, where Il Palio

Military spy - a camera carrying pigeon
A pigeon as a military spy. A camera small enough to be attached on a bird to capture ariel images, ideal for war time spying. The camera is automatic and takes a photograph at regular intervals

The Kennel Maid
A kennel maid takes two elegant looking greyhounds out for their daily walk

C17 Sailing Ships
A ships boat takes an officer ashore past two naval vessels

England / Mevagissey
A quiet and placid scene, by the old harbour, where an old Cornish fisherman takes in the scene in the village of Mevagissey, Cornwall, England

British Navy taking Curacao, Napoleonic Wars
The British Navy taking the Caribbean island of Curacao during the Napoleonic Wars

All that it Takes... by David Wright, showing a woman in a yellow and black styled flamenco dress. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Fairy Queen
The Fairy Queen takes an airy drive in a light carriage

Woman Smoking 1940S
A young housewife exhales a stream of smoke as she takes a break from her household tasks. By the end of World War Two, nearly half of the women in Britain had a smoking habit

Hogarth / Rakes / Tailor
The Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes

Dinner Party at Home
A lavish dinner party takes place in a French household

Lockheed (P2V-5) Neptune of the Royal Dutch Navy takes off from Burbank, California. December 1953. Date: 1953

The first Hawk XX154 takes to the air for the first time
The first Hawk, XX154, takes to the air for the first time on 21 August 1974 with chief test pilot, Duncan Simpson, at the controls

Horus-Seth (2)
In some of his many forms, the falcon-god Horus takes on the attributes of other deities : here he is as HORUS-SETH, adding Seths formidable powers to his own

A Grumman TBF Avenger takes off from USS Yorktown

The first English Electric Canberra B2 for Venezuela, 1-A-39, takes-off from Samlesbury on the first stage of its delivery flight

Fairy Soap Advert
A lady takes a bath, using Fairy Soap which, whatever its merits as soap, has the extra benefit that it floats... Date: 1925

Concorde 002
The second Concorde prototype (002) takes shape on the final assembly jig at Filton, Bristol, England, from where the Concorde 002 made its first flight on 9 April 1969. Date: 1969

Cycling in Scotland
A touring cyclist takes in the breathtaking Scottish scenery at the Old Road, Pass of Glencoe, Invernes-shire

Ufos / Imbeault / Montreal
Student Michel Imbeault, 16, delivering papers at 5.30 am, sees string of 10 lights following St Lawrence river, Montreal, and takes this photo, never explained

Doctor Examines a Child
A mother takes her little girl to a female doctor for a routine examination. She sits on the doctors knee

Elephant Hunt (Dore)
An intrepid hunter takes on an entire herd of elephants and fires at one of them from point-blabk range. In a moment he will be trampled to death, and serve him right

Guiscard Defeats Arabs
The Saracens and Greeks are defeated by a Norman prince, Robert Guiscard, who rides triumphally into Palermo and takes the title of Count of Sicily

Columbus Leaves Shore
Columbus takes his leave of Ferdinand and Isabela before leaving for the New World

War of Jenkins Ear
Vernon takes Porto Bello (now in Panama) from the Spanish during the War of Jenkins Ear

The Lifeboat Men. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1966. Date: 1966

ELIZABETH I W / CROSSBOW
Queen Elizabeth I takes aim with a crossbow in Woodstock Park, while her ladies-in- waiting look on attentively. Date: circa 1580

JOTAPATA BESIEGED 67 AD
The Roman general Vespasian (subsequently emperor) besieges and takes the town of Jotapata, in Galilee, defended by Josephus, better known as a historian Date: 67

Francis and Poor Man
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI takes off his cloak and gives it to a poor man. Date: 1182 - 1226

St. John s. Isle of Man
St. Johns Church, on Tynwald Hill, Isle of Man, where a service is held every year, on 5th July, before the ceremony of choosing a new Parliament takes place on Tynwald Hill. Date: 1960s photo

Willoughby / Dashwoods / S&s
Willoughby takes leave of the Dashwoods. Date: First published: 1811

Cyrus at Babylon
THE FALL OF BABYLON Kurash II (Cyrus), king of Persia, takes Babylon and allows the captive Jews to return home, restoring the vessels of their Temple

Buchanan Installed
James Buchanan takes the oath of office as president : though a brilliant lawyer, he will not be able to prevent the nation drifting into civil war

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