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Princess Way, part of the then new shopping centre, Swansea, Wales. The heart of the city centre was severely bombed in 1941, in what is now termed the Three Nights Blitz. Date: circa 1950
Rose Bertin ModisteROSE BERTIN The Paris modiste whose costumes for Marie-Antoinette caused her to be termed ministre de la Mode (minister of fashion) Date: flourished 1780
LA PraguerieThe Dauphin conspires with other discontented nobles to dethrone Charles VII - the conspiracy is termed the praguerie in allusion to the Hussite uprising in Prague
Baby incubators at the Berlin ExhibitionDr Lions baby incubators proved to be a great attraction at the Berlin Exhibition. Babies aged between five and eight months old were kept alive in warm temperatures and nourished with drops of milk
The honeymoon carriage on the Midland railwayThe compartment for newly wedded couples by the Midland Railway Company on selected trains. The carriage is unofficially termed the honeymoon carriage but can be reserved for the price of two first
Fox Talbot PhotoWILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT Three men, a ladder, a doorway, shadows - a moment of time caught by what Talbot termed the pencil of Nature -
USA / Washington / W. HouseThe White House (or Presidents House as termed here) viewed from the river
Alec Allan and HuskyALEC ALLAN Scotsman best known for training sled-dogs for work and racing. This is termed mushing. Trained dogs to carry munitions for the French
Hysterical PatientA woman in a state of frenzied hysteria is restrained by six attendants. This type of behaviour was termed the Great Movements ( Grande mouvements ) in the 1800s
Kudu (Bewick)Bewick termed this the Elk- Antelope, one of the larger kinds of gazelles : not so, say todays naturalists, who consider it a kind of deer
Bison (Bewick)Bos bison, the American bison as Buffon termed it
Buffalo (Bewick)Bos bubalus : Buffon termed it Le Buffle