Thinking Collection (page 4)

Little child sitting on a fence
A little child sits in a huddled pose on top of a five-bar gate in the country. first published 1881

Boy doing Homework
A schoolboy ponders over his maths homework. Date: 1960s

John Brown / Tomahawk
JOHN BROWN Queen Victorias personal attendant, in a " Brown Study" Date: -

Edward Marshall Hall / Vf
EDWARD MARSHALL HALL Lawyer Date: 1858 - 1929

Britannia and Eve magazine, April 1935
Front cover illustration featuring a pensive looking woman wearing a yellow blouse with a wide brimmed hat of blue trimmed with yellow

Francis Bacon in his garden
Bacon was generally accompanied by a gentleman of his household, who was ready to set down his thoughts. Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), philosopher and statesman, in his garden contemplating

Mary Lawson as a dunce
An amusing study of Mary Lawson posed as a most alluring little dunce. Pictured here in the Sketch in 1931, she was at the time playing Professor Hinzelmanns beautiful daughter

Study of a seated woman
A beautiful pencil drawing of a young woman, seated in an armchair, her head delicately resting on her hand. Study by Raymond Sheppard

Man puzzling over a game of draughts
A man puzzling over a game of draughts, which he appears to be playing solo. He holds a long churchwarden pipe in his mouth. Date: early 20th century

Businessman relaxes in his office
A Businessman (possibly a Company Director) sits back in a modern round wicker chair with hands behind his head and wearing a Warriors helmet

Black Businessman on Thames Embankment
A black businessman leans on the wall of the River Thames Embankment, London - close to the Albert Bridge. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Balancing Bear / Rountree
A small bear walks precariously along a telegraph wire while balancing a red ball on his nose, thinking, I Wonder What It Is?

The Two Rats, Fox & Egg
THE TWO RATS, THE FOX AND THE EGG: To save the egg they ve found from a fox, one rat ingeniously grips the egg, the other drags him to safety by his tail

Soviet Protected
A field gun is placed before the Moscow Soviet building in Tverskaya Street, to deter anyone who might be thinking of staging a counter-attack

A working fairy dressed in a green smock looks like he has just thought of a very good idea

A Lady Watering
A lady waters her plants - but her mind doesn t appear to be on the job. She is probably thinking about an absent loved one

Alfred Plans Capture
King Alfred plans the capture of the Danish fleet

Aristotle / Laplante
ARISTOTLE Greek philosopher as a young man, reading at his desk

Wyclif / Thomas / Bourne
JOHN WYCLIF on his sickbed at Oxford in 1378, the religious reformer is assailed by friars who are not of his way of thinking Date: 1324 - 1384

George Alexander / If King
GEORGE ALEXANDER English actor, in If I Were King

Jews in Captivity / Dore
Nebuchadnezzar II, after defeating the Jews, takes many of them captive to Babylon, where they are very unhappy and sit around moping and thinking about Jerusalem

Poster; Black Ravens
THE BLACK RAVENS ARE PREPARING FOR A PLUNDERING RAID ON THE USSR rallying good-thinking Russians against the evils of religion

Composing a Letter 1940S
A woman sits with her pen in her mouth whilst thinking about what she should write in her letter

The Signal Fire
A girl on a high rocky platform lights a fire to warn someone that it is either safe or unsafe to do what they are thinking of doing or not doing

Little Girl Praying
A little girl joins her hands in prayer and looks up to Heaven, thinking of that better land, far, far away

Ark of Covenant Seized
The Israelites take the Ark of the Covenant into battle with them, thinking it will be good for morale; but the Philistines capture it

Richardson by who 1908
Dr H.L.S Richardson wears a frock coat with carnation buttonhole, a top hat & trousers with a front & back crease. He carries a cane over his arm

Cavalry Action 1914
A group of British mounted artillerymen come across a German machine-gun outfit and force them to bolt, thinking this was a full-scale cavalry attack !

Man Cowering by Fireside
A man cowering in a pensive mood

Womens Rights / Satire
Wishful thinking: " The ladies Trying a Contemptible Scoundrel for a Breach of Promise". Indigant mothers & jilted brides hold the would- be husband to account

Equality / Blue Stocking
Valentines day at Girton: satire on the thinking woman

Air Liner Project 1932
Thinking big, and way beyond the giant flying-boats of the 1930s is this massive flying liner which carries vehicles in its wings, freight and passengers in its twin hulls

James Watt as a Boy
JAMES WATT as a boy, he notices the force of steam in the family kettle, and this starts him thinking

Chess Game Duboy 18C
A smartly-dressed young man studies the pieces on a chessboard

Card - Girls in Field
Two girls in a meadow - one making a daisy chain - neither thinking about Christmas

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