Thought Collection (page 7)

Industrial Brigade Home, Manchester
Boys home thought to be located on Frances (now Francis) Street Manchester and run by a charity known as the Industrial Brigade. The home was also known as the Manchester Central Refuge

Young woman at desk writing letter
A young woman takes a moment to think about what next to write as she sits at her desk. Date: c. 1910

Mistletoe Gathering 1927
A man gathering mistletoe gives a rather cheeky smile perhaps with the thought of its effect on those who stand under it! Date: 1927

Pace Pasini
PACE PASINI Italian writer, author of Il cavalier perduto thought to have inspired Manzoni. Date: 1583 - 1644

Robert Parsons - 2
ROBERT PARSONS Jesuit missionary in England, thought to have been the leading conspirator against Elizabeth and the instigator of the Gunpowder Plot. Date: 1546 - 1610

Portrait of a Man, thought to be Sir Robert King, BT. 1636-1708 (1670s). Unknown 17th century. Date: 1670s

Classic early 20th century sentimental postcard
Will you think of me, when I am away. Classic early 20th century sentimental postcard. This postcard was (interestingly, although not deliberately re)

American Military Propaganda Postcard - WW2 era
American Military Recruitment/Propaganda Postcard - WW2 era. This is either a depiction of a cold soldier tempted by the thought of service abroad

Human Brain Display

A curly-haired boy playing with wooden building bricks
A young boy takes a break from playing with his wooden building bricks, clearly in deep contemplation about something. c. 1915

PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662). French mathematican, physicist and philosopher. Engraving

CHRYSOLORAS, Manuel (1350-1415). Byzantine humanist. Coloured engraving (1682). Etching

BERGSON, Henri Louis (1859-1941). French philosopher
" BERGSON, Henri Louis (1859-1941). French philosopher. Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. Cover of " Mati貥 et M魯 ire", written in 1896

King with Fairies
Kings with fairies

And they thought we couldn t fight - Victory Liberty Loan. Poster showing a wounded soldier on the battlefield, carrying several German helmets as trophies. Date 1917

Retrospection

The exiles

Our midsummer new-thought treatment. Illustration shows a man getting hit with a snowball on the back of his head, knocking off his hat and pince-nez. Date 1909 August 11

Pagan Altar Font
This font at Old Radnor Church, Radnorshire, Wales, is thought to have originally been used as a Pagan altar and adapted for Christian use in the late 8th century. Date: pre 8th century

France Cannes
Bird s-eye view of the town, when it was little more than a picturesque port, and the film festival wasn t even thought of... Date: 1919

Captain James Burnet
CAPTAIN JAMES BURNET, Captain of the Edinburgh City Guard, when Napoleon is thought to be planning to invade Britain. Though he has hardly the shape to defend his country.. Date: CIRCA 1795

Andre Gill Photo
ANDRE GILL French caricaturist who thought Dreyfus was guilty and ended insane : here in happier days in 1868. Date: 1840 - 1885

Blesbok Antelope
The Blesbok (Damaliscus albifrons) is thought to be the worlds only naturally purple animal. They are purplish antelopes with white faces, found in South Africa. Date: 1960s

Lion Face Rock Formation
View of a curious rock formation on the cliff face about 4 miles from Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, thought by many to resemble the face of a lion. Date: 1950s

The King of Prussia

Time for Thought. Date: 1911

Nurses at Withington, Lancashire
A group of uniformed women, thought to be nurses at the Chorlton Union workhouse in Withington near Manchester. Each is wearing a leather belt with keys attached. Date: Date unknown

Bound To Draw
Another well thought out experiment in self dentistry. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

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

Railway Sleeper - Kings Cross Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing tramp at Kings Cross Station dreaming of wealth as he clutches a copy of the Financial Times. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A train of thought
This is Mrs. Tymmeruss notion of what goes on in a railway tunnel A popular notion of what happens when a train goes into a railway tunnel

Charles Beauquier / Gill
Charles Beauquier. French politician and one of the founders of the Society for the Protection of landscape and aesthetics of France. A staunch defender of free thought

Abyssinian Expedition: The Exodus of Theodores Broken Army
The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition against King Theodore, after he had imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British Government

Lear / Nonsense / Sweden
There was a Young Lady of Sweden, who went by the slow rain to Weedon; When they cried, Weedon Station! she made no observation but thought she should go back to Sweden

Romanian Troops attacking Ghemesh Station, Austro-Hungaria
Illustration showing the surprise attack launched by Romanian troops on Ghemesh railway station in Austro-Hungaria, 1916. On the first day of hostilities between these two countries the Romanians

Railway accident at Chester showing a dilapidated span of the Dee Bridge. It was thought that the weight of the train caused it to strike a girder at which point the bridge gave way

Cholera in Egypt
Scene in the courtyard of a house in Cairo. The patients were laid in the courtyard partly because of the cooler temperatures and also because the occupants were afraid of infection

Hospital carriage diagram
A hospital carriage used to transport fever and small pox patients. The carriage was thought to prevent the spread of infection when conveying the patient through the streets to the hospital

Statue at Falaise
In 1851 a statue of William the Conqueror is erected at Falaise, on the French coast. William had been duc de Normandie before he thought of invading England

The King and Queen at the Windsor festivities
George III (1738-1820)and Queen Charlotte observing the roasting of an ox at Windsor, part of celebrations to mark the kings Diamond Jubilee in 1810

Pyramid of Maidum / Egypt
Originally a seven-stepped pyramid, the Maidum (Maidoum) (Medum) pyramid is thought to have been started by Huni, the last ruler of the 3rd Dynasty, completed by his son Sneferu

Timber-Frame / Lincoln
A timber-frame house built on a bridge in Lincoln. The house dates from 1540, but the bridge is thought to be Norman and one of the oldest in Britain

Supreme being Fete
Robespierre orders a Festival of the Supreme Being, in the Tuileries and the Champ de Mars, Paris : but he is thought by many to be setting himself up as high priest

Romanov Deathplace
Someone thought it worth while taking a photo, however poor, of the building where the tsar and his family were murdered

Bomb Accident
The accidental explosion of a bomb at the Hotel Bristol, St Petersburg, is at first thought a deliberate plot, but is found to be an insuffic- -iently careful terrorist

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

Roberts Enters Pretoria
Lord Roberts enters Pretoria triumphantly after the Boer capitals surrender. After Mafekings earlier relief, many thought the war over but it dragged on two years longer

Pretty Fish Girl
If you thought all fishwives are foul-mouthed and homely, think again - this Scottish lass proves the contrary

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