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Hawker Hector with Napier Dagger III engineA detail of a Hawker Hector focussing on the Napier Dagger III H-24 air-cooled piston Engine. Developing 805hp the Dagger was the next step for D
Fleet Air Arm - Grumman Martlet II - AM958A Grumman Martlet II of the Fleet Air Arm. Ordered by the British Purchasing Commission as Grumman G-36Bs, the Martlet II was powered by a Pratt and Whitney R-1830-S3C4-G engine
Brewster F2A Buffalo -unlike other Buffalo users, the Finnish enjoyed con (side view)rable success against their Soviet invaders
7 Jewry Street London7 Jewry Street. Aldgate, London, which survived the World War Two Blitz, unlike its next door neigbour. Date: 1950s
Scheibe SF 25A Motor Falke G-AVIZ (msn 4552). Note that this early Motor-Falke had high-set wings with optional balancing wheels attached to the lugs visible on the fuselage sides
Conroy Super Turbo Three N156WC. The second RR Dart powered conversion by Conroy was a surplus Douglas R4D-8-C-117D and was called the Super Turbo Three
AUX TROIS QUARTIERS 1909Ladies in fashionable hobble skirts, one wears a coatee or spencer with Directoire collar & lapels & a blouse with a ruff. She also wears a large hat not unlike a Lunardi. Date: 1909
Saracens Head, Snow HillThe Saracens Head, Snow Hill. From a sketch taken during its demolition in 1863. It was a celebrated tavern and coaching establishment, which stood on the north side of Snow Hill, without Newgate
Town Ulster Coat 1913A bowler hatted businessman in a double- breasted coat with velvet collar described as a Town Ulster - but unlike the Ulster has no cape. His narrow trousers have turn-ups
Giorgione - 2GIORGIONE DEL CASTELFRANCO Italian artist : though this is a self-portrait, it is utterly unlike our other portrait, which is no less authentic ! Date: 1477 - 1510
Gabriel Derzhavin - 2GABRIEL ROMANOVICH DERZHAVIN Russian writer and statesman - looking more like a poet than a statesman, unlike the other portrait we have of him ! Date: 1743 - 1816
Nicolas BergasseNICOLAS BERGASSE French avocat and orator, notable for declaring - The time has come when France needs a revolution ! Unlike many, he survived it. Date: 1750 - 1832
Telmessos Tomb, TurkeyA Lycian tomb in Telmessos (modern Fethiye), one of many cave tombs which have, unlike the original town, have survived past earthquakes. Date: ancient
Las Casas and nativesBARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS Spanish historian and missionary, visited on his deathbed by Native Americans who valued his sympathy for them, unlike most Spanish. Date: 1474 - 1566
Alexis SauvageALEXIS SAUVAGE French mechanical engineer whose fame has not outlived him, unlike others of his name.. Date: CIRCA 1860
John Wycliffe Wilson
Prince Albert onboard HMS CollingwoodPrince Albert, Duke of York, later King George VI (1895-1952), as a midshipman on HMS Collingwood, in the summer of 1914. Prince Albert was the only child of George V, other than Prince Edward
The Spider & SilkwormTHE SPIDER & THE SILKWORM A spider boasts she can spin much more quickly than the silkworm; the silkworm replies her labours endure & are valued unlike the spiders web
Coat & Topper 1911Price Ellison in a double- breasted overcoat not unlike a frock coat in styling
Nice French InventorsUnlike their nasty German counterparts, French inventors create nice peaceful things
Alligator (Enc. Brit. )The alligator feeds on fish and mammals but - unlike the crocodile - seldom attacks humans
Greyhound & HareUnlike its descendants who are compelled to pursue an electric hare, this elegant creature has chased and caught a living prey
She Takes GlovesShe takes her gloves from their drawer. Frenchwomen are said to put on their gloves before leaving the house unlike Englishwomen who wait till they are in the street