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Upper Collection (page 17)

Background imageUpper Collection: Countess of Seafield by Madame Yevonde

Countess of Seafield by Madame Yevonde
Nina Caroline Ogilvie-Grant, 12th Countess of Seafield (1906-1969) by Madame Yevonde. Also seen in another photograph (top right) with her husband, Derek Herbert Ogilvie-Grant-Studley-Herbert ()

Background imageUpper Collection: Elizabeth Hornung by Madame Yevonde

Elizabeth Hornung by Madame Yevonde
Elizabeth Hornung (one of the Coronation Debutantes) by Madame Yevonde. She was the daughter of Captain and Mrs George Hornung of West Grinstead, Horsham, Sussex. Date: 1937

Background imageUpper Collection: Advertisement, Furniture and Fine Art Depositories

Advertisement, Furniture and Fine Art Depositories
Advertisement for a sale of furniture and other items at the Furniture and Fine Art Depositories Ltd, 48-50 Park Street, Upper Street, Islington, London

Background imageUpper Collection: Deauville - an artists impression by Tony Wysard

Deauville - an artists impression by Tony Wysard
Humorous illustration depicting society at the fashionable French seaside resort of Deauville, indulging in polo, cocktails, gambling, horse racing and golf

Background imageUpper Collection: Lady Alexandra and Lady Victoria Haig by Mme Yevonde

Lady Alexandra and Lady Victoria Haig by Mme Yevonde
Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (1907-1997) and Lady Victoria Doris Rachel Haig (1908-1993) by Madame Yevonde. They were the two elder daughters of the late Field-Marshal Earl Haig. Date: 1929

Background imageUpper Collection: Lady Angela Scott by Madame Yevonde

Lady Angela Scott by Madame Yevonde
Lady Angela Christine Rose Montagu Douglas Scott (1906-2000) by Madame Yevonde. She was the youngest of the five daughters of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. Date: 1929

Background imageUpper Collection: Violet Charteris, Lady Elcho

Violet Charteris, Lady Elcho
Lady Violet Catherine Manners, Lady Charteris, Lady Elcho (1888-1971), second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, wife of Captain Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho. Date: July 1914

Background imageUpper Collection: Thessaloniki, Greece - The Old Turkish Quarter / Upper Town

Thessaloniki, Greece - The Old Turkish Quarter / Upper Town. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageUpper Collection: Crown Princess of Sweden and Princess Patricia of Connaught

Crown Princess of Sweden and Princess Patricia of Connaught
Crown Princess of Sweden (Margaret of Connaught) (1882-1920) - the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia

Background imageUpper Collection: Burkina Faso - Upper Volta, Africa - Samo Dancer

Burkina Faso - Upper Volta, Africa - Samo Dancer
Southern Burkina Faso - Upper Volta, Africa - Dancer of the Samo people. He appears to be playing some form of bowed musical instrument? Date: circa 1910s

Background imageUpper Collection: Fairey Rotodyne XE521 from the front upper quarter

Fairey Rotodyne XE521 from the front upper quarter
Fairey Rotodyne, XE521, from the front upper quarter

Background imageUpper Collection: Trojan War. Attack of Trojans to the Greek camp

Trojan War. Attack of Trojans to the Greek camp. Upper section of fol. 108r of the Codex Benito Santa Mora (15th c.). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Background imageUpper Collection: Prehistory. Upper Paleolithic. Cromagnon men

Prehistory. Upper Paleolithic. Cromagnon men got together around the fire in a cave

Background imageUpper Collection: AUSTRIA. Linz. Statue of Johannes Kepler

AUSTRIA. Linz. Statue of Johannes Kepler

Background imageUpper Collection: LCC-LFB Islington fire station stables -- Kruger

LCC-LFB Islington fire station stables -- Kruger
Islington fire station stables, Upper Street, showing a white horse named Kruger. The station opened in 1899. Horses would remain in use in the London Fire Brigade until 1921

Background imageUpper Collection: LCC-LFB Fireman using the sliding pole

LCC-LFB Fireman using the sliding pole
Following a visit to the United States, the Chief Officer (Captain Eyre Massey Shaw) saw these devices in American firehouses, and brought the idea into his own fire stations

Background imageUpper Collection: LFDCA-LFB Islington fire station, Upper Street

LFDCA-LFB Islington fire station, Upper Street
Islington fire station, 178 Upper Street, Islington N1

Background imageUpper Collection: GLC-LFB Islington fire station, Upper Street

GLC-LFB Islington fire station, Upper Street
Islington fire station was erected in Upper Street, North London, in 1900 by the London County Council for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Background imageUpper Collection: GLC-LFB Aftermath of fatal fire in care home, NE London

GLC-LFB Aftermath of fatal fire in care home, NE London
Aftermath of a fatal fire at an elderly peoples care home in Billet Road, Walthamstow, NE London. Showing the seat of the fire, with heat damage and smoke staining to the upper areas of the walls

Background imageUpper Collection: LCC-LFB Major building fire in Cannon Street EC4

LCC-LFB Major building fire in Cannon Street EC4
The gutted remains of a corner building affected by this serious fire in Cannon Street, London EC4. The building is blackened by the intensity of the heat and smoke

Background imageUpper Collection: LCC-LFB Aftermath of major building fire in Hackney

LCC-LFB Aftermath of major building fire in Hackney
The scene of a fire in Cambridge Heath Road, Hackney, East London, which seriously damaged the upper two floors of a commercial and business outlet

Background imageUpper Collection: South Sudan - Shulluk Girls of the White Nile

South Sudan - Shulluk Girls of the White Nile - a fantastic photograph. Two carry large woven baskets on their heads. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageUpper Collection: Organ at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Organ at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany
View of the ornate organ at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany. This Benedictine monastery was founded in 1330, the first phase of building took place between 1330 and 1370

Background imageUpper Collection: Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - pitching tent

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - pitching tent
The double tent used by Captain Scott on the last journey of his ill-fated polar expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1912, shown in a photograph by Lieutenant H. R. Bowers on the upper plateau

Background imageUpper Collection: Upper class Victorian girl

Upper class Victorian girl
An upper class Victorian girl, Alice Polhill-Turner (Alice Kate Frances, 1856-1931), seen here at the age of six, sitting on an upholstered chair in a lacy white dress and white stockings

Background imageUpper Collection: Gentlemans house, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Gentlemans house, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A gentlemans house in the town of Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. It is Georgian in style, with rather too much ivy covering the facade

Background imageUpper Collection: Motor car and cycle club rally, Neyland, South Wales

Motor car and cycle club rally, Neyland, South Wales
The First Pembrokeshire Motor Car and Motor Cycle Club Rally, photographed outside Williamston House, Neyland, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Background imageUpper Collection: Wedding of Viscount Bury and Myee Carrington

Wedding of Viscount Bury and Myee Carrington
Scene after the wedding of Viscount Bury (Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle, 1882-1979) and Lady Judith Sydney Myee Wynn Carrington, at St Margarets Church, Westminster

Background imageUpper Collection: Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley and family

Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley and family
Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley (1865 - 1929) and her husband (his second wife) Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860 - 1918)

Background imageUpper Collection: A Grandfather and Grandson - Devon

A Grandfather and Grandson - Devon
A Grandfather and Grandson, in a very lavish interior in Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageUpper Collection: The Upper Town of Heligoland, Germany, 1947

The Upper Town of Heligoland, Germany, 1947
Aerial photograph showing the upper town of Heligoland, the former German military base, pictured in 1947. The widespread destruction shown in the photograph was caused by Royal Air Force bombing

Background imageUpper Collection: Edwardian Living Room

Edwardian Living Room
An attractive blonde Edwardian upper class lady, standing proudly next to the marble fireplace of her beautifully furnished living room

Background imageUpper Collection: Hat & Mask in One 1929

Hat & Mask in One 1929
Dual purpose headwear: cloche hat worn so low over the eyes that it doubles as a mask. Eyeholes are cut in the crown. Perfect hat for hiding upper facial flaws

Background imageUpper Collection: Jean-Marie Bayol

Jean-Marie Bayol
JEAN-MARIE BAYOL French explorer in Africa, notably in the Upper Niger : subsequently a colonial administrator and poet (in Provencal)

Background imageUpper Collection: Egyptian Sundial

Egyptian Sundial
A primitive SUN DIAL, still used in Upper Egypt, is simply a pole stuck in the ground, with stones marking the passage of its shadow and the time taken from one to next

Background imageUpper Collection: Religion / Egypt / Hapy

Religion / Egypt / Hapy
The God of the annual Nile inundation : because there is both an Upper and a Lower Nile, he is often depicted in dual form, with aquatic plants on each of his heads

Background imageUpper Collection: Two fashionable women, Argentina, South America

Two fashionable women, Argentina, South America
Two fashionable women on a sunny day in Argentina, South America -- Senoras Firmat P de Mignaquy and Lola C de Palacio. Date: 1935

Background imageUpper Collection: Parisennes models wearing the latest fashion 1912

Parisennes models wearing the latest fashion 1912
Parisenne actresses modelling garments that were the thing for the coming season. April 1912

Background imageUpper Collection: Upper Falls of the Genesee River, Rochester, New York

Upper Falls of the Genesee River, Rochester, New York Date: circa 1890

Background imageUpper Collection: Elegant lady in a grand country garden picks roses

Elegant lady in a grand country garden picks roses Date: circa 1890s

Background imageUpper Collection: Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox & Earl Alan Percy engagement 1911

Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox & Earl Alan Percy engagement 1911
The enagement of Earl Alan Percy (1880 1930) to the youngest daughter of the Duke of Richmond, Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox, later Countess Percy (1886 1965) in 1911. 1911

Background imageUpper Collection: Salvation Army Maternity Home, Upper Clapton

Salvation Army Maternity Home, Upper Clapton
The Salvation Army Maternity Home on Downs Road, Upper Clapton, London N.E

Background imageUpper Collection: The Ramesseum - mausoleum of Pharoah Rameses II, Luxor

The Ramesseum - mausoleum of Pharoah Rameses II, Luxor
The Ramesseum, the mausoleum of Egyptian Pharoah Rameses II, with the fallen statue of Rameses, Thebes (Luxor), Egypt - famed as the part-inspiration for the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Background imageUpper Collection: Regatta, Zambezi River, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Africa

Regatta, Zambezi River, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Africa
Native regatta on the Upper Zambezi River, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Africa, with people and boats. Date: circa 1905

Background imageUpper Collection: Napoleons Bridge - Schollenen Gorge, Switzerland

Napoleons Bridge - Schollenen Gorge, Switzerland. In 1799, this was the site of one of the most dramatic battles of Suvorovs Italian and Swiss expedition during the Napoleonic Wars

Background imageUpper Collection: Lady Alington and daughter by Madame Yevonde

Lady Alington and daughter by Madame Yevonde
Lady Alington, formerly Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper, eldest daughter of the Earl of Shaftesbury, with her baby daughter, Mary Anne Sturt Marten, known as Marianna. 1929

Background imageUpper Collection: Marchioness of Douro and Lady Anne Wellesley by Yevonde

Marchioness of Douro and Lady Anne Wellesley by Yevonde
Lady Douro, wife of the 5th Duke of Wellington (from 1934), hostess of Strathfieldsaye in Berkshire, pictured in a twin portrait (very popular at the time)

Background imageUpper Collection: Lady Diana Cooper

Lady Diana Cooper (1892 1986), actress and socialite, was previously Lady Diana Manners, before her marriage to Duff Cooper, and later Diana, Viscountess Norwich



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