Vast Collection

Smithfield Market
The vast interior of Smithfield meat market, with carcasses hanging from hooks all down the central aisle

Bathing Machines / 1883
A vast assortment of bathing machines

Dolmen of Bagneux
The Dolmen of Bagneux, near Saumur. A massive megalith of neolithic origin, comprising of eight upright slabs in two rows, covered by three immense horizontal slabs

Alexander Issus 333Bc
At Issus (near Iskanderun in Turkey) Alexander routs a vast horde of Asiatics and mercenaries, driving Darius, King of Persia, from the field

Pyne - Drover
A SMITHFIELD DROVER Vast numbers of sheep and cattle are needed to feed the people of London, and Smithfield Market is where they are bought and sold

The scene after King George VI had unveiled the Canadian National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada: their Majesties standing in their car to acknowledge the acclamations of a vast crowd

Raoul Dufy, Pavilion Of Electricity Mural, Paris 1937
A photograph showing a detail of a vast mural decoration painted in oil by Raoul Dufy, for the Pavilion of Electricity at the International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques in Modern Life

Theres a vast crater across road following WWII air raid drawn by National Fire Service Fireman Reginald Mills - In the Service of the Nation, The N.F.S. Goes Into Action booklet 1944. Date: 1944

Bristol Buckingham B Mk. I KV335
Bristol Buckingham B Mk.I KV335. A victim of failure to meet the original specification and the success of Mosquito day raid and night strategic bombing

Start of the Suez Crisis - Vast crowds in Alexandria listen to Colonel Nassers spwwch after Egypt siezed control of the Suez Canal. Date: 1956

General Dynamics F-111D 68-0168
United States Air Force - General Dynamics F-111D 68-0168 (MSN A6-84), of the 524th TFS, 27th FW, based at Cannon AFB, New Mexico

Supermarine Swift F.2 7300M - WK240
Royal Air Force - Supermarine Swift F.2 7300M / WK240 / E, on the airfield at No.1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton

How vast the Queen Mary really is
Facts which tell how vast the Queen Mary really is Date: 1936

Steel And Steam
An oil painting of some vast city buildings, shrouded in billowing streams of steam, conveying a feeling of industry and activity. Date: circa 1920

Clapham Common
This painting shows a vast number of well dressed figures at Clapham Common, a large park in south London

Column On The March
This painting shows a vast line of French soldiers marching to the Front, giving an unending, ceaseless description to the infantry in a message of condemnation of the war. Date: circa 1916

The Port Of Algiers At Twilight
A painting showing a broad view of the Port of Algiers, with a vast amount of docked boats lining the waters. Date: circa 1916

Mountain Valley
A landscape painting of a valley sitting between the lower point of two vast mountains. The foreground is made up of a solid forest of trees. Date: circa 1916

RMS Queen Mary, engine room
The vast engine room of RMS Queen Mary Date: 1930s

Sydney From Bay Road
A landscape watercolour painting showing a view of Sydney, with a vast expanse of water, with ships going to and fro, from the Bay Road. Date: circa 1924

Equihen, France
A landscape oil painting, featuring some vast hills, patterned with winding streams and pathways running between copses of trees. Date: circa 1923

City of Newcastle, New South Wales
A landscape etching of a foreground covering of trees, and a vast flat grassland linking to the city of Newcastle, in New South Wales. Date: circa 1921

The Riva, Venice
An etching of The Riva, in Venice, Italy, with a vast amount of people of different walks of life populating the walkway. Date: 1880

Morning Light
A landscape oil painting showing a vast Australian landscape on a bright morning. Date: circa 1918

Within the Grand Arch, Jenolan Caves
A photograph taken from inside the Jenolan limestone caves located within the Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales

Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Bt
An Oil painting of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, a British politician and writer of works including Statistical Account of Scotland of which there are a vast 21 volumes

Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis
The force which can move mountains: harnessing the atom to vast projects for the benefit of mankind

INTO THE ABYSS
Down, down for ever I was falling.. into the vast abyss Date: circa 1914

Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan
Vintage 19th century photograph: Baku, the capital and commercial hub of Azerbaijan, is a low-lying city with coastline along the Caspian Sea

A gigantic feast: banquet for French mayors
A gigantic feast: the banquet to the French provincial mayors. The centenary of the proclamation of the French Republic celebrated by a banquet given by President Loubet to the Mayors of France

A splendid interior view of Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England, looking from the Corona West, down the vast length of the Choir. The West Window shown over the Screen. Date: late 1940s

LARGE BANQUET 1863
A lone speaker holds forth at a vast formal banquet. Date: 1863

Construction of the pyramids
Constructing the pyramids: using vast wooden ramps to haul the stones into place

Girl in bright pink dress with ENORMOUS hat
Girl in bright pink dress with an ENORMOUS flower-adorned hat and carrying a pink parasol. Date: 1909

Harem Skirt - Enormous Hat
The Harem Skirt - The Simple Life - The shade option provided by wearing an all-encompassing hat! Date: 1911

Tunisia - A transvestite arab dancer reclining
A transvestite - in the garb of an arab dancer, reclining on a fur pelt and plump cushions, adorned with vast quantities of jewellery and patterned clothing

Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, London
A fantastic, rare view of the Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, Brixton, London

Medina Azahara Palace. Cordoba. Andalusia. Spain
Medina Azahara. Palace-city built by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir (912-961). Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba. Horseshoe arch. Andalusia. Spain

Leaving SS Ivernia, Boston Harbour
SS Ivernia was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Schmidts Shop Window
The shop window of Schmidts famous German delicatessen on Charlotte Street, London, with a vast variety of tinned and preserved goods on display, a taste of Germany in London. Date: 1930s

Winston Churchill and his various headgear
An article entitled The colonel and his new " nut" (every apology!) showing a vast array of hats and helmets worn by Winston Churchill

Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 was a major national exhibition on an area by the Rhine which covered over 130 acres and had vast numbers of exhibits to showcase German industry

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Tanganyika Plateau
Black and white lantern Slide of Tanganyika Plateau - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, Britrish South Africa. Boswell Collection

Jubilee Stamp room, North Bersted, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
The stamp room at The Rising Sun Pub, North Bersted, Bognor Regis. Eventually, in the 1920s, the collector and publican Richard Sharpe retired

Large Ivory tusk from the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
Large Ivory tusk, weighing over 200lbs from the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania, East Africa. Date: circa 1910s

The Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul
The Dolmabahce Palace, Constantinople. Commisioned by Abdul Mecit (1839-61) - architect Nikogos Balyn who in collaboration with his Father completed construction in 1853

Scene in the Libyan or Western Desert, Egypt, with arabs, camels, and undulating sand dunes. Date: 1936

Scene in the Arabian or Eastern Desert, Egypt, with three biplanes flying overhead, and evidence on the ground of volcanic upheaval. Date: 1936

British and Indian machine gunners with Vickers machine gun
Photograph of British and Indian machine gunners with a Vickers machine gun, Lewis gun and range-finder, 1917

Sand dunes of the Sahara
Two nomads and their camels, stand amidst a vast expanse of sand dunes in the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Animals at a French Zoo - Saiga Antelope - small antelope standing by wall.. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

The Netherlands experienced no shortage during WW1
Poor Little Neighbour

Chion-in, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Chion-in in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan - the headquarters of the Jodo-shu (Pure Land Sect) founded by Honen (11331212). A vast Buddhist Temple complex. Date: circa 1906

Maid with Tray
An Edwardian housemaid hurries along the vast hallway of an Edwardian Country House carrying a tray of edibles for her masters. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Emile Bergerat
EMILE BERGERAT Prolific French writer, whose vast output included the Livre du Caliban. He married one of Theophile Gautiers daughters. Date: 1845 - 1923

Making Clay Pots
A man moulds vast clay pots, which will later be used for melting glass into. Date: 1930s

Memnon Colossi / Egypt
The vast representations of Amenhotep III, which guard the approach to the Pharoahs mortuary temple at Thebes. Likened to Memnon by Greek travellers. Date: 1904

Memnonium / Thebes / 1848
Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert...near them..half sunk a shattered visage lies.. nothing beside remains.. and level sands stretch far away Date: 1848

Ship in Suez Canal
A steamship passes through the Canal : the photo shows how the Canal is cut through the desert, involving the removal of vast quantities of sand. Date: circa 1890

Englishman 1385
The peasants revolt has been suppressed and now a gentleman can dress finely - vast pendant sleeves to his surcoat, an elegant chaperon (hood) Date: circa 1385

Industry / Smith 1827
" A smith is one who works on iron, and who from that metal manufactures a vast variety of articles useful in the arts of life, and of great importance to domestic comfort". Date: 1827

Amongst Stonehenge
A visitor stands surrounded by the magnificence of Stonehenge. Date: 1902

MARY BEALE 1633-1697
MARY BEALE Unusual (at the time) for taking up a career as a professional artist, Beale achieved vast success. Date: 1633 - 1697

Saint Elisabeth, Princess of Hungary (1207-1231), wife of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She spent vast sums of money improving the conditions of the poor, and died at the age of 24

Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 - Ornate Pavilion
Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 was a major national exhibition on an area by the Rhine which covered over 130 acres and had vast numbers of exhibits to showcase German industry

Spain - Monastery of Vera Cruz from Alcazar
Black and white lantern slide of a large monastery set amongst a vast, flat landscape. Slide number 18 of Box 148 entitled Spain Bull Fighting & Spanish Life Date: circa 1890s

Touareg and Camel Sahara Desert
A Touareg riding a camel in the vast expanse of the Sahara desert near Tamanrasset

A Gynaecological Operation in St Petersburg
Early 20th century Gynaecological surgery taking place in front of a vast audience of Surgeons, would-be surgeons and nurses in the Obstetric Institute in St Petersburg, Russia. Date: 1905

Tallest Chimney in France at Roubaix (Nord) - 105m tall Date: circa 1910s

Geological Gallery, 1882
A photograph of the Geological Gallery from the Museums Archives

Lasting Impressions
Wide angle interior view at the Lasting Impressions gallery, Life Galleries, the Natural History Museum, London

Track to Arabias interior
A track leading to Arabias interior, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi desert
The expansive desert of Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Blitz in City of London -- bomb crater, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- devastation caused after a heavy explosive bomb caused a vast crater and opened up underground workings after an air raid during the night

Fixing the Propeller - Hamburg-America Line
Fixing the Propeller for a vessel of the Hamburg-America Line, Germanys largest shipping company at this time. Date: circa 1910s

Raising the Wellington statue atop the Green Park Arch
Raising the great equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, at the time the largest equestrian statue in Britain

Racial Types / Lapland
In summer Laplanders live in tents, moving from pasture to pasture with their reindeer. The reindeer move in vast herds, often many thousand strong. Date: 1930s

The New Forest
View in the New Forest, Hampshire, England, the vast wooded area which was founded by William the Conqueror. Date: 1950s

Royal Wedding 1947 - Using periscopes
A vast crowd use periscopes as their only means of seeing the procession during the royal wedding of 1947 between Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip

Crowds at the Royal Wedding 1947
Mounted police pictured in the middle of vast crowds of spectators, many of them holding periscopes in order to be able to see something

Police Sniffer Dog
Rusty the Alsatian searches a vast pile of wreckage for the vital black box, following a plane crash. Date: 1960s

St Petersburg Square
The Alexander monument dominates this vast square, where massive government offices confront the Winter Palace. Date: circa 1860

Egypt - Tourists hassled by locals
Humourous postcard, depicting the hardships endured by European Tourists in Egypt, cornered by a vast horde of helpful Egyptians who are aggressively " Dividing the Spoils" !

Dolmabahce Palace - view from the Bosphorus
Dolmabahce Palace - Late Imperial Palace on the Bosphorus. Commisioned by Abdul Mecit (1839-61) - architect Nikogos Balyn who in collaboration with his Father completed construction in 1853

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