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England cricket team of 1885Cricketers of the England eleven of 1885, with W G Grace at the centre, surrounded by Barnes, Lyttelton, Shrewsbury, Gunn, Bates, Steel, Read, Peate, Barlow and Ulyett. 1885
British Military Recruitment Poster, WWIHis Majestys Coldstream Guards, God Save the King. Chromolithograph recruitment poster after Ernest Ibbetson, 1914. Showing central group in various uniforms
King George Iv / ThompsonKING GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND Head & shoulders vignette portrait wearing ceremonial robes Date: 1762 - 1830
Convolvulus & C. BellPink CONVOLVULUS (Bindweed) & blue & white CAMPANULA MEDIUM Canterbury Bell) depicted with bees
Tea pot and warmer from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, decorated with vignettes of ships at sea and floral borders. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient
Rose a cent feuilles, Rosa centifolia.. Rose a cent feuilles, Rosa centifolia. Handcolored copperplate engraving of an illustration by Mlle
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, music sheetMusic sheet cover design, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written and sung by Mr Harry Clifton. Various scenes are depicted, with the discovery of the footprint in the sand at the centre
Vignette illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- An early and interesting type of signal. Date: 1935
Yellow rose, Rosa lutea.. Yellow rose, rose jaune, Rosa lutea. Handcolored copperplate engraving of an illustration by Mlle. Prudhomme from Homage Rendered to the Rose, Paris, circa 1815
Medieval comedian playing bellows and tongsVignette of a comedian holding bellows and tongs as if playing a fiddle, 14th century manuscript. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, main staircaseWhite Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, main staircase. Date: 1912
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, dining roomWhite Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, view inside a dining room. Date: 1912
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, booklet coverWhite Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, Largest Steamers in the World, publicity booklet cover design by Sam M Brown, 32 pages approx. 4.75 x 7 inches, bound with red ribbon. Date: 1912
Mona Lisa, vignette photograph of Mona Lisa's eyes. Captioned, Can these have caused the elopement of Francesco del Giocondo's third wife?; the fascinating eyes of Mona Lisa'. Date: 1911
The Cutting Out of the Corvette La Chevrette, Bay of Camaret on the night of 21 July 1801 - below is a vignette the action between the Phoebe and French frigate L'Africaine. Date: 1801
Death of Captain Faulknor, off Pointe a Pitre, GuadeloupeThe death of Captain Faulknor, off Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe, 5 January 1795. Below is a vignette of the Blanche with La Pique in tow. Date: 1795
Albertville: A vignette of a houseA vignette of a house in Albertville. (Albertville is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of Southeastern France). Date: 1937
Calligraphic title page with vignette of the city of London with Saint Pauls Cathedral. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Isaac Taylor from City Scenes, or a Peep into London
Historical views of TurkeyView of Constantinople (Istanbul) in the early 19th century 25, Muslim mosque with dome and minarets 26, and young Greek women kissing each other on the eyes 27
Map of the Americas, circa 1821. Showing Labrador, Canada, the United States, Louisiana, Mexico, Brazil, Amazonia, Paraguay, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Title page with vignette of Native American woman and childTitle page with vignette of Native American woman in feather headdress with small child. Copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in America
Title page with vignette of enslaved man with chain around his neck under a palm tree. Copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Africa for the Amusement
Muslims at prayer in a mosque, Senegal, 18th century. The Talbes were Moorish clerics and the Marabouts were Black Muslim clerics. Temple of the Talbes or Marabouts
Calligraphic title page with vignette of tiger by J. Webb. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth and Animated Nature
Calligraphic title page with vignette of the Skeleton of Death tipping over a misers chair as two relatives grab bags of money from his strong box
Title page with calligraphic title and vignette of woman dancing with children. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William Coombes The Dance of Life
Young English gentleman constructing a stately homeYoung English gentleman with architect looking at plans while builders construct a stately home in the classical style. iHandcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson
Fox hunting gentleman riding out with boys on poniesFox hunting gentleman Mr. Jug Boyston riding out with boys on ponies, 19th century. The Jug and his juvenile field. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Robert Smith
Titlepage with vignette of Guinea turaco and violet turacoTitlepage with vignette of Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa buffoni, and violet turaco, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart
Iris, Iris gemanica, and sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Guirlande de Flore, Garland of Flowers
Calligraphic title and vignette of beehive with beesTitle page with calligraphic title and vignette of beehive with bees. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Les Insectes, The Insects, Louis Janet, Paris, 1820
Antique wall painting from PompeiiAntique Trompe l oeil wall painting of statues, gods, figures, candelabra, column, cornice, skirting board, and vignettes from Pompeii, excavated in August 1836
English thoroughbred horse, Equus caballus var. anglicanus. With vignette of horse race. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History
King David playing handbells from a 14th century manuscriptKing David playing handbells with hammers from a 14th century manuscript of his psalms, with a vignette of a comedian holding bellows and tongs as if playing a fiddle
Title page from Illustrated History of Natural Animals, 1827Title page lithographed by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of Animals, Zurich, 1827
Water jug from Rouen, decorated with a vignette of a horse with saddle and the motto, nous Sommes deux, borders of foliage in red and blue
Decorative pot from Rouen with landscape vignette surrounded by flowers, tulips, roses, lilies. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French
Decorative plate from Rouen, France, with vignette of animals within borders of foliage and cupids. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French
Porcelain inkstand and birdcage from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century. Underside of birdcage decorated with painting of birds and insects
Plaque from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, with riverside landscape vignette inside border of naked nymphs within a floral pattern
Jardiniere or planter from Marseille, France, 18th century, with vignette and floral pattern. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French
Title page with vignette of the Piazza del CampidoglioTitle page with vignette of the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Piazza del Campidoglio, with the Palazzo Senatorio at right
Title page with vignette from Knorrs DeliciaeTitle page with vignette of Tritons with corals, shells and sea urchins in a border of reptiles and birds. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Robert Muys from Georg Wolfgang Knorrs Deliciae
Title page with vignette of two rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri, in a jungle setting. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines
Title page from Hummingbirds, Volume 1Title page with vignette of nest and eggs. Steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology: Hummingbirds, Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1834
Vignette showing Native Americans fishingTitle page with vignette showing Native Americans fishing with bow and arrow, nets and clubs, on the Essequibo river. Steel engraving by W.H
Whalers hunting a bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus. Above and below the vignette are examples of the whales diet of shellfish, plankton and shrimp
Title page to volume 1 with calligraphic title and vignette or armour and weapons. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale
Calligraphic title page with vignetteCalligraphic title page with botanical vignette. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after Eliza Eve Gleadall from her self-published The Beauties of Flora
Title page with calligraphic title and floral vignetteTitle page with calligraphic title Flowers of Shakspeare and vignette of roses, honeysuckle and thistles. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn
Title page vignette of goddess of agricultureTitle page with vignette of Demeter goddess of agriculture with scythe amid statuary in a park. Engraving by Pillement finished by Nee after a painting by Percier
Title page with calligraphy and vignettes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T. Tegg, London, 1815
Title page with vignette of bull, picador horses, lances, banderillas, ribbons, and flowers. Chromolithograph by E. Casanova after an illustration by Daniel Perea from Bullfight, Corrida del Toros
The abandonment of Ariadne on Naxos island by Theseus on a galley. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789
Roman painting depicting two gods and a nymphRoman painting depicting two gods with halos, a nymph in wreath, and an old man watching from the rocks. Perhaps, the Sun, the Moon, Aurora, children of the old man Hyperion
Music teacher or poet with a woman with comic maskScene from a play. A woman with comic mask hands a small volume to another woman in front of a seated music teacher or poet. Vignette of four Bacchic masks with closed mouths of buffoons and dancers
Naked youth sleeping in the shade of a tree. Perhaps Endymion, hunter or shepherd, as evidenced by the lance and dog. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum
Perseus rescuing Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. On his shoulders is the helmet that made him invisible, his sword Harpe and under his cloak is the severed head of Gorgon Medusa
Title page with vignette of escutcheon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten
The Rape of the LockVignette from The Rape of the Lock (1). Artist: Aubrey Beardsley Date: 1896
Fawkes and his sleight-of-hand trickFawkes, a sleight-of-hand man, performs a trick; acrobats appear in a vignette. Date: circa 1780
Greek manuscript of a homily by Gregory of NazianzusA Greek manuscript of a homily by Gregory of Nazianzus (Gregory the Theologian, Gregory Nazianzen), Archbishop of Constantinople (c329-c389). Date: 1200
Vignette design, Mexican women in their underwear. Date: circa 1910s
Caroline Brunswick / CruikCAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Amelia Elizabeth Caroline Queen of George IV Half-length vignette portrait Date: 1768 - 1821
Foreword, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath RobinsonForeword to Railway Ribaldry, with a vignette illustration by W Heath Robinson, showing a Victorian lady in a crinoline waving goodbye to a departing train. Date: 1935
Adam and Eve and Dioscorides and AndromachusEngraved title page of Pharmacopoeia Bruxellensis (1641). Depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and Dioscorides and Andromachus. There is a vignette depicting Bruxelles in a cartouch
Balloon designs by Charles & Robert and MontgolfierBalloon designs by Charles and Robert (1, 5) and the Montgolfier Brothers (2, 3, 4). No. 3 ascended from Versailles. No. 4 ascended from the Chateau de la Muette. No
Printed cotton handkerchief, ?The New Broad Sword Exercise?, published by William Hanson and Sons, Manchester, inscribed at bottom left ?WH 1798?, 1798
Music cover, I ve Been Photographed Like This! Sung by Lydia Thompson as Pauline in the burlesque of the Lady of Lyons. Words by William Younge, music by Charles Dubois
Six vignettes on a Valentine card, with a tab on the left to change the pictures. In the centre are two white doves, surrounded by a pretty garland of pink and yellow flowers. Date: circa 1890s
Four oval vignettes on a Christmas card, with Cupid kneeling by a flaming altar, Venus in a shell, Cupid again with doves, and a young man planting a tree
Four oval vignettes on a birthday cardFour oval vignettes of flowers on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s
Music cover, Sport Galop bys Vizentini (piano), with yachting, fox hunting and cricketing scenes. circa late 19th century
Horatio Nelson Testimonial -- the building of Nelsons column in Trafalgar Square to commemorate Nelson and his achievements. circa 1840s
Music cover, Grande Valse Brillante by BurgmullerMusic cover, Grande Valse Brillante sur le Juif Errant (Wandering Jew), opera by Halevy, written for the piano by Frederic Burgmuller. circa 1850s
John AbernethyJOHN ABERNETHY medical vignette, half-length portrait in profile, within a frame Date: 1764 - 1831
Francis AtterburyFRANCIS ATTERBURY Bishop of Rochester, statesman, writer. (vignette portrait facing left) Date: 1662 - 1732
Augustus Keppel / HintonAUGUSTUS, VISCOUNT KEPPEL 1st Viscount Keppel Naval officer, with a vignette of a sea battle below Date: 1725 - 1786
Edward Gibbon / WalkerEDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with a vignette of Rome below Date: 1737 - 1794
Edward Gibbon / ColosseumEDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with a vignette of the Colosseum in Rome below Date: 1737 - 1794
George I / Anon EngGEORGE I the vignette picture shows the countess of Derwentwater interceding for her husband, who doubtless got embroiled in the Jacobite Rebellion Date: 1660 - 1727
Coleridge / HancockSAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Writer Half-length vignette facing to the left Date: 1772 - 1834
Henry 12th Earl ArundelHenry Fitzalan, 12th earl of ARUNDEL statesman (vignette portrait) Date: 1511 - 1580
Penneman / WhitehallMiss Penneman Date: -
