Vignettes Collection

Military Badge
Ulster impressions.Photolithograph after Joan Wanklyn, 1976.Published by Headquarters Northern Ireland, 1976.Shows 18 vignettes of the British Army on operations in Northern Ireland

British Military Recruitment Poster, WWI
His Majestys Coldstream Guards, God Save the King. Chromolithograph recruitment poster after Ernest Ibbetson, 1914. Showing central group in various uniforms

The Quitter - Poem by Rob W Service
The Quitter. Poem by Rob W. Service illuminated with two vignettes On The Way Home and Home Sweet Home. C. Huggins

Coloured shoulder patches of the Australian Corps
Souvenir of the Greatest War showing coloured shoulder patches of the Australian Corps. The design is laid out in the shape of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces badge

England cricket team of 1885
Cricketers 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

Opera Quadrilles 19C
Solos and duets from four operas: Lucrezia Borgia and Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti), Norma and La Sonnambula (Bellini)

A bell ringer in a church, 1866
A bell ringer in a church chimes the bell with his foot. The scene is frames by vignettes from a young womans life. Date: 1866

Festival of Empire - Crystal Palace
The Festival of Empire - held at Crystal Palace, Sydenham May to October 1911. In the foreground is a sponsored kiosk, providing visitors with Lemco & Oxo meat extract products

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, music sheet
Music 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

Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon 1887
A page of vignettes from the 1887 Wimbledon Championships in London SW19 including the champion H.F. Lawford, E. Renshaw, C.Cole and that years ladies winner taking centre page, Miss Lottie Dod

Front cover, Derby Supplement
The front cover of the Derby Supplement, with vignettes of Lady James Douglas and Lord Woolavington at the top, and a reproduction of a painting by Alfred Munnings

Pregnant nun Sister Jean sitting in her convent cell, her habit open to reveal her breasts. A picture of Saint Martha on the wall. Soeur Jeanne

Post Office Radio Telephone Services and Fisheries
A wonderful, original, poster map showing Post Office Radio Telephone Services commissioned by the General Post Office and designed by Leslie MacDonald Gill, 1935

Alfred Hugh Fisher, Vignettes of Empire XIV. Delhi, the new-old capital of India. Date: 1913

Poster, Northern Ireland, Ulster Transport tourist map, with six vignettes of places to visit - easy to reach, a holidayland you will enjoy. Date: circa 1950

Only interview between the Commanders, Wellington and Nelson
The Army and Navy representing the only interview between the Great Commanders, Wellington and Nelson! Chromolithograph, unknown publisher

BOOK OF THE DEAD/18
Various vignettes featuring Ani with is Shade and his Soul, adoring Osiris in the form of a ram and slaying a serpent

BOOK OF THE DEAD/PLATE 8
Various vignettes featuring the Eye of Horus. The last showing the four children of Horus and Ra

Frontispiece with vignettes and medallions. Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by William Heath from Pierce Egans Real Life in Ireland, or the Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles

Victorian tourists wading through dung on a farm looking for a rustic sight on their tour. The grotto and waterfall is just a barn. Ducks attack a child, a gentleman gets stuck in the mud

Cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship
Part-work cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship and all that came of it, by Frank E Smedley, illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), Part 1, Price one shilling. 1854

Greek manuscript of a homily by Gregory of Nazianzus
A Greek manuscript of a homily by Gregory of Nazianzus (Gregory the Theologian, Gregory Nazianzen), Archbishop of Constantinople (c329-c389). Date: 1200

Fire Curtain - Shakespeare Theatre - Stratford-upon-Avon
Fire Safety Curtain - Shakespeare Memorial Theatre - Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Date: circa 1920s

WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints

North West Frontier Province scenes - NWFP
Album containing 13 pencil and wash drawings, many finely annotated, showing scenes in the North West Frontier. Contains an ink sketch made during the Battle at Shinkamar, 1898

83 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Inlaid silver and copper damascene work together with five vignettes, with birds

78 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Engraved brass decorated with vignettes of Rachels Tomb and Absoloms Tomb, with animals, grapes and vine leaves

Tank Corps souvenir relating to 16th Battalion Tank Corps
Tank Corps souvenir relating to the 16th Battalion Tank Corps. commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel, the Hon. J. D. Y. Bingham, DSO, listing command structure and appointments, individual awards

A Christmas Menu by A. K. Macdonald
A double page spread illustration featuring various illustrated vignettes showing nymph-like young ladies representing various festive food stuffs and cocktails. 1934

Gentlemen v Players, 200th Cricket Eleven
Photographs of the eleven Players in the 200th Gentlemen and Players cricket match. The match was played on an annual basis, the tradition having started in 1806

Will You Be My Valentine by A. K. Macdonald
Lovely double page spread from The Tatler for Valentines Day. A poem is decorated with charming romantic vignettes. 1930

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

Napoleonic cut-out design Valentine heiroglyphs
Design for heiroglyphic illustrations from French magazine editor Emilie Berrins 1801 pattern book Secretair der Liebe intended to be cut out and used to decorate the home or objects

Napoleonic cut-out design decoration: Valentine
Design for heiroglyphic illustrations from French magazine editor Emilie Berrins 1801 pattern book Secretair der Liebe intended to be cut out and used to decorate the home or objects

The Young Recruit / Going to the War
THE YOUNG RECRUIT / Going to the War.One of two coloured lithograph vignettes, after Wagner, 1855.Shows a young recruit taking leave of his family

Music cover, For KIng & Country, by J Ord Hume, WW1
Music cover, For KIng & Country, a descriptive Grand Military Fantasia selected and arranged by J Ord Hume, during the First World War. 1915

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 card
Four oval vignettes of flowers on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

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 Burgmuller
Music cover, Grande Valse Brillante sur le Juif Errant (Wandering Jew), opera by Halevy, written for the piano by Frederic Burgmuller. circa 1850s

Austin Dobson
AUSTIN DOBSON English poet and literary critic, best known for his series of Eighteenth century vignettes which I devoured as a child. Date: 1840 - 1921

Austin Dobson (Photo)
AUSTIN DOBSON English poet and literary critic, best known for his series of Eighteenth century vignettes which I devoured as a child. Date: 1840 - 1921

Fox Hunting Music Sheet
FOXHUNTING A descriptive piece in praise of the sport. Date: circa 1860

Eugene Sue - AH Payne
Euegen Sue (1804 - 1857) French novelist of sea stories, high society and socialism

Robert Burns / Payne
ROBERT BURNS the Scottish national poet, surrounded by scenes from his poems, including Tam O Shanter running away from the fairies Date: 1759 - 1796

Jockey Galop / Vignettes
Six jockeys wearing their colours. Date: 19th century

Saint Sola, Anglo-Saxon monk in Germany
Saint Sola (-794), an Anglo-Saxon monk who left England for Germany, where he studied under Saint Boniface. He lived as a hermit, and later founded an abbey at Solnhofen, where he died

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