Visit Collection (page 42)

Churchill / Venice 1954
WINSTON CHURCHILL British Prime Minister photographed in 1954, during a visit to Venice

Nicolas Ii / Family / Cowes
Tsar Nicolas II rowing with his family at Cowes during a royal visit

Edward Vii / Newcastle 84
EDWARD VII Invitation card to the visit of Edward and Alexandra to Newcastle, 20 August 1884

WILHELM II German Emperor: a satirical comment on his intention to visit Paris in 1900 to attend the Exhibition

Royal Visit to Hospital
Princess Louise visits the Victoria hospital for sick children in Chelsea

Chinese Junk in Thames
The Key-ing, the first Chinese junk to visit Europe, docked in the Thames

Edward Visits Gt Eastern
Edward Prince of Wales visits the Great Eastern at Sheerness and observes the amazing operation of taking on board sufficient cable to stretch across the Atlantic. Date: 24 May 1865

German Baker C18
A young lady, with a shopping basket on her arm, pays a visit to a baker who is relaxing in a chair; one can only assume that he has a bun in the oven

Danish King Visits
Christian IV, king of Denmark, pays a state visit to Johann Georg, elector of Brandenburg. Here he is seen being welcomed at the entrance to the castle at Berlin

Starting to Spit ?
A lady takes a doubting look at the sky before she sets out on a visit with a basket of flowers

CHILDRENs WARD / 1897
A visit to the hospital. A young girl is brought oranges, a small toy dog and a Punch figure by her family

A Charity Visit 1854
Two fashionably dressed ladies call on a sick woman in an attic, who is already being cared for by a sister of charity

Berlioz Postcard 1867
HECTOR BERLIOZ the French composer during his visit to St Petersburg in 1867

George V & Geordie Boy
George V chats to a working boy whilst on a walkabout during a visit to Sunderland during World War One

Egan / Life in London / 1820
A visit from the doctor: Jerry beat to a standstill! Dr. Please ems prescription, Tom & Logics condolence & the slaveys on the alert

Gas Masks Fitted 1938
Two wardens for the Air Raid Precaution Scheme fitting children with gas masks during a house to house visit in Beckenham, Kent

Children / New Baby 1852
Brother and sister visit their new baby sister in their mothers bedroom

Visit / Tombs of the Kings
On a royal tour, Edward and Alexandria visit the Tombs of the Pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings

The Road to Ruin
If drinking is the road to ruin, then its appropriate that these visitors to an ancient site should celebrate their visit with cocktails

Social / Moscow Peasants
Peasants visit Moscow: people in the street are taken aback to see their bare feet

Visiting an Aquarium
Visiting an aquarium at a Spanish seaside resort (though it could be anywhere !)

Visiting the Chateau Ad
An advertisement offering a visit to a chateau for the price of six francs

American Notes / Dickens
The Gold Digger. A character from the chronicle of Dickens first American visit in 1842 which was written largely from letters sent home to his friend John Forster

Little Nut Tree (Crane)
I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear but a silver nutmeg & a golden pear The king of Spains daughter came to visit me, all for the sake of my little nut tree

Return from Versailles
The women of Paris return in triumph after their visit to the king at Versailles

St Bernards in Tibet
The monks of Saint Bernard, together with their dogs, visit Tibet

Victoria / Order of Garter
The investiture of Victor Emmanuel II (King of Sardinia and later of Italy) with the Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle, on 1 December 1855

Princess & Cow 1907
A fairytale princess in all her finery pays an unlikely visit to a calf in a stable

Baby being Weighed
A nurse making a home visit to weigh a newborn baby

Drayton Manor / R. Peel
DRAYTON MANOR in Staffordshire Seat of Sir Robert Peel. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert paying a visit in November 1843

Mr Smallweed Breaks Pipe
Mr Smallweed breaks the Pipe of Peace Matthew Bagnet (left) and George Rouncewell visit the userer Joshua Smallweed

The Shooting Gallery
Visitors at the Shooting Gallery Mr Smallweed, carried in by two beggars, and Judy pay a visit to George Rouncewell and his assistant Phil Squod

Edward VII as a Boy
Young Edward as a boy enjoys a visit to Portsmouth harbour, where a sailor points out the vessels of the navy which he will one day command

Tours in Ussr 1936
Moscows magnificent modern architecture is featured on the cover of a tourism brochure - visit Stalins Russia for as little as a pound a day

Adolphe Pegoud
ADOLPHE PEGOUD - French aviator noted for his daring aerobatics, including looping the loop : at Brooklands race- track. September 1913, during a visit to England

Three Kings before Herod
The Three Kings visit Herod, the appointed governor of Judea, to ask him where the new King could be found

Japanese Visit
Social visits among the Japanese are apt to be very formal - the tea ceremony is a ritualised affair and a hostess is judged by her ability to perform it well

Grand Tour Visit Card
The visiting card of W Landon, doing Rome while making the Grand Tour and lodging in the Piazza di Spagna : he would present these cards to people he wished to call on

Destroying Documents
Before the house search - Warned of an imminent visit from the police, a Russian subversive destroys incriminating letters and documents

Earl Haig in Cologne
Field Marshall Earl Haig and Lord Plummer visit Cologne on a tour of inspection of the Army of Occupation

Coriolanus Listens
Coriolanus, intent on defeating Rome, is dissuaded when his wife and mother visit his camp : he agrees to call off the siege, thereby causing his own downfall

Murzuq, Libya
Muzduq, in southwest Libya, at the time of Barths visit. The appearance of Muzduq ia rather picturesque, but its extreme aridity is felt at once

Egyptian Women
Two women pay a visit to a friend : they have to raise their veils to drink, of course, but have learnt to do so without revealing more than a minimum

France-Russia Friendship
As Tsar Nicolas II leaves after his visit to France, Marianne expresses her affection

Bey of Tunis Visits
The Bey of Tunis, on a state visit to Louis-Philippe, arrives at the strangely deserted Palais d Elysee- Bourbon, Paris

Louis-Philippe England
Louis-Philippe arrives at Portsmouth for a visit to Victoria : four years from now, his next trip to England will be a more permanent one

Galileo / Milton Visits
John Milton visiting Galileo

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