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Background imageVisited Collection: Dressing - Theatre 1910

Dressing - Theatre 1910
Showgirl at her dressing table, visited by an admirer carrying a bouquet of flowers. Date: 1910

Background imageVisited Collection: Culture for working classes

Culture for working classes
A philanthropic employer who paid his workforces expenses to an art exhibition hears how they visited the tea-gardens instead. Date: 19th century

Background imageVisited Collection: SOCIAL / TOKYO TEA GARDEN

SOCIAL / TOKYO TEA GARDEN
Tea garden at Yedo (Tokyo) visited by diplomats of Lord Elgins mission to Japan Date: 1858

Background imageVisited Collection: PSYCHE LOOKS AT EROS

PSYCHE LOOKS AT EROS
Psyche, visited by Eros after sundown, seeking to know what he looks like, spills hot oil from her lamp onto him, waking him, with sad consequences, though all ends happily enough

Background imageVisited Collection: PRISON REFORM / J HOWARD

PRISON REFORM / J HOWARD
John Howard (1726-1790), investigating the French penal system, is visited by an officer of the Prefecture Date: circa 1775-79

Background imageVisited Collection: DANTES PARADISO

DANTES PARADISO
Schematic plan of Paradise, visited by Dante Alighieri in company with Beatrice

Background imageVisited Collection: WAITBORNE & MERMAID WAITBORNE & MERMAID

WAITBORNE & MERMAID WAITBORNE & MERMAID
Richard Waitborne/Whitbourne at St.Johns Harbour visited by blue-haired sea monster Date: 1618

Background imageVisited Collection: Apparitions: Scrooge and the ghost of Jacob Marley

Apparitions: Scrooge and the ghost of Jacob Marley
The miserly Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business colleague Marley. Date: 1835

Background imageVisited Collection: Captain Beechey at Coral Atoll

Captain Beechey at Coral Atoll
Coral atoll (madreporic island) visited by Captain Beechey in the course of a survey expedition Date: 1835

Background imageVisited Collection: Royal Air Force - Hunting Jet Provost T. 4 XP680

Royal Air Force - Hunting Jet Provost T. 4 XP680
Royal Air Force Hunting Jet Provost T.4 XP680 (msn PAC/W/18304) of The Macaws aerobatic team from the College of Air Warfare, based at Royal Air Force Manby

Background imageVisited Collection: Seventeen students on the seventh Test Pilots? Course a?

Seventeen students on the seventh Test Pilots? Course a?
Seventeen students on the seventh Test Pilots? Course at the Empire Test Pilots? School, Farnborough, visited the factories of A.V. Roe & Co Ltd at Woodford and Chadderton on 2 November 1948

Background imageVisited Collection: The Secretary of State for War, The Right Hon John Prof?

The Secretary of State for War, The Right Hon John Prof?
The Secretary of State for War, The Right Hon John Profumo, OBE, MC, visited the Guided Weapons Division of English Electric Aviation Ltd, Stevenage, on Monday, 7 November 1960

Background imageVisited Collection: Wounded French soldier lying in bed in a hospital ward

Wounded French soldier lying in bed in a hospital ward
A wounded French soldier lying in bed in a hospital ward that was originally a school. He is being visited by an elegant lady who is seated beside the bed.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

Background imageVisited Collection: Shepherds Visited

Shepherds Visited
While watching their flocks at night, three shepherds are visited by an angel who tells them of the birth of Jesus

Background imageVisited Collection: Prince Nguyen Phuc Canh

Prince Nguyen Phuc Canh of Cochin China (Vietnam). At the age of seven he visited France to sign an alliance between France and Vietnam (the Treaty of Versailles, 1787)

Background imageVisited Collection: Map of Smith Sound and Greenland, 1875

Map of Smith Sound and Greenland, 1875
Engraving showing a map of Smith Sound and Greenland, as it was known in May 1875. Much of the map is erroneous or missing in detail

Background imageVisited Collection: Ufos / Santos / Brazil

Ufos / Santos / Brazil
Moyses Santos, of Belo Horizonte, is visited by six 1.2 metre aliens, who float clumsily round the room, bumping into furniture, then exit through the wall

Background imageVisited Collection: Nigeria / Kano 1850

Nigeria / Kano 1850
Kano, from Mount Dala in Nigeria, West Africa, visited by Dr Heinrich Barth and sketched by him

Background imageVisited Collection: Solomon & Sheba Queen

Solomon & Sheba Queen
Solomon, king of Israel, is visited by Nicaule, queen of Sheba : she is impressed by him, his temple and indeed by everything she sees : he is likewise impressed by her

Background imageVisited Collection: Human-Looking Alien

Human-Looking Alien
During the heyday of the American contactees, many of the aliens who visited Earth were quite human in their appearance, though wearing track suits and long hair

Background imageVisited Collection: Cecil Calvert, first Lord Baltimore

Cecil Calvert, first Lord Baltimore
CECIL CALVERT, first lord BALTIMORE (1606 - 1675) Colonial entrepreneur, thanks to his father became proprietor of Maryland, though he never visited there. Date: 1657

Background imageVisited Collection: MARY READ (102+)

MARY READ (102+)
MARY READ Resident of West Cowes, Isle of Wight, twice married, mother of eleven : she lived 102, perhaps 104 years, and visited Victoria at Osborne Date: 1749? - 1851

Background imageVisited Collection: Saint Guthlac

Saint Guthlac
SAINT GUTHLAC Scenes from his life - he becomes a monk; he sails to Crowland; he builds his oratory; he is visited by king Aethelbald Date: 663 - 714

Background imageVisited Collection: Las Casas and natives

Las Casas and natives
BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS Spanish historian and missionary, visited on his deathbed by Native Americans who valued his sympathy for them, unlike most Spanish. Date: 1474 - 1566

Background imageVisited Collection: Hermit Tempted

Hermit Tempted
A hermit is visited in his cave by demons, one of whom takes on the semblance of a beautiful and friendly female - he is sorely tempted

Background imageVisited Collection: James Ii / English / 1701

James Ii / English / 1701
JAMES II - King of England On his deathbed and in exile he is visited by King Louis XIV Date: 1633 - 1701

Background imageVisited Collection: Cavour on Deathbed

Cavour on Deathbed
CAMILLO CAVOUR, Italian statesman, is visited on his deathbed by king Vittorio- Emanuele Date: 1810-1861

Background imageVisited Collection: She Dreams of Him

She Dreams of Him
A girl dreams that she is visited by her Beloved Date: 1807

Background imageVisited Collection: Edward Morel in Prison

Edward Morel in Prison
French-born E.D. Morel, Congo activist against colonial exploitation, in Pentonville prison for anti- war activities, is visited by the ghost of Jaures Date: 1917

Background imageVisited Collection: Jeanne D arc in Prison

Jeanne D arc in Prison
JOAN OF ARC in prison visited by antipathetic clergyman and scribe. Date: 1412? 1431

Background imageVisited Collection: Letchworth Foundry

Letchworth Foundry
A steel foundry at Letchworth is visited by members of the British Association Date: 1920s

Background imageVisited Collection: Mademoiselle Lefort, bearded lady

Mademoiselle Lefort, bearded lady
Mademoiselle Lefort, a bearded lady who visited London in 1818. Date: 1818

Background imageVisited Collection: Paranormal apparation: shining infant & Viscount Castlereagh

Paranormal apparation: shining infant & Viscount Castlereagh
Robert Stewart(1769-1822), Viscount Castlereagh, staying in an Irish castle, is visited by this shining infant, known to appear there; later he sees it in the Commons. Date: circa 1800

Background imageVisited Collection: Sir Thomas More / Anderson

Sir Thomas More / Anderson
SIR THOMAS MORE English statesman and author in prison, visited by his daughter Margaret 1478 - 1535

Background imageVisited Collection: Man visited in gaol, c. 1800

Man visited in gaol, c. 1800
A man is visited in gaol by a friend, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Background imageVisited Collection: Princess Louise visits Shaftesbury Homes Esher Place

Princess Louise visits Shaftesbury Homes Esher Place
After a merger with the National Society for the Protection of Young Girls (Princess Louise Home) in 1935, the Shaftesbury Homes Esher Place home was renamed Esher Place

Background imageVisited Collection: Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Diana & Mary Powell-Cotton

Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Diana & Mary Powell-Cotton
(Right to left) Diana Powell-Cotton (1908-1986), Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Belgian Army, Mary Powell-Cotton (1910-1998). In the garden at Quex

Background imageVisited Collection: Captain Commandant Bogaerts

Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Belgian Army. In the garden at Quex. Major Powell-Cotton had met Bogaerts in Africa a few years previously. He visited Quex on several occasions during the War. Date: 1915

Background imageVisited Collection: Major Powell-Cotton and friends

Major Powell-Cotton and friends
(Right to left) Major PHG Powell-Cotton, Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Belgian Army, Anne Bogaerts, his sister. In the garden at Quex.Major Powell-Cotton had met Bogaerts in Africa a few years

Background imageVisited Collection: The jockey Stephen Donaghues racing dramas (1926)

The jockey Stephen Donaghues racing dramas (1926)
Frank Bullock (Australian jockey champion- seen left) visited the Islington studio one day to see how his colleague Stephen Donoghue (far right) was enjoying his film experience

Background imageVisited Collection: Temperance Tale - The Bottle part 2

Temperance Tale - The Bottle part 2
Coloured lantern slide from a series entitled Bottle. In this slide, the drunken man and his family are being visited by the bayliffs, who are stripping their house of possessions

Background imageVisited Collection: China - The Temple of Heaven

China - The Temple of Heaven
Lantern slide of shrine in most northerly building, temple of heaven. The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven (pinyin, Tiantan)

Background imageVisited Collection: Wounded French soldier lying in bed in a hospital ward

Wounded French soldier lying in bed in a hospital ward
Preparation sketch by Matania for a work depicting a wounded French soldier lying in bed in a hospital ward that was originally a school

Background imageVisited Collection: Queen Elizabeth II in Canada

Queen Elizabeth II in Canada
During her royal tour of Canada the Queen, accompanied by the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Lester Pearson, visited the Expo 67 fair in Montreal. Date: 1967

Background imageVisited Collection: Gustave Nadaud Photo

Gustave Nadaud Photo
GUSTAVE NADAUD French poet, singer, musician, best-known for his poem on never having visited Carcassonne. Photo 1880. Date: 1820 - 1893

Background imageVisited Collection: Deroulede Photo

Deroulede Photo
PAUL DEROULEDE - French statesman, banished for plotting against the state, photographed at San Sebastian (Spain) visited by the eminent actor Mounet-Sully in 1899. Date: 1846 - 1914

Background imageVisited Collection: James Thomson Alcove

James Thomson Alcove
The arbour or alcove in the garden of the cottage in Kew (or Kew-foot) Lane, near Richmond, Surrey, where the poet James Thomson was oft- times visited by his muse. Date: 18TH CENTURY

Background imageVisited Collection: Willie Pape

Willie Pape
WILLIE PAPE American pianist, child prodigy from Mobile, visited England 1863. Date: 1850 - ?



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