Warm Collection (page 8)

Medieval Fireplace
A medieval group gather around (and warm their hands at) a fireplace. One man has an owl on his arm. A rather unfortunate stork and her young nest in the chimney. Date: 1338-1344

The Sphere Christmas Number front cover 1956
Front cover of The Sphere Christmas Number featuring a charming illustration of welcoming house, its front door opened by a small girl and her Spaniel to reveal a roaring fire

Britannia and Eve front cover, December 1942
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine, Christmas 1942, featuring a stylish woman wearing a festive red and white sweater, hat and gloves combo

Britannia and Eve front cover, December 1941
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine, Christmas number, featuring a glamorous blonde woman carrying off a woolly scarf and bobble hat with aplomb

Death, skeleton
A wonderfully macabre grinning skeleton with a full head of hair and wearing a robe, crouches by a fire of burning human remains to warm its hands

Young woman watering her garden
A young woman waters her garden on a warm day in May. A white cat and two white kittens are playing on the path

Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 July
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 July. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Woman holding a black-faced lamb in a muddy field
A woman wearing a warm overcoat, holding a black-faced lamb in a muddy field. (2 of 2)

Winter Sunshine, Cooks World Travel Service
Cover illustration for Winter Sunshine, Cooks World Travel Service 1949-1950, showing a woman in swimwear sitting on a terrace overlooking the sea

Summer Holidays in Spain and Portugal
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in Spain and Portugal, including the Balearic Islands, Madeira, Malta, Gibraltar and Cyprus, with Cooks World Travel Service

This way to winter sunshine through Cooks
Illustration on a Thomas Cook poster or handbill -- This way to winter sunshine through Cooks -- with a brightly coloured image of a Mediterranean village, with sea, villas, boats, and a palm tree

Portrait of a small boy in Devon
Portrait of a small boy, Cecil Watts, on holiday in Devon. He is wearing a warm coat, hat and scarf, so it must be a chilly day

A Hearty Christmas Greeting by Ethel Parkinson
A Hearty Christmas Greeting -- a Dutch girl and boy in a snowy landscape. The girl is keeping her hands warm inside a furry muff, while the boy carries a bunch of mistletoe

Visitors outside the Reichstag building, Berlin, Germany
Visitors enjoy the summer weather outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany. The building opened in 1894 to house the German parliament

Life at Monte Carlo
Well-to-do holiday-makers sit outdoors, enjoying the blue skies and sunshine of Monte Carlo as well as a drink or two

Uyghur Children - close to Kashgar
Two young Uyghur Children, close to Kashgar in Xinjiang, South West China. Photograph taken by Ralph Ponsonby Watts, who travelled up from Kashmir to Kahgar

Poster advertising San Salvadour, France
Poster advertising San Salvadour, near Hyeres, France, popular for its winter cures for arthritis and its mineral waters

Sports car driver
A lady wrapped up well against the cold sits in a two seater sports coupe with the roof down

A Showery Day on the River
Various examples of what a rainy day means to different people. A couple have a slight tiff on a boat, a man punts across a stream wearing his rain hat and coat and in the boat house

Children at Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton
Children in the hot water bathing pool at the Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey. The hospital was opened in 1908 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

What to Wear for Winter Sports
An ideal outfit for skiing in 1935 from Army and Navy Stores consisting of black and white check plus fours in proofed serge

Hot chestnut seller
A jolly Hot Chestnut seller keeping warm by the fire, with a cat sheltering beneath him. He has a wicker basket full of uncooked chestnuts on his arm

Boys Club group photograph Great Waltham1925
A group of boys take time to relax in the fields and play in the hay on a warm summers day in Great Waltham 1925

Kashgar Trip
Two siblings ride on a small pony, wrapped up against the cold. Both are from the Xinjiang province of China - close to Kashgar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ski-ing streamline
A contrasting ski outfit from Jaeger. The tough looking, loose-fitting wool sweater, with its ribbed knit and roll collar, and the tailored ski-pants of black barathea produce an ensemble that

Military intervention on Lewis, 1887
A page from the Illustrated London News, reporting on the measures to crush the rebellion on the isle of Lewis, titled " Sketches among the revolted crofters in the Lewis

Lioness Cub in Scarf
A lioness cub wears a scarf and keeps close to the hot water pipes in order to keep warm in her chilly London zoo

Lear / Nonsense / Troy
There was an old person of Troy, whose drink was warm brandy and soy, Which he took with a spoon, by the light of the moon, in sight of the city of Troy

Warm Weather Studies, by A. K. MacDonald
A colour illustration showing a model admiring a painting of herself

Clydella Advertisement
Three " sporty boyees" stroll together enjoying the fact that their shirts and pyjamas are made from soft, warm and durable Clydella material

Thermega electric blanket, used to warm the sheets
Replacing the hot water bottle. Placing a Thermega electric blanket between the sheets. This invention meant that warmth in the bed could be stored for several hours

Baby incubators at the Berlin Exhibition
Dr Lions baby incubators proved to be a great attraction at the Berlin Exhibition. Babies aged between five and eight months old were kept alive in warm temperatures and nourished with drops of milk

Anne De Beaujeu (Mono)
Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of Louis XI of France, keeps warm by wearing a long trailing thick fur-trimmed garment, with several layers beneath

Supplies, Balaklava
Bringing up supplies of huts and warm clothing for the British troops, Balaklava

A City on Saturn
The spider-like inhabitants of Saturn build their cities in volcanic craters, not only for protection but to benefit from the warm temperatures

Girl in Hammock 1885
A young woman sleeps in a hammock in the garden on a warm afternoon

Mechanical Cooling
A " punkah" -type ventilator for keep cool during warm weather or heat wave, comprising of a large fan operated by foot pedals

Animals Keeping Warm
Animals outside a barn

Fur : Tibetan Goat
The hide of the Tibetan goat (capra Falconeri) is valued for warm clothing such as traveling coats

Milking a Goat
Two girls at a college farm in Finchley, north London, England. One girl milks a goat, while the other drinks a metal mug of warm milk!

Dog-Walking 1913
A lady manages to both keep warm and look elegant in a woollen tailleur du matin, while her dogs make do with what nature gave them

Apricot Jam Biscuits
Delicious home-made apricot jam ring biscuits, still warm from the oven and on their baking tray

Ice Cutting, Russia
Three Russian workers in tunics, boots and warm hats having cut a block of ice with a saw load it onto a rudimentary horse-drawn sleigh

Fashionable young woman in a warm winter coat
A fashionable young woman poses for her photo in a warm winter coat with a fur collar

Statue of Memnon
The statue of Memnon is reputed to sing at sunrise, as the suns rays warm up the stone

Vampire Bat - 2
(desmodus rotundus) The American Vampire Bat thrives on warm-blooded creatures, humans included, from which it will suck 25ml of blood in 30 minutes

Vampire Bat - 1
(desmodus rotundus) The American Vampire Bat thrives on warm-blooded creatures, humans included, from which it will suck 25ml of blood in 30 minutes

Vampire Bat - 3
(desmodus rotundus) The American Vampire Bat thrives on warm-blooded creatures, humans included, from which it will suck 25ml of blood in 30 minutes

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