Watch Collection (page 7)

Race Day Fashions
Race-goers in black velvet coats, V-neck dresses & silver fox fur stoles. N.B the wrist watch & fur muff & hat with chin strap. One dress has floral panels on the corsage. Date: circa 1913

MATCHBOX MAKING / EAST END
Two children watch their mother making matchboxes at the table at home in the east end of London. Date: 1896

WATCHING DAHOMEY SACRIF
DAHOMEY Europeans watch the sacrifice of captives and criminals, thankful they are not themselves the stars of the show Date: 1835

London Shoppers - 1908
London shoppers during the sales. Date: 1908

Chariot Race
A chariot race under way at the Circus Maximus, Rome. An enthusiastic audience watch enthralled

ASCOT 1904
The brilliant scene at Ascot on Gold Cup Day when those privileged to be admitted to the Royal Enclosure watch the races in the presence of Royalty Itself ! Date: 1904

ASCOT GEORGE V 1925
Fashionable racegoers at the Ascot meeting watch the arrival of King George V Date: 1925

HOGARTH HARLOT PLATE 3
The Harlots Progress 3. Hogarths Harlot about to be apprehended by a magistrate. Date: 1732

MONKEY RIDES A DOG / 1845
A group of gentlemen watch a monkey riding a dog. Date: circa 1845

ROMAN BEEKEEPERS / VIRGIL
Roman beekeepers watch their bees swarming. Date: First published: 29 BC

ANGELS IN PARADISE
Dante and Beatrice, standing on a cloud, watch the angels as they circulate in Paradise

EVENTS / PACIFIC / COOK
While at Tahiti he and his companions watch a human sacrifice Date: 1769

Night watch patrolling the streets of Paris, France
The night watch patrolling the dark streets of Paris, France. Date: 17th century

Mull Sack & Lady Fairfax
The arch pickpocket named Mull Sack, dressed as a trooper, audaciously steals a valuable watch from Lady Fairfax, wife of the then leader of the Rump Parliament. Date: 19th century

The Loan Collection Exhibition - South Kensington: (left to right from top) Largest Known Pearl, Silver Flask, Silver-gilt Spoon, Coffret in Gilt Metal, Silerv-gilt Reliquary, Double-bulbed Cup

Ancient artist at work in a cave, Kazakhstan area
Andronovo culture, ancient artist painting petroglyphs on the rocks, conveying the culture and customs of the times, Kazakhstan area. Others watch, or help by supplying light from a flaming torch

Rolex Oyster Wrist Watch advertisement
Advertisement for the Rolex Oyster Wrist Watch, the most accurate wrist watch in the world made waterproof. To prove it, Jabez Wolffe

Advert for Waterbury pocket watches 1890
Waterbury pocket watches for men, with nickel siver cases. 1890

Austrian July Revolt of 1927 - Burning of Palace of Justice
The Palace of Justice in Vienna, Austria set on fire on July 15th 1927 during the Austrian July Revolt, which broke out following the acquittal of several nationalist paramilitaries who

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - playing golf. circa 1910s

The Black Watch
Black Watch piper in full dress. Artist: Harry Payne Date: 1911

WW1 drawing, soldier in a muddy trench
WW1 drawing of a soldier in a muddy trench at 2am, saying A Happy Easter to Me. Date: 1914-1918

WW1 - Russian Front - Officer using a trench periscope Date: circa 1916

A tuberculosis patient being given a direct blood transfusion from a goat, at Dr Simon Bernheims clinic. France, ca. 1891. Engraving

Fairy & a drowning pixie
A winged fairy throws a lifebelt to a drowning pixie while others watch from the riverbank. Artist: Thomas Maybank Date: circa 1916

Juan and Eva Peron watching a football match
Juan Peron (1895-1974), President of Argentina, and his wife Eva (Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, 1919-1952), at the Racing Club in Buenos Aires to watch football matches between Formosa and Santa Fe

The watchroom of Southwark Fire Station, London. Although this had a telephone switchboard serving the adjacent headquarters of the Brigade

Jock (K1) - a kilted Black Watch soldier cleaning his rifle. Snaffles - Charles Johnson Payne (1884-1967). Invalided Out Of World War One

The Observation Post No reply, Sir - line cut again
The Observation Post. No reply, Sir - line cut again. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St

Lighter made from stainless steel pocket watch, WW1
Lighter made from a stainless steel pocket watch, with the badge of the East Lancashire Regiment (Egypt) and steel German Hansa Cross. Trench Art

Cora L V Scott, American spiritualist medium
Cora Lodencia Veronica Scott (1840-1923), American spiritualist medium. She married four times, and adopted her husbands surname each time (Hatch, Daniels, Tappan, and Richmond)

Sack of Rome or Sacco di Roma (1527). Charles
" Sack of Rome or " Sacco di Roma" (1527). Charles Vs mutinous troops watch over Castel Samt Angelo, where Pope Clement VII was imprisoned. Xylography. FRANCE. Paris

Items belonging to Edmond Stone, Steward on Titanic
Assorted items belonging to Edmond J Stone, Steward on the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- two penknives, a pocket watch, two keys with brass tags

Frilly French Knickers
A young woman lifts her dress to reveal a lace edged pair of camiknickers (French knickers or step-ins )revealing a glimpse of her stocking tops, suspender belt and garter

Sports Day / Running 1950S
A very determined-looking boy runs along the track. A group of schoolboys, watch him, some in shorts, others in school uniform

Canadian Cemetery Beny sur Mer Normandy
The cemetery sits on the highest point for some miles & has two watch towers from which excellent views can be gained towards Juno Beach where the Canadians came ashore

Comic German postcard -- drunkard in the toilet
Comic German postcard by Arthur Thiele -- a drunkard collapses at the side of a toilet. Date: early 20th century

Christmas card in the shape of a jewellers box
Christmas card in the shape of a red jewellers box, open to reveal a pocket watch and chain, with verse under the lid. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Advertisement for Mickey Mouse watch, 1933
An early form of character licensing in the form of a watch featuring Walt Disneys world famous character Mickey Mouse. Date: 1933

A marine serving with Mortar Platoon, 40 Commando Royal Mari
Digital photograph: A marine serving with Mortar Platoon, 40 Commando Royal Marine attached to the Black Watch Battle Group at Camp Dogwood takes an opportunity to have a field shower during a fire

Advert for John Bennett pocket watches 1892
Seletion of pocket watches for men and women. 1892

First journey of Londons electric tram 1903
Londoners throng the pavements of Westminster Bridge Road to watch the first journey of Londons first electric tram as it heads for Clapham. Date: 1903

American Watch Factory, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
American Watch Factory at Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. circa 1905

King George V as Colonel-in-Chief of Black Watch
King George V (1865-1936) as Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - RMS Laconia torpedoed, 25th February 1917
WW1 - RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner torpedoed by SM U-50 while returning from the USA to England with passengers. The first torpedo struck the liner, but did not sink her

Table clock (16th c. ). Renaissance art. Jewelry
Table clock (16th c.). Renaissance art. Jewelry. FRANCE. FRANCHE-COMTɮ DOUBS. Besan篮. Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology. Proc: GERMANY

Barbed wire party freeze under enemy star shell, WW1
A detachment of British soldiers, busy setting up barbed wire defences freeze momentarily as the area is lit up by an enemy star-shell

Suffragette Sandwich Board Mustard. Two men watch a Suffragette (man dressed up) carrying a VFW sandwich board. One man remarks, There ain t much am in that sandwich arry

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