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Background imageWhat Collection: Los Caprichos by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828)

Los Caprichos by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828)
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish painter and printmaker. Los Caprichos. Lo que puede un sastre! (What can a tailor!). Number 52. Aquatint. 1799. Reproduction by M. Segui i Riera

Background imageWhat Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Sew What

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Sew What
The Caption is Sew What? Clothing could only be purchased if one had enough Points to do so and the Points were rationed. A wartime slogan was Make do and Mend

Background imageWhat Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot a fing to have

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot a fing to have
The Caption is Wot a fing to have to go to bed wif. The message on the card begins Hello Darling and later continues What do you think of this card? When I saw it I just had to get it

Background imageWhat Collection: Revelations from the Riviera -What the smartest

Revelations from the Riviera -What the smartest
Revelations from the Riviera (1927) - What the smartest women wear at Monte Carlo is prophetic of what will be worn in London and Paris in the subsequent seasons

Background imageWhat Collection: Feature entitled What Paris Says discussing

Feature entitled What Paris Says discussing prevalent Paris styles, 1925 with sketches by Gordon Conway 1/2 Date: 1925

Background imageWhat Collection: A feature about What Paris Says: the art of being

A feature about What Paris Says: the art of being well dressed is the art of choosing wisely and well, Paris, 1925. Top left a dinner frock from Alice Bernard

Background imageWhat Collection: What the Moon Saw

What the Moon Saw
Visual interpretation of a scene from a Hans Andersons fairy tale. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: circa 1905

Background imageWhat Collection: Hippo

Hippo
Eh! What? Illustrated comic postcard of a hippo winking. Nister series 172/1. Artist: GH Thompson (1842-1909)

Background imageWhat Collection: Tech Department - fifth floor (front) No. 4 Hamilton Place

Tech Department - fifth floor (front) No. 4 Hamilton Place
What was to become the Tech Department on the fifth floor (front side) at No.4 Hamilton Place in 1960. Date: 1960

Background imageWhat Collection: Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 77. What one do

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 77. What one does to the other. Prado Museum. Madrid

Background imageWhat Collection: Spooky Alley

Spooky Alley
A rather eerie courtway in Leicester.. but who (or what?) lurks in the shadows... ?

Background imageWhat Collection: Barnardos - What They Were

Barnardos - What They Were
A Barnardos publicity image captioned What They Were illustrating how boys were transformed from homeless Street Arabs into soldiers and sailors supporting Britannia. Date: 1890s

Background imageWhat Collection: Suffragette Give Me a Vote Ceramic

Suffragette Give Me a Vote Ceramic
A wild-eyed suffragette dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U - purple, white and green, waves a flag which reads, I Want a Vote

Background imageWhat Collection: What you feel like during a Bombardment by Fritz

What you feel like during a Bombardment by Fritz. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imageWhat Collection: What the eyes don t see, etc etc

What the eyes don t see, etc etc
What the eyes don t see, etc. etc. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imageWhat Collection: What would you do in a case like this

What would you do in a case like this. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imageWhat Collection: What your feet feel like when you are trying to dodge a shel

What your feet feel like when you are trying to dodge a shell. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imageWhat Collection: What !!! Your shirts walking With the Louse Patrol

What !!! Your shirts walking With the Louse Patrol
What !!! Your shirts walking. With the Louse Patrol. Somewhere in France. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imageWhat Collection: What was once a villa - Poperinghe

What was once a villa - Poperinghe. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imageWhat Collection: Football

Football
What it feels to be like keeping goal for the first time. Date: circa 1912

Background imageWhat Collection: Slum Cricket

Slum Cricket
A group of boys play a game of cricket on waste ground. A piece of wood propped up with coats serves as a makeshift wicket, while the ball is composed of who knows what?

Background imageWhat Collection: Boy + Girl Play Dominoes

Boy + Girl Play Dominoes
Are they playing for a forfeit? Yes. What? If Mabel wins, she kisses Charlie; if Charlie wins, he kisses Mabel! Nobody loses out in this games of dominoes


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