Years Collection (page 14)

Tiy, Egyptian Queen
TIY, queen of AMENHOTEP III, whom she survived by up to twelve years Date: circa 1386 - 1349 BC

Gentlemen v Players, 200th Cricket Eleven
Photographs of the eleven Players in the 200th Gentlemen and Players cricket match. The match was played on an annual basis, the tradition having started in 1806

The Main Square - Pylos, Greece. The monument of the Three Admirals. The monument bears the likenesses of British naval commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington

Monument, North Korean Communist Party, Pyongyang
View of the monument to the founding of the North Korean Workers Party, in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. Commissioned by Kim Il Sung (1912-1994)

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
Princess Elizabeth (right) and Princess Margaret Rose at the last of the Duke of Yorks Camps, at Balmoral in August 1939. In 1919, the Princesses father, then Duke of York

The Duchess of Albany with her grandchildren
The Duchess of Albany, formerly Princess Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1861-1922), and wife of Prince Leopold, pictured in 1910 with her grandchildren

Prince Mircea of Romania (1913-1916), youngest child of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, pictured in 1915. Mircea died of typhoid in 1916

The Pirates Cave. By A. E. Bestall
An Illustration of two ladies daring each other to venture into a pirates cave. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986) is best-known as the artist who drew Rupert Bear for thirty years

At The Casino by Rene Vincent
A colour illustration showing three elegant ladies with a croupier gambling at a roulette wheel. With the popularity of resorts on the French Riviera, particularly Monte Carlo

A Landlady with her a prospective lodger
Seaside Landlady (discussing previous lodger):And to crown it all, she actually wanted to take alf of my lovely pictures down! So I tells er straight, You ain t got no soul for art. I says

Coquette by A. E. Bestall
A colour illustration by Alfred Bestall of a young girl with auburn hair trying to coax a red squirral down from a tree. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986)

The Char-A-Banc. By A. E. Bestall
A fantasy scene showing two fairies hiding beside a waterfall. They cower from the humans looking from real world above. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986)

Tichborne House, Alresford, Hants. The family home of Mr Roger Tichborne. Mr Orton was sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment, for claiming to be Mr Roger Tichborne

Apollo and the Python
He slays the dragon Python, who guards the sacred site of Delphi, establishing his own sanctuary there, angering Zeus who exiles him for several years

Black Prince at Crecy
Edward, the Black Prince, son of King Edward III, receives a blessing from his father after helping to gain victory over the French at the battle of Crecy

30 Years War Soldiers
Irish soldiers, some with guns, some with bows, in the service of the Swedish king, Gustavus Adolphus, during the Thirty Years War

Jacob and Esau
Jacob and his brother Esau meet after many years, and are reconciled

Futuristic space ship of the year 2038
A futuristic space ship of the year 2038, as projected a hundred years earlier

New Years Day in Old New York - a man raises his hat to give a woman a seasonal kiss. circa 1680s

Leicesters Roman forum reconstructed
Reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell of the city of Leicesters Roman forum in Roman times. The Roman remains excavated by Kathleen Kenyon in 1936, beside the Roman-era Jewry Wall in Leicester

Duke and Duchess of York and daughters, Silver Jubilee
The Duke and Duchess of York with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, in an open carriage on their way to St Pauls Cathedral for the Royal Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service

King George V and Queen Mary, Silver Jubilee
King George V and Queen Mary in an open carriage on their way to St Pauls Cathedral for the Royal Silver Jubilee service, on 6 May 1935, to celebrate 25 years on the British throne

Cover design, Royal Silver Jubilee
Cover design of a booklet, Royal Silver Jubilee, London in Gala Dress, to commemorate the celebrations of 6 May 1935, marking King George Vs Silver Jubilee

The Senator - Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida, USA - the biggest and oldest bald cypress tree in the world 125 feet (38 m) tall at the time of its demise, with a trunk diameter of 17.5 feet (5.3 m)

Princess H鬨ne and Crown Prince Michael of Romania
Princess H鬨 ne and Crown Prince Michael of Romania at the official celebration of fifty years of Romanian autonomy

Cranium of Paranthropus boisei, named Dear Boy. 1, 8
Reproduction of a Cranium of Paranthropus boisei, named Dear Boy. 1, 8 million years. From Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Chelsea Arts Ball by A. Davis
An impression of the Chelsea Arts Ball, held each year at the Royal Albert Hall. The ball held New Years Eve 1929 was on the theme of Noahs Ark hence a number of enormous puppet animals represented

Royal Flying Corps - Christmas Greetings Card (inside)
A Christmas Greetings Card, 1913 - sent by C. A. H. Longcroft of the 2nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Montrose (see: 10528927) - bearing his hand-written signature

Drawing of Chinese guard leading prisoner on chain
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese market traders arranging fruit
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of 2 Chinese men playing mahjong
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese seamstress sewing, bound feet
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese man with caged songbird
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese market water-melon seller
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of 2 Chinese peasants carrying baskets
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of 2 Chinese Men with parasol and inscription
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese street fish seller
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese street flower seller
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Suffragette Newspaper Votes for Women
A birthday cake celebrating six years of Votes for Women first issued October 1907. Date: 1913 Oct

Suggestions for the Happy New Year Ball by Dolly Tree
Three designs by Miss Dolly Tree for fancy dress costumes to be worn at the Happy New Year Ball at the Albert Hall on New Years Eve, 1925/6

Ideas for New Years Eve Fancy Dress, 1926
Two suggestions for outfits to wear to the Happy New Year Ball to be held at the Royal Albert Hall on New Years Eve 1925/6

Calais, France - Burghers of Calais statue by Rodin, commemorating the siege of 1347. Date: circa 1910s

Last of the Royal Stuarts
An old man playing the violin, claimed to be the last of the Royal Stewarts (Stuarts) who died at Berwick-on-Tweed at the age of 116

125 years of Progress in Art Deco style
125 years of Progress (1810-1935) in Art Deco style. 1936

Postcard celebrating 75 years of the Belgian Monarchy (1830-1905) - On the left Leopold I (1790-1865) (reigned 1831-1865) and on the right Leopold III (1835-1909) (reigned 1865-1908). Date: 1905

Kitsch New Years Greetings postcard featuring a young couple. Date: circa 1925

Tatler cover - 60 years of social change - 1959
Front cover of The Tatler for 30 December 1959 with two opera-bound couples gazing across a span of sixty years. The contemporary girls wears a Susan Small dress in pale coffee-coloured pure lace

French Cockerel proudly defeating the German Black Eagle
The French Cockerel stands proud having defeated the German Eagle (standing on a German fur busby decorated with a Totenkopf - Deaths Head symbols). Date: 1914

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