Years Collection (page 15)

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

WW1 - New Years Card - The kaiser as a miserable snowman about to be pelted with snowballs. Date: circa 1916

100 years of The Swiss Northern Railway
An old steam locomotive on the track to celebrate 100 years of The Swiss Northern Railway (German: Schweizerische Nordbahn, SNB), informally known as the Spanisch-Brotli-Bahn

Tour of the Colonies - Opening Melbourne Parliament - Carriage procession. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

London, England - The Guildhall - Gothic Style Building.. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London.Guildhall is a building in the City of London, off Gresham and Basinghall streets

Phyllis Dare - Edwardian Singer and Actress
Miss Phyllis Dare (1890-1975) - Edwardian Singer and Actress, aged 16. Date: 1906

William Henry Smith PC - English bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith Elected a Member of Parliament in 1868

Marquis of Salisbury. Part of Box 104, Boswell Collection. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (born 3rd February 1830)

Street scene on New Years Day, Yokohama, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613-1676). Swedish noble, statesman and military commander in the Thirty Years, Torstenson, Bremen, Second Northern and Scanian Wars. Engraving. Portrait. Colored

Frederick II the Great (1712-1786). King of Prusian and Elector of Brandenburg. House of Hohenzolern. Portrait. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Commemorating 100 years of the Danish Railways Date: 1947

Count Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705-1766), later Prince of Thiano, Austrian filed marshal. Engraving. Portrait. 19th century. Colored

The Opening Bar by Blam New Year celebrations
Vivid illustration celebrating with entertainers celebrating and wishing good luck for the New Year of 1926. Date: 1926

Future Prediction - Flying Machines in the Year 2000
Future Prediction - How flying Machines would transform everyday life in the Year 2000 (as one flies over the Rhine...) - for him, for her and for the whole family! Date: 1900

Battle of Hastings re-enactment. With cross-gartered jeans and dyed sackcloth doublets, the students of Kent and Sussex Universities re-enact the battle 900 years later. Date: 14 October 1066

Never mind... flakes provided they have drink
A drunken couple after a night out celebrating the New Year. Date: 1928

Frans Hals the Elder (c. 1582-1666). Dutch Golden Age portrait painter. Portrait of Jaspar Schade, 1645. Oil on canvas. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of G
Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen (c.1577-1633). Dutch painter. The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar, c.1621. Detail. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Skeleton of Myotragus balearicus. Spain
Myotragus balearicus. Small mammal like antelope feeding on bark and lichens. He lived in Majorca and Minorca until about 5000 years ago. Skeleton. Museum of Paleontology. Sabadell. Spain

Finland. Helsinki. Johan Ludvig Runebergs memorial. By Walt
Finland. Helsinki. Monument dedicated to the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877). Statue by his son Walter Runeberg (1838-1920). Erected in 1885. Esplanadi Park

Jose Zatrilla y Vico (1648-1720). Colored engraving
Jose Zatrilla y Vico Dedoni y Manca (1648-1720). Sardinian poet. Engraving at 37 years old. Colored

Skull of a young girl. 16 years old. 3500-3400 BC. Sigersdal Mose, Northern Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Trepanned skull of a man. 3500-3400 BC. Denmark
Trepanned skull of a man. 21-35 years old. 3500-3400 BC. From Dojringe Mose, Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

The Embarkation of the Catalan Volunteers for the Cuban War
History of Cuba. Ten Years War or Great War (1868-1878). The Embarkation of the Catalan Volunteers for the Cuban War in the Port of Barcelona, 1870. Painting by Ramon Padro Pijoan (1809-1876)

Jose Zatrilla y Vico (1648-1720). Engraving
Jose Zatrilla y Vico Dedoni y Manca (1648-1720). Sardinian poet. Engraving at 37 years old

Jaw of Australopithecus anamensis. Pliocene. Located in Kanapoi, Kenya. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Skull of Homo sapiens. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Skull probably from Homo sapiens. From Laetoli. Tanzania. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
Charles VII of France receiving Joan of Arc at the Castle of Chinon. 1429. German tapestry. Episode of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). Museum of Orleans. France

Allegory of the beginning of the Seven Years War. 1756-1763. Maria Theresa and Frederick II playing chess with Mars, god of war, in the center. Copperplate engraving of the time

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