Images Dated 12th October 2007 (page 2)

First Manned Balloon
The hot air Montgolfiere carrying de Rozier and d Arlandes, makes the worlds first manned ascent, over Paris

C17 Woodworkers / Woodcut
Two woodworkers sawing through a piece of wood held in a workbench

Wagner / Gill / L eclipse
RICHARD WAGNER A satire implying Wagners music may perforate ones eardrum

Queen of Scots / Scotland
Mary Queen of Scots lands in Scotland

Queen of Scots Escapes
Mary Queen of Scots escapes from Loch Leven Castle

Queen of Scots / Lochleven
Mary Queen of Scots in Loch Leven Castle

Whittington (Benoist)
SIR RICHARD (DICK) WHITTINGTON Merchant, Lord Mayor of London and cat-lover

Hatter Running
The Hatter, tea and bread in hand, runs off without his shoes

Customs / Halloween
A Hallowe en Witch works her magic

Chez Elle / Flowers for Ma
A mother is given a bunch of flowers by her four children who all want to hug her at the same time

King George Iv / Satire
KING GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND Caricature of him and a friend

Restif - Flying Man
Victorin, the flying-man, takes to the air

Sir John Jellicoe
SIR JOHN RUSHWORTH JELLICOE 1st Earl Jellicoe Naval commander

Events / France / Revolution
Republican placard. Soldier and citizen allied in the cause of liberty, equality and fraternity - or DEATH

Trade / Store Catalogue
The furniture department

Autumnal Trees
Trees in Autumn

BELLs COMET
Henry Bells Comet which plied on the Clyde from 1812 till 1820 - the first practical steamboat on any European river

Louis Spohr
LOUIS (orig. Ludwig) SPOHR German musician

American Planchette
An American planchette

Milton / Abdielangels / Dore
Abdiel leads good angels into the fight with Satan

Lascivious Dance
At a sabbat in the Basque country, two witches enjoy a lascivious dance while others enjoy the embraces of demons and the sound of bagpipes

ANDRE GILL French caricaturist, credited with inventing the enlarged head teachnique used here

Helen of Troy
Daughter of Zeus and Leda; wife of Menelaus, King of Troy. She eloped with Paris and thus brought about the siege and destruction of Troy

Costume / Accessories / Hats
Lady in a cloche

Hindu God Indra / Elephant
Indra, King of the hindu gods in an early collection of hymns, the Rig Veda. He had authority over the sky; he could rend clouds apart with thunderbolts to make rain

Idun & Golden Apples
Idun, keeper of the golden apples which keep the gods young

Ufos / Books / Jessup
THE CASE FOR THE UFO (Jessup) The pocketbook edition and a spread from the Varo reprint, with Allendes notations concerning the Philadelphia Experiment

16Thc Drawing Room Scene
A noblewoman works at her embroidery while her daughter winds the silk thread, in the drawing room at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire

Edward VII Coat of Arms
Royal coat of arms of Britain during Edward VIIs reign

Pact with the Devil
The Devil demands a pact from newcomers to the Sabbat

Midnight Mass
Returning from Midnight Mass, in a village of Savoie (France)

Horse

Red Indian

Church in Pieve di Cadore, Trento, Italy
A church in the municipality of Pieve di Cadore, in the Province of Trento (Trentino), in northern Italy

Traditional houses in Pieve di Cadore, Trento, Italy
Traditional houses in the Province of Trento (Trentino), in northern Italy. Date: 2006

London / Bank of England
The Bank of England from the Mansion House

England / London / Bank
The Bank of England and the Royal Exhange

Siege of Troy (Lefevre)

Air Liner Project 1932
Thinking big, and way beyond the giant flying-boats of the 1930s is this massive flying liner which carries vehicles in its wings, freight and passengers in its twin hulls

ST PAULs CATHEDRAL 1804
The churchyard and surrounding area, including Harriss Juvenile Library

C17 Butcher / Woodcut / 45
A shop keeper - butcher or poulterer - brandishes a cleaver as he slices a joint into cutlets or whatever

Fourier Community
A phalanstery, or ideal community, on the pattern proposed by the French idealist, Charles Fourier, but never effectively put into practice Date: 1847

WORKING MANs HOME 1863
A working mans home - a garret at 10 Hollybush Place, Bethnal Green, London

James Watt as a Boy
JAMES WATT as a boy, he notices the force of steam in the family kettle, and this starts him thinking

Walt Whitman
WALT WHITMAN American writer

POE
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer

Miracle / Becket
Thomas a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, in exile at Sens, is visited by the Virgin Mary who gives him some oil which has been used ever since at English coronations

Miracle / Lourdes
In the grotto at Lourdes, the Virgin Mary is appalled when the sick and crippled come begging her to work miracles for them

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