Images Dated 14th October 2007 (page 2)

Lachlan Macquarie
LACHLAN MACQUARIE British soldier and colonial administrator

Copernicuss System (2)
The universe with our Sun as its centre, circled by our Earth and the other planets, and by the signs of the Zodiac : Jupiter is shown with its satellites

Burmese Monks Begging
A group of monks pass through a Burmese village, begging for food, which two small children carry for them

Platypus (Bewick)
ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS At the time Bewick engraved this, the animal had not been named : some naturalists even suspected the creature was a fake

January Sales 1980S
People queueing outside Hamleys toy shop and the sportswear shop next door, during the January sales, central London

Astronomical Umbrella
Teacher using an umbrella to demonstrate the position of the stars to a group of schoolboys

Caravel (Liebig)
A Spanish caravel

Deer Gatecrashing Lunch
A deer in Richmond Park, Surrey, England, gatecrashes a cows lunch at its trough

Airborne Animals
Why should mankind hog the blessings of aviation ? You ll think you ve seen everything when you ve seen an elephant fly

A Farmer Went Trotting
A farmer went trotting Upon his grey mare Bumpety, bumpety, bump! With his daughter behind him So rosy and fair Lumpety, lumpety, lump

Iraq / Babylon / Calmet s
The city of BABYLON, after the descriptions by Herodotus and Kircher; the hanging gardens are in the centre, the Tower on the right : the Euphrates runs round the city

Jos Chamberlain Monocle
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Statesman, depicted with his trademark monocle

Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory dickory dock The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck one, The mouse ran down Hickory dickory dock

SCHILLER (1759 - 1805)
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER German writer, poet and historian, as a young man

Eleanor Cross
The Eleanor Cross, outside Charing Cross railway station, central London. A Victorian replica of the crosses erected by King Edward I in memory of his wife, Eleanor of Castile

Sir Henry Colville
Sir HENRY EDWARD COLVILLE Military, and commissioner of Uganda when declared a British Protectorate in 1894

Matricaria Chamomilla
This genus has been revised since this plate was drawn, and it is probably the same as MATRICARA RECUTITA, or CHAMOMILE

Fairy Ring / Greenaway
A girl in a woodland clearing stands with her back against a great tree with her apron over her head. She has accidentally broken a fairy ring to the displeasure of a fairy

Hans Daniel Hassenpflug
HANS DANIEL HASSENPFLUG German statesman of Hesse, whose reactionary anti- constitutional policies earned him the nickname Hessenfluch - the curse of Hesse

Goldener Reiter statue in Dresden, Germany
The Goldener Reiter, or Golden Rider, statue of Augustus the Strong on a gold horse in Neustadt, Dresden, Germany circa 2008

1890S Blouse & Hairstyle
Satin blouse with deep lace falling tucker, puffed half- length sleeves with gathered cuff & frill, checked skirt with Swiss belt waistband. N.B doorknocker top knot hairstyle

Easter Rabbit Clothed
An Easter rabbit wearing a red coat and stripy trousers brings someone a bouquet of flowers

Assyria / Warrior Costume
ANCIENT ASSYRIA Protective clothing and weaponry of Ancient Assyrian Warriors

1960S PICNIC
Mum is about to pour the tea from the flask and Dad is adjusting his daughters Alice band in this jolly picnic scene

Gnostic in Ecstasy
GNOSTICISM The prophetess Priscilla in ecstasy : this was a characteristic feature of the movement

Witches over Town
Witches on their broomsticks fly over the roofs of their town

Pantomime Demon
A popular image of the Devil - more a figure of fun than a menace to be taken seriously

Fake Spirit Photo
The usual " spirit photograph", obtained by photographing the sitter with a positive of the ghost concealed in the dark-slide

Abraham & Isaac
Abraham goes up the mountain with his son Isaac, planning to sacrifice him to God

Turkey / Antioch 1630
former capital of Syria, on the Orontes River : this print shows its state in the 17th century, and it is today an unimportant Turkish town

Achillea Millefolium
COMMON YARROW

A Roman Triumph (Topham)
A Roman emperor and his young son triumphantly parade through Rome in a chariot, with the enthusiastic crowds and bearers of the Roman standard "s P Q R" all around them

Hy Fred Duke Cumberland
The clandestine marriage of HENRY FREDERICK, duke of CUMBERLAND and brother of George III, with Ann, widow of Andrew Horton, in Mayfair, London. George disapproved

Catherine Countess Cork
CATHERINE FENTON, countess of CORK, wife of Richard Boyle, first earl; he was Lord High Treasurer of Ireland

Kaisers Triumphal Ride
After his glorious victory over France, Kaiser Wilhelm rides in triumph through Berlin, preceded by his heroic paladins Bismarck, Roon, Moltke and Blumenthal

Alexis Didier
French clairvoyant whose phenomenal talents operate in the hypnotic trance; countless demonstrations seem to put the genuineness of his powers beyond question

De Lesseps Children
Mathieu, Fernande and Ismael, the three children of French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps. Note that the two boys are dressed identically with their sister

Mesmer Baquet
Mesmers octagonal baquet, showing how eight patients could sit round it and be cured of 8 different ailments simultaneously, from hydropsis to the stone

Dresden, Germany
Face wall decoration in Dresden, Germany circa 2008

The Zwinger Palace in Dresden, Germany circa 2008

The Zwinger Palace in Dresden, Germany circa 2008

The Semper Opera House, Dresden, Germany circa 2008

Ernst Rietschel bust Dresden, Germany circa 2008

Passo Sella with Hotel Rifugio, Trento, Italy
The Passo Sella with the Hotel Rifugio and Sassolungo group of mountains in the Dolomites in northern Italy

Pordoi Pass with Hotel Savoia, Trento, Italy
The Pordoi Pass with the Hotel Savoia and part of the Marmolada range in the Dolomites, in northern Italy

Boy in Park 1960S
A boy looks out over a park where people are enjoying a walk

Funghi / Edible Boletus
Edible Boletus

FUNGHI / CORDIER 33 1876
Fistulina Hepatica (Edible)

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