Images Dated 14th October 2007 (page 3)

Sea Battle 1877
Sea battle in the Chile-Peru war. The Shah and the Huascar send cannonballs back and forth

Picture Hat
Ascot hat: broad brimmed straw picture hat laden with a profusion of fruit, flowers & feathers including roses, grapes & ostrich plumes & secured with a net veil

Dog and Cat
A kitten wearing a pink bow cuddles up to a sleeping pug dog on the front of this Christmas card

Garden / Mrs Spooner 1908
Mrs Spooner in her Thames-side garden at Hammersmith, west London

Swooning Fish / Grandville
Swooning Fish

Pandoras Box Brought
The mysterious box is brought to Epimethus by Hermes/Mercury

Sheep & Shepherd 19C
A shepherd in a meadow with his dog and his sheep

Admiring the Jewels
Admiring the jewels in a museum showcase

Family Coats of Arms 16
The coats of arms of five British families: James Burnes boasts the fine one in the middle

Fruit / Melon, Grapes Etc
A sliced melon, a peach, a large bunch of grapes, redcurrants and raspberries, to represent the months of July and August

Fruit / Peaches Grapes Etc
An attractive display of peaches, grapes, and a large pineapple

Girls Bathing Dolls 1883
Three little girls bathing their dolls

Auricula Lancashire Hero
Auricula variety Lancashire Hero

Girls Making Dolls 1878
Three little girls sit at a table in a shabby-looking room, making dolls for children better off than themselves

Marine Life / Synapte
Duvernoys synapte and other deep sea creatures

Un Bijou Tecla 1914
Un bijou Tecla complete une robe (loose translation, a Tecla jewel completes a dress...)

Jerusalem, Mount Zion
A distant view of Mount Zion, on the outskirts of the city, seen from the Hill of Evil Counsel

Stain Glass Chartres
This window at Chartres, France, depicts Amaury de Montfort, a celebrated French noble, though it could be anyone, really

Dr Robert Knox
Dr ROBERT KNOX Scottish anatomist, associated with Burke and Hare

Pig / Wild Boar Rescue
A woman is rescued from a wild boar during a hunting expedition

Pigs at Play 1904
Piglets at play

Architectural Museum
The Architectural Museum of the Architectural Association will not open until 1869, so this is evidently some kind of predecessor. It is located in Canon Row, Westminster

Lon Miss Soc Museum 2
Some acquisitive missionary brought back this stuffed giraffe from his travels - just one of the weird items in the Museums collection

Brit Museum Ladys Seat
In the Reading Room there are seats reserved For Ladies Only

Brit Museum at Montagu H
Giraffes dominate the staircase at Montagu House, home of the Museum until it is demolished and replaced with Smirkes magnificent buildings from the 1820s to the 1850s

Otter, Fish & Man 1555
An otter delivers a fish to a man, who is about to cook it in a pot

Deer / Musk Tibetan 1835
Two Tibetan Musk Deer

Bradley in Jugend
Torch dance - Heres the greatest American exponent of art nouveau, appearing in the greatest German jugendstil magazine - a stunning item by any standards

Graffito Portrait
A schoolboy draws a soldiers portrait on a wall

Wilhelm & Vicky
WILHELM II, as a Prince, reading a book with his mother, Victoria (1840 - 1900), eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and later Empress of Germany

Home Turkish Bath
A lady is about to take a Turkish Bath in the privacy of her own home - an unfailing remedy for all manner of ailments

Phidias at Work
Phidias at work on the Parthenon frieze

Carreras Cigarette Cards
Carreras Virginia cigarettes - the packet contains cigarette cards

Girl and Bow
Just to show you how strong Clarks thread is, this young archer is using it to thread her bow

Wife and Rolling Pin
The lady is saying, in a broad Yorkshire accent which I ll spare you, that she doesn t need Votes For Women, her rolling-pin is all she needs to get what she wants

Russian Czar & Boyars
A Russian Czar on his throne with crown, sceptre & orb and two Boyars in brightly patterned ornate robes, boots & fur hats

Exhibition at Brussels 2
Pour l art - Poster for an exhibition at Brussels in the characteristic manner of the day

Overgrown Fingernails
Extremely long fingernails of Annamite nobles Date: 19th century

Paris Art Thieves
Paris art thieves make off with treasures from a private collection

Wembley Workmen 1930
Workmen fixing goal posts at Wembley Stadium two days before the 55th F.A. Cup Final, when Aresenal defeated Huddersfield Town (2-0), in front of a 98, 488 crowd

Aldwinkle (Dryden)
Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, the birthplace of the poet John Dryden

Child Sketching Outdoors
A young girl proudly holds up her sketch of a goose, done from the life

Penance of David
Reproved by Nathan the prophet, David repents of his sins

Mary and Elizabeth
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth... and the babe leaped in her womb

Classical Curtains
LIBRARY WINDOW CURTAINS complementing the classical ornamentation of the pelmet and the interesting little table with built-in clock

Melrose Abbey
The majestic ruins of Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire, founded 1136 for the Cistercian order by king David

Loch Ness in 1769
Castle Urquhart, picturesquely sited on the shores of the Loch : the monster has frequently been reported in this section of the loch

Rhinoceros Zoo
Regents Park zoo, London Visitors admire the rhinoceros pair

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