Images Dated 14th October 2007 (page 6)

Meeting the Rubezahl
Two Bohemian (Czech) children, gathering firewood, encounter the Rubezahl - a mysterious wild man who haunts the mountains

Bonmarche / Shop / Gloves
Department store in Paris, France. The glove counter

Bonmarche / Shop / Escalator
Department store in Paris, France. A view of the centre of the shop

Holyrood - Distant
Distant view of the Palace, with Arthurs Seat and Salisbury Crags behind

Paris-London Telephone
London and Paris are linked by telephone when the new line is inaugurated; the Prince of Wales sends a friendly message to the President

Watching Bairds Device
Watching a demonstration of BAIRDs apparatus

Piers Plowman / Frontis
Frontispiece

Elisha and the Oil
The prophet Elisha causes the widows oil to multiply so that every vessel in her house is full, which she sells to pay her debts so that her sons are not taken away as bondmen

Tsushima (Schon - 3
BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA STRAIT Russian admiral Rozhdestvensky transfers from the sinking Borodino to the torpedo boat Buinis, just part of the overwhelming Russian defeat

Beowulf & Aschere
Beowulf finds the severed head of his comrade Aschere (a victim of Grendel the monster)

Music / Military / C Palace
About the time of the outbreak of the Crimea War, a military band performs in the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, before a large and patriotic crowd

Kangaroos / Brittan / Scrap
An engraving of a kangaroo

Thames Tunnel / Interior
Brunels Thames Tunnel

God and Abrahaml
God instructs Abraham to migrate to pastures new

Roman Horse Wagon
A Roman military wagon, laden with armour and weapons

Herakles & Pillars
Herakles with the Pillars of Hercules which he set up on either coast of the Straits of Gibraltar when he went to steal the Cattle of Geryon

Jewish Passover
the Passover Ceremony of the Jews

Trajan & Parthamasiris
Parthamasiris, king of Armenia, is brought captive before the emperor Trajanus. The Roman soldiers stand by holding their standards

Spinning, Wales
A Welshwoman in traditional dress poses rather self- consciously outside her cottage with a spinning wheel

Macready / Lear / Act 5 Sc 3
William Charles Macready, the English tragedian plays King Lear in Shakespeares play of the same name

French Actress C1835
A French actress and three attentive admirers

Garibaldi at Palermo
THE RISORGIMENTO Garibaldi and his 1000 enter Palermo, Sicily, overcoming fierce resistance

Battle of Auerstadt
Battle of AUERSTADT / JENA When cavalry officer Lepic loses his helmet, his brother- officers tear off theirs, refusing to be protected when their colonel is bareheaded

London Policeman / Traffic
A London policeman directs traffic

Jerusalem / Plan 1C Ad
Plan of the city in biblical times : the City of David upper left, Solomons Temple lower centre, the site of Jesuss crucifixion upper centre

London / Cries / Milk Girl
A milk girl

Great Fire of London
Scene at Ludgate at the moment the prison walls collapsed and revealed a view of old St Pauls Cathedral just catching fire and old Bow Church in the background

Plants / Rosa Canina
Pink dog-rose

Plants / Crepis Tectorum
a species of HAWK S-BEARD, known in France as roof crepis

Chinese Clepsydra / 14Thc
A Chinese clepsydra or water clock

Shower Baths / 1880
Various types of shower bath

Woodrow Wilson President
WOODROW WILSON 28th US President (1913-21)

Plants / Helleborus Niger
Black Hellebore, or Christmas Rose

Quill Pen / Diderot
A quill pen

Choral Procession 1888
A choral procession the Catholic Church of St Ignatius, New York, with incense and candles

Egypt / Archae / Mummies
A scene in an unnamed museum (Cairo?) showing mummies and sarcophagi

James I (Miniature)
JAMES I of England James VI of Scotland

Washing / Equip / Sink & Out
Cut-out diagram showing the installation of a sink and its outflow into the drain pipe outside

Turkey / Byzantium
Florentine map of the imperial city of Byzantium, before the Turkish conquest of 1453, showing how the city is divided by the Golden Horn

Plants / Allium Oleraceum
var. Complanatum FIELD GARLIC

Bank of Eng / 1870 / Anon
A busy street scene outside the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange

Plants / Hibiscus Trionum
BLADDER HIBISCUS

The Power of Fancy
THE POWER OF FANCY A dreamer conjures forth strange visions

Charlotte Bronte. Author
CHARLOTTE BRONTE Oval portrait of the British author

Jules Hardouin Mansard
JULES HARDOUIN MANSARD (OR MANSART) French architect and great- nephew of Francois Mansart

Dalmatian Protects Coach
A dalmatian coach dog guarding a carriage

Verbena Officinalis
VERVAIN

Two Men / Load of Eggs
Two men carry a heavy load of what appear to be rather large eggs

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