Images Dated 14th October 2007 (page 9)

Verulamium Excavations
One of Sir Mortimer Wheelers team digging at Verulamium, a wealthy provincial town of Roman Britain, now St. Albans Hertfordshire, England

Bordeaux Net Fishing
Net fishing in Bordeaux, France

Henry Longfellow
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807 - 1882) American writer, best known for his Hiawatha and for the line ships that pass in the night

Cornelis Loots
CORNELIS LOOTS Dutch writer, lid van det Hollandsch Institut

Andersen in England 1857
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN the famous fairy tale writer is surrounded by excited children when visiting England

Sherlock Holmes / Doyle
THE ADVENTURE OF THE STOCKBROKERs CLERK. Holmes, Watson and Pycroft glance at the haggard figure

Jan Pieterszoon Coen
JAN PIETERSZOON COEN (or Koen) Dutch merchant, pioneer in the (Dutch) East Indies, where he founded Batavia

Girl and Sheepdog
A little girl with bobbed hair, photographed with her Old English Sheepdog

Two Horse Guards
Two royal horse guards riding under an archway at Whitehall, London, probably arriving to take part in the Trooping of the Colour parade

Joseph of Arimathea
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA supposed wealthy follower of Jesus who requested his body after the crucifixion : the subject of many pious legends

Comtesse De Jarnac
MARIE-CLAIRE de CREQUY, comtesse de JARNAC

Cornelis Janssen Artist
CORNELIS JANSSEN VAN CEULEN Dutch artist, working chiefly in England

SEAMENs MISSION 1930S
An East London Seamens mission, run by Baroness Leyonhillm of Chinatown

Old Foreign Office
The Old Foreign Office, Downing Street

Cut Knife Hill
RIEL REBELLION Colonel Otter attacking the Riel rebels at Cut Knife Hill. Armed with only 2 cannons he was soon forced to retreat

William Dean Howells - 2
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS American writer, author of The rise of Silas Lapham and many other novels, also verse and criticism : regarded as the dean of American letters

Battle of the Alma
British troops in action at the Battle of the Alma

Koran Page 1552 (Back)
A folio from a small Koran for individual use, scribed in the popular Naskhi script with marginal roundels marking verse counts, gold highlights reflect the owners status

Misty Woods
Autumn mists, a scene among the trees in Abingdon Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Arthur Charles Hervey
Lord ARTHUR CHARLES HERVEY English churchman, bishop of Bath & Wells

Arthur Hill Hassall
ARTHUR HILL HASSALL Naturalist, chemist, physicist

Gabriel Harvey
GABRIEL HARVEY Poet

Seringapatam 1792
British troops under the command of General Charles Cornwallis capture Seringapatam, the Mysore city ruled by Sultan Tippoo Sahib

Pyne - Lord Mayor
THE LORD MAYOR He is chosen annually by the Liverymen, members of the several companies in the City of London : he is generally a wealthy merchant

Girl Hiding, Garden 1880
When one is a small girl, one can hide in the smallest of places without being found

Aerial Acrobatics
Acrobats will turn into aerobats in the circus of tomorrow - high-wire acts will be more thrilling than ever

Aerial Landing Platforms
To cater for tomorrows massive passenger liners, aerial platforms for embarkation and disembarkation will have to be constructed

Overcoming Vertigo
The would-be aviator should overcome sensations of vertigo by familiarising himself with the sight of terrestrial scenes observed from a height

Disraeli / Crisis (2 of 4)
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Mr. Disraeli on hearing that Lord Stanley had gone a second time to the Palace following the Ministerial Crisis of 1851

Richard Vct Cobham
RICHARD COBHAM, viscount COBHAM military commander and diplomat

Mesmer and Patient
The father of one of his patients, by no means convinced of the efficacy of his treatment, tries to rescue her. Swoonings and the vapours ensue

VULTURE
Vulture

Tibetan Lady and Wheel
A Tibetan woman with her prayer-wheel

Tibetan Lady
A Tibetan lady

Hotel Label Dubrovnik
Hotel label from the GRAND HOTEL IMPERIAL, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, (Serbia and Montenegro) Dubrovnik now part of Croatia

Fete De LA Federation
A year to the day after the fall of the Bastille, France celebrates the Revolution with a fete on the Champ de Mars, Paris, where Louis swears to uphold the constitution

Prince of Wales in Wwi
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) in the garden of the Chateau which was his headquarters in France during the First World War

Sir Christopher Wren
Sir CHRISTOPHER WREN architect and town planner with his autograph

Isaac Newton
Sir ISaC NEWTON scientist with his autograph

Carlos VI (Iii)
CARLOS VI (III) son of emperor Leopold I, claimant to Spanish throne, ruled (sort of) 1700 but rejected, leading to Spanish Succession war, with his autograph

William Earl Strafford
WILLIAM WENTWORTH, second earl of STRAFFORD statesman. with his autograph

Thomas Earl of Ossory
THOMAS earl of OSSORY military and naval commander, often in Europe, and statesman. with his autograph

George Monck
GEORGE MONCK, duke of Albemarle - military and naval commander, at first in the royalist but subsequently in the Parliamentary forces. with his autograph

Lionel Earl Middlesex
LIONEL CRANFIELD, earl of MIDDLESEX statesman who incurred the resentment of Charles for not giving him enough money with his autograph

William Marq. Newscastle
WILLIAM CAVENDISH, marquis of NEWCASTLE royalist soldier and statesman, in exile during the Commonwealth, then returned. with his autograph

Greta Garbo
GRETA GARBO (real name Greta Lovisa Gustafsson) Swedish actress, in a scene with Nils Asther

Earls Court Wheel
The Great Wheel at Earls Court, London - for many years a landmark of the Kensington skyline

Wm Howard Northampton
HENRY HOWARD, first earl of NORTHAMPTON statesman noted for his propensity to flattery of people whose favour he sought with his autograph

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