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Verulamium ExcavationsOne of Sir Mortimer Wheelers team digging at Verulamium, a wealthy provincial town of Roman Britain, now St. Albans Hertfordshire, England
Bordeaux Net FishingNet fishing in Bordeaux, France
Henry LongfellowHENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807 - 1882) American writer, best known for his Hiawatha and for the line ships that pass in the night
Cornelis LootsCORNELIS LOOTS Dutch writer, lid van det Hollandsch Institut
Andersen in England 1857HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN the famous fairy tale writer is surrounded by excited children when visiting England
Sherlock Holmes / DoyleTHE ADVENTURE OF THE STOCKBROKERs CLERK. Holmes, Watson and Pycroft glance at the haggard figure
Jan Pieterszoon CoenJAN PIETERSZOON COEN (or Koen) Dutch merchant, pioneer in the (Dutch) East Indies, where he founded Batavia
Girl and SheepdogA little girl with bobbed hair, photographed with her Old English Sheepdog
Two Horse GuardsTwo royal horse guards riding under an archway at Whitehall, London, probably arriving to take part in the Trooping of the Colour parade
Joseph of ArimatheaJOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA supposed wealthy follower of Jesus who requested his body after the crucifixion : the subject of many pious legends
Comtesse De JarnacMARIE-CLAIRE de CREQUY, comtesse de JARNAC
Cornelis Janssen ArtistCORNELIS JANSSEN VAN CEULEN Dutch artist, working chiefly in England
SEAMENs MISSION 1930SAn East London Seamens mission, run by Baroness Leyonhillm of Chinatown
Old Foreign OfficeThe Old Foreign Office, Downing Street
Cut Knife HillRIEL 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 - 2WILLIAM 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 AlmaBritish 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 WoodsAutumn mists, a scene among the trees in Abingdon Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Arthur Charles HerveyLord ARTHUR CHARLES HERVEY English churchman, bishop of Bath & Wells
Arthur Hill HassallARTHUR HILL HASSALL Naturalist, chemist, physicist
Gabriel HarveyGABRIEL HARVEY Poet
Seringapatam 1792British troops under the command of General Charles Cornwallis capture Seringapatam, the Mysore city ruled by Sultan Tippoo Sahib
Pyne - Lord MayorTHE 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 1880When one is a small girl, one can hide in the smallest of places without being found
Aerial AcrobaticsAcrobats will turn into aerobats in the circus of tomorrow - high-wire acts will be more thrilling than ever
Aerial Landing PlatformsTo cater for tomorrows massive passenger liners, aerial platforms for embarkation and disembarkation will have to be constructed
Overcoming VertigoThe 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 CobhamRICHARD COBHAM, viscount COBHAM military commander and diplomat
Mesmer and PatientThe 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
VULTUREVulture
Tibetan Lady and WheelA Tibetan woman with her prayer-wheel
Tibetan LadyA Tibetan lady
Hotel Label DubrovnikHotel label from the GRAND HOTEL IMPERIAL, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, (Serbia and Montenegro) Dubrovnik now part of Croatia
Fete De LA FederationA 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 WwiThe 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 WrenSir CHRISTOPHER WREN architect and town planner with his autograph
Isaac NewtonSir 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 StraffordWILLIAM WENTWORTH, second earl of STRAFFORD statesman. with his autograph
Thomas Earl of OssoryTHOMAS earl of OSSORY military and naval commander, often in Europe, and statesman. with his autograph
George MonckGEORGE MONCK, duke of Albemarle - military and naval commander, at first in the royalist but subsequently in the Parliamentary forces. with his autograph
Lionel Earl MiddlesexLIONEL CRANFIELD, earl of MIDDLESEX statesman who incurred the resentment of Charles for not giving him enough money with his autograph
William Marq. NewscastleWILLIAM CAVENDISH, marquis of NEWCASTLE royalist soldier and statesman, in exile during the Commonwealth, then returned. with his autograph
Greta GarboGRETA GARBO (real name Greta Lovisa Gustafsson) Swedish actress, in a scene with Nils Asther
Earls Court WheelThe Great Wheel at Earls Court, London - for many years a landmark of the Kensington skyline
Wm Howard NorthamptonHENRY HOWARD, first earl of NORTHAMPTON statesman noted for his propensity to flattery of people whose favour he sought with his autograph