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Pilgrim Fathers Depart102 Protestants (24 of them women) leave Plymouth for America in the Mayflower. Only 35 were Puritans. The phrase Pilgrim Fathers was first used in 1799
Coal Narrow BoatsA pair of laden narrow boats, with their cargoes of coal, passing through a lock on the Grand Union Canal near Watford, Hertfordshire, England
John Milton VertueJOHN MILTON English poet and puritan at the age of 21, with the motto: " Poets are born, not made"
Cherub Looking to Rightcherub looking to the right
Cicero Speech SceneMARCUS TULLIUS the Roman writer, statesman and orator delivering a speech to the people of Rome
Wa Mozart ComposingWOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer at work in Salzburg
The Block / Felix on BatHome Block
Turkey and WishboneEat hearty - let the daye be your excuse - an invitation to Thanksgiving over- indulgence on the fourth Thursday in November
Charles I MartyrCHARLES I OF ENGLAND The King as Martyr
Pressing Cider ApplesThe Pound-House of a Devon cider farm : on the right is the mill, and on the left is the press where the mock of crushed apples is built into a square heap for pressing
Uk / Chartism / Punch, 1848Cartoon of a hoax petition which included the signatures of Queen Victoria, seventeen (!) Dukes of Wellington and others
Desert Bus ServiceThe Nairn Transport Company operates this motor coach which carries passengers from Baghdad on the road to Damascus, and vice versa
Rickshaw in India 1920SFour men are required to propel this European lady in her rickshaw - but then Simla (India) is a very hilly town. Date: 1920s
Racial / Iroquois FishingHiawatha goes fishing in his canoe; " Take my bait, O king of fishes! "
Hiawatha / Minnehaha DiesHiawatha mourns the death of Minnehaha: " Seven long days & nights he sat there."
Lincoln Assass. / PlaybillThe playbill found in President Abraham Lincolns box after his assassination by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theatre
Baddesley Clinton HallThe moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton Hall in Solihull, Midlands; the building dates from the 15th century
Sylvia Pankhurst WritingSYLVIA PANKHURST sitting at her desk writing a letter
Hastings BeachFishermen dry their nets on the shore at Hastings, Sussex
Shrimping HunstantonA group of children shrimping among the Boulders on the beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk
Felixstowe, the BeachThe beach at Felixstowe, Suffolk, with its row of beach huts
Peter Pan / Michael & NanaMichael rides on the back of the dog Nana
Claridges Hotel MenuA dinner menu from the Claridges Hotel, London
Birmingham Bull RingA busy scene in the shopping area of the Bull Ring complex, Birmingham, England
Girls with Blossom 1889Three little girls on the bank of a stream, surrounded by flowers and blossom
Children / Paddling 1922Three children paddling in the sea; one carries a bucket, another inspects a toy boat
Boys Brigade Boy C1903A boy in his Boys Brigade uniform, posing for a studio photograph with a garden backdrop
Richard III on HorseKING RICHARD III OF ENGLAND depicted at the fatal battle of Bosworth Field - a splendidly stylised depiction showing the doomed monarch desperate yet determined
Female Type / Pre-RaphA Pre-Raphaelite style girl with long flame-coloured hair and white gown sits amongst the pink blossoms of a tree in bloom and gazes dreamily upwards
Welsh CoracleWelsh coracles are made of wickerwork covered with a watertight material, though fragile they are sturdy and light
Primus Stove 1932The Primus stove is an indispensable item in any campers equipment, burning paraffin gas without a wick, pumped by hand and extremely efficient
Rama IV (Mongkut)CHAO FA MONGKUT Pictured with Queen Rampuy. Began work on modernising Siam (Thailand). Relinquished Cambodia to French in 1867
Juan Les Pins, DarlingJuan Les Pins, Cote D Azur, France: bronzed blonde, sunglasses in hand, reclines in a deckchair to enjoy a lager while she tops up her tan. N.B beach showers
Girl & Beach Ball 1950SWindswept young lady, wearing shorts & a stripey dolman (batwing) sleeved top with cowl collar leans against a large beach ball to have her photograph taken
Boston Fair 1950SScene at Boston Fair, Lincolnshire, which is held annually in the town
British Forest TreesA chart of British forest trees
The Bathos (Hogarth)Tailpiece, or the Bathos : in his final print, Hogarth reiterates his opinions about the vogue for dark Old Master paintings in a complex allegorical image
1940S Housewife CookingA housewife cooks on a simple stove in a bare and austere kitchen, adding milk to the pan she is stirring
Hogarth / British StageA JUST VIEW OF THE BRITISH STAGE or Three heads are better than one, scene Newgate
Lady and Blossom 1925A girl, wearing a straw cloche hat with a two colour double brim and ornamented with a broad hatband and ribbon bow, smells some apple blossom
Hull Monument CardThe Monument, bridge and City Hall, Kingston-upon-Hull
German Student Duel / 1880A German students duel at Gottingen. The Mensur, as practised by German fraternities, is a fast yet rarely-lethal affair with cuts accepted as marks of honour
Kings Cross Station / 1895A view of the platforms at the terminus for the Great Northern Railway, designed by the architect Lewis Cubitt, built in 1851-52
Swallow-Tailed KiteAMERICAN SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Elaboides furcatus)
Kitten Tangled in Wool" Didn t you know I could knit?" On this evidence, this kitten is a long way from knitting a woolly jumper
Ryeland SheepRyeland sheep : ram and ewe bred by Mr Tomkins of Kingspion, Herefordshire;
Wizard Oz / Dorothy / TotoDorothy and Toto are caught up by the tornado : she manages to save him by catching him by the ear
Goubet Submarine / 1885Designed by Claude Goubet in 1885: the first electrically powered submarine. Seen here being used by the Russian Navy