Images Dated 2nd October 2007 (#32)

Lobster V Hedgehog
A duel between a hedgehog and a lobster

Female Blondin / Tightrope
Madame Genevieve Young, the Female Blondin crosses the Thames between Battersea and Cremorne

Religion / Egypt / Tefnut
With the head of a lioness, she is the sister-consort of air-god SHU, and mother of GEB and NUT : she personifies moisture

World Known to Ptolemy
1545 map from Basel, Switzerland, depicting the world as known to Ptolemy in the 2nd century

Cockfighting / Hogarth / Col
A group of men watching a cockfight in a ring

I K Brunel / Anon
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c

Paddling on Blackheath
Children roll up their trouser legs and go paddling in the ponds on Blackheath London

Birth of Aphrodite
She is born from the foam of the sea

Plato / Uffizi Bust
PLATO aka Aristocles Greek philosopher, disciple of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle

Alexandre Yersin
ALEXANDRE EMILE JOHN YERSIN Swiss medical, associated with Roux, discovered plague virus, directed Pasteur Institute in Vietnam

Faust Makes his Contract
Faust making his contract with Mephistopheles

Map / Europe / France / Paris
Map showing the growth of Paris from its earliest origins to the latest projects under Napoleon III

Three Young Angels
Three young angels

King George Iv / Thompson
KING GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND Head & shoulders vignette portrait wearing ceremonial robes Date: 1762 - 1830

SHIP FOUDROYANT
One of Nelsons flagships

Mecca / Kaaba
THE KaBA AT MECCA

Jungle Book. Mowgli. Baloo
Baloo the bear, with Mowgli seated on his back, runs with wolves whilst Shere Khan the tiger watches in the background

Jane Seymour / Holbein
JANE SEYMOUR 3rd wife of Henry VIII; died in childbirth; mother of Edward VI

Leonardo Sketches
LEONARDO DA VINCI A page of sketches of flying machines

Pilate Offers Jesus
Pilate offers Jesus to the crowd, but they prefer Barabbas

Female Centaur & Harp
A centauress gallops with a harp in one hand, a two-legged friend in the other, with whom she is making music

PTOLEMYs SYSTEM (2)
Earth is depicted at the centre of the cosmos, circled by the seven planets known to him : our globe is made up of four elements - earth, air, fire and water

PTOLEMYs SYSTEM (1)
A representation of his system, showing Earth at the centre of the cosmos, circled by the planets and by the signs of the Zodiac

Flowers of July & August
Flowers of July and August

Thames Tunnel entrance
A view of the entrance to the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel under the Thames, the worlds first underwater tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843

French Nanny & Children
A French nanny pushes a pram containing a small child, while a young girl and a French bulldog walk beside her

Anne Boleyn / Holbein
ANNE BOLEYN 2nd wife of Henry VIII; mother of Elizabeth I

Jerusalem Taken
The army of Nebuchadnezzar II, ruler of Babylon, enters Jerusalem, sacking the city and taking the inhabitants into exile

Court for King Cholera
A Court for King Cholera

Crocus and Snowdrops
Colchicum (Crocus) and Galanthus (Snowdrop)

Minoan Ladies, Crete
CRETE - Ladies of the Minoan court

Zulu War Britannia 1879
British Imperialism symbolically represented at the time of the Zulu War

Royal Scot Goes by C1935
A maintenance gang stop work to watch the Royal Scot go by

Overton World Map / 1670
A new and accurate map of the world drawn according to the best and late discoveries of 1670

Plants / Dianthus Barbatus
Sweet William, or Bearded Pink

Greenwich Pk C1910
A view of Greenwich Park

Bayreuth 1951
A minimalist production at the Buhnenfestspiele, Bayreuth 1951 - Brunnhilde confronts Wotan in the middle of nowhere

Battle of Hastings
BATTLE OF HASTINGS The battle rages between the armies of Harold and William, Duke of Normandy

Ice Hockey 1920S
Theres a goal mouth scramble during this game of ice hockey

Art Deco Dressing Table
This charming bedroom dressing table is in polished mellow toned walnut of pleasing modern design. It has a shaped rimless mirror with a glamorous light fitting

Royal Victoria Dock
The Royal Victoria Dock, (1855 - 1981), at Plaistow Marshes, east London, was well known for its meat trade, especially with South America

India / Simla 1930S
The city of Simla, India literally hangs on the mountain side, 6, 000 feet above sea level. For several months of the year it is buried in snow

Girls Playing Cricket
Two energetic and enthusiastic girls playing cricket. One girl screeches to a halt with her cricket bat, whilst the other tries to catch her out at the wicket

Art Deco Bathroom Suite
A stylish, typically geometrical Art Deco bathroom suite, where even the weighing scales are made to match

OLD ENGLISH COINS
Old (pre-Decimalisation) British coins (left to right): Top - penny, half penny, threepenny bit. Bottom - half crown, two shillings, one shilling, sixpence - tails

London Docks 1930S
Barges, cranes and tramp steamers at the London Docks

Knitting Expert
A young man in an armchair gets himself in rather a tangle with his knitting

Frog Prince & Princess
The princess discovers a frog at her feet: curiously, he too is wearing a crown

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