mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
38,646 items
Cardigan Castle / WalesCardigan Castle, in the town of Cardigan, Ceredigion. The castle was finally destroyed (in part) by Cromwell in the Civil War
Jullien at Covent GardenJullien conducts a concert at Covent Garden Theatre, featuring not only his own concert orchestra but no less than four military bands
Giant Makes the WrekinA giant intends to dam the Seven & flood Shrewsbury, but a cobbler persuades the giant that it is a very long way, so the giant gives up & dumps his load creating the Wrekin
Lucerne / Mount PilatusLucerne and Mount Pilatus
Gaumont Projector 1903Gaumont projector, adaptable to both still and moving pictures, Date: 1903
Chloroform / ExperimentHannah Greener, who became the first fatality under chloroform anasethesia during a minor operation to have a toe nail removed
Fox Talbot StudioThe studio of W H Fox Talbot at Reading : he is the figure standing on the right
Song of Sixpence 1818Sing a song of sixpence, A bag full of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie
Girl Driving Toy Cara Young Lady Driver
Regents Park Plan C1830A plan of Regents Park including Regents Canal and Marylebone Church Date: c1830
Wagner / Schalk / LeipzigRICHARD WAGNER German composer and his son, Siegfried, slay the Critic Dragon and gain the treasure it was guarding, in a parody of the Nibelungen story
Astleys AmphitheatrePhilip Astleys amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road, London : loved by Dickens, this was also the scene of clowns such as Grimaldi, and popular melodrama
Lenormand - EuropaGrand Jeu De Mlle. De Lenormand Europa
Royal Irish Hussars8TH (THE KINGs ROYAL IRISH) HUSSARS A trooper in marching order mounted on his horse
Imperial Stag HuntImperial Stage Hunt in the Forest of Compiegne. Huntsmen and women, dressed in red and green follow the hounds who have a stag in their sights
Bernadette / 1858BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS in the year of her visions
Charles SimeonCHARLES SIMEON Divine and author
Female Chartists CartoonHow to treat the female Chartists Cockroaches, rats and mice should see off the most ferocious crowd of females
Nikola Tesla / Johnson 94NIKOLA TESLA Croatian-born Serbian scientist in America Date: 1856 - 1943
Eugen Sandow, MusclesEUGEN SANDOW American exponent of physical fitness, showing off his arm muscles
Eta Hoffmann / Own / SigETW HOFFMANN also known as ETA HOFFMANN (he took the name Amadeus when composing) German Romantic writer and composer
Napoleon Meets JosephineJosephine Beauharnais is enjoying a sorbet in Vellonis ice-cream parlour when her friend Teresa Tallien presents a young officer, Napoleon Bonaparte
Rover Safety BicycleFaster and easier than any bicycle ever made
Japanese Arrangement - 1CHERRY and IRIS a Spring arrangement
Arthur RansomeARTHUR RANSOME (1884 - 1967) First World War correspondent in Russia - later the author of the childrens book Swallows and Amazons (1930)
Persian ArchersSoldiers from Elam, armed with spear, bow and arrows, in the service of Darius when he attacked Greece
Akhenaton / Egypt / BruntonAKHENATON also known as AMENHOTEP IV or AMENOPHIS IV Egyptian ruler, began a new religion of Aton, the sun disc
Nefertiti / Bruntonqueen NEFERTITI wife of Pharaoh AKHENATEN (Amenhotep IV) daughter of the vizier Ay and mother of six
Saint George and the DragonSAINT GEORGE praying after slaying the dragon
Buddy, Seeing EyeBuddy, guide dog of Morris Frank of Tennessee, the first dog trained in Switzerland by Mrs Dorothy Eustis, founder with Morris Frank, in 1927, of The Seeing Eye organisation
Isadora Duncan / BarefootISADORA DUNCAN American dancer, barefoot on stage
GOLDEN HIND (FORD)SIR FRANCIS DRAKE The ship of sir Francis Drake, formerly named Pelican
Aeneid Title PageTitle-page for the second part of Virgils Aeneid, in a French edition of 1662, featuring gods above, battles below, and some of the protagonists
Map / W Indies / HispaniolaThe island of Hispaniola, now occupied by Haiti to the west, the Dominican Republic to the east
De Sade (Ray / 2)Donatien-Alphonse-Francois, marquis de SADE French philosopher and author
John Milton DictatingJOHN MILTON depicted dictating Paradise Lost to his daughters
USA / Met Opera / Back ViewNEW YORK back view of the newly built theatre, on Seventh Avenue
Field / Cloth / Gold: DebayFIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD Francois I of France meets Henry VIII of England for a social/political get-together near Calais
Horace in ArchwayQUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS Roman lyric poet and satirist
Indian Military ElephantElephant employed in war by Indians in ancient times : only his head and trunk are armoured, and he carries a howdah equivalent to a miniature fort
Emanuel LaskerEMANUEL LASKER German mathematician, philosopher & chess master, defeated Steinitz in 1894 and retained title till defeated by Capablanca in 1921
ALACOQUEs VISION 1675Marguerite-Marie Alacoque has her fourth (and last) vision of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, at Paray-le-Mondial, France : this will lead to the Catholic cult of the Sacre Coeur
Giacomo PucciniGIACOMO PUCCINI Italian opera composer in middle age
French Palmistry ManualL ART DE LIRE DANS LES LIGNES DE LA MAIN ( The art of reading the lines of the hand ) - a popular French manual
EMILE COUE French doctor who advised his patients to repeat daily, Every day - in every way - I am getting better and better
Lewes Castle 1831LEWES CASTLE
The Cromer Express of the Great Eastern Railway carries its passengers into East Anglia
Nigerian Rising 1895Native Nigerians rebel against the Royal Niger Company, which gives place to a protectorate five years later
