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Emperors NightingaleThe whole court was present, even to the little kitchen wench... - to hear the Nightingale
Bell Pub, WalthamThe Bell Inn, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire
Emperors New ClothesThe royal tailors admire their craftsmanship
Little Miss Muffet (K. GShe upsets her stool when she finds a - really, rather small - spider sharing it with her
Hunchback of NotredameQuasimodo swings from the bell
Smoke of the PotteriesThe pall of smoke from the factories of the Potteries - the six towns of Staffordshire where the ceramic industry is located. Date: early 20th century
Charity BootblacksTo raise money for hospitals, English girls offer their services as shoeblacks to passing gentlemen in the streets of London
St Louis World Fair / 1904The exterior of the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy
SKY CHARTSky chart showing the signs of the Zodiac and other celestial features
Turncock (Petherick)A London turncock, employed by the water company to turn on or off the cocks whereby water is channelled from the mains to domestic supply pipes
Hardy / Tess D urbervillesTesss first encounter with Alec D Urberville
Saint Brigid WritingSAINT BRIGID Irish abbess, depicted receiving help with her writing from an angel
Tollgate TicketTollgate ticket for St James Gate, for the Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Deptford Roads, Southeast London - probably abolished in 1864 along with many others
Southampton Civic CentreThe magnificent Civic Centre building, Southampton, Hampshire, the first civic centre in Britain. Designed by E. Berry Webber. Foundation stone was laid in 1930
St Barts Hospital GateThe Gatehouse of St Bartholomews Hospital, Smithfield, London
Commanding SuffragetteA commanding suffragette : Just give me the vote and see what I ll do
Suffragette in the DockArrested suffragette in the dock : I protest against Man- made laws
Filling a ToothA rather bored-looking young dentist fills his clients tooth with the aid of a small dental mirror
Factory at PaisleyBird s-eye view of Messrs J and J Clarks Anchor Thread works at Paisley, 11 km west of Glasgow, Scotland. They are still Britains leading threadmakers
Royal College SurgeonsThe Royal College of Surgeons, in Lincolns Inn Fields, London, one of Britains leading medical institutions, chartered in 1800 but with origins in medieval guilds
Ship Flying Jolly RogerA typical pirate ship flying the jolly roger flag
Edward ElgarSir EDWARD ELGAR British composer
Jan III SobieskiJOHN (JAN) III SOBIESKI king of Poland and military commander, who liberated Vienna when menaced by the Ottoman Turks. Polands greatest king
Moses StatueMOSES Hebrew prophet and lawgiver
Shackletons Sled-CarIn his attempt on the South Pole, Shackleton plans to use this specially designed automobile, rather then dogs, to haul his supplies
Chekhovs three SistersA scene from the 1940 production of Chekhovs classic play, THREE SISTERS performed by the Moscow Arts Theatre
Alexander HerzenALEXANDER HERZEN Russian revolutionary, editor and writer, son of nobleman, exiled in the west, espoused socialist principles
Dmitri MendeleyevDMITRI IVANOVICH MENDELEEV Russian chemist, noted for production of the periodic law, enabling him to predict hitherto undiscovered elements
Sergei EisensteinSERGEI EISENSTEIN Russian film director, noted for Cruiser Potemkin, Alexander Nevsky, Ivan the terrible and several other masterpieces of early cinema
National Electric GridPart of Britains National Grid, this is the sub-station at Yoker, near Glasgow, Scotland. The tower is 90 metres tall and carries the lines across the Clyde
England / WatchetLow tide in the Harbour at Watchet, Somerset, an old and interesting seaport
South Harting / SussexSOUTH HARTING This village was the home of novelist Anthony Trollope
Elizabeth Is SignatureA Facsimile of Queen Elizabeth Is signature on the death warrant of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (this original published in 1807)
Bull Terrier & DalmatianA Dalmatian and a Bull Terrier stand side by side gazing at something in the distance
Springer Spaniel CardThis Springer has had a piece of luck - he went out hunting and scored a duck
Liverpool Docks C1895Liverpool docks, with the Cunard liner Campania
Dome & Skylon 1951Visitors outside the Dome of Discovery and the Skylon, both famous attractions of the Festival of Britain exhibition, South Bank, London
Operating Table 1930SA group of student nurses in theatre, observing a surgeon performing an operation
Edward VIII in NepalEDWARD VIII As Prince of Wales, travelling by elephant in Nepal
Clocking-In MachineA Clocking In machine in a factory records the hours workers start and leave the workplace
France / Strasbourg 1590A view of the ancient walled city of Strasbourg and surrounding countryside as it looked at the end of the 16th century
Crop-Spraying PotatoesA farmer uses horse-drawn machinery to spray main-crop potatoes with Bordeaux Mixture as a preventative against late blight, on an Essex farm near Rickling
Borough Market 1870A busy day at the Borough food market
Garraways Coffee-HouseThe exterior of Garraways coffee house in Change Alley, London, rebuilt after a fire in 1748, one of the first to sell tea in the 17th century
Edward Pease Loco 1856The Edward Pease long boiler locomotive, built by Robert Stephenson for the Stockton and Darlington Railway : it draws passenger trains between Darlington and Saltburn
WATSONs WHISKY 1905Watsons No 10 Whisky is miles ahead of any other Date: 1905
Wounded Saved by DogA wounded French soldier at the battle of the Marne is saved when the regimental dogs bark brings ambulance men to where he is lying
Silk Weaver 1855A Spitalfields weaver at work