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Bell Picnics in IraqGERTRUDE M L BELL English traveller picnicking with King Faisal of Iraq, (seated, second right) in 1922
Vietnam / Map C1930 FrenchCard produced when La Cochinchine was a French colony
Boats at Molesey LockBoats and boaters at Molesey Lock on the Thames at Surrey. Though larger vessels must use the lock on the right, smaller boats can be hauled over the rollers, to the left
Is that You, Daddy?IS THAT YOU, DADDY ? Propaganda for prohibition presupposes that every man who patronises a bar will become a drunken sot
Ideal ScientistThe ideal scientist - interested in the old as well as the new, anatomy as well as astronomy, the laws of chance and of mathematics, the skill of chess, the hues of a rose
Quaker WeddingA QUAKER WEDDING
Victorias Family TreeThe family trees of Victoria and Albert showing their descendants
Sport / Cricket / AshesThe Ashes - The original announcement mourning the loss to the Australians ina test series
Jean SibeliusJEAN SIBELIUS Finnish musician in 1921
Hairdresser on StiltsIl faut souffrir pour etre belle - one must suffer to be beautiful
Map / Europe / Greece 323Bcthe Empire of Alexander
Rome / Circus MaximusRestoration by Canina of the Circus Maximus in its heyday : a chariot race is in progress and the slopes are thronged with spectators. The Imperial Palace is on the left
Captain Webb 1875Captain Matthew WEBB is sustained with hot coffee during his first-ever Channel swim
Egypt / Alexandriabird s-eye view of the harbour
CUTTY SARK IN 1924Moored at Falmouth circa 1924
Events / Ireland / 1921Delegation in London including Arthur griffiths, E J Duggan, Erskine Childres, Michael Collins (seated) Gavan Duffy, R C Barton, J Barteris (standing)
Mowgli & Wolves. JungleShere Khan the tiger watches Mowgli with his wolf family
Prison HulksCaptured French sailors were housed here during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars
Scotland / Dunbar CastleDramatic coastal view of Dunbar Castle during a severe storm
Marshall Island CoastSouth Sea Island - Jaluit, in the Marshall Islands
Authentic Ploughman sPloughmans Lunch; farmworkers on the Wiltshire Downs enjoy their mid-day break
Womens Rights / NewspaperSelling The Suffragette and advertising Christabel Pankhursts Book - The Great Scourge and How to End it. Date: c1908
Royal Home / Nonsuch 1582The palace as seen during the reign of Elizabeth I
Lusitania TorpedoedLusitania torpedoed by a German submarine on her return journey from New York to Liverpool
Leonardo MachineLEONARDO DA VINCI Sketch of a flying machine, driven by a standing man using his arms to flap the wings
Anselm Made ArchbishopAnselm is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Optique Telescope / DideroAn optique telescope
PINDAR ( GREEK BUST )PINDAR - Greek lyric poet (author of Odes of Victory and many others) Date: circa 522 - 438 BC
Fantasy Animals / NeptuneHippocampi, beasts who were half horse, half fish, draw Neptunes chariot across the sea
MARSthe Roman god of war, similar to the Greek god Ares, but not identical
Copernicuss System (1)A representation of his system, showing Earth circling the sun which illumines different parts of the globe according to the time of day and the season of the year
Female Souls / PurgatoryDante and Virgil walk among female souls in Purgatorio
Socrates & Xanthippe (1)SOCRATES with his wife Xanthippe, a notorious shrew
Artemis / DianaThe goddess of childbirth and womens rites of passage, depicted with the new moon on her head and a cape embroidered with stars
CALIPH CHINA CLIPPERAberdeen-built clipper for the China tea trade
Imperialism Ww1Napoleon to Edward VII: " I wanted to create a French Empire, you a British one -- now theres going to be a German one!"
Andrew Jackson PresidentANDREW JACKSON 7th American President
Warren G HardingWARREN GAMALIEL HARDING 29th US President
Pythagoras (Thevet)PYTHAGORAS Greek philosopher and mathematician
Edmund Burke (Reynolds2)ALEXANDER JOLLY Bishop of Moray with his autograph Date: 1755 - 1838
Dinosaur / Iguanodon DineHawkins invities scientists to dine inside his iguanodon model at the Crystal Palace exhibition at Sydenham
Ascent Mont Blanc - 4THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC Reaching the summit: during this final stage, each step takes ten minutes Date: 1855
Frog Prince (Anderson)DER FROSCHKONIG The Princess promises friendship to the Frog if he will retrieve her beloved golden ball which has fallen into his pond
Racial / Japan / SamuraiSamurai warrior in fighting array
Racial / Japan / SamuraiThree Samurai warriors in their fighting gear
Male Riding Dress 1813Double-breasted cut-away coat worn open to reveal a white waistcoat with stand collar, shirt frill & white stock, leather breeches with falls, top boots, spurs & top hat
Hatter Circa 1850A London hatmaker blocks a gentlemans top hat : the body of the hat is made from rabbit fur, covered with beaver fur, and shaped according to the fashion of the day
Doffing the MaskDoffing the mask
