Images Dated 2nd October 2007 (page 9)

Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 1671
The Dutch fort at Jaffna at the northern extremity of the island. The solid defences indicate that the Europeans expect to be attacked at any moment

Science Allegorised
Philosophy enthroned, surrounded by the sciences - Grammar, Rhetoric, Linguistics, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy, with Socrates and Plato and scholars writing

Goose and Gridiron
The sign for the Goose and Gridiron inn

The Pooters
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pooter and their son Lupin

Chopin Concert Radziwill
FREDERIC CHOPIN Prince Antoni Radziwill, a long admirer of Chopins talents invites him to play at the palace in Berlin

Cricket at the Oval
Lord Harris saving a 4 for the home side during their Test against the Australians at the Oval. England won by 5 wickets

Scotland / Glasgow
The busy St. Enoch Square, Glasgow, Scotland. The building on the left is the subway (underground) station

Cambrian Coast Express
The Cambrian Coast Express steam locomotive train, at Llanbadarn crossing, near Aberystwyth, Wales

Lady Teeing Off
Ladies on a golf course

Ramsgate Harbour
The harbour and West Cliff, featuring several trams as well as horse-drawn vehicles of various kinds

The First Passover
The Jews are spared when a pestilence strikes Egypt, a sign that Pharaoh should allow them to leave his country : it is the first Passover, celeb- -rated annually ever after

Buff Orpington cock and hen

Aeneas Flees from Troy
The fall of Troy - Aeneas flees the city, carrying his father Anchises and accompanied by his son Ascanius and his wife Creusa who unfortunately dies

Napoleon / St Helena Map
NAPOLEON I Map of the island of Saint Helena during his captivity

Battle of Waterloo
THE HUNDRED DAYS Battle of WATERLOO The action at 11 am - the French attack Houguemont, Napoleon tempting Wellington to expose his centre

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Musician

CUTTY SARK AT SEA
The Cutty Sark in mid-ocean, with all sails set

Notre Dame De Lourdes
The Virgin Mary as supposedly seen by Bernadette - a highly romanticised Italian depiction

Rudolph Steiner
RUDOLPH STEINER Austrian philosopher, in the 1920s

Monaco Grand Prix 1930
Poster for the 1930 Monaco Grand Prix

The British Empire
Citizens of the British Empire, the Greatest Empire the World has ever known

Napoleon I / Gillray / G III
NAPOLEON I Cartoon of Napoleon I with George III in a Lilliputian context

Grigori Rasputin in 1912
GRIGORI RASPUTIN Russian mystic and court favourite in 1912

Molluscs / Snails / Print
Snails on and around various foliage

Dickens & his Creations
Charles Dickens Writer

Odysseus & Argos / Brown
Odysseus is recognised by his dog, Argos

Buddha, Laotzu, Confucius
The three great Chinese teachers of spiritual wisdom - BUDDHA, LAO-TZU, and CONFUCIUS

Thomas Hardy
THOMAS HARDY writer and cyclist, at his home at Max Gate, early 1920s

Map / Asia / China 1864
CANTON and the PEARL RIVER, including HONG KONG, MACAO, TAIPING, WHAMPOA and other historical locations Date: 1864

Jonathan Edwards
JONATHAN EDWARDS American Clergyman and Theologian

The War of the Worlds
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS A Martian fighting-machine is destroyed by a hit from a shell

Js Bach at the Keyboard
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German organist and composer at the keyboard

Old Hartlepool Lighthouse, north east England
View of the old Hartlepool Lighthouse, north east England (County Durham), completed in 1847. A man with a telescope scans the horizon

William Pitt the Younger addressing Parliament
William Pitt (the Younger) addressing the House of Commons

Al Jolson / Jazz Singer
AL JOLSON in The Jazz Singer

Barry Docks 1899
The old and the new, Barry Docks

Constitution of Usa / 1787
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Drawn up by 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

Zazel / Human Cannonball
Zazel at the Royal Aquarium, London. " A beautiful Lady shot from a monstrous cannon." This is thought to be the earliest photograph of a human cannonball act

High Street, Ayr
The High Street, Ayr, with a tram, a horse-drawn wagon, a horse-drawn cart and a hand delivery cart

Karl Marx / Postcard
KARL MARX German radical political thinker

Peppers Ghost Illusion
The Peppers Ghost illusion

Shirley Temple / Cake
SHIRLEY TEMPLE American child star of the 1930s, tucking into her birthday cake

Ginger Rogers / Astaire
GINGER ROGERS American film actress and dancer, dancing with Fred Astaire

Errol Flynn / Robin Hood
ERROL FLYNN Irish-American film actor as Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood, with Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian

Errol Flynn / Warner
ERROL FLYNN Irish-American film actor, best known for his swashbuckling roles

Blackheath Village
A view of Blackheath village from the south, looking towards the Station and Tranquil Vale

Ottoman Empire / Map 16C
Istanbul in the 16th century, after the Turks captured it. The map is entitled Byzantium, now Constantinople

Portscatho / Cornwall / 1929
Portscatho, Cornwall

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