Images Dated 20th October 2007 (page 4)

Jeffrey Hudson, Dwarf
JEFFREY HUDSON dwarf of Queen Henrietta Maria

Honourable Ancestors-
Honouring the ancestors in a Chinese household

Drews Corset
Drews A la Grecque corset combined with supporter over hip and stomach reduces the most portly figure to the standard of Beauty and Fashion

House by a River
In the garden of an unidentified house by a neatly fenced river, a mother and her son play with the dog

Wwi / 1915 / German Dragoons
German dragoons charge

Shelley / Chelsea
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY English poets house on the Chelsea Embankment: it contained a private theatre, where his play, The Cenci, was performed

The Old Pretender
THE OLD PRETENDER James Francis Edward Stuart, father of Charles Edward Stuart (The Young Pretender); The Knight of Saint George

German Look out Post
A German look-out post, up a tree, spotting enemy artillery

Walpole / Straw Cabinet
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD Cabinet at Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters

Walpole / Strawberry 1786
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD North front of Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters

Comb Maker 1827
A comb maker cutting the teeth of a comb; on his left is a bench with finished combs and on the ground are the horns from which he makes them

Samuel Johnson / Lichfield
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writers home at Edial Hall, near Lichfield, Staffordshire

The Bleacher 1827
Bleaching linen by laying it out in fields exposed to sunlight and pouring bleach over it

CARTIERs SHIP HERMINE
Jacques Cartier sailed in this ship to Canada, setting off in 1517

Charles Ii / Cooper Mini
CHARLES II British Royalty

Successful Angler
An angler contemplates the fish he has just caught from the stream : his catch contemplates him back, with a fishy stare

Flowers and Hail
French horticulturists of Bagnolet bombard clouds which threaten their flowers, causing them to release the rain before it freezes into hail

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III depicts (among other things) the collection of tribute by the Assyrian King from his Vassal Princes (such as King Jehu of Israel)

PRINCE ALBERT (1819-61)
PRINCE ALBERT, CONSORT OF QUEEN VICTORIA Engraving of the distinguished profile of Prince Albert

PRINCE ALBERT (1819-61)
PRINCE ALBERT, CONSORT OF QUEEN VICTORIA The last photograph taken of Prince Albert

London / Strand 1912
A snowy view the Strand: a newspaper boy, gentlemen in top hats, a delivery van... and not a car in sight

Edward III at Calais
Edward III relieves Calais

Cistercian Monk
MONACO CISTERCENSE Cistercian monk

Savonarola / Boulonois
Girolamo Maria Francesco Savonarola Italian Reformer

Gladstone in 1853
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1853

San Francisco Quake 14
Standing amid the desolation, two ladies contemplate the prospect at the corner of Ellis and Powell streets

Saracen Army / 10th C
Musicians & standard bearers of a Saracen army

Rosebery / 5th Earl / Piccad
ARCHIBALD PHILIP PRIMROSE 5TH EARL OF ROSEBERY Statesman and author as a young man

Properzia De Rossi / Larme
PROPERZIA DE ROSSI Italian sculptor and musician

Emilie Plater
countess EMILIE PLATER heroine of Polish insurrection against Russian rule

RUSSIA / 1907 / SKORY
The rebel warship Skory is fired on by other naval vessels at Vladivostock. Date: 1907

Rochester / John Wilmot
JOHN WILMOT 2nd EARL of ROCHESTER English poet

Robespierre / Miniature
MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE French Revolutionary statesman

Lord Roberts
FREDERICK SLEIGH 1st EARL ROBERTS British soldier and his staff watching the Battle of Osfontein during the Boer War

Greedy Boy Bismarck
John Bull, no slouch himself when it comes to helping himself, is shocked at Bismarcks greed as he slices off New Guinea for himself

Jean-Baptiste Biot 3
JEAN-BAPTISTE BIOT French mathematician

Bias of Priene
BIAS of Priene Greek sage, one of the Seven Wise Men of ancient Greece

Behring Sea Controversy
The Behring Sea Controversy Uncle Sam put his foot down. The [British] Lion roared, but it quickly came to terms

Max Reger / Liz 1907
MAX REGER German composer

Battle of Scheveningen
BATTLE OF SCHEVENINGEN The French and Dutch fleets in action off the Dutch coast

Pibrac / Guy Du Faur / Larme
GUY DU FAUR SEIGNEUR DE PIBRAC French jurist and poet

Firemen Hose Church
Firemen hosing down the remains of a London church

Louis Pasteur / G-Daughter
LOUIS PASTEUR French chemist and microbiologist with his granddaughter

Snow Fight 1940S
Three young people enjoying a snow fight

De Ruiter in Medway Col
A Dutch fleet commanded by De Ruiter sails up the Thames and burns English shipping in the Medway at Rochester

Giovanni Papini / Popolo
GIOVANNI PAPINI Italian philosopher and writer

Jeanne De Montfort
Jeanne de Montfort, dame de Bretagne, an ally of the English, defends her chateau against the French

Orleans / Lpa / Claimant 82
LOUIS-PHILIPPE-ALBERT COMTE DE PARIS Pretender to the French crown; served in the American Civil War (1861-2)

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