Images Dated 2008 February

3 Feb 2008 Collection
2 Items

5 Feb 2008 Collection
4 Items

6 Feb 2008
Resting Pelicans - With reflection in water

7 Feb 2008 Collection
25 Items

8 Feb 2008
Cheetah family - Mother Cheetah with her 6 cubs

9 Feb 2008 Collection
2 Items

10 Feb 2008
Wildebeest crossing river

13 Feb 2008
The Great Train Robbery

14 Feb 2008
General view of Camara de Lobos, Madeira

16 Feb 2008 Collection
4 Items

19 Feb 2008
Edouard Manet (1832-1883). French painter. The Beer Maid, 18

20 Feb 2008 Collection
30 Items

21 Feb 2008 Collection
15 Items

22 Feb 2008 Collection
4 Items

Hammersmith Bridge C1828
suspension bridge, with people and boats

Stamp Machine 1960S
A young woman puts a penny (1d) in the slot of a stamp machine, which will dispense a second class book of stamps. First class stamps are 3d (thruppence) per book

The Great Train Robbery, 8th August 1963. Wanted Poster for Ronald Buster Edwards. Date: 1963

Postman in the Snow
This stalwart postman does his duty and delivers the post rain or shine, or in this case, thick winter snow. No chance of exceeding the 30 mile per hour speed limit

Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Musical party given by Ca
Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Italian painter. Musical party given by Cardinal De La Rochefoucauld at the Argentina Theatre in Rome in 1747. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

A postman in the Scottish Highlands
A postman delivers a letter on foot in the Scottish Highlands

Sunday Roast
A mouth-watering Sunday roast meal - a joint of roast beef, served with roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding

Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffys house

Irish Postman 1930S
A country postman in Ireland delivers a postcard to a lucky boy

Sorting Post 1930S
One of the hundreds of groups of auxiliaries at the General Post Office (GPO), dispatching parcels to distant colonies during the usual Christmas postal rush

Envelopes 1940S
A pile of envelopes, all to addresses in Scotland, and all something to do with timber and forestry

The Hammersmith Bus
Boarding the bus to Hammersmith

Parcels Post Van C1870
Parcels Post van of the British Post Office

Sorting Post 1930S
A postal worker at the General Post Office (GPO), at Mount Pleasant, north London, sorts out parcels on a conveyor belt in the warehouse

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymath. La Belle Fe
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architedt. Renaissance. La belle Ferronniere, 1490-95. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Neo-Sumerian. Statue of Gudea. Girsu, Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneifo
Mesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneiform inscription. Detail. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529). Count of Casatico. Renai
Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529). Count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and prominent Renaissance author. Portrait by Raphael (1483-1520). Louvre. Paris. France

Postman with Parcel
A postman with a post-van delivers a parcel to a house in a suburban street, where the children rush out to take it from him. But where is the dog which should be biting him

Village Post Box 1960S
A typical village post box, next collection being on Tuesday. Normal collections are at 5.30 Monday to Friday and 8.30 on Saturdays, etc

Cheetah family - Mother Cheetah with her 6 cubs (Acinonyx jubatus). Ndutu - Ngorongoro - Tanzania - Africa

El Greco (1541-1614). Saint Louis, King of France, and a Pa
Domenikos Theotokopoulos, El Greco (1541-1614). Painter. Spanish Renaissance. Saint Louis, King of France, and a Page. 1585-1590. Museum Louvre. Paris. France

Thames at Hammersmith
Pleasure boats and commercial vessels on the banks of the river, seen from Hammersmith Bridge

Barbara Ann Scott
A waxwork at Madame Tussauds of the Canadian Ice Skater Barbara Ann Scott is dressed for display, seated before a model of England Football legend Sir Stanley Matthews

Boy Licking Stamps
A young boy licks a stamp before putting it on an envelope

George V Pillar Box
An English postman in his uniform, demonstrates the knack of buying a book of stamps from a vending machine attached to a King George V pillar box

Thames / Hammersmith 1906
The Thames at Hammersmith

Boy & Girl Post Letter
A boy and girl arrive with a letter just as the postman is emptying the box

English Rural Postman
An English rural postman collects the mail from a letter-box

Fleet St / Temple Bar 1875
Temple Bar in Fleet Street before its removal

Mail Aeroplane 1970S
First Class mail being unloaded from a plane into a General Post Office (Royal Mail) van, Britain

Irish Contry Postman
Irish country postman delivering the mail

Mail Steamer, 1940S
Loading mail boxes onto the steamer at the Kyles of Bute, Argyllshire, Scotland

G. P. O. Inland Office
The General Post Office, St. Martins-le-Grand, London - the Inland Office

Rural Postboy
The Post Boy

Parcel Delivery Tricycle
A Royal Mail parcels post delivery tricycle

Victorian Pillar Box 19C
One of the few remaining Victorian pillar boxes to be seen today. This one is at Mudeford, Hampshire, England

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymath. Virgin of the Rocks. 1483-1486. Oil on panel. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Addressing a Parcel
The art of properly addressing a parcel to ensure safe delivery. Firstly, carefully wrap it in brown paper, tie it with string and clearly address it with ink

Boy & Girl Post Letter
A boy helps his little sister post a letter by lifting her up to the letter box

Sir Rowland Hill
SIR ROWLAND HILL English postal reformer; introduced the penny post

Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Triumph of the Virtues
Renaissance. Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Italian painter. Triumph of the Virtues (Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue). 1502. Louvre

St. John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). 1513-1
St. John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Completed from 1513-1516. High Renaissance. Oil walnut wood. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Orphan girl at the cemetery, 1
Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). French Romantic painter. Orphan girl at the cemetery, 1824. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). Portrait of Madame Recamier
Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). French painter. Neoclassical. Portrait of Madame Recamier. 1800. Oil on canvas. Louvre Museum. France

Raphael (1483-1520). La belle jardiniere or Madonna and Chil
Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter. High Renaissance. La belle jardiniere or Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist. Oil on panel. 1507. Louvre. Paris. France

Idea tambusisiana, tree-nymph
Butterfly discovered on the slopes of Gunung Tambusisi on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 1981 by Anthony Bedford-Russell. Date: 1981

Cheetah family in trees - Mother Cheetah starts to hunt and her four big calfs follow her (Acinonyx jubatus). Ndutu - Ngorongoro - Tanzania - Africa

Young Cheetah - Fighting with a Wild Cat (Felis silvestris) (Acinonyx jubatus). Serengeti - Tanzania - Africa. Latin also Felis sylvestris

Caravaggio (1573-1610). Italian painter. The Fortune Teller. 1596-1597. Oil on canvas. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Painted Cross. 1272-85. Oil painting on canvas. Master of San Francesco. Louvre. Paris. France

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). French painter. Oath of the
Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). French painter. Neoclassical. Oath of the Horatii, 1784. Oil on Canvas. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Edouard Manet (1832-1883). French painter. The Beer Maid, 1879. Oil on canvas. Impressionism. Orsay Museum. Paris. France

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Mariana Waldstein, 1792
Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Spanish painter. Romanticism. Mariana Waldstein (1763-1808). 9th Marquesa of St. Cruz. 1792. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652). The Deposition. 1620
Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652). Spanish Tenebrist painter. Called Lo Spagnoletto. The Deposition. 1620. Museum of Louvre, Paris, France

Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682). The Holy Family, 1682
Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682). Spanish Baroque painter. The Holy Family or Virgin of Seville. 1682. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Cimabue (1240-1302). The Maesta. Painted around 1280. Louvr
Cimabue (1240-1302). Florentine painter and creator of mosaics. The Maesta. Angels around the Virgin and Child Jesus. Painted around 1280. Tempera on panel. Louvre. France

Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510). Madonna and Child with St. Jo
Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510). Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Florentine School. Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist. 1468. Tempera on panel. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

The Consecration of the Emperor Napolen and the Coronation of Empress Josephine on December 2, 1804, by French painter Jacques Louis David (1748-1825). Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Neo-Sumerian. Statue of Gudea. Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq
Mesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Burhinus grallarius, skeleton Gould Collection
Bush stone-curlew, Burhinus grallarius, skeleton collected in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter. Renaissance. The Holy
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520). Italian painter. High Renaissance. The Holy Family. 1518. Louvre. Paris. France

Antonio da Correggio (1489-1534). The Mystic Marriage of St
Antonio da Correggio (1489-1534). known as Corregio. Italian painter. Renaissance. The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine (1526-27). Louvre. Paris. France

Raphael (1483-1520). Portrait of Isabel de Requesens
Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter. Renaissance. Portrait of Isabel de Requesens (1500-1577), as vice empress of Naples. Louvre. Paris. France

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Spanish painter. Young Woman wit
Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Spanish painter. Romanticism. Young Woman with a Fan. 1803-1807. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Bonaparte Crossing the Alps, 1848-1850, by Paul Delaroche (1
Bonaparte Crossing the Alps, 1848-1850, by French painter Paul Delaroche (1797-1856). Oil on canvas. Museum of Louvre. Pais. France

Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682). The Angels Kitchen
Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682). Spanish Baroque painter. The Angels Kitchen. 1646. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

El Greco (1541-1614). Christ on the Cross Adored by Donors, 1576-1579. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Picture gallery with view
Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Italian painter. Picture gallery with views of Modern Rome. 1758. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Architectural Capriccio w
Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Italian painter. Architectural Capriccio with a Preacher in Roman Ruins. 1745-1750. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641). Saint Cecilia with an Angel
Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641). Baroque painter. Bolognese School. Saint Cecilia with an Angel. 1617-18. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

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