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Images Dated 21st December 2010 (page 4)

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Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Morzine, France

Morzine, France
Morzine, Savoie, France Date: 1920s

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Various shoemaking tools

Various shoemaking tools
Various tools used by a shoemaker or cobbler, including scissors, pliers, hammers, a skewer, a ruler and strong thread

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Poster advertising White Star Line to USA and Canada

Poster advertising White Star Line to USA and Canada
Poster advertising the White Star Line between Liverpool and Southampton to Queenstown, Boston, Philadelphia, Quebec, Montreal, Halifax, Portland, Cherbourg and New York

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Back Them Up

Back Them Up! World War Two poster issued by HMSO (Her Majestys Stationery Office) featuring RAF Spitfires chasing and downing German fighter aircraft

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd

British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
A poster advertising the British India Steam Navigation Company, better known as B.I. and its shipping agent Gray Dawes & Co. of London

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Thames Mudlarks

Thames Mudlarks
Barefoot mudlarks scavenging in the Thames at low water

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Higher Education

Higher Education
A Blue Stocking reads in a Library. Illustration by Webster Murray

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Gilbert and Sullivan theatre poster

Gilbert and Sullivan theatre poster
Poster for the Gilbert and Sullivan production The Gondoliers. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan worked together to create fourteen operas between 1871 and 1896

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Poster advertising Royal Mail Lines to the West Indies

Poster advertising Royal Mail Lines to the West Indies
Poster advertising a Royal Mail Lines cruise to the West Indies on the liner Atlantis

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: The Blue Stocking, by Reginald Higgins

The Blue Stocking, by Reginald Higgins
A colour illustration showing a lady perched on library steps reading a book. The picture is entitled The Bluestocking, a term traditionally applied to academic women

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Triumph motorcyclist in Scotland

Triumph motorcyclist in Scotland
A colour illustration, depicting a man riding his Triumph motorcycle through the Scottish Highlands on a bright, sunny day

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Monaco 1952 poster

Monaco 1952 poster
Stunning poster advertising the 1952 Grand Prix in Monaco, featuring a sleek red car speeding around the palm trees of the principality

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Shire Horses pull the plough

Shire Horses pull the plough
A team of two white shire horses pull a light plough across a field of recently cut corn. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Grape-Shot by Lou Mayer

Grape-Shot by Lou Mayer
A red-haired girl sits on top of a champagne cork as it zooms off into the air

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Moses / Millais / Hands Up

Moses / Millais / Hands Up
MOSES Hebrew prophet and lawgiver watches the Israelites defeat the Amalekites, his arms held up by Aaron and Hur to ensure success

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Harold Larwood Bowling, 1933

Harold Larwood Bowling, 1933
Photograph of the English bowler, Harold Larwood, in action during the MCC tour of Australia, 1933. During that tour, D.R

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Don Bradman Going out to Bat for the Last Time, Melbourne Cr

Don Bradman Going out to Bat for the Last Time, Melbourne Cr
Photograph of Don Bradman going out to bat, during his last first-class cricket match; a game between Bradmans XI and L. Hassetts XI, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 1948

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: REIGATE - 1917

REIGATE - 1917
High Street, Reigate, Surrey

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: The Tabby Toboggan Club / Louis Wain

The Tabby Toboggan Club / Louis Wain
A huge number of tabby cats go mad sledging in the winter snow

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Panhard travel poster

Panhard travel poster
An art deco style travel poster for Panhard showing a steam ship, steam engine and a car radiator grill

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Scunthorpe Iron Works

Scunthorpe Iron Works
Iron-smelting works at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Waves at Porthcawl

Waves at Porthcawl
A young boy defies the waves at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales. His mother and her friend look across with some concern at another boy on the railings in the distance

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Rock N Roll Dance

Rock N Roll Dance
Rock and roll enthusiasts, dressed in 1950s clothes, including DA hairstyles, Teddy Boy jackets and spotted dresses which swirl to reveal stocking-tops

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Icarus & Daedalus

Icarus & Daedalus
Daedalus encouraged his son Icarus to fly from the island of Crete to the sun. But the sun melted the wax with which his wings were fastened on and Icarus fell into the sea

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Southern Cross (Kranz)

Southern Cross (Kranz)
The southern sky with the SOUTHERN CROSS constellation

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Leamington Spa / 1911

Leamington Spa / 1911
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: Parish Church and Pump Room

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Army Medical Corps

Army Medical Corps
Royal Army Medical Corps

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Cunard White Star liner

Cunard White Star liner
The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth sails into New York Date: circa 1940

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Napoleonic / Leipzig Batt

Napoleonic / Leipzig Batt
NAPOLEONIC WARS Battle of Leipzig The charge of the Brandenburg Hussars Regiment overwhelms the French

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, Night

Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, Night
Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, 4. Night. In a narrow street leading to Charing Cross, with an equestrian statue of Charles I at the far end

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian spiritual teacher, Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1985)

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Poster advertising Durban, South Africa

Poster advertising Durban, South Africa
Poster advertising Durban, a coastal city in South Africa. A well dressed couple look down at the holiday resort from the top of a cliff

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Cricket in an English Village

Cricket in an English Village
A classic English village scene of cricket played under the watchful gaze of the church steeple. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Poster advertising Elder Dempster Lines

Poster advertising Elder Dempster Lines
Poster advertising the Elder Dempster Lines for services to and from West and South West Africa

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Poster advertising the D Oyly Carte Opera Company

Poster advertising the D Oyly Carte Opera Company, famous for its Gilbert and Sullivan operetta productions. Pictured are scenes from The Gondoliers, The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Greyhounds by Gilbert Holiday

Greyhounds by Gilbert Holiday
Painting by the well-known horse and animal artist, Gilbert Holiday of a greyhound bitch and her two puppies. During the 1930s

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Things That Matter, by Bruce Bairnsfather

Things That Matter, by Bruce Bairnsfather
Colonel Fitz-Shrapnel receives the following message from G.H.Q Please let us know, as soon as possible, the number of tins of raspberry jam issued to you last Friday

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Englands Polo Team, 1930

Englands Polo Team, 1930
The English polo team selectedt o meet the Americans at Meadowbrook; Mr G. Balding, Captain C.T. I. Roark, Captain R. George, Mr Lewis Lacey and Mr A Roark in reserve

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: The Last Caravan by A. E. Bestall

The Last Caravan by A. E. Bestall
A colour illustration by Alfred Bestall showing a fantasy scene where a group of travellers are being spied on from woodland by a centaur and female imps

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: A Common Pheasant alarmed

A Common Pheasant alarmed
A Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flies up in alarm. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: A Swallow in flight

A Swallow in flight
A swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Formation Fighting Wwi

Formation Fighting Wwi
Formation fighting between German and British aeroplanes - a battle in the skies during World War One. Note the colourful paintwork of the German planes

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Marie Curie

Marie Curie
Born in Poland in 1867, after receiving her secondary education she worked as a governess for eight years. Marie moved to Paris and read Physics at the Sorbonne

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Sir Robert Peel, c. 1846

Sir Robert Peel, c. 1846
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister. Peel was a Conservative MP who held strong views on Irish Catholicism and Free Trade vs Protectionism

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral
A fine elevated view of the magnificent Cologne Cathedral, taken in the years leading up to World War Two

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a Lawn

A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a Lawn
Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn. A man is hosted by ropes supported by a teepee configuration of poles worked by

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: Leicester 1950S

Leicester 1950S
A No. 94 tram goes through the Clock Tower area of Leicester city centre

Background imageImages Dated 21st December 2010: England / Ulverston

England / Ulverston
The town centre at Ulverston, Cumbria, a market town a few miles south of the English Lake District



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