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To the Death! - A Glorious Incident of Aerial Warfare on the Western Front, showing a British biplane crashing into a German plane in a dogfight during the First World War
Two Badgers in a woodTwo badgers (Meles meles) forage for food in a wood. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Portrait painting of a spanielA detailed portrait painting by Malcolm Greensmith of a Spaniel
Two Cats and a butterflyTwo siamese cats watch a tortoiseshell butterfly. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Raoul Shoe Company 1912Chic Parisian footwear offered for sale in Regent St featuring a brogue shoe, fancy top boot, seaside shoe, French shoes and court shoe
Elegant Ottoman calligraphyLovely example of elegant Ottoman calligraphy, topped by a cresent moon
Geisha girls at the seaside, JapanTwo Geisha girls in elegant Western-style striped bathing costumes recline on a studio beach set
Princess Kyra, RussiaPrincess Kyra (1909 - 1967) - Russian Royal Family. The second daughter of Grand Duke Kyrill of Russia (1876 - 1938), who was the Grandson of Tsar Alexander II
Freak Show poster - Legless WomanA poster for a freak show exhibit of a legless Englishwoman, Miss Gabriele The English Halfwoman. Postcard from Germany
Litesome Body BeltAdvert for the Litesome Body Belt, underpants devised to offer support and relief while hiking miles " without exhaustion". " Every man should wear one constantly"
Hiker & Camper Mag / 2. 31Front cover of a magazine devoted to hikers, ramblers and campers featuring a couple marching up a hill
Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London, 1885Engraving showing a series of scenes of Clissold Park and the surrounding area, 1885. The images show (clockwise from top): Horse-Shoe Field; Church Street; Old Yew Tree; the Old Church
Selfridges Roof Garden Restaurant, London, 1910Illustration showing the diners at Selfridges department stores roof garden restaurant, London, 1910
Selfridges Department Store, London, c. 1908Illustration showing the architects design for Selfridges Department Store in Oxford Street, London, c.1908 when the store was being built
Kaisers Campaigning CarThe Kaiser enjoying a morning tub in his new campaigning car during World War One. A typically convoluted method of transportation from W.Heath Robinson
The Harley-Scope Mine-Detector by William Heath RobinsonA crackpot invention dreamed up Heath Robinson, allowing a British machine to suspend a stethoscope wearing doctor over the ground, in an attempt to locate the snug dug outs of the German enemy
Bruce Forsyth (b. 1928) with family, wife Penny Calvert and children Debbie and Julia
Daphne Du Maurier / KidsDAPHNE DU MAURIER English novelist and writer, author of " Rebecca" and " Jamaica Inn" pictured with her children, Christian, Flavia and Tessa in 1947
Daphne Du Maurier CoverDAPHNE DU MAURIER English writer and novelist. Author of " Rebecca" and " Jamaica Inn" and famous resident of Cornwall
Battle of HemmingstedtWhen the peasants of Dithmarschen set up an independent republic, they are attacked by the dukes, but repel them at the battle of Hemmingstedt
Crew of RMS OlympicThe crew of RMS Olympic in dress uniform including Captain Edward Smith (centre with white beard). Four of these men, including Captain Smith
November 1951 by David Wright, showing a woman posed on the telephone. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Titanic / SouthamptonThe ill-fated White Star Line passenger liner, RMS Titanic departing from Southampton on its maiden, and only, voyage
Vengeance of PoseidonWhen Laomedon doesn t settle his bill for helping to build Troy, Poseidon devastates the city with a flood, and forces Laomedon to sacrifice his daughter to a sea monster
Female / White Dress 1930SA woman sits on a bench out in the sunshine, wearing a white cloque dress with a low-cut back and a green velvet sash; she has a matching jacket and hat
The Trans-Atlantic French ocean liner, SS NormandieThe 79, 000 ton Trans-Atlantic French ocean liner, SS Normandie. She was steam/electric driven (turbo/electric) - steam turbines drove electric generators that passed on the current to huge electric
Che Guevara / 1962ERNESTO GUEVARA Known as CHE GUEVARA Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist. Smoking a cazadores cigar; the cheapest possible. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*
The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923Aerial photograph of Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United
Futuristic Rocket CarTHE SHAVER MYSTERY by Richards Shaver. A red rocket car speeds past strange stone carvings of monsters in a cave, evading the fire from a ray-gun
Fantasy Spacecraft, Fantastic Adventures Scifi Magazine CoversA Spaceship blasts away from a dying planet in this Science Fiction Magazine cover
Goddess MinervaThe Roman Goddess of crafts, poetry and wisdom and the daughter of Jupiter
Going with a SwingHumorous illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing Gran pop the orang utan swinging on vines. Entitled Gran pop travels a la Carte
Butler Advises WoosterIt might be judicious, said Jeeves, " if you were to attempt to persuade his lordship that the spirit in which you embraced Miss Stoker was a purely brotherly one."
Washing BoardA photograph demonstrating the use of a scrubbing board in a tub during washday in the early 20th century
The Red Coat by Lewis BaumerPortrait by Lewis Baumer showing an elegant, stylish young woman wearing a red coat, with scarf, cloche hat and walking cane
Hunting the AurochsAncient Germans hunt the AUROCHS (bos primigenius) thought to be the ancestor of modern cattle
Odysseus & the CyclopsOdysseus (Ulysses) plies Polyphemus the Cyclops with red wine, so that he and his men can escape from his cave and the prospect of being eaten alive
Gretna Green CertificateCertificate issued by the Kingdom of Scotland, confirming the marriage of William Scott and Frances Bell at Allisons Bank Toll-House, Gretna Green, Dumfries
Stag and his ReflectionTHE STAG SEEING HIMSELF IN THE WATER: A stag admires his antlers in a stream, and considers his legs not worthy but when he has to outrun a foe his legs prove more useful
Yemen, Al MukallaThe port seen from inland
1921 FA Cup FinalThe outside left for Tottenham Hotspur (Dimmock) scores the only goal in the FA Cup Final to defeat Wolverhampton Wanderers before a crowd of 72, 805 at Stamford Bridge
Kumbo Market, CameroonAfrican women seated in the market place, Kumbo, where they sell items such as sugar and bananas. Market day provides friendly gossip, but they travel far to get there
Pussys nightmare by Louis WainPart of a series of sketches by Louis Wain showing an innocent-looking cat with a collar, eventually catching a mouse with its claws
Victor Stiebel / Day DressDesign by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a pink linen and silk surah summer dress. Scooped-out bodice is filled with a lilac spotted scarf & large knot tied to the belt
Teenage PregnancyA barefoot pregnant teenager in a rather unflattering gingham mini maternity dress
Attercliffe St / SheffieldTwo women have a chat on the doorstep of one of a row of terraced houses in Attercliffe Street, Sheffield
Old Coventry CathedralThe altar and east end of the cathedral of Saint Michael. Building began in 1373, on the site of an earlier cathedral. Mostly destroyed during the Blitz on 14 November 1940
Lady CoursingA lady and her greyhound at a coursing meeting : her outfit is in prune-coloured velvet, the dogs is less elaborate. Date: 1913
