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Kettners Restaurant, Soho 1940sKettners Restaurant on the corner of Romilly Street and Greek Street, Soho, London in 1947, with a view of St Annes Church in the background. 1947
Leonis Quo Vadis restaurant, 1947Peppino Leonis Quo Vadis restaurant on Dean Street, Soho, London in 1947. It is next door to Leon Jaeggi, kitchen equipment, tinner and coppersmith, and Townsends. 1947
Churchills praise for RAF Pilots" Never was so much owed by so many to so few" - Prime Minister Winston Churchill from a speech made on 20th August 1940
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1957Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 19th May 1957. The race was won by Juan Manuel Fangio in a Maserati. 1957
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1932Monaco Grand Prix Poster - held on the 17th April 1932. The race was won by Tazio Nuvolari in an Alfa Romeo. 1932
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1956Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 13th May 1956. The race was won by Stirling Moss in a Maserati. 1956
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1931Poster for the 3rd Monaco Grand Prix - held on the 19th April 1931. The race was won by Louis Chiron in a Bugatti. 1931
Evacuation - World War Two - Children Safer in the CountryEvacuation - World War Two - Children are Safer in the Country.... leave them there. Governement advice recommending children stay away from the big cities and targets of the bombers. circa 1942
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn book coverFront cover of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain featuring silhouettes. 1888
LCC-LFB Westminster fire station, SW LondonOpened in 1906, Westminster fire station was a London Fire Brigade station (the name had changed from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1904)
Evacuation as a National Service - PosterIt Might by You! Caring for Evacuees is a National Service circa 1942
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1950Monaco Grand Prix Poster - held on the 21st May 1950. The race was won by Juan Manuel Fangio in an Alfa Romeo. 1950
Silhouette portraits of King George III and Queen CharlotteSilhouette portraits of King George III (1738 - 1820) and his consort, Queen Charlotte painted in indian ink by their daughter Princess Elizabeth, who was an enthusiastic silhouette artist
Girls Wash Dolls ClothesTwo girls peg out their dolls laundry on a washing line in the garden. Date: circa 1890
LCC-MFB Hammersmith fire station, West LondonLocated at 1-3 Brook Green Road W6, Hammersmith fire station opened in 1877. It was it closed in 1914 with the opening of a new Hammersmith fire station in Shepherds Bush Road
LCC-LFB Bayswater fire station, West LondonReplacing the former Bayswater fire station in Queens Mews, this station was opened in 1904 at 210 Queens Road (later renamed Queensway)
Silhouette portrait of King George IVSigned silhouette portrait of King George IV (1762 - 1830), by Adolph with hair and jewels pencilled in gold. Date: c.1820
French Public LaundryA public laundry in Saint-Pol- de-Leon, Brittany Date: circa 1905
LCC-MFB Fulham fire station, SW LondonFulham fire station, which remains operational over 100 years after it was first opened (1895). Located at 685 Fulham Road SW6
Ministry of Health Poster - EvacuationShes in the Ranks too! Caring for Evacuees is a National Service circa 1942
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1948Monaco Grand Prix Poster - held on the 16th May 1948. The race was won by Giuseppe Farina in a Maserati. 1948
London Fire Brigade vehicle repair workshops, Lambeth HQLocated in the Brigade headquarters complex, the extensive workshops built, maintained and repaired most of the London fire brigades fire appliances, staff cars
Poster - Ministry of Health Evacuation SchemeMothers - let them go - give them a chance of greater safety and health. Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme circa 1942
LCC-LFB Edgware Road fire station, West LondonLocated at 494 Edgware Road W2, Edgware Road fire station served both the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the London Fire Brigade
Yuri Gagarin StatueStatue of Yuri Gagarin, the first space cosmonaut, given by the Russian Space Agency to Great Britain
Trajan. Full-length figure, eventhough it has no arms and part of the head. Roman art. Early Empire. Sculpture
London Fire Brigade Headquarters workshop
London Fire Brigade Headquarters
LCC-MFB Scotland Yard fire station, London SW1Located in Great Scotland Yard SW1, Scotland Yard fire station was finally opened in 1884, although construction had started two years earlier
LCC-MFB Sheperds Bush fire station, West LondonSheperds Bush fire station was only operational for 19 years. Located at Uxbridge Road, West London, it opened in 1901. However
LCC-MFB 75 foot wheeled escape cartThis horse drawn escape cart carried one of the longer versions of the wheeled escape ladder. Until the introduction of the horse drawn turntable ladder
MFB at Southwark HQ and scaling laddersA ladder cart at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade HQ at Southwark SE1. Scaling ladders were separate interlocking ladders which when placed together
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Caring for Evacuated Mothers and babiesPublic Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health relating to the caring of evacuated babies during the bombing of Britain
Save Power at Work - Help your Fuel WatcherWorld War Two public information poster for the Ministry of Food & Power - Save Power at Work. " Hi! Don t leave that machine running idle! And turn off that Blue Pencil Light!" circa 1940s
De Dion Car PosterL Elegante Moteurs de Dion Poster. In 1900, de Dion-Bouton was the largest automobile manufacturer in the world, producing 400 cars and 3, 200 engines that year circa 1900
Buzeu, Romania - Palatul Comunal. The Communal Palace serves as the headquarters of the mayor and city council. 1909
Silhouette portraits by August EdouartA series of silhouette portraits by August Edouart, just some of the thousands he cut during a tour of the United States during the 1840s
The World of Animal Life book front coverBook jacket for The World of Animal Life featuring silhouettes of a lion and monkeys. 1910
Silhouettist advertisement, early nineteenth centurhAdvertisement for a silhouettist, or silhouette artist, publicising, profiles taken here at 2, 6 each. Date: c. 1810
Silhouette portrait of the Cary family of BostonThe Cary family of Boston, Massachussetts, USA in silhouette, cut by the famous silhouette artist August Edouart, who toured the USA during the 1840s
Silver Wedding anniversary silhouette portraitsA Silver Wedding Anniversary picture with silhouette portraits of an early 19th century couple, together with various emblems symbolising marriage. Date: c.1805
A Cambridge Don by August EdouartA silhouette portrait of a Cambridge University don by eminent silhouettist August Edouart. Date: c.1830
Silhouette portrait of Captain Robert Conig of His Majestys 90th Regiment of Infantry, c. 1805 Date: c.1805
Portrait of the silhouette artist, August EdouartA portrait of August Edouart, the famous 19th century silhouettist, seated in his library where some of his folio volumes of silhouette portraits are on display. Date: c. 1840
Austrian 15cm howitzer in Galicia, Eastern Front, WW1An Austro-Hungarian heavy howitzer (Skoda, 15cm) in action near Ladyna-Nova, Galicia, on the Eastern Front during the First World War
Silhouette portrait of the Duke of WellingtonSilhouette portrait of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852), British general and statesman. Date: c.1830
Silhouette portrait of ShelleySilhouette portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), English romantic poet. Date: c.1815
Silhouette portrait of Mirabeau on a coffee cupHonore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de MIRABEAU French statesman (1749 - 1791), pictured in a silhouette portrait on a white and gold Sevres china coffee cup. Date: 19th century
Series of silhouettes by August EdouartSeries of silhouette portraits by August Edouart cut during his tour of the United States between 1839 and 1849. They form part of the most remarkable social pictorial record of any nation
Silhouette portrait of Marie AntoinetteA painted silhouette portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1755 - 1793). Date: 18th century
A Painful Subject - silhouette by KonewkaSilhouette of a teacher brutally thrashing his pupil by the German silhouettist Konewka Date: c.1830
Front cover of The History of SilhouettesFront cover of a book entitled, The History of Silhouettes by E. Nevill Jackson, published in 1911. Date: 1911
Richard YatesRICHARD YATES churchman, rector of Ashen, Essex, and chaplain of Chelsea Hospital, historian of Bury St Edmunds. Date: 1769 - 1834
Female ModelHead and shoulders portrait of a woman holding a net over her mouth. Date: late 1960s
Silhouette portraits in caricatureA series of silhouette portraits in caricature, probably German, from the first half of the 19th century. Date: c.1820
Charles X and family in silhouette by EdouartSilhouette portraits of Charles X, crowned King of France in 1825, together with his daughter, Marie Therese Charlotte of France, the Dauphine and the Dauphin, Louis Antoine, Duc D Angouleme
Series of silhouettes by August EdouartA series of silhouette portraits taken by Edouart. From left, Edmund Law Rogers, Lloyd N. Rogers, Eleanor A. Rogers (all great grandchildren of Martha Washington)
Silhouette portrait of Marchioness of AylesburySilhouette portrait of Maria, Marchioness of Aylesbury riding a horse in Hyde Park. Date: 19th century
Silhouette portrait of Lord Mansfield by A. ForbergerSilhouette portrait on glass by A. Forberger of Lord Mansfield. William Murray, 1st Earl Mansfield (1705 - 1793) was a lawyer, statesman and Lord Chief Justice for 32 years. Date: c.1775
Silhouette portrait of a manSilhouette portrait of an anonymous man by A. Forberger of Paris, signed and dated 1791. Date: 1791
Portrait of a Private in an English Regiment, 18th centurySilhouette portrait of a private in an English regiment in the late 18th century. Date: late 18th century
Silhouette portrait of King George III (1738 - 1820). Date: c.1790
Silhouette portrait of Adam Mickiewicz by Phil MaySilhouette portrait of Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855), Polish poet, playwright and radical. Date: 1888
Silhouette portrait of Mrs Siddons by August EdouartThe famous tragedienne, Mrs Siddons (1755 - 1831) depicted by silhouette artist, August Edouart, alongside Tyrone Power (1795 - 1941), Irish comedic actor in the character of D
Splendid Yarns for Boys book coverFront cover of Splendid Yarns for Boys, a compendium of thrilling short stories for young male readers, featuring an effective repetitive pattern of silhouetted cricketers
The Origin of a Painter by William MulreadyA young boy traces the profile of a sleeping man from his shadow on the wall, the principle of which was used by silhouette artists. Date: 1828
The Bishop of Bangor by August EdouartThe Bishop of Bangor, the first full-length portrait taken by the famous silhouettist, August Edouart in about 1825. Date: c. 1825
Front cover of The City Curious by Jean de BosschereFront cover of The City Curious, a book for children by Jean de Bosschere featuring a particularly curious creature on the cover and two small figures in silhouette. 1920
Silhouette portraits, early 19th centuryA group of silhouette portraits from the Regency period. Clockwise from top left, a painted silhouette with gold pencilling
Silhouette portrait of a ladySilhouette portrait of an 18th century lady painted onto plaster. Date: c.1785
A CONVOYA convoy of ships at dusk
Pola Negri / FlowersPOLA NEGRI (Appolonia Chalupek) Polish-born actress who went to Hollywood in the 1920s and was successful in silent films Date: 1897 - 1987
France / Dinard Beach 1905Dinard, Brittany: beach and Hotel des Terrasses Date: circa 1905
Boy Eats AppleA gleeful little boy eats an apple. 1921
Fast Lady & CigaretteA progressive lady smokes a cigarette 1920
Pola Negri / Ross PostcardPOLA NEGRI (Appolonia Chalupek) Polish-born actress who went to Hollywood in the 1920s and was successful in silent films Date: 1897 -1987
Twins and LuggageTwins wait on a railway platform with their luggage for their train. late 19th century
Little girl asks for a peep at new babyA little girl asks her mother for Just One Peep at the new baby. circa 1901
