Images Dated 30th May 2012

Alexander Alekhine
ALEXANDER ALEKHINE Russian (French after 1917) chess master, defeated Capablanca in 1927, world champion to 1935, 1937-1946, on left, playing Niemzowitsch Date: 1892 - 1946

Royal Motor Barge on the River Thames, 1937
Photograph showing the Royal motor barge leading four motor torpedo boats down the River Thames, near Blackfriars, London, 1937

Boys / School / Patient
Two schoolboys subject a third to the unwanted ministrations of a doctor, who forces medicine down his throat. Date: 1930

Thames Waterman
A waterman is about to row two women across the Thames, despite the proximity of London Bridge. Traffic is sufficient to keep 20, 000 watermen employed. Date: circa 1810

Muhammad Ali Pasha
MUHAMMAD ALI (or Mehmet and other spellings) Albanian-born viceroy of Egypt, who carried out useful reforms but was ruthless and greedy. Date: 1769 - 1848

Whats Left is Good
Doctor to wife : Don t be alarmed, Madame - whats left of him is in good condition ! Date: 1905

Thurneyssers Lab
The workshop of the Swiss alchemist Leonhard Thurneysser is visited by the archduke Johann Georg Date: circa 1590

Tower Bridge Built 1892
Tower Bridge under construction - view from the Tower Pier, Surrey side. Date: 1892

ROBERT HERRICK / 1591-1674
ROBERT HERRICK English poet and Royalist sympathiser Date: 1591 - 1674

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