Images Dated 1st August 2015 (page 12)

Seaside scene, Rounding the Cape, showing a young couple out for a walk on the cliffs. He is in naval uniform, she in a nurses uniform. Date: July 1914

Queen of Greece reading The Sketch
The Queen of Greece, formerly Princess Sophie of Prussia, hides herself from a photographer on the beach at Eastbourne with a copy of The Sketch magazine

Kitty by Edmund Blampied
A young woman in a theatrical looking costume, admires her reflection in a hand mirror as her three black cats play at her feet. Date: 1913

Royal family at home, special sitting for ILN, May 1942
A happy tete-a-tete among the ladies of the royal family. A domesticated scene with Princess Elizabeth pictured knitting for the troops

Practising the tango, 1913
Miss Myrtle Tannehill (aka Mrs Hale Hamilton) and Mr Arthur Collins pictured practising the new dance craze, the tango, on a tennis court somewhere rather pleasant looking. Date: 1913

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- Christmas paper with red poinsettia, birds and holly. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- violets with green leaves on a black background. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- floral pattern in red, pink, yellow and green. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- stylised flowers and leaves in blue, turquoise, gold and black. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- stylised flowers and leaves in red, orange, gold and black. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- cowboys and indians. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- stylised repeated pattern in lemon and lime, with small blue flowers. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- Christmas paper with bells and holly. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- red flowers against an orange and gold geometrical background. Date: 1937

Cover design, Wrapping Paper Samples (Statue Series). Featuring a lady in a yellow dress with pink blossom on a red background. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- multicoloured rectangles with gold flowers and stippling. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- figures in a landscape with pink blossom and red background. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- geometrical shapes in purple, magenta, green and beige, with stylised fern shapes. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design-- stylised flowers and leaves in green, lime, gold and black. Date: 1937

Wrapping Paper Sample Design -- Christmas paper with bells and holly. Date: 1937

Rowena Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
Rowena Seymour (nee Wall), Duchess of Somerset (died 1950), wife of Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset. Pictured in silhouette profile by Mr Baron Scotford of Regent Street. Date: 1913

The Hon. Alethea Gardner
The Hon. Alethea or Alathea Gardner (1893 - ), second daughter of Herbert Gardner, 1st Lord Burghclere. Married Sir Geoffrey Storrs Fry in 1915. Date: 1913

Hampden bombers in aircraft factory, WWII
Hampden bombers well advanced on the production line in a British aircraft factory in November 1939. Date: 1939

H. R. H Princess Victoria
Princess Victoria (1868 - 1935), fourth child of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, pictured in silhouette by Mr Baron Scotford of Regent Street. Date: 1913

British anti-aircraft unit, WWII
An anti-aircraft unit in absolute readiness for the call to fire at any moment in November 1939. Date: 1939

Queen Elizabeth meets a bride-to-be, WWII
While touring a busy army clothing factory, Queen Elizabeth meets Miss Edith Nichols, a bride-to-be who talked to the Queen while wearing her wedding dress with orange blossom in her hair. Date: 1939

Poilu en permisson, WWII
A French soldier helps his younger sister to gather in vines, having been given special leave from the Army during harvest time. Date: 1939

Winter greatcoats being made in army clothing factory, WWII
A great effort being made to get a big supply of greatcoats finished quickly so that no men may be caught by winters grip without them

Poilu en permisson, WWII
A French soldier given special harvest leave, poses with a scythe over his shoulder in October 1939. Date: 1939

Parents visit evacuated children, WWII
A little girl, an evacuee in a Sussex village, runs delightedly towards her mother, who has come to visit her daughter on a coach trip from Peckham, South East London. Date: 1939

Sir Kingsley Wood visits the RAF in France, 1939
Sir Kingsley Wood (1881 - 1943), Secretary of State for Air pictured during a tour of the R.A.F. in France, the first British Defence Minister to visit British Forces overseas in 1939

Donington Hall, near Derby to serve as an internment camp ag
View of Donington Hall, near Derby, famous during the years 1914 - 1918 as an internment camp for German officers, taken over by the Government again in 1939 to serve the same purpose during World

Illustrated London News War issue
Following Britains declaration of war on Germany on 4 August, the Illustrated London News issues a Double Number, the cover of which is shown here

ATS women learning to cook, 1939
A group ATS workers slave over several large saucepans, peeling potatoes and learning to serve up hearty meals for the troops. Date: 1939

Drama in the North Sea, German raider force down, 1939
A scene out in the North Sea showing the crew of a German flying boat, which had participated in an air attack upon ships of the British fleet waiting to be rescued by a British destroyer having been

Au Revoir to Jack and Jill, 1939
A somewhat contrived imaginary scene, depicting gunners waving goodbye to Jack and Jill, horses that once played a far more intrinsic role in warfare

Tsar Nicholas II and his two eldest daughters
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, seen here on (white) horseback with his two eldest daughters, Olga and Tatiana, in the uniforms of the regiments of which they were chiefs Date: 1913

British coin, George VI half crown (two shillings and sixpence, or 30 pennies). Date: 1942

H. M. S. Duncan at gunnery practice
The naval arms race, primarily between Britain and Germany, of the early years of the 20th century, saw Britain seeking to stay ahead of the rapid growth of the German fleet. H.M.S

American coin, one cent, with the American eagle on the head and a wreath design on the reverse. Date: 1857

British coin, George III copper penny
British coin, copper penny, with a profile of King George III on the head and Britannia on the reverse. Date: 1797

Swiss Confederation coin, 20 Rappen
Swiss Confederation 20 Rappen coin, with an allegorical profile of Liberta on the head, and a wreath of leaves and flowers on the reverse. The Rappen is 1/100 of a Swiss Franc. Date: 1939

Swiss Confederation coin, 10 Rappen
Swiss Confederation 10 Rappen coin, with an allegorical profile of Liberta on the head, and a wreath of leaves and flowers on the reverse. The Rappen is 1/100 of a Swiss Franc. Date: 1885

Prince of Wales and Prince George at Biarritz
Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor (1894 - 1972), pictured with his younger brother, Prince George

Velta Village on the Ossetian Military Highway
British National Anthem in Russian Date: circa 1904

Boy drying his face on a towel
A boy looks up rather guiltily, having been caught drying his face and hands on a towel when they are not properly clean. The water in the sink is filthy. Date: 1953

Music cover, The Piccolomini Waltz, from Verdis opera La Traviata, as performed at Almacks and the Court Balls. Marietta Piccolomini (1834-1899)

Sheet music cover, Little Scouts, a march for piano by Ezra Read (1862-1922). Depicting four boy scouts and a dog in front of a tent. Date: early 20th century

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