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British coin, Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee crownBritish coin, an Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee commemorative crown. Its face value is 25 pence. Date: 1977
King George V opens Hull dockKing George V (to the left) performs the opening ceremony of the new Hull dock, while Queen Mary watches on. Date: 26 June 1914
You Dirty Boy, Kaiser Wilhelm II cartoon, WW1A cartoon depicting Europe as a sensible woman with sleeves rolled up, washing the ears of Kaiser Wilhelm II with a washing bowl labelled, Denunciation of Humanity
The Maharani of Cooch-Behar, WW1Indira Raje of Baroda (19 February 1892 6 September 1968), later the Maharani of Cooch Behar, and later Her Highness the Maharani Sahiba after her sons succession
Searchlights looking for Zeppelins over London, WW1Searchlights throwing up shafts of light over the London skyline in September 1914, on the look out for German Zeppelin aircraft
A Niam-Niam wandering minstrel, 1876. Date: 1876
Sisters as recruiting sergeants for Kitcheners Army, WW1Irish sisters, Miss Winifred and Ivy Mulroney riding together in Hyde Park, London to recruit men for Lord Kitcheners army in September 1914
Hale Rocket making processBramah-type hydraulic press introduced by William Hale to fill his rockets Date: 1855
Congreve rocket making processA monkey press, or small pile driver, as used for filling Congreve rockets Date: 1855
Lady Rennell Rodd, wife of James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, British Ambassador n Italy during the First World War. Before her marriage she was Lilias Georgina Guthrie
Colonial volunteers inspected by Major-General Bethune, WW1Major-General Bethune inspecting colonial volunteers on the Horse Guards Parade wearing their civilian clothes, including, at one end, a man in top hat and tails
French bank note, 50 FrancsFrench bank note, Banque de France, 50 Francs, issued on 19 May 1949. With a portrait of the French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-1877) on the front
Sir Edward Grey & Lord Haldane, outbreak of First World WarLord Haldane (Lord Chancellor, formerly Secretary of State for War) and Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Minister) on their way to a Cabinet meeting during the crisis leading up to the First World War
Count Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly, Austro-Hungarian AmbassadorCount Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly-Diechstrichstein (1861-1945), Austrian Ambassador in London at the time of the outbreak of the First World War
Mrs W. B. Leeds (Nancy Leeds)Mrs W. B. Leeds, described by the Tatler as one of the best-known and most beautiful members of New York Society, pictured on the magazines front cover at the time she had taken Kenwood House in
Lady Drogheda & her children, WW1The Countess of Drogheda, born Kathleen Moore Pelham Burn married the 10th Earl of Drogheda in 1909 and divorced him in 1922 to marry Guillemo Delanda a polo player
Fortnum & Masons advertisement, WW1Advertisement for quintessential British department store, Fortnum & Mason and its service for sending boxes of food to the front during the First World War
Down at the Ration Dump by Bruce BairnsfatherDown at the Ration Dump " Call me a Tank again, my lad, and I ll knock yer - - ead off!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917
The Glorious Fifth by Bruce Bairnsfather" Ere, Guy Fawkes - buzz off!" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, a soldier is admonished by one of his fellows for carrying around enough explosives to Guy Fawkes jealous. Date: 1916
The Candid Friend by Bruce BairnsfatherThe Candid Friend " Well, yer know, I like the photo of you in your gas mask best" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916
A train of the Canadian Pacific RailwayA monarch of the rail: the front of a 4-6-2 passenger locomotive of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Date: c. 1930s
Enemy in our Midst by Heath RobinsonIn this Heath Robinson cartoon, a special constable discovers a German waiter in the act of laying the foundation of a concrete gun-bed. Date: 1915
King George V & Prince of Wales at Lords cricket groundKing George V and Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor), pictured at Lords cricket ground where its centenary was being celebrated in June 1914
Viscountess Maidstone & her baby, Daphne Finch-HattonViscountess Maidstone, formerly Miss Margaretta Drexel, daughter of the American millionaire financier, philanthropist and sportsman, Anthony Drexel, pictured with her baby daughter
Decca gramophone advertisement, 1917Advertisement for Decca gramophones, ideal for use at the Front during the Great War due to it being self-contained, portable and having no loose parts
Decca gramophone advertisement, WW1An advertisement for the Decca portable gramophone, with no loose parts and ready to play directly opened. The gramophone was recommended for taking to the Front during the First World War
Lyons Corner House advertisement, 1916Advertisement for the opening of the latest branch of J. Lyons & Co, in Oxford Street, London, opposite Bond Street tube station
Prince Andrew of Greece, Grand Duchess George of Russia in LPrince Andrew of Greece (1882-1944), together with his sister, Grand Duchess George of Russia and her daughters Princess Nina
Mado Minty in the Spider Dance, 1916The famous dancer of the Folies Bergere, Mlle. Mado Minty, performing her famous spider dance, which proved a roaring success in London at the Alhambra in 1916. Date: 1916
Good luck charms from J. C. Vickery, WW1Advertisement displaying three types of lucky charm or good luck mascots available from J. C. Vickery of Regent Street, London, jewellers to Their Majesties
War tennis tournament at Queens Club, 1916A page from The Tatler reporting with photographs on a tennis tournament held in aid of the Star and Garter Home Fund for Disabled Soldiers, which took place on the 15 July 1916
The Communication Trench by Bruce BairnsfatherThe Communication Trench PROBLEM - Whether to walk along the top and risk it, or do another mile of this A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916
Tennis champion Anthony Wilding & C. T. CraigCaptain Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), New Zealand born tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion 1910-1913, pictured with Mr C. T. Craig, managing director of the firm Messrs
N. E. Brookes, tennis playerNorman Everard Brookes (1877-1968) Australian No. 1. tennis player and Wimbledon champion in 1907 and 1914. Brookes also played doubles with the New Zealander
Statue of the tennis player, Anthony WildingPhysical Energy, a figure sculpted by Paul Troubetzkoy and based on the New Zealand tennis player, Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding. Wilding was Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913
The Varlets, WW1 entertainment troupeThe Varlets, a British troupe entertaining men on the Western Front during the First World War. Their theatres included barns, fields, dug-outs
Anatomy - Young chimpanzeeA young chimpanzee or Pygmy as depicted in Anatomy of a pygmy (1751) Source: The anatomy of a pygmy compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man : With an essay concerning the pygmies, etc
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem - VesaliusTitle page of Andreas Vesalius De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Source: Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholae medicorum Patauinae professoris
Anatomical drawing of musculatureSeptima Musculorum Tabula (Anatomical drawing of musculature) Source: Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholae medicorum Patauinae professoris
Anatomical drawing of a human skeletonHumani Corporis ossium caeteris quae sustinent partibus liberorum suaque sede positorum (Anatomical drawing of a human skeleton side view) Source: Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis
Wrestling on horseback, Indian troops at Salonika, WW1A wrestling match while riding mules - Indian troops at a Sports meeting held at Salonika during the First World War. Date: 1916
Lieutenant Rimington - breaker & teacher of Army horses, WW1Lt. Mike Rimington, late of the 37th Lancers, seen breaking unruly and vicious horses for the British Army at the Underdale Hall Remount Department near Shrewsbury in 1916
British Army in Mesopotamia, the creek at Basra, 1916A view of the creek at Basra, showing British soldiers hiring a ballam or skiff during the First World War. Date: 1916
Professional golfers in Sportsmens BattalionFive professional golfers who had joined the Sportsmens Battalion. From left; H. Fulford (Bradford), R. Jacobs (Bedford), E. Jones (Chislehurst), Jas. Bradbeer (Porters Park) and Pl
Womens Right-to-Serve march, 1915The womens right-to-serve procession as it passed through Westminster, London. The demonstration, which took place on July 17th 1915
The Hambro - Beaton wedding, 1934Mr Alec Hambro with his bride Barbara (Baba) Beaton, pictured at their wedding reception held at Mrs Cunningham-Reids house in Upper Brook Street, London
Officers Training Corps, Eton College, WW1Eton College Officer Training Corps pictured in 1915. Date: 1915
Women welding bomb cases, WW1Women workers wear goggles to fix the tops of bomb cases in position by welding during the First World War. Date: 1916