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Sanitas disinfecting fluid advertisement, WW1Advertisement for The Sanitas Co. Ltd and Sanitas Disinfecting Fluid, indispensible in sick room and nursing wards for sponging the sick, washing wounds and sores
Gott Strafe England - German poster, WW1A reproduction of a German poster from the First World War reproduced in The Tatler magazine and featuring the devil frying John Bull over the flames of hell under the familiar German slogan of Gott
Gerald du Maurier and familySir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (1873-1934), English actor and manager. Father to writers Angela du Maurier and Daphne du Maurier
Mrs A. E. Grant (Bettine Stuart-Wortley) as a nurse, WW1Mrs A. E. Grant, the former Bettine Stuart-Wortley, pictured around the time of her marriage in nursing uniform as she was doing war work at a hospital in Cavendish Square, London
Military regimental badge brooches advertisement, WW1An advertisement for Charles Packer & Co, goldsmiths and silversmiths, and their selectrion of regimental badge brooches available for 2 2s. each
Lady Diana Manners by John SargentLady Diana Manners (1891-1981), British society beauty, actress and wife of Duff Cooper. Later became Lady Duff Cooper, Viscountess Norwich. A portrait study by John Singer Sargent
Lord Desborough with remaining son, Ivo GrenfellWilliam Henry Grenfell, Lord Desborough (1855-1945), pictured at his home, Taplow court near Maidenhead with his remaining son, the Hon. Ivo Grenfell, and his daughter, the Hon. Imogen Grenfell
Polo at Hurlingham Date: 1903
People on donkey cart, Sicily, ItalyPeople on a decorated donkey cart, Sicily, Italy. Date: late 19th century
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Tsarevitch, Grand Duchess TatianTsar Nicholas II of Russia pictured with two of his children, the Grand Duchess Tatiana and Alexei, the Tsarevitch, building a fortification from snow in the grounds of the Imperial Palace at
Chinese musical instrumentsA selection of Chinese musical instruments, including a bell(1), gong, (2), cymbals(4), a guqin or seven-stringed zither(7), a pipa or four-stringed lute (8), Yueqin or moon-shaped lute(11)
Johnnie Walker advertisementAn advertisement for Johnnie Walker whisky - still going strong. Date: 1927
Centre Court, WimbledonOverhead view of the famous Centre Court at Wimbledon - the Lawn Tennis Championships being one of the highlights of the summer sporting calendar. Date: 1927
Autocar Poster -- French Grand PrixAutocar Poster -- French driver Boillot in a blue Peugeot, chasing the American Bruce Brown in a red Fiat, in the French Grand Prix
Bailey Bridge and Rhine victory by G. H. DavisThe Bailey Bridge: the British weapon which hurdled Allied armies across the Rhine barrier during the Second World War. Some constructional details of a great engineering invention
Ubiquitous bulldozer by G. H. DavisThe ubiquitous bulldozer: a mechanical tool of peace becomes an important weapon during the Second World War. Date: 1944
Nettuno-Anzio Front, Italy, by G. H. DavisThe battle of the beachhead -- an airmans view of the terrain. A pictorial map of the Nettuno-Anzio Front, showing roads, with the Alban Hills in the background
Primrose Phyllis Salt by Madame Yevonde. She was the daughter of Major-General Harold Francis Salt DSO, making her debut in 1933. Date: 1933
Nelsons flagship HMS Victory by G. H. DavisThe ship that links us today with our most famous naval victory and an epitome of the Royal Navys finest traditions: a sectional drawing of Nelsons flagship HMS Victory
German Tiger tank by G. H. DavisThe fangs of the Tiger revealed: another German super-weapon whose invincibility has been disproved. Details of the German Mark VI tank, a 56-ton monster whose 88mm gun fires a three foot long shell
Spithead panorama, ships on south sidePanorama of the Coronation Review: the left-hand section, showing ships on the south side. A Spithead panorama, looking west: home fleet battleships headed by the Nelson foreign warships
Dame Laura Knight working on a painting of the PalladiumDame Laura Knight (1877-1970), British artist, pictured at work in her studio on a new, striking painting of the London Palladium seen from the box. Date: 1937
On the Cliff-Top by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a yellow dress picking flowers. Date: 1942
King of the Castle by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy making a sandcastle on the beach. Date: 1934
Who Said Rabbits? by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a bonnet and overalls takes her pet dog for a walk. Date: 1940
Botanical Sketchbook -- Forget-Me-Not. Date: 1920s
Newspaper front cover: evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940" Through an inferno of bombs and shells, the B.E.F is crossing the Channel from Dunkirk-in historys strangest armada
Lady Dufferin, Wife of 8th Viceroy of IndiaHariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Lady Dufferin, 1843-1936), wife of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 8th Viceroy of India
Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969), Princess Andrew of Greece from 1903, pictured in a sumptous evening gown and cloak
Chandni Chowk market, Delhi, IndiaView of Chandni Chowk (meaning moonlit square or market), is one of the oldest and busiest markets in Delhi, India. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, The Dropped Pilot, WW1Cartoon, The Dropped Pilot, twenty-four years after Tenniel. In Tenniels Dropping the Pilot cartoon of 1890 Kaiser Wilhelm II watches as Bismarck disembarks from the ship (of state)
German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. DavisLanding air troops: German gliders of the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. By the use of gliders, parachutes and mass-produced aeroplanes for crash landings
Winter Morning by Muriel Dawson -- two children out walking in the snow with three dogs. Date: 1941
Dorelia McNeill - wife of Augustuis JohnDorothy (Dorelia) McNeill (1881-1969) the model for the Welsh artists Gwen John and Augustus John and the common-law wife of the latter. Pictured with a pet dog near Poole, Dorset. Date: circa 1927
Princess Andrew of Greece and daughtersPrincess Andrew of Greece (1885-1969), formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg, pictured with her four eldest children. From left, Princess Margarita (1905-1981), later Princess of Hohenlohe-Langeburg
Indian Rice Merchants, Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma)Indian Rice Merchants (Lakhmichand Manikchand) in Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma) - note the slightly cheeky bit of advertising by the Insurance Broker in the front row
John Laverick, SBS on Crete during Operation Albumen - WWIIJohn Laverick, SBS and famed cook!) preparing a meal on Crete during Operation Albumen. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS
The Pain-Proof Man & Captain Ringman Jack - Ripley sArthur Plumhoff The Human Pincushion - The Pain-Proof Man (left) and Captain Ringman Jack, who lifted weights through holes through his breasts
Rooftops of Roseau - DominicaThe Rooftops of Roseau viewed from the Cathedral - Dominica. The demonym or adjective is " Dominican" in English
Nato Headquarters, Izmir, Turkey - now the Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Date: 1957
Miss Columbia - Personification of the USAColumbia - a historical and poetic name used for the United States of America and is also the name of its female personification (Miss Columbia)
Jacks Saloon, Happy Hollow, Hot Springs, ArkansasJacks Sallon Bar at Happy Hollow. An " amusement park" of sorts, Happy Hollow was established in the late 1880s or early 1890s by Norman McLeod off Central Avenue on what is now Fountain
Hotel Cecil at Kifissia, Athens Suburb, Greece Date: circa 1920s
Sultan Selim I conquering EgyptSultan Selim I, nicknamed Yavuz " the Stern", " the Steadfast" or " the Grim" (1465?-1520) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520
Hotel Burlington, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset. Includes an inset view of Moonrise from the Balcony of the Hotel. Date: circa 1910
Tropic Bird, by John James AudubonTropic Bird, Phaeton Aethereus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838
The Conversion of Paula, by Alma-TademaThe Conversion of Paula, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema RA (1836-1912). Date: 1898
The Cedars of Lebanon, by Edward Lear (1812-1888). The first version was painted in 1861; this is a later version, commissioned by Charles Roundell MP