Images Dated 4th August 2015

Poster - British Military medals
NAVAL, MILITARY AND RAF DECORATIONS AND MEDALS 1793-1973. Poster, revised and edited by Arthur Kipling of the Society for Army Historical Research, 1975 (c)

Map of The Byzantine Empire
A map showing the extent of the Byzantine Empire - the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Date: 1800

Mummys a Suffragette. Crying baby, most upset as Mummys a Suffragette Date: circa 1909

The Mary Rose, Tudor ship, built in 1510. In service for 34 years, it sank in 1545. Discovered in 1971 it was successfully raised from the sea bed in 1982 amid much publicity. Date: 1982

Bridge Street, Ballater, Aberdeenshire
Bridge Street, Ballater, near Milton of Tullich, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Showing Premises of MacKenzies Tobacconist Date: 1910s

Advertising card for Job Wraggs Super Quality Soda Water
Advertising card for Job Wraggs (of Shirley, Birmingham) Super Quality Soda Water - being vigorously dispensed from a syphon. Date: early 1930s

Girl walking in the snow with a basket of holly
Little girl wrapped up in red hat, scarf and blue coat, wanders through the snow carrying a basket of holly. Date: c. 1910

The Burial of Atala by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824). Atala is an early novella by Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, first published in 1801

Boeing Stratocruiser N1022V Pan Am Singapore
N1022v was Pan Ams first Stratocruiser delivered. It had been Boeings prototype. Pan Am flew it as Clipper Nightingale until 1960. Date: 1954

Fish Mosaic from Pompeii
Floor mosaic from Pompeii of fish, octopus, squid, lobster, eel and crustaceans. Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Napoli collection

The High Street, Kemsing, Kent
The High Street, Kemsing, Sevenoaks, Kent, England. Showing The Bell Inn Date: 1907

HMS Rodney, British battleship. Date: circa 1930

Suffragette Cat Scratch and Fight Police

British Military Poster - Inter-war period
Smart Men Wanted, rates of pay for soldiers enlisted or re-enlisted, Scots Guards, on or after 26 October 1925. Coloured chromolithograph recruitment poster after A W Baylis, 1925

Daily Mail War Map, WW1
A fold out war map issued by the Daily Mail in the early weeks of the First World War

Kiss of the Oceans - Atlantic meets Pacific - Panama Canal
The Kiss of the Oceans - The Atlantic meets the Pacific due to the construction of The Panama Canal - A lovely allegorical card relating to this phenomenal engineering project

St Mildreds Bay, Westgate on Sea, Kent
St Mildreds Bay, Westgate on Sea, near Margate, Kent, England. Date: 1920s

The products of Newfoundland, Canada - Cod
The products of Newfoundland, Canada (" to say nothing of the middle one" ). A pair of large cod flank a young fishermans lad. Date: 1902

Suffragette Board Game PANK-A-SQUITH
A suffragette board game called Pank-A-Squith which was first advertised in the pages of Votes for Women, October 1909

WW2 poster, activities of 52 (Lowland) Division
Screen-print poster, published circa 1950, showing the activities of the 52nd Lowland Division during the Second World War, with a map of Northern Europe, and unit badges along the top and bottom

Map of the Ancient Persian Empire, encompassing Greece to the north west, Arabia to the south east, Egypt and Libya to the south west and deep in the Caucasus in the north east. Date: 1798

Histological Diagram of a Mammalian Retina
RAMON Y CAJAL, Santiago (1852-1934). Spanish doctor and histologist, Nobel Prize in 1906. Histological diagram of a mammalian retina. Original drawing by Ramon y Cajal

Suffragette Rally Womens Sunday Programme 1908. Official programme & souvenir of the Votes for Women Demonstration, 21st June 1908

Suffragette Cat In Hat and Flag. A cat wears a large picture hat and a flag in WSPU colours, purple, white and green, fastened as a shawl with VFW badge

The Spirit of Britain - Winston Churchill, England. Date: 1943

Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fire
Heroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century

Defenders of the Empire - British Army, Navy and Airforce with the King at the fore. Date: 1924

FABRITIUS, Carel (1622-1654). The Goldfinch. ca. 1654. NETHERLANDS. The Hague. Mauritshuis. Baroque art. Oil

The Cross Bearers, WW1 battlefield by Matania
British soldiers on a devastated battlefield rescuing a figure of Jesus Christ and his cross from a ruined church. Date: 1918

First issue of Blast magazine, 1914
The front cover of the first issue of Blast: Review Of The Great English Vortex, dated 20th June 1914

George Morris, the celebrated bell ringer, on 8 bells, 1863
George Morris, the celebrated bell ringer, playing on eight bells at once, in the steeple of St James Clerkenwell, London

The nursery rhyme, Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Silver bells and cockle-shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: c. 1930

Short Sunderland flying boat in flight
Short Sunderland flying boat NSZ in flight. Date: circa 1940s

H. M. S. Warspite
An overhead view of H.M.S.Warspite during the Battle of Cape Matapan

WW2 Poster -- Map of the British Army
A Map of the British Army with Battle Honours, Military Achievements and Regimental Badges, first published in 1944 by HM Forces Savings Committee

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park, detail of mural, 1947-1948. MEXICO. Mexico City. Diego Rivera Web Museum. Central detail. Fresco on portable pannels

German cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney, WW1
The German light cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, at the Battle of Cocos. Date: 1914

Scharnhorst, German battleship (battle cruiser). Date: 1936

Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California, USA
Aerial view of the Memorial Stadium, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Date: circa 1940

The Transporter Bridge, Middlesborough, Teeside
The Transporter Bridge, Middlesborough, the centre of the County Borough of Teesside Date: circa 1910

The Forth Rail Bridge - viewed from North Queensferry. The Bridge became a UNESCO World Heritage site in July 2015. Date: circa 1910s

The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal Navy
The Royal Navys field gun competition is a contest between teams from various Royal Navy commands

Map of the Empire of King Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon 356323 BC), from Greece in the west to India in the east. Date: 1807

High Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire
High Street, Hawick, near Selkirk, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Date: 1946

Saint Anthony of Padua preaching to the fishes, 1779. Painting by Bernardo Rodriguez. Quito School. Colonial baroque. Painting. ECUADOR. PICHINCHA. Quito. Convent of San Francisco

Sunset at Glastonbury Tor, Somerset
An atmospheric sunset at Glastonbury Tor, Somerset. Date: 20th century

Tatler cover featuring Walt Disney, 1930
Walt Disney (1901-1966), film producer and animation supremo, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler in January 1930 with his creation, Mickey Mouse. Date: 1930

Suffragette Song Anthem March of the Women

Suffragette Suffragists on the WarPath. Four gleeful suffragettes attack policeman lying prostrate on the ground. Captioned, Jump on him. He is only a mere man. Date: circa 1907

Reconstruction of the Stone circles at Avebury, Wiltshire
Reconstruction (after J)

Lucie Rie - potter
Dame Lucie Rie, DBE (16 March 1902 1 April 1995), Austrian-born British studio potter. Date: 1986

View of Zurich and distant alps, Switzerland

Manchesters last tram on its farewell journey, heading for the Depot. A group of people wave from the pavement. Date: 1949

Edward Elgar and musical score to Salut D Amour
English Composer Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) and musical score to Salut D Amour. Date: 1905

Wonderland, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA
Aerial view of Wonderland, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1909

The Village, Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire
The Village, Hampton in Arden, Solihull, near Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1911

Market Place & Church, Leigh, Lancashire
Market Place & Church, Leigh, near Wigan, Lancashire, England. Date: 1900s

The Spirella Building, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
The Spirella Building, Letchworth Garden City, near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1938

10 Downing Street
The entrance to 10 Downing Street as it was in the 1990s before the massive security that followed 9/11. Date: circa 1990s

A Scottish Piper wearing McInnes Tartan Date: 1906

Krak des Chevaliers, famous Crusader Castle near Homs, Syria - View from the South West

Map of Ancient Egypt. Date: 1814

Map of the Macedonian and Thracian Empire. Date: 1808

Australian troops counter-attack at Amiens, WW1
Australian troops hold the line at Villers Bretonneux nine miles east of Amiens during a German attack during the Battle of Amiens in April 1918

St Margarets Bay, St Margarets At Cliffe, Kent
St Margarets Bay, St Margarets At Cliffe, Dover, near Kingsdown, Kent, England. Date: 1940s

Bolton Abbey, Skipton, Yorkshire
Bolton Abbey, Skipton, near Addingham, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1910s

Market Square, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland. Date: 1900s

The Beach, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
The Beach, Leigh-on-Sea, near Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. Date: 1940s

Embankment & River, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. Date: 1900s

STEINLEN, Th鯰hile A Tourn饠du Chat Noir
STEINLEN, Th鯰 hile Alexandre (1859-1923). Reopening of the Chat Noir Cabaret. 1896. Advertisment of the tour of this cabaret from Montmartre founded by Rodolphe Salis. Art Nouveau. Litography

ANGELICO, Fra. The Annunciation Altarpiece
ANGELICO, Fra (1387-1455). The Annunciation. 1430s. Left lower detail of the predella, depicting the wedding between Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Tempera on wood

African Lioness - close up of female (Panthera leo)

Cause & Effect - dentist cartoon by H. M. Bateman
Cause and Effect - or, how two moods can change places

Suffragette Pankhurst Manchester Docks. Mrs. Pankhurst stands in the dock, resplendent in picture hat and votes for women sash. A reference to the fact that the Pankhursts hailed from Manchester

WW2 Poster -- Back Them Up
Back Them Up! Colour photolithograph printed by Fosh and Cross Ltd, published by HMSO. Showing a British Commando raid on a German-held port in Norway. Date: 1940

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, Fleet Street, London. Date: circa 1935

Wisemans Bridge Inn, Saundersfoot, South Wales. Date: late 1930s

Westminster Abbey, London - The Rose Window, South Transcept. Re-made in 1902 and filled with stained glass in memory of Hugh, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899)

Map of Palestine and the Holy Land - all places named in their Latin form. Date: 1806

George Stephensons Rocket - the pre-1923 replica. George Stephensons Rocket Locomotive was built in 1829. Built for the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Playing Table Tennis - Edwardian - Etiquette
I am not sure whether it is my turn. (to write the postcard or to serve!!) A smart Gentleman makes a courteous enquiry to his glamorous young female table tennis companion. Date: circa 1904

The Promenade, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside
West Kirby - a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. Historically part of Cheshire.Date: 1913

The Village, Wedmore, Somerset
The Village, Wedmore, near Cheddar, Somerset, England. Date: 1910s

High Street, Burntisland, Fifeshire
High Street, Burntisland, near Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland. Showing Green Tree Inn - Publican J Murray Date: 1900s

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