Images Dated 5th August 2015 (page 2)

Winged Victory of Samothrace or Nike of Samothrace
Greek art. Winged Victory of Samothrace or Nike of Samothrace. 2nd century BC. Marble. Sculpture of the greek goodess Nike (Victory). Museum of Louvre. Paris

Cockle Sheds, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Cockle Sheds, Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Date: 1900s

Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany - Marktplatz with Ducal Palace (left) and Marktkirche (back right). Date: 1908

Churchill speaking at Theydon Bois
In a speech at Theydon Bois on 27th August, Winston Churchill declared that the whole state of Europe was moving steadily towards a climax which could not be long delayed

Countess Constance Markievicz (1868 - 1927)
Constance Markievicz, the elder daughter of Sir Henry Gore-Booth. While living in Paris she met the Polish Count Casimir Markievicz who she married in 1900

Whitby Abbey, Whitby, North Yorkshire
View of the ruins of Whitby Abbey (Benedictine), in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Date: 1882

Supermarine Spitfire XIV knife-edged

North American P-51D Mustang -the adoption of the Rolls-Royce Merlin transformed the P-51 into the best US fighter of World War 2

Japan - Geisha - See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil
Japan - Three Geisha girls - miming the phrase See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil. Date: circa 1904

Personification of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Flag - interesting only captioned as Austria. Date: circa 1910

Berlin Olympic Games - Jesse Owens in the Long Jump
Berlin Olympic Games - Jesse Owens (1913-1980) in the Long Jump, producing his gold medal-winning leap of 26 ft 5 in (one of four golds he won at this games). Date: 1936

Six owl bellringers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Plans of the Terra Nova ship
Diagram showing the layour of the Terra Nova ship from the expedition to the Antarctic 1910-13 Date: 1910

Choctaw Indian Princess, Oklahoma, USA
Choctaw Indian Princess in traditional costume, Oklahoma, USA. Date: 1946

Geological crosssection through the Earths crust.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Primitive men with spears hunting a glyptodon, large, armored mammal of the family Glyptodontidae.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric

Iguanodons were herbivorous dinosaurs from the mid-Jurassic to late Cretaceous.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

View down Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Village, London
A superb postcard view down Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Village, London - the detial is incredible, with individual shops identifiable, the pavements as busy (as they ever are)

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their Children
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Consort Albert (1819-1961) and their Family (from top left, going across and then down): Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa)

German Kaiser Wilhelm II with signature
German Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) with signature. Date: circa 1908

London Stock Exchange - The Stock Jobbers Pitches. Date: early 1960s

Westminster Bridge and St Thomas Hospital, London Date: circa 1885

Cross of Lothair II. Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany
Cross of the Emperor Lothair II (835-869). 11th century. Gold and precious gems. Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany

Rainbow Falls, near Hilo, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Vickers VC10 C1 XR808 10 Sqn RAF Hong Kong 1968
Vickers VC10 C1 XR808 of 10 Squadron RAF Transport Command landing at Kai Tak, Hong Kong in 1968 Date: 1968

The Normandy Landings - 6th June 1944 - WW2. Note the American soldier in the landing craft holding a metal detector to sweep for landmines. Date: 1944

Senegal - Griot playing a Kora
Senegal - seated Griot playing a Kora, a 21-stringed harp lute that originated in the Gambia River valley with the Mandinko but is one of the most popular instruments in Senegal

Map of Tenochtitlan. Mexico, 1560. By Alonso de Santa Cruz
Map of Tenochtitlan. Mexico, 1560. General islario of all the islands in the world. Work of the chronicler and cosmographer Alonso de Santa Cruz (1505-1567). National Library. Madrid. Spain

Alice in Wonderland, Alice at the croquet game, with flamingo (mallet) and hedgehogs (balls). Date: early 20th century

Masters of Malvern College
Illustration by Fred May showing the Headmaster of Malvern College, Mr Frank S. Preston, taking a roll-call of some of his staff. Malvern College is an independent school in Worcestershire, England

Vickers 417 Wellington III -employed by Bomber Command throughout the war years

Sir Claude and Lady Champion de Crespigny, Tatler cover
Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 4th Baronet (1847-1935), soldier, sportsman and adventurer, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler in 1927 beside his wife

Tyne Bridge, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England. Date: 1960s

Mens fashions from the 1920s.. Mens fashions from the 1920s, including overcoats, vests, waistcoats, trousers and spats and details of cuffs

Tea, Camellia sinensis, native to China.. Handcolored stipple copperplate engraving by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launays Herbier General de l Amateur

Serbia - Belgrade - Terazije Square - The central square of the Serbian capital. Date: circa 1910s

Goodbye, Old Man by Fortunino Matania
Colour print of the famous picture by Fortunino Matania showing a gunner saying farewell to his dying horse. The original was painted for the Blue Cross Fund to raise money for the charity during

J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British painter. Rain, Steam an
J.M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British Romantic landscape painter. His work is regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism. Rain, Steam and Speed The Great Western Railway (1844)

Merrimac Hat Factory, Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA
Merrimac Hat Factory, on the Merrimac River at Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- The building of Saltash Bridge. Date: 1935

Sports arena interior, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Interior of the Hershey sports arena, home of the Hershey Hockey Club (Hershey Bears), Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1937

Old male Asian Paradise Flycatcher Watercolour
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

St. George patron saint of England
Our Ancient Word of Courage, Fair St. George - The Patron Saint of England. Pictured here by Georges Scott (1873-1943) expertly slaying the dragon, despite looking quite like a girl. Date: 1928

German Panzer tank, 1944
A German Panzer tank, pictured during the Ardennes counter-offensive which became known as the Battle of the Bulge. Date: December 1944

Girls with their books in Balham, SW London
Four girls with their books and drawings, sitting on a pavement in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Bristol map, 1878
A map of Bristol in 1878. Date: 1878

Tatler cover - Mrs Arundel Kempton & Mick the Miller
Front cover of the Tatler magazine featuring Mrs Arundel Kempton pictured with the legendary greyhound champion, Mick the Miller and two of his puppies

Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, the Greek Fates or Moirai.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

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