Images Dated 5th August 2015 (page 9)

Inhabitants of Moscow, Russia.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages (1796)

Great bustard, Otis tarda (vulnerable), and common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science

Bearded ladies slipper orchid, Cypripedium barbatum.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine

Flame lily, Gloriosa superba.. Handcolored stipple copperplate engraving by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launays Herbier General de l Amateur, Audot, Paris

Church Street, Hoxne, Eye, England
Church Street, Hoxne, Eye, near Diss, Suffolk, England. Date: 1910

South Africa - The RMMV Warwick Castle (Union Castle Line)
The RMMV Warwick Castle (Union Castle Line), Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Date: 1927

The Bandstand, Peckham Rye, London
The Bandstand, Peckham Rye, Peckham, near Nunhead, County of London, England. Date: 1905

Bamforth Comic Postcard, Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Date: 1937

The Old Mill, Hartwood, Lanarkshire
The Old Mill, Hartwood, Shotts, near Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Date: 1900s

The satyr Marsyas teaching Olympus to play the Tibia or flute.. The satyr Marsyas sitting on a stone teaching the boy Olympus to play the Tibia or flute

Old Absinthe House, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, in the heart of the French Quarter on the corner of Bourbon and Bienville Streets

Chateau Margaux, Medoc - International Press Conference
Chateau Margaux, Medoc, Gironde, France - hosting an International Press Conference. The delegates all pose for a group photograph. Date: 1907

Mexico - Acapulco - Panorama of Caleta and Caletilla beaches
Mexico - Acapulco - Panoramic view of the Caleta and Caletilla beaches (Playa de Caleta y la Playa de Caletilla). Date: circa 1945

Brazil - Sao Paulo - panoramic view over the city, showing old and new buildings Date: circa late 1950s

Chichester Cathedral - note the separate 15th-century Bell tower (right). Date: circa 1910

Mount Fuji, Japan - Shoji Hotel with Lake Shoji Date: circa 1920s

Berlin, Germany - Brandenburg Gate in the late evening light, casting the form into sharp silhuette relief against the last light of the day. Date: circa 1930s

Buenos Aires, Argentina - Avenida Alvear Date: 1906

Kuwait - The Women Folk - the taker of this shot writes: " Note the anklets they wear and the amount of clothing despite the shade temperature being about 98 degrees". Date: 1933

Japan - Inland Sea and the Kintai Bridge - decorative border
Japan - The Inland Sea and the Kintai Bridge, a historical wooden arch bridge, in the city of Iwakuni, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The bridge was built in 1673, spanning the Nishiki River

WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, London
WW2 - Recycling tin cans to aid the war effort in East Ham, London - April, 1940. Date: 1940

Belgrade - Serbia - Hotel Moscow and the Rossia Insurance Company building. Date: circa 1910s

Farming Scene in Western Canada - harvesting crops and stooks. Date: circa 1910s

W Rithcie on Lightning Creek during the Calgary Stampede
William Ritchie riding Lightning Creek during the Calgary Stampede Rodeo, Canada. Date: 1919

The Croton Flour Mills of George V. Hecker & Co. - New York
The Croton Flour Mills of George V. Hecker & Co. - 199, 201 and 203 Cherry Street, New York, USA. The old windmill of 1776 and the modern mill of 1876. Date: circa 1890

Samuel Coleridge Taylor - Classical Composer
Samuel Coleridge Taylor (1875-1912) - Classical Composer. Professor at the Crystal Palace School of Music and conducted the orchestra at the Croydon Conservatoire

London - Billingsgate Fish Market - Standing amid the catch
Oh My Cod! London - Billingsgate Fish Market - Standing amid the catch. Date: circa 1908

Winston Churchill c. 1906
Winston Churchill seated at his desk, c.1906 Date: C.1906

Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own Natural History of British Birds, London, 1794-1819

The Leslie Girls dance troupe - Ella, Dris, Ann, Joyce, Gladys, Georgina, Dulcie, Tlly, Winnie and Kitty. Date: circa 1910

Hythe Church, Kent - view from the canal Date: circa 1906

Girls in Picasso Museum, Paris Date: 1980s

Map of Corsica. Italian engraving. 16th century

The Adventure of the Second Stain, Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, the Adventure of the Second Stain, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle. " The Premier snatched the blue envelope from his hand." Date: 1904

View of St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
View of St Michaels Mount from the mainland, Cornwall. The Mount is united with nearby Marazion by a manmade causeway which can only be walked on at mid to low tide -- at high tide the sea covers it

Illustration, Clicko the pink cockatoo, sitting on his perch. Date: 1912

Short S45 Solent of TEAL

De Havilland DH98 Mosquito BIV line up No105 Sdn

Dorchester Road, Maiden Newton, England
Dorchester Road, Maiden Newton, near Dorchester, Dorset, England. Date: 1907

The Imperial Institute, London. Originally, it had three copper-roofed Renaissance-style towers (two of which are shown here), but a single 85-metre tower, Queens Tower

Mountaineers on a glacier on Mont Blanc - Chamonix
Mountaineers crossing a glacier on their ascent of Mont Blanc - Chamonix, France Date: circa 1910s

US Film Star and singer Bing Crosby Date: mid 1930s

Belfort, France - La Place d armes, l Hotel de Ville, Castle and Lion of Belfort sculpture by Frederic Bartholdi. Date: circa 1910s

The Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini, Romagna, Italy
The Tempio Malatestiano (Italian Malatesta Temple) - the cathedral church of Rimini, Italy. The upper part of the facade, which was supposed to include a gable end, was never finished Date: 1903

Russian pianist and composer Anton Grigorevic Rubinstein
Half-length portrait of the famous Russian pianist and composer Anton Grigorevic Rubinstein (1829-1894) - founder of the St Petersburg Conservatoire in 1862. Date: circa 1890

Marketplace at Pessina Street, Lugano, Switzerland
Section of the Marketplace at Pessina Street, Lugano, Switzerland Date: circa 1910s

Welcome at the White Tower, the restaurant in Percy Street in Bloomsbury, London established by John and Eileen Stais in 1939. It specialised in Greek and Macedonian dishes Date: 1966

Drawing the cork, illustration by William Heath Robinson
How to draw the cork when you can t find the corkscrew, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

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