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The Meridian Combination Grate. Catalogue for Nicholls and Clarke Ltd. London. Manufacturers and Merchants of Building Materials. Date: circa 1920s
A portly lady is laced into her corset by her maid Date: 1921
King Cnut the Great fails to halt the incoming tideCnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler
Admiral Robert Blake defeats Dutch Fleet at Goodwin SandsAdmiral Robert Blake ) defeats the Dutch Fleet at The Battle of Goodwin Sand (Battle of Dover) on 19th May 1652 - the first engagement of the First Anglo-Dutch War. Date: 1652
Lili Damita in The Queen Was in the Parlour (1928)Lili Damita and Harry Liedtke in The Queen Was in the Parlour (1928) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1928
Ettie, Lady DesboroughEthel Anne Priscilla ( Ettie ) Grenfell (Fane), Lady Desborough (1867-1952), Wife of William Henry Grenfell, Baron Desborough
Winston Churchill inspecting troops, WW1Winston Churchill, as Minister of Munitions, inspecting British troops in Germany after the end of the First World War. Date: C.1918
Churchill, BBC broadcast 1943The Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill, delivering an international broadcast from the White House, 14th May 1943. The broadcast marked the anniversary of the British Home Guard. Date: 1943
Winston Churchill riding, c. 1928Winston Churchill at Duke of Westminsters boar hunt in France, circa 1928. Mr and Mrs Winston Churchill and son Randolph were among the guests at the Duke of Westminsters boar hunt at the Forest of
Winston Churchill as a boy (on right) with his younger brother Jack (John Strange Spencer-Churchill) standing in centre. Date: C.1884
FA Cup winners - Cardiff City, 1927FA Cup winners in 1927, Cardiff City. Association Cup Winners Players Cigarettes card set, c. 1930. Date: 1927
Standard Sanitary Appliances suite in Rose de Barry pink. Date: circa 1920s
Delhi before the 1857 siegeA view of the city of Delhi, India, as it was before the siege of 1857, one of the key conflicts of the 1857 Indian Rebellion. Date: 1857
Patent Triplex Grate C Pattern with Black Porcelain Enamelled finish. Date: circa 1920s
Patent Triplex Grate D Pattern with Grey Porcelain Enamelled finish. Date: circa 1920s
G-aXC Heracales, a Handley Page H. P. 45 biplane airlinerG-aXC Heracales, a Handley Page H.P.45 British four-engine biplane airliner designed to a 1928 Imperial Airways specification by Handley Page of Radlett in Hertfordshire
Vitromant Coloured pedestal Lavatory (Wash Basin)Vitromant Coloured pedestal Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) in pink enamel with chromium plated fittings. Date: circa 1920s
Winston Churchill making a speech in 1941Clenched fists as Mr Churchill tells of the trials of Londoners during the heavy winter Blitz. 1941 Date: 1941
The Angara in service on Lake Baikal. Date: 1913
World War I patrioticThe British lion, the French cockerel & the Russian bear taunting the German eagle. Artist: Mittie Mildred Morris Date: circa 1915
Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1897Front cover of the Illustrated London News Christmas number with an illustration of a lady in a colourful sled or sleigh, being pushed along the ice by a chap in 18th century costume. Date: 1897
The Mourners. Middlesbrough 1970s Date: 1970s
Walking in the moonlightPub: Humphrey Milford, Postcards for the Little Ones. Dreams & Fairies series. Children watching the fairies by night. Artist: Lilian Amy Govey Date: 1922
BedtimePub: Humphrey Milford, Postcards for the Little Ones. Dreams & Fairies series. Children in bed at night watch their toys playing. Artist: Lilian Amy Govey Date: 1922
Cartoon, Replacing those who are at the Front, WW1Cartoon, Replacing those who are at the Front, showing French women taking on mens jobs during the First World War: shaving a man in a barbers shop, punching a travel ticket, selling newspapers
Cartoon, French cafe scene, WW1Cartoon, French cafe scene. Two men sit drinking outside a cafe in a French town. An unhappy looking man walks past, preoccupied from reading exaggerated German communiques about their wartime
Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1887Front cover of The Illustrated London News Christmas Number for 1887 with a lady decorating her house with garlands of greenery. Date: 1887
Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1893A Christmas Rose. Front cover of The Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1893 featuring a festive illustration of a young girl with tumbling blonde locks
The FA Cup trophy (the old cup)The FA Cup trophy - the second trophy, a replica of the first (which was stolen and melted down), last used in 1910. Date: C.1930
Land Rover advertisement, 1952Advertisement for Land Rover showing the versatile work horse of a vehicle being used to transport churns of fresh milk at a farm. Date: 1952
Sir Arthur BryantSir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant, CH, CBE (18 February 1899 22 January 1985), English historian, columnist for the Illustrated London News and man of affairs
Captain Bryan de Grineau (1883-1957), born Charles William Grineau, artist of action and architectural drawings, and specifically special artist for The Illustrated London News. Date: 1955
Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, LondonPaul Whiteman, the famous American bandleader and his orchestra, appearing in Julian Wylies revue Brighter London at the London Hippodrome, London, 1922. Date: 1922
Early Mesopotamian Painted Pottery Date: 1938
I Could Have Sweared I Saw a Torpedo, WW1 postcardHumorous First World War postcard showing a small boy in the bath wondering where that torpedo has gone. Date: 1916
Petticoats, soldiers in kilts, WW1 silhouette postcardFirst World War postcard. Petticoats, part of the Camp Silhouette series showing soldiers from a Highland regiment, with their kilts looking very similar to the skirts of their female companions
Early Sumerian SculptureA double page from The Illustrated London News, 19 May 1934, entitled An Extraordinary Discovery of Early Sumerian Sculpture
Gunners sheltering during a bombardment, 1917, MataniaWith our artist on the Western Front - No II. New Series. Front cover of The Sphere featuring the first of a new set of drawings done by the magazines special artist during his latest visit to
Has She Joined the Mustard Club by Wilton WilliamsGlamorous 1920s woman in a blue, fur-trimmed coat and with vivid blonde hair. The title of the picture is a play on the recently launched advertising campaign for Colmans Mustard
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, dogs eager for a walkIllustration by Cecil Aldin, Micky, Cracker and two other dogs eager for a walk, having spotted the signs. Date: 1927
Fishing boat in Brixham Harbour, DevonFishing boat (BM 61) with nets in Brixham Harbour, Devon. Date: circa 1980s
A Quick Change of Front, by C. HarrisonA Quick Change of Front. A German shopkeeper, being a purveyor of Teutonic delicatessen products, makes a quick change once hostilities between Germany and England begin
LES QUATRE BRAS, looking towards WATERLOO.Coloured aquatint, 1815, published by R Bowyer, 1816.Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815). Aquatint, colour Date: 1815
Three blind micePub: Humphrey Milford, Postcards for the Little Ones. Nursery Rhymes in Animal Land series. Three anthropomorphic blind mice crash their bikes on a steep hill. Artist: Lilian Amy Govey Date: 1922
Officers sword, 51st Foot, 1809 (c); blade is curved, flat backed, unfullered with a spear point, and is double edged for the last 10 in; steel stirrup guard; steel hilt mounts
Heavy dragoon carbine, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, WaterloHeavy dragoon carbine, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, found on Waterloo battlefield 1815.One of 190 supplied by Grice and Morris, 1800.Inscribed on butt plate
Surfing scenes, Hawaii, USASurfing scenes in Hawaii, USA. Date: circa 1920s
Casino Burgoyne, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. Date: 1916