Images Dated 14th December 2015

Sidi el-Kebir cemetery, Blida
A seated figure overlooks the Sidi el-Kebir cemetery where Blida's founder, Sidi-Ahmed El-Kebir, is buried. Date: circa 1910s

Rue des Ouleds-Naדּand Moorish cafes, Biskra
The busy street of Ouleds-Naדּ, Biskra, lined with several Moorish cafes. Date: circa 1910s

Araucaria columnaris & A. heterophyllo - Coloured copper engraving by Warner based on watercolours by Ferdinand Bauer, A.B. Lambert, A description of the genus Pinus, London, 1803, t.39 Date: 1803

Pinus cembra, Arolla pine - Coloured copper engraving by Warner based on a watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer. A.B. Lambert, A description of the genus Pinus, London, 1803, t. 23 Date: 1803

Brunonia australis, blue pincushion - Blue Pincushion (Brunonia australis) Coloured copper engraving by Ferdinand Bauer based on a watercolour by his own hand, 1813-14

Banksia coccinea, Scarlet banksia - Coloured copper engraving by Ferdinand Bauer based on a watercolour by his own hand, 1813

Elephant looking through window on a cutout Christmas card
Elephant looking through a window on a cutout Christmas card (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Asclepias curassavica, Tropical milkweed - London, Natural History Museum, Botany Library, Bauer Unit, Unfinished Drawings of plants by Francis Bauer 2: No. 121

Triticum aestivum, Wheat
Date: 1805

Bisharin woman from Aswan, Egypt. The Bisharin tribe live in the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan and southern Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Homo sapiens Clitoris - Homo sapiens. Clitoris. Copper engraving based on drawing by Franz Bauer. E. Home, Lectures on comparative anatomy. Supplement 2, London, 1828, t. 24 (upper part)

Plant illustration by Franz Andreas Bauer - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Laghouat, Algeria - An Arab Salon
Laghouat, capital city of the Laghouat Province, Algeria - An oppulent Arab Salon interior. Date: circa 1910s

Djibouti - Arab Woman in traditional dress Date: circa 1910s

Pyramid of Djoser - The Step Pyramid - Saqqara, Egypt
The Pyramid of Djoser (or Zoser), or step pyramid in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Cairo, Egypt - The Pyramids of Giza - Khufu, Khafra and Menkaure. Date: circa 1930s

Chimonanthus praecox - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, 1789. Original Drawings for Hortus Kewensis, t.10.< br> < br> Held in the Museums Botany Library. Date: 1789

Dendrobium discolor - Watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, signed, 1806-10. Botany Library, Ferdinand Bauer Plant Drawings. Mabberley & Moore No. 162

Himantoglossum hircinum, Lizard Orchid flowers - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, watercolour. Bauer Unit. British Orchids 1798 - 1817, f. 76

Erica sexfaria, heather - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Algeria - Timgad - Byzantine Baptism Pool
A Byzantine Baptismal Pool at Timgad, a Roman colonial town in the Aures Mountains of Algeria, founded by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. Date: circa 1910s

A Good Riddance, George V sweeps away German titles
A Good Riddance. King George V abolishes the German titles held by members of the British royal family

Algeria - Laghouat - Washing Basin / Trench / Pool
Laghouat, capital city of the Laghouat Province, Algeria - Wasing Trench. Date: circa 1910

Modes Pour Rire by Charles Vernier -- A woman (left) asks her ladys maid (right) whether the crinoline she has brought will be full enough. She doesn t want to be ridiculed for being too flat

Shops of the Sertius market in the Roman ruins of Timgad, Batna Province, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

A street in the Casbah, Algiers. The Casbah is the arab neighbourhood of North African towns and cities. Date: circa 1910s

Marabout Sidi-el-Kebir, Blida
A young man observes the Marabout of Sidi-el-Kebir in the cemetery, Blida. Date: circa 1910s

Old Biskra, Algeria
An elderly man stands next to a house made of clay-like materials, on the corner of a street in old Biskra. Date: circa 1910s

La Crinolonomanie by Charles Vernier -- A fashionable young woman visits a blacksmith for repairs to the iron ring of her crinoline frame. circa 1850

Algeria - Timgad - Aerial View
Aerial View of Timgad, a Roman colonial town in the Aures Mountains of Algeria, founded by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. Date: circa 1910s

Triticum aestivum, Wheat, - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, c.1805. Longitudinal section of basal portion of juvenile plants. Paper, watercolour, signed

The Sphinx, Giza, Cairo, Egypt
Relief carving showing the village elders in the Estate Office - The Tomb of Mereruka, Saqqara, Egypt. Date: circa 1920s

Two Egyptian Arab Women, the lady on the right is blind. Date: circa 1910s

The Sphinx, Giza, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1950s

Triticum aestivum, Wheat - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, Franz Bauer, c.1805. Paper, signed. ǽ ??? London, Natural History Museum, Library and Archives, Germination and Vegetation of Wheat, pl

Carthage, Tunisia - Sidi-Bou-Said Point Date: circa 1910s

Matita advertisement - and cocktail bar
She shall be charming wherever she goes. Advert for Matita ready to wear sportswear (not really sports, but smart, ready-for-anything clothes for any occasion)

Carthage, Tunisia - Excavation of the Roman Amphitheatre Date: circa 1910s

Carthage, Tunisia - Excavation of the Roman Theatre Date: circa 1910s

Gloxinia perennis - By Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, watercolour. London, Natural History Museum, Library and Archives, Finished Drawings of Plants, pl. 79

Taxus melanosporum, Yew - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, 1835. Paper, watercolour. London. Botany Library, Bauer Unit, Unfinished Drawings of Plants Cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew 6: f. 29

Badusa corymbifera - Monochrome drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, c. 1795. Paper, grey wash. Bound into copy of A.B. Lambert, The Genus Cinchona, London, 1797. Date: 1795

Sparmannia africana, African linden - African linden, Sparmannia africana, by Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, pencil, watercolour. Unfinished Illustrations of Plants, vol. 1, no. 67

Urinary stones - Copper engraving based on a drawing by Franz Bauer. E. Home, Lectures on comparative anatomy. Supplement 2, London, 1828, t. 6. General Library. Date: 1828

Lumbricus lumbricus, Earth worms copulating - Earth worms (Lumbricus lumbricus) copulating. Watercolour by Franz Bauer. Natural History Museum, London - General Library

Cedrus libani, Cedar of Lebanon - Paper and pencil by Ferdinand or Franz Bauer, c.1800. Bauer Unit, Sketches and Ciniferae, f. 1r. Date: 1800

Clavulinopsis miniata - Watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, signed, 1806-10. Botany Library, Ferdinand Bauer Plant Drawings. Mabberley & Moore No. 236

Passiflora sp. Passion flower pollen - Pollen of various species of Passion Flowers. Watercolour by Franz Bauer, 1800-1833. Paper, watercolour. Botany Library

Kaempferia roscoeana, Germinating pollen cells - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, watercolour

Angiosperm pollen - Pollen of various angiosperm species. Watercolour by Franz Bauer, 1800-1833. Paper, watercolour. Botany Library

Lilium tingrinum, pollen - Pollen grains exuding copious adhesive pollenkitt. Watercolour by Franz Bauer, 1800-1833. Paper, watercolour. Botany Library

Bonatea speciosa - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, watercolour. Botany Library, Bauer Unit

Orchis ustullata, Burnt Orchid - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, watercolour. Botany Library, Bauer Unit

Ophrys holosericea, Late Spider Orchid flowers - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, 1807. Paper, watercolour. Botany Library. British Orchids 1798 - 1817, f. 91. Date: 1807

Plate 162 - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Pterostylis rufa, rusty hood - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Telopea speciosissima, waratah - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Plumeria sp. lei flower - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Erica fascicularis - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Erica mucasa - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Ericaceae - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Ericaceae - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Erica cluerta - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Ericaceae - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Jacksonia scoparia, dogwood - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Hermannia sp. - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Monsonia sp. - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Hermannia sp. - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Swainsona sp. - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Epipactis palustris, marsh helliborine - Plate 36 from British Orchids (1799) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Date: 1799

The Right Way to Speak to Maids - TMC house telephones
Advertisement for TMC House Telephones, particularly useful when your house is so vast you need to dole out instructions to the servants from another wing. Date: 1923

Carthage, Tunisia - Archaeological Excavations Date: circa 1910s

Carthage, Tunisia - Archaeological Objects from Excavations including a stone basin, column and horse (?) statue. Date: circa 1910s

Carthage, Tunisia - The Ancient Ports
Carthage, Tunisia - The Ancient Circular Ports. Date: circa 1910s

Carthage, Tunisia - The Acropolium
The Acropolium, also known as Saint Louis Cathedral - a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Carthage, Tunisia. Date: circa 1910s

Algeria - Timgad - Temple of the Genius of the Colony
Temple of the Genius of the Colony at Timgad, Algeria - a Roman colonial town in the Aures Mountains of Algeria, founded by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. Date: circa 1910s

Roller skating rink at Princes Ground, Brompton, 1875. Date: 1875

Algeria - Timgad - The Theatre
The remains of the Theatre at Timgad, a Roman colonial town in the Aures Mountains of Algeria, founded by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. Date: circa 1910s

Algeria - Timgad - The Theatre
General view of the Ruins of Timgad, Algeria (close to the Theatre) - a Roman colonial town in the Aures Mountains of Algeria, founded by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. Date: circa 1910s

Algeria - Timgad - The Theatre
The Theatre at Timgad, a Roman colonial town in the Aures Mountains of Algeria, founded by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. Date: circa 1910s

Christmas card in the shape of a cigar box. Date: circa 1890s

Four girls with dolls on a cutout Christmas card (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Fairy riding a bicycle on a greetings postcard
Fairy riding a bicycle decorated with flowers on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Four girls with dolls on a cutout Christmas card
Four little girls on a cutout Christmas card (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

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