Images Dated 29th July 2015 (#48)

New Teddy
A small girl shyly contemplates her new teddy bear Date: 1908

Dickensian Party
A middle-class Christmas party in the early years of Victorias reign Date: 1843

16th century Banquet
Trumpeters announce the arrival of the Boars Head, brought in procession to the Christmas diners in an Elizabethan hall Date: 16th century

Hogarth - Rakes - Tailor
The Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes Date: 1735

Hogarth - Rakes Progress
8. Scene in Bedlam asylum. Date: 1735

RAKES PROGRESS 6
6. Gaming house scene Date: 1735

RAKES PROGRESS 5
5. Marries an old maid Date: 1735

FETCHING FIREWOOD 1886
Two children bring home a barrow-load of firewood for the Christmas fire Date: 1886

16th century Yule Log
The arrival of the Yule Log in the hall of an Elizabethan mansion Date: 16th century

Gluttony
A SWALLOW AT CHRISTMAS satire on seasonal gluttony Date: 1841

Gathering Decorations
A girl stands at a stile with a load of holly and a sprig of mistletoe Date: 1890

1770 EVENING PARTY
An evening party Well this is certainly one of the most usefull institutions! Date: 1770

EXTINCT / BEFORE MAN
Creatures of the primitive world - land, sea and air

HOGARTH / INDUSTRY / IDLE 12
12. The industrious prentice Lord Mayor of London Date: 1747

HOGARTH / INDUSTRY / IDLE 6
6. The industrious prentice out of his time and married to his masters daughter Date: 1747

HOGARTH / INDUSTRY / IDLE 8
8. The industrious apprentice has grown rich and become Sheriff of London Date: 1747

Industry: The idle prentice punished
5. The idle prentice turnd away and sent to sea (final destination unknown). Date: 1747

HOGARTH / INDUSTRY / IDLE 2
2. The industrious prentice performing the duty of a christian Date: 1747

HOGARTH / MARRIAGE-MODE 3
3. Scene with the quack Date: 1745

Hogarth - Marriage a la Mode
1. The Contract Date: 1745

NOAHS ARK
The reason why some species became extinct is because Noah couldnt find even a single couple who believed him when he told them it looked like rain

Ecstatic Moslems
MOSLEM FANATICS At the Mohurrum Festival, Iran, devotees mutilate themselves while in a state of ecstasy Date: 1913

CAGLIOSTRO & LOTTERY CAGLIOSTRO & LOTTERY
Fashionable ladies call on Cagliostro hoping that he will help them win the Lottery Date: circa 1785

BERTILLON SATIRE
ALPHONSE BERTILLON French criminologist A satire on his system - looking for clues Date: 1853 - 1914

British horse race meeting in India
Race meeting on a British station in India, from Curry and Rice (on Forty Plates) by Captain Geo. F. Atkinson. Date: 1860

Fire bird, mythological creature
The hero of this Russian folk- tale plucks a feather from the tail of the Fire Bird as it imprudently passes within arms reach

English dinner party in India with servants
A dinner party on an English hill station in India in the British raj, from Curry and Rice (on Forty Plates) by Captain Geo. F. Atkinson. Date: 1860

Ladies in their carriage in India 1860
Ladies in their carriage while their gentlemen admirers crowd round, from Curry and Rice (on Forty Plates) by Captain Geo. F. Atkinson. Date: 1860

Sir Robert Walpole - House of Commons
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE 1st Earl of Orford English statesman - Whig MP in the House of Commons Date: 1676 - 1745

BRITISH / INDIA / CHRISTMAS
A Christmas hamper in the jungle Date: 1878

RESTORATION PARTY 1660S
The carefree court of Charles II : The King with Lady Castlemaine. Date: 1660s

FRENCH MARSHAL / C18
French Marshal of the Royal household on horseback. Date: 1712

RACIAL TYPES / CIRCASSIAN
A Circassian soldier of the Czars Escort uses his horse as cover during a firefight. Date: circa 1890

MILITARY / COSSACK RIDING
A Russian Cossack of the Imperial Guard on horseback with lance. Date: circa 1870

Music - French Cuirassier
A French Cuirassier of the Imperial Guard with his trumpet. Date: 1860

FRENCH LANCER, 1813
A French mounted lancer. Date: 1813

CAESAR-AUG. DE BELLEGDE
CAESAR-AUGUSTE DE BELLEGARDE - aka Marquis de Termes and Comte de Montbard - French equestrian. Date: FLOURISHED 1630

16TH CENTURY KNIGHT
Knight in armour on horseback. Date: circa 1560

CESAR FIESCHI ON HORSE
Cesar Fiaschi, French equestrian and author of books on horse-riding. Date: flourished 1539

MAPS, ASIA, INDIA 1719
Crude map of northern India, previous to any extensive colonisation, including parts of Pakistan & Bangladesh & the sources of two great rivers the Ganges & Indus

BOYCOTT HARVESTS CROPS
CAPTAIN BOYCOTT harvests his corn crop under police protection, despite threats from the Land League Date: Summer 1880

Face Powder Advert
Three girls of the Ginger Rogers era who use SNOWFIRE FACE POWDER Date: 1935

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
MEDIEVAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES as depicted in a manuscript representing the rebuilding of Troy by King Priam Date: circa 1500

AUSTRALIA / SCENERY
Kangaroo among sheep on the Australian plains Date: circa 1840

Vampires - Lilith
LILITH, night vampire probably of Babylonian origin, supposed to haunt wildernesses. In Rabbinical writings she is supposed to have been Adams first wife

EGYPT / CUSTOM / PHAROAH
Nubian nobles bring tribute to the Pharoah Date: circa 1380 BC

EGYPT / CUSTOMS SYRIAN
Syrian chiefs pay tribute to the Egyptians Date: circa 3000 BC

ANCIENT EGYPT CATTLE
Cattle belonging to Prince Mourhet. Date: BCE

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