Images Dated 29th July 2015 (page 47)

The Magic City stands on yon hill - if it hasnt vanished it stands there still... Date: 1909

Mother and son on a French beach
On a sandy French plage, a mother drags her reluctant son away from his pleasures... Date: 1938

A dandy at his dressing table, 1818
A dandy getting himself dolled up at his dressing table. Date: 1818

Christmas customs: bringing home the goose
Children bring home the Christmas goose on Christmas Eve. Date: 1879

John Bull goes to war
John Bull going to the Wars (probably the Napoleonic Wars), despite the reluctance of his family. Date: 1805

Wars of the roses: nobles picking roses to show allegiances
In the Temple Gardens, London, opposing nobles pick red or white roses according as they favour the party of Lancaster or York. Date: circa 1455

Apparitions: Scrooge and the ghost of Jacob Marley
The miserly Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business colleague Marley. Date: 1835

Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester, public penance London
Eleanor Cobham(c.1400-1452), Duchess of Gloucester, accused of practising magic to help her husband Humphrey to the throne, does public penance in the streets of London. Date: 13th November 1441

Springer Spaniel puppies
Five large spaniel puppies crowded in a basket. Owner: Browne. Date: 1946

Native American costume: Blackfoot Medicine Man by Catlin
Native American medicine man from the Blackfoot tribe. Date: 1830

Hunting party picnic
An aristocratic hunting party breaks for lunch: a picnic on the grass. Date: mid 18th century

Sir Philip Sidney jousts at Whitehall
Sir Philip Sidney(1554-1586), poet, soldier and courtier, jousts at Whitehall. Date: circa 1580

Christmas decorations: childern bearing holly - greenery
Children arrive home and proudly display the foliage theyve brought. Date: circa 1897

Erroll Flynn as Robin Hood
Erroll Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938

A water-nymph with fishes
A water-nymph riding on the back of a sea shell, with other marine species

The battle of Waterloo, 1815
The cavalry engage at the battle of Waterloo. Date: 18 June 1815

The battle of Waterloo-depiction after Walter Scotts poem
The Field of Waterloo - depiction after verse 36 of Walter Scotts poem: Alas! what links of love that morn has Wars rude hand asunder torn

China: Emperor Yang-Ti in ceremonial boat
Emperor Yang-Ti in a ceremonial vessel. Date: circa 600

George V on his yacht, Britannia
George V(1865-1936) at the helm of his yacht Britannia

Nostradamus magic mirror, c. 1570
Nostradamus is commanded by Catherine de Medicis, Queen of France, to predict the future of the French royals : he does so, using a magic mirror in which figures seem to appear. Date: circa 1570

Folklore: a sea fairy
A fairy by the sea

Folklore - Fairies - Goble
A knight and maiden at the bottom of the sea

STARTING A HAILSTORM
Witches cause a hailstorm with their magic Date: 1626

Meeting Postman
A girl holds out her pinafore to receive the many Valentines she is expecting the postman to give her Date: 1886

Fairies dance in a fairy ring
He whistled to the merry elves, Were leaping in a ring

Classroom scene: school boy cheats in exam, 1883
Schoolboy cheating at the back of the classroom. Date: 1883

GHOST OF PATROCLUS
Achilles tries - in vain - to seize hold of the ghost of Patroclus Date: BC

CRACKER ADVERTISEMENT
TOM SMITHS CHRISTMAS CRACKERS Date: 1922

FAIRIES DANCING INSIDE A HOUSE Date: 1913

Angelic Chorus
Angel musicians : not all angels play the harp, theres a fair-sized brass section as well Date: 1911

AMELIA BLOOMER / POLKA
AMELIA BLOOMER American reformer who wore full trousers for women now known as bloomers Date: 1818 - 1894

Guardian Angel
A guardian angel walks with a child in its arms Date: 1872

MEUNIER ZODIAC CAPRICORN
Date: circa 1900

AMELIA BLOOMER American reformer who wore full trousers for women now known as bloomers Date: 1818 - 1894

POSH CHILDRENS PARTY
Christmas fete for upper-class children at the Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1914

Chatterbox - Couple Cycle
A couple on a cycle ride in the country Date: 1890s

General Charles Gordon
GENERAL CHARLES GORDON British military Governor General of the Sudan Date: 1833 - 1885

Childrens Party - circa 1855
Children dressed in their best clothes for a party Date: circa 1855

Christmas - Firewood 19th
Returning home with a bundle of firewood Date: 1873

Baby in Sledge
Sister pushes baby through the snow on a sledge Date: circa 1890

Girls Snowballed
Two girls are snowballed by a boy as they pass his house Date: 1916

Water Babies - Fairies
The fairies came flying in at the window & brought her such a pretty pair of wings. Date: First published: 1863

PURITAN SATIRE
A satirical view of a protestant bishops. Of God, Of Man, Of the Devell Date: circa 1644

SATIRE ON PURITAN MILIT
A satire on Puritan military skill.s W Waller looses two armys yet getts by ye bargaine Date: circa 1642

Puritan demonstrations against monarchy, 1643
Puritan demonstrations in London against the monarchy. Their actions included pulling down the cross at Cheapside and burning Catholic texts where the cross had stood. Date: May 1643

PURITANS 1641
A satirical view of a Puritan (Cromwell piping in Lord Fairfax). Date: 1641

A Puritan weaving cloth
A satirical view of a Puritan weaving cloth. Date: c.1642

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

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