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Images Dated 9th December 2016

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Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: First Christmas card designed by W. N. Egley

First Christmas card designed by W. N. Egley
An 1842 design for a Christmas card by Mr W. N. Egley, though the general consensus is that the first was by John Calcott Horsley for Sir Henry Cole in 1846

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: The Design Department of Raphael Tuck & Sons

The Design Department of Raphael Tuck & Sons
The designing room at Raphael Tuck & Sons, fine art publishers of prints, cards, Almanacks and postcards, staffed largely by women

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: The Relief of Ladysmith

The Relief of Ladysmith: meeting of Generals White and Buller and their staffs, during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) Date: 1900

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Garden Ping Pong, 1901

Garden Ping Pong, 1901
An advertisement for Hamleys ping pong for the garden

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Adolph Tuck of Raphael Tuck passing a card design

Adolph Tuck of Raphael Tuck passing a card design
Adolph Tuck, Sir Adolph Tuck, 1st Baronet (1854-1926), fine art publisher and chairman of Raphael Tuck & Sons, pictured with his son passing a design for a Christmas card in 1903

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Queen Victoria with her great-grandchild

Queen Victoria with her great-grandchild
Queen Victoria was particularly fond of her great-grandchildren and liked nothing more than to have them about her. This photograph taken at Osborne House, Isle of Wight

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: General Lord Methuen with Colonel Douglas

General Lord Methuen with Colonel Douglas, Chief of Staff, directing the Battle of Magersfontein, during the Second Boer War. 1900

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: The Battle of Elandslaagte

The Battle of Elandslaagte: enemys shell bursting by the side of General White, during the Second Boer War. Date: 1899

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: The Battle of Magersfontein

The Battle of Magersfontein: Gordons covering the retreat of the Highland Brigade. The battle was fought during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). 1900

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Opening of the war session of Parliament: Boer Crisis

Opening of the war session of Parliament: Boer Crisis
The opening of the war session of Parliament on the 17th October 1899, as the Second Boer War commences. Mr Balfour exclaimed, " We have with use the conscience of the Empire". Date: 1899

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Colonial troops off to fight in the Second Boer War

Colonial troops off to fight in the Second Boer War
Colonial troops off to the Cape- departure of the New South Wales Lancers at Fenchurch Street Station, London Date: 1899

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Major General French and President Krugers cousin

Major General French and President Krugers cousin discussing the Boer Crisis on board the union liner " Norman". Date: 1899

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: The Transvaal (Boer) Crisis

The Transvaal (Boer) Crisis
A Field Cornets messenger hands over commandos to Boer farmers to be ready for war Date: 1899

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: London Bridge

London Bridge - the buildings formerly sited along its length had been demolished between 1758 and 1762. The tower of the Church of St Magnus the Martyr

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: London and Greenwich railway

London and Greenwich railway
London and Greenwich Railway. View from the Surrey Canal. Date: circa 1836

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Lt. -Gen. Sir George White, V. C. on horseback

Lt. -Gen. Sir George White, V. C. on horseback
Lieutenant General Sir George White, V.C. announced as commander of the British Forces in Natal, just prior to the Second Boer War which began in October 1899. Date: 1899

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: London and Greenwich railway

London and Greenwich railway
London and Greenwich Railway. View of arches over Surrey Canal. Date: circa 1836

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Divers building a pier or jetty

Divers building a pier or jetty wearing John Bethells patent diving dresses. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. 1838

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: The King salutes sons regiment outside Buckingham Palace

The King salutes sons regiment outside Buckingham Palace
The Grenadier Guards, of which the Prince of Wales was lieutenant, receiving the salute of the King as they march past Buckingham Palace. 1914

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Fortified costal towns, 1915

Fortified costal towns, 1915
A few hints to the enemy: fortified costal towns which are likely next to be attacked. Bexhill, Blackpool, Bognor, Clacton

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Portable Buildings advertisement, 1902

Portable Buildings advertisement, 1902
Advertisement for what appears to be extremely substantial portable buildings, for home and colonial use, special attention given to buildings for South Africa

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Woman Power

Woman Power
An illustration from the Bystander in 1918, showing the power of women as rays of light, apparently from a pair of female eyes shine upon a soldier

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Munitions scandal, cartoon, WW1

Munitions scandal, cartoon, WW1
A cartoon originally published in Reynolds Newspaper and reproduced in the Pictorial Politics column of The Tatler. A soldier in the trenches is being fed ammunition for his maxim gun directly from a

Background imageImages Dated 9th December 2016: Prince Albert later George VI at the age of one

Prince Albert later George VI at the age of one
Prince Albert of York (1895 - 1952), known as " Bertie" later King George VI, riding toy carriage and wooden horses. 1897


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