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Frontispiece, Legends of Women in Real Life. Date: published 1861
Advert for Bensons Edwardian jewellery 1906Selection womens Edwardian diamond jewellery, a system of 20 monthly payments obtainable by The Times. Date: 1906
Advert for Bensons Edwardian jewellery 1906Selection of pendants for the Edwardian women, using gems and diamonds, obtainable by The Times system of 20 monthly payments. Date: 1906
Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths jewellery 1894Selection of jewellery with a heart theme. Date: 1894
Advert for Jays spring tailored suits 1937Model wearing smart tailored suits for spring. Date: 1937
Advert for Gorringes womens spring hats 1937Model wearing three sytles in spring hats for 1937, the halo in silk that frames for the face, two colour fur felt hat and pedal straw hat. Date: 1937
Munstead Wood and Gardens - home of Gertrude JekyllThe Main Border (July, 2017) at Munstead Wood (Grade I listed), the home of influential British horticulturist, garden designer, artist and writer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932)
Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove spring cruises frock 1937Model wearing embroidered linen belted dress with patch pockets and piped bodies, suitable for sport and cruising. Date: 1937
Models wearing travel coats 1937Models wearing spring tailored coats in two styles, above single breasted in check herringbone tweed for the more slender figure and below pebble effect for the not so silm. Date: 1937
More Swedish instructionKeep fit instructress to exhausted class " Come, come! That won t do at all. You MUST look cheerful. Keep smiling - keep smiling all the time!" Date: 1906
Battle of Leiden 1574The Spanish are expelled from Leiden. Date: 3 October 1574
Tatler advertisment for Winslows SkatesAdvertisement in the Tatler of 27th October 1909 for Winslows Skates, described as the best roller skates possess the maximum of fine qualities and used in all the best rinks throughout the world
Tatler photo of Hon Eddy Stonor & Mrs George Cornwallis-WestTatler photograph of 27th October 1909, entitled Lord Cravens Shooting Party at Coombe Abbey, showing some of the members of the party
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- O, showing an organ grinder with a group of children. Date: circa 1860
Scientist at work in laboratory(Eugene Turpin)Eugene Turpin (1848 - 1927), French scientist and inventor of melinite, a form of gas warfare
Gilbert: Pygmalion and GalateaPygmalion and Galatea: a poster advertising a performance in Oxford. Date: 1894
A Greeting, sketch by George Belcher in the TatlerGeorge Belcher entitled A Greeting in the Tatler of 27th October 1909 showing a a man and an elderly woman talking in the rain with the caption " Wot cheer, old sport". 27th October 1909
Edward Vii / Naval UniformEDWARD VII (1841 - 1910), BRITISH ROYALTY in Naval uniform, 1902 1902
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Every Day -- a black Labrador. Date: 1933
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Every Day -- a pack of hounds following the scent of a fox with their hackles up. Date: 1933
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Every Day -- a Cairn terrier puppy lying down. Date: 1933
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Every Day -- an Alsatian and a Sealyham terrier lying side by side. Date: 1933
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Every Day -- an Aberdeen terrier sitting in an armchair. Date: 1933
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Every Day -- a Pekingese lying down in front of a cushion. Date: 1933
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Every Day -- a bull terrier (Aldins own dog, Cracker), resting in an armchair. Date: 1933
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Every Day -- a Field Spaniel. Date: 1933
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Every Day -- a Dalmatian puppy. Date: 1933
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Every Day -- a Sealyham terrier sits up and begs with its back against a wall. Date: 1933
Full length mink coat 1935Full length wrap-over mink coat, the pelts are worked in a herring-bone design, giving an effect of light and shade. A leather belt around the waist, can be taken off
Ermenonville battle 1914A fierce hand-to-hand encounter between a HIghland regiment and a German unit at the usually peaceful location of the woods and ancient artificial fishponds at Ermenonville, northern France. 1914
Soldiers drilling 1914Soldiers drilling in a Hull street, watched by members of the public August 1914
Horses at Tower of London 1914Territorial Army horses lined up in the moat of the Tower of London August 1914
Grenadier Guards in London 1914The 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards march past Buckingham Palace, saluted by King George V, their Colonel-in-Chief, and watched by other members of the Royal Family, including Queen Mary
Grenadier Guards in London 1914The 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards march through London in their campaign kit. They are headed by Major Edward Henry Trotter (1872-1916), who had lost an arm during the Second Boer War
Beeton and CoFashion illustration from a supplement by Beeton & Co. advertising an 1898 evening dress. 1898
William Powell and Myrna LoyWilliam Powell (1892 1984), American actor paired with Myrna Loy (1905 1993), American film, television and stage actress, in 14 films. Playing in After the Thin Man, showing at the Empire. 1937
Serfdom AbolishedAn Orthodox priest reads out the tsars announcement that serfdom is abolished throughout Russia. Date: 1861
War in CircassiaRussia is constantly having to suppress revolts in its many provinces : Shamil leads his Circassian forces into war with the Moscow government. Date: 1846
Catherine & KirghizFollowing Pugatchevs rebellion, Catherine determines to deal harshly with dissidents : she confronts the Kirghiz and strengthens serfdom. Date: circa 1776
Lithuanian Jews150, 000 Jews are expelled from Lithuania (at this time part of Russia), by the orders of tsar Nikolai I, with the greatest brutality. Date: 1844
Catherine II CoronationThe coronation of Catherine is announced at Moscow. Date: 1762
Sofya and SupportersSofya, Peters half-sister and regent during his youth, finds herself marginalised when she tries to seize power : she appeals to her supporters for help, but in vain. Date: 1688
Peters CourtCourt life at Moscow reflects Peters unsophisticated tastes; a marriage of dwarfs is his idea of entertainment. Date: circa 1700
Russian Old BelieversSofya, Peters half-sister and regent during his youth, hears religious disputes between the Old Believers (raskolniki) and their opponents. She deals firmly with the crisis. Date: 1682
Peter and StreltsiPeter, at the Troitsa monastery, receives deputations from the streltsi. Date: circa 1687
Malta Demo Pro ItalyThe people of Malta demonstrate in favour of Italy. Date: 1883
British at MaltaBritish troops disembark at Malta to reinforce the garrison. Date: 1887
Sir Wilfrid LawsonSIR WILFRID LAWSON statesman and advocate of temperance - he is here depicted as a most effective water-spouter. 1881