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Etruscans in garlands lying on couches at a feast. Servants bring food and wine, while musicians play lyre, panpipes and flute
SIR WALTER SCOTT Scottish writer, with a dead stag
Repair your own fur coat, 1944. Cleaning and repairing your fur coat and your raincoat at home in wartime. Date: 1944
Thomas EdisonThomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor and businessman, who has been described as Americas greatest inventor
Cartoon, The Happy Robbers (Gladstone and Bright)Cartoon, The Happy Robbers -- John Bright as Falstaff and William Gladstone as Prince Hal (Henry IV) in a Shakespearean scene
Figures of the dead from Etruscan furereal urns. A man lies on his side in a white tunic and toga, crowned with a garland. From the lid of an urn found near Chiasi in 1721
Ancient Etruscan tombs in the necropolis of Tarquinia, Italy. Sepolcri di Tarquinia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient
Marble statue of an Etruscan priest in ceremonial robes. He holds a patera or libation bowl in his right hand. Two Etruscan leaping priests or Salii carrying bronze shields or ancilia in a religious
View of the Neapolitan Crypt or Crypta Neapolitana, ancient Roman road tunnel linking Naples to Pozzuoli on the Via Domiziana, Italy. Grotta di Posilippo
Map of Rome - ancient and modern topographyMap of Rome showing ancient and modern topography. Allegorical figure of Rome. Urbis Topographia ejusque Ambitus Antiquus et Hodiernus. From a map by Francesco Gandini
Girl in a straw hatSmiling young girl wearing an old straw hat. A sprig of periwinkles in the foreground. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: circa 1908
Edible and medicinal seaweeds, 1940Edible and medicinal seaweeds by W.P. Pycraft Date: 1940
Vegetable variety, 1943. Wartime recipes. Date: 1943
Food for the winter store, 1942. Preserving garden produce in wartime. Date: 1942
Queer fish, 1943. Wartime recipes using fish such as ling, rock salmon, skate and dogfish. 1943
Its in the cooking, 1943. Wartime cooking and recipes. Home front in Britain. Date: 1943
Make yourself these string slippers, 1944. Wartime crochet pattern. 1944
Knitting for the long winter evenings, 1943. Patterns for vest and pants, and a pastel sweater. Date: 1943
Dry clean at home, 1943. Dry cleaning with vinegar, powdered magnesia and bicarbonate of soda at home in wartime. Date: 1943
We re on the mend, 1941We re on the mend. Mending and darning clothes and fabric in wartime. 1941 Date: 1941
New clothes from old discards, 1942New clothes from old discards. Tips for fashion and dressing well in wartime from Britannia & Eve, May 1942. Date: 1942
Dress 2 into 1 by Jean BurnupDress, 1 into 2, 2 into 1 by Jean Burnup. Fashion in wartime. Date: 1941
Dress by Jean Burnup. Article from Britannia & Eve, 1942, on how to dress in wartime. Home front in Britain. Date: 1942
Passed by the censor. Article in Britannia & Eve, 1942, giving advice about writing to men posted abroad in wartime. Date: 1942
Life below stairs, 1940Life below stairs article in Britannia & Eve, November 1940, about living with air raids during World War Two. Date: 1940
Wedding in a hurry, 1944Wedding in a hurry. Article with advice about speedy marriages in wartime, in Britannia & Eve, May 1944. Date: 1944
No maid, no matter! 1943No maid, no matter! Serious comic strip showing labour-saving of a housewife who does all her own work, 1943. Date: 1943
Cartoon, A Friend in Need (Gladstone and Bright)Cartoon, A Friend in Need -- a satirical comment on the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874) in West Africa. William Gladstone congratulates John Bright on his appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy
Cartoon, The End of the Season (Disraeli)Cartoon, The End of the Season -- Benjamin Disraeli (Miss Dizzy), dressed as a debutante, gets ready for the last event of the season
Cartoon, Humble Pie (Gladstone and San Juan Island)Cartoon, Humble Pie -- a satirical comment on a government failure regarding a boundary dispute between the UK and USA over the island of San Juan in the Pacific North-West
Cartoon, Miss Britannias Next New Doll (Shah of Persia)Cartoon, Miss Britannias Next New Doll -- a satirical comment on the popularity of the Shah of Persia, at the time making a tour of the European continent
Cartoon, Strike Home! (strikers injure each other)Cartoon, Strike Home! A working man who is on strike is dismayed to find that the local baker is also on strike -- the suggestion is that all they are doing is injuring each other by striking
Cartoon, That Ballot-Boy Again! (Ballot Bill)Cartoon, That Ballot-Boy Again! The Ballot Bill (legislation for the use of a secret ballot in elections) was proving difficult to get through
Cartoon, Land and Labour (Agricultural Union)Cartoon, Land and Labour; or, How to Settle It. A comment on the current unrest over working conditions in agricultural districts
Cartoon, The Lancashire Lions (Disraeli and Gladstone)Cartoon, The Lancashire Lions -- one of many cartoons focusing on the political rivalry between Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone
Cartoon, Smoking the Calumet (Gladstone and Alabama Claim)Cartoon, Smoking the Calumet -- a satirical comment on the American governments claim for compensation for the sinking of the CSS Alabama during the American Civil War
Cartoon, The Disappointed Undertakers (Liberal Party)Cartoon, The Disappointed Undertakers -- a satirical comment on the rivaly between the Liberal Party (represented by Lord John Russell, John Bright and William Gladstone)
Cartoon, Twopenny Politics (Gladstone and Bright)Cartoon, Twopenny Politics -- a satirical comment on electoral reform, as promoted by Liberal politicians John Bright and William Gladstone
Cartoon, Don t Touch the Queen (Irish Church)Cartoon, Don t Touch the Queen -- a satirical comment on Gladstones Irish Church Suspensory Bill, which was carried against the Conservative government by a large majority
Cartoon, Mr Gladstone Sent For -- a satirical comment on the General Election success of the Liberal Party, headed by William Gladstone
Cartoon, Natural Allies (Irish Republic and Abyssinia)Cartoon, Natural Allies -- a satirical comment on two of Britains enemies, Abyssinia and the Irish Republic, being natural allies to each other
Cartoon, Rival Sweepers (Electoral Reform)Cartoon, Rival Sweepers -- a satirical comment on the opening of the new Parliamentary session, with MPs from both parties ready to put forward their rival ideas for electoral reform
Cartoon, The Dryads of Disfranchisement -- a satirical comment on threatened constituencies and their respective MPs (Totnes, Wakefield, Yarmouth, Calne and Wells)
Cartoon, The Rival Conductors (Electoral Reform)Cartoon, The Rival Conductors -- a satirical comment on electoral reform, as represented by Gladstone (Liberal, left) and Disraeli (Conservative, right)
Cartoon, A Surprising Success (Electoral Reform)Cartoon, A Surprising Success -- John Bull congratulates Lord Derby, Conservative Prime Minister, on his success in winning the Reform Stakes, using horseracing as a metaphor for electoral reform
Schoolgirls in uniform studying in a library. Date: circa 1965
Boy with message" Heres to those who love us and heres to those who don t." Tearful boy writing a message. 1907
Advert for Ewarts Geyser hot water 1928Hot water instantly night or day, maid bringing clean towels to her mistress, who is sitting at the edge of the bath. Date: 1928