Lieutenant-General Garnet Wolseley (later Viscount Wolseley) 1833-1913, directing battle of Tel-el-Kebir, 13 September 1882 at end of Egyptian expedition crushing Arabi Pasha's revolt. Chromolithograph 1887
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Albuera 16 May 1811, Beresford defeats Soult. Sergeant of 18th Hussars (British) takes French officers prisoner. Hand-coloured aquatint after W Heath 1817.
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) French actress and courtesan, widely held to be the greatest actress of her day in any language. In London in 1882 she married Aristides Damala (Jacques Damala) a Greek-born actor. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne in the Punch's Fancy Portraits series from Punch (London, 15 April 1882).
David Brewster (1781-1868) Scottish physicist. Optics (kaleidoscope and polarised light). Editor of the Edinburgh Magazine 1802 and the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 1808. On the table beside him is a stereoscope, one of the optical instruments he invented. Engraving, c1870.
Atalanta and the Golden Apples' c1619. Oil on Wood. Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1575-1632) Flemish painter. Atlanta stopping to pick up one of Golden Apples thrown by Melanion who thus won their race and Atalanta's hand.
Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, England, 1814. Telescopes of various sizes, including one by William Herschel. From History of Oxford by Rudolph Ackerman (London, 1814). Aquatint.
Victorian illustration from family Bible of the discovery of Moses. religion, Christianity, ten commandments, religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, military leader, baby, basket, River Nile, Pharaohs daughter,
Johannes Guttenburg and the Printing Press in a mural in the Evolution of the Book series, by John W. Alexander Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.
Miners being lowered by ropes into the silver mines near Bansk Stiavnica (also called Selmechbanya or Scheminitz) in central Slovakia. From the 11th century until 1918 it was part of the kingdom of Hungary. Engraving, 1805. Mining Metal
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(George) Osmond Tearle (1852-1901) English actor-manager and fine Shakespearian actor. Tearle here as the name part in Coriolanus by William Shakespeare. Photogravure published c1895.
Crown Prince Yoshihito and Princess Sadako at their wedding reception standing on the bottom step of the dais. The Meiji Emperor and the Empress sit behind table. After Torajiro Kasai, Japanese artist. Formality Ceremony Tradition
Llanberis Pass, Cliffs, Rocks, Rugged, Snowdonia, National Park, Scree, Mountainous, North Wales, Welsh, Landscape, UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British, Sunny, Blue Sky, White Clouds, IPSV1296, IPSV2294,
Martin Folkes (1690-1754) English antiquary, born in London. President of the Royal Society (1741-1753). President of the Society of Antiquaries (1749-1754). Engraving after the portrait by William Hogarth.
Saint Benedict of Nursia (480-547) Italian founder of Western Christian monasticism. Instituted Benedictine order (Black Friars). Benedict teaching children. Religion Nineteenth century Trade Card Chromolithograph
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Johnson Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) English actor-manager. Knighted in 1913. Here as Romeo in the tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a role he played opposite the Juliet of Mrs Patrick Campbell. Photogravure.
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Ellen Alice Terry (1847-1928) English actress. From 1878 she had a successful 25-year professional partnership with Henry Irving. Here as Viola, a breeches role, in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Photogravure c1895.
?Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) 1 August 1798: French Revolutionary Wars. Captain Casabianca and his son on the French flagship 'Orient' which exploded with the loss of more than 1,000 men. Trade Card Chromolithograph?
The Virgin and Child with Saints', c1490. Oil on poplar. Ambrogio Bergognone (active 1481; dc1523) Italian painter. Virgin in blue robe, enthroned, holding hand of Catherine of Siena with lily, Catherine of Alexandria with wheel. Purity
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens; Kensington Gardens; Peter Pan; J.M.Barrie; Arthur Rackham; illustrations; 1906; 1st edition; first edition; children's storybook; children's story; fairies; The Little White Bird; London; London parks; The Broad Walk; The Serpentine; The Baby Walk; The Little People weave their summer curtains from skeleton leaves; sewing
The Baker kneading dough on lid of flour bin. In the background the oven is being heated by burning faggots, like the bundle of wood, bottom right. When the oven was up to temperature, the ashes would be raked out and loaves placed in oven using a 'peel', one of the flat wooden paddle-like implements leaning against oven. From The Book of English Trades. (London, 1824). Hand-coloured woodcut.
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River landscape with rustics and horses at a ferry by moonlight. Smithy and half-timbered cottage surrounded by woods. By EC Williams, British painter. Oil on canvas. 1860.
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484-1545) English soldier and statesman. Married Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII. Grandfather of Lady Jane Grey. Engraving.
BEB290 De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, Sussex, Grade 1 listed, iconic, Modernist, art galleries, restaurant, sun terrace, conference hall, seaside town, 1066 Country, 1933 9th Earl De La Warr, Mayor, international competition, welded steel framed, structural engineer Felix Samuely, designer Erich Mendelsohn, architect Serge Chermayeff, opened 1935 by Duke & Duchess of York, £8 million restoration, IPSV0576, IPSV1164, IPSV1165, IPSV2262, IPSV4958, IPSV4960, IPSV5272
?Carnival in Paris', oil on canvas by Etienne Jeaurat (1699-1789) French painter. Street scene with music, dancing, and drinking. Water carrier, bottom right, spectators on balcony and at windows.
Farmer's wife letting out a bull to frighten off agricultural workers attacking a farm, c1830. Rick burning and machine wrecking widespread at this time as workers were afraid that threshing machines and other developments would depress wages and destroy jobs. Chromolithograph 1880s.
Peterborough Cathedral; Cathedral of Peterborough; Cathedral Church of St Peter; St Paul and St Andrew; Saint Peter's Cathedral; Cathedral; Church; Building; Historical; Landmark; England; South East England; UK; United Kingdom; Landmarks; Building Exterior; Kathedrale von Peterborough; Kathedrale; Kirche; Gebaeude; Historisches; Historische; Sehenswuerdigkeiten; Aussen; Europa; Aussenaufnahme von Gebaeuden
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Peterborough Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew ? also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough, is dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Die Peterborough Cathedral. Der gotische Bau aus dem 12. Jh. geht auf eine Kirche aus dem 7.Jh. zur
Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796-1855) British geologist. President of the Royal Geological Society 1847. From Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison by Archibald Geikie (London, 1875). Engraving.
Henry Iriving (1838-1905) English actor-manager, playing in the first production of 'The Bells' which made him famous overnight. Here Mathias (Irving) dreams of the incident 15 years before when he killed a Polish Jew. Lyceum Theatre, London, 1871. From The Illustrated London News (London, 1871). Engraving.
Exeter waterfront historic Chestnut Hill Ave Water Franklin Pleasant High and Chestnut Sts Federal Greek Revival Late Victorian Commerce/Trade Domestic Transportation horizontal
Jerome K(lapka) Jerome (1859-1927) English novelist, playwright and writer. Author of Three Men in a Boat (1889). From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery (London, 1890-1894). Woodburytype after photograph by W & D Downey.
Sagrada Família, Passion Facade, Gaudí, Barcelona, Antoni Gaudí, Catalonia, Spain, Architecture, Barcelona, Josep Maria Subirachs, Roman Catholic, church, religion, Joseph, tourism, tourist attraction. holiday. visit. Architect. Art, Artistic, Attraction, sculpture, religious, Style, Decoration, Decorations, Design, Sight, Famous, Spanish, Tour, Tourists, Travel, Traveling, Vacation, Europe, 1852–1926, sculptor, Church of the Holy Family, passion, death, resurrection
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The Passion façade of the Sagrada Família church in Barcelona, designed by sculptor Josep Subirachs, He began work in 1987, following the ideas but not the style of Gaudí.
Bell Telephone Company, America. Top left: Winding and inspecting coils. Top right: Experimental deparment. Centre right: First Bell telephone and First Boston telephone exchange with 5 lines (1877). Centre: Inspecting department. Centre right: Hand telephone department. Bottom left: Boston telephone exchange, 1884. Bottom right: Assembling transmitters. Engraving from Scientific American (New York, 20 September 1884).
Bennet Burleigh (?-1914) Scottish war correspondent who worked for the Daily Telegraph from 1882. Accompanied the Gordon Relief Expedition (1884) and reported on the Boer War. Engraving published London 1901.
Benjamin Pollock's backdrop for sleeping beauty in scene 6. Large hand coloured sheet intended as backdrop in a toy theatre or theatre in miniature. ephemera, juvenile drama, paper theatre, theatrical print, play, Publisher of Juvenile Prints, Penny Plain and Tuppence Coloured,
'The Road to the Pyramids at Gizeh'. The road passes through a tunnel of shade between an avenue of trees. Some travellers are on camels, others on donkeys, while others are on foot. Edward Lear (1812-1888) English artist, traveller and humourist, 1873. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
Doubting Thomas putting hand into Christ's wounds (centre). On left are scenes from life of Margaret of Antioch and on right are scenes from life of St George. School of Antwerp c1560.
Monmouth, Wye Valley, Monmow Bridge, Market, markets, European Market, food miles, food travel, people strolling, people at a Market, food Market, Flags, European, local Market, colourful, summer, leisure, heritage, crafts, town Market, British Market, country Market, buying, selling, trade, trading, holidays, activities, things to do in Wye valley, things to do, shopping, looking
