The Woodman setting off to work in snowy landscape, axe under arm and billhook tucked in belt, with pipe for comfort and dog for company. Coloured lithograph from cover of song with lyrics by WD Chester, composer A Carroll
?Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard (1475-1524) French hero, the 'knight without fear and beyond reproach', defending bridge at Garigliano alone against 200 Spanish troops for 30 minutes, 1503. Nineteenth Century Trade Card Lithograph?
?Paris in 1900': Busy city street scene with pedestrians, horse-bus and cabs, and Haussmann architecture. Jean-Francois Raffaelli (1850-1924) French painter.
?The Shoemaker', 1918. Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev (1878-1827) Russian painter and stage designer. Shoemaker hammering a heel and surrounded by boots, shoes, lasts, brushes and boxes.?
Indian barber. In the foreground a barber is shaving the head of a client. Standing on the left a Sepoy, whose uniform is on the ground beside him, is plucking his eyebrows with the aid of tweezers and a mirror. Standing on the right another barber is gossipping, holding the implements of his trade wrapped in a cloth which he carries in front of him. Hand coloured lithograph from Oriental Drawings by Charles Gold (London, 1806).
Britain; England; Scotland; Ireland; Religion; 17th century; Seventeenth century
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A Solemn League and Covenant ...' for defence of religion in England, Scotland and Ireland. The Covenanters opposed the imposition of High Anglican rites and suppression of their Calvinist protestantism. Illustration by Willaim Hollar, 1643.
Jeanne Duval (c1820-1862) French actress, dancer, mistress and muse to Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) French poet and art critic. Pen and ink sketch by Baudelaire.
The Postman's Knock. Postman in General Post Office knocking on a front door. From a cover of a song dedicated to Sir Rowland Hill who introduced te Penny Post. Published c1870.
Mrs FR Benson (born Constance Featherstonhaugh - 1860-1946) English actress. Married the actor-manager Frank Benson (1858-1939) in 1886 and appeared for many years as his leading lady. Here as Miranda in The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
Anaesthetist administering chloroform using apparatus devised by Dr Raphael Dubois to meet the requirements of the great French physiologist Paul Bert (1833-1886). From La Nature, Paris, 1885.
Fukurokuju, Japanese god of wisdom, wealth, long life and happiness, on right is red-crowned crane, symbol of longevity and fidelity. Ink and colour wash on paper. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Ukiyo-e artist. Religion Deity
Black faced ram. Hardy breed of sheep with good wool. Particularly popular in Scotland. Hand-coloured engraving from Naturalist's Library series, 1833-1845.
Soul of the penitent thief carried into Paradise by angels with burning censers. Luke 23. Illustration by JJ Tissot for his Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ 1897. Oleograph.
Magnetism and electromagnetism, showing dip needle, compass, etc., and lifting power of electromagnet (12), Wheatstone telegraph (13), Morse telegraph (16). From educational plate published Wurtemberg c1850.
horse; equine; equestrian; event; white; grey; close-up; nose; mane; hair; horsehair; eye; nose; bridle; halter; leather; buckle; eye-contact; trusting; IPSV2525 This image is also available as a tiff file at 300dpi
Leaf of Antiphonal or Choir Missal on vellum. Notation is on the five-line stave as used today. Text is in Latin. Spain, c1650. Music Vocal Religion Christian
Eruption of Vesuvius. People being evacuated from their houses as Vesuvius erupts in the background: April, 1906. From Le Petit Journal, Paris 20 April 1906.
Arrest of Francois Koenigstein (1859-1892) French Anarchist known as Ravachol, 30 March 1892. Guillotined 11 July 1892. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 16 April 1892. France, Criminal, Murderer, Bomber, Terrorist
Forth Railway Bridge from South-East, c1890, Scotland. This bridge, built for the North British Railway Company, was begun in 1882 and opened on 4 March 1890. Cantilever and central girder design by John Fowler (1817-1898) and Benjamin Baker (1840-1907) who was also the engineer. William Arrol (1839-1913) the principal contractor. The steel for the girders was produced the by the Siemens-Martin process. Chromolithograph c1895.
Cameramen under fire while filming an engagement while reporting on the First Balkan War, 1912-1913. This war was between the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro) against the Turks (Ottoman Empire) an their repressive policies. From Le Petit Journal, (Paris, 3 November 1912).
Washing for tin. After digging out a substantial amount of material, the miners would alter the course of a stream. The flow of the water would wash away the light material, leaving behind the tin-bearing ore. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.
American privateer General Armstrong in Port Fayal, Azores, 26 Sept. 1814, firing on 4 boats of British Marines from the 'Carnation'. Attack repelled. Next day fired on by British and scuttled by crew who escaped ashore. Print 1830.
Religion; Christian; Muslim; Islam; Religious; War
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The Capture of Acre by the Crusaders (1191?) during the First Crusade. From Speculum Majus by Vincent de Beauvais (c1190-1264) French Dominican monk and encyclopaedist.. 15th century manuscript. Chantilly Library.
copper plate; engraving; religion; religious; scripture; Bible; Jesus; blind man; guide dog; miracle; cherub; putti; naked young boy with wings; Johannes Kip; Jan Kip; engraver; Richard Blome; publisher; coat of arms
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Plate has engraved caption containing the name of a patron or contributor to the printing of the work. These patrons range from the King and Queen through all the ranks of society.
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Siege of Paris 19 Sept 1870-28 Jan 1871. National Guardsman does not fancy the delicacy the street vendor is offering - dog offal. From 'Paris Bloque', Faustin Betbeder. France Germany Food Shortage Hunger
copper plate; engraving; religion; religious; scripture; Bible; good Samaritan; cherub; putti; naked young boy with wings; L Masson sculp; engraver; Richard Blome; publisher; coat of arms
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Plate has engraved caption containing the name of a patron or contributor to the printing of the work. These patrons range from the King and Queen through all the ranks of society.
Facsimile of the original draft of the Declaration of Independence (1776) in oval frame with medallions of the thirteen original states, and portraits of John Hancock, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. America USA 1819.
World War I 1914-1918: 'What England Wants' 1918 German propaganda poster showing British planes bombing a factory, a response to article by a Member of Parliament saying Rhine industry must be bombed to destruction.
Musk Ox (Ovibos moschatus), large mammal of the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Chromoxylograph from The Polar World by G Hartwig (London, 1874).
Howard Russell (1820-1907) Irish-born British journalist. War correspondent for The Times (Crimean War) and The Daily Telegraph (Zulu War). 'Ape' (Carlo Pellegrini) cartoon from Vanity Fair, London, 16 January 1875.
Chameleons vary greatly in size and body structure, with total length from approximately 1 inch (2.5 cm), to 31 inches (79 cm) in the male. Many species are sexually dimorphic, and males are typically much more ornamented than the female chameleons.
Woman suffering from Lupus Vulgaris, a tubercular skin infection. From Jules Rengade Les Grands Maux et les Grands Remedes, Paris, c1890. Formerly a disfiguring disease, it responds well to modern drugs for tuberculosis and is now rare.
Advertising; British; Domestic; Hygiene; Chemical; Industry
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Trade card for Sunlight soap, c1900. Little girl carries a shopping basket of Sunlight soap home through the snow. The message is purity, whiteness and less labour. The soap was manufactured by Lever Brothers at their factory at Port Sunlight on the Mersey, near Liverpool, England. Illustration by Tom Browne (1872-1910), English painter and illustrator. Chromolithograph.
Corporal Paul Wienert and gunners of Battery 'E' 1st Artillery. Seven Lakota native American Indian scouts and uniformed Euro-American soldiers pose with a Hotchkiss field gun. Photograph c1891.
Title page 'Two Treatises of Government: ' John Locke, 2nd edition 1694, First, attack on Divine Right of Kings; Second, dealing with Rights of Man. Locke, English philosopher, Father of Liberalism and influential Enlightenment thinker.
Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) French General and first President of The Fifth Republic. De Gaulle as depicted in a 1950 anti-government cartoon by Micou issued by Le Parti Communiste Francais attacking the cost of armaments and the Atlantic Pact.
Jean Mounet-Sully (1841-1916) celebrated French tragedian in role of Oedipus in 'L'Oedipe roi', Jules Lecroix's French version of Sophocles's play. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 17 September 1892. Actor, Theatre, Drama, France
?Great Days of the French Revolution, 1789: No 1. Top: Tennis Court Oath. Mirabeau and the Master of Ceremonies . Bottom: Attack on Bastille. The Night of 4 August. Popular French coloured print.?
General Custers troops being chased across river by pursuing Native Americans. Battle of Little Big Horn, 25-26 June 187. Native American painting c1900.
Wild and Honey Bees: Honey; Wax; Light; Wax-works. Hand-coloured lithograph published London c1850. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man
Trade card for the Fairbank Canning Company, Chicago, Illinois, c1890. Lion Brand corned beef. In background, cattle are entering abattoir and canning factory. Chromolithograph.
Frost Fair, frozen River Thames, London, 1814, Luke Clonnell, George Cooke, printing press, swings, St Paul's Cathedral,
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Print of Frost Fair on the frozen Thames February 1814 drawn by Luke Clonnell and engraved by George Cooke. Various diversions are shown including a printing press and a view of St Paul's Cathedral in the distance
Mustafa Kemel Ataturk (1881-1938) Turkish statesman, leader of Turkish nationalist movement from 1909. Responsible for modernisation of Turkey. President 1923-1928. Photograph.
Venezuelans attacking Spanish conquistadors. Coloured drawing by Hieronyouse Koler, Hohemath Expedition. At bottom right Europeans in tent eating and drinking and at top left sitting in privy or wash house, are taken by surprise by natives. British Libra
?Napoleon I' , Lithograph by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) French artist. Post-Impressionist, Art Nouveau. Napoleon on white horse, followed by French officer on a chestnut and turbaned figure on a grey.
Bridge at the Okasaki station with porters and attendants carrying sedan chair and bundles. From 'The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road' (1833-1834) by Utagawa Hiroshiga (1797-1858) Japanese Ukiyo-e artist. Landscape Water
The Whale: Light, perfume, oil, manure, whalebone, food, candles. Hand-coloured lithograph, Thomas Varty, published London c1850. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man
Jefferson Davis (1809-1889) President of the Confederate (southern) States. Captured by Union (northern) cavalry in 1865 and imprisoned for two years. Lithograph after painting by Thomas Hicks of 14 June 1860.
Ronald Ross (1857-1932) British physician. Discovered the Malaria parasite and its life cycle. Awarded the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine, 1902.
World War II - Russian Front: Helmeted German soldiers searching a ruined village. The man behind the field gun is ready for action and the other troops are on their guard. From 'Signal', German propaganda magazine, January 1943.
Alfred Dreyfus (c1859-1935) French army officer of Jewish extraction, wrongly accused of passing secret documents to the Germans, being disgraced as a traitor and degraded by having his sword broken and all signs of rank removed from his uniform. From Le Petit Journal Paris, 18 January 1895.
Advertisement for Cotton Bale Medicine Co. Patent medicines (Helena, Arkansas, USA). Above pile of remedies, African-American labourers are picking cotton, Mississippi river in background. Agriculture Textile Chromolithograph
Catholoic students of the National Union laying wreaths at foot statue of Saint Joan (Joan of Arc - c1412-1431) The Maid of Orleans, French national heroine of The Hundred Year's War. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, February, 1894.
Stamping mills powered by and overshot water wheel being used to crush ore to begin the process of extracting metal from the ore won from a mine. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut. Mining. Metal. Power. Water.
Overshot water wheel turning the cam-shaft of a stamping mill being used to turn the crush ore to begin the process of extracting metal from the ore won from a mine. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut
World War I Polish army recruitment poster, 1917. Casimir Pulaski and Thaddeus Kosciuszko, 18th/19th century Polish heroes used to appeal to Polish nationalism to recruit men to fight for their country.
Engraving; The Universal Penman; Engraving; George Bickham; Penman; Richard Morris; ephemera; fancy penmanship; flourishes; calligraphic; calligraphy; decorative handwriting; art; writing, beautiful; Golden Mean
Language; Word; Grammar; Central; America; Book; Sixteenth century; 16th century
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Title page of Vocabulary in Castilian and Mexican Language by Alonso de Molina, Mexico, 1572, the first dictionary printed in the New World. Molina (c1514-1579) Spanish Franciscan priest and grammarian.
St Vincent. Christian deacon from Saragossa, martyred under Diocletian c.304. Patron saint of drunkards and winegrowers. 19th century French coloured woodcut.
Furnace for refining copper with all the tools necessary to carry out the process. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.
Memberes of the Parisian National Guard. 1869. From Histoire des corps de troupes de la ville de Paris by Francois Cudet, Paris, 1897. Chromolithograph.
Thomas More (1478-1535) English scholar and statesman. Author of Utopia, friend of Erasmus. Lord Chancellor to Henry VII. Artist's impression of him bidding farewell to his daughter before his execution, 22 June 1535. Wood engraving.
