Generally Collection

CLARIDGES HOTEL, Brook Street, London : built 1895 on the site of Mivarts, and generally reckoned as the most prestigious hotel in London. Date: circa 1905

James Figg, Boxer
Generally regarded as the earliest of Prize Ring champions, Figg was also a expert in the use of swords, cudgels and quarterstaffs

Tzu-Hsi Dowager Empress
TZU-HSI, aka HSIAO-CH IN &c, generally known as the dowager empress : Manchu ruler who resisted reform, European influences etc, supported the Boxer rising. 1835 - 1908

Sir John Fastolf
SIR JOHN FASTOLF (or Fastolfe) English soldier generally involved in overseas wars. (He is NOT the original of Shakespeares Falstaff)

North Berwick Witches
The witches of North Berwick make cattle sick, set fire to churches and generally make themselves unpopular

Liverpool - Birkenhead Park - The Lake - Lake with Buildings opposite surrounded by Trees. Part of Box 62 Boswell Collection - Liverpool

Greenwich Park 1802
Fun and games in Greenwich Park on a Whitmonday - a bank holiday : picnicking, dancing to a barrel organ, playing games and generally making the most of the day Date: 1802

Before and After Taking': Frontispiece from 'Cartoons or our War with Spain' by Charles Nelan, 1898
528237 Before and After Taking': Frontispiece from 'Cartoons or our War with Spain' by Charles Nelan, 1898. Generally supportive of the US in the Spanish-American War

Robert Edwin Peary, 1909 (cartoon)
530667 Robert Edwin Peary, 1909 (cartoon); (add.info.: Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) American naval officer and explorer

Satirical drawing about the conquest of the North Pole, 1909 (engraving)
530606 Satirical drawing about the conquest of the North Pole, 1909 (engraving); (add.info.: Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920), American naval commander and explorer

Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine (America, 1831), the first mechanical reaper to be generally adopted
538092 Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine (America, 1831), the first mechanical reaper to be generally adopted. Engraving 1862; (add.info.: Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine (America, 1831)

Moody morning
Road through the murky forest. Ales Krivec

ELEPHANT CARRYING LOG
This Indian elephant is a resident in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris but helps to carry logs when the trees are cut down and apparently makes himself generally useful. Date: 1930s

The Mother Fish
This illustration shows a mother fish teaching her children about the worm bait on a hook, accompanied with a caption translated from French, The worm, my children, is generally good only so far

Conquest of the North Pole, 1909 (lithograph)
530671 Conquest of the North Pole, 1909 (lithograph) by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: The conquest of the North Pole: Dr)

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - You Know what men are
The Caption is You know what men are. In previous wars men generally had the desirable uniforms but in WW2 the ladies had uniforms too and that of the WRENS was particularly attractive

Australian Road to Passchendaele Marker Stone
The Third Battle of Ypres, generally referred to as Passchendaele began on 31 July 1917 and staggered on in dreadful weather conditions until it floundered in mud and resulted in some 300

Flemish Soldiers Memorial Crypt, Zonnbeke
The crypt is in the local cemetery. There was considersable acrimony between the French speaking population and those who spoke Flemish

The living statued patriot, lately so justly celebrated but now generally censured and exploded (engraving)
607089 The living statued patriot, lately so justly celebrated but now generally censured and exploded (engraving) by English School

Churchill tank AVRE, la Breche d Hermanville
AVRE stands for Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers. This category was a collection of armoured vehicles, generally but not always, Churchill tanks

Captain Gauvin Memorial Anguerny Normandy
Memorials to those who survived are not generally welcomed because of the numbers. However, Gauvin led the Bren carriers of the Chaudieres into the village and after the war became a diplomat

Double cross tennis, for economising space in local tournaments and generally gingering up the game (litho)
1090685 Double cross tennis, for economising space in local tournaments and generally gingering up the game (litho) by Robinson

Chevalier John Theodora De Verdion, The Walking Bookseller and Teacher of Languages (engraving)
609406 Chevalier John Theodora De Verdion, The Walking Bookseller and Teacher of Languages (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A French fleet lands on the Kent coast : although the English generally enjoy naval supremacy in the Channel, occasional French attacks prevent complacency Date: 14th century

Plate - Give it a good ard un Bert. - Bairnsfatherwar
Plate. Inscribed - Give it a good ard un Bert. You can generally ear em fizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Plate - Give it a good ard un, Bert
Plate inscribed Give it a good ard un, Bert: You can generally ear em fizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Inscribed on reverse Made by the girls of Staffordshire during the winter of

Man with mental disability and goitre
Man with an undetermined mental disability, also suffering with goitre : the two are generally associated, involving thyroid deficiency and impared development. See 10192038 for his daughter

DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY
Before mains electricity became available, those who could afford it installed their own electricity power plants, generally in the cellar, as here. Date: 1885

1805 ICE SKATING
The occasional fall notwithstanding, gentlemen generally find ice skating to be whizzer fun. Date: 1805

GLUCK / ORPHEE, PARIS
Delna as Orfeo at the Opera- Comique, Paris, is appalled at the loss of Eurydice : originally sung by a castrato, the role of Orfeo is generally now taken by a female singer

GREENWICH PARK 1802
Fun and games in Greenwich Park on a Whitmonday - a bank holiday : picnicking, dancing to a barrel organ, playing games and generally making the most of the day Date: 1802

FLIGHT OF EMIGRES
Alarmed by attacks on their property and themselves, nobles emigrate, generally to Germany and Switzerland Date: circa 1790 - 1791

SAINT DENIS / VORAGINE
SAINT DENIS First bishop of Paris, martyred and buried at Saint Denis; because his head was cut off, he is generally depicted carrying it Date: died circa 258

Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci Anonymous
VESPUCCI, Amerigo (1454-1512). Italian explorer and cartography; generally considered that the continents of America named after him. Oil

Thomas Mantell
Captain Thomas Mantell, 25- year old USAF pilot, who died pursuing a UFO, now generally considered to have been a Skyhook weather balloon

The Three Graces
The three graces - Euphrosyne, Thalia and Aglaia - generally supposed to be descended from Dionysos and Aphrodite

Taras Szewczenko
TARAS GRIGORIVICH SZEWCZENKO (or Szevczenko) Ukrainian writer and artist, generally reckoned his countrys greatest literary figure. Date: 1814 - 1861

Kiel Canal Map
Map showing the route of the Nord Ost See Kanal (generally known as the Kiel Canal) linking the North Sea and the Baltic

Gossip about Fairies 30
Many dwarfs work underground, often in the mining industry, notably in the Harz mountains of Germany : but they generally come up at nights. as in the story of Snow-White

A-L Lavoisier
ANTOINE-LAURENT LAVOISIER French chemist, generally regarded as the founder of modern chemistry

Hendrick Conscience
HENDRICK CONSCIENCE Flemish author of more than 100 books, generally regarded as the creator of the Flemish novel. Date: 1812 - 1883

Arcisse De Caumont
ARCISSE DE CAUMONT French archeologist, generally considered to be responsible for putting French archeology on a scientific basis. Date: 1801 - 1873

John Bernardi
Major JOHN BERNARDI Soldier, imprisoned on grounds of conspiring as a Jacobite against William III, but he is generally supposed to have been innocent of the charge. Date: 1654 - 1736

Medieval Castle
The Mode in which Ancient Castles were generally built - the barbican protecting entry, the moat, outer and inner walls, with the keep or dungeon at the centre. Date: medieval

Stain Glass Fairford
Four prophets depicted in a window at Fairford, Gloucestershire : the church is generally considered to have some of the finest stained glass to be seen. Date: late 15th century

Rowing Coach Forster
Robert Henry Forster, noted rowing coach : he is generally known as Bill. Date: 1910

Edwardian Bedroom
Typical Edwardian bedroom with large wardrobe, wash stand in the corner, picture rail and generally ornate decor. Date: circa 1905

Trunk Maker 1827
Trunks, generally made of wood and sometimes covered with leather for holding plates and knives and clothes, being hammered together by a trunk maker. Date: 1827

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