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"Unveiling the Tales of Time: From Da Vinci's Crossbow to Saucy Dancers and Electric Guitars" In this captivating collection

Background imageNotes Collection: Afghanistan, Notes at Kandahar (engraving)

Afghanistan, Notes at Kandahar (engraving)
1045320 Afghanistan, Notes at Kandahar (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Afghanistan, Notes at Kandahar)

Background imageNotes Collection: The Tonkin Expedition, Notes at Saigon, the Capital of the French Colony of Lower Cochin China

The Tonkin Expedition, Notes at Saigon, the Capital of the French Colony of Lower Cochin China (engraving)
1044222 The Tonkin Expedition, Notes at Saigon, the Capital of the French Colony of Lower Cochin China (engraving) by English School

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes at the International Fisheries Exhibition, South Kensington (engraving)

Notes at the International Fisheries Exhibition, South Kensington (engraving)
1044146 Notes at the International Fisheries Exhibition, South Kensington (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes in the Transvaal (engraving)

Notes in the Transvaal (engraving)
1044097 Notes in the Transvaal (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes in the Transvaal)

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes from a Travellers Sketch-Book (engraving)

Notes from a Travellers Sketch-Book (engraving)
1059348 Notes from a Travellers Sketch-Book (engraving) by Corbould, Alfred Chantrey (1852-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes from a Travellers Sketch-Book)

Background imageNotes Collection: The American Centennial Exhibition, Notes on the Way to Philadelphia (engraving)

The American Centennial Exhibition, Notes on the Way to Philadelphia (engraving)
1059292 The American Centennial Exhibition, Notes on the Way to Philadelphia (engraving) by Corbould, Alfred Chantrey (1852-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: The American Centennial Exhibition)

Background imageNotes Collection: The American Centennial Exhibition, Notes on the Way to Philadelphia (engraving)

The American Centennial Exhibition, Notes on the Way to Philadelphia (engraving)
1059283 The American Centennial Exhibition, Notes on the Way to Philadelphia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The American Centennial Exhibition)

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes at the Zoological Gardens, Corsican Moufflons (engraving)

Notes at the Zoological Gardens, Corsican Moufflons (engraving)
1058146 Notes at the Zoological Gardens, Corsican Moufflons (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes at the Zoological Gardens, Corsican Moufflons)

Background imageNotes Collection: Military Career of HRH the Duke of Connaught (engraving)

Military Career of HRH the Duke of Connaught (engraving)
1058785 Military Career of HRH the Duke of Connaught (engraving) by Corbould, Alfred Chantrey (1852-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: Military Career of HRH the Duke of Connaught)

Background imageNotes Collection: The Ashantee War, Notes on the Voyage Home (engraving)

The Ashantee War, Notes on the Voyage Home (engraving)
1058504 The Ashantee War, Notes on the Voyage Home (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ashantee War, Notes on the Voyage Home)

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes in Madeira (engraving)

Notes in Madeira (engraving)
1053928 Notes in Madeira (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes in Madeira. Illustration for The Graphic)

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes in a Lunatic Asylum at Capetown, South Africa (engraving)

Notes in a Lunatic Asylum at Capetown, South Africa (engraving)
1055191 Notes in a Lunatic Asylum at Capetown, South Africa (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes in a Lunatic Asylum at Capetown, South Africa)

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes in the Island of Madeira (engraving)

Notes in the Island of Madeira (engraving)
1055159 Notes in the Island of Madeira (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes in the Island of Madeira)

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes at Goodwood (engraving)

Notes at Goodwood (engraving)
1054488 Notes at Goodwood (engraving) by Dollman, John Charles (1851-1934) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes at Goodwood)

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes at the Sham Fight at Yoker, on the Clyde, near Glasgow (engraving)

Notes at the Sham Fight at Yoker, on the Clyde, near Glasgow (engraving)
1056067 Notes at the Sham Fight at Yoker, on the Clyde, near Glasgow (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes at the Sham Fight at Yoker)

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes by our Artists, at Sistova, at Pavolo, with the Turkish Forces between Rustchuck and Shumla

Notes by our Artists, at Sistova, at Pavolo, with the Turkish Forces between Rustchuck and Shumla, at Constantinople
1049854 Notes by our Artists, at Sistova, at Pavolo, with the Turkish Forces between Rustchuck and Shumla, at Constantinople, and with the Turkish Army in Asia (engraving) by Corbould

Background imageNotes Collection: Amenities of a Clerical Election (engraving)

Amenities of a Clerical Election (engraving)
1049298 Amenities of a Clerical Election (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amenities of a Clerical Election)

Background imageNotes Collection: God Save the Queen (chromolitho)

God Save the Queen (chromolitho)
724673 God Save the Queen (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: God Save the Queen. Postcard with lyrics and musical notation)

Background imageNotes Collection: Set design for The Flea, by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1925 (tempera on wood)

Set design for The Flea, by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1925 (tempera on wood)
2905945 Set design for The Flea, by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1925 (tempera on wood) by Kustodiev, Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927); State Central Literary Museum, Moscow

Background imageNotes Collection: At the Peace Conference, Paris (pen, ink & wash on British Delegation Paris headed paper)

At the Peace Conference, Paris (pen, ink & wash on British Delegation Paris headed paper)
1429405 At the Peace Conference, Paris (pen, ink & wash on British Delegation Paris headed paper) by Orpen, William (1878-1931); 23.5x17.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Irish

Background imageNotes Collection: Autograph manuscript of Lincolns election victory speech as President

Autograph manuscript of Lincolns election victory speech as President
488337 Autograph manuscript of Lincolns election victory speech as President, delivered in Washington D.C. from the window of the White House on the evening of 10th November

Background imageNotes Collection: Rediscovered corrected galley proofs of Du Cote de Chez Swann, 1913 (print)

Rediscovered corrected galley proofs of Du Cote de Chez Swann, 1913 (print)
CH390197 Rediscovered corrected galley proofs of Du Cote de Chez Swann, 1913 (print) by Proust, Marcel (1871-1922); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageNotes Collection: Section of US Capitol South Wing, 1803 (pen & ink with wash on paper)

Section of US Capitol South Wing, 1803 (pen & ink with wash on paper)
3432346 Section of US Capitol South Wing, 1803 (pen & ink with wash on paper) by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (1764-1820); Private Collection; Universal History Archive/UIG; American, out of copyright

Background imageNotes Collection: The Grape Leaf (pen & ink with w / c on paper)

The Grape Leaf (pen & ink with w / c on paper)
1214657 The Grape Leaf (pen & ink with w/c on paper) by Carmichael, John Wilson (1800-68) (attr. to); 11.2x18.1 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Background imageNotes Collection: Nature Study (pencil on paper)

Nature Study (pencil on paper)
1214656 Nature Study (pencil on paper) by Carmichael, John Wilson (1800-68) (attr. to); 12.7x17.2 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; eTyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English

Background imageNotes Collection: Sacerdotal Figure at Yasili Kaya (b / w photo)

Sacerdotal Figure at Yasili Kaya (b / w photo)
1598413 Sacerdotal Figure at Yasili Kaya (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sacerdotal Figure at Yasili Kaya)

Background imageNotes Collection: More Debating Society Sketches (engraving)

More Debating Society Sketches (engraving)
1626178 More Debating Society Sketches (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: More Debating Society Sketches)

Background imageNotes Collection: Captain Boytons Successful Trip across the Channel (engraving)

Captain Boytons Successful Trip across the Channel (engraving)
1611822 Captain Boytons Successful Trip across the Channel (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain Boytons Successful Trip across the Channel)

Background imageNotes Collection: Illustrations from 'En Egypte, Notes et Croquis d un Artiste'(engraving)

Illustrations from "En Egypte, Notes et Croquis d un Artiste"(engraving)
1603597 Illustrations from " En Egypte, Notes et Croquis d un Artiste" (engraving) by Loye, Charles Auguste (Montbard) (1841-1905); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageNotes Collection: Notes of Greek Travel, Olympia (engraving)

Notes of Greek Travel, Olympia (engraving)
1603208 Notes of Greek Travel, Olympia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes of Greek Travel, Olympia)

Background imageNotes Collection: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (litho)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (litho)
2775563 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer)

Background imageNotes Collection: Esneh, Egypt, 1854 (pen and brown ink with watercolour over graphite on off-white paper)

Esneh, Egypt, 1854 (pen and brown ink with watercolour over graphite on off-white paper)
1217413 Esneh, Egypt, 1854 (pen and brown ink with watercolour over graphite on off-white paper) by Lear, Edward (1812-88); 22.3x42.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Background imageNotes Collection: Broad-winged Buzzard, litho by J. T. Bowen, 1840 (colour litho)

Broad-winged Buzzard, litho by J. T. Bowen, 1840 (colour litho)
1272216 Broad-winged Buzzard, litho by J.T. Bowen, 1840 (colour litho) by Audubon, John James (1785-1851) (after); 17x11 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info.: " Drawn from Nature by J.J)

Background imageNotes Collection: Self-portrait, c. 1910 (oil on canvas)

Self-portrait, c. 1910 (oil on canvas)
3525767 Self-portrait, c.1910 (oil on canvas) by Orpen, William (1878-1931); 101.9x84.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Also known as Leading the Life in the West)

Background imageNotes Collection: The Singing Lesson (engraving)

The Singing Lesson (engraving)
3626055 The Singing Lesson (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Singing Lesson. Illustration for Chatterbox (1868)

Background imageNotes Collection: Women weeding the grass (woodcut & w / c on paper)

Women weeding the grass (woodcut & w / c on paper)
3619700 Women weeding the grass (woodcut & w/c on paper) by Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903); 17.5x11.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; French, out of copyright

Background imageNotes Collection: The evolution of musical notation (colour litho)

The evolution of musical notation (colour litho)
3630245 The evolution of musical notation (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The evolution of musical notation.); © Look and Learn

Background imageNotes Collection: Gradual, cutting with an historiated initial from an antiphonary, Milan

Gradual, cutting with an historiated initial from an antiphonary, Milan
3587462 Gradual, cutting with an historiated initial from an antiphonary, Milan, 1515 (tempera & ink on parchment) (verso of 3587461) by Master B. F

Background imageNotes Collection: Childhoods faith in Santa Claus: the Christmas Letter, 1887 (engraving)

Childhoods faith in Santa Claus: the Christmas Letter, 1887 (engraving)
3316048 Childhoods faith in Santa Claus: the Christmas Letter, 1887 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageNotes Collection: Front endpaper details from Astronomia nova Aitiologetos

Front endpaper details from Astronomia nova Aitiologetos
2916306 Front endpaper details from Astronomia nova Aitiologetos, by Johannes Kepler (engraving) by German School, (17th century); The University of St

Background imageNotes Collection: Dainty Airs and Children, Christmas Card (chromolitho)

Dainty Airs and Children, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
731163 Dainty Airs and Children, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dainty Airs and Children)

Background imageNotes Collection: Purse full of Money, Christmas Card (chromolitho)

Purse full of Money, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
730960 Purse full of Money, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Purse full of Money)

Background imageNotes Collection: Choral miniature with Pope Alexander II celebrating Mass in the Abbey (pigment on vellum)

Choral miniature with Pope Alexander II celebrating Mass in the Abbey (pigment on vellum)
704306 Choral miniature with Pope Alexander II celebrating Mass in the Abbey (pigment on vellum) by Italian School; Abbey of Monte Cassino, Cassino, Italy; (add.info.: Pope Alexander II (d.1073)

Background imageNotes Collection: Astronomical diagrams, fol. 2r from the Codex Leicester

Astronomical diagrams, fol. 2r from the Codex Leicester
XJF308795 Astronomical diagrams, fol. 2r from the Codex Leicester, 1508-1512 (pen & ink on paper) (b/w photo) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Background imageNotes Collection: Design for a church, fol. 4r (pen & ink on paper)

Design for a church, fol. 4r (pen & ink on paper)
XJF308759 Design for a church, fol. 4r (pen & ink on paper) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Background imageNotes Collection: MS B 2173, folio 74v: Study for a flying machine, 1487-1490 (pen & ink on paper)

MS B 2173, folio 74v: Study for a flying machine, 1487-1490 (pen & ink on paper)
XJF308754 MS B 2173, folio 74v: Study for a flying machine, 1487-1490 (pen & ink on paper) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); 23.2x16.5 cm; Bibliotheque de l Institut de France, Paris



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"Unveiling the Tales of Time: From Da Vinci's Crossbow to Saucy Dancers and Electric Guitars" In this captivating collection, a five-pound note takes us on an extraordinary journey through history. It all begins with Da Vinci's crossbow, a masterpiece that transcends time and showcases the genius of one of history's greatest minds. Flipping through the pages, we stumble upon Plate 3 from the Book of the Dead, revealing ancient Egyptian secrets etched onto delicate papyrus. The notes whisper stories of an era long gone but forever imprinted in our collective memory. As we turn further into these remarkable notes, we encounter the tumultuous year 1923 in Germany when hyperinflation wreaked havoc on its currency. Witnessing stacks of worthless banknotes piled high reminds us of the fragility and power held within paper money. But fear not. British banknotes come to our rescue like a knight in shining armor. Their intricate illustrations are reminiscent of rolled paper scrolls tied with golden ribbons—a symbol of prosperity and stability amidst chaos. Suddenly, a saucy dancer wearing only balloons catches our eye—her vibrant spirit defying conventions even after facing raids by prudish authorities. She represents rebellion against societal norms and serves as a reminder that art can never be silenced. The melody changes as an electric guitar and amplifier appear on stage—an iconic duo that revolutionized music forever. These electrifying notes transcend language barriers, uniting people across generations with their soul-stirring tunes. And then there are Leonardo da Vinci's own handwritten notes—a glimpse into his brilliant mind where ideas flowed freely like ink onto parchment. His sketches reveal his insatiable curiosity about everything under the sun—from anatomy to inventions yet to be realized. William Heath Robinson adds humor to this symphony with "More Golfing Notes, " showcasing his whimsical contraptions designed for golf enthusiasts seeking unconventional ways to conquer the course.