Shows Collection (page 2)

Woman Knitting 1929
A woman sits knitting - the illustration shows the new elongated slender silhouette which was to come into fruition in the 1930s

Climbers on Chomolhari, Bhutan, May 1937
Photograph showing two climbers on the 24, 000 ft. Himalayan mountain Chomolhari, near Phari Dzong, Bhutan, 20th May 1937. The photograph, taken by F. Spencer Chapman, shows C.E

Street Girl & Cat 1860S
A street girl has bought some bread from a shop - a white cat shows interest... (1 of 2)

St Louis World Fair / 1904
This postcard, which shows the Blanke Aerial Globe, was launched to promote the St. Louis World Fair in 1904, but the postmark on the back indicates it was sent in 1902!

Jesus Learns Carpentry
Joseph shows the boy Jesus the trade of carpentry

Horners Zoetrope, strobe machine created in 1834 by William George Horner

The Crufts 1974 Supreme Champion, Burtonswood Bossy Boots, was today reaffirmed as champion despite protests from losing owners

Handley Page HP W10
A Formation of Alan Cobhams Flying Circus Flying During a National Aviation Day Flypast Date: 1930s

Maude Edwards ventriloquist
Maude Edwards (1886 - 1976), female ventriloquist, with her puppeteered dummy Nobbler, stable boy seated upon her knee. Date: 1905

WW2 - The Girls Of Today, W. R. E. N. Salute
A WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. The image shows a British Royal Navy admiral taking a salute from a servicewomen of the Women's Royal Naval Service

WW2 Christmas Card, Holly Soldiers
A WW2 Christmas card made in a baking parchment material. The illustration shows a marching line of holly leaves with red berries as the heads of soldiers, wearing tin hats and satchels

Bovril Poster Suggestion
A poster sketch suggested for an advertisement for Bovril, it shows a mermaid waving to some distant sailors, perched on a giant floating Bovril jar. Buoys you up. Date: circa 1922

FALL / CRUFTS WINNER / 1930
LUCKY STAR OF WARE Breed: Cocker Spaniel Owned by H. S. Lloyd Bred by M. Ottley Blue roan, born 15.09.28 Sired by Joyful Joe Date: 1930 - 1931

Mending Nets, West Cornwall Fisheries Exhibition, Penzance, Cornwall. 29th August to 9th September 1884
A posed group of eight women wearing traditional costumes and carrying out tasks associated with the fishing industry. The handwritten caption underneath reads Costumes of Fish Women at Penzance

Pilchard seine boat, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition, Truro, Cornwall. July to August 1893
Pilchard seine boat on the River Kenwyn at Back Quay in Truro, with Samuel Brokenshire carriage factory in the background

Gaby Deslys dancer, singer and actress 1881-1920
Gaby Deslys (Marie-Elise Gabrielle Claire) French dancer, singer and actress. Died young of a throat infection caused by Spanish influenza

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and General Montgomery, Franc
Photograph showing Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979), then Commander-in-Chief of the South-East Asia Command, talking with General Montgomery (1887-1976) in Normandy, France, 1944

1889 photograph - RMS Teutonic - from an album of images relating to the launch of the vessel, which was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast

Street fighting in Stalingrad
Photograph: Street fighting in Stalingrad. A picture from Axis sources shows German soldiers, glad of the shelter of a crater in a Stalingrad street

Poster of Ballets Russes in a scene of Claude
" Poster of " Ballets Russes" in a scene of Claude Debussys " Jeux". It shows the dancers: Ludmilla Schollar, Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina. FRANCE. Paris

Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London, 1885
Engraving showing a series of scenes of Clissold Park and the surrounding area, 1885. The images show (clockwise from top): Horse-Shoe Field; Church Street; Old Yew Tree; the Old Church

Aston Villa Football Club, 1896
Photograph of the Aston Villa Football Club, with the team for the 1896-1897 season. The photograph shows: Back row, left to right: G.B. Ramsay (Secretary), Dr. V.A

The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923
Aerial photograph of Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United

Woman Fencing 1930
Eleanor Macdonald, the only woman to whom the degree of Maitre d Armes de l Academie d Epee de Paris has been awarded, shows us how attractive breeches can be

The Famous Astaires by Nerman
Caricature of brother and sister dance act, Fred and Adele Astaire by Nerman during the time of their successful run in Stop Flirting at various London theatres during the mid 1920s

Pin-Up in Gold Mules
Smiling blonde, wearing a white camisole top, a bold floral print skirt, a lace petticoat and gold peep-toe mules, shows a leg as she squats by a garden pond

Pig / Hampshire Boar
SSG-3269 PIG - British Saddleback Boar Ardea London Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Da Vinci / P Journal 1913
LEONARDO DA VINCI Italian artist shows his famous Mona Lisa painting to Francois I, who buys it: years later it is stolen, but then returned

Fall / Crufts / Pyrenean Dog
BERGERIE KNUR Breed: Pyrenean Mountain Dog Owned by Miss P Grant Dalton Bred by Mr & Mrs F Prince Sired by: Bergerie Abila de Fontenay

Pussys Picture
A young girl shows her cat her likeness in a picture-book, but the cat shows little if any interest

Angels & Presents
An angel shows two small children their Christmas presents

The Dolly Sisters performing their Persian Dance 1921
The Dolly Sisters as they perform their Persian dance in the " League of Notions", a popular revue at the New Oxford

Result of running into a Teller Mine
Photograph: Result of running into a Teller Mine. Shows the back part of a tank with a broken track in a desert landscape

Dancing Hours
Black and white. Image shows a bas relief of six ladies, each holding the hand of the ones next to her, and apparently dancing. This is a Wedgwood bas relief originally attributed to John Flaxman Jr

Laurette Taylor and Michael
Miss Laurette Taylor (1883-1946) American actress born Loretta Helen Clooney. She appeared in one of the most popular shows of the First World War in London, Peg O My Heart

The Bing Boys are Here, 1916
Scenes from the popular revue, The Bing Boys are Here starring Alfred Lester, George Robey, Lillian Davies and Blanche Stocker. The show was one of the most popular of the Great War period. Date: 1916

Rosita Forbes
Joan Rosita Forbes (1890-1967) British traveller and writer. Forbes travelled extensively in the Middle East during 1921, often incognito

Duncan Watson & Co
An advertisement from 1909 advertising electricity as the cheapest light in the country house.1d will provide 100 candle power for one hour

Old Kingston Bridge
This oil painting shows a boat stocked with various boxes, travelling under an arch of Kingston Bridge, which spans the river Thames in southwest London

Gateway, Clare College, Cambridge
An etching which shows an ornate iron gateway entrance to Clare College, Cambridge, founded in 1326, by Richard Badew. Date: circa 1920

Noonday, Granada
This painting shows a busy street corner of Granada, a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, with men and women carrying shopping baskets and a white packhorse stood on the right. Date: circa 1915

"Country Fair and Market"at Streatham for the British Home for Incurables, 3 July to 5 July (litho)
1107476 " Country Fair and Market" at Streatham for the British Home for Incurables, 3 July to 5 July (litho) by Holland Tringham

German Lithograph, 1900, drawing by Luigi Morgani with a scene from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet

Tanks of the 3rd and 4th Sharpshooter
Photograph: Tanks of the 3rd and 4th Sharpshooters in the de-waterproofing area. Shows two lines of tanks with the sea in the background

Medieval illumination: Edward the Black Prince
Chandos Herald manuscript: 4000 line French verse account of the exploits of Edward the Black Prince in the 100 years war

WWI photo frame showing the Western Front with map
First World War photo frame showing the Western Front with map of France and Belgium. Also shows the names of Allied Generals and various towns and cities. Trench Art. Date: 1914-1918

The Female Blondin Crossing a High Wire over the River Tha
Engraving showing The Female Blondin, also known as Madame Boutelle and perhaps Polly Freeman, walking a high wire across the River Thames from Battersea to Cremorne Gardens, London, 1861

Red jets flying in formation spewing coloured smoke behind them

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