| Frost fair on the Thames: 1740 | |
Frost fair on the Thames. A souvenir etching of the 1740 Frost fair. A number of tents have been erected on the ice to serve as coffee houses & other entertainments. Groups of people play skittles, flirt & otherwise amuse themselves. One of the booths in the foreground has a printing press & a notice ' Names Printed in here'. This example of this
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| Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist, c 1715. | |
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Engraving by Bell after the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Isaac Newton (1642-1727) graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1665, becoming Lucasian Profesor of Mathematics there in 1669. His theories, published in his treatise ' The Mathematical Principle of Natural Philosophy' in 1687, exerted a huge influence on science. They
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| A Merry Christmas and Votes for Women in 1910 | |
Coloured picture postcard: "A Merry Christmas & Votes for Women in 1910", produced by the pro-women's suffrage campaign. The drummer girl is modelled on a young member of the Junior Band attached to the Women's Band.
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| Textile design, by George Haite | |
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Textile design for shawl, by George Haite (1825-71). Watercolour & gouache. England, 19th century.
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| Still life of Fruit and Flowers | |
Soreau was born near Frankfurt. He may have spent some time in Antwerp as his work seems to depend on the example of the Antwerp artist, Jacob van Hulsdonck & as two of his works are painted on Antwerp panels. He occasionally repeated a composition & often reuses the same objects in a new arrangement. The larger bowl & the basket of fruit in th
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| The Coronation of Rama and Sita in their capital | |
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The Coronation of Rama & Sita in their capital. Watercolour. South India, c.1825.
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| Zinc rolling-mills at Bray, France, 1855. | |
Lithograph by A Maugendre of the courtyard & workshops, with sheets of zinc laid out on barrels. Some sheets of zinc have been used to patch the delapidated building on the left. The works were owned by the Societe Anonyme de Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille Montagne ( Vieille Montagne zinc mine & foundry company). Illustration from
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| Zinc mine at Angleur, Belgium, 1855. | |
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Lithograph by A Maugendre of the works seen from the slopes of Chenee. The mine was one of those owned by the Societe Anonyme de Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille Montagne ( Vieille Montagne zinc mine & foundry company). Illustration from Maugendre's ' Album des usines et etablissements de la societe', ( Album of factories & premises
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| Zinc ore, Welkenraedt, Belgium, 1855. | |
Lithograph by A Maugendre showing piles of ore at a zinc foundry & mine owned by the Societe Anonyme de Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille Montagne ( Vieille Montagne zinc mine & foundry company). The ore is transported in wagons on a railway line, & built into piles by the workers. Illustration from Maugendre's ' Album des usines et e
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| 'York', LNER poster, c 1920s. | |
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' York, Walled City of Antiquity, Centre of a Glorious Holiday District'. Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote rail travel to the ancient city of York. The poster shows a street scene illustration of the picturesque old buildings of The Shambles shopping area, with York Minster in the background & shoppe
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| 'Zetland Hotel, Saltburn-by-the-Sea', LNER poster, c 1930s. | |
London & North Eastern Railways poster. Series of photographic views showing interior & exterior of hotel. 1010 x 640mm.
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| 'Worthwhile jobs on British Railways', BR (LMR) poster, 1951. | |
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Worth Your While - Worthwhile Jobs on British - Railways', BR (LMR) poster, 1951. Poster produced for British Railways (BR), advertising employment vacancies including lengthmen, relayers & signal & telegraph labourers, detailing conditions of employment & minimum rates of pay. Printed by Mc Corquodale & Co Ltd, London NW.
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