10th Collection (#15)

Afghan Delegation at Murree
The Afghan delegation, two days after the signing of the Treaty of Rawalpindi, signed at Murree on 8th August 1919 - between Afghanistan and Britain during the Third Anglo-Afghan War

Mr George Smith of The British Museum
George Smith had explored the site of ancient Nineveh adding to our knowledge of the Assyrian Empire. He also translated the Gilgamesh epic

The excavation of Tutankhamun
The photograph show the second stage of entry into the sealed chamber of the only intact shrine of a pharaoh ever found

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill together with Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President, during January 1942. The pair met to discuss unity

Dea(r) Ex Machina, by W. S. Hutton
Illustration showing a fashionable lady trying to work out what is wrong with her car

The Sketch Christmas Present Number
Front cover illustration showing a lady in period costume carrying gifts on a winters night

Nikephoros II Phokas (c912 - 969 AD)
An actor dressed up as Nikephoros II Phokas (c912 - 969 AD) - Byzantine Emperor of Armenian descent - married to Theophano, who was Romanos IIs widow and was regent for Basil II

The General Strike - peeling potatoes in Hyde Park
A Snap-Shot of Striketime Society: Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper and Lady Carmichael-Anstruther peeling potatoes in Hyde Park. Front cover of The Sketch emergency issue produced during the General Strike

Well, Warden, Hows this for a siren suit? by Merlin Enabnit
Red-headed pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a transparent negligee. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Climbing rose by Merlin Enabnit
Voluptuous pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) clad in a pink swimming costume and bathing cap climbing a ladder. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

The Bronze Age. By Laurie Tayler
A stylish illustration of sunbathers relaxing on a beach

Polo At Biarritz by Edmund Blampied
Our Artists impression of the new polo ground at Beyris, half-way between Biarritz and Bayonne, which was opened last year by the King of Spain

A bathtime scene, by A. E. Bestall
Small Girl (owner of the teddy bear), after careful inspection of herself after her bath: You know, mummy, God must be magic, Hes made me without a single seam

So This Is Summer! By Charles Robinson
An illustration by Charles Robinson (Brother of William Heath Robinson) of a group of ladies frolicking on boad a boat in the style of a motor car

The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Seamens Orphanage in Live
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamens Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870. The Liverpool Seamens Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care

Duke of Edinburgh laying the foundation stone of the Walker
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh laying the foundation stone for the Walker Art Gallery in King William Street, Liverpool in 1874

Duke of Cambridge
George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), cousin of Queen Victoria and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army

Petula Clark and Max Factor
Petula Clark (b. 1932) English singer kissing Max Factor (1877-1938) Polish American businessman and cosmetician, at a party at the Dorchester that he gave to meet the stars

Medieval Whaling Legends
Medieval sailors mistake a sleeping whale for an island, disembark in order to cook their lunch

Echternach Bible Page
A page from the Echternach Bible, illustrating parables and some killings

Fragments in the scientific bathroom, washing away the salts
Fragments from the walls of Babylon being washed. A scientific bathroom where antiquities were first cleaned of corroding salts. They were then transferred to the bakery for specialist drying

Exchanging gold wedding-rings for iron
Photograph showing German men and women in Berlin exchanging their gold wedding rings for iron in a bid to raise war funds. Date: October 10th 1914

Tommy in the rabbit warren
Illustration by R. Caton Woodville showing British soldiers in a trench enjoying a game of dominoes during the Siege-battle of Aisne

Stone fragments in the bakery of an archaeological laborator

Kitchener at work
Illustration showing Lord Kitchener (1850-1916), Secretary of State for War receiving the famous soldier, Lord Roberts in his room at the War Office in 1914

The Pow-Wow at Black Feet Crossing, September 1881
Illustration showing the Marquis of Lorne and his British officers addressing a group of native American Indian chiefs, Black Feet Crossing, 10th September 1881

Belgian women giving out walnuts
Brave Belgian women giving out walnuts to French soldiers in the trenches near Antwerp, between Duffel and Lierre

New French steel helmet
Photograph of the new French steel helmet, designed to protect from shrapnel bullets

Metropolitan Railway western extension. Interior of Kensingt
Metropolitan Railway western extension, a view of the interior of the Kensington Station

Portrait of Mr C Leonard Woolley
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, director of the British Museum Expedition in Mesopotamia. Born in London, 1880, he carried out excavations in Alubaid and Tell el-Armarna

Raising Cleopatras Needle
Cleopatras Needle, the Thames Embankment. The complicated structure that was used to lever the 180 ton obelisk into position

Herbert Hoover
The successful candidate in the Presidential Election in America; Herbert Hoover the Republican Partys candidate for the Presidency

Black Maria gun
A 100-ton German siege-gun, dubbed the Black Maria by the British Army, divided into pieces for transportation to the front during World War I

British Water-filter cart
A British water-filter cart being filled from a river. Ensuring troops remained free of disease was a pressing concern during World War I, and preventative measures against water-borne bacteria

Prussian Victory Parade in Berlin at the end of the Franco-P
Illustration showing the Prussian victory parade in Berlin at the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War, with troops passing before the Emperor on the Opera Place

Republican Submarine B. 6 sinking off Corunna; Spanish Civi
Photograph showing the Republican Governments submarine B.6 sinking, viewed from the deck of the Nationalist cruiser Velasco, off Corunna, 10th September 1936

Polar Explorers on the summit of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 1
Photograph showing members of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09 reaching the summit of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 10th March 1908

The Meeting of Stanley and Livingstone in Tanganyika, 1871
Engraving showing the meeting between Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on left, raising hat) and David Livingstone (1813-1873) (on right, raising hat) at Ujiji, Tanganyika, 10th November 1871

Coup: Berryer Protests
From the window of the mairie of the 10th arrondissement, Paris, Berryer protests against Napoleons coup - but theres not much he can do to stop the take-over

Mexico / Yucatan / Labna
The ARCHWAY of the ancient city of Labna, Yucatan with the MIRADOR standing on the ruins of a pyramid in the background. The city was built in the 9th/10th century

Uxmal / Temple Magician
the TEMPLE OF THE MAGICIAN in the ancient Mayan city of Uxmal, Yucatan. This pyramid was built around the 10th century at the end of the Classical Maya period

Women workers at a naval ship-building yard
Female workers at a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Gladstone wearing an electropathic belt
Advertisement from 1886 for the Medical Battery Companys Electropathic Belt, featuring a caricature of William Gladstone, Prime Minister wielding an axe and wearing the belt

Destroyer on stock in a navy ship-building yard
Scene inside a naval ship-building yard (unspecified) during World War I. A destroyer under construction on stocks

Polishing a war-ships propellor
A woman ship-yard worker polishing a war-ships propellor in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Women at work in a naval ship-building yard
Women workers handling long steel bars in a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Game of chess by telegraph
A game of chess played between London and Portsmouth, through the electric telegraph of the South Western Railway on April 10th, 1845. Suggested by Mr

Installation of the New deputy Grand Master of the Most veritable order of the red halter - vide Morning Post July 10th & 19th

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