Announcement Collection (#3)

The Announcement of her Engagement (litho)
8670276 The Announcement of her Engagement (litho) by Gibson, Charles Dana (1867-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Announcement of her Engagement)

The messenger warning Rufus (engraving)
8636270 The messenger warning Rufus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The messenger warning Rufus)

Congratulations on your confirmation (chromolitho)
8635422 Congratulations on your confirmation (chromolitho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Congratulations on your confirmation, greetings card)

Nathan tells David of his sin (litho)
8675999 Nathan tells David of his sin (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nathan tells David of his sin. 2 Samuel 12:7-14)

"This bee shall be my messenger" (colour litho)
8639146 "This bee shall be my messenger" (colour litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

A kiss by telegram (coloured photo)
8656179 A kiss by telegram (coloured photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A kiss by telegram. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Indian couriers
7261202 Indian couriers.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Indian couriers. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024

Front elevation of Cooke and Wheatstone's single needle telegraph, 1850
3479993 Front elevation of Cooke and Wheatstone's single needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Front elevation of Cooke and Wheatstone's single needle telegraph.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A women receiving a Telegram in 1893, 1893
3480002 A women receiving a Telegram in 1893, 1893; (add.info.: A women receiving a Telegram in 1893.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479988 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479985 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Blowing the Shofar, 1850
3330755 Blowing the Shofar, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving titled Blowing the Shofar'. A shofar is a Jewish ritual musical instrument, used to proclaim a new King's anointment)

William Caxton's announcement establishing his printing press
3329851 William Caxton's announcement establishing his printing press; (add.info.: William Caxton's announcement establishing his printing press in Westminster Abbey, London)

The second attempt to lay the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1865
3478894 The second attempt to lay the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1865; (add.info.: Cartoon from Punch, 1865, at the time of the second attempt to lay the Atlantic telegraph cable)

Science. Communication. Messenger of the king of France to a bishop. Miniature in: Bible
3434396 Science. Communication. Messenger of the king of France to a bishop. Miniature in: Bible. Historiale, by Guyart des Moulins, Manuscript, France, XVth cent. Bibl

The Atlantic telegraph is opened, 1865
3478897 The Atlantic telegraph is opened, 1865; (add.info.: The Atlantic telegraph is opened as Sir Robert Peel addresses a crowd after the connection of the shore end of the cable at Valencia)

Williams Renault Announcement, Williams F1 Conference Centre, Grove, Oxfordshire, England, 4 July 2011
Williams Conference Centre. Williams Renault Announcement, Williams F1 Conference Centre, Grove, Oxfordshire, England, 4 July 2011

Reading news of the peace in the Franco-Austrian War in the streets of Paris (engraving)
8676865 Reading news of the peace in the Franco-Austrian War in the streets of Paris (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Representative types of animated display devices (b/w photo)
8647515 Representative types of animated display devices (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Representative types of animated display devices)

Representative types of animated display devices (b/w photo)
8647514 Representative types of animated display devices (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Representative types of animated display devices)

St Paul on Mars Hill, Acts, XVII, 23 (colour litho)
8641613 St Paul on Mars Hill, Acts, XVII, 23 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Paul on Mars Hill, Acts, XVII, 23)

How goes the world with you? (colour litho)
8635569 How goes the world with you? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How goes the world with you)

Telegraph office worker forwarding a message in Morse Code
7261266 Telegraph office worker forwarding a message in Morse Code; Private Collection; (add.info.: Telegraph office worker forwarding a message in Morse Code, 19th century)

A Russian military courier
7261256 A Russian military courier.; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Russian military courier. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024

Anonymous Master, Brabant, A Floating angel, c.1510-1530 (Alabaster)
7332596 Anonymous Master, Brabant, A Floating angel, c.1510-1530 (Alabaster); Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; (add.info.: Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Oost-Vlaanderen)

Placing a poster advert or bulletin on a Paris wall, 1740's (engraving)
5616651 Placing a poster advert or bulletin on a Paris wall, 1740's (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving after the French artist Boucardon depicting a Bill Poster placing a poster advert or)

Telegraphing from a train in motion, 1888
3479949 Telegraphing from a train in motion, 1888; (add.info.: Telegraphing from a train in motion, 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A Hindu priest delivering a message, 1828
3480391 A Hindu priest delivering a message, 1828; (add.info.: A Hindu priest delivering a message. India, early 19th Century. By Marlet 1828.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A female telegraph clerk at the General Post Office, 1888
3480001 A female telegraph clerk at the General Post Office, 1888; (add.info.: A female telegraph clerk at the General Post Office; St Martin's-le-Grand; London)

Wheatstone's relay, 1890
3479990 Wheatstone's relay, 1890; (add.info.: Wheatstone's relay; which enabled the electric telegraph to be used over a long distance, 1890.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479987 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479986 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479984 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Example of a message received on Bakewell's facsimile printing telegraph, 1850
3479979 Example of a message received on Bakewell's facsimile printing telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Example of a message received on Bakewell's facsimile printing telegraph)

Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, 1876
3478926 Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, 1876; (add.info.: Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, watching as two managers converse)

Clerk in Victorian London, passing a message to a messenger, 1884
3478925 Clerk in Victorian London, passing a message to a messenger, 1884; (add.info.: Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, passing a message to a messenger)

Atlantic telegraph, 1866
3478907 Atlantic telegraph, 1866; (add.info.: Atlantic telegraph: The forge on board the Great Eastern 1866.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1858
3478895 The laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1858; (add.info.: Cartoon from Punch, 1858, at the time of the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable)

Blowing the Shofar, 1850
3330011 Blowing the Shofar, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving titled Blowing the Shofar'. A shofar is a Jewish ritual musical instrument, used to proclaim a new King's anointment)

Boy visiting the doctor (colour litho)
8635886 Boy visiting the doctor (colour litho) by Thiele, Carl Robert Arthur (1860-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boy visiting the doctor)

Pages from the DIA Cautionary Guide to Oxford, 1930 (b/w photo)
8641695 Pages from the DIA Cautionary Guide to Oxford, 1930 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pages from the DIA Cautionary Guide to Oxford)

Golfer reading a note over a woman's shoulder (colour litho)
8655878 Golfer reading a note over a woman's shoulder (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Golfer reading a note over a woman's shoulder)

Shepherds receive good tidings (colour litho)
8667575 Shepherds receive good tidings (colour litho) by Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius (1794-1872) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shepherds receive good tidings)

Never at Home (colour litho)
8677654 Never at Home (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Never at Home. A message for an unwanted suitor.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Messages by cowry (engraving)
8665228 Messages by cowry (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Messages by cowry)

Methods for relaying post across the world (colour litho)
8663907 Methods for relaying post across the world (colour litho) by Knotel, Richard (1857-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: Methods for relaying post across the world)

Infant Hermes
7287221 Infant Hermes.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Infant Hermes. Roman sculture dating on the late 1st century AD)

Matrimonial agency, announcement of a young cyclist - Postcard, ca. 1910
LSE4088428 Matrimonial agency, announcement of a young cyclist - Postcard, ca. 1910; Private Collection; (add.info.: Matrimonial agency, announcement of a young cyclist - Postcard, ca)

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"From Divine Revelations to Royal Engagements: A Tapestry of Announcements" Step into the world of announcements, where history unfolds and anticipation fills the air. Fra Angelico's masterpiece, "The Annunciation, " captures the momentous occasion when Mary received news that would change her life forever. Fast forward to a bustling railway station adorned with a vibrant poster advertising Cooks Tours' exhilarating excursion. The excitement is palpable as travelers eagerly await their next adventure. In another corner of the world, BBC Television electrifies households with an announcement that sets hearts aglow - Christmas television programmes are on their way. Families gather around screens, cherishing moments filled with joy and laughter. Meanwhile, Izvestia delivers earth-shattering news - Tsar Nicholas II abdicates his throne. This pivotal announcement marks a turning point in Russian history, leaving its people in awe and uncertainty. Centuries earlier, Margaret Murray rallies recruits for the Jacobites through an impassioned announcement. Her words echo through time as she ignites hope and determination among those who yearn for change. Amidst all this commotion, an intriguing advertisement catches our eye - a book about flying saucers. Curiosity piques as we delve into uncharted territories of extraterrestrial mysteries and wonderment. On campus at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, whispers fill the air as students gather around notice boards plastered with announcements ranging from club meetings to academic achievements. Here lies a hub where dreams take flight amidst endless possibilities. A royal wedding graces magazine covers worldwide; Princess Elizabeth's engagement announcement captivates hearts across nations. Love triumphs as two souls unite under public scrutiny but unwavering adoration prevails. David Lloyd George bids farewell to Downing Street after years of service marked by grand speeches and political prowess. His departure leaves behind echoes of his legacy while paving way for new beginnings. Cricket enthusiasts revel in Ashes glory, where announcements of victories and defeats echo through stadiums.