August Collection (#10)

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220600 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Spanish War of Independence, 1808-1814
3697234 Spanish War of Independence, 1808-1814; (add.info.: Spanish War of Independence, 1808-1814. Siege of Saragossa (Zaragoza), 7th August, 1808

8628575

July and August (chromolitho)
8677389 July and August (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: July and August, Bastille Day and holidays by the sea)

Our Countryside, 1938: The Crown of the Year (b/w photo)
8671492 Our Countryside, 1938: The Crown of the Year (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Crown of the Year)

David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer, 1815 (engraving)
535809 David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer, 1815 (engraving); (add.info.: David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer

Riot by railway workers at Martinsbury on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
530419 Riot by railway workers at Martinsbury on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Workers went on strike when the Company cut their wages

Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover after crossing the English Channel from Les
530322 Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover after crossing the English Channel from Les Boraques near Calais, France

Anglo-American War 1812-1815 (War of 1812). James Madison, Fourth President of the United States
528151 Anglo-American War 1812-1815 (War of 1812). James Madison, Fourth President of the United States, and possibly John Armstrong his Secretary of War, fleeing Washington

Distribution of the Cross of the Legion of Honour at Boulogne, 16 August 1804. Engraving
543863 Distribution of the Cross of the Legion of Honour at Boulogne, 16 August 1804. Engraving.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine
Model Peggy Chester - Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine, incorporating Eve's Own - photography by Nancy Sandys Walker Date: 1945

Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine
Model Peggy Chester - Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine, incorporating Eve's Own - photography by Nancy Sandys Walker Date: 1945

Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine
Model Peggy Chester - Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine, incorporating Eve's Own - photography by Nancy Sandys Walker Date: 1944

Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine
Model Peggy Chester - Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine, incorporating Eve's Own - photography by Nancy Sandys Walker Date: 1942

Client: Woollands - Model: Naomi Leon - Shoot date: August 31, 1960 Date: 1960

Harvey Nichols at V&A Museum - Patricia Squires
Client: Harvey Nichols at the V&A Museum - Evening Dresses - models Patricia Squires (left) and either Striebel or Babanska(?) - August 18, 1949 Date: 1949

Client: Rose and Blairman at the V&A Museum - model Nikki Saunders - August 1949 Date: 1949

Harvey Nichols, Musquash coat - Wellington Arch - C Anderson
Client: Harvey Nichols - Musquash coat - Wellington Arch - model C Anderson - August 26, 1949 Date: 1949

Client: Linzi Dresses Ltd. - Trio of models
Client: Linzi Dresses Ltd. - Three models posing in colourful lace evening dresses - Models:s Lynch, H Dehn and H Bunny (?) - Shoot Date: August 27, 1956. (2/2) Date: 1956

Client: Linzi Dresses Ltd. - Trio of models
Client: Linzi Dresses Ltd. - Three models posing in colourful lace evening dresses - Models:s Lynch, H Dehn and H Bunny (?) - Shoot Date: August 27, 1956. (1/2) Date: 1955

WW2 - Wartime shoot for Harper's Bazaar
WW2 - Wartime shoot for the July/August issue of Harper's Bazaar - Elegant Black dress and gloves with American GI soldier - shot date - April 26, 1944 Date: 1944

WW2 - Wartime shoot for Harper's Bazaar - Worth
WW2 - Wartime shoot for Harper's Bazaar July/August 1944 issue - Elegant Black evening dress by Worth - American GI soldier - shoot date: April 26, 1944 (on location not studio)

Elizabeth Henry - White Net Evening Dress - August 16, 1951 Date: 1951

Calendar for August with figures of Joel and St. Bartholomew, quote from Thessalonians, disciples, woman with wheat
5912930 Calendar for August with figures of Joel and St. Bartholomew, quote from Thessalonians, disciples, woman with wheat, birds, foliage and castles

Pioneers of Italian aviation: Official postcard of the La Spezia Aviation Meeting on 10th. 13th and 15th August 1911
5313779 Pioneers of Italian aviation: Official postcard of the La Spezia Aviation Meeting on 10th. 13th and 15th August 1911. Italy.; SeM Studio/UIG

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
3499730 Richard Wagner (1813-1883); (add.info.: Richard Wagner (1813-1883). German composer. Wagner in the Theater of Bayreuth, testing the piano the prologue of The Rhine Gold

August, represented as a nude man
3480487 August, represented as a nude man; (add.info.: August, represented as a nude man. Illustration from supplement to L'antiquite expliquee et representee en figures'; (vols)

German troops commandeering much needed bread in the Place du Marche, Liege, Belgium (litho)
3252889 German troops commandeering much needed bread in the Place du Marche, Liege, Belgium (litho); Private Collection; (add.info)

National Theater of Warsaw, Poland, c.1840 (engraving)
3600062 National Theater of Warsaw, Poland, c.1840 (engraving); (add.info.: Poland. National Theater of Warsaw. Founded in 1810 by Frederick August. Engraving, around 1840.); PHAS/UIG

The month of August (1667 - 1677), medallion by Jacques Gervaise (1622 - 1670)
ETI4397485 The month of August (1667 - 1677), medallion by Jacques Gervaise (1622 - 1670). The sign of the virgin (Detail)

Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883) English swimmer. First man to swim the English Channel, 24-25 August 1875
530607 Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883) English swimmer. First man to swim the English Channel, 24-25 August 1875. Took 21 3/4 hours to cross from Dover to Calais

Virgo represented by Ceres from a series of reliefs depicting the planetary symbols
BEN85109 Virgo represented by Ceres from a series of reliefs depicting the planetary symbols and signs of the zodiac by Agostino di Duccio (1418-81), c.1450 (plaster); Chapel of the Planets

American clipper ship Red Jacket in the ice off Cape Horn, on her passage from Australia to Liverpool, England
528760 American clipper ship Red Jacket in the ice off Cape Horn, on her passage from Australia to Liverpool, England, August 1854. Currier & Ives print c1855

Battle of Churubusco 20 August 1847, Mexican-American War 1846-1848. American under command of General Winfield Scott
528049 Battle of Churubusco 20 August 1847, Mexican-American War 1846-1848. American under command of General Winfield Scott defeated Mexicans commanded by generals Manuel Rincon and Pedro Anaya

War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim (Hochstadt) 13 August 1704
531432 War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim (Hochstadt) 13 August 1704. Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736) commander of Imperial army, bottom right points with unsheathed sword

August, Reaping (litho)
8658109 August, Reaping (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: August, Reaping. Illustration for Old Village Life)

8622998

Les Quatre Saisons - set of four miniature cylindrical vases by Auguste Daum (1853-1909) (glass)
BON109587 Les Quatre Saisons - set of four miniature cylindrical vases by Auguste Daum (1853-1909) (glass) by Daum, Auguste (1853-1909); height:5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Bonhams, London

Pius X (Guiseppe Sarto 1835-1914) Pope from 1903. From Le Petit Journal, 16 August 1903
530267 Pius X (Guiseppe Sarto 1835-1914) Pope from 1903. From Le Petit Journal, 16 August 1903.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Turkish (Crimean ) War 1853-1856. Battle of the Tchernaya, 16 August 1855
536860 Russo-Turkish (Crimean ) War 1853-1856. Battle of the Tchernaya, 16 August 1855.; (add.info.: Russo-Turkish (Crimean ) War 1853-1856. Battle of the Tchernaya, 16 August 1855

Attack done by the student Karl Ludwing Sand against the German comedy writer August von Kotzebue in 1819
3600099 Attack done by the student Karl Ludwing Sand against the German comedy writer August von Kotzebue in 1819; (add.info)

American War of Independence. Battle of Bennington, 16 August 1777
536749 American War of Independence. Battle of Bennington, 16 August 1777; (add.info.: American War of Independence. Battle of Bennington, 16 August 1777)

Dressing wounds of British, 18 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Dressing wounds of British, 18 Aug 1918. Wounded British soldiers of the 9th Division being attended by Royal Army Medical Corps personnel after being brought in by German prisoners during action at

British & French officers in conference, 5 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British & French officers in conference, 5 Aug 1917. General Pelletier de Worllemont of the French Army and Prince Arthur of Connaught at the First Army commemoration service marking the fourth year

Gen. Pau, c.Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Pau, c.Aug 1914. French General Paul Marie Cesar Gerald Pau, (1848-1932), probably at the beginning of World War I

Brussels, Germans crossing Place Charles Rogier, 8/20/14, 20 Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Brussels, Germans crossing Place Charles Rogier, 8/20/14, 20 Aug 1914 (date created or published later). German soldiers marching in a street in Brussels, Belgium during World War I

Berlin, cheering declaration of war, Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, cheering declaration of war, Aug 1914. People in front of the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom) in Berlin, Germany, cheering the declaration of World War I

Horses for 59th Regt. requisitioned near Paris, 14 Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Horses for 59th Regt. requisitioned near Paris, 14 Aug 1914 (date created or published later). Horses requisitioned for the war effort in Paris, France during World War I

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"August: A Month of Marvels and Milestones" The Pendolino tilting train races through the countryside, showcasing cutting-edge technology in motion. Churchill's resounding praise for RAF Pilots echoes through history, honoring their bravery and dedication. Hot air balloons fill the sky above Clifton Suspension Bridge during the vibrant Bristol Balloon Fiesta in August, creating a breathtaking spectacle. Delicate British Moths flutter gracefully amidst summer blooms, adding a touch of enchantment to August evenings. Voyager 2 captures an awe-inspiring image of Neptune, revealing its mysterious beauty from afar. Platform 1 at Paddington Station takes us back to 1904 when steam trains ruled the tracks and journeys were filled with anticipation. A wartime poster immortalizes Churchill's famous words, inspiring courage and unity during challenging times. The historic Underwriting Room of Lloyds of London stands as a testament to centuries-old traditions in insurance and risk management since 1886. St Thomas Hospital stands tall as a beacon of hope and healing, providing care for countless lives throughout August and beyond. An ethereal apparition at Knock in County Mayo, Ireland captivates believers with its spiritual presence during this sacred month. Tinsley cooling towers dominate Sheffield's skyline like towering sentinels; they bear witness to industrial progress while leaving an indelible mark on the cityscape Bonhomme Richard/Serapis clash fiercely on turbulent seas—a legendary naval battle that symbolizes resilience against all odds.