Back Ground Collection (page 33)

Canoeist, Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Pacific

Dead wood, El Chalten, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Dramatic sky and red clouds at sunset, Antarctica, , Polar Regions

Icebergs, Antarctica

Green palm leaves captured against the sky with sunlight streaming through, Jambiani, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Dogon market, Sanga (Sangha), Bandiagara escarpment, Dogon region, Mali, Africa

Plains zebra, Burchells zebra, Equus burchellii, Khwai River, Botswana, Africa

Sand ripples, Sahara, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

Detail of door near the Citadel, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Small Buddha statue in cliff (since destroyed by the Taliban), Bamiyan, Afghanistan

Soya beans (Glycine max)

Cannellini beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). These arealso known as white kidney beans

Borlotti beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). These are avariety of Kidney bean widely used in Italiancooking

Harvesting in Germany
Harvest A woman in a red dress carries in the harvest while a man in the background cuts the crops with a scythe

German Farm Mother
Mother and Child German farmers wife enjoys time with her baby while her husband ploughs the fields in the background

Strawberries / Cries
A woman sells scarlet strawberries in the street on a hot day (it must be hot, theres a camel in the background)

Goose / Cries of London
Street traders with a gaggle of geese for sale: Buy a live goose! Washing hangs from an upstairs window in the background

Medici / Cosimo Elder / Mini
COSIMO DE MEDICI known as THE ELDER Florentine banker, patron of the arts and ruler of the republic

Watching over Turkeys
A young girl watches over her turkeys, with cherry blossom in the background

St George / 13C Woodcut
SAINT GEORGE On horseback, slaying the dragon, while the princess prays in the background

Sir Kenelm Digby / Larmess
SIR KENELM DIGBY Writer, naval commander, diplomat, scientist and philosopher

George Curzon / Simpson 07
GEORGE NATHANIEL LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON Viceroy of India and statesman

Cranach / Miniature Self
LUCAS CRANACH German painter, engraver and woodcut designer

J-M Charcot / Renouard
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist, with some of his patients depicted in the background

Cambridge Uni Summer
A scene on a summers day from Kings Bridge over the River Cam, with part of Clare College and Kings College Chapel in the background

Piccadilly 1902
Busy scene around the statue of Eros at Piccadilly Circus, including a passing bus advertising Arthur Wing Pineros play " The Gay Lord Quex" in the background

Hippies / London Festival
HIPPIES Hippies gather at a pop festival in Hyde Park, London. Everyone is barefoot and there is dancing in the background

Pyramids / 1845 / Willmore
Men and their camels rest by some palm trees, with the pyramids of Giza in the background

Horace Walpole / Anon Eng
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE 4TH EARL OF ORFORD English man of letters with his home, Strawberry Hill, in the background

Lister / Col Lith
JOSEPH LISTER English surgeon, medical scientist and founder of antiseptic surgery

Allied Troops Land
Allied troops alighting from their landing craft, some with bicycles, onto the beaches of Normandy, France. A tank of the 50th Division is in the background

India / Calcutta / Aerial
Aerial view of the town showing the docks and buildings in the background and tents pitched on green fields in the foreground

Rainbow / J. W. Whimper
A rainbow over an idyllic country scene with a rural church in the background

Indian Gunner / 1911
A Gunner of the Mountain Battery, holding his rifle. Mountains and two cannons are in the background

Paris / Bridge / Change 1890
busy with people and traffic, with the Conciergerie in the background

Book Binder (Amman)
Interior of a German book- binding workshop : in the background the gatherings are being stitched, in the foreground covers are being prepared

Calais Plage & Casino
The plage at Calais seen from the sea : the Casino is in the background, beyond the beach huts, one of which is marked x by the sender of this card

Pipe, Pint of Beer, Cane
A pint of foaming ale, a pipe, cane, hat and gloves; items befitting the country gentleman of leisure. The Old Albion Inn, Newquay is seen in the background

Paris Street / Buses C1830
The first omnibuses to ply the streets of Paris - in the foreground, an Ecossaise, in the background, a Dame Blanche

Racial / Native Americans
Native American woman and child, with teepees in the background

Strong Man Lifts Weight
A strong man wearing a blue and yellow striped outfit lifts heavy weights in a circus ring, while clowns entertain the audience in the background

Roman Family in Villa
Roman family strolling in the atrium with colonnaded garden in the background

Saint Peter (Butler
SAINT PETER the first Pope, depicted holding the key of the kingdom, the Vatican (though not built till much later) in the background

Macbeth / Martin
The witches vanish when confronted by Macbeth. A large army is amassing in the background

Verdi / Trovatore / Ii. 1
IL TROVATORE Act 2, Scene 1 the gipsy encampment in the Biscayan mountains

Verdi and Gondola
GIUSEPPE VERDI the Italian opera composer in old age, with a gondola on the water in the background

Wren / Kneller / Holl
SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN Architect of St Paul s, with the cathedral in the background

Country Girl / Flowers
Vi, a Kent farmers daughter, with a pink rose bush and other flowers in the background

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