Back Ground Collection (#34)

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

Swift / a Tale of a Tub
The tub is used as a pulpit, from which the preacher addresses his congregation while hangings take place in the background

John the Evangelist
SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST In the background he is being boiled alive in a cauldron of boiling oil by the emperors orders, yet he feels no pain and survives !

London / Schenck C. 1660
A view of London from the River Thames showing the old St. Pauls Cathedral without its spire in the background. Various boats containing cargo are on the river

London River View
A view of London at dusk with St Pauls in the background. Wyllie is best known for his naval paintings and drawings. The title of this one is Towing Past the City

Camel / Scrapbook C1880
A camel, with the pyramids and Sphinx in the background

National Gallery Postcard
Horse-cabs and buses trot past the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, with St Martins church in the background

Thames Frozen 1814
The river choked with ice- blocks near London Bridge : a factory is burning in the background

Blunt / Three Rainbows
Three rainbows over a river with a bridge in the background and ships in the foreground

Bartholomew Fair Colour
A panoramic view of the Fair, showing swings and roundabouts in the foreground, the stage in the background, and all manner of hawkers, tricksters and vendors of things to eat

Caxtons House
CAXTONs house in the Armoury, Westminster (you can see the cathedral in the background)

Clofosco Mountains
Sennayoke, in the Dolomites. In the background is the Senna Group and in the foreground is the Clofosco range

Xmas Presents & Dogs
Pampered pets with their Christmas presents!

Pin Makers at Work 1805
A woman pinmaker seated on a stool uses a foot operated press by means of a treadle. A man in the background works at a table

French Baby / Early 20Th
A typically French child in a long and flappy gown, wearing a white little cap and clogs and eating an apple. There is a flower market in the background

Prior Park, Bath
Prior Park in Bath. In the background is the mansion built for Ralph Allen, in the foreground the Palladian Bridge

Hogarth Times Noon
2. Noon A group of Huguenots attend chapel, opposite an eating house - St Giles in the Field is visible in the background

Iedo, Japan Mallet 1683
A view from high ground of the city of Iedo showing a systems of fields under cultivation, a winding river and a densely packed town in the background

Dublin from the North
A view of the City of Dublin seen from the north showing hills in the background and two windmills in the fore ground

French Farm Buildings
Farm buildings of architectural interest including sloping cantilevered roofs, a cat slide roof with a lean-to or linhay. A chateau broods in the background

Pedlar Selling Cloth
A travelling salesmen shows a young woman a bolt of patterned cloth. He has a yard stick ready to measure her order. A women in the background embroiders

Earthquake / Provence / 1909
A street in the village of Salon (South East France) after the 1909 earthquake. The clock in the background stopped at the moment of the earthquake

Cousin Phillis
Paul Manning goes to chapel - thats him in the background

Birmingham / 1830(Harvey)
A general view of Birmingham from the south. In the background chimney stacks show the rise in industry

Dinornis Giganteus
A DINORNIS GIGANTEUS (giant moa) is about to be attacked by a native New Zealander, while a smaller DINORNIS ELEPHANTOPUS browses in the background

Lady Swimming / 1820
A lady swims leisurely on her side in the sea with a cliff in the background from which a number of people are admiring her ability

Westminster Bridge / 1797
A prospect of the bridge with the Cathedral in the background

Trafalgar Sq / Grant
Trafalgar Square, with Big Ben in the background

Trafalgar Sq / Charles I
Charles I statue at Charing Cross. In the background is the church of St Martin in the Fields

Homer / Red Background
HOMER Greek poet

Byron / Sea in Background
In a thoughtful pose with the sea in the background

Boy & Girl Outdoors
A boy and a girl out of doors, while other children play in the background

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