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Beatty Book Cover
When Beatty kept the seas - Captain Frank H Shaws stirring patriotic adventure yarn is based on real-life naval exploits of the war

Slipper Pattern 1868
A colourful embroidery design for the Victorian lady of leisure for a cashmere slipper based on an original Hindustanee pattern

Molluscs / Sealife
A variety of sea-based molluscs including types of snail and clam, a large mussel and other soft-bodied sealife

Fur Trimmed Wrap 1928
Blonde model in a fur trimmed wrap / jacket in a highly ornate fabric which like her dress is based on ethnic or archaeological textiles. Her shoes are in silver kid

Military / Dress / C17
Military, probably French. Based on the dress of the Musketeers

The triumphal entry of the Duke of Wellington into Madrid in 1812. Engraving based on the painting by W.Hilton from 1825. Engraving

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Zurab Getsadze

George and Edward Scheutz's calculating machine. Based on Babbage's difference engine
530832 George and Edward Scheutz's calculating machine. Based on Babbage's difference engine, it was developed between 1837 and 1843. Purchased for Dudley Observatory, Albany, New York

Listening to The Old Curiosity Shop in the West. Illustration for Bret Hart's poem Little Nell
527973 Listening to The Old Curiosity Shop in the West. Illustration for Bret Hart's poem Little Nell, based on a popular anecdote

Blood letting: physician bleeding a patient from the arm. 1596 (woodcut from a translation by Sir John Harrington of a)
527531 Blood letting: physician bleeding a patient from the arm. 1596 (woodcut from a translation by Sir John Harrington of a 12th or 13th century poem based on the Salernian Rule of Health)

Baldassare in l Arlesiana, c1897 (illustration)
3499729 Baldassare in l Arlesiana, c1897 (illustration); (add.info.: L Arlesiana. Opera based on L'Arlesienne (1872) by Alphonse Daudet. Georges Bizet composed the music

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier discovered oxygen (engraving)
539945 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier discovered oxygen (engraving) by French School, (18th century); (add.info.: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) French chemist, discovered oxygen

Lake Dwellings (Pile dwellings - Pfahlbauten) and associated artefacts. Based on mid-19th century work of Swiss
533822 Lake Dwellings (Pile dwellings - Pfahlbauten) and associated artefacts. Based on mid-19th century work of Swiss archaeologist Ferdinand Keller

Advertisement for Mellin's Emulsion, food supplement based on cod liver oil
536213 Advertisement for Mellin's Emulsion, food supplement based on cod liver oil, recommending it for children and invalids. Magazine advertisement c1890

Herodotus (c4485-425 BC), historian, called the Father of History. Figure of Herodotus based on an antique bust
536187 Herodotus (c4485-425 BC), historian, called the Father of History. Figure of Herodotus based on an antique bust. Wood engraving 1866.; (add.info.: Herodotus (c4485-425 BC), historian

Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad bandaging the wound of his friend Patroclus
537570 Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad bandaging the wound of his friend Patroclus. 13th-12th BC (drawing based on an antique vase); Universal History Archive/UIG

Noah's Ark - the animals going in two by two, 1716 (engraving)
535947 Noah's Ark - the animals going in two by two, 1716 (engraving); (add.info.: Noah's Ark - the animals going in two by two)

Le mystere de la vengeance de Notre Seigneur (Story of the Vengeance of our Lord)
542934 Le mystere de la vengeance de Notre Seigneur (Story of the Vengeance of our Lord, Jesus Christ) medieval French mystery play based around the destruction of Jerusalem during the Jewish War of

Dr Faustus conjuring up Mephistopheles. Faust formed the subject of dramas by Christopher Marlowe and Goethe
530305 Dr Faustus conjuring up Mephistopheles. Faust formed the subject of dramas by Christopher Marlowe and Goethe. Goethe's version was the basis for Gounod's opera

Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792 (engraving)
536023 Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792 (engraving); (add.info.: Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing patient in San Spirito Hospital)

Chinese map of the world dated 1763, claiming to be a reproduction of a 1418 map of Zheng He's (1371-1433)
528025 Chinese map of the world dated 1763, claiming to be a reproduction of a 1418 map of Zheng He's (1371-1433) voyages and to prove that Zheng He sailed both to Australia and the Americas

Illustration of an ox-powered paddle-wheel boat. 15th century (manuscript based on a description in 4th century)
528019 Illustration of an ox-powered paddle-wheel boat. 15th century (manuscript based on a description in 4th century anonymous Roman military treatise on war machines De Rebus Bellicis')

Set design for Mozart's Magic Flute, 1863 (illustration)
544222 Set design for Mozart's Magic Flute, 1863 (illustration); (add.info.: ('Die Zauberflote'), opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Boeing 377-10 Stratocruiser HC-AGA - ex N1040V
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser HC-AGA (msn 15940) of Linea Internacional Aerea de Ecuador (LIA), named Princess Everatta Maria, at Quito International aiport

18th century engraving by T Jefferys of Hydrometers. A hydrometer or lactometer is an instrument used for measuring density or relative density of liquids based on the concept of buoyancy.

Downer Bellanca 14-13-3 Cruisair Senior HB-DUN (msn 1637), circa 1961. The model designation is based on the technical data of the machine. The number 14 means that the wing area is 14 square feet

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina N610FF
Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) N610FF (msn CV-399) of Barringer Research Limited, based in Toronto, Canada. The aircraft is seen at London Heathrow Airport for the 60 Years of Heathrow

United States Navy - Goodyear ZSG-3 airship K-120 (BuAer number 33512), based at Oakland Naval Air Station in California, being used as a recruitment billboard for the US Naval Reserve

United States Navy - Martin P5M-1 Marlin 127718 (unit code LM, call-sign 8) with VP-44, based at Norfolk Naval Air Station, Virginia

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive WB9110 Perseverance II (msn 3483), built in 1913 with an 8 Nhp compound steam engine. Seen at an auction at Walford Cross near Taunton in 1959

Burrell Devonshire General Purpose Traction Engine TA1849 Jellicoe (msn 3368), with Coeur De Lion 5nhp Engine, built 1913, at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. With Aveling & Barford Steam Roller YA2197

Little Women, Grand Theatre, Leeds, West Yorkshire, dramatised by Marian de Forest, based on the novel by Louisa M Alcott, showing the scene in which John and Meg are surprised by Jo and Laurie. 1920

Jesus On The Cross With Two Others

University of East London Stratford Campus, University House
The University of East London Stratford Campus is based in and around University House, a Grade II* listed building (formerly the West Ham Technical Institute), located in Stratford

Midland Railway snowploughs based at Hellifield on the Settle to Carlisle line - early 1900s

Scottish Aviation Jetstream T. 2 XX486 - 569
Royal Navy - Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 XX486 / 569 (msn 265 P/N 57, base code CU'), of 750 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Culdrose. Date: circa 1995

Scottish Aviation Jetstream T. 2 XX476 - 561
Royal Navy - Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 XX476 / 561 (msn 216 P/N 16, ex G-AXGL), of 750 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Culdrose, at RAF Upper Heyford on 6 May 1990. Date: 1990

Scottish Aviation Jetstream T. 2 XX478 - 64
Royal Navy - Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 XX478 / 64 (msn 216 P/N 16, ex G-AXGL), of 750 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Culdrose. Date: circa 1995

WW2 - John Brown's Body
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, John Brown's Body, written by Gordon Boshell. The image portrays the title character

Frog Scale Model Aeroplanes Advertisement
An advertisement for Lines Brothers Ltd, promoting Frog scale model aeroplanes, based on those used during WW2. The image shows a little boy's hand holding one such fighter plane over a

Along the shore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran, Scotland - Painted by artist Alexander Cameron for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon - Painted 1939 Date: 1939

Evening over the Arran Peaks, Isle of Arran, Scotland - from the Lamlash to Brodick Road - Painted by artist Alexander Cameron for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Lochranza Casle, Lochranza, Isle of Arran, Scotland - Painted by artist Alexander Cameron for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon - Painted 1939 Date: 1939

Sentinel S4 Steam Wagon TJ 3319 / number 8884 at Market Bosworth. (Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd was a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) Date: 1976

Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine PW 6287 Firefly number 4032, with 7nhp single-cylinder Engine, built in 1925. Seen at York on 16 May 1971

Garratt & Atkinson Advertisement
An advertisement for Garratt & Atkinsonn, London based manufacturing photo engravers and artists for advertising purposes. Date: circa 1939

A. W. Duncan & Co Advertisement
An advertisement for A. W. Duncan & Co Ltd. a printing company based in Liverpool. The image shows a man skiing. Qualities demanded in fine printing as in skiing. Date: circa 1939

Godfrey Phillips Advertisement Illustration
An advertisement illustration for Godfrey Phillips Ltd. London based tobacconist in the Barbican, the image displays a decorative pot alongside a box of matches and a pipe. Date: circa 1939

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