Hour Collection (#9)

The Birth of Venus (detail), c. 1485 (tempera on canvas)
5863914 The Birth of Venus (detail), c.1485 (tempera on canvas) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

Hour by Hour (colour litho)
6020964 Hour by Hour (colour litho) by Ryland, Henry (1856-1924); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hour by Hour. Illustration for Holy Gladness)

Gustave Dores Don Quixote: "He verily believed his last hour was come"(engraving)
6008333 Gustave Dores Don Quixote: " He verily believed his last hour was come" (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info)

This working model is self-starting and is capable of carrying its two passengers at 16 miles per hour (b / w photo)
5990821 This working model is self-starting and is capable of carrying its two passengers at 16 miles per hour (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Fortes "Puritan Maid", Piccadilly Circus, London (b / w photo)
5991449 Fortes " Puritan Maid", Piccadilly Circus, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fortes " Puritan Maid")

Sketches at the Wimbledon Rifle Meeting (engraving)
1590538 Sketches at the Wimbledon Rifle Meeting (engraving) by Schonberg, Johann Nepomuk (1780-1863) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches at the Wimbledon Rifle Meeting)

The Rebel Queen, by Walter Besant (litho)
1604020 The Rebel Queen, by Walter Besant (litho) by Birkenruth, Adolphe (b.1863); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rebel Queen, by Walter Besant)

Cavalry Manoeuvres of the Bangalore Division, Madras Presidency, India (engraving)
1602986 Cavalry Manoeuvres of the Bangalore Division, Madras Presidency, India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

French Art: 18th century pendulum Paris, Decorative Arts
JLJ4578196 French Art: 18th century pendulum Paris, Decorative Arts by French School, (18th century); Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: French Art: 18th century pendulum Paris)

Topics of the Hour at Home and Abroad (b / w photo)
1629301 Topics of the Hour at Home and Abroad (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Topics of the Hour at Home and Abroad)

"The Hour but not the Man, "in the Exhibition of the New British Institution (engraving)
1626071 " The Hour but not the Man, " in the Exhibition of the New British Institution (engraving) by English School

The Story of a Latchkey (engraving)
1056868 The Story of a Latchkey (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Story of a Latchkey)

The Fashion of the Hour, Lady Cyclists in Battersea Park (litho)
1056393 The Fashion of the Hour, Lady Cyclists in Battersea Park (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fashion of the Hour, Lady Cyclists in Battersea Park)

Women coaling a Man-of-War at Nagasaki, Japan (engraving)
1041546 Women coaling a Man-of-War at Nagasaki, Japan (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women coaling a Man-of-War at Nagasaki, Japan)

The Generals Quarters, The Castle (b / w photo)
3092307 The Generals Quarters, The Castle (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Generals Quarters, the Castle)

The Alfred Docks (b / w photo)
3092298 The Alfred Docks (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Alfred Docks)

Pendulum Republic (with the days and months of the revolutionary calendar)
LSE4110369 Pendulum Republic (with the days and months of the revolutionary calendar) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le Mont-de-Piete - in "L assiettte au beurre"ndu 03 / 06 / 1905
LSE4108741 Le Mont-de-Piete- in " L assiettte au beurre" ndu 03/06/1905 by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The problem of the hour: Huyghens clock, first watches, Wallis point in 1766
LSE4108636 The problem of the hour: Huyghens clock, first watches, Wallis point in 1766, Berthoud stopwatch, chronometer, medium sun - engraving, deb

German made wooden alarm clock, 16th century
LSE4108622 German made wooden alarm clock, 16th century by Unknown Artist, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: German made wooden alarm clock)

Rome, water clock of the Pincio (Villa Borghese) built in 1867
GIA4779295 Rome, water clock of the Pincio (Villa Borghese) built in 1867. It was carried out by Dominican Giambattista Embriaco

The different hours on Earth at the moment its noon in Paris - Imagery (image
PCT4289791 The different hours on Earth at the moment its noon in Paris - Imagery (image) by Epinal no 3800, Series Encyclopedic Glucq des lecons de choses Illustrees (engraving) by French School

The miracle of Ezechias or the clock of Ahaz (Achas) The sick king of Judah Ezechias
JLJ4670856 The miracle of Ezechias or the clock of Ahaz (Achas) The sick king of Judah Ezechias receives the right to a favor of God who hears his vow to go back in time. Representation of sundials

The Revellers, Bewitched by Mother Shipton, "Sat Laughing for Full a Quarter of an Hour"(engraving)
3625605 The Revellers, Bewitched by Mother Shipton, " Sat Laughing for Full a Quarter of an Hour" (engraving) by Thomson, Hugh (1860-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Revellers)

Hour of the Ox [2am] (Ushi no koku), from the series
2969346 Hour of the Ox [2am] (Ushi no koku), from the series The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki), c. 1794 (colour woodblock print; oban) by Utamaro

The Lady Witch (engraving)
6021207 The Lady Witch (engraving) by Lawless, Matthew James (1837-1864) (attr. to); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lady Witch)

Belshazzars feast, Daniel V, ver 5 (engraving)
6021670 Belshazzars feast, Daniel V, ver 5 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Belshazzars feast, Daniel V, ver 5)

Midday, 1772 (oil on canvas)
ALM403397 Midday, 1772 (oil on canvas) by Lagrenee, Louis Jean Francois I (1725-1805); 76x140 cm; Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA; eAllen Memorial Art Museum; Mrs. F.F

Gleaning for fuel in London, When the cats away (engraving)
583445 Gleaning for fuel in London, When the cats away (engraving) by Barnes, Robert (1840-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gleaning for fuel in London)

The explosion on the Regents Canal; The bridge an hour after the explosion (engraving)
585886 The explosion on the Regents Canal; The bridge an hour after the explosion (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Birth of Venus (detail), c. 1485 (tempera on canvas)
5863917 The Birth of Venus (detail), c.1485 (tempera on canvas) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

Birth of Venus (detail), c. 1485 (tempera on canvas)
5863916 Birth of Venus (detail), c.1485 (tempera on canvas) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

A winged motor-car driven by a propeller (b / w photo)
6009201 A winged motor-car driven by a propeller (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A winged motor-car driven by a propeller)

Game: the "Forget"- in "the Good genre", naa79
LSE4079871 Game: the " Forget" - in " the Good genre", nAa79, early 19th century by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Game)

Cabinet clock from the Valois period - engraving, 16th century
LSE4108628 Cabinet clock from the Valois period - engraving, 16th century. by Unknown Artist, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cabinet clock from the Valois period - engraving)

Charles Perrault (1628 - 1703): "Cinderella"1697
GIA4759604 Charles Perrault (1628 - 1703): " Cinderella" 1697. The illustration by Edouard de Beaumont (1887) depicts Cinderella escaping at the twelfth stroke of midnight losing her shoe

Art Francais: 18th century rockery clock, Paris, Decorative Arts
JLJ4662884 Art Francais: 18th century rockery clock, Paris, Decorative Arts by French School, (18th century); Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Dial of the clock of the Cathedral Santa maria del Fiore in Florence
BAT5469257 Dial of the clock of the Cathedral Santa maria del Fiore in Florence by Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475); (add.info.: fresco in trompe l oeil); Photo eNicol Orsi Battaglini; Italian

The Fastest Locomotive in the World, an Electric Car Capable of Running 110 Miles an Hour (b / w photo)
1600804 The Fastest Locomotive in the World, an Electric Car Capable of Running 110 Miles an Hour (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Wreck of the "Drummond Castle"off the Island of Ushant (engraving)
1605454 Wreck of the " Drummond Castle" off the Island of Ushant (engraving) by Sabattier, Louis Remy (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

Square Dial of a Charles II Thirty Hour Longcase Clock, c. 1680 (mixed media)
870171 Square Dial of a Charles II Thirty Hour Longcase Clock, c.1680 (mixed media) by Tompion, Thomas (1639-1713); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

"Twenty Miles an Hour", English Children in Switzerland at Christmas Time (chromolitho)
1054366 " Twenty Miles an Hour", English Children in Switzerland at Christmas Time (chromolitho) by English School

Sunday Evening in St Marks Square, Venice, the childrens hour (engraving)
1064262 Sunday Evening in St Marks Square, Venice, the childrens hour (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sunday Evening in St Marks Square, Venice)

An Impromptu Toilet (engraving)
1044734 An Impromptu Toilet (engraving) by Sant, James (1820-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Impromptu Toilet. Illustration for The Graphic)

Time
Mirjam Delrue

Wierum Wreck
István Lahpor

Santa Maddalena
Krzysztof Browko

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"Capturing the essence of time, the 'hour' takes us on a nostalgic journey through history. From Muffin the Mule to a policeman on a BSA motorcycle in London, each image tells its own story. " "Intriguingly, a Brooklands Race Poster and Le Mans Poster remind us of the adrenaline-fueled hours spent at these iconic racing events. " "Transporting us back to Hitchin, Herts in the 1940s, we witness both moments of resilience during wartime and leisurely pursuits like The 24-hour Bicycle Race at Herne Hill in 1892. " "The imposing presence of HMS RODNEY evokes images of strength and power as it sails through uncharted waters. " "Fleet Street in the swinging 1960s paints a vibrant picture of bustling journalists working against the clock to deliver breaking news stories. " "A. W. Wilson's captivating photograph captures rush hour at a London tube station, showcasing the daily hustle and bustle that defines city life. " "Hitchin, Herts once again graces our collection with memories from yesteryears - this time highlighting its charm during World War II era alongside an advertisement for Imperial Airways that promises exotic destinations within hours reach. " "And finally, Brixton Prison stands as an enduring symbol reminding us that even behind bars, every hour counts towards redemption and change under Mayhew's watchful eye.