Lower Collection (#59)

British Workman
A typical English worker of the lower middle class - specifically, a calico printers clerk - with some pretensions to gentility in his choice of clothes

Honduras Tigre Island
Tigre Island : the lower picture shows the United States garrison

Caedmon Cross (Detail)
Detail of the lower panel of the famous Caedmon Cross at Whitby, Yorkshire, England. Caedmon was an Anglo-Saxon herdsman, poet and monk, who died circa 680 A.D

USA / Mississippi River
View of a Levee on the Lower Mississippi

Train-Passing Project
By enabling trains to pass each other on the same track, the cost of building railways could be substantially lower. So could the life-expectancy of rail travellers

Yellow-barked Acacia or Fever Trees at Mzima Springs. Tsavo West National Park, Kenya
MAB-149 Yellow-barked Acacia or Fever Trees at Mzima Springs Tsavo West National Park, Kenya Acacia xanthophloea Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Wutun Si lower temple, Gomar Lamasery, Tongren, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter evacuates a seriously injured walker who had fallen 250 feet on bow Fell in the Lake
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A Navy Sea King helicopter crew and mountain rescue team members treat a seriously injured walker who had fallen 250
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A Navy Sea King helicopter lowers a stretcher to evacuate a seriously injured walker who had fallen 250 feet on Bow
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

The Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team on a night rescue on Crinkle Crags in the Lake District
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Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team carrying an injured walker from the fells in Langdale Cumbria
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Members of Langdael Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team doing a stretcher lower down a crag in Langdale as part of training
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Shell - closeup of ventral view of small conch (probably Strombus pugilis)
MAB-438 Shell - closeup of ventral view of small conch (probably Strombus pugilis) Strombus pugilis Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Shell - closeup of ventral view of Spider conch probably Lambis species
MAB-437 Shell - closeup of ventral view of Spider conch probably Lambis species Lambis spp Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Shell - closeup of underside of marine Murex shell which were important as a source of the purple dye used by
MAB-434 Shell - closeup of underside of marine Murex shell which were important as a source of the purple dye used by the Phoenicians and the Romans

The lower Windmills (Kato Myli) at sunset, Mykonos, Cyclades Islands, Greece, Europe

Delivering Fur
Delivering fur for the Hudsons Bay Company at Lower Fort Gary, Manitoba, Canada

REDOUTE, 1875
A redoute at the Paris home of fashionable writer Arsene Houssaye : the guests include many celebrities - Theodor de Banville on the lower left, Gautier to the upper right

C19 Sampler
A beautiful sampler by Susannah Hephzibah Haydon, depicting the alphabet in both lower and upper case, and bordered with flowers, hearts and animals

German Couple 1475
A fashionable couple from Lower Germany : her finger points to her swelling belly - Now look what you ve done, she says, you and your codpiece and pointed shoes !

Working Mens Bar, Paris
A working mens bar, Paris

Building Trestle Viaduct
Building a trestle bridge : once the woodwork has been completed, soil and rock are washed down onto the lower levels, giving it a solid base

Climbing the Pyramids
Egyptian men stand on the lower levels of the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, ready to assist adventurous tourists, keen to scale the mighty structure

Racial / White Swan / Sioux
White Swan: Chief of the Lower Yanktonas Sioux

Racial / Mad Bear / Sioux
Mad Bear: Chief of the Lower Yanktonas Sioux

India / Simla Bazaar 1920S
Simla: Lower Bazaar

Quebec / Market / Lower Town
Quebec: Market, Lower Town

Buddhist Pagoda, Burma
Burmese women at prayer on the platform of the pagoda at Prome, Lower Burma

Amazon Warriors
Two Amazon warriors : the lower one wears a protective tunic

C17 Sand Glass
The SAND GLASS, also known as CLEPSAMMIA, measures time by how long sand takes to filter from the upper bulb into the lower; different apertures measure different periods

Egyptian Clepsydra
The CLEPSYDRA, used throughout the Near/Middle East in ancient times, measures time by how long it takes the upper bowl to fill the lower one

Costume / A Florent 1902
S-bend ladies wear gowns with trained gored skirts, braid trim & sleeves with fullness at the lower arm. Also an open bodice, turned back cuffs, lace yoke & belts

Ship on Lower Thames
The Lower Thames

Building French Ship 8
Careening a corvette : she is laid on her side so that the accumulation of marine rubbish which has gathered on her keel and lower hull can be burned off

Brazil / Amazon C1890
Tropical forest lines the banks of the lower Amazon, Brazil

Girl Hides Behind a Fan
A shy young woman hides her mouth and lower face behind a fan which is ornamented with a design incorporating foliage, berries & flowers. Date: 1880s

GORKY, LOWER DEPTHS
A scene from the 1902 production of Maxim Gorkys classic play of working class life, THE LOWER DEPTHS, performed by the Moscow Arts Theatre

Henry I of Brabant
HENRY I DUKE OF BRABRANT (formerly Henry IV Duke of Lower Lorraine). Known as The Warrior. Took the title Duke of Brabant in 1190

Chariot Race
Depiction of a chariot race, with putti taking part in the upper panel, and a curious monster making his appearance at lower right

Spinning, Austria
A Rockensitz - literally, a distaff session - among peasant women in lower Austria; the old lady tells stories as she spins, the young ones listen

Jerusalem / Plan 1C Ad
Plan of the city in biblical times : the City of David upper left, Solomons Temple lower centre, the site of Jesuss crucifixion upper centre

Haymarket, St Petersburg
The Hay market, St Petersburg - where many things are on sale, except hay : the lady lower right may have passed out with the excitement, but is more probably drunk

Lifting Water 1690
Device for raising water : the lower end of the tube is submerged, so when the string of discs is pulled through it by turning the handle, they bring water with them

French Mental Patients 2
Three of Voisins patients at the Salpetriere, classed by him as lypemaniaque (term not in any dictionary !) The lower pictures show Mme Ball... before & after treatment

Man Overboard
Having fallen off his ship, this man is jolly pleased that his shipmates were able to lower a boat and come to his rescue

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