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The Bristol Bombay, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Bristol Bombay, 1941. British troop transport aircraft and bomber used by the RAF during the Second World War. From " The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition

The Miles Magister, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Miles Magister, 1941. Instructional flight in a Miles M.14 Magister, a British two-seat monoplane trainer aircraft built by the Miles Aircraft for the RAF

The Fairey Swordfish, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Fairey Swordfish, 1941. British single-engine torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation, used during the Second World War

The Martin Marauder, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Martin Marauder, 1941. American bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company, used during the Second World War. From " The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition

The Martin Baltimore, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Martin Baltimore, 1941. American bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company, used during the Second World War. From " The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition

The Avro Anson, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Avro Anson, 1941. Multi-role British aircraft used by the RAF during the Second World War. From " The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition

The Bristol Blenheim, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Bristol Blenheim, 1941. British bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, used during the Second World War. From " The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition

The Bristol Beaufort, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Bristol Beaufort, 1941. British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, used during the Second World War

The Handley Page Hereford, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Handley Page Hereford, 1941. British bomber with Napier Dagger engines, used during the Second World War. It was known by aircrews as the Flying Suitcase because of its cramped crew conditions

The Fairey Albacore, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Fairey Albacore, 1941. British single-engine torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation, used during the Second World War

The Handley Page Hampden, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Handley Page Hampden, 1941. The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden was a British bomber with twin Bristol Pegasus radial engines, used during the Second World War

The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, 1941. British twin-engined bomber which served during the Second World War. From " The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition

The Vickers-Armstrongs Wellington, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Vickers-Armstrongs Wellington, 1941. The Vickers Wellington, British twin-engine bomber with geodetic airframe fuselage structure designed by Barnes Wallis

The Consolidated Liberator, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Consolidated Liberator, 1941. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber capable of transatlantic flight, used by the RAF during the Second World War

The Fairey Fulmar, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Fairey Fulmar, 1941. British fighter aircraft built by Fairey Aviation, served with the Fleet Air Arm (Fa) during the Second World War

The Blackburn Roc, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Blackburn Roc, 1941. The Blackburn B-25 Roc, designed by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd, British Second World War-era Fleet Air Arm fighter aircraft

The Brewster Buffalo, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Brewster Buffalo, 1941. American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. From " The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition

The Hawker Hurricane, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Hawker Hurricane, 1941. British fighter planes during the Second World War. From " The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition, by World War I flying ace Major Oliver Stewart

The Bristol Beaufighter, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Bristol Beaufighter, 1941. Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (the Beau), British aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company

The 3 Wheel Trainer For 3 Wheel Bombers, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The 3 Wheel Trainer For 3 Wheel Bombers, 1941. Advertisement for the Owlet Night and Day Trainer. The GAL.45 Owlet was a British single-engined trainer aircraft made by General Aircraft Limited

The Curtiss Tomahawk, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Curtiss Tomahawk, 1941. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (known in the British Commonwealth as the Tomahawk), an American single-engined

From Hairpins to Hurricanes - Cellon Limited, 1941. Creator: Unknown
From Hairpins to Hurricanes - Cellon Limited, 1941. Advertisement for a British manufacturer of aircraft finishes, including Cerric cellulose lacquers and Cerrux synthetic industrial lacquers

Saunders-Roe Lerwick, 1941. Creator: Unknown
Saunders-Roe " Lerwick", 1941. Advertisement for the Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick, a British flying boat built by Saunders-Roe Limited

The Old George, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1936. Creator: Unknown
The Old George, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1936. The Old George Inn on Salisbury high street, a coaching inn between London and the South West, dating from 1364

The good man of Islington setting out to church, c1879. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
The good man of Islington setting out to church, c1879. In Islington there lived a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene er he went to pray

Neighbours dressing the good man of Islingtons bite, c1879. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Neighbours dressing the good man of Islingtons bite, c1879. The wound it seem d both sore and sad To every christian eye; And while they swore the dog was mad, They swore the man would die

Customer in a pawn shop, c1885, (1934). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Customer in a pawn shop, c1885, (1934). Scene from Oliver Goldsmiths poem " An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize", illustrated by Randolph Caldecott

Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament, 1773. Creator: Charles Grignion
Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament, 1773. Speech given by Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) at the House of Commons on Dissolution of the Long Parliament, 20 April 1653. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786)

People outside a pawn shop, c1885, (1934). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
People outside a pawn shop, c1885, (1934). Scene from Oliver Goldsmiths poem " An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize", illustrated by Randolph Caldecott

Neighbours rushing to help the good man of Islington, c1879. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Neighbours rushing to help the good man of Islington, c1879. The wondering neighbours ran; And swore the dog had lost his wits, To bite so good a man

Her love was sought... By twenty beaux and more, c1885, (1934). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Her love was sought...By twenty beaux and more, c1885, (1934). Her love was sought, I do aver, By twenty beaux and more; The King himself has follow d her, When she has walk d before

Master Bill Primrose preparing to sing the story, c1879. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Master Bill Primrose preparing to sing the story, c1879. Good people all, of every sort, Give ear unto my song; And if you find it wondrous short, It cannot hold you long

The good man of Islington dressing, c1879. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
The good man of Islington dressing, c1879. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes

Stray dog befriended by good man of Islington, c1879. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Stray dog befriended by good man of Islington, c1879. From " An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog", by Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. [London, c1879]

Good man of Islington bitten by the dog, c1879. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Good man of Islington bitten by the dog, c1879. But, when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man

The dog it was that died, c1879. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
The dog it was that died, c1879. But soon a wonder came to light, That show d the rogues they lied - The man recover d of the bite; The dog it was that died

Sir Oliver Lodge, F. R. S. D. Sc. 1927. Creator: Unknown
Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S. D.Sc. 1927. Sir Oliver Lodge (1851-1940), British physicist and scientist, identified a patent for electromagnetic radiation

Lieutenant General Fleetwood, 1785. Creator: Unknown
Lieutenant General Fleetwood, 1785. Charles Fleetwood (c1618- 1692), English Parliamentarian soldier and politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (1652-1655)

John Thurlow, Secretary to Oliver Cromwell, 1784. Creator: Unknown
John Thurlow, Secretary to Oliver Cromwell, 1784. John Thurloe (1616-1668), secretary to the council of state in Protectorate England for Oliver Cromwell

Edward VI (1537-1553), King of England, 16th century. Artist: Oliver, Isaac (1556-1617)
Edward VI (1537-1553), King of England, 16th century. From a private collection

Madam Blaize, 1906. Creator: Dalziel Brothers
Madam Blaize, 1906. From " Chats on Old Prints", by Arthur Hayden. [T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1906]

England & Wales in the Winter of 1643-44, 1926. Creators: Unknown, Emery Walker Ltd
England & Wales in the Winter of 1643-44, 1926. Map showing England and Wales during the Civil War period. The key shows districts held by the king (Charles I), and by parliament

Isaac Oliver. Creator: Unknown
Isaac Oliver. Portrait of English miniature painter Isaac Oliver I (c1565-1617). After a self portrait, made c1590, in the National Portrait Gallery, London

John Paulet, Marquis of Winchester, (early 19th century). Creator: R Cooper
John Paulet, Marquis of Winchester, (early 19th century). Portrait of English royalist John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester (1598-1675) who supported King Charles I during the English Civil War

Sir Richard Leveson, c1600, (1947). Creator: Unknown
Sir Richard Leveson, c1600, (1947). Portrait of English navy officer, politician and landowner Sir Richard Leveson (c1570-1605)

Anne of Denmark, c1612, (1947). Creator: Unknown
Anne of Denmark, c1612, (1947). Portrait of Anne of Denmark (1574-1619), Queen consort of Scotland, England, and Ireland by marriage to King James VI and I

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, early 17th century, (1947). Creator: Unknown
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, early 17th century, (1947). Portrait of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594-1612), elder son of King James I and Anne of Denmark

John Powlett, Marquis of Winchester, (early-mid 19th century). Creator: H Robinson
John Powlett, Marquis of Winchester, (early-mid 19th century). Portrait of English royalist John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester (1598-1675)

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