Pith Collection (page 5)

FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS (1832-1914). British soldier, nicknamed Bobs by soldiers. Detail, caricature lithograph, 1900, by Spy (Sir Leslie Ward)

LIFE ON NAVAL SHIP, c1885. Officers relaxing with their feet up on the deck of the steam sloop of war USS Mohican, serving in the Pacific Ocean, c1885-1888

FASHODA AFFAIR, 1898. Marchez! Marchand! Contemporary English cartoon by Sir John Tenniel on the meeting between General Horatio Kitchener and French captain Jean-Baptiste Marchand at Fashoda, Sudan

Big Game Hunter
A big game hunter poses with his porters and the skulls and skins of his kills, Africa, circa 1895. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

WW1 - British soldiers land fish killed by shell Dardanelles
WW1 - Two British soldiers landing a fish killed by an Asiatic Annie shell fired from Turkish Fort Gunners during the Dardanelles Campaign

14th July Festival - Thu Dau Mot - Vietnam
Vietnam - Thu Dau Mot, the capital city of Binh Duong Province. Public celebrations of July 14th. Children try and catch treats suspended on the end of fishing rods

British Mortar Battery in action at Landikhana, NWFP Date: circa 1920s

Orange segment on a plate-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Orange with leaves on pewter charger credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Apple and orange with leaves on pewter charger with black background credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

The U. S. governments rainmaking experiments near El Paso, Texas, in 1891. Contemporary line engraving
RAINMAKING, 1891. The U.S. governments rainmaking experiments near El Paso, Texas, in 1891. Contemporary line engraving

(1903-1944). British soldier. Major General Wingate, wearing pith helmet, briefing American
ORDE CHARLES WINGATE (1903-1944). British soldier. Major General Wingate, wearing pith helmet, briefing American and British officers on plans to invade Burma behind Japanese lines during World War

Papyrus reed (Cyperus papyrus) being used to make writing material. Stem of the reed used to make a form of paper. Also used to produce fibre for sails, mats, cloth, etc, and roots used as fuel

Boer War: Siege of Ladysmith by Boers, 1 November 1899 - 28 February 1900: defending British troops in trenches fixing bayonets in preparation to repel attack

Papyrus reed (Cyperus papyrus): Stem of the reed used to make a form of paper. Also used to produce fibre for sails, mats, cloth, etc, and roots used as fuel. Pith used as food.Aquatint 1823

Garnet Joseph Wolsley, Viscount Wolsley (1833-1913) British field marshal, commander-in-chief British army 1895-1900. VC in Indian Mutiny. Led relief of Khartoum 1884-5

The Last Shot in the Sudan. Chromolithograph published 1885 showing the end of one of the British campaigns in the Sudan

A cross section of two lemons and a whole lemon

Freshly squeezed orange juice in measuring jug, pith and pips on piece of muslin, close-up

Person cutting skin off orange

Three-quarters peeled whole pomelo

Person peeling orange

Plant vascular bundle, illustration C018 / 0915
Plant vascular bundle. Illustration showing the structure of vascular bundle from a monocotyledon root. At centre (top) is the pith

Magnolia stem, SEM C015 / 5128
Magnolia stem. Coloured environmental scanning electron micrograph (ESEM) of a transverse section through the stem of a Magnolia sp. plant

Magnolia stem, SEM C015 / 5124
Magnolia stem. Coloured environmental scanning electron micrograph (ESEM) of a transverse section through the stem of a Magnolia sp. plant

Iroko wood, SEM
Iroko wood. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a longitudinal section through Iroko (Chlorophora excelsa) wood

London Fire Brigade band members with trumpets
Members of the LCC-London Fire Brigade band, standing in a row with their fanfare trumpets. The pith helmets seen here were later replaced with brass helmets

Calamites suckowi (Brongniart)
Pith cast of Calamites suckowi, an Articulate, Carboniferous plant. Upper Carboniferous; Gosforth, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. Range: Genus, Carboniferous, Species, Westphalian

Edward VIII in India
EDWARD VIII, When still Prince of Wales, photographed with the Maharajah Kumar, at his Residency in Udapair. Date: 1894 - 1972

SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY (1841-1904). British journalist and explorer. Caricature, 1872, by Frederick Waddy

BRAZZA IN AFRICA, 1880. Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza gaining concessions for France in negotiations with a king of the Congo region of Africa, October 1880: wood engraving, late 19th century

Egypt - British Soldier escorting an old blind Arab man
British Soldier escorting an old blind Arab man off a Nile Steamer, possibly at Port Said? Date: circa 1910s

Silhouette of a soldier in a pith helmet
Full-length silhouette of a soldier in a pith helmet, with binoculars in his hands and a sword at his side

French view of an English Gent in London
Spectacularly stereotypical French view of an English Gent in London, complete with plaid trousers, pith helmet, sinister expression (!) and a background of dark satanic mills!!! Date: 1901

German prisoners marching, Balkan Front, WW1
German prisoners under British escort, being marched to a railhead on the Balkan Front, at the time of the Battle of Machukovo during the First World War. Date: September 1916

North Staffordshire soldiers on road to Baku, WW1
A group of 7th North Staffordshire soldiers on the road to Baku, Armenia. They formed part of the Dunsterforce during the Armenian-Azerbaijani War

Turkish prisoners, Mesopotamia, WW1
Turkish prisoners with their British captors, on their way to Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

British gunners on Balkan Front, WW1
British gunners on the Balkan Front during the First World War, preparing a mountain gun for action. Date: 1914-1918

Inniskillings at Chinese railway station
The Inniskilling Fusiliers, stationed in China, are ordered back to Europe to die on the western front : a scene in transit at Tientsin (now Tianjin)

Togo Police Training
Shooting practice for a German-controlled native African police troup, the Haussars in Lome, Togo, West Africa. Date: 1930s

Colonial Troops 1930S
Native Libyan troops in Tripoli, North Africa, receiving directions in the mountains from European, probably Italian, officers. Date: 1930s

British troops draining marshes, Salonika Front, WW1
British troops belonging to a Labour Battalion, trying to prevent malaria by draining marshes at Danbabali on the Salonika Front during the First World War. Date: 1917

Big Game hunter sending his last postcard
A big game hunter who has (what rotten luck!) become a lunchtime snack for his intended victim (a very jolly lion) sends his last address which is: In Red Lion, Timbuktu !!!!!!! Date: 1906

Ship firing towards the coast, Middle East, WW1
A ship firing towards the coast, probably somewhere in the Middle East during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German-Turkish patrol at an oasis, Mesopotamia, WW1
A German-Turkish patrol at an oasis, with camels, Mesopotamia, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Conakry - French Guinea
French West Africa (Guinea) Conakry - Ballay Monument - in memorium of French Governor Noel Ballay (Governor between 1891-1900)

Turkish infantryman, WW1
A Turkish infantryman during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Turkish infantry, WW1
Men of the Turkish infantry during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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