Watches Collection (#6)

SOCIAL / PARISIENNE 1903
A Parisienne prepares for the day with the help of her maid, while a friend sits and watches Date: 1903

BOY WATCHES PLANE 1911
A boy watches a monoplane flying dangerously low over the Paris rooftops, near the Bon Marche department store. Date: 1911

BLACKSMITH / CIRCA 1800
liquor being poured out in a blacksmiths workshop. Date: circa 1800

Mother and child 1842
A mother watches her child as it sleeps in its swinging cradle Date: 1842

BLACKSMITHS / SHIRE HORSE
Four blacksmiths shoe a shire horse while his owner stands and watches. The horse, who is blinkered, stands patiently. Date: circa 1930

CHILD WATCHES MAMA DRESS
A daughter watches while a maid helps her mother get ready in front of her dressing table. Date: 1909

1893 / ALEXANDER III / DANCE
Tsar Alexander III (on left of picture) watches a dance at the French embassy in St Petersburg Date: 1893

SPANISH LEAVE PARIS
Henri IV watches the Spanish garrison leaving Paris Date: 1594

VICTORIAN GIRL SKIPPING
A girl skips, her brother watches with admiration Date: Late 1860s

COMIC POLICEMAN / 6 AM
A plump policeman tolerantly watches a group of drunken men enjoying themselves. Date: late 19th century

Lady at Her Easel
A lady sits at her easel, mixing paint on her palette, while her friend watches, hlding an album Date: 1848

IRONING TOP HAT 1860
A workman watches with astonishment while a hatter irons a top hat with a heated iron Date: 1860

REBUILDING OF OUDENARDE
The comte de Flandres watches the rebuilding of Oudenarde Date: circa 1382

German Postman - circa 1909
The German postman hands a sealed letter to the son of the house while his mother watches. Date: circa 1909

DEVIL ATTACKS SHIP, C15
A devil attacks a merchant ship in a storm while God watches from above Date: 15th Century

WATCHING MOSCOW BURN
When his Russian expedition proves disastrous, he watches Moscow burn... Date: 1812

NAPOLEON AT WAGRAM
BATTLE OF WAGRAM Napoleon watches his men defeat the Austrians, using an eyeglass Date: 5-6 July 1809

LACING UP
A young lady is laced into her ball gown by her maid while mama watches approvingly Date: circa 1860

MAIDEN WITH HELMET
The maiden washing her face in a stream whilst a young man watches her from behind a tree. (Japanese story)

BEACH SCENE / PEDDIE
Ladies emerge from their bathing huts and bathe in the sea, while a man sits on the grass and watches. Date: early 20th century

Emperor Nero watching Rome burn
The emperor NERO watches Rome burn Date: 64

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Turkey, Izmir Province, Selcuk, Ephesus, Sign advertising Genuine Fake Watches and ten Euro price ticket

Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Izeyl at Dalys Theatre - Izeyl watching Prince Siddartha from the porch of her house. Date: 1894

Alligator Joe watching young Alligators hatch from their egg - according to sender of this card he made a living out of raising alligators and crocodiles in Miami. Date: 1907

The Four Times of Day: Midday, c. 1740. Artist: Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743)
The Four Times of Day: Midday, c. 1740. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Advertisement for Bennett's watches. From The Illustrated London News, 1895
Advertisement for Bennett's watches. From The Illustrated London News. 1895

Advert for Waterbury pocket watches 1890
Waterbury pocket watches for men, with nickel siver cases. 1890

A tuberculosis patient being given a direct blood transfusion from a goat, at Dr Simon Bernheims clinic. France, ca. 1891. Engraving

Wallis Simpson watches trooping the colour
Wallis Simpson at the window of Buckingham Palace watching the Trooping the Colour on the 3rd June 1972. Wallis had travelled to England and was received by the Queen on the death of her husband

Little Mermaid / Andersen
The little mermaid watches a ship (Hans Christian Andersen)

Girl on beach watching murmuration of starlings at dusk, RSPB Reserve Minsmere; Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Portrait of a Burchells zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) standing on a grassy bank on the savanna at the Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp, turning and looking round; Grumeti, Tanzania

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) crossing ice in Arctic; Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Northern Norway

Portrait of a lion, (Panthera leo) walking towards the camera along a grassy track in Kleins Camp; Serengeti, Tanzania

Portrait of two lion cubs (Panthera leo) looking out from a tree; Serengeti, Tanzania

Close-up portrait of a vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) looking at the camera at Kleins Camp; Serengeti, Tanzania

Close-up of a lion (Panthera leo), head shot portrait of of a male animal looking out into the savanna at sunrise; Serengeti, Tanzania

Close-up of a leopard (Panthera pardus) lifting its paw walking down a branch at the Kicheche Bush Camp; Masai Mara, Kenya

Close-up of a brown bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) pouncing in the water fishing for salmon; Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States of America

Close-up of a cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), head and shoulders portrait of a female animal looking out into the savanna in the Serengeti; Tanzania

Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), Mother animal with young cubs resting on a mound in the grassy savanna at the Grumeti Game Reserve; Tanzania

Brown bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) standing up on the shore next to a tree looking at the camera in Brooks Falls; Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States of America

Soldiers during World War One sychronising their watches with a clock mounted on a post in the camp. This was vital to obtain unanimity of movement and perfect co-operation before an attack

View from behind of Coastal Brown Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) walking in the water along the rocky shore at low tide, fishing for salmon in Geographic Harbor; Katmai National Park and Preserve

Portrait of two bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched on top of a boulder in Kinak Bay; Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States of America

Close-up portrait of a Coastal Brown Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in Kinak Bay; Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States of America

Portrait of a Coastal Brown Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) standing in the water fishing for salmon in Geographic Harbor; Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States of America

Portrait of a young, Coastal Brown Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) walking at low tide while digging clams in Geographic Harbor; Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States of America

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