Arms Raised Collection (page 6)

Wendell Willkie, American politician, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, 1940. Wilkie (1892-1940) at a frontier celebration at Cheyenne during the 1940 presidential election campaign

YWCA members exercising, 1910s

Then She Saw The Storks, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Then She Saw The Storks, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Bretelles Filver - French Poster, c1926. Artist: Jean D ylen
Bretelles Filver - French Poster, c1926. From Posters & Publicity - Fine Printing and Design by Sydney R. Jones, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio, Ltd. London, 1926]

Advert for Kast & Ehinger G. m. b. H. 1917. From The British Printer Vol. XXIV. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1917]

Recruits learning the use of the bayonet, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

The Battle of Ancrum Moor, 27 February 1545, (c1880)
The Battle of Ancrum Moor, 27 february 1545, (c1880). The Battle of Ancrum Moor was fought during the War of the Rough Wooing in 1545

Studies of Dancing Nymphs, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Studies of Dancing Nymphs, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

The Harvest Home, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
The Harvest Home, 1820. From The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. [Ackermann, London, 1820]

Doctor Syntax & The Bees, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax & The Bees, 1820. From The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. [Ackermann, London, 1820]

George II. At Dettingen, 27 June 1743, (c1880). The Battle of Dettingen took place on 27 June 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession

The Earl of Mars Council of War, November 1715, (c1880). John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675-May 1732) was a Scottish Jacobite who when deprived of office by the new king

Lieutenant Pattinson at the Presence of Karyguam, 1818 (c1912). In 1818 the 2nd Bombay Grenadiers fought in the Mahratta Wars

Abdulla Magic - Out of the Past, 1932. From Punch, or the London Charivari. - December 28, 1932. [Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Limited, London, 1932]

Female Study, c1897, (1897). Artist: Frederic Leighton
Female Study, c1897, (1897). From The Studio Volume 9. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1897]

The Coach Would Be Held-Up and All The Passengers Robbed, c1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
The Coach Would Be Held-Up and All The Passengers Robbed, c1908, (c1920). Bushrangers originally referred to escaped convicts from the British colonial settlement, living in the Australian Bush

Madonna of the Magnificat, 1481. Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Madonna of the Magnificat, 1481. Painting held The Uffizi Gallery, Florence. From The Outline of Art, edited by Sir William Orpen. [George Newnes Limited, London, c1924]

The Creation of Eve, 1882. Artist: George Frederick Watts
The Creation of Eve, 1882. Painting held within the Watts Gallery, Surrey. From The Studio Volume 64. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

Danseuses, c1900. Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour
Danseuses, c1900. From The Studio Volume 78, [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1919-20]

The Woodcutter, 1910. Artist: Ferdinand Hodler
The Woodcutter, 1910. Painting housed in the Musee d Orsay, Paris. From The Studio Volume 87. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1924]

Duchess of Devonshire and Child, c1786. Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Duchess of Devonshire and Child, c1786. Painting held at Chatsworth House. From The British Genius, by Haldane MacFall. [T. C. and E. C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1911]

Satan Arousing the Rebel Angels, 1808. Artist: William Blake
Satan Arousing the Rebel Angels, 1808. Painting held in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIV, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1929]

Study for Prospero Summoning Nymphs and Deities, c1902, (1903). Artist: Herbert James Draper
Study for Prospero Summoning Nymphs and Deities, c1902. After a work by Herbert James Draper (1863-1920). From The Studio Volume 29 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1903.]

Standing Female Nude, (17th century), 1925
Standing Female Nude, 17th century. After a study by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), aka Guercino or Il Guercino. From The Connoisseur, 1925

Norah Henderson, British actress, 1939. In Firth Shephards new musical comedy, Running Riot, at the Gaiety Theatre, London

Joan of Arc, 15th century French patriot and martyr, 1906. Claiming divine inspiration, Joan of Arc (c1412-1431) persuaded Charles VII to declare himself King of France

Miss Coralie Blythe as Mitzi, c1908. Artist: Philco Publishing Company
Coralie Blythe, British actress, c1908. Postcard posted in 1908. Coralie Blythe as Mitzi in The Girls of Gottenberg, a musical written by George Grossmith, Jr and LE Berman

Marthe Chenal, French soprano, 1918. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1855-1915

Open air class in Lincolns Inn Fields, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

The cast from A Midsummer Nights Dream, the Green Room, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1926-1927. The cast enjoy an old actors benevolence, food and drink paid for by Robert Baddeley

Peter the Hermit Preaching the First Crusade, 1926
Peter the Hermit Preaching the First Crusade, (1926). From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 2: Builders of the Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Peace rejoicings, 1856. From The Illustrated London News (31 May 1856)

A sorcerer ejecting a spirit from a sick man in South India, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 3: The Rise of the Modern Church

The Shadow of the Cross, 1926. Artist: William Holman Hunt
The Shadow of the Cross, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Le Charmeur D Oiseaux Des Tuileries, 20th Century. (The Charmer of Birds), Le Dejeuner d Hiver

Sports day for the Gloucester Hotel party on La Publente Beach, Jersey, 1938

Max Darewski (1894-1929), English composer, conductor and pianist, early 20th century. Artist: Rotary Photo
Max Darewski (1894-1929), English composer, conductor and pianist, early 20th century

The Lament of Jephthahs Daughter, 1846. Artist: Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena
The Lament of Jephthahs Daughter, 1846. The Book of Judges describes how Jephthah, after leading the Israelites to victory in battle against the Ammonites

Felia Doubrovska, Russian ballet dancer and teacher, 20th century. Doubrovska (1896-1981) performing in The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky. From a private collection

Study for a Water Nymph, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Herbert James Draper
Study for a Water Nymph, late 19th or early 20th century. From a private collection

Help fight against tuberculosis!, poster, 1910. Artist: Nikolai Gerardov
Help fight against tuberculosis!, poster, 1910. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Dancer at the Photographer, 1875. Artist: Edgar Degas
Dancer at the Photographer, 1875. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Early Coptic Funerary Slab, 3rd-4th century. Limestone Figure with Arms raised in attitude of worship. Note the shell & crosses. Cairo, Coptic Museum

Siva destroys the demon Andhaka, Harivamsa manuscript, Mughul, c1590. In Hindu mythology, Andhaka often refer to a malevolent asura, is killed by Shiva for trying to abduct Parvati

Maori Woodcarving representing panel detail of Ancestor. Panel from meeting-house. The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, they originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia

Early British Christian wall-painting on plaster, 2nd century
A Christian wall-painting on plaster, from the Roman villa at Lullingstone in Kent, 2nd century

Neo-Assyrian cylinder-seal impression depicting Ahura Mazda

Greek terracotta statuette of a butcher with a pig, from the Louvres collection

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