Balance Collection (page 5)

Shin Yoshiwara: The New Yoshiwara, ca. 1875. ca. 1875. Creator: Shosai Ikkei
Shin Yoshiwara: The New Yoshiwara, ca. 1875

Portrait of a Woman with a Balance, ca. 1625-26. Creator: Thomas de Keyser
Portrait of a Woman with a Balance, ca. 1625-26

The Rope Dance. Creator: Leonard Defrance
The Rope Dance

Blondin at Shoreditch, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Blondin at Shoreditch, 1872. Charles Blondin French acrobat, walks the tightrope in Shoreditch. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Warehousing in the City, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Warehousing in the City, 1872. Men and boys lifting bales and barrels at warehouse depot. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Going to the Fair with it!... 1837. Creator: John Doyle
Going to the Fair with it!. A Cant Phrase for doing any thing in an extravagant way - Known it is presumed to most persons, 1837

Natives Climbing Palm Trees Overhanging an Orient Sea, Island of Ceylon, c1930s. Sri Lanka on the Indian Ocean was known from the beginning of British colonial rule as Ceylon

Juxon, (1582-1663), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Juxon, (1582-1663), 1830. William Juxon (1582-1663) English churchman, educated at St Johns College, Oxford. Bishop of London 1633-1649 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death

The Look-Out Rock, Buffalo Ranges, Victoria, Australia, c1909. Creator: George Rose
The Look-Out Rock, Buffalo Ranges, Victoria, Australia, c1909....an immense boulder near the Hospice, scaled by a wire ladder. People standing on top of an unusal rock formation

Agassiz Column, Yosemite, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Agassiz Column, Yosemite, c1897. Balancing rock in Yosemite National Park, California. From " A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell. [C. N. Greig & Co

Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Col. c1897. Creator: Unknown
Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Col. c1897. Garden of the Gods, a public park in Colorado Springs, Colorado, US designated a National Natural Landmark

To the rescue: the life-buoy, c1900. Creator: Unknown
To the rescue: the life-buoy, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Physical Exercises at the Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Friar Gate, Derby, 1902
Physical Exercises at the royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Friar Gate, Derby, 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol. XVI - June to November 1902". [Ward, Lock & Co

Girl Gymnasts at the Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Friar Gate, Derby, 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol. XVI - June to November 1902". [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London, 1902]

Mr. C. R. Mullings, Amateur Champion, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Mr. C. R. Mullings, Amateur Champion, 1902. C.R. Mullings. Punting champion. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol. XVI - June to November 1902". [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London, 1902]

Syrian Peasant with Milk Vessels, 1902. Creator: John Fulleylove
Syrian Peasant with Milk Vessels, 1902. From " The Holy Land", painted by John Fulleylove, R.I. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1902]

Shooting the Rapids of the Katsura-Gawa, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Shooting the Rapids of the Katsura-Gawa, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Columbus Breaking The Egg, c1815. Creator: William Davison
Columbus Breaking The Egg, c1815. Explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) demonstrates how an egg can be made to stand upright on a table. [W. Davison, Alnwick]

The Skilful Henry, 1897. Creator: John Leech
The Skilful Henry, 1897. King Henry VII balancing his crown on his sword. From " The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, with satirical illustrations by John Leech

The Balance of Power, 1897. Creator: John Leech
The Balance of Power, 1897. An elephant, possibly representing King Charles I of England, balances on a tightrope holding a spear

Mrs. Fabyan - Half-Volley, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Mrs. Fabyan - Half-Volley, c1935. From Tennis - An Album of Famous Players in Action, by Gordon R. Weddell. [John Player & Sons, , c1935]

F. J. Perry, c1935. Creator: Unknown
F. J. Perry, c1935. From Tennis - An Album of Famous Players in Action, by Gordon R. Weddell. [John Player & Sons, , c1935]

Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado, USA, c1900. Rock formation caused by erosion over millions of years. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell

The Tight-Rope Dancer, 1919. Artist: Mabel Alington Royds
The Tight-Rope Dancer, 1919. From Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, Paris, New York, 1919]

Men Whose Nerve Surpasses That of a Mountaineer on a Precipice, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Market of the merchants, Miniature in the Codice Justiniano Institutiones Feodorum et Alia, illuminated manuscript, c.1300

Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. A group of child acrobats performs a balancing act in front of a house

Performance at Sadlers Wells Theatre, Finsbury, London, 1750. The curious & uncommon performances of a monkey as they will be introduc d every evening at Sadlers Wells

Astleys Amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, London, c1825. Artist
Astleys Amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, London, c1825. View showing an audience watching a man balancing on one leg on a moving horse

Hat Box or Bonnet Box!, Cries of London, c1840. Artist: TH Jones
Hat Box or Bonnet Box! A hat box seller walks along the street with his boxes suspended from a pole resting on his shoulder. From Cries of London, c1840

The Exercise of See Saw, Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1745; showing a young man and woman on a see-saw. As the woman loses her balance she is thrown into the arms of another man standing

Man taking part in the Bugatti Owners Club car treasure hunt, 25 October 1931. Artist: Bill Brunell
Place: Bugatti O.C. Treasure Hunt. Date: 25.10.31

Constellation of Libra, 1603. Artist: Alexander Mair
Constellation of Libra, 1603. From Uranometria by Johann Bayer, 1603

Woman Weighing Gold, ca 1662. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

St. Johns Macaque, 1897. Artist: Henry Ogg Forbes
St. Johns Macaque, 1897. From Lloyds Natural History - Monkeys, Part IV, by Henry O. Forbes, LL.D. F.Z.S. &C. and edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. F.L.S. &c [Edward Lloyd, Limited, London, 1897]

348 C. C. Velocette (Stanley Woods), 1938
348 C.C. Velocette (Stanley Woods), 1938. From Willss Cigarettes - Speed: A Series of 50 [W. D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol, 1938]

Woman Holding a Balance, c1664. Artist: Jan Vermeer
Woman Holding a Balance, c1664. The painting is part of the Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker

Columbus breaking the egg, 1753, (1833). Artist: William Hogarth
Columbus breaking the egg, 1753, (1833). Explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) demonstrates how an egg can be made to stand upright on a table. (Colorised black and white print)

Cotton manufacture, c1845. An adult hand with a boy assistant, forming cotton into laps so that it could be put into the carding machine in a uniform amounts

Valiant feat of Young Mithridates, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Valiant feat of Young Mithridates, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Eucharis, c1863, (1912). Artist: Frederic Leighton
Eucharis, c1863, (1912). From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

Fencers, 1900. Artist: Frederick Henry Townsend
Fencers, by T. H. Townsend. 1900-01. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

Copper Engraving by Rafael Schiamirossi, illustrating The Lunge, 1610, (1936). Artist: Rafael Schiamirossi
Copper Engraving by Rafael Schiamirossi, illustrating The Lunge, 1610, (1936). The illustration is part of the treatise Gran Simulacro dell arte e dell uso della scherma

Pingo Carrier, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
Pingo Carrier, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

Outrigger Canoe in Full Sail on Negombo Lake, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
Outrigger Canoe in Full Sail on Negombo Lake, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

Reading the Temperature with a Lens. 12 July, 1894, 1894 (1897). From Farthest North, Vol. 1 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]

Johnsons Pedestrian Hobby-Horse Riding School at 377, Strand, 1819, (1912). Coloured aquatint showing fashionably dresed men riding hobby horses at a riding school in London

Diana (Diane), c1850

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