Bibbys Annual Gallery

'St. Francis of Assisi and the Young Monk Returning from a Preaching Tour', 1936

'St. Francis of Assisi and the Young Monk Returning from a Preaching Tour', 1936. Francis of Assisi (c1181-1226) returns to the monastery after walking the city in discussion with a young monk, from the Letters of Helena Roerich,1935-1939. From "Bibby's Annual 1936", edited by Joseph Bibby. [J. Bibby & Sons, Ltd., Liverpool, 1936]

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'One of many Temples at Nikko, Japan, a Pilgrimage site of sacred Shrines', 1936

This is one of the many Temples at Nikko, a country district in Japan, whither Pilgrims come from all parts of the country to visit the sacred shrines', 1936. Nikko Tosho-gu, dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, is one of the Shrines and Temples of Nikko, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. From "Bibby's Annual 1936", edited by Joseph Bibby. [J. Bibby & Sons, Ltd., Liverpool, 1936]

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'Captain Oates, on the "Terra Nova" with the Siberian Ponies', c1911, (1914)

'Captain Oates, on the "Terra Nova" with the Siberian Ponies', c1911, (1914). British Antarctic explorer Lawrence 'Titus' Oates (1880-1912) with expedition ponies and dogs. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, leader of the Terra Nova Expedition, together with Oates and two others, reached the geographic South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen had beaten them to their objective by a month. Oates, suffering from gangrene and frostbite, walked from his tent into a blizzard. His death is seen as an act of heroic self-sacrifice - aware that his ill health was compromising his three companions' chances of survival, he chose certain death. Delayed by blizzards, and running out of supplies, Scott and the remainder of his team died at the end of March. From "Bibby's Annual 1914", edited by Joseph Bibby. [J. Bibby & Sons, London, 1914]

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