Black And White Collection (page 7)

BBC broadcast from the aviary at London Zoo, 20th century. Officials of the British Broadcasting Corporation, preparing to broadcast sounds from the aviary at London Zoo

Charles Darwin, British naturalist, c1870s. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron
Charles Darwin, British naturalist, c1870s. Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Blast furnaces, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Blast furnaces, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. The iconic view of the two Blast Furnaces that stood on the Park Gate Iron and steel company site near Rotherham

Coopering, making whiskey barrels at Wiley & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. The photograph shows a worker from the bonded warehouse hammering the rings into place on a barrel

Markham Main Colliery, Armthorpe, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961. A general view of the colliery taken during refurbishment work in 1961

St. Cecilia, 1891, (1911). Artist: Gustav Naujok
St. Cecilia, 1891, (1911). Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. From Bibbys Annual 1911. [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

First Page of The Armenian Letters, 1928. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
First Page of The Armenian Letters, 1928. From The Mind of Leonardo Da Vinci, by Edward McCurdy. [Jonathan Cape, London, 1928]

The Sunset Prayer in the Desert, c1913. Artist: Charles JS Makin
The Sunset Prayer in the Desert, c1913. From With Pen and Camera in Three Continents by Charles J. S. Makin, F.I.C. F.C.S. [The Tribune Publishing Company, London, 1913]

Allegories of Pleasure and Pain and of Envy, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Allegories of Pleasure and Pain and of Envy, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Mr. Churchill contemplates the ruins of the House of Commons, bombed in May 1941, 1941 (1955). Incendiary bombs which fell on the nights of 10

Lochiels Charge at Killycrankie, 27 July 1689, (c1880). The Battle of Killiecrankie was fought between Highland Scottish clans supporting King James II and VII

Trinity College, Oxford, 1905. Artist: Edmund Hort New
Trinity College, Oxford, 1905. From The Studio Volume 64. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

St Jerome in his Study, 1514 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
St Jerome in his Study, 1514 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

HM Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, 12th March 1953. Artist: Sterling Henry Nahum Baron
HM Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, 12th March 1953. The Queen is shown wearing the Diamond Diadem, the sash, badge and star of the Order of the Garter, and the Greville Chandelier earrings

Benny Lynch, Scottish boxer, 1938. Born in the Gorbals district of Glasgow, Lynch (1913-1946) has been described as Scotlands greatest ever boxer

The swimming bath, Royal Navy training establishment, Shotley, Suffolk, 1936. Known within the service as HMS Ganges, Shotley was Britains largest Royal Naval training establishment from 1905 until

Queen Margaret placing a paper crown on the head of the Duke of York, c1450-c1460 (18th century(?)). Artist: Brown
Queen Margaret placing a paper crown on the head of the Duke of York, c1450-c1460 (18th century(?)). Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), Queen Consort of Henry VI of England with Richard Plantagenet

British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith visiting Ireland, 1914 (1951). Asquith visiting Ireland during the trouble over Irish Home Rule

Pipers of the 1st Scots Guards, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Pipers of the 1st Scots Guards, 1896. Pipe-Major Fraser flanked by Piper James Pourie (right) and Piper John Gordon (left). A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 3rd January 1896

Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, World War I, c1918-1919. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, World War I, c1918-1919. The cemetery stands on the spot Where 20, 000 British soldiers fell attacking German positions during the Battle of

Otto Lilienthal makes one of his last flights, 1896 (1956). Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders

Couple in love, c1900-1919(?). Postcard

The Dodge City Peace Commission, 1883 (1954). Standing: WH Harris, Luke Short, Bat Masterson; sitting: Charles E Bassett, Wyatt Earp, Frank McClain and Neal Brown

The First Ear Ring, 1849. Artist: William Greatbach
The First Ear Ring, 1849

The Tea-Room, House of Commons, Westminster, London, 19th century. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume X, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co

The Elephant and Castle, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

A bookshop in Bloomsbury, London, 1926-1927. Artist: HW Fincham
A bookshop in Bloomsbury, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Longfellows House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1893. Artist: John L Stoddard
Longfellows House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1893. Longfellow National Historic Site, home of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Runney Mead or Magna Charta Island, near Egham, Surrey, 19th century. This place is celebrated in history as the spot where the assembled barons in 1215, obtained from King John

Staple Inn, Holborn, London, 1924-1926. Artist: Humphrey Joel
Staple Inn, Holborn, 1924-1926. Staple Inn, the last surviving Inn of Chancery, dates from 1585. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume III

The Old Parliament House, Dublin, 19th century

Study of hands, 15th century (1930). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study of hands, 15th century (1930). Found in the Windsor collection. From Apollo magazine, volume XII, no 71 (November 1930)

Johannes Stabius map of the world, 1515, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Johannes Stabius map of the world, 1515, (1936). A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936

The Ouse Bridge, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, 1905

St Ebbes Church, Oxford, 1835. Artist: John Le Keux
St Ebbes Church, Oxford, 1835

Walkers Pillar, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 1860. Artist: R Wallis
Walkers Pillar, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 1860. Walkers Monument, a doric column eighty feet high, was erected to perpetuate the memory of Reverend George Walker (1645-1690)

Sergei Rachmaninov, Russian composer, pianist and conductor, Ivanovka, Russia, 1913. Rachmaninov (1873-1943) with his daughter Irina and pet dog

Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer, c1863. Artist: Gaspard-Felix Tournachon
Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer, c1863. Berliozs (1803-1869) best known works are his Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). From a private collection

Tsar Nicholas II at the opening ceremony of the first Duma, St Petersburg, Russia, 1906. The Duma, the elected legislative assembly of the Russian Empire

Juno and Carthage, c1636-1655. Artist: Eustache Le Sueur
Juno and Carthage, c1636-1655

Exterior of the north transept of the Crystal Palace, London, built for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Conceived by Prince Albert

Moses descending from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the law (Ten Commandments), 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Moses descending from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the law (Ten Commandments), 1866. From The Bible (Exodus 5.35)

Old woman (witch or fairy) spinning, 1547. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Old woman (witch or fairy) spinning, 1547. Woodcut attributed to Holbein from an edition of De consolatione philosophiae by the Roman scholar and philosopher Boethius

Winston Churchill, British statesman, World War II, 1939-1945. Churchill (1874-1965), Britains wartime Prime Minister, smiling and smoking a cigar, shakes hands with a soldier

Siebe and Harrisons patent ice-making machine, 1862. This machine was patented by James Harrison in Australia in 1859, and the design was then improved by Augustus Siebe & Co of London in 1861

British pilot Captain Albert Ball posing with trophies from his 43rd victory, 1917. Captain Ball was one of Britains most prolific fighter aces of the First World War

Ride of the Valkyries. Artist: Delitz
Ride of the Valkyries. Scene from Richard Wagners (1813-1883) opera The Valkyrie, showing Brunhilde bearing a wounded warrior to Valhalla

The Rhodes Colossus, 1892 Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
The Rhodes Colossus, 1892. Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902), English-born South African businessman and statesman, shown striding across Africa from Cape Town to Cairo with a telegraph wire

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