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Background imageExhibition Collection: The Highland Shepherd - painted by R. Ansdell - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856

The Highland Shepherd - painted by R. Ansdell - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856. Creator: W Thomas
The Highland Shepherd - painted by R. Ansdell - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856. Engraving of a painting....one of those happy transcripts of Highland life that has made Mr

Background imageExhibition Collection: Masonic Sign, c. 1941. Creator: Edward F. Engel

Masonic Sign, c. 1941. Creator: Edward F. Engel
Masonic Sign, c. 1941

Background imageExhibition Collection: The Wingless Chimera, 1911. Creator: David Young Cameron

The Wingless Chimera, 1911. Creator: David Young Cameron
The Wingless Chimera, 1911

Background imageExhibition Collection: Modern Rome, 1757. Creator: Giovanni Paolo Panini

Modern Rome, 1757. Creator: Giovanni Paolo Panini
Modern Rome, 1757

Background imageExhibition Collection: Siebe and Harrisons patent ice-making machine, 1862

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

Background imageExhibition Collection: Cognoscenti in a Room hung with Pictures, c1620

Cognoscenti in a Room hung with Pictures, c1620. In the left foreground men round a table under an open casement window with leaded lights examine books, prints and scientific instruments

Background imageExhibition Collection: Reconstruction of the Pantheon in Rome, seen from the side, cut away to reveal the interior, 1553

Reconstruction of the Pantheon in Rome, seen from the side, cut away to reveal the interior, 1553. Creator: Anon
Reconstruction of the Pantheon in Rome, seen from the side, cut away to reveal the interior, 1553

Background imageExhibition Collection: Opening of an exhibition of photographs by Denis Williams, Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Herts, 1978

Opening of an exhibition of photographs by Denis Williams, Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Herts, 1978
Official opening of an exhibition of photographs by Denis Williams at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, April 1978

Background imageExhibition Collection: Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881, 1883 (1935). Artist: William Powell Frith

Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881, 1883 (1935). Artist: William Powell Frith
Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881, 1883 (1935). From The Studio Volume 109. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1935]

Background imageExhibition Collection: The Opening of the Universal Exhibition by the President of the Republic, Paris, 1900

The Opening of the Universal Exhibition by the President of the Republic, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Background imageExhibition Collection: The Grimsel, 1908. Creator: Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

The Grimsel, 1908. Creator: Donald Shaw MacLaughlan
The Grimsel, 1908

Background imageExhibition Collection: Wallpaper Panel, France, Early 19th century. Creator: Unknown

Wallpaper Panel, France, Early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Wallpaper Panel, France, Early 19th century

Background imageExhibition Collection: Cased Colt Dragoon Model 1848 (1st issue) Revolver, England, 1848 / 68. Creator: Unknown

Cased Colt Dragoon Model 1848 (1st issue) Revolver, England, 1848 / 68. Creator: Unknown
Cased Colt Dragoon Model 1848 (1st issue) Revolver, England, 1848/68

Background imageExhibition Collection: Bird s-eye view of the Eiffel Tower at the time of the opening of the Paris Exposition of 1889

Bird s-eye view of the Eiffel Tower at the time of the opening of the Paris Exposition of 1889. Designed by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)

Background imageExhibition Collection: Front cover of a guide to the Festival of Britain, 1951

Front cover of a guide to the Festival of Britain, 1951. Between May and September 1951 a grand exhibition was held throughout Great Britain

Background imageExhibition Collection: 'Loch Ericht - a Bright Night', by A. Gilbert - from the last Winter Exhibition, 1864

"Loch Ericht - a Bright Night", by A. Gilbert - from the last Winter Exhibition, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"Loch Ericht - a Bright Night", by A. Gilbert - from the last Winter Exhibition, 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'Loch Ericht, or Erochd, though either not mentioned at all

Background imageExhibition Collection: 'John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress'...in Bedford Gaol,...by G. F. Folingsby..., 1864

"John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress'...in Bedford Gaol,...by G. F. Folingsby..., 1864
"John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress' to his friends in Bedford Gaol", by G. F. Folingsby, of Munich, in the exhibition of Fine Arts at Melbourne, Australia, 1864

Background imageExhibition Collection: The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862

The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Loom for Axminster carpet, '...invented by Mr

Background imageExhibition Collection: Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, [South Kensington, London], 1864. Demolition of an '...arch which supported the eastern gable end of the nave of the International

Background imageExhibition Collection: The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. '...Prize Corn-mowing Machine of the trustees of W

Background imageExhibition Collection: The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons..., 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageExhibition Collection: The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Creator: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Motive power for steamships. 'The largest marine engines exhibited were those by Messrs

Background imageExhibition Collection: The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen..., 1862

The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen, Prussia, 1862. '...it is only recently that the great stride has been made which causes [Krupp's] to

Background imageExhibition Collection: The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich..., 1862

The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Motive power for steamships

Background imageExhibition Collection: Agricultural Exhibition at Roorkee, North-West Provinces of India: general view, 1864

Agricultural Exhibition at Roorkee, North-West Provinces of India: general view, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Agricultural Exhibition at Roorkee, North-West Provinces of India: general view, 1864. Engraving of a photograph by Mr. James Freeman

Background imageExhibition Collection: The International Exhibition: clay manufactures of the Shropshire coalfields, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: clay manufactures of the Shropshire coalfields, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: architectural clay manufactures of the Shropshire coalfields, 1862. 'The encaustic pavement in the centre is...in colour red, black, and cream-yellow

Background imageExhibition Collection: The Smithfield Club Cattle Show at the new Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Smithfield Club Cattle Show at the new Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Smithfield Club Cattle Show at the new Agricultural Hall, Islington, [London], 1862. 'The interior of the building has more than answered all the expectations formed of it;

Background imageExhibition Collection: Milk for France, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Milk for France, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Milk for France, May 1918. An exhibit including a man and cow in support of the Committee for Free Milk for France outside the Welles Building (Seaboard National Bank), 10-18 Broadway, New York City

Background imageExhibition Collection: British tank on 5th Ave., 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

British tank on 5th Ave., 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British tank on 5th Ave., 25 Oct 1917. The British Mark IV Tank "Britannia" which was brought to New York City where it was renamed the Liberty and put on exhibit to help sell war bonds

Background imageExhibition Collection: Jackies on U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Jackies on U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Jackies on U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Background imageExhibition Collection: Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Background imageExhibition Collection: German U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

German U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Background imageExhibition Collection: Christening 'U-BUY-A-BOND', 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Christening 'U-BUY-A-BOND', 1917

Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917
Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. The chistening of the SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies

Background imageExhibition Collection: A counter with publications of the newspaper 'Rural Bulletin 1880-1911', 1911. Creator: Unknown

A counter with publications of the newspaper "Rural Bulletin 1880-1911", 1911. Creator: Unknown
A counter with publications of the newspaper "Rural Bulletin 1880-1911", 1911.: From a collection of photographs documenting the First West Siberian Agricultural, Forestry

Background imageExhibition Collection: Inside the Belaya Palata [White Palace] museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911

Inside the Belaya Palata [White Palace] museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Inside the Belaya Palata [White Palace] museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911.

Background imageExhibition Collection: The International Exhibition: plateau and candelabra by Messrs. Christofle, of Paris, 1862

The International Exhibition: plateau and candelabra by Messrs. Christofle, of Paris, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: plateau and candelabra by Messrs. Christofle, of Paris, 1862. '...no less than ten artists seem to have been engaged on this work

Background imageExhibition Collection: The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court..., 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. '...some articles of furniture

Background imageExhibition Collection: The International Exhibition: the Brazilian Court..., 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: the Brazilian Court..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the Brazilian Court - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. 'The collection comprised diamonds, emeralds, topazes, amethysts, jasper

Background imageExhibition Collection: 'Children Playing at Horses', by C. R. Leslie, in the late International Exhibition, 1862

"Children Playing at Horses", by C. R. Leslie, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
"Children Playing at Horses", by C. R. Leslie, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. 'We cannot seize and confine in words the delicate aroma of natural truth

Background imageExhibition Collection: Exhibition of the Lincoln School of Art, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Exhibition of the Lincoln School of Art, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition of the Lincoln School of Art, 1864. '...the interior of the large room...occupied by the first public exhibition of paintings

Background imageExhibition Collection: Sterzh Cross, the Tver Museum, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Sterzh Cross, the Tver Museum, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Sterzh Cross, the Tver Museum, 1910.

Background imageExhibition Collection: 'Nero after the Burning of Rome', by Carl Piloty, in the late International Exhibition, 1862

"Nero after the Burning of Rome", by Carl Piloty, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. Engraving of a painting

Background imageExhibition Collection: Ruins of the Great Exhibition Building of 1862, (1864). Creator: Unknown

Ruins of the Great Exhibition Building of 1862, (1864). Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Great Exhibition Building of 1862, [London], (1864). Engraving from a sketch '...looking in an easterly direction along the Cromwell-road...The grand central entrance appears in

Background imageExhibition Collection: 'The Note and the Nosegay', by W. F. Yeames, in the Winter Exhibition, Pall-Mall, 1864

"The Note and the Nosegay", by W. F. Yeames, in the Winter Exhibition, Pall-Mall, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"The Note and the Nosegay", by W. F. Yeames, in the Winter Exhibition, Pall-Mall, 1864. Engraving of a painting

Background imageExhibition Collection: Earl Russell at the opening of the North London Working-men's Exhibition, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Earl Russell at the opening of the North London Working-men's Exhibition, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Earl Russell at the opening of the North London Working-men's Exhibition, [Agricultural Hall, Islington], 1864. Foreign Secretary Russell said that the working classes of London were

Background imageExhibition Collection: The Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures at Dublin, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures at Dublin, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures and Industry at Dublin, 1864. View of the Agricultural Hall, Earlsfort Terrace. 'The central portion was divided from its smaller adjuncts by wooden

Background imageExhibition Collection: 'Fluffy', by J. M. Jopling, in the Exhibition of the Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 1864

"Fluffy", by J. M. Jopling, in the Exhibition of the Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 1864. Engraving of a painting

Background imageExhibition Collection: 'Saved', by F. W. Topham, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1864

"Saved", by F. W. Topham, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1864. Engraving. 'We must sympathise with the terror through which these humble Irish folk have



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