Explanation Collection

"Face to Face": Effie Blount's Explanation, 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Face to Face": Effie Blount's Explanation, 1862. Illustration to a short story by John Saunderss. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Map of the surroundings of Zandvliet, 1642. Creator: Willem Blaeu
Map of the surroundings of Zandvliet, 1642. The north on the left, the borders coloured, cities, buildings and flags indicated. At the top left Explanation of the symbols on the map

Air balloon and list of subscribers, 1700-1800. Creator: Anon
Air balloon and list of subscribers, 1700-1800

Christopher Columbus before the Council at Salamanca, Spain, 1487. Columbus (1451-1506) making an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the council appointed by King Ferdinand II of Spain to fund his

Daltons table of atomic symbols, 1835. A table of atomic symbols from a lecture delivered by the English chemist John Dalton (1766-1844) at the Manchester Mechanics Institution, 19 October 1835

An Electric Dog Cart(with details), 1888. Creator: Unknown
An Electric Dog Cart(with details), 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Drivers at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1921. Artist: Bill Brunell
Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 22.10.21

Marketing strategy meeting, Danish Bacon Company, Wilsic, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961. In an effort to boost sales of their products

Artillery recruits having the mechanism of an 18-pounder explained to them, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

Mr. Stotford - Master of Staghounds, 1865. Artists: John Leech, Hablot Knight Browne
Mr. Stotford - Master of Staghounds, 1865. From Mr. Facey Romfords Hounds, written by Robert Smith Surtees, illustrated by John Leech and H.K. Phiz Browne. [Bradbury, Evans & Co. London, 1865]

Hon Rd Edgcumbe, Lord William Russell, Lady Caroline Spencer, 1788, (1909). Artist: James Roberts
Hon Rd Edgcumbe in the Character of Clackitt Lord William Russell in the character of Mr Heartly, Lady Caroline Spencer, in the Character of Harrieth, 1788

The Stages Glory, 18th century. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

Marconi Shares Scandal, 1913. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
Marconi Shares Scandal, 1913. In 1911 the British government decided to award a contract to the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company to erect state-owned radio stations across the British Empire

Keplers explanation of the structure of the planetary system, 1619. Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) used the five regular polyhedra between the spheres of the planets in the diagram of his explanation

We are going to incise the muscles, saw the bones, in a word, heal the sick from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals, ca. 1837-47

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