Peake Collection (page 2)

The Incredulation of Thomas, 1926
The Incredulation of Thomas, (1926). From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 2: Builders of the Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Lady Astor (1879-1964), American-born British politician, 1926. Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth in 1919

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian nationalist leader, 1926. Mahatma (Great Soul) Gandhi was an Indian nationalist leader

A lock on the Panama Canal, Panama, 1926. The idea of building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was first planned by the French civil engineer and builder of the Suez Canal

Catherine Booth (1829-1890), 1926. Booth was the Mother of The Salvation Army. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow

Inside the Palace of the Senate, Rome, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Geneva, Switzerland, 1926
Geneva, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

The Jews Wailing Place, Jerusalem, c1926
The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Esther Pleading For Her People, 1926. Artist: Felix Joseph Barrias
Esther Pleading For Her People, 1926. Esther (born Hadassah), was a woman in the Hebrew Bible, the queen of Ahasuerus and the heroine of the Biblical Book of Esther which is named after her

A mining centre, 1926. Artist: Edgar & Winifred Ward
A mining centre, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Map of the routes of the three great crusades, 1926. Artist: Criss
Map of the routes of the three great crusades, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 2: Builders of the Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Aerial view of London, showing St Pauls Cathedral, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Inscriptions from the Catacombs, Rome, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 2: Builders of the Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Chinatown, San Francisco, USA, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Coming From Church, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Chinese Buddhist prayer sheet, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Title page of the Coverdale Bible, 1535 (1926). From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Syriac version of the Pentateuch, 1926. The Pentateuch comprises the first five books of the Old Testament. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

Hebrew version of the Pentateuch, 1926. The Pentateuch comprises the first five books of the Old Testament. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

A tablet outside Herods Temple, Jerusalem, forbidding strangers to enter, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought

Milan Cathedral, Italy, 1926. A cathedral adorned with two thousand statues. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought

A page from The Book Of The Dead, 1926. The Book of the Dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian conception of the afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells

St Marks Basilica, Venice, Italy, 1926. The Basilica of St Mark was built in Byzantine style and modelled on two basilicas from the city of Byzantium, the Holy Apostles and the Hagia Sophia

Durham Cathedral, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Lincoln Cathedral, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

The New University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) visiting Newgate Prison, 1926. Fry was an English philanthropist, Quaker minister and prison reformer

Transmitting valves at Marconi Station in Carnarvon, Gwynedd, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought

X-ray photograph of a hand, 1926. Also featured is an inset of Wilhelm Rontgen (1845-1913) who discovered x-rays in 1895. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

Joseph Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, 1926. Lister made important discoveries on the microscopical investigations of inflammation and the coagulation of blood

Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish-born French physicist, 1926. In 1898, Curie and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium

An aeroplane over London, 1926. Artist: GH Davis
An aeroplane over London, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American artist and inventor, 1926. Morse was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977), of the Morse code

Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1926. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin was a pioneer of thermodynamics and electromagnetic theory

Trinity College, Cambridge, 1926. Also seen is an inset of Isaac Newton (1642-1727), one of Trinity Colleges most distinguished alumni

Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), English chemist and physicist, 1926. In 1861, Crookes discovered a previously unknown element with a bright green emission line in its spectrum

The Reverend Robert Moffat, the apostle of Bechuana, c1926. Artist: G Baxter
The Reverend Robert Moffat, the apostle of Bechuana, 1926. Moffat (1795-1883) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa

The Prince of Wales planting a tree at the Kumasi Church College, Ghana, 1926. On the death of his father, King George V, in January 1936, Prince Edward (1894-1972) was proclaimed King Edward VIII

Village outcasts shopping in south India, 1926. They are not permitted to go nearer, but must shout their requirements, which are thrown to them

A sorcerer ejecting a spirit from a sick man in South India, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 3: The Rise of the Modern Church

Oliver Cromwell and his Troops at Dunbar Singing the 118th Psalm, 1926. Artist: Andrew Garrick Gow
Oliver Cromwell and his Troops at Dunbar Singing the 118th Psalm, 1926. Cromwell (1599-1658) commanded the forces of Parliament during the English Civil War

St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 3: The Rise of the Modern Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Mercy during the Massacre of St Bartholomews Day, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 3: The Rise of the Modern Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Thomas Cranmer at the Traitors Gate, 1553 (1926). Artist: Frederick Goodall
Thomas Cranmer at the Traitors Gate, 1926. Cranmer (1489-1556) was the archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI

Havana, Cuba, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Cathedral and National Palace, Mexico City, Mexico, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Natives of Mexico, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Philippine islanders in fete-day costume, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

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