Piggyback Collection

The Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft, c1937 (c1937). The Short Mayo Composite was a long-range seaplane combination produced by Short Brothers to provide a reliable long-range air transport service to

Wounded French leaving hospital, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded French leaving hospital, 1917. Wounded French soldiers leaving a hospital during World War I.

Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Table XXX(a). A popular illustrated textbook for children

Plate 11 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Plate 11 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778

Phyllis and Aristotle, c. 1545. Creator: Hans Brosamer
Phyllis and Aristotle, c. 1545

Job in Luck, 1778. Creator: Christian Bernhard Rode
Job in Luck, 1778

The High Tide - Overflow of the Thames on Tuesday - Vine-Street, York-Road, Lambeth, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The High Tide - Overflow of the Thames on Tuesday - Vine-Street, York-Road, Lambeth, [London], 1850....the tide rose so extraordinarily high

Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia on Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia on Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier, 1980s. The Columbia Orbiter operated between 1981 and 2003

The Elopement, c. 1750. Creator: Torii Kiyohiro
The Elopement, c. 1750

Women Coming Ashore from a Pleasure Boat on the Sumida River, c. 1785

Women and Children on the Causeway at Shinobazu Pond, c. 1788. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga
Women and Children on the Causeway at Shinobazu Pond, c. 1788

Akiba, from the series "Three Evenings at Spots Famous for Snow Viewing... v
Akiba, from the series " Three Evenings at Spots Famous for Snow Viewing (Meisho yukimi sanseki)", c. 1780/1801

Couple eloping, from the Akutagawa episode in the Tales of Ise, n. d. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Couple eloping, from the Akutagawa episode in the Tales of Ise, n.d

Space Shuttle Atlantis, Florida, USA, 1998. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Atlantis, Florida, USA, 1998. The Space Shuttle Atlantis atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) returns to the Kennedy Space Center after a ten-month refurbishment

Satyr Carrying a Nymph, 1769 / 1771. Creator: Salomon Gessner
Satyr Carrying a Nymph, 1769/1771

Satyr Carrying a Nymph on His Back, 1769 / 71. Creator: Salomon Gessner
Satyr Carrying a Nymph on His Back, 1769/71

Women Landing from a Pleasure Boat Drawn Up to the Shore at Mukojima on Sumida River, Edo, ca. 1785

Two Lovers Crossing a River, late 18th century. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga
Two Lovers Crossing a River, late 18th century

Travellers Fording the Abe River at Fuchu, ca. 1833-34. ca. 1833-34. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Travellers Fording the Abe River at Fuchu, ca. 1833-34

At the Edge of the River Akutagawa from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Every Man Has His Hobby Horse, May 1, 1784. May 1, 1784. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Every Man Has His Hobby Horse, May 1, 1784

Soldiers on a March, April 1, 1808. April 1, 1808. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Soldiers on a March, April 1, 1808

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Hester Jane Ogle, 1775 / 76-1817) and Her Son... ). Creator
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Hester Jane Ogle, 1775/76-1817) and Her Son (Charles Brinsley Sheridan, 1796-1843)

Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Fuji from the Ford at Kanaya, c1833. Creator: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Fuji from the Ford at Kanaya, c. 1833 (colour woodblock print). Print shows porters carrying litters, sedan chairs, and individual persons across the river near the Kanaya station on the Tokaido

First Space Shuttle flight, Columbia parting from carrier aircraft, April 1981. The moment of parting from the Boeing 747 carrier. The Columbia Orbiter operated between 1981 and 2003

Sporting in France- Mr. Jorrocks beats the Baron for Speed, 1838. Artist: Henry Thomas Alken
Sporting in France- Mr. Jorrocks beats the Baron for Speed, 1838. Scene depicting one of the humorous adventures of Mr Jorrocks

Frogs Holiday, late 18th-early 19th century, (1886). Reproduction of a painting on silk. From The Pictorial Arts of Japan, [1886]

A Zulu woman and child, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

The Short Mayo Composite aircraft, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

The calabash baby, Dodoma to Mongalla, East Africa, 1925 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover
The calabash baby, Dodoma to Mongalla, East Africa, 1925 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

Group of children, Japan, 1904. A print from Japan, its History, Arts and Literature, Volume V, by Captain F Brinkley, TC and EC Jack, 34 Henrietta Street, London WC2 and Edinburgh, 1904

Finns playing Kykka, the national game, 1936. Artist: ENA
Finns playing Kykka, the national game, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Big sisters and little brothers in the Land of the Rising Sun, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Big sisters and little brothers in the Land of the Rising Sun, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic slide

Children, Canton, China, early 20th century(?)

A Blaze of Triumph!, 1878. Artist: Swain
A Blaze of Triumph!, 1878. From Punch (or the London Charivari) magazine, 1878

You who cannot, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
You who cannot, 1799. Plate 42 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain The series is evidence of the artists political

Greek terracotta statuette of an ephedrismos group, 3rd century BC
The two girls in this statuette are playing piggy-back as part of a ball-game. The statuette is probably either from Corinth or Tarenta, 3rd century BC

Getting a Lift, 1884. Across the crocodile infested waters of the Egyptian difficulty, General Gordon can be seen wading with the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone, perched on his back

Egyptian Bonds, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
Egyptian Bonds, 1882. John Bull represents the British Navy, and is tied to a small French sailor. At the right of the cartoon is Arabi Pasha who was generally viewed as the representative of a

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