Silhouette Collection (page 8)

Nikolaiker See - Lake Nikolaik, 1931. Artist: Kurt Hielscher
Nikolaiker See - Lake Nikolaik, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

Vistula Lagoon near Lochstadt, 1931. Artist: Kurt Hielscher
Am Frischen Haff bei Lochstadt - The Frisches Haff near Lochstadt, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

Flying over the Polar Wastes, 1927. From The Wonder Book of Aircraft, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co, Limited, London & Melbourne, 1927]

At Passau, 1931. Artist: Kurt Hielscher
At Passau, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

And the heat of Battle. 1941 (1942). Merchants Road, Clifton. On 3rd & 4th January 1941 Bristol had its longest raid lasting 12 hours; during the raid the Luftwaffe dropped their biggest bomb

Dawn Breaks to find the city transfigured after a night of hell, 1941 (1942). For three nights in February 1941, thousands of bombs rained down on Swansea

Out in the Blitz, silhouetted aganinst the light of fires, rescue men climb into a building in St. Leonard Street, Shoreditch to reach people trapped in the upper floors, 1941 (1942)

September Moon, c1901, (1928). Artist: William Giles
September Moon, c1901, (1928). From Masters of the Colour Print, by W. Giles. [The Studio Limited & William Edwin Rudge, London & New York, 1928]

Richard, Elizabeth Georgina, and Edward George Barrett, 1837. Artist: Auguste Amant Constant Fidele Edouart
Richard, Elizabeth Georgina, and Edward George Barrett, 1837. Cut at Leamington, 8 August, 1837. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXI. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1928]

Front page of The Battle of Britain, 1943. From The Battle of Britain, August - October 1940. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Advertisement for Georges Richard bicycles, c1900

Shadow Pictures, 1937. From The Childrens Golden Treasure Book for 1937, edited by John R. Crossland and J. M. Parrish. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]

Church, King & Constitution, c1800. Artist: Charles Rosenberg
Church, King & Constitution, c1800. King George III (1738-1820), with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor. From The Connoisseur Volume XCII, edited by F. Gordon Roe

Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge, c1872-5. Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge, c1872-5. Painting housed in the Tate, London. [The Offices of the Studio, London & New York, 1944]

Nocturne Trafalgar Square Chelsea Snow, 1876 (1903-1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Nocturne Trafalgar Square Chelsea Snow, 1876 (1903-1904). Painting held in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA. From The Studio Volume 30. [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1903-1904]

A battle squadron in fighting formation, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
A battle squadron in fighting formation, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A Souvenir of Marienbad, 1910. Artist: Peck
A Souvenir of Marienbad, 1910. A silhouette of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. He took annual holidays at the Austrian spa of Marienbad (today Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic)

Queen Charlotte and Her Favourite Pug, c1776-1786 (1912)
Queen Charlotte and Her Favourite Pug, (1912). Painted on glass. Given by the Queen to Mrs Gwyn (her bedchamber woman). Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen Consort to King George III

Dr Charles Burneys Family, (1912). Cut with scissors mounted on silk. Charles Burney (1726-1814) was a music historian and was the father of the author Frances Burney

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, (1912). Painted on paper. Georgiana Cavendish (1757-1806) was famous for her beauty, her political campaigning, gambling, and unorthodox domestic arrangements

David Garrick, 18th century English actor, 1912. Painted on glass. Garrick (1717-1779) was the most popular actor of his time

The Messrs Hostayn and the Reverend R Wood, (1912). Cut with scissors. A print from One Hundred Silhouette Portraits, Horace Hart, at the University of Oxford Press, 1912

Robert Burns, Scottish poet, 1787 (1912). Painted on paper. One of the four authentic portraits of the poet, a gift to his friend, John Cotterell

The Goethe Family, (1912). Cut with scissors and mounted on a blue board. A print from One Hundred Silhouette Portraits, Horace Hart, at the University of Oxford Press, 1912

Blanchards Balloon, 1790 (1912). Etched on metal. Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was a prominent French pioneering balloonist

Unknown portrait, (1912). A print from One Hundred Silhouette Portraits, Horace Hart, at the University of Oxford Press, 1912

A study of four silhouettes, 1782 (1912). [1]. Emperor Joseph II of Austria. [2] King Stanislaus II of Poland. [3] Margravine Frederica von Bayreuth. [4] Margravine von Anspach, 1782

Louise Contat and Joseph Dazincourt, French actors, 1784 (1912). Cut whilst the Marriage de Figaro by Pierre Beaumarchais, the play for wich they are most famous, was being performed

A squadron of tanks on the way to Rammacca, Sicily, 10 July 1943

Grey dawn on the battlefield, British cavalry, Belgian frontier, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

The mouth of a Thames-side subway, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Bugler, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Bugler, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Bath Characters, c1832. Artist: Auguste Amant Constant Fidele Edouart
Bath Characters, c1832. From The Studio Volume 81. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1921]

Silhouette for Ombres Chinoisses from L Epopee, 1898. Artist: Caran d Ache
Silhouette for Ombres Chinoisses from L Epopee, 1898. Transperency for Ombres Chnoises from L EPOPEE BY Caran D ache. From The Studio Volume Twelve by [London Offices of the Studio V, London, 1898]

Sunshine and clouds on Snowdons summit, north Wales, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Goethe Watching the Shadow of Lili on the Blind, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Goethe Watching the Shadow of Lili on the Blind, 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904)

Westland Whirlwind, 1941. The twin-engined Whirlwind was one of the fastest and most heavily armed fighters when it first flew in 1938

Bristol Blenheim Mk IVF, 1941. Initailly conceived as a light bomber, the Blenheim was successfully converted into a long-range and night fighter aircraft

Boulton Paul Defiant I, 1941. The Defiant saw service early in World War II, notably with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX, 1941. The iconic British Second World War fighter was designed by Reginald Mitchell. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine

Steam fire-engine going to a riverside fire, London fire brigade, 1890. Artist: WB Murray
Steam fire-engine going to a riverside fire, London fire brigade, 1890. A print from the Illustrated London News, 6th September 1890

The British fleet at King George Vs jubilee review, Spithead, July 1935, (1937). Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937

Peace, Burial at Sea of the Body of Sir David Wilkie, c1842, (1912). Artist: JMW Turner
Peace, Burial at Sea of the Body of Sir David Wilkie, c1842, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto)

Sunset over the River, 1650s. Artist: Aelbert Cuyp
Sunset over the River, 1650s. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Poets V. A. Zhukovsky, S. I. Turgenev and A. I. Turgenev, end 1820s. Artist: Caspar David Friedrich
The Poets V.A. Zhukovsky, S.I. Turgenev and A.I. Turgenev, end 1820s. Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840). Found in the collection of the A. Pushkin Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg

Sunset (Brothers), between 1830 and 1835. Artist: Caspar David Friedrich
Sunset (Brothers), between 1830 and 1835. Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

A Kiss, late 19th or 20th century. Artist: Konstantin Somov
A Kiss, late 19th or 20th century. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Seagulls. The Thames in London. The Houses of Parliament, 1903-1904. Artist: Claude Monet
Seagulls. The Thames in London. The Houses of Parliament, 1903-1904. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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