Images Dated 31st August 2007

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The first steam fire engine, c1830. Invented and built by Braithwaite and Ericsson in 1830. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Balloting for the coal strike, Wheatsheaf Colliery, Pendlebury, January 1912, (c1920). Artist: Topical Press Agency
Balloting for the coal strike, Wheatsheaf Colliery, Pendlebury, near Manchester, January 1912, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Whistlers house, 96 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, 1912. Artist: Frederick Adcock
Whistlers house, 96 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, 1912. The home of American-born artist, James McNeill Whistlerb (1834-1903)

Leigh Hunts house, Chelsea, London, 1912. Artist: Frederick Adcock
Leigh Hunts house, Chelsea, London, 1912. The home of English essayist, poet and writer James Henry Leigh Hunt (1784-1859)

Maori girls rubbing noses, c1920. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Anne Bonny, John Calico Jack Rackam and Mary Read, 18th Century Pirates. Artist: Karen Humpage
Anne Bonny, John Calico Jack Rackam and Mary Read, 18th Century Pirates

The first photograph of a diver under water, late 19th century, (c1920). Illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, Walter Hutchinson, London, c1920s

Presentation of sheriffs at Westminster, London, c1920
Presentation of sheriffs at Westminster, c1920. From Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, volume IV, Walter Hutchinson (London, c1920s)

Soldiers convoying coal carts during the strike, Sheffield, c1920. Illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Evolution of ManArtist: Karen Humpage
Evolution of Man

Mary Read, (1690-1720), British Pirates Mate. Artist: Karen Humpage
Mary Read, (1690-1720), British Pirates Mate. Raised as a boy, married twice, fought like a man and died of scarlet fever

John Calico Jack Rackham, (1680-1720), English Pirate Captain. Artist: Karen Humpage
John Calico Jack Rackham, (1680-1720), English Pirate Captain famous for having women in his crew. Executed in Jamaica in 1720

Anne Bonny, c1698, Irish Pirate. Artist: Karen Humpage
Anne Bonny, c1698, Irish Pirate. Disguised herself as a man in order to join Rackhams crew on board the Revenge

Captain William Kidd, Privateer, 1645-1701Artist: Karen Humpage
Captain William Kidd, Privateer, 1645-1701

Ramsay MacDonald, British politician, c1920. Artist: G C Beresford
Ramsay MacDonald, British politician, c1920. Portrait of MacDonald (1866-1937), twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Augustus John, Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher, c1920. Artist: G C Beresford
Augustus John, Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher, c1920. Portrait of John (1878-1961). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Sir William Orpen, Irish painter, c1920. Artist: Elliott & Fry
Sir William Orpen, Irish painter, c1920. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

John Singer Sargent, American painter, late 19th century, (c1920). Artist: J E Purdy
John Singer Sargent, American painter, late 19th century, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The treaty makers, 6 December 1921. The treaty set up the Irish Free State. From left to right: Arthur Griffith, Eamonn Duggan, Michael Collins, Robert Barton; standing, Gavan Duffy

An Active Service Conference on the Western Front, First World War, 1917, (c1920). Newton Diehl Baker, the American Secretary of War, with Generals Pershing and Walsh

A wood in the Somme area, France, 1916, (c1920). Destruction during the First World War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The village of Mametz after the July bombardment, Battle of the Somme, 1916, (c1920)
The village of Mametz after the July bombardment, Battle of the Somme, France, 1916, (c1920). Destruction during the First World War

A Zeppelin entering its floating shed, c 1900, (c1920). The floating hangar could be aligned with the wind. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London)

The international gathering of the women suffrage workers, 1914, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Signing the treaty of London, May 1913, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, c1920. Portrait of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), physicist and inventor of wireless transmission

The finish of the marathon, Olympic Games, London, 1908, (c1920). Dorando Pietri of Italy, the first runner to enter the stadium, collapsed several times and ran the wrong way

Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish novelist and publicist, late 19th century, (c1920). Portrait of Nobel Prize-winning author Sienkiewicz (1846-1916)

Early monoplane, c1900s. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, English artist, late 19th century, (c1920). Portrait of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Burne-Jones (1833-1898)

Old cider mill, Cornwall, c1920. Artist: Gibson & Son
Old cider mill, Cornwall, c1920. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

King Thibaw of Burma in full court dress, c1900, (c1920). A portrait of King Thibaw (1858-1916), the last king of Burma (now Myanmar)

British Artillery Entering the Enemy lines at Tel-El-Kebir, 1882, (c1920). The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt took place on 13 September 1882

The evolution of the bicycle, 19th century, (c1920). The Kirkpatrick bicycle, 1839; Phantom bicycle, 1869; Bicyclette, 1879; Otto Dicycle, 1881; Kangaroo bicycle, 1884, and the Rudge, 1884

The Queen in a Cottage Bedroom, late 19th century, (c1920). Queen Victoria reads the Scriptures at the bedside of a sick fisherman, living on her Osborne estate

John Ruskin, late 19th century. Artist: Ethel Webling
John Ruskin, late 19th century. Silver point drawing of John Ruskin (1819-1900), English artist, critic, author, and painter

The Charge of the Cuirassiers at Rezonville, 1870, (c1920). French cavalry in a scene from the Franco-Prussian War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson

Wilhelm I at the Battle of Sadowa, 3 July 1866, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The Great Eastern recovering the lost Atlantic cable, 1866, (c1920). An attempt in 1865 by Brunels giant steamship, the Great Eastern to lay the cable ended in failure when the cable snapped

The first reading of the proclamation of emancipation, 1863, (c1920). American president Abraham Lincoln issued the final version of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863

The old mosque at Lucknow, India, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The Flight from Lucknow, 1858, (c1920). Artist: Abraham Solomon
The Flight from Lucknow, 1858, (c1920). The siege of Lucknow was one of the major engagements of the uprising against British rule in India which began in 1857

Queen Victoria reviewing her troops, Aldershot, 1856, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The Empress Eugenie, 19th century, (c1920). Artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter
The Empress Eugenie, 19th century, (c1920). Portrait of Empress Eugenie de Montijo (1826-1920), wife of Napoleon III

Queen Victoria distributing medals, 18 May 1855, (c1920)
Queen Victoria distributing medals to heroes of the Crimean War, 18 May 1855, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Map of the area where the Crimean War was fought in the 1850s, (c1920). Artist: Walter Hutchinson
Map of the area where the Crimean War was fought in the 1850s, (c1920). The plan shows the relative positions of the battlefields of Crimea

The Naval Brigade at Sevastopol, 1850s. Scene from the Crimean War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The royal visit to Brompton Hospital, 1850s, (c1920). Victoria and Albert visit soldiers wounded in the Crimean War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson

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