Away Collection (#8)

Eccles Steeple (engraving)
1622375 Eccles Steeple (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eccles Steeple. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 2 February 1884)

The Hyde Park Meeting, and the Special Constables (engraving)
1591541 The Hyde Park Meeting, and the Special Constables (engraving) by Almond, William Douglas (1866-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hyde Park Meeting, and the Special Constables)

The Bog Slide in Ireland (b / w photo)
1597036 The Bog Slide in Ireland (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bog Slide in Ireland)

Away, Lifeboat! (engraving)
1042279 Away, Lifeboat! (engraving) by Staniland, Charles J. (1838-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Away, Lifeboat)

The Artillery Volunteers at Shoeburyness (engraving)
1060173 The Artillery Volunteers at Shoeburyness (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Artillery Volunteers at Shoeburyness)

Chasing closely
Qing Zhao

I hate the TV
mario grobenski - psychodaddy

Lonely Rails
Nuno Borges

Insight
Nuno Borges

Covid-19 bunker
Gilbert Claes

Horticultural students working at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. 18th June 1957

Aston Villa 2-0 Athletic Bilbao, UEFA Cup, 3rd round, 1st leg, Villa Park, Wednesday 23rd November 1977

St Jamess Park, showing the lake and the Island Bird Sanctuary. It has been announced that Mr Hugh Edmund Watts, Chief Inspector of Explosives at the Home Office

A snowy winter scene in Hyde Park, London. Circa 1953

The inhabitants of The Wells - noted for their longevity - are inveterate walkers. Circa 1953

Bleriot XI 8, undergoing repair after landing Aux Vaches (among the cows - the French term for landing away from an airfield) Date: circa 1910

1933-34 Grand Prix Racing. Cutaway drawing. Bugatti T59. World Copyright: Matthews/LAT Photographic Ref: Cutaway

Putting Away Leftovers Date: 1948

Lost and Found Date: 1948

Goodbye at the Bus Stop

Train Leaving City Date: 1950

Yellow Diesel Train Date: 1950

Truckers Leave Diner Date: 1950

Office Conference Room Date: 1947

Map of the Indian Ocean 1700 Date: 1700

Wedding Ceremony Date: 1933

Young boy flees from the Duchess of York
April, 1928 - The Duchess of York in Chichester, Sussex at a charitable Garden Party - she was presented with purses, but this young lad, overcome by the occasion

St Johns Childrens Home, Ipswich
Boys pose in the garden of the St Johns Childrens Home on Bloomfield Street in Ipswich. The home was opened in 1879 by the Ipswich Poor Law Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

GIRL AND DOG IN WIND
The wind has carried her bonnet away, causing her to drop her basketful of buns : will her faithful dog fetch her hat, or just stop and eat his windfall of buns ? Date: 1889

BULL TERRIER / 1971
ROMANY RIVER MUSIC He turns away from the camera in an otherwise mood. Owned by Montague-Johnstone. Date: 1971

WELSH CORGI / 1949
CHAMPION FORMAKIN ORANGEMAN This corgi lies down facing away from the Camera. Owned by Holmes. Date: 1949

THREE CAIRNS TERRIERS
These three terriers face away from the camera. Owned by Clark. Date: 1948

SALT RUSSIAN TALE
They sailed away once more over the blue sea

Carried Away on Site
A man clings on for dear life as he is carried aloft on a building site, high above the rooftops. Date: 1915

Design by Paquin - black hobble skirt, fur-trimmed jacket
Design by Paquin: black hobble skirt, fur-trimmed jacket in a bright floral print cut-away at the front & creating a tunic effect, cocked brim hat with aigrette & buckle shoes. Date: 1912

SPANISH AGUADORES 1876
Aguadores - water carriers - of Madrid, filling their barrels at a public fountain before carrying them away on their shoulders to their customers. Date: 1876

Costume - Loungers 1820
Bond Street Loungers wear: strapped trousers, hessian boots, greatcoat, frock coat, top hats, buttonhole, coats cut-away at the front & one man dressed all in black. Date: 1820

Children and Boat Pool
Rather than entrust their boat to the waves which might sweep it away, these children construct an inshore pool where it will be safe though its voyages will be short. Date: circa 1895

WEST INDIAN CRICKETER
A young Tobagan cricketer takes a delight in trying to lose the ball by thwacking it away; one day, he hopes to beat England at their own game... Date: circa 1960

MAGIC YOUTHFULNESS
This is what happens when magic youthfulness is suddenly taken away : instant old age ensues, and it can be very disconcerting

BOY SCARING CROWS
A country boy and his dog scare away crows with a rattle Date: 1888

Afghan War - Men of the 10th Hussars drown - Kabul River
Forty-six men of the 10th Hussars are drowned, swept away by the current, as they attempt to ford the Kabul River. Date: 31 March 1879

MYTTON LOSES WINNINGS
English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) homeward bound one evening from Doncaster falls asleep while counting his winnings - thus many bank- notes were blown away & lost. Date: 1820s

BOY CROP-MINDER
This boy is supposed to keep animals away from the crops by blowing his horn, but alas, he has allowed the cow to go into the meadow and the sheep into the cornfield ! Date: circa 1860

Cartoon, How to Treat the Female Chartists -- cockroaches, rats and mice should see off the most ferocious crowd of females. Date: 1848

Fading away 1858
Well-to-do family members comforting a young woman dying in bed with the Bible beside her in the last minutes of her life. Date: 1858

MAGIC CATS OF CHINA
These magical spirit-cats perform the vital function of keeping away the rats which would otherwise devour the silkworms : the flowers also keep the worms healthy

HOGARTH BEFORE AFTER
After The lady is in tears as her seducer hurries to get away. Date: 1736

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