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British Culture Collection (page 11)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Regency period man making a speech

Regency period man making a speech
A man wearing Regency style clothing and sporting a quiff making a speech after a harvest supper. He appears to have enjoyed plenty of alcoholic beverage while he waits

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Regency period old woman in a chair

Regency period old woman in a chair
An old Regency period woman sitting in a chair, open mouthed and probably scolding someone. From " The Horkey - A Ballad" by Robert Bloomfield

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: 1910s, 20th Century, British Culture, Car, Collectors Car, Elegance, Full Length

1910s, 20th Century, British Culture, Car, Collectors Car, Elegance, Full Length, Green, Illustration and Painting, Luxury, No People, Nostalgia, Old Fashioned, Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Exterior of The White Cloth Hall, Leeds, England Victorian Engraving

Exterior of The White Cloth Hall, Leeds, England Victorian Engraving
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraving of Exterior of The White Cloth Hall, Leeds, England Victorian Engraving from Our Own Country, Great Britain, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Scared Victorian schoolboy hiding on top of a bookcase

Scared Victorian schoolboy hiding on top of a bookcase
A scared-looking Victorian schoolboy hiding on the top of a bookcase. Perhaps heas been bullied, or failed to hand in his homework on time - or has been tempted into a misguided game of hide-and-seek

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Victorian man and woman discussing a letter

Victorian man and woman discussing a letter
A Victorian man holding a letter is looking worried while his wife plainly thinks he should read it. From Frank Fairlegh, or Scenes from the Life of A Private Pupila by Frank E Smedley (1818-1864)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Victorian schoolboy bullies

Victorian schoolboy bullies
Two English public school bullies tie one of their classmates to his chair while another uses a red hot poker to adecoratea the boyas box. Bullying is nothing new

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Victorian Map of Europe

Victorian Map of Europe
Engraved illustrations of Europe in the Time of Charlemagne from Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and Art, Published in 1851. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: London, England Circa 1850 Engraving

London, England Circa 1850 Engraving
Engraved illustrations of the city of London, England from Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and Art, Published in 1851. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Map of British Isles 1897

Map of British Isles 1897
Map of British Isles

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Map of the Isle of Skye, Scotland Victorian Engraving, 1840

Map of the Isle of Skye, Scotland Victorian Engraving, 1840
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraving of Map of the Isle of Skye, Scotland Victorian Engraving, 1840. Source: Original edition from my own archives

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Watching time

Watching time
Big Ben the houses of parliament standing proud against a deep blue sky

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Capture of Quebec

Capture of Quebec
General Wolfe leads British forces to engage French forces lead by General Montcalm, Plains of Abraham, Quebec, Canada, during the French and Indian Wars, September 13, 1759

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Ancient Briton

Ancient Briton
A depiction of an ancient Briton of the Celtic-speaking people indigenous to Great Britain, circa 50 BC. (Photo by Kean Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Driver in blue Morgan three-wheeler cyclecar, side view

Driver in blue Morgan three-wheeler cyclecar, side view

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Churchill Bridgelayer tank with hull removed and bridge attached to a hinged arm, side view

Churchill Bridgelayer tank with hull removed and bridge attached to a hinged arm, side view

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Supermarine Spitfire plane, side view

Supermarine Spitfire plane, side view

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: LNER Mallard, blue locomotive, side view

LNER Mallard, blue locomotive, side view

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Illustration, yellow Mini car, side view

Illustration, yellow Mini car, side view

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Illustration of World War Two British soldier

Illustration of World War Two British soldier

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Illustration of English Rose, Scottish Thistle, Welsh Dragon and Irish Red Hand on scroll

Illustration of English Rose, Scottish Thistle, Welsh Dragon and Irish Red Hand on scroll

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Illustration of Thrust SSC (Super Sonic Car), broke land speed record 1997

Illustration of Thrust SSC (Super Sonic Car), broke land speed record 1997

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Illustration of Red Arrow planes flying in formation

Illustration of Red Arrow planes flying in formation

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, England, UK

Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, England, UK

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: York Minster, York, UK

York Minster, York, UK

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Big Ben Iconic London Bell Tower

Big Ben Iconic London Bell Tower
One of the most iconic London landmarks, now officially called the Elizabeth Tower (formerly the Clock Tower)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Barbara Cartland

Barbara Cartland
circa 1981: English romance novelist Dame Barbara Cartland (1901 - 2000). (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Frank Whittle

Frank Whittle
September 1948: British aeronautical engineer Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996), who patented the basic design for the turbojet engine, wearing his RAF uniform. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Union Jack Trunks

Union Jack Trunks
Two models in Union Jack swimwear posing in Trafalgar Square to promote tourism to Gibraltar, 23rd October 1969. (Photo by Michael Webb/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Tools Of The Trade

Tools Of The Trade
circa 1914: These props belong to the master of comedy in the silent film era, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889 - 1977), the English film actor and director

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Telephone pole with a lot of cables, Bristol, England, Great Britain, Europe

Telephone pole with a lot of cables, Bristol, England, Great Britain, Europe

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Trackless Train

Trackless Train
1926: A trackless train leaving King George V Dock for London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Gas Masks

Gas Masks
7th April 1927: Scots Guards trying on their gas masks before sailing to China. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Hats Off

Hats Off
27th July 1912: Loyalists cheer on hearing the result of the Crewe election during the Great Unionist Rally at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh
March 1943: English Journalist, travel writer, and novelist Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Golf At St Andrews

Golf At St Andrews
18th May 1929: Golfers Joyce Wethered and Glenna Collett Vare on the 18th Green during the final of the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship at St Andrews in Fife

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Intricate Clock Face Of Big Ben, London, England

Intricate Clock Face Of Big Ben, London, England

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Natures Art

Natures Art
Chalk cliffs and sea stacks off Ballard Down. Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: London, Tower Bridge

London, Tower Bridge
England, London A view of the Tower Bridge in London

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Shard and Tower of London

Shard and Tower of London
The Shard rises over the Tower of London

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: The wavecut platform at Burton Bradstock

The wavecut platform at Burton Bradstock
The cliffs and wavecut platform at Burton Bradstock are part of the Jurassic coastline in Dorset. It forms part of the south-west coast path

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: The wavecut platform at Burton Bradstock

The wavecut platform at Burton Bradstock
The cliffs and wavecut platform at Burton Bradstock are part of the Jurassic coastline in Dorset. It forms part of the south-west coast path

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Newcastle Workers

Newcastle Workers
May 1954: Workers pushing their bikes up the hill from the Tyne towards Newcastle town centre. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7143 - Newcastle: Revival Of A City - pub

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Art Collector

Art Collector
26th June 1948: A 90 year old collector, Joseph Granger, with some of his paintings which he has been collecting for fifteen years

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Hard Road

Hard Road
25th July 1953: An old mand trudges up a road, sack on his back. One of a band of nomads whose homes are in the hedgerows and who live off the land seeking work as they find it

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Bridge Party

Bridge Party
27th November 1953: English novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) is the guest of honour at a bridge party at Crockfords Club

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Diana Dors

Diana Dors
Blonde British actress Diana Dors (1931 - 1984) arrives at the Cannes Film Festival, 3rd May 1956. Original Publication : Picture Post - 8396 - Diana - Queen Of Cannes - pub



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