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British Culture Collection (page 30)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: William Morris

William Morris
English poet, artist and craftsman William Morris (1834 - 1896). Original Artwork: Woodbury Type (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: County Cricket

County Cricket
A cricket match between Kent and Sussex at Brighton with the town and church in the background. Original Artwork: Artist - W H Mason (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Anti-Corn Law

Anti-Corn Law
A cartoon showing the floor of Covent garden being scrubbed clean of the words Anti-Corn Law whilst a top-hatted man and his assistants purify the air

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Bow Street Runner

Bow Street Runner
John Townsend, a Bow Street Runner. The Runners were forerunners of the modern police force and policed the streets in conjunction with nightwatchman but were more efficient

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Make No Mistake

Make No Mistake
Elinor Dashwood talking to Lucy Steele in a scene from Jane Austens Sense And Sensibility. Then taking a small miniature from her pocket she added, to prevent the possibility of a mistake

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin
British naturalist Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882). Original Artwork: Woodbury type by Lock & Whitfield. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
Engraved scene of people visiting and looking at statues in Madame Tussauds Wax museum on Baker Street, London, circa 1830s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Battle Of Alma

Battle Of Alma
20th September 1854: The Highland Regiment attack the Russian defences at the Battle of the Alma, a major engagement of the Crimean War

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Anne Bronte

Anne Bronte
circa 1845: Anne (Annie) Bronte (1820-1849). Original Artwork: Drawing - Charlotte Bronte Womens Illustrated (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Lord Byron

Lord Byron
circa 1879: A skectch of a statue of poet, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788 - 1824). The bronze statue by Richard Belt, unveiled on 24th May 1880, is in Hyde Park, London

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth
circa 1819: William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) English poet, made Poet Laureate in 1843. Original Artwork: Engraved from the painting by R Carruthers, published 1819

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: British Short Horn

British Short Horn
circa 1800: A British short horn bull. Original Artwork: Engraved by Lizars after a drawing by Stewart (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Battle Charge

Battle Charge
18th June 1815: Curassiers charging the Highlanders at the Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, during the Napoleonic Wars. Original Artwork: Painting by Francois Fleming. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll
circa 1875: English nonsense writer and versifier, author of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll ( 1832 - 1998)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Malakand Pass

Malakand Pass
After the Chitral campaign, British and Indian military engineers build a road over the Malakand Pass connecting Peshawar with the Swat Valley in the North-West Province of India. Drawn by J

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Alarmed By Foreigners

Alarmed By Foreigners
Mr and Mrs John Brown visit the theatre during the Great Exhibition in London, 1851, and are alarmed by the appearance of the many foreigners around them

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Inuit Feast

Inuit Feast
A group of Eskimo people feasting on a tub full of tallow at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, 1851

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Home Made Wigwam

Home Made Wigwam
Oppressed by the heat at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, 1851, Mr and Mrs John Brown shelter under an umbrella in imitation of the native American teepees on display

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Sleeping In A Hansom

Sleeping In A Hansom
Exhausted by their visit and unable to find accommodation during the Great Exhibition, London, 1851, Mr and Mrs John Brown spend the night in a taxi cab

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Caught Up In The Crowd

Caught Up In The Crowd
John Brown is carried along by the crowd at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, 1851. One of a series of etchings depicting the experiences of a typical English couple at

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Dock Strike

Dock Strike
A labour leader addresses dockers during the London dock strike of 1889. Painting by Dudley Hardy (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: William Blake

William Blake
circa 1800: English painter, illustrator and poet William Blake (1757 - 1827), known for the mystical themes of his art and writings. Original Artwork: Painting by T Phillips

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Street Urchins

Street Urchins
circa 1895: A group of ragged boys, some barefoot, sit on the edge of a fountain; in the background is the pillared portico of the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. (Photo by J)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Royal Festival Hall with London Eye in background

Royal Festival Hall with London Eye in background
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2, 500-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Houses Of Parliament

Houses Of Parliament
30th May 1954: The Houses of Parliament on the north bank of the River Thames in London. The two visible towers are the Middle Tower (91m/300ft) and the Victoria Tower (102m/336ft)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Lonely Walk; Seven Days Leave from Prison

Lonely Walk; Seven Days Leave from Prison
2nd May 1953: Nearing the end of a seven year sentence in Wakefield Gaol, Danny Hughes has been granted a weeks parole. Trusted to take responsibility for himself

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Marching To Front

Marching To Front
September 1950: British infantrymen marching to the front-line in Taegu during the Korean War. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5086 - Korean War Series - We Follow The Road to Hell - pub

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh
29th May 1927: American aviator Charles Lindbergh arriving at Croydon from America. Lindbergh is the first man to fly from America to England. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Slum Children

Slum Children
Children living in the slums improvise a lamppost and some rope as a swing. (Photo by Paul Martin/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: British Army Baby

British Army Baby
A crowd of people at Aldershot watching the British Armys new airship Baby being demonstrated. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Airship R33

Airship R33
April 1925: British airship R33 leaving Pulham aerodrome, Norfolk. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Airship

Airship
1917: A British airship attached to its mooring. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: A British suffragette campaigning at the door of Edward Carsons house

A British suffragette campaigning at the door of Edward Carsons house
9th March 1914: A British suffragette campaigning at the door of Edward Carsons house. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Davisons Funeral

Davisons Funeral
14th June 1913: Crowds watch the funeral procession of English suffragette Emily Davison who died after being trampled by the kings horse at the Derby. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Supermarine Spitfire

Supermarine Spitfire
circa 1940: A Spitfire having its guns tested at a Fighter Squadron Station. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: 1940 Firemen signallers Clearing UP

1940 Firemen signallers Clearing UP
1940: Firemen signallers at work amongst the rubble after a daylight bombing raid in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Sunlit Station

Sunlit Station
March 1945: A group of soldiers bathed in a shaft of light at a London railway station (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Eleven O Clock

Eleven O Clock
3rd September 1939: Crowds looking up at Big Ben as it strikes the eleventh hour, the time of the expiration of Britains ultimatum to Germany. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Blitz At Liverpool Street

Blitz At Liverpool Street
A man watches workers clearing debris at Liverpool Street Station, London after a German air raid, January 1941. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Cricket Fans

Cricket Fans
August 1926: Crowds rush on to the pitch at the Oval cricket ground after England had regained the ashes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Austin Seven

Austin Seven
16th October 1951: The new Austin Seven, commonly called the A30/A35. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Abbey Road road sign, London

Abbey Road road sign, London
Famous Abbey Road road sign covered with grafitti from Beatle fans

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Walking On Gangway

Walking On Gangway
December 1911: Passengers on British Cunard liner Lusitanias gangway on arrival. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Brixton Treadmill

Brixton Treadmill
Prisoners on a treadmill at Brixton Prison, London, circa 1825. Brixton was one of the first prisons to introduce treadmills in 1821. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Churchill and Big Ben

Churchill and Big Ben
Churchill Statue & Big Ben, London, UK

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Churchill Poster

Churchill Poster
circa 1940: A poster of Winston Churchill, designed by students at the Brighton School of Art. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Arsenal Cheer

Arsenal Cheer
29th January 1930: Arsenal football supporters wearing mortar boards cheer for their team at Euston Station, London, as they make their way to Birmingham for their FA Cup tie replay match



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