Refers Collection

Suffragette Lancashire Lass Arrested. A Lancashire lass in clogs and shawl being Escorted Through Palace Yard by two burly policemen

Chaffinch (Morris)
(Fringilla coelebs) Coelebs means bachelor, and refers to the birds habit of temporary separation from its mate

Examine all Rail Vehicles
British Railway's staff information poster, designed by Frank Newbould, c.1950. This poster refers to the significance of checking trains to ensure the conveyance of traffic. Date: circa 1950

Help the Shunter
British Railway's staff information poster, designed by Frank Newbould, c.1950. This poster refers to the importance of clear, legible labels. Date: circa 1950

Avoid Hollow Sheeting
British Railway's staff information poster, designed by Frank Newbould, c.1950. This poster refers to the importance of sheetins goods trains appropriately. Date: circa 1950

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - No Basic, we should worry
The Caption is No Basic? We should worry! Basic refers to the basic petrol ration. Petrol was rationed from September 1939 and contiinued until 1950. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Heres another blue-pencil P. C
The Caption refers to..another blue pencil postcard. In WW2 Bue Pencil referred to the Censor who crossed out in indelible blue any text that he thought might be of use to the enemy

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Monday Night at Eight
Even though the war is over, coal rationing continued so the fire is unlikely to be lit. The caption Monday night at Eight refers to a regular entertainment show broadcast by the BBC Home Service

Thatched House Tavern
The Thatched House Tavern appears to have been established in 1704 or 1705, probably in St James Street. This building was demolished in 1814

Christmas Truce Memorial, Peace Village, Messines
The memorial carries the words A Lull in the Hate and refers to the football match played between the Germans and the British at Christmas 1914

James Watts Sculpture copying machinery (eidograph)
Page 1 of explanation about James Watts Sculpture copying machinery (eidograph), including a sketch of the valves (BAW/14/032) and marked-up photograph (BAW/14/003) which the the note refers to

VERSAILLES ANTIQUES
SALLE DES ANTIQUES (Room of Antiques) It doesnt look much like a room, admittedly, but the antiques presumably refers to the statuary Date: 1688

Arrangement Yellow Gray Effie Deans standing young woman
Arrangement in Yellow and Gray : Effie Deans, A standing young woman, full-length, in profile to the right. One of several paintings of standing women with the title Arrangement

first links ShAśjAś Ichiban hidari ShAśjAś title
The first links: Shojo Ichiban hidari - Shojo (title on object) A comparison of chickens (series title) Niwatori awase (series title on object)

Three sake bowls Three varnished rice wine sake
Three sake bowls, Three varnished rice wine (sake) saucers on crepe paper. One bowl is upside down, the other two are depicted with a carp and a dragon swimming up against a waterfall

Geisha looks up flying cuckoo five annual festivals
Geisha looks up at a flying cuckoo The five annual festivals for the Katsushika poetry association (series title) Katsushika gosekku (series title on object)

Woman makes sand painting seated woman actor Segawa KikunojAś V
Woman makes a sand painting, A seated woman (actor Segawa Kikunojo V (1802-32) in an unknown woman role), makes a sand painting on a sheet of lacquerware

A horse amulet Mayoke title object series horses
A horse amulet Mayoke (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), A porcelain pot with a bonzai pine and a spring anemone, stands next to a towel rack

Service kukri, 1914. Blade with single fuller. Manufactured at Fort William, 1914. With service scabbard and frog. Stamped on blade: F. W/ 1914/ 7 G R

Animals at a French Zoo - Giraffe - Giraffe in Paddock. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo.The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal

The Angara approaching the dock at Port Baikal. The Russian caption translates as The icebreaker Angara and the dock - this refers to the floating dock at the right-hand side that was used for

Japan - A Handcart and coolies
Lantern slide of a Handcart and coolies. Coolies refers to the workers and is a contemporary racial slur.. Part of Box 158 Japan, part of Boswell Collection, slide no. 12 Date: circa 1890s

Suffrage Parliament M. P Woos Maiden
A Member of Parliament attempts to woo a Suffrage campaigner (Lydia Becker?) with the promise of a bill to secure Womens Franchise

Suffragette Novelty Toy Jumping Suffragette
A novelty toy, entitled, The Jumping Suffragette or, How the Suffragette Lost Her Head. Consists of a plastic doll, dressed in the colours and a Votes for Women sash, carrying an umbrella

Suffragette Votes for Women Don t Force Me. A dog wearing a ribbon in purple, white and green, the colours of the W.S.P.U, cries, Don t Force Me D-!! You

Suffragette Publicity Advertising Asquith. A placard outside a newsagents shop, advertising the Daily Mirror, has the headline, Mr. Asquith Caricatured

Suffragette Pillar Box Outrage. Well-dressed man, possibly drunk has slipped on pavement next to a red pillar (post) box, losing his top hat. Caption reads, Another Pillar Box Outrage

Suffragettes Subdued by Female Sandows. As suffragettes have complained about the treatment meted out by male police, an army of female Sandows based at Scotland Yard are ready for action

Suffragette breaks Window, Miners Strike. Militant suffragette breaks shop window. Miners and Suffragettes are alike. For now they all begin to strike

In the dim and speculative future. Prime Minister Asquith, dressed as a young maiden picks the petals from a daisy, thinking, This year - next year - sometime - !!

Suffragette Pelted with Eggs. A suffragette is pelted with eggs and faces The Injustice of the masculine Yolk Refers to An incident at Maidenhead probably at a political meeting. Date: circa 1910

Holy Family Saint Elizabeth John Dove ca 1608-9
Artokoloro

Courtesan Myōgaya House Edo period 1615-1868
Artokoloro

First Day Spring Risshun series Fashionable Poetic Immortals
Artokoloro

Woman Seated Window early 1660s Oil wood 10 7 / 8 x 8 7 / 8
Artokoloro

TURKISH BEY, OF BITLESS, KURDISTAN. Kurdistan refers to parts of eastern Turkey (Turkish Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan)

General Swallow all o feasting on a French fricassee, Holland, William, active 1782-1817, engraving 1799, a gigantic Russian soldier

I ll tell you what! That such things are we must allow, but such things never were till now, Wigstead, Henry, delineator, England, E. Jackson, ca

Gauthier Le roman of Lancelot du Lac The Knight in the Cart (Lancelot) based on the tale (c1165-80) by Chretien de Troyes Lancelot, having fallen in love with Guinevere

St Dionysius (Denis) praying to the Virgin and Child for help to overcome the curse of Syphilis. Early woodcut from flysheet published Regensberg

Front page of the Daily Mirror, a British newspaper during the First World War 1915. The headline refers to the sinking of the naval vessel HMS Formidable

General Swallow All O Feasting On A French Fricassee, Holland, William, Active 1782-1817, Engraving 1799, A Gigantic Russian Soldier

TURKISH BEY, OF BITLESS, KURDISTAN. Kurdistan refers to parts of eastern Turkey (Turkish Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan)

I ll Tell You What! That Such Things Are We Must Allow, But Such Things Never Were Till Now, Wigstead, Henry, Delineator, England, E. Jackson, Ca

Children dancing to organ music, 1894
Group of young girls dancing to the music of a street organ, London. The sign on the organ Fair-Priced Organ authorised to engage dancers on the societys terms refers to a Organ-Dancers Union

Sunday closing
A poster criticising the introduction of Sunday closing for public houses, the one day when the working classes had leisure time

The Grotto in 1875
Pilgrims at the grotto - the Spanish caption refers to the Lourdes devotion as a popular superstition

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