20 Collection (page 63)

Robinson Downs Zeppelin
Zeppelin L21 falls from the sky after being attacked by Lieutenant Robinson; this image was based on an account by an eyewitness 20 miles away

Welhorn / Wetterhorn 20 / 60
Welhorn and Wetterhorn, viewed from Rosenlaui, Canton de Berne

Aquarius (Rossum)
AQUARIUS the Water-carrier 20 January - 18 February

Sagittarius (Rossum)
SAGITTARIUS the Archer 22 November - 20 December

Gemini (Rossum)
GEMINI - the Twins 21 May - 20 June

Taurus (Rossum)
TAURUS the Bull 21 April - 20 May

Aries (Rossum)
ARIES the Ram 21 March - 20 April

Theatre / Monte Carlo 1880
THEATRE DE MONTE CARLO Production of Gounods " Faust"

Writing / Examples / Nelson
HORATIO, LORD NELSON Part of a letter from the English naval officer to Emma, Lady Hamilton, dated 19 and 20 October 1805, before the Battle of Trafalgar

Champlain Surrenders
Champlain surrenders Quebec to admiral Kirke

Battle of Dargai
The storming of Dargai by the Gordon Highlanders led by Colonel Mathias

Meal at Time of Jesus
This is a probable depiction of a meal around the time of Jesus : guests would more likely have been lying than sitting up at table

The Art of Sitting
THE ART OF SITTING (for a girl of the 20s) Date: 1928

German Army / Brussels
The German army enters Brussels in the rain

Stevenson Strand Child
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON The Scottish writer and poet at the age of 20 months

Great Eastern Loco 20
Great Eastern Railway express loco no 20

Sailors Off on Leave
The smiling boys of the H.M. Training ship Arethusa off on leave for their Christmas holidays with their kit-bags slung over their shoulders

Whittaker Star Map 20
Including Sagittarius

Revelations Chapter 20
Revelations, Chapter XX, Ver.2 Satan is bound for a thousand years

Kellermann at Valeni
The Prussians have cornered the French army of the North in champagne, but Kellerman at VALENI urges his men to counter- attack and forces the invaders back

Cyprus to Britain 1878
Cyprus and Britain, represented by Disraeli, support Turkey against the Russians

Abu Simbel 1845
The colossal figures, 20 metres high, are depicted here pretty much as they were found by travellers in 1812 : they are badly damaged and partly concealed by sand

Racial / W Africa / Ashanti
Captain Sir Cecil Armitage, Chief Commissioner of Northern Territories, Gold Coast (1910- 20) photographed at Accra with a group of Ashanti kings

Plants / Jasione Montana
variant of SHEEPs BIT one of about 20 species

Quiberon Bay (Ford)
BATTLE OF QUIBERON BAY Hawke drives a French fleet under Conflans into Quiberon Bay on the French coast, then sails in and takes or destroys most of his ships

Sonata for 20 Fingers
A pupil and her teacher try their hands on a sonata for twenty fingers. Date: 1846

BISSONs BRAVERY 1827
GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: Lieut. Bisson, French Navy, blows up a captured Turkish ship & its crew rather than have it retaken. There stands a monument to him in Navarino

Ornate Ironwork
Some splendid ornate ironwork on the front of No. 20 Charles Street, London W1

Demo Paris 1848
Popular demonstration at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Battle of Abensberg
The French and Bavarians under Napoleon defeat the Austrians under the archduke Charles

Huningue Taken
HUNINGUE - The French garrison surrender to the Austrians after a prolonged siege

Lindbergh Silk Souvenir
Commemorative souvenir, woven on silk, of Lindberghs flight from New York to Paris, the first non-stop transatlantic flight (3625 miles - 5834 km)

Barbarians Maltreated
Defeated barbarians : the men are in chains, their womenfolk dragged by the hair

Oppian Law Opposed
Valerius persuades the Senate to rescind the 20-year old Oppian Law which prohibited women from using expensive luxuries

Charlottenburg Riots
At Charlottenburg, a gathering of democrats is broken up by the authorities

Duhesme at the Rhine
At the crossing of the Rhine, general Du Hesme grabs a drum and beats it to encourage his men, despite a counter-attack by the Austrians

Arcis Sur Aube
CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE Battle of ARCIS SUR AUBE Napoleon has to retreat before a much larger Allied army under Schwarzenberg, falling back on Paris

Passage of Sierra-Morena
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN Passage of the SIERRA MORENA Joseph Bonaparte invades Andalucia, forcing a passage through the mountains against fierce resistance

Louis XVI and Citizens
6000 citizens force their way into the Tuileries Palace, demanding that Louis withdraw his veto on reforms : he refuses, but they force him to don the revolutionary cap

C17 BAKER / 20
A baker rolls out his dough using an early type of rolling pin

Lusitania Sinks (Morell)
Torpedoed within sight of the Irish coast: a reconstruction of where and how the Cunard passenger liner was sunk by German U-boat U-20, with the loss of 1198 lives

Selim I / Turkey / Munster
SELIM I called YAVUZ (The Grim) Sultan of Turkey (1512-20)

Spion Kop - Anon
At SPION KOP, the British are initially successful, but are compelled to retreat from the hilltop they have captured, failing to break through the Boer lines

Bismarck / Rohling / Page 20
Bismarck is received at the French court

Events / Asia / China / Hong K
The British take over the island, occupied by them since 1839 but now formally ceded by the Chinese and confirmed by the Treaty of Nanking 1842

Attack on the Tuileries Palace in Paris during the French Revolution

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