Belgian Collection

Formula One World Championship
Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Williams FW32. Formula One World Championship, Rd 13, Belgian Grand Prix, Qualifying Day, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Saturday 28 August 2010

The sun rises behind the Cinquantenaire arch in Brussels
The sun rises behind the Cinquantenaire arch, erected in 1905 to replace a temporary monument built to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Belgian independence, in Brussels, Belgium, January 18

Portrait of Toots Thielemans, Adele Girard, and Joe Marsala, Onyx, New York, N.Y. ca. 1948

Formula One World Championship: Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T, who finished the race in second position
Ayrton Senna (BRA) Lotus 98T, who finished the race in second position, sends the sparks flying as he climbs Eau Rouge. Belgian Grand Prix, Rd 5, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 25 May 1986

A Dachshund choir has a dress rehearsal
Dress Rehearsal - A Dachshund choir is put through its paces... Date: 1911

Christie Poirot Cover
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, featured on the cover of the Strand magazine containing Christies story The Crime in Cabin 66

Formula One World Championship: Race winner Jim Clark Lotus 25 made an astonishing start to climb from eighth to first
Race winner Jim Clark (GBR) Lotus 25 made an astonishing start to climb from eighth to first by the time the field reached Eau Rouge. Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 9 June 1963

Formula One World Championship, Rd12, Belgian Grand Prix, Race Day, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Sunday 24 August 2014
(L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W05 and Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 W05 battle at Les Coombes on lap 2

Red Cross Dog Waiting
A Malinois (Belgian Shepherd Dog) trained for work as a French Red Cross dog. Duc II, stands ready for action

Hercule Poirot
HERCULE POIROT the Belgian detective, hero of many of Christies books

Rabbits & Hares / Lydon
An assortment of rabbits (Himalayan, Lop-eared, Flemish Giant, Angora, Black & Tan, Silver Grey, Dutch Grey & White, Dutch Black & White), and a Belgian Hare

Grand Place / Floral Carpet (Tapis des Fleurs), Brussels, Belgium Grand Place / Floral Carpet (Tapis des Fleurs) / Night View, Brussels, Belgium

Belgium, West Flanders (Vlaanderen), Bruges (Brugge). Medieval guild houses and restaurants on Markt square at dusk

WW2 Poster -- Formation Signs
Formation signs, dated 8 May 1945. Chromolithograph poster, showing various formation signs of infantry and armoured divisions, brigades, groups, including Airborne TPS, GHQ Liaison Regiment

Ufos / Belgian Wave
Triangle-shaped UFO observed by many over the outskirts of Brussels

Formula One World Championship: Michael Schumacher Ferrari F2004
Michael Schumacher (GER) Ferrari F2004. Formula One World Championship, Rd14, Belgian Grand Prix, Race Day, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 29 August 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship: Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4 / 7A finished the race in fifth position
Ayrton Senna (BRA) McLaren MP4/7A finished the race in fifth position. Belgian Grand Prix, Rd 12, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 30 August 1992

Brabo Fountain & Town Hall, Antwerp, Eastern Flanders, Belgium Brabo Fountain & Town Hall, Antwerp, Eastern Flanders, Belgium

Willy Coppens de Houthulst, " The Balloon King"

Formula One World Championship: Dan Gurney debuted his Eagle T1G but was too many laps down to be classified
(L to R): Dan Gurney (USA) debuted his Eagle T1G but was too many laps down to be classified. Alongside him is Phil Hill (USA) who drove the camera car for the MGM film Grand Prix

Congo / Cartoon / Punch / 1906
King Leopold II, King of the Belgians, crushes the Belgian Congo. In the rubber coils

Belgian Grand Prix, Rd 5, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 25 May 1986
Ayrton Senna (BRA) Lotus 98T at Belgian Grand Prix, Rd 5, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 25 May 1986

Picture No. 11092063
Dog Belgium Shepherd / Tervuren Date:

Eugene Ysaye - Belgian Violinist
Eugene Ysaye (1858-1931) - Belgian Violinist Date: circa 1903

Eugene Ysaye - Jewish Violinist
Splendid portrait of Eugene Ysaye - Belgian Jewish Violinist (1858-1931). Date: circa 1906

Manneken Pis Postcard Album - A Duel
A duel - three street urchins help their friend to mimic the statue! Manneken Pis (Dutch for little pee man ), also known in French as the petit Julien, is a very famous Brussels landmark

Formula One World Championship: Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes MP4 / 23
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren Mercedes MP4/23. Formula One World Championship, Rd 13, Belgian Grand Prix, Qualifying Day, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Saturday 6 September 2008

Formula One World Championship: Fernando Alonso Renault R25
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Renault R25 Formula One World Championship, Rd16, Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium, 11 September 2005. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship: Race winner Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T leads the field into La Source at the start of
Race winner Ayrton Senna (BRA) Lotus 97T leads the field into La Source at the start of the race. Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 15 September 1985

The Markt, Bruges, Belgium

Belgian Railway Poster - The Hills of Flanders
Poster for the Belgian National Railways, showing the Hills of Flanders and rail connections between Belgian towns

Grand Place / Town Hall / Night View, Brussels, Belgium

Joseph De Veuster Damien
JOSEPH DE VEUSTER DAMIEN FATHER DAMIEN Belgian missonary who helped lepers

Unveiling of the Menin Gate
Unveiling of the memorial, Menin Gate, commemorating the 56, 000 British soldiers who died fighting at Ypres during the First World War. Date: 1927

View of Le Lac d Amour, Bruges, Belgium
View of Le Lac d Amour (Lake of Love, Minnewater), a medieval harbour in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

Manneken Pis Postcard Album - Nun and Children
Embarrased nun: " Look to the left my children". The nun leads a group of schoolgirls (one snubbing her nose), holding an umbrella to shield their innocent eyes from the little boy statue

We Are Not Downhearted by H. T. Hardy
World War One postcard showing a a group of children, dressed in the uniforms of French, British, Russian and Belgian soldiers, arm in arm and holding their individual countrys flags

Ysaye with Violin Photo
EUGENE-AUGUSTE YSAYE Belgian violinist, conductor, and composer

Redcross War Dogs Rescue
Two Red Cross rescue dogs, a German Shepherd - at this date also named Police Dog - and a Belgian Shepherd Dog, find the body of a man killed on the battlefield

Formula One World Championship: Third placed Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus 72D holds off the race winner Jackie Stewart
Third placed Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) Lotus 72D holds off the race winner Jackie Stewart (GBR) Tyrrell 006/2 as they approach the first corner. Belgian Grand Prix, Zolder, 20 May 1973. BEST IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
Damon Hill (GBR), Williams FW18. Belgian Grand Prix, Rd13, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 25 August 1996

Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium, Cooks World Travel Service. A young woman in a short green dress stands on the beach waving a handkerchief

Formula One World Championship
Nelson Piquet (BRA), Brabham BT49C, in a crowded pit lane. Belgian Grand Prix, Rd5, Zolder, Belgium, 17 May 1981. BEST IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
David Coulthard (GBR) Red Bull Racing RB4. Formula One World Championship, Rd 13, Belgian Grand Prix, Practice Day, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Friday 5 September 2008

Largest horse in the world
This horse, a Belgian stallion called Brooklyn Supreme was at one time the worlds largest horse, 19.2 hands high and 3, 200 pounds in weight. Date: 1930s

Formula One World Championship
The Brabham BT49C of Nelson Piquet (BRA), who crashed out of the race on lap 10, sits in the pit garage. Belgian Grand Prix, Rd5, Zolder, Belgium, 17 May 1981

Formula One World Championship
Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) Brabham BT45B finished in sixth position. Belgian Grand Prix, Rd 7, Zolder, Belgium, 5 June 1977. BEST IMAGE

WW1 - White Chateau, Hollebeke in ruins
circa 1910s

Leuven, Belgium. Street cafe in front of Leuvens mid-15th century town hall

Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1978. Artist: Brian O Connor
Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1978. He is known for his guitar and harmonica playing, as well as his whistling skills

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World) by Abraham Or
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). Is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp. World Map

Poster, The Continent via Dover-Ostend, Belgian State Railways and Mail Packets. Date: circa 1930s

Cloth Hall on fire, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
The Cloth Hall on fire, Ypres, Belgium, First World War. Date: 1914

Hercule Poirot, 1923
Portrait of the fictional Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, published in The Sketch in 1923. At that time Agatha Christie was regularly published in The Sketch and this painting of her character

Formula One World Championship: Ayrton Senna McLaren celebrates his fifth
Ayrton Senna (BRA) McLaren celebrates his fifth and final success at the legendary Spa circuit. Belgian Grand Prix, Rd 11, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 25 August 1991

Bruges town hall and Belfort (Beffroi) by night, Belgium

Tourists sitting in cafe on Bruges main square, Belgium

Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium

Horse carriage in Markt or Market Square, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium

Giant Baobab Tree - Congo, Central Africa. Date: circa 1906

Armless painter Charles Felu
Belgian painter Charles Francois Felu (1830-1900), born without arms. He was taught at an early age by his mother to draw and paint with his feet. Shown here painting in Antwerp Gallery. Date: C.1895

WWI: OSTEND, c1914. British Royal Marines marching through Ostend, Belgium. Photograph, c1914

The Two Young Girls - The Beautiful Rosine by Antoine Wiertz
Reproduction of the painting The Two Young Girls or The Beautiful Rosine by Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865). A pretty girl confronts her stark (and dead)

Types from Belgian Army
Types of the Belgian army: carbinier, infantry of the line, artillery, guide and grenadier Date: World War One

The Belgian Model - Herbert Wilson Foster

Formula One World Championship
Denny Hulme (NZL) Brabham Repco BT19, retired on lap 15. Formula One World Championship, Rd4, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium. 18 June 1967. BEST IMAGE

Formula One World Championship, Rd11, Belgian Grand Prix, Race Day, Spa-Francorchamps
Race winner Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing; Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal and Adrian Newey (GBR)

Portrait of Marie-Adeline Plunkett, 1854. Creator: Richard Buckner
Portrait of Marie-Adeline Plunkett, 1854. Marie Adeline Plunkett was a star of the Romantic ballet. She made her first appearance in the ballet company of her Majestys Theatre, London in 1843

Tourists walking in Market Square in Bruges by night, Belgium

Ferrari, Jacky Ickx, 1968 Belgian Grand Prix. Creator: Unknown
Ferrari, Jacky Ickx, 1968 Belgian Grand Prix

The occupation of the Ruhr by France and Belgium troops, 1923. The occupation of the Ruhr between 1923 and 1925, by troops from France and Belgium

St Genevieve of Brabant in the forest, 19th century
St Genevieve of Brabant, 19th century. The medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant tells how she was wrongly accused by her husband, the palatine Siegfried, of adultery and exiled into the forest

Aerial view of trenches, West Flanders, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of front line trenches near Kemmel and Wulvergem, West Flanders, Belgium, on 8 May 1918. Date: 1918

Council Room, Town Hall, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium
View inside the Council Room of the gothic Town Hall, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, dating back to the 15th century. Date: circa 1910

Rue du Noyer, Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Rue du Noyer, Schaerbeek (Schaarbeek) district, Brussels, Belgium. Someone on the right is experiencing car trouble. Date: circa 1910

Place de la Bourse, Boulevard Anspach, Brussels, Belgium
Place de la Bourse and Boulevard Anspach, Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1910

Square du Petit Sablon, Brussels, Belgium
Aerial view of the Square du Petit Sablon, Brussels, Belgium, a public garden noted for its statues of representatives from traditional professions. Date: circa 1900

The newly opened Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
The newly opened Menin Gate (eastern entrance), Ypres, Belgium, a WW1 war memorial. Date: 1927

Sir Polydore de Keyser, Vanity Fair, Spy
Sir Polydore de Keyser (18321898) - a lawyer and the first Roman Catholic since the Reformation to be elected Lord Mayor of London (October 1887 to November 1888)

WORLD WAR I: BELGIUM, 1918. Map showing the zone of war operations in western Belgium, the ports of Ostend and Zeebrugge, the line of battle on 28 September 1918

Beach bathing machines, 1913
Beach bathing machines with bathers. These huts on wheels were developed in the Victorian era to allow bathers to change and be wheeled down to the sea for private and secluded bathing

HMS Daffodil IV on her return to the Mersey from Zeebrugge. The Zeebrugge Raid, which took place on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the British Royal Navy to neutralize the key Belgian port of

Soldiers building pontoon bridge, Flanders, WW1
Soldiers of the Royal Engineers building a pontoon bridge near Boesinghe, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Formula One World Championship, Rd 12, Belgian Grand Prix, Qualifying Day, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) HRT Formula One Team HRT F111. Formula One World Championship, Rd 12, Belgian Grand Prix, Qualifying Day, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Saturday 27 August 2011

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"Discover the charm of Belgian wonders, from Poirot to picturesque Bruges. " Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Christie's famous detective, Hercule Poirot, as you unravel mysteries with him on his thrilling adventures. Witness an adorable Dachshund choir as they rehearse their melodious tunes, filling the air with joy and harmony. Feel the adrenaline rush at the Formula One World Championship as Ayrton Senna's Lotus 98T zooms past, sending sparks flying while conquering Eau Rouge. Step into a timeless painting by Alfred Stevens and be captivated by "The bath or the woman in the bath or bathtub, " a masterpiece that exudes elegance and beauty. Relive history with Jim Clark's astonishing start at the Belgian Grand Prix, where he defied all odds to climb from eighth to first position in his remarkable Lotus 25. Marvel at Brussels' magnificent Grand Place adorned with a breathtaking Floral Carpet (Tapis des Fleurs), showcasing Belgium's artistic prowess and love for nature. Travel back in time through a vintage Congo cartoon published in Punch magazine in 1906, offering insights into Belgium's colonial past and its impact on society. Indulge your senses in West Flanders' enchanting city of Bruges (Brugge), where medieval architecture meets cobblestone streets, creating an idyllic setting straight out of a fairytale. Belgium is not just about chocolate and waffles; it is a treasure trove of rich culture, history, artistry, and natural beauty waiting to be explored.