July Collection

Daylight Raid from my Studio Window, July
" Daylight Raid from my Studio Window, 7 July 1917. Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941. From 1929 catalogue card:If the screen across the lower part of the window be examined it will be seen that Lady

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
A photograph of Prince Charles with his bride, Lady Diana Spencer, later Princess of Wales. Crowds of 60000 people lined the streets of London to watch the ceremony on the 29th July 1981

Woven Wool Coverlet, c. 1937. Creator: William P. Shearwood
Woven Wool Coverlet, c. 1937

The Declaration of Independence, USA Date: circa 1900

The Twelfth of July in Portadown (1928). Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941. Date: 1928

The Dempsey-Carpentier Fight, 1921
Photograph showing the 100, 000 strong crowd at the fight between Georges Carpentier and Jack Dempsey for the Heavyweight Championship of the World held at Jersey City, USA, on 2nd July 1921

HMS Victorious (R38) approaching the Persian Gulf, 3 July 1961. de Havilland Sea Vixens, Supermarine Scimitars and Westland Whirlwinds line the flightdeck

King William III. Crossing the River Boyne July 1st 1690. Date: July 1st 1690

Handley Page Victor B1 XA930 taking off from Hatfield
Handley Page Victor B1, XA930, taking off from Hatfield on 14 July 1960 at 190, 000lb all-up weight assisted by de Havilland Spectre rockets. Date: 1960

Balloon event, Charles Green, Stockport
Charles Green ballooning poster advertising his 75th ascent, from Stockport, under the patronage of Henry Hodgkinson, the Mayor, with a second ascent from Castle Yard, a band of music in attendance

World Cup 1966 Front Cover
Front cover of The Illustrated London News. Victory for the England football team. Bobby Moore passing the World Cup trophy to team manager

Stauffenberg
CLAUS SCHENK GRAF VON STAUFFENBERG Lieutenant colonel on the General Staff and central figure among the conspirators of the July Plot

Ration Book July 1942
A Ministry of Food ration book issued in July 1942, to be returned if lost to the Greenwich food office

Royal Wedding 1986 - Fergie curtseys to the Queen
A smiling Lady Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, curtseys to Queen Elizabeth II, her mother-in-law following her marriage to Prince Andrew, Duke of York at Westminster Abbey on 23 July 1986. Date: 1986

1935 Kings Silver Jubilee Fleet Review
A panoramic view showing the berthing arrangements made for the Review of the Fleet at Spithead by King George V to celebrate his Silver Jubilee

Britannia and Eve, July 1939
Front cover illustration depicting a woman with a typical 1940s hairstyle hugging her wire-haired fox terrier dog

Another Wash-out by W. Heath Robinson
Training at home for the cross Channel swim with a man swimming suspended from a window with watering cans. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) No pasaran! (They Shall not Pass). Poster in honour of the popular militia (July 1936)

CM24 5900 Caterham Seven 620R
Caterham Seven 620R, Festival of Speed - The Silver Jubilee, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2018, Motorsports, automobiles, cars, entertainment, Festival of Speed, FoS, Goodwood, heritage, contemporary

CM19 9013 Bugatti Chiron
Bugatti Chiron, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2017, Peaks of Performance, Motorsports Game Changers, automobiles, cars, entertainment, Festival of Speed, FoS, Goodwood, heritage, contemporary, modern

Air Race for the Kings Cup Poster
Poster, Air Race for the Kings Cup, at Hatfield Aerodrome, with a stylised image of two planes racing. July 1934

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico
Irving Newton, Met. Officer at Roswell USAFB, New Mexico, holds debris of a supposed flying saucer found by rancher Mac Brazel, stated by the US Air Force to be a weather balloon

Stunted Oaks in Wistmans Wood SSSI in Dartmoor, Devon, England. Summer (July)

Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten - Engagement
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) (1926-2022) and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (later Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh) (1921)

Ufo / Masse / Valensole
Working early in the morning in his Lavender field, Maurice Masse, comes across an alien craft and its occupants

North Devon Red Ruby cattle herd grazing in the rolling countryside, Black Dog, Devon, England. Summer (July)

England, North Yorkshire, Whitby
Picturesque Whitby View. The ancient seaport of Whitby, Yorkshire is is a beautiful and picturesque natural harbour situated on England's North East Coast. - July 2006

Victoria Falls at Sunrise, by Thomas Baines
Victoria Falls at Sunrise with The Smoke or Spraycloud, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). Date: 1863

Bomb damage and crater, Petherton Road, London, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage and a crater in Petherton Road, North London, 2 July 1944. A salvage operation took place, pumping out flooded basements

A Jaipur Allegory
Look Out, The Elephants Coming! An artists impression of the dominant Jaipur Polo team. Having won the Indian Polo Association Championship in December 1932

The British Fleet - Spithead, 1914
Britains Bulwarks. The great fleet assembled at Spithead, Portsmouth - July 16th - 20th 1914 for King George Vs inspection, three weeks after the declaration of war against Germany

Machine gun diagrams
Full page diagrams and illustration showing the workings of the Hotchkiss and Lewis machine-guns, used widely by the British army during World War I

Avebury Landscape / 1723
Prospect of the Temple on Overton Hill - The Hakpen or head of the snake in the ruins. Stukeley writes: Abury..the chief patriarchal..temple of the island

Henley Regatta 1903
By the river during the Henley Regatta. Date: 1903

Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - July
JULY Gathering the harvest and tending sheep close to the chateau de Poitiers Date: 1409 - 1487

Chester Cross & Rows, Cheshire, July 1935
A GWR Publicity view of The Rows at Chester, Cheshire in July 1935. These half-timbered shops are famous for their covered galleries reached by steps

CM28 6842 Nick Jarvis, Ford Escort Cosworth WRC
Nick Jarvis, Ford Escort Cosworth WRC, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Speed Kings, Motorsports Record Breakers, Festival of Speed, 2019, Motorsports, automobiles, cars, entertainment, Festival of Speed

CM24 6175 Neil Miller, Koenigsegg Agera RSN
Neil Miller, Koenigsegg Agera RSN, Michelin Supercar Run, First Glance, Festival of Speed - The Silver Jubilee, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2018, Motorsports, automobiles, cars, entertainment

ALL-STAR GAME, 1937. Major League baseball players Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg at the 1937 All-Star Game

Rev. George Whitefield, Preaching in the Timber Yard at Lurg
Rev. George Whitefield 1714-70, Preaching in the Timber Yard at Lurgan, 12 July 1751. Miller, William d.1779. Date: 1751

COMIC STRIP: LITTLE NEMO. The walking bed episode of the American comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland, by Winsor McCay, published in the New York Herald, July 1908

Four ballerinas on a music sheet
Four ballerinas depicted on a music sheet, performing The Celebrated Pas de Quatre, composed by Jules Perrot, as danced at Her Majestys Theatre, London, on 12 July 1845

Ellimans embrocation
Colour advertisement from 1914 for Ellimans Embrocation showing a hunting scene. Ellimans was a well-known remedy for easing joint pain with formulae for both horses and humans

Cessna O-1A Bird Dog 51-7362
United States Army - Cessna O-1A Bird Dog 51-7362 (msn 22096), of the 140th Aviation Battalion, California National Guard, at Long Beach, on 3 July 1966

CJ9 0716 Jaguar F-Type Heritage 60 Edition
Jaguar F-Type Heritage 60 Edition, Michelin Supercar Run, The Maestros - Motorsports Great All-Rounders, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood House, Chichester, West Sussex, England, July 2021

CJ9 0804 MV Agusta Superveloce serie oro
MV Agusta Superveloce serie oro, Road bikes, The Maestros - Motorsports Great All-Rounders, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood House, Chichester, West Sussex, England, July 2021

CJ7 9464 Graham Moss, Jaguar F-Type SVR
Graham Moss, Jaguar F-Type SVR, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2019, Festival of Speed, Speed Kings, Motorsports Record Breakers, July 2019, Motorsports, automobiles, cars, entertainment

Edward Bawden hanging his painting of Waltham Cross
Edward Bawden (1903-1989), the first of a group of artists to settle in Great Bardfield, hanging his painting of Waltham Cross (just outside the village)

CM24 6443 David Sydorick, Alfa Romeo TZ2
David Sydorick, Alfa Romeo TZ2, Early endurance racers, Festival of Speed - The Silver Jubilee, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2018, Motorsports, automobiles, cars, entertainment, Festival of Speed

CM24 6203 Marco Mapelli, Lamborghini Huracan Performante Coupe
Marco Mapelli, Lamborghini Huracan Performante Coupe, Michelin Supercar Run, First Glance, Festival of Speed - The Silver Jubilee, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2018, Motorsports, automobiles, cars

Suffragette Demonstration Rally Hyde Park
The Great Suffragette Demonstration held on 23rd July 1910. banners held aloft include Fortune Favours The Brave, Arise Go Forth & Conquer and the Emmeline Pankhurst banner. Date: 23rd July 1910

Medusa Raft - 1
When French ship wrecks on the African coast, all take to boats, towing a raft; but the boats abandon the raft with 157 on it, who suffer terribly and fight, only 15 surviving. Date: July 1816

Tower Bridge jams in summer heat
Tower Bridge, London, jams when the metal expands in the summer heat on 2 July 1968. The bridge is closed for two hours while firefighters cool it down with their hoses

The Knotty Problem of Capitol Hill Finding a Way to Raise Taxes Without Losing a Single Vote. American cartoon by Dr
CARTOON: WORLD WAR II. The Knotty Problem of Capitol Hill Finding a Way to Raise Taxes Without Losing a Single Vote. American cartoon by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) for PM, 22 July 1942

The de Havilland DH106 Comet first prototype G-5-1
The de Havilland DH106 Comet first prototype, G-5-1 (later registered G-ALVG) with the third de Havilland DH108, VW120, at Hatfield, 27 July 1949. Date: 1949

Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex, painted by Holbein. Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, KG, PC (c)
Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex, painted by Holbein. Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, KG, PC (c. 1485(1) - 28 July 1540), known as 1st Baron Cromwell of Wimbledon between 1536 and 1540

AFS women training, Highgate, London, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women training in Highgate, North London, in July 1942

Firefighters in display at Lambeth HQ, London
Firefighters in a display at Lambeth HQ, London, on 28 July 1937, following a presentation of certificates for bravery by Mr E Cruse, Chairman of the London Fire Brigade Committee

LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of London
Bishopsgate fire station, located at 162 Bishopsgate, City of London, 10 July 1904, showing the combination of horse drawn and mechanised fire engines

Art deco fashion sketches, London, 1921
Art deco fashion sketches by Soulie, London, 1921. On the left is a frock of black and white foulard supplemented with tulle

Stevenage New Town
This pedestrianised shopping centre at Stevenage New Town, Hertfordshire, England was the first in England, opened in 1959. It was also the first designated New Town in 1946. Date: July 1966

Tatler front cover: Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth
The Tatler front cover featuring a photograph of the Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother) with Princess Elizabeth of York (later Queen Elizabeth II) taken in July 1927

The King of Ashantis Palace at Kumasi, 1874
The King of Ashantis palace at Kumasi, the Ashanti capital, viewed from the east in 1874 towards the end of the second Ashanti War (1873-74)

The 24 hour Bicycle Race at Herne Hill, 1892
Photograph showing the Cyclists participating in the 24 hour Bicycle race at Herne Hill velodrome, on the 22nd July 1892, shortly before the start. The race was won by F.W

Koniggratz Battle 1866
BATTLE OF KOENIGGRATZ (also known as Sadowa) The Prussian victory, though hard- won, leads to Austrian collapse, victory for Prussia, and the creation of the German Empire

German Glider Meeting
Poster for a German gliding meeting

Boeing 767-3JHF(ER)(WL) G-DHLF (msn 37806, line number 981), of DHL Air, at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 8 July 2012. Date: 2012

Coveracks new lifeboat, 1954
Coveracks new lifeboat, William Taylor of Oldham, being hauled up the slipway on 24th July 1954. It cost 25, 000 to build. Cornwall. Date: 1954

Sheffield University - Portraits of Edward VI and Alexandra
Sheffield University - Inset portraits of Edward VI and Alexandra who opened the University in July, 1905. Date: 1905

Poster, Sir Alan Cobhams National Aviation Day Campaign Air Display (also known as Cobhams Flying Circus), Chapel Farm, Lochgelly Road, Kirkcaldy, 13-14 July 1935. Date: 1935

Leamington Spa Pump Room
The Royal Pump Room and Baths, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, were designed and built by C.S. Smith of Warwick and were opened in July 1814. Date: opened 1814

Mr. Sadlers Ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford
James Sadlers ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford on 7th July 1810. Sadler became the first Englishman to ascend in a balloon (the first English Aeronaut) on 4th October 1784 from Christ Church Meadow

Pilots view from the Concorde simulator at BAC Filton. July 1977. Date: 1977

Three English Electric Lightnings flying from Warton in July 1968. Leading is the first Kuwaiti T55, 55-410/G27-78. Nearest the camera is the unpainted Saudi F53, 53-686/G27-56

Petrol station, Old Brompton Road, London SW7
Brew Brothers petrol station in Old Brompton Road, London SW7, where a fire and explosion occurred in a basement store, 20 July 1957

1973 Monaco Grand Prix: Denny Hulme 6th position, leads Chris Amon, retired, and Wilson Fittipaldi, 11th position
Monte Carlo, Monaco. 31/5-3/6 1973. Denny Hulme (McLaren M23 Ford) 6th position, leads Chris Amon (Tecno PA123B), retired, and Wilson Fittipaldi (Brabham BT42 Ford), 11th position, at the start

Adlestrop Station, Gloucestershire, July 1958
A view of a deserted Adlestrop Station in Gloucestershire, July 1958. Photographed facing North towards Moreton-in-Marsh, the goods shed can be seen beyond the station building

French Revolution (1789). The Storming of the Bastille (July 14). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Post Office Tower
Post Office (British Telecom) Tower, one of Londons most famous landmarks, building started in 1961 and the tower was completed in July 1964. View from Percy Street, W1. Date: built 1961 - 1964

Balloon event, Charles Green, Stowmarket
Charles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 413rd ascent, from the Vicarage Grounds, Stowmarket in his Royal Victoria Balloon

Royal Wedding 1981 - ILN front cover
Front cover of The Illustrated London News celebrating the marriage of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer at St Pauls Cathedral on 29 July 1981

Near Zebug, Gozo, Malta. 4 July 1891

Princess Alice with Grand Duke Louis of Hesse
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hess with her husband, Grand Duke Louis (Ludwig IV) of Hesse (1843-1878). Alice was Queen Victorias third child and second daughter

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"July: A Month of Spectacular Moments and Historic Milestones" Daylight Raid from my Studio Window, July: Witnessing the breathtaking beauty of a summer sunrise as it illuminates the world outside. Handley Page Victor B1 XA930 taking off from Hatfield: The powerful roar of engines fills the air as this majestic aircraft soars into the sky, leaving behind a trail of awe-inspiring grace. The Twelfth in Portadown: Vibrant celebrations mark this significant date in Northern Ireland's history, commemorating King William III's victory at the Battle of Boyne. HMS Victorious (R38) approaching the Persian Gulf: A symbol of strength and determination, this mighty warship sails towards its destination with unwavering resolve. Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten - Engagement: Love blossoms amidst royal splendor as two hearts unite in an announcement that captivates nations around the world. CM24 5900 Caterham Seven 620R: Embrace pure adrenaline with every twist and turn while experiencing unrivaled exhilaration behind the wheel of this high-performance sports car. The Dempsey-Carpentier Fight, 1921: Relive boxing history through a captivating image capturing these legendary fighters' fierce battle inside the ring. Poster, Sir Alan Cobhams National Aviation Day Campaign: Inspiring dreams to take flight, this poster ignites passion for aviation and encourages all to reach for new heights. Britannia and Eve, July 1939: Step back in time to an era filled with elegance and sophistication through pages that showcase fashion trends and lifestyle inspiration from yesteryears' iconic magazine. UFO / Masse / Valensole : Unexplained mysteries unfold under a starry night sky as unidentified flying objects intrigue minds worldwide during an extraordinary encounter in Valensole.