Preparations Collection

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885-86, (1938). Artist: John Singer Sargent
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885-86. Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From World-Famous Paintings edited by J. Greig Pirie [W. & G. Foyle, Ltd, London, 1938.]

Las Meninas, 1656 (1939). Artist: Diego Velasquez
Las Meninas, 1656 (1939). Infanta Margarita, is attended by two of the Queen`s meninas or maids-ofhonour: Maria Agustina Sarmiento and Isabel de Velasco

Fat Geese! by Lawson Wood
A cheeky young lad chuckles to himself after placing a sign for fattened geese on the posterior of a rather plump lady who is herself choosing which goose to buy for her Christmas dinner. Date: 1909

Paris - Dakar Rally
Rally men competing in the 1980 edition of Paris-Dakar rally gather at Trocadero esplanade in front ofthe Eiffel tower in Paris 01 January 1980 prior the 1st stage of the rally

LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Lambeth fire station
Pictured at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1, an example of an 1930 enclosed London pump with carried breathing apparatus

Persian pharmacy, 13th century artwork
Persian pharmacy. 13th century Arabic artwork entitled The Preparation of Medicine from Honey. This image was produced in Baghdad, Iraq, whilst it was still part of the Persian Empire

Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, London
Barbershop in Central London - Mayfair. G F Trumper & Sons. An elaborate belt-driven machinery above the mirror drives a head massaging brush. Established 1875

Japanese Tea Ceremony
A Japanese lady makes the preparations for the elaborate tea ceremony

Paris-Dakar-Rally
Rally men and women competing in the 1980 edition of Paris-Dakar rally gather at Trocadero esplanade in front ofthe Eiffel tower in Paris 01 January 1980 prior the 1st stage of the rally

LCC-LFB Fire engines in the HQ drill yard
Lambeth fire station appliances in the drill yard together with senior officer staff cars, and a lorry delivering stores

Kitchen Scene, 1620s. Creator: Peter Wtewael
Kitchen Scene, 1620s. meat on a skewer. The grins of housemaid and errand boy indicate their enjoyment of one anothers company

The busy pits: before the start of Le Mans 24-hour Race, 1937. From Sir Malcolm Campbells Book of Famous Motorists, edited by Sir Malcolm Campbell. [Blackie & Son Limited, London and Glasgow, 1937]

Garrards making the Queens Coronation crown, 1937
Mr Charles Stone, of Messrs. Garrard s, the Court jewellers, assembling the various parts of the circlet first made for Queen Victoria and modified for each succeeding Coronation

Coronation of King Charles III - May, 2023
Royal family supporters camping on the Mall ahead of the Coronation of King Charles III, in London, wearing red, white and blue patriotic clothing Date: 2023

A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party

Preparations for a Feast, 1575-1625. Creator: Unknown
Preparations for a Feast, 1575-1625

Basket Sleigh - Byrds Antarctic Expedition
Basket Sleigh from Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jrs 3rd Antarctic Expedition of 1940. Photograph taken during preparations for his trip, which had received official US backing

British Grand Prix Preparations
Ferrari unload in the pit lane. Formula One World Championship, Rd9, British Grand Preparations, Silverstone, England, Tuesday 3 July 2007.

Formula One World Championship
(L to R): Fernando Alonso (ESP) Renault, Jarno Trulli (ITA) Renault, Felipe Massa (BRA) Sauber and Rubens Barrichello (BRA)

Formula One World Championship
The front wing of the Ferrari F2004. Formula One World Championship, Rd8, Preparations, Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal, Canada, 10 June 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Alan Jones (AUS) with partner Amanda Butler Davis (AUS) at GP@23 the official 2012 Grand Prix Party. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne

WWII September 1939 Circular sandbag redoubt
Anti-aircraft post on the East Coast constructed of sandbags, formed in the first week of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Karin Dor, German actress, on the set of new James Bond film, You Only Live Twice, she plays Spectre agent Helga Brandt, pictured at Pinewood Studios, Tuesday 6th December 1966. Our picture shows

Formula One World Championship
Teams unload in the pit lane. British Grand Prix, Rd8, Silverstone, England, Early Preparations, Tuesday 16 June 2009

Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series batting practice (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series batting practice (baseball), 1911

Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series warm up (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Christy Mathewson, New York, NL - World Series warm up (baseball), 1911

J.J. Cole; Bob Fowler; & W.F. Grundy, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
J.J. Cole; Bob Fowler; & W.F. Grundy, 1911. Shows Joseph Jarret Cole (Cole Motor Car Company) and Robert Grant "Bob"Fowler who are sitting in a Wright Model B Flyer called the "Cole

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Sukeroku, from the play Sukeroku yukari Edo zakura (The Flower... 1832)
Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Sukeroku, from the play Sukeroku yukari Edo zakura (The Flower of Edo), 1832

Before The Race, c1882. Creator: Edgar Degas
Before The Race, c1882

Where Wilson "will be" sworn in, East Front of Capitol, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Where Wilson "will be" sworn in, East Front of Capitol, between c1910 and c1915

Inaugural stand - 1913, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Inaugural stand - 1913, 1913. Shows construction of inaugural stand on the east front of the U.S. Capitol for the first inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson

Preparing for Circus Week - Madison Sq. Garden, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Preparing for Circus Week - Madison Sq. Garden, 1913

No title - (Lancer mounting horse), 1792-1831. Creator: Christian David Gebauer
No title - (Lancer mounting horse), 1792-1831. The setting is nondescript but lonely countryside. The main theme is a lancer (cavalry soldier) holding his weapon in his left hand

Getting ready for fire KAISER WILHELM the 2nd, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Getting ready for fire KAISER WILHELM the 2nd, between c1910 and c1915

New Years feast, Chinatown 2/18/12, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
New Years feast, Chinatown 2/18/12, 1912

Bombardier Billy Wells, English boxer, preparing in Rye, N.Y. for fight with Al Panzer, 1912

Preparations For The Festivities (The Floral Wreath), 1866. Creator: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Preparations For The Festivities (The Floral Wreath), 1866. A man converses with a woman as she threads a garland of flowers

Boat drill KAISER WILHELM II, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Boat drill KAISER WILHELM II, between c1910 and c1915

The Bath, 1885-86. Creator: Berthe Morisot
The Bath, 1885-86. The young woman is actually a family friend who often posed for the artist. She is shown here raising her arms to tie her hair, unselfconscious despite her state of partial undress

New York NL Giants team at Polo Grounds (baseball), 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
New York NL Giants team at Polo Grounds (baseball), 1913

Life boat drill, Holland America Line - putting boats over the side, between c1910 and c1915

Formula One World Championship
Ayrton Senna memorabilia on display. Formula One World Championship, Rd4, San Marino Grand Prix, Preparations, Senna Exhibition, Sforzas Castle, Imola, Italy, 22 April 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
A Williams mechanic sweeps away the rain. Formula One World Championship, Rd14, Belgian Grand Prix, Preparations, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 26 August 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
Steering wheel of a Williams BMW FW26. Formula One World Championship, Rd8, Preparations, Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal, Canada, 10 June 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
Felipe Massa (BRA) Sauber. Formula One World Championship, Rd15, Italian Grand Prix, Preparations, Monza, Italy, 9 September 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
Nick Heidfeld (GER) Jordan. Formula One World Championship, Rd4, San Marino Grand Prix, Preparations, Imola, Italy, 22 April 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
Bridgestone engineers prepare tyres for the F1 teams. Formula One World Championship, Rd4, San Marino Grand Prix, Preparations, Imola, Italy, 22 April 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
(L to R): Jenson Button (GBR) BAR with David Coulthard (GBR) McLaren. Formula One World Championship, Rd4, San Marino Grand Prix, Preparations, Imola, Italy, 22 April 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
A Ferrari transporter. British Grand Prix, Rd8, Silverstone, England, Early Preparations, Tuesday 16 June 2009

British Grand Prix Preparations
Ferrari F2007 is unloaded. Formula One World Championship, Rd9, British Grand Preparations, Silverstone, England, Tuesday 3 July 2007

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Michael Schumacher (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 signs autographs. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday 14 March 2012

Formula One World Championship
The McLaren pit wall gantry, aka "the prat perch." Formula One World Championship, Rd4, San Marino Grand Prix, Preparations, Imola, Italy, 22 April 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
Christian Klien (AUT) Jaguar. Formula One World Championship, Rd4, San Marino Grand Prix, Preparations, Imola, Italy, 22 April 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Macau GP Preparations
Rodolfo Avila (MAC) Performance Racing displays a poster of himself outside his pit garage. Macau GP Preparations, Guia Circuit, Macau, China, 15th November 2006 DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing and Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull Racing play cricket on St. Kilda beach. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing and Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull Racing play cricket on St. Kilda beach. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Thursday 15 March 2012

Formula One World Championship, Rd1, Australian Grand Prix, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Red Bull Racing RB8 front brake detail. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Thursday 15 March 2012

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Thursday 15 March 2012

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull Racing and Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing played cricket on St. Kilda beach. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Rob Marshall (GBR) Red Bull Racing Chief Designer and Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Thursday 15 March 2012

British Grand Prix Preparations
The motorhome of David Coulthard (GBR), Red Bull Racing. Formula One World Championship, Rd9, British Grand Preparations, Silverstone, England, Tuesday 3 July 2007

Formula One World Championship
McLaren pit garages. British Grand Prix Preparations, Silverstone, England, 6 July 2005. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
Ayrton Senna memorabilia on display. Formula One World Championship, Rd4, San Marino Grand Prix, Preparations, Senna Exhibition, Sforzas Castle, Imola, Italy, 22 April 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

British Grand Prix Preparations
Mechanics push the Ferrari F2007 into the pit garage. Formula One World Championship, Rd9, British Grand Preparations, Silverstone, England, Tuesday 3 July 2007

Formula One World Championship
Red Bull Racing set up in the Silverstone pitlane. British Grand Prix Preparations, Silverstone, England, 5 July 2005. DIGITAL IMAGE

Shoot for the invitation for one-woman exhibition
The shoot for the cover photography for the fold-out invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition Feminine Eye View at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn

Shoot for the invitation for one-woman exhibition
The shoot for the cover photography for the fold-out invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition Feminine Eye View at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn

Shoot for the invitation for one-woman exhibition
The shoot for the cover photography for the fold-out invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition Feminine Eye View at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn

Shoot for the invitation for one-woman exhibition
The shoot for the cover photography for the fold-out invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition Feminine Eye View at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn

British Grand Prix Preparations
Faces on the Red Bull RB3, in aid of charity Wings for Life. Formula One World Championship, Rd9, British Grand Preparations, Silverstone, England, Wednesday 4 July 2007

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Maria De Villota (ESP) and Pedro De La Rosa (ESP) HRT Formula 1 Team. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia

Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Sergio Perez (MEX) Sauber. Formula One World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, Rd1, Preparations, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Thursday 15 March 2012

Formula One World Championship
(L to R): Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Ferrari, Takuma Sato (JPN) BAR and Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) McLaren in the FIA press conference

British aviators getting instructions, 15 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British aviators getting instructions, 15 May 1918. The pilot and observer of a Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 biplane (serial number B5106) of No

British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. British soldiers preparing place for a howitzer artillery piece, probably during World War I

Macedonia, French 155 gun ready to fire, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Macedonia, French 155 gun ready to fire, between c1915 and 1918. Soldiers with possibly a De-Bange 155 mm cannon from France, in Macedonia during World War I

German hydroaeroplane, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German hydroaeroplane, between c1915 and 1918. Friedrichshafen seaplane being taken down the slipway at a North Sea air station

Observation balloon, U.S.A. 9 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Observation balloon, U.S.A. 9 Dec 1917 (date created or published later). An observation balloon ready to be launched over German trenches in Europe in World War I

British loading pontoon boats with ammunition, 22 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British loading pontoon boats with ammunition, 22 Apr 1917. British Royal Artillery gunners loading pontoon boats on the River Scarpe with shells near a light railway engine passing on the line near

Making army cooks, Pratt Institute, 9 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Making army cooks, Pratt Institute, 9 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Woman teaching men how to cook for the U.S. Army at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Campaign in German E. Africa, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Campaign in German E. Africa, between c1915 and 1918. African soldiers with cannons and European officers during the East African Campaign during World War I

Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast, between 1914 and 1918. German? butchers cutting up a sheep on the front lines, North Sea Coast, during World War I

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"Capturing the Essence of Preparations: From Historical Artworks to Everyday Life" "Unveiling the intricate layers through timeless masterpieces. " "Exploring the artistry behind preparations: from Velasquez's Las Meninas to Sargent's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose. " "A whimsical twist on preparations with Lawson Wood's 'Fat Geese. '" "The heartbeat of readiness at Lambeth fire station: LCC-LFB enclosed pump in action. " "Timeless traditions and grooming rituals at Trumpers Barbers in Mayfair, London. " "Adrenaline-fueled excitement at the Paris-Dakar Rally: where preparation meets adventure. " "Delving into history with Persian pharmacy artwork from the 13th century - a testament to meticulous preparation. " "Finding tranquility in every detail: The Japanese Tea Ceremony as an epitome of mindful preparation. " "Behind-the-scenes glimpse into firefighting preparedness at LCC-LFB HQ drill yard. " "A mother's love shines through as she readies her children for a neighborhood birthday party in Washington D. C. , 1942 - Gordon Parks' poignant capture. " "Peering into domestic life through Peter Wtewael's Kitchen Scene - a snapshot of bustling preparations in the 1620s. " "From royal courts to everyday routines, preparing for greatness has always been an art form. " 13. "Preparing for emergencies with precision and expertise – inside look at Lambeth fire station’s LCC-LFB enclosed pump. " 14. "Trumpers Barbers – Where classic style is crafted with meticulous care and attention to detail. " 15. "Grit and determination fueling participants’ spirits as they gear up for another thrilling Paris-Dakar Rally adventure. " 16. "Preserving ancient wisdom within vibrant paintings – exploring Persian pharmacy artwork and its meticulous preparations. " 17.