Subject Collection (page 97)

Lavoisier respiration experiment, 1770s
Lavoisier respiration experiment, 18th century. French chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) in his laboratory with his wife and his assistants

Edison Shop, New York
The Edison Shop. 471, 473 and 475 Fifth Avenue; buisnesses include Schotz & Co. and The Edison Shop (subject of photo)

Humourous photographer card
A very silly postcard depicting a photographers subject suffering a rather revealing fate, falling backward over some sticks

Photographic Studio scene
A fantastic example of a photographic studio from the early 20th century with the decoration and dressing of the studio, the immense plate camera and the photographer himself

Flatford Cottage
Willy Lots cottage, Flatford, Suffolk : subject of one of Constables paintings, and scarcely changed since then

Flatford Mill, Suffolk : subject of one of Constables paintings

The Bystander Special Flying Number
Front cover from The Bystander special flying number showing a group of elegantly-dressed passengers boarding an Imperial Airways flight

Skating Subject- And Objects! By Joyce Dennys
A illustration of a demure lady skating whilst a dragging a worried looking gentleman across the ice

Albert Smiths Ascent of Mont Blanc, London, 1852
Engraving showing an illustrated lecture given by Albert Smith, on the subject of his ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851, in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, 1852

No Joke! by Frank Reynolds
A humorous artist, stumped for further jokes on the subject of the First World War, wishes that peace would be declared so he could submit some of his new ideas

The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. The Verandah
Engraving of verandah on grand Indian estate where gold has been found. Three servants in turbans are waiting on their master, one servant is leading a horse to the master

The Wynaad Goldfields of Southern India. Richmond Coffee Sto
Engraving of servants sweeping and carrying coffee to the store on the Richmond Estate, where gold was found. Wynaad in the Malabar district of Madras was subject to many gold finds between 1876

King Sebastian is the subject of many Portuguese legends : here he is depicted enjoying the pleasures of the fabulous island of Incoberta

Krippner Experiment 2
A subject in Krippners DREAM TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT at the Maimonides Laboratory, Brooklyn (New York) : EEG and polygraph record her brain and emotional activity

Krippner Experiment 3
A subject in Krippners DREAM TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT at the Maimonides Laboratory, Brooklyn (New York) : EEG and polygraph record her brain and emotional activity

Scene in a photographers studio, example of portrait making
Portraiture in the early twentieth century. A photographer entertaining his subject while his assistants capture her photograph

San Francisco, California, 1851
Engraving showing the city of San Francisco with Yerba Buena Island in the background. On 3rd May 1851 San Francisco was subject to a terrible fire and only days later, on 15th May

Stroll on Riviera / Blatte
She is the subject of admiring attention and comment as she walks back to her hotel after a dip in the briny

Humanitarian Deism
A speaker in Hyde Park, at Speakers Corner orates to a listening crowd in 1912. Since 1872, people have been allowed to speak at Speakers Corner on any subject they want

Turkish Sultan
A Turkish sultan, depicted as a picturesque figure with his noble steed in the midst of battle

Cabinet Noir
The correspondence of persons suspected of republican sympathies is subject to censorship by the secret Cabinet Noir

First Doge of Genova
Naval hero Simone Boccanegra is elected the first Doge of Genova, by popular acclaim. His private affairs will be the subject of a Verdi opera

Prisoners Summoned
Each day, an official comes into the prisons with a list of those scheduled for guillotining : the pathetic scenes are a favourite subject for artists

Young Victoria & Dogs
The young Princess Victoria, future queen of England, commands obedience from her childhood subject, a dog, in the gardens of Kensington Palace, London

Corneille / Cinna
CINNA The emperor Augustus, whose clemency is the subject of the drama

Heron and Frog
A heron makes a grab for a frog, evidently considered an appropriate subject for a Christmas card !

Balloon at Windsor 1784
A balloon is demonstrated to King George III at Windsor (top), and a professor lectures on the same subject (below)

Willie Lotts House, Flatford, Essex, England, a picturesque 16th century cottage on a backwater of the River Stour, the subject of a famous (1810) painting by John Constable

Hypnotised Subject - 2
A hypnotised mental patient at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, responds to the suggestion that she blow a kiss

Hypnotised Subject - 4
Six hysteria patients at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, are simultaneously put into the hypnotic state by a sudden unexpected sound

Hypnotised Subject - 9
Exciting the cubital (forearm) nerve in a hypnotised subject at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris

Sebastiano Venier
SEBASTIANO VENIER The subject of this engraving is not identified, but he closely resembles Sebastiano Venier, Doge of Venice and the dating is right (died 1580)

Sylvan Muldoon
SYLVAN J MULDOON (1903-1971), American researcher into the Out-of-Body Experience, and author on the subject

Hutchinsons Essay
Title-page of the ESSAY CONCERNING WITCHCRAFT by the Rev Francis HUTCHINSON, a splendidly sceptical view of the subject

Painting a Portrait
A Victorian artist painting his subject - a well-to-do looking lady

Staphylococcus aureus dividing, TEM
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria dividing, coloured transmission electron micrograph. Atlower left is a single bacterium, the bacterium atupper centre is starting to divide

Oral bacteria, TEM
Oral bacteria. Computer-enhanced colouredtransmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Porphyromonas gingivalis bacteria (formerlynamed Bacteroides gingivalis )

Bacterial cell, computer artwork. This is ageneralised bacterium, illustrating features ofdifferent bacterial types that would not becombined in a single cell

Helicobacter pylori bacteria in stomach
Helicobacter pylori bacteria. Colouredscanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Helicobacter pylori bacteria (pink), a causeof gastritis (stomach lining inflammation)

Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, TEM
Listeria bacteria. Coloured transmissionelectron micrograph (TEM) of a Listeria monocytogenes bacterium (centre to bottomright). It is dividing by a process of unequalcell growth known as budding

Unidentified rod-shaped bacteria
Bacteria. Coloured scanning electronmicrograph (SEM) of unidentified bacilli(rod-shaped bacteria). Magnification unknown

Rhine Myth / Mauseturm
Der Mauseturm in the Rhein - the subject of legend

German Singing Contest
Landgraf Hermann von Thuringen and wife Sophia preside over a singing contest featuring such top-flight minnesingers as Wolfram von Eschenbach and Walther von der Vogelweide

LA Valse, Circa 1830
Two dancers perform the valse in a French outdoor dance- hall. The lithograph is from a series Les Ridicules - the waltz was a subject for much mockery and derision

Elizabeth Butler Photo
LADY ELIZABETH BUTLER (nee Thompson) artist who won instant fame with The roll call, a military subject which made Ruskin realise women, too, could paint

The Five Senses
THE FIVE SENSES Sight Hearing Smell Taste Touch

Francois De Bonnivard
FRANCOIS DE BONNIVARD Swiss priest and politician, imprisoned for his beliefs in the Chateau de Chillon, on the edge of Lake Geneva; subject of a poem by Byron

Joseph of Arimathea
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA supposed wealthy follower of Jesus who requested his body after the crucifixion : the subject of many pious legends

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