RM2JD6HN1–Colonel (later General) Sir Redvers Henry Buller (1839 - 1908), (centre, on horse) rescuing Captain D'Arcy during a skirmish with Zulu warriors on Inhlobane Mountain, 1879. In recognition of three acts of bravery at Inhlobane, including this one, Sir Redvers Buller was awarded the Victoria Cross. Colourised version of: 10220289 Date: 1900
RM2JD6GM4–Traditional May Day festivities at Ickwell, Bedfordshire, England. Here, the May Queen arrives on the village green in luxury - by tractor! Colourised version of : 10184372 Date: 1950s
RM2JD67CJ–West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs in London which were first opened in 1802. Colourised version of : 10017006 Date: 1895
RM2JD6A6B–SIMON SOMERVILLE LAURIE (1829 - 1909), Scottish philosopher and educator. Colourised version of : 10162886
RM2JD6G6R–Muslim men inside a mosque in Paris, France. Colourised version of : 10169186 Date: early 1930s
RM2JD6CAN–HERBERT PALMER Puritan churchman, resting his arm on a tasseled cushion. Colourised version of : 10171892 Date: 1601 - 1647
RM2JD674M–THE 19TH BRUMAIRE Napoleon's coup d'etat : he dissolves the Conseil du 500 at Saint-Cloud and overthrows the Directoire Colourised version of : 10013139 Date: 10 November 1799
RM2JD68E8–A map of New York. Colourised version of : 10086335 Date: 1782-5
RM2JD68FN–When it is time for Faust to die, Mephistopheles hurls him down to Hell from the highest mountain in Saxony, to make his fall as fearful as possible. Colourised version of : 10109399
RM2JD6AHW–Football - FC Barcelona v Bayern Munich - UEFA Champions League Semi Final First Leg - The Nou Camp, Barcelona, Spain - 6/5/15 Barcelona's Lionel Messi (not pictured) scores their first goal past Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer Reuters / Albert Gea
RM2JD6J8A–A gala opera performance at Covent Garden is attended by the Queen and the President of Portugal (in the centre). To the left is the Queen Mother and behind her are Sir Anthony and Lady Eden. To the right of the Queen are Madame Craveiro Lopes, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Margaret. Behind him are Princess Alexandra and the Duchess of Kent. Colourised version of: 10513467 Date: 1955
RM2JD6D7C–CHRISTIAN DANIEL RAUCH German sculptor, at work with an assistant in his atelier. Colourised version of : 10173610 Date: 1777 - 1857
RM2JD6650–A view of the city of Oran, Algeria, North Africa. Colourised version of : 10005032 Date: 1846
RM2JD6763–THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Holmes shoots the sinister hound: 'Holmes emptied five barrels of his revolver into the creature's flank'. Colourised version of : 10014174 Date: First published: 1901-2
RM2JD6D75–JOHN REEVE actor in the role of Lord Grizzle Colourised version of : 10173677 Date: 1799 - 1838
RM2JD6BY3–JOSEPH NOLLEKENS sculptor, depicted with the tools of his trade. Colourised version of : 10167388 Date: 1737 - 1823
RM2JD6J2D–Peppino Leoni, a native of Cannero, on the shores of Lake Maggiore, seen here in his restaurant, Quo Vadis on Dean Street, Soho, London. He arrived in London in 1907 and learned his trade as a kitchen boy and then waiter before opening the restaurant in 1926. Colourised version of: 10269276 Date: 1958
RM2JD6H37–First escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station. At the time, they provided great entertainment for the passengers using them. Colourised version of: 10216058 Date: 1911
RM2JD6KKJ–Battle in Tractor Plant, later the last stand for the Germans before the liberation of Stalingrad. Colourised version of: 10059609 Date: 1942-43
RM2JD69XM–LOUIS LACOMBE French musician, known for his songs and his opera 'Sapho'. with his autograph Colourised version of : 10162527 Date: 1818 - 1884
RM2JD65N9–Ashford, Kent. The High Street, with an open top bus signed Maidstone. Colourised version of : 10002543 Date: 1928
RM2JD6EFG–A group of nuns in the launch from the Christo Rey. When the floating church goes inland the sisters go ashore to administer help and advice. Colourised version of : 10145074 Date: 1930s
RM2JD6J3H–Series of photographs depicting the extent of flooding in before and after in Norwich following heavy levels of rain fall in August 1912. Colourised version of: 10237124 Date: 1912
RM2JD6DT5–In Silesia, with a mixed German and Polish population, residents of Kattowitz/ Katowice await the results of the plebiscite which will divide the region. Colourised version of : 10199332 Date: 1921
RM2JD6ANF–VASILE LUPU Voivode (prince) of Moldavia (present-day Romania) Colourised version of : 10163850 Date: 1595 - 1661
RM2JD6JNM–Soviet Armenia - Collective Farmer Matevasyan Zarmandukht - Ortakent Village, Mikoyan District. Colourised version of: 10645498 Date: circa 1930s
RM2JD69JH–JOHN JEGON English churchman, bishop of Norwich Colourised version of : 10161837 Date: 1550 - 1618
RM2JD6KHK–Factory for the manufacture of the 'Molotov cocktail', a uniquely Russian disintegrating bomb Colourised version of: 10059603
RM2JD687Y–Football final between England and Denmark Colourised version of : 10070726 Date: 1912
RM2JD6HBM–Marquis of Salisbury (1830 - 1903), turning on the current at the generating station, Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, 4th February 1893. In the foreground of the engraving can be seen the four horizontal compound steam-engines, which powered the 4 Elwell-Parker dynamos that provided the current for the railway. The Liverpool Docks Overhead Electric Railway provided a passenger service running for seven miles through Liverpool's docks. Colourised version of: 10218852 Date: 1893
RM2JD6G21–Young women workers with the large, commercial Christmas stockings they have made, stuffed with dolls and other goodies. Colourised version of : 10168250 Date: early 1930s
RM2JD68GB–The 'Grandes Jorasses' Colourised version of : 10114825 Date: Nineteenth century
RM2JD68KG–Four men are required to propel this European lady in her rickshaw - but then Simla (India) is a very hilly town. Colourised version of : 10128694 Date: 1920s
RM2JD6DF6–BRUNO RYVES protestant churchman, chaplain to Charles II Colourised version of : 10175009 Date: 1596 - 1677
RM2JD6JJT–Thessaloniki - March past by Greek Military Band on a Festival Day. Colourised version of: 10638382 Date: circa 1920s
RM2JD67E0–The 'sea-serpent' seen at Gloucester Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, on several occasions Colourised version of : 10017905 Date: August 1817 & later
RM2JD6K91–Nelson's lions in Trafalgar Square, London Colourised version of: 10001595 Date: 1867
RM2JD6D4C–The skull of RAFFAELLE SANZIO as it is exhibited in the accademia di San Luco, Rome. Colourised version of : 10173368 Date: 1520+
RM2JD697M–NICOLAS L'HERITIER de Villandon French writer Colourised version of : 10160768 Date: 1613 - 1680
RM2JD6B15–ALISON lady MARJORIBANKS (nee Ramsay) wife of John, first baronet Colourised version of : 10164471 Date: CIRCA 1832
RM2JD6A0E–JEAN-BAPTISTE-PIERRE-ANTOINE LAMARCK (1744 -1829), French naturalist who in some respects anticipated Darwin, but accepted the transmission of acquired characteristics. Colourised version of : 10162594
RM2JD649M–PERCY H FAWCETT, (circa 1868 - 1925?) British explorer in Brazil who disappeared in 1925. Colourised version of : 10000043
RM2JD6D6R–AUGUSTE MICHEL ETIENNE REGNAULT DE SAINT-JEAN d'ANGELY French military commander, marechal de France Colourised version of : 10173686 Date: 1794 - 1870
RM2JD6DA1–ISAAC REED Scholar best known for his edition of Shakespeare, the well known playwright. Colourised version of : 10173666 Date: 1742 - 1807
RM2JD6803–A group of girls and their maypole in Wokingham, Surrey Colourised version of : 10046793 Date: 1904
RM2JD673T–Two reclining men eat and drink their fill at a banquet. Colourised version of : 10013372 Date: ancient
RM2JD67MC–Count LOUIS HAMON [known as CHEIRO] (1866 - 1936), Irish palm reader. Colourised version of : 10022684 Date: 1893
RM2JD6EJC–The famous Eastgate at Chester, erected in 1769 at the expense of Lord Grosvenor, replacing a former gate at this site. The clock commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Photograph by Fred Musto for the Mustograph Agency Colourised version of : 10148606 Date: early 1940s
RM2JD6APC–JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, first baron LYNDHURST Statesman, lord chancellor in his robes. Colourised version of : 10163885 Date: 1772 - 1863
RM2JD6J9N–The slopes of Mount Erebus, the active volcano on Ross Island in the Antarctic, shrouded in smoke and cloud, seen during the ill-fated Scott polar expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1912. Photographed by Lieutenant T. Gran who was caught in a steam cloud on the summit. Colourised version of: 10528893 Date: 1913
RM2JD6JK7–Registering the deposits of Soviet workers in the State Bank of the U.S.S.R in 1939. On the right, depositors can be seen at a counter waiting their turn while men and women clerks are busily engaged in banking work. Colourised version of: 10582993 Date: 1939
RM2JD69BG–PHOEBE HOPPNER wife of the artist John Hoppner. Colourised version of : 10161201 Date: ? - 1827
RM2JD6D4K–RAFFAELLO SANZIO d'Urbino Italian artist Colourised version of : 10173372 Date: 1483 - 1520
RM2JD6A13–JOHN MUSGRAVE LAMB (1781 - 1835), hat manufacturer of Warwick - one of the few hat manufacturers in our files, and surely the only one from Warwick... Colourised version of : 10162596
RM2JD679H–Explorers EYRE and WYLIE reach the coast, where they are lucky enough to meet a party of French whalers commanded by an English captain Rossiter Colourised version of : 10015281 Date: 1841
RM2JD6JWW–The interior of the Abbey Church of St Mary, Iona, Scotland Colourised version of: 10410412 Date: circa 1920s
RM2JD6ENY–A country postman in Ireland delivers a postcard to a lucky boy. Colourised version of : 10160673 Date: 1930s
RM2JD6A5M–JAN A' LASKI Polish - English scholar and reformer. Colourised version of : 10162844 Date: 1499 - 1560
RM2JD673H–Bibulus, consul with Julius Caesar, tried in vain to oppose his ambitions Colourised version of : 10012804 Date: 59 BC
RM2JD6J20–Vivien Leigh (1913 - 1967), British actress, photographed shortly after starring in 'Gone With the Wind'. Colourised version of: 10271616
RM2JD66CD–Titus Manlius Torquatus, armed with a knife, forces the tribune Marcus Pomponius to retract accusations made against his father Lucius, who was making unpopular preparations for war. Colourised version of : 10006593 Date: 362 BC
RM2JD6FM6–A maintenance man in a cloth cap crouches down as he weeds the Greyhound race track at Wembley, England. Colourised version of : 10165232 Date: early 1930s
RM2JD66H9–Maximilian I and Maria of Burgundy married. He places a ring on her finger. Colourised version of : 10008184
RM2JD65XG–Sir Francis Drake (1545 - 1596), English Admiral. Colourised version of : 10003296
RM2JD6AB1–WILLIAM HENRY, lord LEIGH Lord-lieutenant of the county of Warwick Colourised version of : 10163023 Date: 1824 - 1905
RM2JD686J–Gentlemen of the club waiting for dinner Colourised version of : 10065037 Date: 1900
RM2JD6DG7–PAUL SABATIER (1854 - 1941), French chemist. Colourised version of : 10175011 Date: 1912
RM2JD6BRM–DANIEL MYTENS Flemish artist Colourised version of : 10166905 Date: 1590 - 1642
RM2JD6BBH–ACHILLE AETNA MICHALLON French artist, pensionnaire du Roi. Colourised version of : 10165016 Date: 1795 - 1822
RM2JD6616–Ideal Radiator advert Colourised version of : 10004591 Date: 1912
RM2JD6F9G–RENE-SAMUEL CASSIN French jurist and statesman. Colourised version of : 10164116 Date: 1887 - 1976
RM2JD68G1–EAR Diagram of the front view of the ear Colourised version of : 10101738 Date: 1897
RM2JD661B–Zapotec citadel Colourised version of : 10004452 Date: 1846
RM2JD6DNR–The Physician's room in the medical outpatient department of the London Hospital in Whitechapel Colourised version of : 10190859 Date: circa. 1910
RM2JD6F4N–LUIGI PIRANDELLO Italian novelist, dramatist and lecturer, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934. Here making a telephone call from a his hotel (?) room. Colourised version of : 10163523 Date: 1867 - 1936
RM2JD6AD5–Sir THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS British statesman Colourised version of : 10163208 Date: 1780 - 1855
RM2JD6HAN–Kaw native American Indians appealing to the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs to protect their land from settlers, 1857. The Kaw, who lived in Kansas, are shown wearing mohican hairstyles, plumed headdresses, shawls and carrying round shields. Colourised version of: 10218521 Date: 1857
RM2JD6CC2–RICHARD MORTON PAYE artist Colourised version of : 10172191 Date: ? - 1821
RM2JD6GDX–Where the road to Mullaig, 'The Road to the Isles', leaves Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland. A glimpse of Lochy Bridge, with Ben Nevis looming above. Colourised version of : 10173445 Date: early 1940s
RM2JD6G3P–A Lyons 'Nippie' waitress at a Lyons Corner House tries to take down an order from a young couple, who seem more interested in one another than ordering food or drinks! Colourised version of : 10168985 Date: early 1930s
RM2JD6K4N–General view of the town, with steamboat and sailing vessels in the harbour. Colourised version of: 10207430 Date: 1862
RM2JD698X–BARBARA HOFLAND (nee Wreake) writer, wife (1) of T B Hoole, (2) of Thomas Hofland, artist. Author of 'Son of a genius', 'Integrity' etc. Colourised version of : 10160992 Date: 1770 - 1844
RM2JD6KA8–A woman keeping fit in the Titanic's Gymnasium. Colourised version of: 10019500 Date: 1912
RM2JD6A1T–JEANNE de St.REMY de VALOIS, COMTESSE DE LA MOTTE French adventuress who masterminded the Diamond Necklace Affair implicating Marie Antoinette and others. Colourised version of : 10162663 Date: 1756 - 1791
RM2JD66G4–Old Testament -- Noah's Ark, resting on Mount Ararat after the Deluge, with the bodies of drowned people littering the landscape. Colourised version of : 10007224 Date: Old Testament
RM2JD68C3–The Great SANHEDRIN, high court of the Jews of Jerusalem : it was before this court that Jesus was arraigned (from Pere Lami's description) Colourised version of : 10082876
RM2JD6DA2–CHARLES HENRY GORDON-LENNOX sixth duke of RICHMOND statesman with his autograph Colourised version of : 10174153 Date: 1818 - 1903
RM2JD6GCB–'Voluntary First Aid Road Accident Service - No Fees Accepted' : A nurse gives roadside first aid to a female motorist at the scene of a car accident. Colourised version of : 10169174 Date: early 1930s
RM2JD68M0–University College, London. The impressive classical front Colourised version of : 10145432 Date: circa 1915
RM2JD69RG–THOMAS KIRGATE Printer at Strawberry Hill, near London - that's his printing office in the background - who printed the writings of Horace Walpole. Colourised version of : 10162293 Date: ? - 1810
RM2JD66T4–Hoieda, Spanish commander of Cartagena, sacks a village hoping to find much gold; but after massacring the populace, he finds none. Colourised version of : 10010846 Date: circa 1540
RM2JD6DT3–Gordon Terrace, Saltaire, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire Colourised version of : 10196183 Date: 1909
RM2JD6D9M–CARDINAL RAZZALI (or Razali) Italian churchman, appointed a cardinal in 1604 Colourised version of : 10173633 Date: circa 1604
RM2JD6JKN–A view of the Crabble Cricket Ground in Dover, during Festival week in 1936, with Kent playing Yorkshire Colourised version of: 10793446 Date: Aug-36
RM2JD6J98–Lord Hawke, captain of the Yorkshire cricket team, signs an autograph for a young admirer during the match between county champions Yorkshire and an England XI which was played at Hastings between the 5th and 7th September, 1901 Colourised version of: 10508689 Date: Sep-01
RM2JD691E–FRIEDRICH graf von HARRACH Austrian diplomat in the Imperial service Colourised version of : 10160358 Date: 1696 - 1749
RM2JD6ABR–HENRI LEROLLE French artist, friend of Degas, depicted on his way to (or from) a painting location. Colourised version of : 10163100 Date: 1848 - 1929
RM2JD6CBW–SIR HYDE PARKER British naval commander Colourised version of : 10172031 Date: 1739 - 1807
RM2JD6660–Pavlov's laboratory in Leningrad (St Petersburg), known as the tower of silence. Colourised version of : 10005419 Date: 1920s
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