Images Dated 13th November 2008

Consider the Lilies

Watercolour on board of a scene in the gardens at Dyffryn House, South Wales by Edith Helena Adie. Adie was born in London and studied at the Slade School of Art and the Royal Academy. She was a member of the New Watercolour Society specialising in landscapes and garden views. Adie also lived and painted in Bordighera, Italy. Her paintings of the gardens at Dyffryn House, were commissioned by the owner Reginald Cory (1871-1934) a passionate gardener and benefactor to horticultural causes. This painting is dated July 11th 1923

China, Beijing, Tiananmen Square, guard posted on Tiananmen square, the Tiananmen

China, Beijing, Tiananmen Square, guard posted on Tiananmen square, the Tiananmen Gate of the Forbidden City in the background, decorated with the of Mao Zedong, and a placard to the glory of China

© Anthony Asael / DanitaDelimont.com

Alert, Alertness, Anthony Asael, Arch, Architecture, Army, Asia, Authority, Beijing, Building, Capital, Car, China, Exterior, Far East, Forbidden City, Gate, Government, Guard, Hat, Historic, Mao, Mao Zedong, Military Uniform, Outside, Peking, People, Protection, Railing, Security, Security Guard, Soldier, Stand, Standing, Tiananmen Gate, Tiananmen Square

Hungerford Station, c1930s

A view of Hungerford Station in Berkshire, c1930s. The tracks and platforms are completely empty. The station buildings were demolished in 1971 when Hungerford became an unstaffed halt

© STEAM Museum of the GWR

1930s, Berkshire, Halt, Hungerford, Passenger Bridge, Platform, Station, Station Building, Tracks