Observation Collection (page 38)

George Ernest Studdy, self-portrait with Bonzo puppy
George Ernest Studdy, a self-portrait of the artist bending right down to observe a Bonzo-like puppy. Captioned Studdy employs no models

Two astronomers on a Christmas card
Two astronomers with their telescopes on a Christmas card by Ernest Griset, observing the moon and stars. Date: circa 1890s

Reconnaissance Balloons
Rodeks observation balloon for the German Army reduces weight by dispensing with the basket, but the observer might feel over-exposed, and become uncomfortable after a while. Date: 1895

Lick Observatory, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA
Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA. Date: circa 1907

James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer
James Ferguson (1710-1776), Scottish astronomer, with a sketch of planets orbiting the sun. Date: circa 1760

South Bank Exhibition - Festival of Britain, including views of the Skylon, Dome of Discovery Lion and the Unicorn Exhibition and part of the Power and Production display. Date: 1951

Passengers in the observation car on a deluxe overland limited train in America Date: circa 1910

Tower, Stamford in the Catskills, New York State, USA
Viewing tower on Mount Utsayantha, Stamford in the Catskills, New York State, USA. circa 1910s

A Kite Balloon car over the Western Front, WW1
Two observers in the basket of a kite balloon pictured spotting activity on the ground below. The Kite Balloon section (often known as the balloonatics)

Plate 25 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Spath calcaire groupes sur mine de Fer en pyramide. Tire du Cabinet de Mr d Orcy. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines. Date: 1790

Testing Candidates by William Heath Robinson
Testing candidates for the position of water diviner on the Metropolitan Water Board. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library Date: 1947

Ole Romer Observatory, Aarhus, Denmark, built in 1911. Date: 1911

The Old Order Changeth
" Flight-Sergeant, in future when we go up, just give the order Let Go, instead of Let go the guys, " Date: 1918

WW1 - Aircraft - The Henri Farman HF. 20
WW1 - The Farman HF.20 and its derivatives were a family of reconnaissance aircraft produced in France shortly before and during the First World War

WW1 - Aviation in the Navy - Churchill checks on air power
WW1 - Winston Churchill and the navy checking on the air power of a monster seaplane on a seashore. Date: 1915

German Type AE observation balloon, copied from a French model, which was used extensively from early summer 1916 onwards. It was capable of day and night operation

WW1 - German observation ballon captured by the British
WW1 - A dramatic scene depicting a group of British soldiers capturing a German observation balloon in 1916. Date: 1916

WW1 - Western Front - Canadian troops in action at St. Eloi
WW1 - Western Front - Canadian troops in action, destroying a hill near St. Eloi, a point used by the Germans as an observation post. Date: 1916

Early WW1 trenches in the Aisne district, October 1914
Interior view of a trench constructed by the British in the Aisne district, an early example of the trench system which would come to dominate warfare on the Western Front during the First World War

Wenduyne, West-Vlaanderen
Wenduyne, near Dunkerque, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Showing the Dunes & the Sploenkop Observation Post Date: 1920s

Municipal Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Municipal Airport, East Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1940

Irish Hills Towers, Michigan, USA -- two wooden observation towers in Cambridge Township. Date: circa 1925

WW2 birthday card, dog and cats
WW2 pop-up birthday card, may Good Luck spot you! A spotted dog and two black cats watch the sky with binoculars, as fire watchers and aircraft spotters. Date: circa 1942

Naval air-scout in a dirigible, First World War
A type of small allied naval dirigible used as an air scout for tracking enemy submarines which can be seen under water in clear, calm weather

Womens seats in Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1858. Costumbrism. Watercolour. ARGENTINA. BUENOS AIRES. Buenos Aires

British observation post in a windmill, WW1
A Flanders windmill taken over by the British Army as an observation post. Staff officers are seen busy with maps and field glasses while the small son of the miller stands watching with eyes fixed

Zeppelin observation car by G. H. Davis, WW1
Cut-away illustration of an observation car which had been attached to a Zeppelin but cast off and picked up over East Anglia allowing the British, and artist, G. H

Paris, France - Boulevard des Capucines. Date: circa 1900

Indian soldiers on the road to Jerusalem during World War I
Photographs of Indian soldiers under General Allenbys command on the road to Jerusalem during World War I. Clockwise from top-left

Graphic cover - periscope on the battlefield, WW1
Front cover of The Graphic featuring a photograph of a British officer posing inside a German armoured observation post captured by the British in Flanders Date: 1917

The German use of church towers as observation posts in WW1. This report in the Illustrated War News, dated 1917, claims that the Germans attacked Rheims Cathedral on the premise that it was being

Training Royal Flying Corps officers in a balloon, WW1
A school in the sky over London town - how officers are trained in the Royal Flying Corps. Balloons flying over the capital

Mont St Eloi, from Monchy le Preux
Mont St. Eloi, from Monchy le Preux. A scene near the village, dated September 3rd 18. Observation balloons in the sky. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division

Observation Balloon watching the effects of Shell fire. Somewhere in France. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Trench maps belonging to Sergeant Ernest Blaikley
Trench maps belonging to 2903 Sergeant ERNEST BLAIKLEY, 28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists Rifles) (1885-1965). Attached S.O. & S

Observation balloon. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Prismatic compass belonging to Sergeant Ernest Blaikeley, 28th Battalion London Regiment - Artists Rifles.Used by Blakeley at the Sniping, Observation and Scouting School, Lingham

British observation balloon being launched, Arras, WW1
A British observation balloon being launched at Arras, France, 5 September 1915, by Louis Dauphin (1885-1926). Date: 1915

Ypres - German bunker with observation post on top, by William Lionel Wyllie, RA RI RE (1851-1931)

Capt Sir William Fraser, Bar F.R.S, (d.1818), one of the Elder Brethren of Trinity House, (1737 - 1818) on left a rolled chart of Papua New Guinea

Enemy Observation Posts Removed by Heath Robinson, WW1
War Inventions - Not Needed Now! William Heath Robinson imagines America in the field 3. Enemy observation-posts removed with despatch. Date: 1918

Preliminary artillery bombardments in Battle of Flanders
Keeping the gunners posted as to targets and ranges in action: Telephoning instructions from observation-officers to the batteries from a captured German dug-out. Date: 1917

Brtish observation balloon 1917
The first coming of light, early in the morning of Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War, as the " eye" of the artillery is finished its preliminary intensified firing

Manufacture Avro 504 biplanes WWI
A.V. Roe and Company, factory in Hamble in Hampshire, England making Avro 504 biplanes made entirely of wood, during World War One, the biplane was largely in observation and bombing roles

Observation by Bairnsfather
Observation " Ave a squint through these ere Bill, you can see one of the -----s eatin a sausage as clear as anythin " A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather featuring Old Bill on observation

A communication trench in bloom, WW1
A communication trench within 1000 yards of the firing line, covered with flowers. Date: 1916

Zeppelin with German fleet, WW1
An L type zeppelin airship pictured accompanying a squadron of German battleships at sea. Featured in the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News at the time when the Germans had bombarded the East

Balloon ship, WW1
The balloon ship, H.M.S. " Canning" with the balloon (for observation purposes) about to make an ascent from deck. Date: 1916

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