Upper Collection

Tapestry of Bayeux. The complete tapestry depicts the Norman invansion of England. Knights of King Edward III (upper part) and naves of Harold II (down). Detail. Fresco. FRANCE. Bayeux

EYCK, Jan van (1390-1441); EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral

Poster advertising Bernard Weatherill Ltd, civil and sporting tailors of Conduit Street and Cannon Street, London. A foxhunting scene on the village green is depicted

Poster advertising Bibby Line cruises
Poster advertising Bibby Line short sea cruises, showing some glamorous people strolling around the deck in their evening dress

Upper Street, Islington, London
The top end of Upper Street, next to the Highbury and Islington roundabout. The Cock Tavern (still there) is on the right and a horse tram is heading south toward the Angel

Saint Teresa of Avila
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA (upper left) she narrates her vision to her confessor; (lower left) she dies; (right) an angel wounds her heart with divine fire

Victorian family group - Rodbourne House, Wiltshire
A Victorian family group and servants pose in the garden of Rodbourne House, St Paul Malmesbury Without, Wiltshire

Whitefish Point Lighthouse by Moonlight
The Whitefish Point Lighthouse illumintated by moonlight. Whitefish Point is located at the extreme southeastern end of Lake Superior

Mourne Mountains and Bay, Newcastle - looking south from upper room of Slieve Donard Hotel. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Newcastle). Date: circa early 1900s

Lord Dufferin, 8th Viceroy of India
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902), 8th Viceroy of India, 1884-1888

Kaman HH-43B Huskie, 62-4535 base rescue helicopter
Kaman HH-43B Huskie, 62-4535, the base rescue helicopter at Upper Heyford. This helicopter is currently in the Midland Air Museum, Coventry

Athletic young man in shorts with ball lying on a stone floor

SPAIN. Santillana de Mar. Altamira Caves. Bison. Upper Paleolithic. Magdalenian. Cave

LCC-LFB Serious house fire in Notting Hill
Firefighters using the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder to gain access to the upper floors of this terraced house affected by a serious blaze in Notting Hill, West London

Christmas Day in the Workhouse
Illustration and opening verses of In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse, written by George R Sims in 1877

Marquess and Marchioness of Anglesey
Sir Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey GCVO (1885-1947) and his bride, Lady Victoria Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland

Balloon Race at Hurlingham, south west London
Scene at a balloon race at Hurlingham, south west London -- a social event as well as a sporting occasion

ASCOT 1910
Black Ascot - due to the recent death of Edward VII, racegoers at Ascot dress in black, though for most ladies this is no more than the excuse to buy a new dress

Angel Islington 1930S
A cyclist stops and takes in the night-time scene as a policeman directs the traffic at the crossroads on Upper Street, the Angel Islington, London

Plan of The Crown and Glove Public house and other land and property at Stannington
Lot 1 the old established Public House known by the sign of the Crown and Glove at Stannington, with barn, cohouse, vacant ground, outbuildings and appurtenances

Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920
Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps fashion house, one of a series of highly stylised and witty adverts designed by Lady Eileen Orde (daughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington)

Venus of Laussel. 25 mil. -18 mil. BC. Venus holding a horn. Upper Paleolithic. Solutrean. Relief on rock. FRANCE. Bordeaux. Mus饠 d Aquitaine (Aquitaine Museum). Proc: FRANCE. LOT-ET-GARONNE

Nervous system. Computer artwork of the principle nerve pathways of the human body. The brain (top centre) and the spinal cord (down centre) comprise the central nervous system (CNS)

Human skull, X-ray
Human skull. Coloured X-ray of a sagittal section through a human skull. The skull has been sliced in half down the centre, revealing details of the internal structures

Spinosaurus dinosaur. Artwork of a Spinosaurus dinosaur standing in shallow water on the coast. This was the longest carnivorous dinosaur, reaching a length of up to 16 metres

Victorian woman (Polhill-Turner family)
An upper class Victorian woman, probably a member of the Polhill-Turner family of Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire

A Cooks Ticket will take you anywhere
A poster or handbill advertising the fact that a Cooks ticket will take you anywhere on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, or round the world

Fitzwilliam Bewicke-Copley wedding
Scene at the wedding of Lord Fitzwilliam (Major Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon Foljambe) to the Hon Gladys Bewicke-Copley, with an archway of swords provided by the Royal Horse Guards

Anatomy / Head / Tongue
MOUTH A medical diagram of the human tongue (lower and upper surfaces), with the specific zones of taste and sensation marked by their Latin names

SPAIN. Ribadesella. Tito Bustillo Cave. Shaggy rhinoceros. Upper Paleolithic. Magdalenian. Cave

Opening of the Anglesey Hunt
An opening custom of the Anglesey Hunt, whereby hot coppers or small change (heated in a bucket by the fire) are thrown from the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel following the hunt ball

The West London Jewish Synagogue, 1872
Engraving showing the interior of the West London Jewish Synagogue in Upper Berkeley Street, near Edgware Road, London, 1872

Bournemouth, Dorset - The Upper Gardens, including a view of the Richmond Hill St Andrews URC Church (right). Date: circa 1906

The Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini, Romagna, Italy
The Tempio Malatestiano (Italian Malatesta Temple) - the cathedral church of Rimini, Italy. The upper part of the facade, which was supposed to include a gable end, was never finished Date: 1903

Sarcophagus from Cerveteri. ca. 520 BC. Married couple belonging to the Etruscan high aristocracy. Upper detail. Terracotta. Etruscan art. Sculpture. ITALY. Rome

Woman suffrage headquarters in Upper Euclid Avenue, Cleveland - A. (at extreme right) is Miss Belle Sherwin, President, National League of Women Voters; B. is Judge Florence E

St. Wolfang (i. e. Wolfgang), from the lake, Upper Austria
St. Wolfang (i.e. Wolfgang), from the lake, Upper Austria, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Victorian mother and three children (Polhill-Turner family)
A Victorian mother and three children

Countess of Warwick at sons wedding
The Countess of Warwick, Frances Evelyn Maynard, Lady Brooke, leaving St Margarets Church, Westminster

Diagrams of the bones of hand and arm
Diagrams of the bones of the left arm and hand, showing the position of the radius and ulna when the thumb is turned inwards. The shoulder blade and part of the collar bone can also be seen

Waterfalls swollen by summer snowmelt at the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls, in the Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Upper Norwood / Anerley Hl
Upper Norwood: Anerley Hill

Ww1 Sikh Soldier
A Sikh soldier from upper India, fighting with the Allies in World War One

Social / Royal Opera Gala
A gala performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with the King and Queen in the Royal Box

FRANCE. Montignac. The Cave of Lascaux. Horses and a bull, decoration of the great halls right wall. Upper Paleolithic

Social / Savoy Playgoers
Societys playgoers enjoy supper after the theatre at the Savoy Hotel, London

aerial map above Central Park New York City aerial map above Central Park New York City

Dinosaurs of the Upper Cretaceous Period - Alberta, Canada
Dinosaurs of the Upper Cretaceous Period (which began 100.5 million years ago, and ended 66 million years ago) found in the region of Alberta, Canada. Date: circa 90 Million Years BC

Lady Diana Abdy (Bridgeman)
(Helen) Diana (nÚÑáBridgeman), Lady Abdy (1907-1967), Fashion leader; wife of Sir Robert Henry Abdy; daughter of 5th Earl of Bradford 1936

Tatler cover, Countess of Rosse
The Countess of Rosse, formerly Anne Messel, sister of designer Oliver Messel

Dinka warriors - Bor District, South Sudan (Upper Nile)
circa 1910s

The designer and photographic artist Cecil Beaton (standing - r) showing costume designs to Lady Domville (seated)
The designer and photographic artist Cecil Beaton (standing - r) showing costume designs to Lady Domville (seated, left) and Mrs Sacheverell Sitwell (seated)

Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi, British India
Hindu Gymkhana, Sarwar Shaheed Road, Karachi, Sindh, British India (now in Pakistan), built in Mughal-Revival style

Lord and Lady Derwent by Madame Yevonde
Portrait of Lord and Lady Derwent by Madame Yevonde

The Glen Rd. Upper Falls, Belfast - a view of a residential road with a man standing on the corner. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Poster, Humber, the Aristocrat of all Bicycles. A product of Raleigh Industries, Nottingham. Showing a couple watching sailing boats. Date: circa 1950

Lady Dufferin, Wife of 8th Viceroy of India
Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Lady Dufferin, 1843-1936), wife of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 8th Viceroy of India

North Surrey District School, Anerley, Upper Norwood, Surrey
The North Surrey District School at Anerley, Upper Norwood, with the Crystal Palace visible behind. The school was opened in 1850 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Cafe De Paris
A fun and glamorous New Years Eve party at the elegant Cafe de Paris in London with the gaiety at its height

The Lodge, Carclew, Mylor, Cornwall. April 1928
View of the grade II listed lodge at the start of the entrance driveway leading to Carclew House, on the road between Perranarworthal and Mylor Bridge

Wedding of the Duke of Westminster & Loelia Ponsonby
Page from The Tatler reporting on the society wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster and Loelia Ponsonby (his third wife) at Princes Row registry office on 20 February 1930

Mrs. Cunningham Reid (Mary Ashley)
Hon. Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley, daughter of multi-millionaire, Lt-Col Wilfred Ashley (1st Baron Mount Temple) and sister of Edwina, Countess Mountbatten

Countess of Cromer
Lady Cromer, formerly Lady Ruby Elliott, daughter of the fourth Earl of Minto

Cartoon, theatre managers and Queen Victoria
Cartoon, theatre managers (Irving, Toole, James and Bancroft) besieging Queen Victoria at Windsor

White Horse Hill, Chislehurst View from pub window
White Horse Hill, Chislehurst. View from pub window. 21017 Private P. J. Hill, D Company, 20Th Battalion, The County Of London Regiment. Studied At Lambeth School Of Art, St

Man with a naked torso wearing long underwear in a horse barn sitting on bales of hay

Bare-chested man laughing

Bare-chested young man smiling, portrait

Bare-chested cowboy leaning on a cow gate

Young man wearing an open plaid shirt in a backyard

Shilluk Girl bearing extensive traditional scarfication
A Shilluk Girl bearing extensive traditional facial scarfication and wearing thick wood-block earrings - Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1910s

LEWIS, Henry (1819-1904). The Falls and town of Saint Anthony, on the Upper Mississippi. 1847. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art

Andrea Biancos Atlas, 1436. Page 10, World Map
" Andrea Biancos Atlas, 1436. Page 10, World Map, the East is on the upper side

LCC-LFB Islington fire station stables
Islingtons first fire station opened in 1860 in Florence Street. The station pictured here was located in Upper Street, and opened in 1899

Fire station drill, hook ladder and 50 foot escape ladder
Regular training continued at all London fire stations during WW2, though it was unusual for a sub-station to have a drill tower

Bierling Kuno Holzschnitzerei, Oberammergau
The Bierling Kuno Holzschnitzerei Andenken at Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany. Oberammergau is also famous for its Luftlmalerei

Allosaurus dinosaur, artwork. Allosaurs were large carnivorous reptiles that lived during the late Jurassic period (155 to 145 million years ago)

Victorian girl with her nanny (Polhill-Turner family)
An upper class Victorian girl, Beatrice (Emily Beatrice Violet, d 1930), standing on a chair, with her nanny standing next to her. They lived at Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire

Fleet Street, London
A lovely view up Fleet Street, toward Ludgate Hill and St Pauls Cathedral

Union Workhouse, Hailsham, Sussex
Hailsham Union workhouse was built in 1835-6 on what became Union Road (now Hawks Road) at Upper Horsebridge, Sussex. A horse and cart drive past the entrance

Sudan - Shullucks of the Upper Nile

Aristocratic French lady bathing and dressing
An aristocratic French lady is helped by her maids to bathe and dress

Map of the continents and seas in the Upper Triassic period. North America, Atlantis, Europe, Asia, Gondwanaland

Lord William Howard, Belted Will
Lord William Howard (1563-1640), English nobleman and antiquary, nicknamed Belted Will (or Bold Will). circa early 17th century

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Discover the Upper echelons of beauty and adventure with Bibby Line cruises. Sail away to breathtaking destinations, just like the Tapestry of Bayeux unravels its majestic tales stitch by stitch. Immerse yourself in the artistic brilliance of Eyck brothers, Jan van and Hubert van, as their masterpieces transport you to a world beyond imagination. Stroll along Upper Street in Islington, London, where every step unveils hidden gems and vibrant experiences waiting to be explored. Admire the timeless elegance showcased in Bernard Weatherill Ltd's poster advertisement, a testament to craftsmanship and sophistication. Marvel at the awe-inspiring Mourne Mountains and Bay in Newcastle, where nature's grandeur meets tranquility. Step back in time with Elspeth Phelps' vintage advertisement from 1920, capturing an era filled with grace and charm. Let Whitefish Point Lighthouse guide your way through moonlit nights, illuminating paths towards safety and serenity. Witness bravery unfold as LCC-LFB battles a serious house fire in Notting Hill, reminding us of the heroic efforts that protect our communities. Experience Christmas Day in the Workhouse – a poignant reminder of resilience amidst adversity. Transport yourself to Ascot 1910; feel the excitement pulsating through your veins as horses thunder down the track towards victory. Feel reassured knowing that help is always within reach with Kaman HH-43B Huskie base rescue helicopter soaring above us. Embrace life's adventures knowing that there is an upper hand watching over us all.