Category Archives: History

The Kensingtons at Laventie

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A platoon of British soldiers standing in a village street. There is an exterior whitewashed wall in the background, snow on the ground, debris scattered around to the right, and above, a calvary cross in the top corner of the composition. The figures are loosely grouped on the left, with one man lying sprawled on the ground below, and another standing off to the right. Each man stares off in a different direction. Metal objects, a helmet, a fork and a belt-buckle are picked out in gold metallic paint.

Creator Kennington, Eric Henri RA
Publisher / Agency IWM Photographers
Contributor / Photographer IWM Photographers
Date 07/08/2008
Type (nature of resource) Painting
Format jpeg
Identifier IWM_ART_015661.tif
Rights IWM
Relevance History, Social Science
Location Laventie, Pas-de-Calais, France
Supplier IWM
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Shore Street, Thurso

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The Turnpike in Shore Street Thurso dating from c1686, a rotund two storey external stair tower of an old merchant’s house. Note one of Thurso’s famous fishwives carring the catch from the harbour to her cutomers.

Creator The Johnston Family Photographers
Publisher / Agency Wick Heritage Centre
Contributor / Photographer The Johnston Family Photographers
Date 1920
Type (nature of resource) Photo
Format jpeg
Identifier JSC_017
Rights Wick Heritage Centre
Relevance History, Social Science
Location ND 119 686
Supplier North Highland College
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The Trinkie, Wick

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The Trinkie. Generations will recall sunlit hours spent in this place where the young and not so young enjoyed themselves, oblivious to the temperature of the cold North Sea.

Creator The Johnston Family Photographers
Publisher / Agency Wick Heritage Centre
Contributor / Photographer The Johnston Family Photographers
Date 1920
Type (nature of resource) Photo
Format jpeg
Identifier JSC_013
Rights Wick Heritage Centre
Relevance History, Social Science
Location ND 376 494
Supplier North Highland College
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Gutting the Herring

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James More’s herring curing station about 1920. The women worked in “crews” of three, two gutters and one packer. If the fishing was heavy, they worked on into the night, in all weathers and open to the elements. In the background is the Lifeboat Station, built in 1915.

Creator The Johnston Family Photographers
Publisher / Agency Wick Heritage Centre
Contributor / Photographer The Johnston Family Photographers
Date 1920
Type (nature of resource) Photo
Format jpeg
Identifier JSC_001
Rights Wick Heritage Centre
Relevance History, Social Science, Geography, Technology and Industry
Location ND 372 503
Supplier North Highland College
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The Flood at Port-Marly

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View of a flood on the left bank of the River Seine, small boats in foreground and houses beyond.

Creator Alfred Sisley
Publisher / Agency The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Contributor / Photographer Andrew Morris
Date 06/03/2008
Type (nature of resource) Painting
Format tiff
Identifier PD.69-1958.tif
Rights The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Relevance Arts and Creative Industries, History
Location 48.8667°N 2.1333°E
Supplier Fitzwilliam
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The Last of England

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Group of emigrants in a small boat leaving England, with the cliffs of Dover in the background.

Creator Ford Madox Brown
Publisher / Agency The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Contributor / Photographer Andrew Morris
Date 09/12/2008
Type (nature of resource) Painting
Format tiff
Identifier M.Add.3.tif
Rights The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Relevance History, Arts and Creative Industries, Social Science
Location 51.1333°N 1.3°E
Supplier Fitzwilliam
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Ivory panel from a book cover

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Ivory carving from tenth century, exceptional as earliest known representation of choral singing

Creator Lotharingian
Publisher / Agency The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Contributor / Photographer Andrew Morris
Date 30/11/2007
Type (nature of resource) Carving
Format tiff
Identifier M12-1904.tif
Rights The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Relevance History, Arts and Creative Industries
Location 50.7708°N 6.1053°E
Supplier Fitzwilliam
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Brussels Expo 58

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Lion and unicorn display outside the British Pavilion at the Brussels Expo, 1958, designed by James Gardner

Creator James Gardner
Publisher / Agency James Gardner
Contributor / Photographer James Gardner
Date 00/00/1958
Type (nature of resource) Photo
Format tiff
Identifier DAexh3.tif
Rights University of Brighton Design Archives
Relevance History, Art and Creative Industries, Social Science, Technology and Industry
Location Latitude 50.847  Longitude 4.358
Supplier University of Brighton Design Archives
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Criminal justice rally

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A policeman using a megaphone, while a demonstrator makes fun of him, Criminal Justice Rally, Hyde Park, London UK 1994

Creator Giles Moberly
Publisher / Agency PYMCA
Contributor / Photographer Giles Moberly
Date 04/06/1994
Type (nature of resource) Photo
Format jpeg
Identifier 08005442
Rights Giles Moberly/PYMCA
Relevance 1,3
Location LAT  51°30’0.55″N – LONG  0° 7’34.45″W
Supplier PYMCA
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Israeli Gaza Conflict enters 19th day January 14, 2009

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Smoke rises after an Israeli air force attack on Gaza City

Creator Getty Images
Publisher / Agency Getty Images
Contributor / Photographer Abid Katib
Date 14/01/2009
Type (nature of resource) Photo
Format jpeg
Identifier 84275210
Rights Getty Images
Relevance 1,3
Location Lat  31.522561°; Long 34.453593°
Supplier Endeavour (Getty)
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