
GREAT WAVE OF LONDON: Japanese Greeting Card
Text on the reverse side: There are numerous editions of the iconic Great Wave. From the British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Cit...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: There are numerous editions of the iconic Great Wave. From the British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Cit...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: With all the rich, historic buildings and monuments, London is named the world’s most popular travel destination, with vi...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: London was the first city to reach a population of more than one million in 1811. It is still the world’s largest financi...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Published in Histoire Universelle around 1760, the copper engraving by Borde depicts the British Isles. The term Britain ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: A contemporary Elizabethan adaptation of an antique Japanese woodblock print from 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “k...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The London skyline offers a unique view where some of the highest buildings in Europe are located. Some of the skyscraper...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: 1919 saw the first street parties organised by residents on a mass basis, as part of the Peace Treaty celebrations. This ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The first bell for the tower, originally meant to be called Royal Victoria, was first cast in 1856. With a grand ceremony...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The Queen’s Guard (called King’s Guard when the reigning monarch is male) are the names given to the soldiers guarding th...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: A "top lad" is one who excels in all areas of being a lad, whose antics must be effortless, never forced, and come natura...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: A double hemisphere hand coloured map of the world, Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica by Pierre-Jean Mariette (1603-...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Map of London from an actual survey made between 1824-1826 by Christopher and John Greenwood. The city was the first to r...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Published 1892 onwards, these beautiful maps were sold at one penny per copy by a specialist in gentlemen’s tailoring and...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Image from an eighteenth century copperplate depiction of London, published by J.Cooke, London, in 1776. as it was befor...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Engraved by J.Cleghorn, the map was published in 1837 as a part of Thomas Moule's English Counties. Steel engraved by J.C...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Engraved by J.Roper based on a plan by G.Cole, this copperplate printed mat was published in The Beauties of England &...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The county of Gloucestershire is home to Gloucester Cathedral which has the Crecy Window which is the biggest stained-gla...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Liverpool measures 43.2 square miles (111.8 km2). The city impressively holds the Guinness Book of Records for being the ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Liverpool measures 43.2 square miles (111.8 km2). The city impressively holds the Guinness Book of Records for being the ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Pissarro painted this from his balcony at No.1 Gloucester Terrace, with Kew Green in the foreground, Kew Road to the left...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Similar to several other great artists, Pissarro found refuge in London to escape the Franco-Prussian war and first visit...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Camille Pissarro worked mainly in the Paris area but painted in London during visits. Similar to several other great arti...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: This steel engraving of Liverpool was drawn and engraved by John Rapkin and published by English cartographer John Tallis...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Map of Liverpool published in 1836 by Chapman and Hall. Some of the most famous landmarks of the city are showcased in th...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: This map of Liverpool by American cartographer George Washington Bacon shows a detailed view of the streets of the city. ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Two meals a day, breakfast and dinner, was the norm in the early 19th C. The 7th Duchess of Bedford is said to have compl...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: It is pointless to waste time trying to impress people who won’t accept you for who you are. Unleash the inner queen! A...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The tennis courts in Wimbledon are sown with perennial ryegrass, and is in fact, the only Grand Slam event in the world t...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The tradition of lighting the store began with its Christmas lights in 1959 when 1,100 bulbs were used for the decoration...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Between 1309 and 1814, the Thames froze at least 23 times and on five of these occasions -1683-4, 1716, 1739-40, 1789 and...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: “Art Deco” comes from the French phrase “Art Decoratif” - a style first showcased in 1900 at the Universal Exposition in ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The expression "god's gift to humanity" is used for someone that is considered to be extremely attractive and irresistibl...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The entire written works of humankind, of every known language, from the dawn of recorded history, would take up around 5...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The pink version of the union jack was popularised by British artist and photographer David Gwinnutt, creating the Pink J...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Titled "Brightstowe, vulgo" was published in Cologne in 1588 in the book Civitates Orbis Terrarum (Towns of the World). T...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: A map of Scotland with inset map of the Shetland Islands, published in 1851, containing illustrations of local sites and ...
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