The wooden brig ‘Mary and Agnes’ sailing from London to Newcastle with a cargo of scrap iron became stranded on Whitby Beach. The crew of six were rescued with the aid of a rope attached to a rocket.
Mata Hari in 1906, soon after the Dutchwoman reinvented herself as an exotic dancer. Inspired by dances she had seen in the Dutch East Indies, she took a stage name that means “eye of the day” in Malay. Unknown author.
"Nineteen-Sixty Cadillac 6339 four-window Sedan de Ville at the GM Technical Centre." Warren, Michigan, 1959. This was a General Motors body style popularly known as the "flat top." Colour transparency from the GM photographic archive.
Ford Thunderbird. Removable glass-fibre hard top has stylish 'port' windows, 1957. Colour transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photographic archive.
Mousquetaire Ă la pipe II, signed 'Picasso' (upper right); dated and numbered '5.11.68. II' (on the reverse), by Pablo Picasso, Oil and Ripolin on canvas.
Period of creation, 1941 Femme au chapeau assise dans un fauteuil (Dora Maar) by Pablo Picasso. Oil on canvas.