Marken Island, Netherlands Product:Greetings card Behind the bust of Newton

Behind the bust of Newton is a falling comet

The reverse is variously inscribed: printed 'WILSON & BEADELL 69

cleaned in sawdust and dried by hot air

In the foreground it appears that an execution might have taken place

He was a firm supporter of the campaign for women to receive the vote

Marken Island, Netherlands Product:Greetings card Behind the bust of NewtonMarken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway. It is well known for its characteristic wooden houses. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898).