Dramatic Collection (#16)

Leicester Square
The Luminous Fountain, one of the dramatic features of the Panopticon in Leicester Square

Vaudeville Theatre- The Adventures of Ladislas Bolski
A scene from M. Cherbuliezs play, The Adventures of Ladislas Bolski. Here, Ladislas Bolski is shown at the feet of his mother, striking a rather dramatic, over-the-top pose

Gwennap Pit, Cornwall, the scene of much of John Wesleys most dramatic preaching

Colour illustration by Sogata
A stylistic illustration of a lady in a dramatic costume

Dramatic rescue of a young girl
A colour illustration showing a relieved mother reaching out to a lifeboat man for her rescued daughter

Royal Dramatic College, Surrey, 1866
Engraving showing the exterior of the Royal Dramatic College, Maybury, Surrey in 1866

A Meeting at the Front Door
Engraving showing a dramatic moment as a woman opens her front door, on a dark and wet night, to a tall, dark man, 18th century

German Melodrama
A dramatic moment in a spectacular popular melodrama

German Melodrama 4
A dramatic confrontation from a popular melodrama Konig Enzio

The Conqueror in the Clipper Barge Match, September 1879
Engraving of The Conqueror rounding the West Oaze buoy in the Clipper Barge Match of the 18th September 1879, from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Zena Dare, 1925
Photograph of Zena Dare (1887-1975) the English actress, who was christened Florence Hariette Zena Dones, pictured in 1925

The dramatic position of two engines after colliding near Lu
A dramatic sight after two engines collided travelling near Ludhiana, India, resulting in 20 fatalities

The Civil war in America. The fight for the rifle-pits in fr
Fort Wagner in South Carolina was the scene of bitter fighting in 1863, as this violent and dramatic engagement shows

Confederate Troops moving through a burning forest; American
A dramatic night scene, showing columns of Confederate troops marching through a forest, part of which is ablaze

Golden Man in Space
THIS WAY TO HEAVEN by Harold M Sherman. A golden figure falls through space on this dramatic Sci Fi Cover

Luxor Columns (Shadows)
The papyriform pillars (shaped in the form of the papyrus plant) with dramatic shadows in the evening light

Frances Brooke
FRANCES BROOKE (nee Moore) novelist and dramatic author

England / Patterdale
A striking view of Patterdale, a charming valley between the Brotherswater and Ullswater lakes, in the Lake District, Westmorland, Cumbria, England

Dramatic Mountain Rescue
A dramatic mountain rescue

Paris-Madrid 1903
PARIS - MADRID RACE A dramatic moment as two drivers jockey for position on a country road

Dove Lake, Tasmania
An aerial photograph of Dove Lake, surrounded by dramatic mountains, Tasmania, Australia

Red Guards Seize Tank
Putilov Red Guard commandeer a tank from the Junkers (Young Cadets), name if after Lieutenant Schmidt a hero of the 1905 rising, and strike dramatic poses for the camera

The Dramatic Critic
Le correspondant dramatique a French theatre critic

Illiterate Workers Bill
An exact copy of a bill for 10s. 10d. sent by a bricklayer who could not write, to a gentlman for whom he had worked. The symbol for settled is very dramatic! Date: late 19th century

Reichstag Fire 1933
The aftermath of the dramatic fire which gutted the Reichstag parliament building in Berlin

Ray of Light
A dramatic cloudy sky with rays of sunlight beaming down towards the sea, Gibraltar Bay, Spain

Engine Driver Photo
Driver and stoker on the footplate of a night train - a dramatic photograph which effectively captures the excitement of the engine crews job

Man versus robot in Revolt of the Robots
REVOLT OF THE ROBOTS (Arthur R Tofte) Man finds himself challenged by the machines he himself created

Quarrel between a husband and wife
A violent quarrel between a husband and wife. He is about to hit her with a bottle, while she holds the paper knife as if ready to stab him

Theatre of Performance
A dramatic performance in an inn yard

Shakespeare / Reading Eliz
SHAKESPEARE Playwright reading his works to Queen Elizabeth and others

Whale and Steamship
A whale captured by a steamship

Lusitania Sinks
This dramatic cover page conveys the shock felt after the Lusitania was torpedoed

Jean Mounet-Sully / 1882
JEAN MOUNET-SULLY French actor in a frighteningly dramatic role: a satirical depiction

Housesteads Fort
The approach from the east towards the fort of Housteads, perched atop a limestone crag on Hadrians Wall. The fort is very well preserved, and housed an early Roman hospital

West Gate at Housesteads
The Western Gate of Housesteads Fort (Borcovius). This substantially excavated fort is on a dramatic stretch of the wall perched atop limestone crags

Mr Whatsisname
A dramatic scene from Mr What s-his-name at Wyndhams Theatre, London - the pointing fingers seem to indicate that the man on the bed has been up to hanky-panky of some sort

Azerbaijan / Baku Mid 19C
Baku: natural oil fires in a temple

Meyerbeer / Prophete / 3
The audience at the Paris Opera watch the dramatic scene in Act Four, where John of Leyden, claiming divine origin, is about to be crowned when he is recognised by his mother

Mascagni / Cav - Postcar
Turiddu, Lola and Santuzza in a dramatic confrontation, during this idyll of rustic life

Donizetti / Lucia
A dramatic moment from the English production, with Madame Dorus-Gras as Lucia, Sims Reeves as Edgardo

Marriage Vision 1858
A dramatic scene from Balfes opera Satanella, or the Power of Love, in which the heroine dreams of marriage - an effect achieved by a magic lantern projection

Liszt / Pianist / Vie Parisi
A humorous comment on the Hungarian composers dramatic keyboard technique

A Nun Makes a Bolt
A French girl, incarcerated against her will in a convent at Marseille, makes a dramatic escape by clambering over a wall, where passers-by rush to her aid with a ladder

Order of Calatrava
ORDER OF CALATRAVA Spanish order created 1155 by a monk, Velasquez, under particularly dramatic circumstances (see text) to fight the infidel Moors

Cape by Poiret / 1914
In a year when capes were all the rage Paul Poiret creates this theatrical black & red evening cape depicted by the artist in the style of a Japanese woodcut

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