Wells Collection (page 9)

Cinderella ballet, Cinderella and Prince Charming dance
The Ugly Sisters watch with jealousy as Cinderella (in disguise) dances with Prince Charming at the ball. A scene from a ballet version of Cinderella, based on French and Spanish fairytales

I ve lost my heart properly this time! by G. E Studdy
Comic colour illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing his canine creation, Bonzo sitting holding some playing cards. Studdy created Bonzo for The Sketch magazine in the early 1920s

The Death of Colonel Burnaby at Abu Klea, 1885
Engraving showing the death of Colonel Frederick Burnaby (1842-1885), the English soldier and explorer, at the Battle of Abu Klea Wells, Sudan, 17 January 1885

The Avon Near Bristol
Bristol Hot Wells and St Vincents Rock, in the Avon Gorge above Bristol. Later the river will be spanned by the Clifton suspension bridge

The Dairymaids by Alexander M. Thompson & Robert Courtneidge
The Dairymaids by Alexander M. Thompson (9 May 1861- 25 March 1948)and Robert Courtneidge (29 June 1859 - 06 April 1939), with music by Paul Rubens and Arthur Frank Tours

View of cloisters, Wells Cathedral, Somerset
View of cloisters at Wells Cathedral, Somerset. Date: circa 1970s

View of Wells Cathedral, Somerset, reflected in water. Date: circa 1970s

View of interior, Wells Cathedral, Somerset
View of interior with choir stalls, Wells Cathedral, Somerset. circa 1970s

Maisie Gay, The Gay Victorian"
Comic actress Maisie Gay (1878-1945) depicted on the front cover of The Sketch in a Victorian-style dress. 1928

The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw, first produced Malvern Festival, August 1929, then The Queens Theatre, September 1929. Touring to the Opera House, Tunbridge Wells, June 1930

Ly Walker and Harry Wells, ballroom specialists
The latest ball-room specialists - Ly Walker and Harry Wells from U.S.A. 1930

Madagascan women gathering water from a fountain
A group of Madagascan women and men around a fountain in a farm village with cottages in the background. Date: circa 1910

Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann, Sadlers Wells
British ballets most famous partnership at that time -- Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) and Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) on stage at Sadlers Wells, London, in a production of Giselle. 1937

Three scenes from the musical farce Whirled into Happiness at the Lyric Theatre, London, 1922 with Mai Bacon, Tom Wells and Billy Merson Date: 1922

Ceil Well, Baku - Azerbaijan - producing Petrol and naphta. Date: circa 1905

People in a charabanc at the seaside -- the vehicle has been hired from Autocar Services Limited, Opera House Buildings, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: circa 1922

Women of Woodlands Laundry, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Three women at work in the Woodlands Laundry, Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, August 1963. Date: 1963

Invitation card, Inner Wheel Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent -- Lecture Programme for 1938 and 1939. Date: 1938

Invitation card, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Tunbridge Wells Branch, for a meeting with Mrs [Grace] Lankester, Hon

The War of the Worlds - The City watching me
" The whole city seemed to look at me with eerie eyes. White house windows were empty sockets in skulls, and my imagination set around me a thousand silent enemies." Date: First published

The War of the Worlds - Comtemplating life in the sewers
" We will have to lead a life underground, do you understand? I thought about the sewers..." Date: First published: 1898

Aerial View of the centre of Tunbridge Wells, Kent circa 1910s

Model of the New General Hospital - Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Model of the New General Hospital at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, designed by Cecil Burns, a local architect, opened in 1934. Later to be known as The Kent and Sussex Hospital

Gibraltar Rock, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent from Mount Ephraim - looking down toward London Road. circa 1920s

A waterwheel, Algeria
A woman and a man stand (encircled by Arecaceae) next to a large waterwheel machine, used to raise water from the ground. Date: circa 1910s

Startling Stories - Blood on the Sun by Hal K. Wells. Two women and three men flee fearfully from a satanic figure surrounded by fire. Date: 1942

Vice Admiral Wells, Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2
Vice Admiral Lionel Wells (1884-1965), Flag Officer of the Orkneys and Shetlands Commands, at a parade of naval staff at Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2. 1943

English Cathedrals - West Front Wells - View of Twin Towered Frontage. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals Wells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset

Struell - a panoramic view down a road towards the Holy Wells and other buildings. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Downpatrick). Date: circa early 1900s

Struel - a view of the stone buildings at the Holy Wells at Struel. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Downpatrick). Date: circa early 1900s

Struell, Downpatrick and St. Patricks Holy Wells - a view of Struell and the holy well on the right. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Downpatrick). Date: circa early 1900s

Mens Bathing Well, Interior, Holy Wells, Struell - an interior of the holy well showing water flowing. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Downpatrick). Date: circa early 1900s

Holy Wells of Struell, Downpatrick - a view of the holy well building and two buildings in the background. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Downpatrick). Date: circa early 1900s

St. Patricks Holy Wells, Struell, Downpatrick - a view of the holy well with buildings in the background. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Downpatrick). Date: circa early 1900s

Mahdist War - Sudan Campaign - First coloumn at Gakdul Wells - Men and camels at lake among cliffs. Part of Box 244 Boswell Collection - Sudan War. Date: 1881 - 1889

Tunbridge Wells, Mount Pleasant
Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Mount Pleasant with the Tunbridge Wells Railway Station on the left. Date: circa 1905

Trinidad - An Oilfield with Derricks sitting over the individual oil wells. Date: circa 1920s

Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpman in The Wanderer
Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpman in the Spring 1941 Sadlers Wells production of Schuberts The Wanderer at The New Theatre, London - choreography by Frederick Ashton with sets by Graham Sutherland

Caricature of Arthur McKee Rankin, Canadian actor
Caricature of Arthur McKee Rankin (1844-1914), Canadian actor active in America, especially California. He toured England with Joaquin Millers play, The Danites, which was performed at Sadlers Wells

Caricature of F B Chatterton and Leopold Lewis
Caricature of Frederick Balsir Chatterton (1834-1886), theatre manager, and Leopold Davis Lewis (1828-1890), dramatist. What will they do at the Wells? 1881

Four-Armed Alien
MAN-JEWELS FOR XOTHAR by Hal K Wells. An Earthman with an axe tries to hack his way out of the serpentine embraces of an alien creature with four deadly-looking claws Date: 1936

Lovers Well, Italy
This pretty well, with its ornate ironwork, is the aptly named Lovers Well, Italy. Date: early 1930s

Library of H. G. Wells
Architect Frank Wells, son of the famous author H.G. Wells, reading in the library of his fathers home at Chiltern Court, London. Burmese figures support the book shelves. Date: 1930s

Advert for Swears - Wells childrens riding clothing 1898
Children riding clothing for girls and boys available from Swears & Wells department store, Regent Steet. 1898

The Invisible Man. Griffins early experiment on a cat

The Invisible Man in the laboratory
The Invisible Man. Griffin experiments

Cruikshank / Sadlers Wells
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK artist at a temperance meeting at Sadlers Wells Theatre: he is on the stage, just to the left of the woman with the two little boys Date: 1792-1878

Music cover, Varmer Giles, sung by George Bastow
Music cover, Varmer Giles, written and composed by Gilbert Wells and T F Robson, sung by George Bastow. 1902

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