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The Picture of the Year by Batchelor
A pretty young woman becomes the centre of attention at a male-dominated art gallery exhibition

England / Leasowes
THE LEASOWES, near Halesowen, Shropshire; the garden designed by the poet Shenstone, much admired by connoisseurs

England / Alton Towers
Alton Towers, Staffordshire, seat of the earl of Shrewsbury - begun 1814, much added to, greatly admired for its magnificence indoors and out Date: circa 1840

Mary, Jesus, Angels
Mary and Jesus in the clouds, admired by disembodied cherubs. Date: 1ST CENTURY

Littlebury Cylist
The old-time centre of village life is the Village Pump at Littlebury, Essex, England. This pump is still in use and is being admired by a young man on a bicycle! Date: 1940s

The Amanohashidate admired by a Geisha
The Amanohashidate - located in Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture - a pine-clad promontory launching onto the sea - being admited by a geisha on a balcony

Louie Tracy music hall male impersonator
Louie Tracy male impersonator dressed as a man about town with top hat and cane. ?Faultlessly attired, by everyone admired?. Billed as the ?Dapper, Dandy Boy?. Signed card. Date: circa 1910

George Lashwood music hall singer 1863-1942
George Lashwood, a singer, known as the ?Brummel of the Halls?. Admired by male impersonator Hetty (Hettie) King who copied his style of dress in some of her outfits. Date: circa 1900

Letter to Laura Francatelli, RMS Titanic survivor
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Previously unseen letter dated 5th May 1938 on United Artists Studio Corporation, Hollywood notepaper to Titanic First Class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli

William Julius Mickle 1735 1788 Scottish Writer
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Veteran Car Admired
A veteran car is admired by passers-by in the Champs Elysees, Paris (France). Date: 1930

COMPETING WITH PEACOCK
A peacock (Pavo cristatus) is admired by a mother and daughter who try to compete by dressing in the height of fashion. Date: 1840s

Gulliver in Brobdingnag
Much to his distress, Gulliver is admired by the ladies of the country

Hendrik Hondius
HENDRIK HONDIUS (de Hondt) the elder Flemish artist, particularly admired for his engravings. Date: 1573 - 1649+

Bystander Christmas Number 1929
Art deco illustration for the front cover of The Bystander Christmas number showing an elegant woman being admired by two men

Platform of Marble Arch Underground Station
Central Line series. A very pretty girl seated on a bench on the platform of Marble Arch Underground Station is admired from both sides

Alfred Henry Forrester
ALFRED HENRY FORRESTER artist over the name ALFRED CROWQUILL much admired for his humorous and satirical illustration. with his autograph Date: 1804 - 1872

Nicolas Von Flue
Saint NICOLAS VON FLUE Swiss visionary, ascetic and hermit, known as Bruder Klaus, admired by Swiss for his patriotism. Date: 1417 - 1487

John Ellis, Writer
JOHN ELLIS Scrivener, political writer, poet and translator, deputy for Broad Street Ward, London, friend of Dr Johnson who much admired his skill and wit. Date: 1698 - 1790

Elizabeth Carter, Writer
ELIZABETH CARTER, scholar, writer and translator, best known for her translation of Epictetus; friend of Dr Johnson who admired her learning. In later life. Date: 1717 - 1806

New Baby on Beach 1876
The new baby is taken for a ride on the beach, and is admired by all and sundry, except for its elder brother, who prefers the dog. Date: 1876

The Debutante 1850
A debutante in a beautiful white satin dress and a rosette in her hair, fixes her hair in the mirror. She is admired by her proud mama and servants. Date: 1850

Astrology & Superstition
ASTROLOGIA E SUPERSTIZIONE astrology admired, superstition scorned Date: 18th century

Grace & beauty at the carnival
Attractive young dancer admired by clowns. Late Victorian.Date: circa 1900

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - Admiring Cornish Silver "...absolutely wonderful... beautiful..." - pieces made by Joanna Barnes, aged 24 of Marazion, Cornwall. Date: 1980s

Young Chinese dandy admired by three attractive young women. Date: circa 1902

Rejane Photo
REJANE (born Gabrielle Charlotte Reju) French actress, admired especially for her comedy roles, in 1905. Date: 1856 - 1920

Adelaide Ann Procter
ADELAIDE ANN PROCTER daughter of Bryan Waller Procter : writer and feminist, author of The Lost Chord : admired by Dickens who published some of her work. Date: 1825 - 1864

Jean-Baptiste Payer
JEAN-BAPTISTE PAYER French botanist : his Organogenie de la fleur was much admired. Date: 1818 - 1860

Baby Camel at the Zoo
A cute baby camel, admired by his proud mother, chewing straw in a doorway of their hut at a zoo. Date: early 1930s

Anna Lady Louth
ANNA MARIA, lady LOUTH (nee Roche) wife of Thomas, the twelfth baron, who doubtless admired his wifes elegant hairstyle. Date: ? - 1878

Laurent Lecointre
LAURENT LECOINTRE French revolutionary statesman from Grasse, whose taste in hats was much admired though his political views were considered somewhat extremist. Date: 1750 - 1805

John Harper, Publisher
JOHN HARPER : Anerican publisher, in partnership with his brother James : the publishing empire they created still survives. His neckties, too, have been much admired. Date: 1797 - 1875

Arthur, 1st Marquess of Donegall 1739-99 (c.1780). Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788. During the eighteenth century full-length portraits were the most admired

Paganini Admired
PAGANINI and BERLIOZ one musician felicitates the other at the Paris Conservatoire, 16 December 1838. Date: 1782 - 1840

Edwardian lady skating
" Jolly Edwardian lady in white hat, scarf and muff ice skating. " Maud is admired by all". " Date: c.1908

A Case of Encirclement by Hookway Cowles
An attractive woman in a glamorous pink evening dress is surrounded by male admirers at a party. Date: 1939

Blucher (Statue Admired)
GEBHARD LEBRECHT von BLUCHER German military commander who with Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. His statue at Berlin is admired by passers-by. Date: 1742 - 1819

Cathleen Nesbitt
CATHLEEN NESBITT English film and stage actress. Admired by the poet Rupert Brooke. Had a career spanning seventy years

Fable / Two Lizards
THE TWO LIZARDS: two lizards were bemoaning their fate as lowly creatures, & wishing they d been born proud stags, when hounds tore apart the very stag they d admired

Stroll on Riviera / Blatte
She is the subject of admiring attention and comment as she walks back to her hotel after a dip in the briny

Social / German Officer
The German officer admired by all

Beatrice Portinari
BEATRICE PORTINARI Florentine noblewoman, wife of Simone de Bardo and admired by Dante much of whose work was inspired by her

Woman Window Cleaners
A smart line of newly trained " Georginas" march in single file down a central London street, carrying their ladders and buckets and are greatly admired by a dapper young man

Erasmus / Bartholomae
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist, depicted as an iconoclast to be admired

Train in China 1886
The first French railway in China, a Decauville line from Tientsin to Tsching-Yang, is admired by the Chinese authorities

Renault Admired
The proud owner of this Renault, with its coachwork by Letourneur et Marchand, invites his friends to admire his purchase

French Actress C1835
A French actress and three attentive admirers

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