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Stephen Wards sketches of celebrities, 1960Through a doctors eyes: a page of celebrities drawn by osteopath and gifted amateur artist Doctor Stephen Ward(1912-1963), as featured in The Illustrated London News in 1960
French artificial fishing flies. circa 1900
Wrestling championships posterPoster advertising the National Amateur Wrestling Championships to be held at the Orion Gymnasium, East Bank, Stamford Hill, North London on 20 June 1929
The Thirst For Reprisals, by Bruce BairnsfatherAnd me rifle, someone. I ll give these -----s ell for this! Originally an amateur artist, Bairnsfathers cockney humour displayed in his view of the Front
Muddy Soccer GoalieAn amateur game of football played on a very muddy pitch: the goalkeeper catches the ball in mid-air
OUDS: The Tempest at Worcester College, 1949A midsummer diversion in an Oxford garden: the Oxford University Drama Societys production of Shakespeares The Tempest in the grounds of Worcester College, 1949
Cartoon, Kitcheners All, WW1Cartoon, Kitcheners All, First World War. A scene in a London club, where nearly all of the members look just like Lord Kitchener, each one with his own ideas of how the war should be run. Date: 1914
Memorial Stadium. Berkeley. Date: 1923
G O Smith, footballer and cricketerGilbert Oswald Smith (1872-1943), amateur footballer who played for Oxford University and the Corinthians, and was captain for England. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Surrey
Humorous hand drawn postcard by George RansteadComic illustration by amateur soldier artist of the Great War, George Ranstead, showing a pavement artist pleading with a woman to keep her cat indoors as it keeps licking his pictures of fish off
Crystal Palace Brass Band FestivalView of the Central Avenue leading to the Crystal Palace in south London at the time of the annual Brass Band Festival. Bands from all over the country took part
S. Mure Fergusson. Distinguished amateur golfer, twice runner-up in the Amateur Championship and winner of innumerable medals
Furnivall rowing eight on the River ThamesWomens Amateur Rowing Association - Furnivall rowing eight on the River Thames. 1907
Lady Letitia Louisa Kerr (1800-1885), amateur silhouettist. circa 1850s
Les Cloches de Corneville by Clairville and Charles Gabet. It was adapted into English by H. B. Farnie and Robert Reece. Reverse of the previous flyer for the Halifax Amateur Operatic Society
Robert Maxwell, GolferRobert Maxwell British amateur golfer
Music at home - sketches from life of amateur musicians, 189Music at home - sketches from life of amateur musicians by T.W Couldery. Date: 1894
That Evening Star-Shell, by Bruce BairnsfatherOh, star of eve, whose tender beam Fall on my spirits troubled dream. Originally an amateur artist, Bairnsfathers cockney humour displayed in his view of the Front
G&s / Pirates, India 3Young Frederic is reminded of his duty at pistol-point by the Pirate King and Ruth in an amateur production by the British community at Simla, India
Amateur Studio portrait photograph of a teenage girlAmateur Studio portrait photograph - shot in the back garden with suitable table and plant pot props - the subject is not the most jolly ever - I don t think that hat was a regular personal choice
An amateur production of Ivanhoe at a country house party at Haddo House, Scotland, in 1892
Amateur Cyclist Cup Winner early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
Gilstead Amateur Football Club in 1910 Date: 1910
George Crawley, House In Park LaneAn architectural drawing which shows the design for a house to be erected in Park Lane, for C. E. Heath Esq. by amateur architect George Abraham Crawley. Date: early 1900s
Programme, Imperial Theatre, Rue de Courcelles, ParisProgramme, Le Maitre d'Ecole (The Schoolmaster), by Lockroy, performed by a group of young amateur comedians, Imperial Theatre, Rue de Courcelles, Paris, 15 March 1865
Amateur Japanese Fair, NewcastleAn amateur Japanese fair at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. We see men and women in a mock japanese garden compex, wearing kimonos and with fans, umbrellas
John De Forest with Golf TrophyJohn De Forest (1907-1997), winner of the Open Amateur Golf Championship at Muirfield, with his trophy. Date: 1932
Leslie Henson GolfingComedian Leslie Henson (1891-1957) posing on the golf course. At the time he was appearing in the farce It's A Boy! at the Strand Theatre. Date: 1931
Tennis at HurlinghamA doubles game being played as part of the Army lawn tennis championships held at Hurlingham. Date: 1931
Young woman standing by a car Date: 1940s
J. B. Priestley and Joyce BarbourWriter J.B. Priestley (1894-1984) and actress Joyce Barbour (1901-1977), team captains in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939
Writer A. P. Herbert, bowlingWriter A.P. Herbert (1890-1971) bowling during an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939
Ursula Jeans and Alec Waugh, cricketingActress Ursula Jeans (1906-1973) and novelist Alec Waugh (1898-1981) in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939
Gerald H. OwensGerald Gerry H. Owens (1914-1997) was an Irish dentist, and keen golfer. Here he is being celebrated as Irish Amateur golf champion. He went on to become President of the Golfing Union of Ireland
Designs for women's coat-frocks. The patterns were available to order for home dressmakers. Date: 1932
Designs for women's dresses. The patterns were available to order for home dressmakers. Date: 1932
The final of the amateur junior single punting. Date: 1901
The amateur single punting championship of the lower Thames. Date: 1901
Our amateur politicians by Edmund Blampied. Men chatting at a pub bar: Me? Vote for him? Oh dear, no! Besides, his Astrakhan hair and his cross-eyed views carry no blinkin conviction
Comic postcard, Two girls discuss little boy Date: 20th century
Amateur pictorialist view of Lincoln, England
Amateur pictorialist harbour scene, England c. 1930sAmateur pictorialist harbour scene, England c.1930s
Woman taking a photograph on the beachinsertcaption Date: circa 1920s
The cast of The Rose and the Ring starring five of the children of Lord and Lady Ennismore, including Richard Hare. Date: 1922
Cartoon, Another Juliet. Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre, for a matinee slot
Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen - Welsh Amateur FootballerMorgan Maddox Morgan-Owen (18771950) - Welsh amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop and Nottingham Forest as a wing half
Mother and child photographed in a London saloonAn amateur photographic studio has been established in a saloon in the east end of London. A mother and child are seated in front of a white background amongst barrels
Amateur photographer captures first portraitA young amateur photographer is shown to be capturing his first portrait photograph.The female subject is sat patiently waiting for the exposure time, while another young boy waits behind her