Amateur Collection

Stephen Wards sketches of celebrities, 1960
Through 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 poster
Poster 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 Bairnsfather
And 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 Goalie
An amateur game of football played on a very muddy pitch: the goalkeeper catches the ball in mid-air

OUDS: The Tempest at Worcester College, 1949
A 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, WW1
Cartoon, 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 cricketer
Gilbert 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 Ranstead
Comic 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 Festival
View 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 Thames
Womens 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, Golfer
Robert Maxwell British amateur golfer

Music at home - sketches from life of amateur musicians, 189
Music at home - sketches from life of amateur musicians by T.W Couldery. Date: 1894

That Evening Star-Shell, by Bruce Bairnsfather
Oh, 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 3
Young 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 girl
Amateur 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 Lane
An 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, Paris
Programme, 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, Newcastle
An 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 Trophy
John De Forest (1907-1997), winner of the Open Amateur Golf Championship at Muirfield, with his trophy. Date: 1932

Leslie Henson Golfing
Comedian 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 Hurlingham
A 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 Barbour
Writer 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, bowling
Writer A.P. Herbert (1890-1971) bowling during an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Ursula Jeans and Alec Waugh, cricketing
Actress 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. Owens
Gerald 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. 1930s
Amateur pictorialist harbour scene, England c.1930s

Woman taking a photograph on the beach
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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 Footballer
Morgan 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 saloon
An 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 portrait
A 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

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