Anglo Gallery

Harold Larwood Bowling, 1933

Photograph of the English bowler, Harold Larwood, in action during the MCC tour of Australia, 1933. During that tour, D.R. Jardine, the MCC Captain, used the pace of Larwood to employ leg theory (also known as bodyline bowling). Although successful on the cricket field, the tactic was deemed unsportsmanlike by many Australians and soured Anglo-Australian relations

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Nancy Lancaster at Pytchley Hunt

A Loving-Cup. Mrs Ronald Tree (now better known as Nancy Lancaster) drinking a toast from the loving-cup presented to her husband, joint-Master of the Pytchley hunt. Nancy Lancaster (1897 - 1994), nee Perkins, was an influential American-born tastemaker, interior decorator and garden designer. She married Ronald Tree in 1920, moving to Britain in 1927; the couple divorced in 1947 and she married Claude Lancaster in 1948. She was associated with the English Country House Style. Date: 1934

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The Rescue of Zaidi; H.M. Stanleys Anglo-American Expeditio

Engraving showing the rescue of Zaidi from the top of a waterfall during Sir Henry Morton Stanley's Anglo-American expedition of 1874-1877. Zaidi (centre, crouching) had taken a canoe too close to the waterfall and was stuck in a very perilous position. Stanley (centre with stick) can be seen directing the rescue operation

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