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Zagazig - Egypt - Railway Station Interior Date: circa 1906
Annie Peck masked and dressed for climbingAnnie Smith Peck (October 19, 1850 July 18, 1935), American mountaineer pictured in her climbing outfit at the time she had scaled Mount Huascan
Centre of the promenade, Parkgate, Wirral, Cheshire - the whole waterfront has now silted up and the sea does not reach as far as the sea wall. Date: circa 1930
Marie Curie - Nobel Prize-winning Polish ScientistMarie Curie (1867-1934) - Polish Scientist, twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for her pioneering research on radioactivity, the first woman Nobel winner. Date: 1911
London - St. Georges Hospital, Hyde Park CornerLondon - St. Georges Hospital (now The Lanesborough hotel), Hyde Park Corner. Date: 1912
Majorca, Spain - Town of Soller and the Puig MajorView down to the town of Soller and up to the distant form of the Puig Major, the highest peak on the Spanish island of Majorca. Date: circa 1930s
London - St. Magnus the Martyr from Fish Street HillLondon - The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr as seen from Fish Street Hill. Date: circa 1910s
The Coronation Chair with the Stone of SconeThe Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey, London. The stone below the seat is the infamous Stone of Scone. Historically, the artifact was kept at the now-ruined Scone Abbey in Scone, near Perth
Mary Henniker-Heaton in fancy dress as EgyptMary Henniker-Heaton, debutante daughter of Sir John and Lady Henniker-Heaton, photographed in a fancy dress costume that won her first prize at one of the Monte Carlo fancy dress balls
Portrait of William Shakespeare - English Playwright and poetWilliam Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) - English playwright and poet. Date: circa 1605
Sir John Soanes Museum - Bust over the SarcophagusThe House (now Museum) of Sir John Soane(1753-1837) at Lincolns Inn Fields, London - The Dome over the Sarcophagus with Chantrys bust of Soane. Date: circa 1920s
Florence Nightingale - Pioneer of Nursing TechniquesFlorence Nightingale (1820-1910) - celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing
NWFP - Khyber Pass - Supplies taken to Fort Maud - situated exactly halfway from India (as was then) to Afghanistan. Date: circa 1910
Meeting of archaeological institute, WinchesterMeeting of the British Archaeological Institute, St. John s, Winchester in 1845. Date: 1845
Noel Coward by SirraNoel Coward (Sir Noel Peirce Coward, 1899-1973), English actor, singer, playwright, director and composer. Caricatured by Sirra in The Bystander, part of a series called Celebrities in Cameo
The late Charles DarwinArticle on Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) with illustrations of his statue at the Natural History Museum, the exterior of his house at Down, near Beckenham, his study and green-house
Sergei ProkofievPortrait of Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953), Ukrainian born pianist, conductor, and composer, on occasion of the first performance in England of Romeo and Juliet, in The Illustrated London News
Bathing in the Ganges by Fortunino MataniaWith our special artist in India: a wonderful sight in the metropolis of Hinduism. Thousands of pilgrims, fakirs and other worshippers bathing in the holy waters of the Ganges, Benares, India
Indian musician plays noseflute and bagpipes simultaneouslyAn itinerant Indian musician plays a wind instrument similar to a nose flute using one nostril, whilst playing the bagpipes using his mouth
Ida Rubinstein as CleopatraThe Russian dancer, Ida Lvovna Rubinstein in the title role of Cleopatra, at the time she was performing at the Coliseum in London. Date: 1909
Off the Point de la Vieille at Monte Carlo, water skiingWoman water skiing off the Point de la Vieille at Monte Carlo beach on the French Riviera. Part of a series of illustrations by Fortunino Matania done in the Bystander to publicise the resort
Doris Duke at Baileys Beach, NewportDoris Duke, American tobacco heiress, photographed at Baileys Beach, Newport, the most exclusive bathing beach in the USA. Date: 1934
Sudan - Three Sudanese Women. Date: circa 1910s
Sudan - Dinka PortersPorters of the Dinka people, the major ethnic group of South Sudan - shown here as part of a group transporting the baggage of (seemingly) a group of colonial officials. Date: circa 1910s
Mao Zedong - founding father of Peoples Republic of ChinaMao Zedong (Tse-tung) often referred to as Chairman Mao (18931976) - Chinese Communist revolutionary, and the founding father of the Peoples Republic of China
Yemeni Delegation - Official Visit to Naples, ItalyOfficial Visit to Naples Italy - Portrat of Prince Said Eidriss Senussi, taken at the Excelsior Hotel, Naples. As Emir of Cyrenocia he led resistance against Italian occupation
Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, Duchess of CambridgePrincess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (German: Auguste Wilhelmine Luise von Hessen-Kassel; 25 July 1797 6 April 1889), wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son
Turco-Italian War - on the way to Tripoli by MataniaThe Turco-Italian War - on the way to Tripoli: the manner in which the Italian soldier amuses himself en route. Date: 1911
Sphere front cover - Treasure Island at the Strand TheatreFront cover of The Sphere featuring illustration by Fortunino Matania of a scene from the play, Treasure Island, performed at the Strand Theatre in 1922 with Arthur Bourchier in the role of Long John
George V, Queen Mary & Prince of Wales by MataniaThe three royal makers of Wembley - The King, the Queen and the Prince of Wales (President of the British Empire Exhibition). A special group by Fortunino Matania. Date: 1924
The Gold Coast section at the Wembley exhibition, MataniaWhen North meets South at Wembley - a study in the Gold Coast section. Illustration by Fortunino Matania of the British Empire exhibition at Wembley, showing a fair-haired Western girl
Elephants pull steam roller & motors for Amir of AfghanistanThe most remarkable caravan that ever entered Afghanistan - a steam roller and motors for the Ameer. Ten elephants sent to Chaman to convey a steam roller, a motor car
Reconstructing Ancient Pompeii by Fortunino MataniaIn front of the magnificent temple of Apollo: a reconstruction of Pompeii before the terrible eruption of 79 A.D. A scene drawn by Sphere special artist Fortunino Matania
Sketches at the Royal TournamentLeaves from an artists sketch book - impressions of some of the figures and incidents at the Royal tournament by Fortunino Matania
Princess Sophie Chotek, Duchess of HohenbergSophie, Duchess of Hohenberg and wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Sophie was not received at many European courts due to her status as morganatic wife of the Archduke
Fortunino Matania - Sphere artist at CowesIllustrator and special artist for The Sphere, Fortunino Matania (1881-1963) pictured at Cowes on the Isle of Wight during Cowes Week where he was there to observe
Chez Vous, Venice Lido by Fortunino MataniaAn impression of Chez Vous, the night club of the Excelsior Hotel at the Venice Lido, favoured resort for smart society, showing the multi-coloured fountains providing a magical backdrop to the dance
Great Queens of the Past No 1 - NefertitiNefertiti, Queen of Akhna-ton, pictured officiating as priestess in her own temple in the City of Horizon. The little princes and princesses stand beside the king, who
Great Queens of the Past No 2 - Semiramis of NinevehSemiramis of Nineveh pictured arriving at the military camp before the city of Bactra which had been defying the Assyrian forces for some time
Science Jottings by Dr W. Heath Robinson IIII Testing gold with the uncle magnet at the mint. Typically ridiculous invention by Heath Robinson showing men at the Royal Mint testing gold by holding a pawn brokers sign nearby. Date: 1909
Sir Percy CoxPortrait of Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox (1864 - 1937), British Indian Army officer and Colonial Office administrator in the Middle East. 1922
Little girl in fancy dress - HP Sauce costumeA young girl posing in her HP sauce themed fancy dress costume. Date: c.1920
Fancy Dress - the Entente CordialeFirst prize winner at the Covent Garden fancy dress ball in 1905 - a lady dressed in an incredibly elaborate costume as the Entente Cordiale
Fancy Dress costume - Kitchener pun, 1898Quite brilliant fancy dress costume on the pun of Kitcheners great with a man dressed as a kitchen range or stove, with the words Kitcheners grate written across the front - a reference to military
Princess Mdivani (Barbara Hutton)Portrait of Barbara Woolworth Hutton (1912-1979), socialite, heiress and philanthropist, dubbed the " poor little rich girl"
Prince and Princess Alexis Mdivani at Hotel de Paris, BrayPortrait of Barbara Woolworth Hutton (1912-1979), socialite, heiress and philanthropist, dubbed the " poor little rich girl", pictured with her husband Prince Alexis Mdivani
Entertainment at Monte Carlo beach by MataniaAn evening cabaret entertainment on the terrace at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera during the 1930s. The caption mentions that gambling took place on the Terrace in the open air - an entirely
The Hotel de Paris at BrayScene showing the dance floor at popular Bray outpost of the Hotel de Paris, one of the evening haunts during Ascot week in the 1920s. Date: 1934