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Captain Bruce Bairnsfather at workCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959), British soldier, artist and cartoonist, famous for his curmudgeonly creation, Ole Bill - a typical British Tommy - during the First World War for The Bystander
Cathleen Mann aka Marchioness of QueensberryCathleen Mann (1896-1959), Artist; second wife of Francis A. Kelhead, 11th Marquess of Queensbury; daughter of Harrington Mann
Tom Browne (1870 - 1910), artist and illustrator. Known as a black and white artist, as magazine illustrators of the day were
Portia by Henry WoodsThe character of Portia disguised as a lawyer from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare by Henry Woods (1846-1921), part of a series of Shakespearean heroines
Anita Benson, in fancy dress, 1920Anita Benson, the actress, in fancy dress for the Pan Ball, Covent Garden, London, 1920. Date: 1920
Nancy Carroll (1903 1965), American actress. Date: 1930
Anouk Aimee, French film actress Date: x
Sarah Bernhardt, French actress in Rostands L AiglonSarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actress in Rostands L Aiglon in 1900, in the role of the Duke of Reichstadt. Date: 1900
Somewhere in France A concert behind the linesSomewhere in France. A concert behind the lines. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)
The Communication Trench. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)
In a British advanced observation post. How artillery fire is observed and corrected. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere
How the Staff is informed of movements at the Front. A scene in a stately French chateau. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere
The famous 4 days retreat from Mons. How the wounded helped the wounded between Le Cateau and Landrecies. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere
Winter conditions in the Yser country. A scene on the snow-covered road leading to the rear. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere
The King at the Front. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)
Lohanna and her snake 1912Lohanna, French actress that did theatrical dances in Paris with a snake. Date: 1912
Parisennes models wearing the latest fashion 1912Parisenne actresses modelling garments that were the thing for the coming season. April 1912
Watercolour by Reg Carter, The SquallWatercolour by Reg Carter (1886-1949), freelance commercial artist, entitled The Squall, probably painted at Southwold, Suffolk, where he had his studio in the High Street
Yvonne FitzroyMiss Yvonne Fitzroy (1891 - 1971), British actress, and daughter of Sir Almeric Fitzroy who had been Clerk of the Privy Council since 1898
Letter of confirmation, unfit for military service, WW1Letter of confirmation declaring Harold Auerbach (1897-1975) unfit for military service, 15 October 1915. He had applied for enlistment in the Artists Rifles. 1915
Three people in a car, Southwold, SuffolkThree people in a car, ready to go for a spin in Southwold, Suffolk. The owner and driver of the car is Henry John Sylvester Stannard RBA (1870-1951), artist
Why wear your diamond on your neck? 1913Anna Held (1872 1918), Polish-born French and later Broadway stage performer and singer, wearing lavish diamond stockings. 1913
Wreck of the Idun, Southwold, by Reg CarterWreck of the Idun, Southwold, 17 January 1912, by Reg Carter (1886-1949), freelance commercial artist based in Southwold, Suffolk, where he had his studio in the High Street
Richard Doyle, English illustratorRichard Dickie Doyle (1824-1883), English illustrator, with handwriting and signatures dated 1853 and 1883. circa 1860s
Nanette Newman on location, filming in CornwallThe actress Nanette Newman on location near Lands End, Cornwall, in the role of the Newlyn School artist Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes (nee Armstrong, 1859-1912), in A Breath of Fresh Air
Elise de Vere (1879 - 1934), French Stage Actress Date: 1909
Grace Palotta (1870 - 1959), Austrian actress who appeared in several of Mr. George Edwardes burlesques and was noted as one of the best-loved performers of Londons Gaiety Theatre
Franklin McLeayFranklin (Franklyn) McLeay (1864 - 1900), Canadian-born actor, shown here in costume as Jediah in The Daughters of Babylon. Date: 1899
Forbes Robertson and Patrick CampbellForbes Robertson (1853 - 1937) and Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865 b 1940). Johnston Forbes Robertson was an English actor and theatre manager
Eva Moore (1868 - 1955), English stage and film actress who was active in the womens suffrage movement. Her daughter, Jill Esmond, was the first wife of Laurence Olivier. Date: 1899
Maud Hoffman (1875 - ?) - American actress and theosophist of the Victorian era. Date: 1899
Florence St. John (1855 1912), English singer and actress of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, famous for her roles in operetta, musical burlesque, music hall
Maud Jeffries (1869 - 1946), American actress. She was noted for her height and beauty and became a popular subject for a wide range of theatrical post-cards and studio photographs
Ethel Matthews (1869 - 1957), English actress of the 19th and 20th centuries. Date: 1899
Evelyn Millard (1869 1941) - English Shakespearean actress, actor-manager and " stage beauty" of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Dorothea Baird (1875 - 1933), English stage and film actress. She first appeared on stage in 1894 as Iris in Oxford University Dramatic Societys production of The Tempest
Letty Lind (Letitia Elizabeth Rudge) (1861 1923), English actress, singer, dancer and acrobat. Best known for her work in burlesque at the Gaiety Theatre, and in musical theatre at Dalys Theatre
Sybil Carlisle (1871 - 1951), English actress of the Victorian era; sister of Mary Helen Carlisle. Date: 1899
Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Prospect Cottage, RottingdeanProspect Cottage (on the left) in Rottingdean, East Sussex owned by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) - a high profile member of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood of artists prominent in the 1870s
Aristide Bruant. French cabaret singer, songwriter, comedian, and nightclub owner. The illustartion shows Bruant wearing the red scarf
Phyllis Bedells 1913Phyllis Bedells (1893 1985), English ballerina and teacher. Photographed here appearing in The Reaper Dream, ballet produced by Lydia Kyasht. 1913
Jane Renouardt (1890 1972), French actress, front cover photograph showing the latest craze by going stockingless. Date: 1914
Sir Henry Irving (1838 - 1905), English stage actor and actor-manager of the Victorian era. Shown here in the role of Cardinal Wolsey. Date: 1899
Gwen Clare & J. H. Dowd rehearse for Chelsea Arts BallThe artist J. H. Dowd, best known for his illustrations of children, pictured Miss Gwen Clare rehearsing for the forthcoming Chelsea Arts Ball in the sculptor Frank Dobsons studio in Chelsea. J. H
Lady Diana Cooper (1892 1986), actress and socialite, was previously Lady Diana Manners, before her marriage to Duff Cooper, and later Diana, Viscountess Norwich
Dudley Hardy (1867 - 1922), English painter and illustrator best known for his famous posters featuring the Gaiety girls. 1904
What about a rest, I m freezingAn artists model, posing for sunshine holidays posters, asks to be allowed to rest as, ironically, it is freezing in the studio. Date: 1939
Mr W. T. Maud, war correspondent for The GraphicW. T. Maud, war correspondent and artist for The Graphic, pictured at the time of the Second Boer War. 1899