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Reyer / Salammbo, BrevelMademoiselle Breval in the title role of this epic opera based on the novel by Flaubert
DAME BLANCHE - 2Scene from Act 2, Scene 12 : the opera is based on novels by Sir Walter Scott, which explains the kilted gent
Bulgaria and GermanyBulgaria enters the war on the side of Germany; but when she is faced with reality, she finds she is a tortoise, not an eagle (cartoon based on old fable of eagle and tortoise)
Sport / GrylloA strange game, Gryllo, based on double-wicket cricket, but played with lawn tennis racquets instead of bats. A net at each end of the pitch takes the place of the stumps!
Puccini / Fanciulla / CoverMinnie, the heroine, framed by a lasso - Puccini based his opera on Belascos play
Learning to Ride HobbyEnglishmen learn to ride Johnsons Pedestrian Hobby Horse at the riding school in the Strand, London; the machine is based on Drais machine, the Draisienne
Man & 4 Ladies / CostumeComposite image based on fashion plates. Man: top hat, pantaloons, cut-away coat with M-cut collar, cane & striped waistcoat. Women: white muslin dresses with puffed sleeves
Vibrant Floral ShawlA bold multi-coloured shawl with a deep fringed border & an orientally inspired floral print possibly based on Chinese embroidery popular at the time
Fishing / Norway / DangersThe variety of fishing styles in the Norwegian Sea, from ship-based catches to the dangers of fishing while balanced on floes of ice!
Coats by Worth 1923Orientally inspired coats by Worth based on a Kimono: orange with voluminous hanging sleeves & fur trim & collar; puce wrap over coat with fur lining & embroidered panels
Gossip about Fairies 40Sometimes water nymphs and land-based fairies meet at the waters edge for a friendly frolic, which may result in mer-babies or other amphibious offpring
Electricity GuerickeAt Hamburg, Otto von Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, demonstrates an electrical machine - the first of its kind, based on a rotating sphere generating force
Rescuing U-Boat VictimA child is rescued aboard a passenger ship torpedoed by a U-boat - an episode from an adventure yarn published in 1917 based on authentic naval operations
Naval Combat (Fiction)The British navy destroys a German destroyer - illustration to a fiction story based on real-life naval events
Francesco De Lana FlightThe project of Francesco de Lana, an Italian Jesuit from Brescia, based on sound aeronautical principles though his calculations were somewhat at fault
Blunt / Cetus / Plate 53The constellation of Cetus: the animal is based on a whale, but has elements of a quadruped, with webbed feet and a broad tail
Lady in Military DressA woman in a fancy dress costume based on a mans military uniform which includes a jacket with epaulettes & braid, a black stock, tricorne hat & sword
Nautilus Swim Club 3Members of the Nautilus Swimming Club, based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London, pose in a meadow before settling down to their River Picnic
Nautilus Swim Club 2Members of the Nautilus Swimming Club, based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London, pass through a lock on the Thames on their way to their River Picnic
Elizabeth Pope - 1ELIZABETH POPE (when miss Younge ) actress as Creusa in Whiteheads play of that name, based on the Ion of Euripides. It was highly praised by Horace Walpole
Invisibility MachineAccording to inventor/ publisher Hugo Gernsback, making people invisible is possible, using radiation similar to X-rays, based on the research of Steans
Food and Drink / Sugarcane(ALCOHOLIC DRINK) Native distilling sprit from Sugar-cane, Madagascar
Scott / Ice Grave for HeroThe ice-grave of the heroes based on a photograph by a member of the search party
Mexico / YucatanReconstruction of a Maya temple, based on an English archaeological survey led by Thomas Gann, including sacrificial altar, drowning pool and sports stadium
Titanic Last MomentsThe last moments of the TITANIC (illustration based on account given by J B Thayer and H Senior)
