Bennett Gallery

Monolithic stele from Tiwanaku, La Paz, Bolivia

Impressive monolithic stele from Tiwanaku (sometimes Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) - a important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia. Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately five hundred years. On display in La Paz Date: circa 1940s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Ilford murders - personalities in the case

Personalities at the time of the trial of Frederick Bywaters and Mrs. Edith Thompson, who were accused and later hung for the murder of Thompson's husband, Percy Thompson. Pictured are the Solicitor General Mr. T.W.H Inskip, the counsel for Mrs Thompson, Sir Henry Curtis Bennett and the counsel for Frederick Bywaters, Mr Cecil White-Ley. The Judge, Mr Justice Shearman, who sentenced the prisoners to death, is also pictured, Date: 1922

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Tatler cover - Eileen Bennett, tennis player, Madame Yevonde

Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of British player Eileen Bennett (Mrs Fearnley Whittingstall), who won six Grand Slam titles between 1927 and 1931.
1930

© Yevonde Portrait Archive/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

1930, Bennett, British, Cover, Covers, Eileen, Fearnley, Front, Madame, Mrs, Oct19, Player, Players, Portrait, Sport, Sporting, Sportswoman, Sportswomen, Tatler, Tennis, Whittingstall, Yevonde