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Two women in front of biplaneTwo women wearing their best clothes standing in front of a biplane
A Conference of the Allies 1917British officers, presumably home on leave for Christmas, standing behind a curtain with sprigs of mistletoe behind their backs
Dutch and SpanishSpanish soldiers fraternising with Dutch peasants. Like the Germans three centuries later, the occupying forces do their best to ingratiate themselves with the locals. Date: circa 1590
Sir William Schwenk Gilbert - English parodist & librettistSir William Schwenk Gilbert (1836-1911), English parodist and librettist. Gilbert wrote Christmas burlesque and humorous poetry
Romain Rolland PhotoROMAIN ROLLAND French writer best known for Jean Christophe, photographed in 1921. Date: 1866 - 1944
Pierre Loti PhotoPIERRE LOTI - French sailor and writer, also singer - here he is as Raoul de Nangis in Meyerbeers Les Huguenots, in 1908. But best known for his book Les pecheurs d Islande. Date: 1850-1923
Bartholdi PhotoFREDERIC AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI Alsatian sculptor, best known for the Statue of Liberty erected in New York harbour 1885 as a gift from the French people : photo 1880. Date: 1834 - 1894
Gustave Nadaud PhotoGUSTAVE NADAUD French poet, singer, musician, best-known for his poem on never having visited Carcassonne. Photo 1880. Date: 1820 - 1893
DUNKERQUEAn important Channel port, Dunkerque (as Dunkirk) is best known as the scene of the crucial evacuation of Allied forces in the summer of 1940. Date: circa 1825
William Baron WynfordWILLIAM DRAPER BEST, first baron WYNFORD judge Date: 1767 - 1845
Lew WallaceMajor-general LEW WALLACE American military commander, best-known for his book Ben Hur. Date: 1827 - 1905
ELIZA COOK Poet, best known for her lines in fond memory of an arm-chair to which she was deeply attached : with her autograph Date: 1818 - 1889
Harriet Beecher StoweHARRIET BEECHER STOWE American author, best known for Uncle Toms cabin, but she disapproved of Byron. with her autograph Date: 1811 - 1896
Wm. Frederick YeamesWILLIAM FREDERICK YEAMES artist, whose best-known work was And when did you last see your father ? at work in his studio Date: 1835 - 1918
Hendrik Van Der BorchtHENDRIK VAN DER BORCHT Flemish artist, worked for a while in England: best known for fruit and flowers. Date: 1583 - 1660
Jeanne De MontolieuJEANNE ISABELLE PAULINE POLIER de BOTTENS, baronne de MONTOLIEU Swiss writer, best known as Isabelle de Montolieu. Date: 1751 - 1832
William Thom, PoetWILLIAM THOM Scottish weaver and poet, best-known for his poem The mitherless bairn which I haven t read because it is probably rather sad. Date: 1799 - 1848
Frank Richard StocktonFRANK RICHARD STOCKTON American writer, whose best known work was the short story The lady or the tiger ? Date: 1834 - 1902
Franz Totleben - 4FRANZ EDVARD IVANOVICH, count TOTLEBEN Russian military engineer, best known for his brilliant defence of Sebastopol in the Crimea war. Date: 1818 - 1884
Franz Totleben - 5FRANZ EDVARD IVANOVICH, count TOTLEBEN Russian military engineer, best known for his brilliant defence of Sebastopol in the Crimea war. Date: 1818 - 1884
Franz Totleben - 2FRANZ EDVARD IVANOVICH, count TOTLEBEN Russian military commander, best known for his brilliant defence of Sebastopol in the Crimea war. Date: 1818 - 1884
KATE SNEYD daughter of Major Ralph Sneyd, best known for being the father of Kate. Date: CIRCA 1852
James Smith - 2JAMES SMITH author with his brother Horace of Rejected adresses which was a best-seller in its day. with his autograph Date: 1775 - 1839
James Smith - 1JAMES SMITH author with his brother Horace of Rejected adresses which was a best-seller in its day. Date: 1775 - 1839
Enoch SeemanENOCH SEEMAN artist, best known as a portrait painter Date: 1694 - 1744
Joseph ShorthouseJOSEPH HENRY SHORTHOUSE writer, best known for John Inglesant. Date: 1834 - 1903
Gasparo Spontini - 3GASPARO LUIGI PACIFICO SPONTINI Italian musician, best known for his opera La Vestale. Date: 1774 - 1851
Gasparo Spontini - 2GASPARO LUIGI PACIFICO SPONTINI Italian musician, best known for his opera La Vestale. Date: 1774 - 1851
Roelant SaveryROELANT SAVERY Flemish artist best known for animals and oher birds. Date: 1576? - 1639
Michael SadleirMICHAEL SADLEIR writer and bibliographer, best known for his novel Fanny by gaslight written 13 years after this portrait was made. Date: 1888 - 1957
Rubens SonsTwo of Rubens sons, wearing their best clothes while papa paints them... Date: 1577 - 1610
Edward Payson RoeEDWARD PAYSON ROE American protestant churchman and writer of moralistic novels such as A knight of the nineteenth century, all of them best-sellers. Date: 1838 - 1888
David Roberts - 2DAVID ROBERTS artist, best known for his views of Egypt : we have many, many of his paintings in our files. Date: 1796 - 1864
David Roberts - 3DAVID ROBERTS artist, best known for his views of Egypt : we have many, many of his paintings in our files. Date: 1796 - 1864
ISaC REED Scholar best known for his edition of Shakespeare, the well known playwright. Date: 1742 - 1807
Adam Pijnacker - 2ADAM PIJNACKER Dutch artist, best known for his landscapes. Date: 1622 - 1673
Adam Pijnacker - 1ADAM PIJNACKER Dutch artist, best known for his landscapes. Date: 1622 - 1673
JOHN PINE artist and writer, best known for his scenes of everyday life and costume. Date: 1690 - 1756
George Edward PickettGEORGE EDWARD PICKETT American confederate soldier, best known for his brave but hopeless charge at Gettysburg - his greatest feat was at the 1865 battle of Five Forks. Date: 1825 - 1875
Thomas Percy, BishopTHOMAS PERCY Irish churchman, bishop of Dromore, scholar and antiquary, best known for his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. Date: 1729 - 1811
Charles PerraultCHARLES PERRAULT - French writer and statesman, best known for his fairy tales which include many classics such as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. Date: 1628 - 1703
William Lord PanmureWILLIAM LORD PANMURE Scottish noble, described as a generous sportsman, with his horse (Kay was not at his best when depicting horses...) Date: 1771 - 1852
Lord Clarence PagetLORD CLARENCE EDWARD PAGET British naval commander, here in his best uniform - you d never guess that he was also an accomplished sculptor ! Date: 1811 - 1895
Walking under a LadderIs walking under a ladder really bad luck? These pedestrians think so, doing their best to avoid a ladder! Date: early 1930s
Christ. Fried. NicolaiCHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH NICOLAI German bookseller and author, best known for his remarkable spate of hallucinations, a classic case in psychological literature. Date: 1733 - 1811
Erskine Nicol - 2ERSKINE NICOL artist best known for his portrayals of scenes of daily life. with his autograph Date: 1825 - 1904
Hannah more (Clint)HANNAH MORE prolific writer (mainly religious) and teacher, her best known work Coelebs in search of a wife : friend of Johnson, Horace Walpole etc. Date: 1745 - 1833
Hannah more (Bird)HANNAH MORE prolific writer (mainly religious) and teacher, her best-known work Coelebs in search of a wife; friend of Johnson, Horace Walpole etc. Date: 1745 - 1833
