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Background imageBorn Collection: Louis Esson

Louis Esson
A portrait oil painting of Scottish born, Australian poet and playwright, Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson, who wrote plays such as The Time is Not Yet Ripe (1912) and The Drovers (1922)

Background imageBorn Collection: Florence Engelbach Self Portrait

Florence Engelbach Self Portrait
A self portrait oil painting of Spanish born Florence Ada Engelbach nee Neumegen, 1872-1951. She is holding a yellow fruit and wraring a red beaded necklace. Date: circa 1931

Background imageBorn Collection: Miss Edith Evans as Mrs Millimant

Miss Edith Evans as Mrs Millimant
Oil painting of London Born actress, Miss Edith Evans costume dressed in an elaborate blue dress, using a red and white fan, playing the role of Mrs

Background imageBorn Collection: Poster Page Design

Poster Page Design
A poster page design showing a man playing a woodwind instrument. Terence Prentis, born in 1903 studied at the Byam Shaw and the Vicat Cole's Schools of Art. Date: circa 1926

Background imageBorn Collection: Caricature illustration, captioned, The First Born'. Showing proud father in top hat and tails

Caricature illustration, captioned, The First Born'. Showing proud father in top hat and tails, with child in bonnet in push chair, and onlookers in street scene

Background imageBorn Collection: British Productions films 1929 and 1930

British Productions films 1929 and 1930 - The Bondman, The First-Born, The Wrecker, The Burgomaster of Stilemonde, The Woman in White, The Blue Peter, Albino the Outcast, When Knights Were Bold

Background imageBorn Collection: Miles Mander and Madeleine Carroll in The First Born

Miles Mander and Madeleine Carroll in The First Born
Miles Mander and Madeleine Carroll in Gainsborough Pictures film The First Born, directed by Miles Mander Date: 1929

Background imageBorn Collection: Art deco lady with handbag, long coat and high heels

Art deco lady with handbag, long coat and high heels
Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi was born in 1879 and died in 1949. He lived for many years in Paris working as a caricature cartoonist

Background imageBorn Collection: Elegant couple in evening dress dancing the tango

Elegant couple in evening dress dancing the tango
The artist is well known. She was born in Vienna where this card was drawn and moved to Sweden in the 1930s. The man is dressed in tailored black tie and the lady has a long frilled tube dress

Background imageBorn Collection: Head and shoulders portrait of Marshal Radetzky

Head and shoulders portrait of Marshal Radetzky
One of a large series of postcard portraits of men and women who featured prominently in the 19th Century -the Great Century - Das Grosse Jahrhundert

Background imageBorn Collection: Shakespeare's Birthplace - Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Shakespeare's Birthplace - Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Shakespeare's Birthplace - a restored 16th-century half-timbered house situated in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England

Background imageBorn Collection: The Giant Machnow at The London Hippodrome

The Giant Machnow at The London Hippodrome
Fedor Machnow (said to be 9 ft 8 ins high in 1905) was born in 1876 near Viciebsk, then part of the Russian Empire (now in Belarus). He is seen here outside the London Hippodrome

Background imageBorn Collection: Esther Bruce at the launch of Aunt Esther's Story

Esther Bruce at the launch of Aunt Esther's Story. Josephine Esther Bruce (1912-1994) working-class mixed race seamstress born in Fulham, London to a Guyanese father & an English mother

Background imageBorn Collection: Mr Austen Chamberlain

Mr Austen Chamberlain. Part of Box 104 Boswell Collection. Austen Chamberlain was born in Birmingham, the second child and eldest son of Joseph Chamberlain

Background imageBorn Collection: Teaching Mothers to Care for their Infants 1907

Teaching Mothers to Care for their Infants 1907
In a parish in St. Pancras, Battersea, poor mothers being taught how to care for their infants. Date: 1907

Background imageBorn Collection: Gould Bryan Brian Charles 1939 Uk Labour Socialist

Gould Bryan Brian Charles 1939 Uk Labour Socialist
gould, bryan, brian, charles, 1939, uk, labour, socialist, socialism, politics, political, politician, mp, member, parliament, born, new, zealand, returned, 1990s, party, conference, hand, holding

Background imageBorn Collection: Bryan Gould, Labour politician and MP

Bryan Gould, Labour politician and MP
Bryan Charles Gould (b 1939), UK Labour politician and MP, born in New Zealand, where he returned in the early 1990s. Seen here (just left of centre)

Background imageBorn Collection: Tadeusz Makowski, Polish-born artist based in Paris

Tadeusz Makowski, Polish-born artist based in Paris
Tadeusz Makowski (1882-1932), prominent Polish-born painter based in Paris from 1909. Seen here in a self-portrait, with palette and brushes, and a small bird perching on the top. Date: circa 1919

Background imageBorn Collection: Iris Murdoch, British novelist and philosopher

Iris Murdoch, British novelist and philosopher
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), Irish-born British author and philosopher, best known for her novels. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageBorn Collection: Compton Mackenzie, novelist and nationalist

Compton Mackenzie, novelist and nationalist
Compton Mackenzie (Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, 1883-1972), English-born Scottish novelist and nationalist. Aside from his writing he also worked as an actor

Background imageBorn Collection: Portrait bust of Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist

Portrait bust of Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), theoretical physicist, philosopher and author -- a bronze portrait bust on a marble plinth, made by Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), American-born British sculptor

Background imageBorn Collection: Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975), American-born French entertainer

Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975), American-born French entertainer. Began her career as an entertainer dancing on Broadway. She travelled to Paris in 1925 to star in La Revue Negre

Background imageBorn Collection: John Hunter

John Hunter (1728 - 1893), Scottish surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He assisted his brother

Background imageBorn Collection: Lea Hurst, home of Florence Nightingale

Lea Hurst, home of Florence Nightingale
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florence's social standing to become

Background imageBorn Collection: Florence Nightingale's carriage

Florence Nightingale's carriage
The nursing carriage that accompanied Miss Florence Nightingale through the Crimean War. Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father

Background imageBorn Collection: Princess Mary

Princess Mary (1897 - 1965), third child and only daughter of George V and Queen Mary at the age of thirteen. Born at Sandringham

Background imageBorn Collection: Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962), Austrian-born American violinist and composer. Date: 1904

Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962), Austrian-born American violinist and composer. Date: 1904

Background imageBorn Collection: DEATH OF GENL. KICKI

DEATH OF GENL. KICKI
Polish general Louis Kicki (born 1770) dies on the battlefield of Ostrolenka where the Poles defeat the Russians Date: 1831

Background imageBorn Collection: PHOTO OF DEAD 3 YR OLD

PHOTO OF DEAD 3 YR OLD
Isa Jane Cumming, born on 15th July 1866 and who died on 1st July 1869, was photographed by her grieving parents in order that they might remember how she looked. Date: 1869

Background imageBorn Collection: Samuel Carter Hall Cdv 1800 1889 Irish Born Editor

Samuel Carter Hall Cdv 1800 1889 Irish Born Editor
samuel, carter, hall, cdv, 1800, 1889, irish, born, editor, writer, based, london, wife, death, became, involved, spiritualism, full, length, white, hair, cane, bowtie, wife's, history

Background imageBorn Collection: BEFORE LEAVING EGYPT

BEFORE LEAVING EGYPT
Following the last plague - the death of the first-born - the Hebrews eat their last meal standing, dressed for travel, staff in hand... ready to leave Egypt

Background imageBorn Collection: NEW-BORN CHILD FUNERAL

NEW-BORN CHILD FUNERAL
Funeral procession of a newly-born child, Madrid Date: 1877

Background imageBorn Collection: AN EARL IS BORN, 1382

AN EARL IS BORN, 1382
The birth of Richard Beauchamp (1382-1439), earl of Warwick, in the manor of Salwarp in the County of Worcester (England) - doctor and servants perform their various tasks Date: 28 January 1382

Background imageBorn Collection: BIBLE/PLAGUE/FIRST BORN

BIBLE/PLAGUE/FIRST BORN
Death of the first born. Date: OT

Background imageBorn Collection: Reincarnation: Dalai Lama reborn 1934

Reincarnation: Dalai Lama reborn 1934
When the Dalai Lama dies, a baby boy born at precisely the same moment is recognised by church leaders at Lhasa, Tibet, as his reincarnation. 1934

Background imageBorn Collection: The collapse of the Duma, Russia 1906

The collapse of the Duma, Russia 1906
"The Death of the First Born" - comment on the collapse of the first Imperial Russian Duma in 1906. Date: 1906

Background imageBorn Collection: Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, marries Roxana

Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, marries Roxana
Alexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon, weds Roxana, daughter of Oxyartes, a Bactrian chief whom he had defeated but now made an ally, 327 BC

Background imageBorn Collection: General Nicolas Anne Theodule Changarnier

General Nicolas Anne Theodule Changarnier
Vintage 19th century photograph: Nicolas Anne Theodule Changarnier (26 April 1793 - 14 February 1877), French general, was born at Autun, Saone-et-Loire

Background imageBorn Collection: General Sir Richard England, army officer

General Sir Richard England, army officer
Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir Richard England, GCB, KH (1793 - 19 January 1883) was a British Army officer, born at Detroit, which was then part of Upper Canada

Background imageBorn Collection: Comic postcard, not born in Matlock

Comic postcard, not born in Matlock Date: 20th century

Background imageBorn Collection: Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). A portrait by Leslie Brooke (1862-1940) of an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist born in India

Background imageBorn Collection: Grove Hill, Camberwell

Grove Hill, Camberwell
View of Dr Lettsoms house. John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) was an English physician and philanthropist born on Little Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands into an early Quaker settlements

Background imageBorn Collection: Mother with new born baby visited by several women

Mother with new born baby visited by several women in a parlour. A Lying in Visit. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Background imageBorn Collection: Woman having her feet treated painfully by a chiropodist

Woman having her feet treated painfully by a chiropodist in her bedroom. Her husband offering her a glass of wine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Background imageBorn Collection: English gentleman marrying his bride in a stately home

English gentleman marrying his bride in a stately home before family and staff. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combes The Dance of Life

Background imageBorn Collection: Memorial to Sgt Charles Ranginawawahia Sciasia

Memorial to Sgt Charles Ranginawawahia Sciasia
New Zealander Sciasia, born of an Italian father and a Maori mother, played, with his brother John, for the Maori All Blacks in 1913

Background imageBorn Collection: Room in which Joan of Arc was born

Room in which Joan of Arc was born, in Domremy, north-eastern France, as it existed in 1812. 1812

Background imageBorn Collection: Zorzis George Michalinos

Zorzis George Michalinos, Greek-born racehorse owner. Date: 1938



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