Celebrities Collection

Chelsea Arts Ball - Noel Coward and Ivor Novello
A group at the Annual Chelsea Arts Club Ball, held at the Royal Albert Hall every New Years Eve. Back row from left, Mr Frank Verner Leveson, Mrs Calthrop, Ivor Novello, Miss Gladys Cooper

Stephen Wards sketches of celebrities, 1960
Through a doctors eyes: a page of celebrities drawn by osteopath and gifted amateur artist Doctor Stephen Ward(1912-1963), as featured in The Illustrated London News in 1960

David Niven and Primula Rollo
Hollywood actor David Niven, now Captain David Niven of the Rifle Brigade, and Primula Rollo, a wartime W.A.A.F. officer, pictured in The Bystander after being recently married. 1940

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale - British Royalty, elder son of Edward VII (1864-1892), died of pneumonia aged 28. Part of Box 63 Boswell collection. Celebrities of the day

Lord Salisbury, British Prime Minister
Lord Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1830-1903), British Prime Minister. 1889

Opera singer Lawrence Tibbett at Cap D Antibes
American opera singer Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) pictured with his wife in the garden of their French Riviera home at Cap D Antibes in 1932. Date: 1932

Greyhound Racing
Notable personalities in the greyhound racing world, from left: Mr. F. S. Gentle (Assistant MD of the Greyhound Racing Association), Brig.-Gen. A.C

What now for the Beatle-maker? Brian Epstein - English music entrepreneur who managed The Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967. Date: 1966

Page from The Sketch reporting on the birthday party of Belita (Maria Belita Jepson-Turner) at the London Hippodrome, at the time she was starring the show Champagne on Ice

Cecil Beaton, caricature by Glan Williams
CECIL WALTER HARDY BEATON (1904-1980) British photographer of fashion and celebrities. Also stage and costume designer for theatrical productions

Rosie Dolly and the Begum Aga Khan
Two personalities at the Super Elegance de Cote d Azur held in Nice on the French Riviera wearing costumes elegant enough to win

Film - Strike up the Band - Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
Film - Strike up the Band - starring Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and Judy Garland (1922-1969) - a 1940 American black and white musical film produced by the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Patrons of the Cafe Royal
Sketches by H. H. Harris of various well-known artists, writers and celebrities of the 1930s who were regular patrons of the Cafe Royal in Regent Street, London

Male Type / Dandies / Park
Celebrities in the park: Duke of Wellington, Mrs Arbuthnot, Prince Talleyrand, and Count d Orsay

Celebrities in the guise of Gods and Muses - Anrep Mosaic
Celebrities in the guise of Gods and Muses - represented in mosaics in the National Gallery, London Entrance Hall - the work of Boris Anrep (1883 - 1969), a Russian mosaicist active in Britain. 1933

Programme for Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin showcase
The cover of the programme for a Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin Gala Performance of Ballet at the Granada, Woolwich, London

Sardi's Restaurant - 234-36 West 44th Street, New York, USA - The Home of Celebrities since 1921 (whose portraits adorn the walls to this very day!) Date: circa 1950s

A few top London dancing celebrities, 1922: Edgar Newman and Galdys Harrion (from the Midland Hotel, Manchester); M. Camille de Rhynal (dancer and composer)

Tudor Close, Rottingdean
A photograph of an outside bench under a window of a Tudorbethan style property at Tudor Close, Rottingdean, the residence inspired the board game Cluedo

Cover design, Celebrities Monthly, photographs, sketches
Rare July 1895 copy of Celebrities Monthly, Actual Photographs with Biographical Sketches, published in New York, USA, including future Titanic First Class passenger and victim John Jacob Astor IV

Judith Fletcher
A photograph showing Judith Fletcher, a professional photographer, 1886-1971. She was famous for taking portrait shots of famous celebrities and socialites, and can be seen here

Photograph of H B Irving and Stella Patrick Campbell in Princess Clementina'. Captioned, Heredity in Excelsis: The Children of Stage Celebrities Combine at The Queen's Theatre'

Cutouts of celebrities Santa Monica pier

Celebrities at Mandela birthday concert
Stars who took part in the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday tribute concert in Wembley stadium, London. They include American actress Daryl Hannah. Date: 11th June 1988

A portrait of Oscar Mouvet, Parisian cafe
A portrait of Oscar Mouvet (the brother of the celebrated ballroom dancer Maurice Mouvet), Parisian cafe, night-club and cabaret owner and promoter, 1924 Date: 1924

A portrait of the Dolly Sisters, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

A sketch representing the Dolly Sisters, 1925 performing in Paris Date: 1925

Double page spread from The Tatler, reporting on Captain Neil MacEacheans novel party held at Brook Street, where well-knowns dressed up as living celebrities

Clarice Mayne, popular stage actress and considered one of the finest principle boys in the pantomime business, pictured laying the first brick of the Karsino

Mr. C. B. Cochran introduces his old ladies
Brilliant illustration by H. H. Harris imagining the scene in a theatre if impresario C. B. Cochran introduced his old rather than the usual young ladies

Elsa Maxwell and her Moods painting
Feature in The Sketch showing party thrower, entertainer and social fixer Elsa Maxwell alongside a painting she did as part of an exhibition organised by her in Paris on the theme of Moods in which

British entertainers fly into Deauville
Jack Hylton, the famous band leader, Mrs Jack Hylton, actress Enid Stamp-Taylor and comedian, Leslie Henson photographed just after arriving in fashionable Deauville by plane

Personalities on the beach -- Hon Mrs Richard Norton, the wife of Lord Grantleys heir. Date: 1930

Personalities beside the pool and on the beach -- Lady Cynthia Mosley by the bathing pool, Cap d Antibes (top) and Cocktail Time

Maurice & Leonora Hughes at Biarritz by Sem
The famous exhibition ballroom dancers, Maurice and Leonora Hughes caricatured at Biarritz by the French cartoonist Sem (Georges Goursat)

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Cinema and Dance legends Fred Astaire (1899-1987) and Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) in Flying Down to Rio (1933) Date: 1933

Bystander cover featuring Rosita Forbes
Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller and author (later Mrs. A. T. McGrath), pictured at the time her novel, " Ordinary People" was about to be published. Date: 1931

IN THE STALLS, LONDON
In the stalls of a London theatre : playgoers look up to see what celebrities may be in the boxes above them Date: 1870

Norma Shearer among the Lilies - Screen Celebrities - from a New Angle: Unconventional Portraits. Date: 1930

David Niven and Primula Rollo Married
Hollywood actor David Niven, now Captain David Niven of the Rifle Brigade, and Primula Rollo, a wartime W.A.A.F. officer, pictured in The Bystander after being recently married. 1940

Reverend Robinson Duckworth (1834-1911), Canon and Sub Dean of Westminster. He was present at the boating expedition when Lewis Carroll told the story of Alices Adventures

Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, Duchess of Cambridge
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (German: Auguste Wilhelmine Luise von Hessen-Kassel; 25 July 1797 6 April 1889), wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son

Barbara Streisand, Joan Collins and Anthony Newley
A series of photos of Barbara Streisand, Joan Collins and husband Anthony (Tony) Newley at a party thrown by Jackie Collins at the newly-opened Chi-Chi Club in St. James, London

Gloria Swanson and Michael Farmer at Juan les Pins
Actress Gloria Swanson and her husband, Michael Farmer pictured in nautical chic at the fashionable resort of Juan Les Pins on the French Riviera. Date: 1932

Royal Variety Performance 1965
A dozen of the 21 acts lined up for the Royal Variety Performance 1965. From left, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers, Shirley Bassey, Jack Benny, Peter, Paul and Mary, Dusty Springfield

Robert Taber / Celebrities
ROBERT TABER English actor in the role of Macduff

Phyllis and Zena Dare with their parents and brother Jack
Phyllis Dare, English singer and actress (1890-1975) and her sister Zena Dare, English singer and actress (1887-1975) pictured with their Father (Arthur Albert Dones)

Lord Stanley of Preston (Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, 1841-1908), English politician and sportsman. 1889

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