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The Garden of Allah by R Hitchens and M AndersonThe Garden of Allah by Robert Hichens and M. Andeson, from Hichens novel of 1904. First produced in England, Drury Lane, 26th June 1920
The Thirteenth Chair by Bavard VeillerPromotional postcard showing the cast list for The Thirteenth Chair by Bavard Veiller, first produced in England at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, 16th October 1917. Date: 1917
Calstock Viaduct at sunset, River Tamar, CornwallCalstock Viaduct at sunset, crossing the River Tamar, Cornwall. circa 1980s
Miss Elizabeths Prisoner by R N Stephens & E Lyall SwetePromotional postcard for Miss Elizabeths Prisoner by Robert Neilson Stephens and E. Lyall Swete. First produced Imperial Theatre, 16th April 1904. Peyton with Miss Elizabeth
Scene at sunset, bridge over the River Tamar, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s
Mary from Tipperary by Henrietta Schrier and Lodge PercyMary From Tipperary by Henrietta Schrier and Lodge Percy. First produced Theatre Royal, Chatham, 28th June and Woolwich, 16th August 1915. Later called Her Sisters Secret
The Light That Failed by George FlemingPromotional postcard for The Light That Failed by George Fleming (Julia Constance Fletcher) from Rudyard Kiplings (1890) novel. First produced at the Lyric Theatre, 7th February 1903
Julius Caesar by William ShakespearePromotional postcard for Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. The poster shows Henry Ainley as Mark Anthony making his big speech after the death of Caesar. For the St
Jealousy by Eugene WaltersPromotional postcard for Jealousy by Eugene Walters from the French of Louis Verneuil. First produced at the Fortune Theatre, 5th December 1928. Date: 1928
The Happy Island by James Bernard FaganPromotional postcard of The Happy Island by James Bernard Fagan adapted from the Hungarian of M. Lengyel. First produced His Majestys Theatre, 24th March 1913
Hamlet by William ShakespearePromotional postcard of one of R. C. Carters 1901 cartoons of famous performers of the day. Forbes-Robertson As The Moody Dane
Poppi in the Province of Arezzo, Tuscany, ItalyPoppi in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region of Tuscany Date: 1905
Sunset over Monte Oliveto from banks of the Arno River, Florence, Italy. Date: 1905
Poster advertising travel to Egypt, with a dramatic head of Ramses (Ramesses) II in red and blue. Date: circa 1950s
WW2 poster, steelworkers in actionWW2 poster (before lettering added), showing steelworkers in action in a factory. Date: circa 1940
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cock-O-Lorum. Showing a proud cockerel conducting a roll call of all his hens, and finding the independently-minded Hetty missing. Date: 1921
Man reporting boat in trouble, Penzance, CornwallA man on horseback, reporting a boat in trouble during a storm, Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1870s
Cartoon, Pacific Overtures, or, a Flight from St Clouds over the Water to Charley, a new Dramatic Piece now Rehearsing, by James Gillray
Kate Rorke - English actress and drama teacherKate Rorke (1866-1945), English actress and drama teacher, played Helena in A Midsummer Night sDream and Sophia Western in Tom Jones
Sporting & Dramatic News cover - A Better OleFront cover of The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News featuring photographs of three stars of the stage in 1917. On the left is Miss Vera Clarke
A Small Objective by Harold Earnshaw, WW1 cartoonCartoon on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News by Harold Earnshaw, showing a number of Army and Navy officers vying for the attention of a pretty young woman
WW1 poster, War Loan, Invest TodayWW1 poster, War Loan, five shillings, Invest Today, apply at nearest Post Office. Date: circa 1916
WW1 - Captain Hotblack guides tank into actionWW1 - Captain, Major and General Frederick Elliot Hotblack (18871979) was a British Army officer who fought in the First World War as an early member of the Tank Corps
WW1 - German observation ballon captured by the BritishWW1 - A dramatic scene depicting a group of British soldiers capturing a German observation balloon in 1916. Date: 1916
Dramatic tableau of 7 Date: 1937
Messrs Kynochs War Munition FactoryA page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News with pictures reporting on the work being done at Kynochs war munitions factory at Witton, Birmingham. Date: 1915
Royal Ascot - King George V and Queen MaryKing George V and Queen Mary pictured in regal purple on the cover of the Royal Ascot supplement of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News in June 1914. 1914
Birds-Eye View of Ascot Race-CourseA Bird s-eye view of Ascot racecourse in 1914 by W. B. Robinson in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News Date: 1914
Group at Schneeberg Hotel, Austria showing Edwardian men in conversation on the terrace of this dramatic hotel, which still exists today Date: circa 1908
WWI Poster, Britons! Your Country Needs YouWWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Britons! Your Country Needs You. Dramatic red text superimposed on a map of the British Isles. Date: 1915
Diagrammatic view of home of Great EightInterior wonders of Inveresk House in the Strand, London, the new home of the Great Eight, containing the offices of the Illustrated London News, Sketch, Sphere, Tatler, Graphic, Bystander
Wolseley at Myat-Toons stronghold, Burma, 1853Sir Garnet Wolseley(1833-1913) as a young officer in the British army, storming Myat-Toons stronghold, Burma, February 1853
Tatler cover - Mrs Dudley CoatsMrs Dudley Coats, formerly Miss Audrey Evelyn James (1902-1968), society beauty and friend of the Prince of Wales. Married Captain Muir Coats of the Scots Guards in 1922 and divorced him in 1927
SS Monte Pascoal in NorwaySS Monte Pascoal in Hardanger fjord, Norway. She was German built and owned and made cruises to The Mediterranean and Norway until 1940
Carnival by F. WoolrichStriking illustration of a woman dressed in a flamboyant, theatrical costume, having her hand kissed (at least I think its her hand) by a man in a Pierrot costume. Date: 1914
Erasmic Soap advertisement, 1917Striking advertisement for Erasmic soap from the First World War era featuring a fashionable lady wearing a full-skirted outfit with a parasol or umbrella
Major H. H. Ranjitsinhji Jamsaheb of Nawanagar, WW1Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (1872 1933) Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the Sussex English cricket team. Pictured on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News in
E. H. Shepard & Bruce Ingram, Royal Garrison Artillery, WW1Some officers of the Royal Garrison Artillery, self-styled The Press Gang. Standing left to right is Sec.-Lieutenant E. H. Shepard of Punch (best-known for drawing Winnie-the-Pooh), Sec. Lieut. D. C
President Woodrow Wilson draft selection, USAPresident Woodrow Wilson being blindfolded before he makes the first serial number selection for American men to be drafted into service in World War One. Date: September 1917
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Date: 1872
Mrs Patrick Campbell, English stage actressMrs Patrick Campbell (Beatrice Stella Tanner, 1865-1940), legendary actress, seen here in an exotic gipsy costume. Date: early 20th century
The Water Crawl Widgeon by Heath RobinsonThe " Water Crawl" Widgeon - bluffing device on the Norfolk jungle. Another mind-boggling idea from the inventive mind of William Heath Robinson
The Ice Hole Clam Spearer by Heath RobinsonAn ingenious, though perhaps rather complicated device to catch clams through ice in the frozen north, part of a series of drawings in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News entitled
The Leap to Tin Salmon Blower by Heath RobinsonAnother convoluted contraption from the gadget king William Heath Robinson, showing how salmon are tinned in Scotland, part of a series in the Illustrated Sporting
Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News cover - GoodwoodFront cover of the Goodwood Number of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News featuring a jockey in the weighing room prior to a race. Date: 1928
The Chipmunk Bagger by Heath RobinsonIngenious contraption for use in the wilds of Brazil, a chipmunk bagger, part of a series by William Heath Robinson in the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News called Very Patent Aides to Sport
The Lifelyke stilted giraffe lurer by Heath RobinsonThe Lifelyke stilted giraffe-lurer, part of a series called Very Patent Aides to Sport by William Heath Robinson in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Helen Wills and Eileen BennettFront cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News featuring a photograph of Helen Wills (Moody), the American player who won the Wimbledon Championship eight times, with Eileen Bennett
