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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
Summer sport on the ContinentSupplement cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, reporting on the sporting possibilities on the Continent. A young woman in tennis costume points across the Channel while her male
Water Polo riot at 1932 Los Angeles OlympicsA page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, reporting on a riot at the water polo during the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games
Tommy Hampson collapsed after 800m win, 1932 OlympicsThomas " Tommy" Hampson (1907 1965), British athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Pictured on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting
Dramatic air battle off Malaya by G. H. DavisThe destruction of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse: phases in the dramatic air battle off Malaya during the Second World War, when British ships were attacked by Japanese planes. Date: 1941
View of Mont St Michel, Normandy, France, with two men fishing in the shallow waters in the foreground. Date: early 20th century
Statue of Victor Hugo, French novelist, GuernseyStatue of Victor Hugo, the French novelist and poet, in Guernsey, where he spent time in exile from France. A schoolboy looks up at the sculpture. Date: 1914
Music cover, The Piccolomini Waltz, from Verdis opera La Traviata, as performed at Almacks and the Court Balls. Marietta Piccolomini (1834-1899)
Military amateur dramatic clubThe Band of the 2nd SOM.L.I, dramatic club, in opera Pip-ard. British army amateur dramatic club, probably the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers stationed in China around 1911. Date: C.1911
A scene from the play Denise by Alexandre DumasA dramatic scene from the theatre production, showing a man trying to strangle his victim. Date: 1885
Rescue of the B. E. F. at Dunkerque by MataniaThis illustration shows the dramatic rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkerque in 1940. It took over 900 vessels from England to evacuate the British and French soldiers
Sporting and Dramatic News VE DayFront cover from Sport & Country showing the contrast between war time London and victory in 1945. Date: 01/05/1945
A 1928 cover of The Sporting and Dramatic NewsHuntsman clearing a hedge, followed by his dog during a hunt. 1928
Colour illustration by Howard K. ElcockColour illustration showing a dramatic dance performance. Date: 24th February 1926
Francisque SarceyFRANCISQUE SARCEY French dramatic critic Date: 1827-1899
Buckingham Palace, London, floodlit at night for for dramatic effect. Date: 1930s
Jules Janin, WriterJULES GABRIEL JANIN French journalist, novelist, dramatic critic and theatre historian. Date: 1804 - 1874
Boy with pet dogBoy with Dog. Ceruti, Giacomo 1698-1767. Born in Milan, Ceruti trained there and absorbed the north Italian interest in still-life painting associated with the work of Caravaggio
French Model with fun Vampish expressionFrench Model wearing dramatic make-up with a marvellous Vampishexpression! Date: circa late 1920s
Kedleston Hall near Derby, Derbyshire - the seat of the Curzon family whose name originates in Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy Date: 1906
Dramatic view of the Cliffs at Margate, Kent, England Date: circa 1904
Norway - Loenvandet - Part of the Kjendalen Date: circa 1905
Shanghai, China - Evening Scene of the Bund - Huangpu RiverThe Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, along the western bank of the Huangpu River
French Fantasy Beauty in see-through drape poses dramatically in front of a mysterious landscape vista. Date: circa 1910s
Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington, USAA fabulous panoramic photograph of Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington, USA, featuring the Northern Pacific Travel Office, the Hotel Seattle and the Pioneer Building
Iceland - Car on road within Almannagja Canyon, ThingvellirA car gingerly navigates along a pass within the Almannagja Canyon - a natural fault line within the Thingvellir National Park in Iceland. Date: circa 1910
Taormina, Sicily, Italy - Greek Theatre. Date: circa 1910s
WW1 - The Canadian National Vimy MemorialThe Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War
Sarah Bernhardt as Zoraya in La SorciereFrench Actress Sarah Bernhardt as Zoraya in the stage play La Sorciere ( The Witch ) - Act 3. Written by Victorian Sardou and produced by Bernhadt herself. Date: 1903
Lourdes, Frances - Funicular Railway - Viaduct du Pic du Jer Date: 1910s
Lightning during a thunderstorm - Morro Castle, Havana, CubaLightning strike during a thunderstorm - Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba Date: circa 1910s
Sorfjorden viewed from above Ulvik, NorwayView over Sorfjorden, a 38 km-long fjord arm of the Hardangerfjord in Hordaland county, Norway - from above Ulvik. Date: early 1950s
Roldal Lake from the top of the Selje Pass, NorwayView of Roldalsvatnet, a lake in the municipality of Odda in Hordaland county, Norway viewed from the top of the Selje Pass, Norway Date: early 1950s
Arch - Crowland Abbey (Croyland Abbey), LincolnshireCrowland Abbey (Croyland Abbey), Lincolnshire. Legend tells us that St. Guthlacs hermit cell was here, when the area was a desolate island in the fens
Popular song Goodbye DollyA woman in despair over her drowning soldier husband who whilst rowing broke an oar and fell into the water. Realising his fate he bids fond farewell to his wife, Dolly
Suleymaniye Mosque viewed from the Golden HornThe Suleymaniye Mosque viewed in silhouette in front of a very dramatic sky from the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1953
General view of the Seaport of Aden, Yemen from the sea Date: circa 1920s
