Dramatic Collection (page 15)

The Green Cloak by Albert Bailey
Portrait of a woman wearing a dramatic green cloak and huge hat by Albert Bailey whose haughty and fashionable women were a hallmark of his work during the 1920s. Date: 1927

Florenz Tamara
The dancer Tamara, who, with her partner Addison Fowler was one of the leading exponents of Spanish style ballroom dancing at cabaret venues in America and Europe

Hearse of Duke of Wellington passing Deal Castle
The hearse and remains of the Duke of Wellington passing Deal Castle in Kent, as the body of the great statesman and soldier is moved from lying in state at Walmer Castle, his residence

Dambovicioara Gorge, Romania
The Dambovicioara Gorge, near Podu Dambovitei, Wallachia, Romania, site of the Dambovicioara River - a tributary of the Dambovita River

Decorative Christmas frieze - Christmas minstrels
A simple but dramatic Christmas scene featuring three musicians standing outside a house in the snow playing their instruments. c.1925

Decorative Christmas frieze - coach and horses
Simple but dramatic Christmas scene featuring a silhouette of a coach and horses, with postillion in full flow, dashing through a snowy landscape. c. 1925

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover, 1928
Dramatic cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1928 featuring a group of angular looking ice skaters from the 1890s to introduce the Naughty Nineties theme of the issue. Date: 1928

Beach Head Lighthouse
The dramatic chalk headland of Beachy Head, Sussex, England and its Lighthouse. Date: built 1902

Mont St. Michel
Mont. St. Michel, Normandy, France, showing the dramatic monastery, with its steeple almost touching the clouds. Date: 1967

Cumulous Nimbus Clouds
Dramatic Cumulus Nimbus clouds at sea, the sign of an approaching rain storm. Date: 1960s

England / Dovedale
A dramatic view from Thorpe Cloud (900 feet high), looking down on the River Dove, Dovedale, Derbyshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Charge of the Light Brigade, Battle of Balaklava, 1854
Dramatic process-litho of the charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War focusing on the horses, made 20 years after the event

Yachting Skies
A yacht takes to the open seas, with a dramatic cloud formation in the skies above. Date: 1930s

Lands End Wave Study
A dramatic study of waves crashing against the rugged coastline, clouds looming above, Lands End, Cornwall, England. Date: 1950s

Big Ben at Night
The clock face Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, central London, floodlit at night for dramatic effect. Date: 1930s

Cloudy Wisley Common
A dramatic cloud formation over Wisley Common, Surrey, England. Date: 1940s

Dramatic Cloud Formation
A dramatic cloud formation below some road signs, looking almost like a crucifixion scene. Date: 1940s

Carding Mill Valley
A family take a break beside their car in the dramatic Carding Mill Valley, near Church Stretton, Shropshire, England. Date: 1950s

Pollocks characters in Douglas
Pollocks toy theatre characters in the play Douglas, namely Glenalvon, Lady Randolph, Norval, Lord Randolph, and Old Norval. Date: circa 1840

Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn, Switzerland
The Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn (LSE) - a narrow gauge rack railway in Switzerland connecting Lucerne by Stans with a resort near Engelberg. A view toward the Titlis Mountain in the Urner Alps

Lubaantun archaeology - rapid tropical growth
The dramatic effects of rapid vegetation growth on archaeological sites. The amphitheatre grand stands at the ancient Maya ruins of Lubaantun in British Honduras(today Belize)

Marie Lloyd on cover of Sporting & Dramatic News
Marie Lloyd, born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (1870 - 1922), British music hall singer, entertainer and comedienne. A global superstar in her day commanding the highest salary of any entertainer

Sport & Country Royal Show souvenir issue
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Sport & Country Royal Show, Nottingham 1955 souvenir issue, featuring colourful illustrations of dressage, prize show farm animals and tractors. Date: 1955

Sport & Country nameplate with beach scene
Nameplate for the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Sport & Country of 3rd August 1955, featuring a colourful illustration of a beach scene with sailing boats and people in deckchairs

Isle of Skye - The Island of Rhum viewed from Elgol Date: circa 1920s

Royal Ascot Number of ISDN
Cover of the Royal Ascot Number of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 12th June 1936. Date: 1936

Javanese Sunset
A lovely sunset off the coat of Java, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

Scotland / Wemyss Castle
Dramatic view upstream to Wemyss Castle Date: 1890s

Massenet / Werther
A dramatic moment in the first Paris production : Act III - Werther (M.Ibos) throws himself at the feet of Charlotte (Mlle. Delna) Date: first performed 1892

Dramatic landscape
A dramatic landscape with a cross on top of a rocky outcrop and a pathway with figures

Argentina - Limay River
The Limay River is an important river in northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the region of Comahue). It begins at the eastern end of the Nahuel Huapi Lake

Banff Springs Hotel - Bow Valley, Canada

Lieutenant Rex Warneford - WWI Ace Hero
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald ( Rex ) Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Inspector Dew leaving the Laurentic
The End of a Dramatic Chase. Inspector Walter Dew leaving the ocean liner SS Laurentic and about to embark on the pilot steamer that took him to the SS Montrose

Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794 - 1854), Italian tenor and one of the most famous singers in Europe in the 1830s and 1840s

Warneford attacks Zeppelin at Ghent
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Adventures of Rene Cutforth
The Adventures of Rene Cutforth. Artwork for Lilliput magazine by Raymond Sheppard

German Theatrical show - Constantinople
An unusual German postcard depicting a grand theatrical spectacular involving a cast of thousands based in a representation of Constantinople!

Istanbul - The Golden Horn at sunset
A view of Istanbul, Turkey at sunset, showing the small ferry boats used to make the crossing of the Bosphorus

An altercation
A lady flings her arms around her lover, shielding him from the other gentleman who seems to be bringing unwelcome news. It seems that three definitely is a crowd

Thrills & Spills / Holiday
A dramatic illustration by equestrian & sporting artist, Gilbert Holiday showing the thrills and perils of the annual Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree

Ploughing Match, England
A ploughing Match at Wivelsfield, West Sessex, England. A farmer ploughs a field with the aid of two Shire horses

Stag leaping
A stag leaps over a fence in a wintry landscape - illustration for The Harbourer story

Leicester Square
The Luminous Fountain, one of the dramatic features of the Panopticon in Leicester Square

Vaudeville Theatre- The Adventures of Ladislas Bolski
A scene from M. Cherbuliezs play, The Adventures of Ladislas Bolski. Here, Ladislas Bolski is shown at the feet of his mother, striking a rather dramatic, over-the-top pose

Gwennap Pit, Cornwall, the scene of much of John Wesleys most dramatic preaching

Colour illustration by Sogata
A stylistic illustration of a lady in a dramatic costume

Dramatic rescue of a young girl
A colour illustration showing a relieved mother reaching out to a lifeboat man for her rescued daughter

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