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The Quinlan Opera CompanyPromotional postcard for The Quinlan Opera Company. Billed as The Greatest Touring Company Ever Organized. Touring to the Royal Hippodrome, Liverpool, 2nd October 1911 Figures, left to right
Toxostoma rufum, brown thrasherPlate 116 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Sterna antillarum, least ternPlate 319 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Unhabitable by Charles PearsPainting by maritime artist, Charles Pears of a warship, visible sailing over the horizon under a dramatic sky of billowing clouds. Presumably the ship is named Unhabitable
Greta Garbo (1905-1990)A portrait of Greta Garbo on her yacht off Catalina Island. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was spotted whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz
Draped Balenciaga GownGown in mauve jersey by Balenciaga of Paris which makes dramatic use of classical style drapery. Worn with long evening gloves
Grand Canyon National Park fr. Terrace of Grand Canyon LodgeGrand Canyon National Park from the Terrace of the Grand Canyon Lodge - North Rim. Date: circa 1930s
Advert for Happy New Year Costume Ball 31st December 1925Black and white advertisement in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 28th November 1925 for the Happy New Year Costume Ball at the Albert Hall on 21st December 1925
Ramsgate lifeboat men on board stranded shipRamsgate lifeboat men with passengers on board a ship caught on the Goodwin Sands. Date: 19th century
Lilian Norton Nordica - American opera singerLilian Norton Nordica (1857-1914), American opera singer (soprano) at the piano. Date: 1890
Aurora at BossekopDramatic spectacle of the Aurora Borealis seen from Bossekop, Finmark (Norway) Date: 19 January 1839
Unruly Oval cricket crowdImpatient cricket spectators gather near the square at the Oval during an interruption in play in the match between Surrey and Yorkshire
The first authentic stage TessPhotographs of the first production of Thomas Hardys own dramatic version of his novel Tess of the d Urbervilles on 26th November 1924 by the Hardy Players at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester
St. Vitus Cathedral - Prague, Czech Republic Date: circa 1930s
Breaking WavesDramatic waves breaking over the promenade at Seaford, Sussex, England. Date: 1960s
Sport & Country nameplate with racecourseNameplate for The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Sport & Country magazine from 6th July 1955, featuring a colourful racecourse illustration. Date: 6th July 1955
Levitation SeanceAt a dramatic seance, one of the sitters finds himself levitated while all kinds of trickery is in progress
Woollen Swimwear 1940A radiant young lady poses against a dramatic sky in her stylish two-piece woollen bathing costume in which she would be advised to continuing posing rather than attempt swimming
Guignol in French ParkA dramatic moment in a Guignol performance in a French park : but the blase girl in the foreground has seen it before and knows how it will end
Jamaica / Port Royal / 1865The dramatic harbour setting of the town of Port Royal, Jamaica
Mouse on Train 1947At Bologna a woman is frightened by a mouse in a railway carriage and falls out. Luckily, she isn t seriously hurt
Maiden Castle HillfortAt 1, 800 ft long, Maiden Castle is one of the largest and most completely excavated Hillforts in Britain
Bohemian Club (of San Francisco) - Bohemian GroveBohemian Club (of San Francisco) Bohemian Grove Open-air Theatre crowd and orchestra during " Low Jinx". Every year, the club hosts a two-week-long (three weekends) camp at Bohemian Grove
Adelaide, South Australia by Night - viewed from Mount Lofty. Date: circa 1930s
Diseases of the Skin - Plate 4. Crusted or Honeycomb Ringworm, Alopecia (hair-loss), Ringworm of the scalp, spotted rose rash, running scab - eczema and Nettle rash. Date: circa 1880s
Diseases of the Skin - Plate 5 - Scabies or Itch, Red Gum Rash or Spotted Heat, Honey Sickness - Honey Scab or Pustular Tetter Impetigo, Shingles
Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - Towers, Dome of Federal BuildingChicago Worlds Fair 1933 - The three fluted towers around the Dome of the Federal Building 1933
Loie Fuller (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer doing her Serpentintanz or Serpentine Dance - London, March 8th 1912. 1912
Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, at dawn as the sun risesLindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, seen at dawn as the sun rises over the North Sea, and with low tide in the Lindisfarne harbour, Northumberland, England Date: 2014
Canary Islands - Pico vienta Date: circa 1920s
Milecastle 39 (Castle Nick) - a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Date: circa 1920s
Miss Doris Beresford - British Actress, sitting and reading an issue of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Date: circa 1911
Oberammergau and peaks of Kofel and Not, BavariaOberammergau, a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany and the nearby peaks of Kofel and Not
Sergeant Ewart capturing the French eagle at WaterlooSergeant Charles Ewart capturing the French 45th Regiment's eagle standard at the Battle of Waterloo - The Bird Catchers, Royal Scots Greys Date: 1815
Halt, Royal Field Artillery in Review Order Date: 1915
Melodrama at the TheatreWatching Melodrama at the Theatre, by Hablot K Browne (Phiz) Date: 1862
Lifeboat rescue, and every soul was saved alive Date: circa 1890
Head of Derwentwater, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: 1910
Healey Dell Viaduct, Rochdale, Greater ManchesterHealey Dell Viaduct in Healey Dell Nature Reserve in the Spodden Valley, on the outskirts or Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England
Photographs showing how cricket is photographed, including match shots, camera and photographer. Captioned, Waiting for hours to take a 1/1000th of a second picture
Ethel Sydney, actress, studio portrait in dramatic pose on chaise longue, with potted aspidistra. Date: 1895
Tilly Losch (1903-1975), also known as Ottilie Herbert, and later Countess of Carnarvon, was an Austrian dancer, actress and painter
Greta Garbo in Mata HariGreta Garbo (1905-1990) playing the title role in the 1931 film Mata Hari'. Date: 1931
Racing at Kempton ParkA low-angled shot captures both spectators and competitors at the Easter Saturday horserace at Kempton Park. Date: 1932
Louise Hampton in Late Night FinalBritish actress Louise Hampton (1881-1954) in a publicity photograph for the play Late Night Final at the Phoenix Theatre. Date: 1931
D. A. Clarke-SmithBritish actor D. A. Clarke-Smith (1888-1959) appearing in a variety of guises in the play Queer Fish at the Apollo Theatre. Date: 1931
Cedric Hardwicke in RoleA portrait of the actor Cedric Hardwicke (1893-1964) playing the role of Edward Moulton-Barrett in the play The Barretts of Wimpole Street'
Gertrude LawrenceBritish actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952). Around this time she was appearing in revue shows in London and New York. Date: circa 1925