Skip to main content

Effects Collection

Background imageEffects Collection: BBC 1935

BBC 1935
Spread from Radio Pictorial Annual showing the British Broadcasting Centre including the interior with the vaudeville studio, the gramaphone effects studio, concert hall, council chamber

Background imageEffects Collection: Virgils Tomb

Virgils Tomb (1785). Wright, Joseph of Derby 1734-1797. Wright travelled in Italy from 1774-76 and produced many fine drawings of classical subjects and geological curiosities

Background imageEffects Collection: Wonders of the cinema organ by G. H. Davis

Wonders of the cinema organ by G. H. Davis
Noises played for films: wonders of the cinema organ. Thunder, shots and tom-toms controlled by an organist: a film-theatre organ that creates sound effects. Date: 1929

Background imageEffects Collection: LFB and London Salvage Corps at a serious fire

LFB and London Salvage Corps at a serious fire
With 25 pumps attending a serious fire at Eversholt House, 163 Eversholt Street, NW1, the London Salvage Corps bring in reinforcements to deal with the effects of firefighting operations

Background imageEffects Collection: The new R. A. F. Centrifuge 1955

The new R. A. F. Centrifuge 1955
Testing the effects of gravitational stresses experienced by pilots at high speeds: the new R.A.F. centrifuge at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough, Hampshire

Background imageEffects Collection: Hogarth / Rakes / Tailor

Hogarth / Rakes / Tailor
The Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes

Background imageEffects Collection: LORENZETTI, Ambrogio (1285-1348). Effects of Good

LORENZETTI, Ambrogio (1285-1348). Effects of Good Government on the City Life. First half 14th c. Detail. Renaissance art. Trecento. Fresco. ITALY. TUSCANY. Siena. Public Palace

Background imageEffects Collection: Clerkenwell Prison explosion

Clerkenwell Prison explosion
Effects of the explosion at the house of detention, Clerkenwell, seen from within the prison yard: police officers and firemen searching the ruins

Background imageEffects Collection: Hippocrates Saves Athens

Hippocrates Saves Athens
By his sensible precautions, the Greek physician Hippocrates saves the people of Athens from the worst effects of the plague which threatens them

Background imageEffects Collection: Ghostly apparition produced by reflection

Ghostly apparition produced by reflection. Date: 19th century

Background imageEffects Collection: Punch / Free Trade / Uk Lion

Punch / Free Trade / Uk Lion
FREE TRADE The British lion in 1850 or The Effects of Free Trade

Background imageEffects Collection: Comet August 1921

Comet August 1921
The Earth passes through the tail of an unknown comet, with spectacular aerial effects

Background imageEffects Collection: Stage Effects / Prompt

Stage Effects / Prompt
Cross-section of the stage (and below) at l Opera, Paris, showing the Prompt in his box

Background imageEffects Collection: Jenner Title Page

Jenner Title Page
Title page of the first edition of Edward Jenners Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae (smallpox)

Background imageEffects Collection: Stage Effects - Fire

Stage Effects - Fire
Victorian stage managers went to remarkable lengths to achieve realism on the stage - here, one tries to simulate the Great Fire of London

Background imageEffects Collection: Diseases of the Skin - Plate 4

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

Background imageEffects Collection: Diseases of the Skin - Plate 5

Diseases of the Skin - Plate 5 - Scabies or Itch, Red Gum Rash or Spotted Heat, Honey Sickness - Honey Scab or Pustular Tetter Impetigo, Shingles

Background imageEffects Collection: Cabaret du Neant (Cabaret of Nothingness or Death)

Cabaret du Neant (Cabaret of Nothingness or Death) - a ghost show cabaret, where ghosts were shown before the amazed audience via optical trickery and special effects

Background imageEffects Collection: Effects of strikes upon the working class and the capitalist

Effects of strikes upon the working class and the capitalist
The effects of a strike upon the capitalist and upon the working man Date: 1852

Background imageEffects Collection: Boeing E-4B 73-1676

Boeing E-4B 73-1676
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1676 (MSN 20682 / 202), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Background imageEffects Collection: Villers Bretonneaux

Villers Bretonneaux
A landscape oil painting showing the effects of war at Villers Bretonneaux, in the Somme, northern France. Date: circa 1919

Background imageEffects Collection: White Flowers

White Flowers
Painting of an array of white flowers, by the Queen of Roumania who is keenly interested in all the arts. She writes poems and novels, and, as seen here, is an artist with skill and a personal touch

Background imageEffects Collection: Gerona after a Snowstorm

Gerona after a Snowstorm
A painting showing the effects of a snowstorm in Gerona, in the Catalonian region of Spain, by the River Onyar. Date: circa 1929

Background imageEffects Collection: Mlle Ameta Butterfly Dancer

Mlle Ameta Butterfly Dancer
Performance artist Mlle Ameta uses costume, lighting effects and newly-invented machinery to perform her butterfly dance in Vienna. Date: circa 1910

Background imageEffects Collection: The Effects of Wine on different Temperaments

The Effects of Wine on different Temperaments Date: 19th century

Background imageEffects Collection: Boeing E-4B 75-0125

Boeing E-4B 75-0125
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 75-0125 (msn 20949), of the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron, at Offutt Air Force Base, in Nebraska, on 8 July 1979

Background imageEffects Collection: Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). The street San

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). The street San Jeronimo in Madrid under the effects of the bombing

Background imageEffects Collection: Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis

Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis
The force which can move mountains: harnessing the atom to vast projects for the benefit of mankind. Showing how the use of atomic explosives could be used on ambitious engineering works

Background imageEffects Collection: British Navy to sell the effects of the who has died at sea

British Navy to sell the effects of the who has died at sea
When a sailor dies at sea: A sympathetic auction of his effects, for the benefit of his widow. 1914

Background imageEffects Collection: GAS LIGHTING IN 1807

GAS LIGHTING IN 1807
THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CARBONIC GAS !!! - neighbours complain of the smoke or of being asphyxiated, pedestrians whinge about the smell and one coughs himself to death... Date: 1807

Background imageEffects Collection: Boeing E-4B 74-0787

Boeing E-4B 74-0787
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 74-0787 (msn 20684 / 232), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Background imageEffects Collection: Boeing E-4B 73-1677

Boeing E-4B 73-1677
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1677 (MSN 20683 / 204), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Background imageEffects Collection: Boeing E-4B 73-1676

Boeing E-4B 73-1676
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1676 (MSN 20682 / 202), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Background imageEffects Collection: Boeing E-4B 75-0125

Boeing E-4B 75-0125
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 75-0125 (msn 20949 / 257), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Background imageEffects Collection: Caricature of (Sir) Edward Moss, chairman of Moss Empires

Caricature of (Sir) Edward Moss, chairman of Moss Empires and the man behind the London Hippodrome, talking to his stage director Frank Parker

Background imageEffects Collection: Autumn in early summer, Kensington Gardens

Autumn in early summer, Kensington Gardens
Girls in Kensington Gardens playing among dried leaves fallen from the trees during a period of hot weather and prolonged drought in the summer of 1921. Date: July 1921

Background imageEffects Collection: Living drop-curtain in Better Days, London Hippodrome

Living drop-curtain in Better Days, London Hippodrome
A living drop-curtain at the London Hippodrome revue, Better Days, with various young ladies draped through peep holes. Date: 1925

Background imageEffects Collection: LIghting effects in Peep Show at London Hippodrome

LIghting effects in Peep Show at London Hippodrome
Page from The Illustrated London News demonstrating how the lighting effects of specialist Adrian Samoiloff could change a scene completely in Peep Show at the London Hippodrome

Background imageEffects Collection: George Bernard Shaw kaleidoscoped

George Bernard Shaw kaleidoscoped
Front cover of The Sketch featuring an unusual portrait of playwright George Bernard Show shown in kaleidoscope effect. Date: 1926

Background imageEffects Collection: The Sands of Dee, how the waves are formed at Hippodrome

The Sands of Dee, how the waves are formed at Hippodrome
Page from The Sketch reporting on how the immense waves was created during the London Hippodromes latest dramatic water spectacle, The Sands of Dee

Background imageEffects Collection: Frank Parker, stage director at London Hippodrome

Frank Parker, stage director at London Hippodrome
Frank Parker, , stage director at the London HIppodrome where he was the brains behind the theatres incredible water spectacles, plunging elephants, diving cyclists, snowstorms

Background imageEffects Collection: Behind the scenes in a film studio 1924

Behind the scenes in a film studio 1924
Various trick techniques used to achieve certain effects in a film studio, sketched by D. Macpherson in The Sphere. Among the tricks used are a side of a house painted on a floor to give the illusion

Background imageEffects Collection: Poster, The effects of over-cooking and keeping hot

Poster, The effects of over-cooking and keeping hot. Vitamin value, goodness, taste go up in smoke - result is waste. 1945

Background imageEffects Collection: Cinema sound effects machine for silent movies

Cinema sound effects machine for silent movies - noises include babies, dogs, artillery and cars. 1912

Background imageEffects Collection: Shah of Persia visit to London Hippodrome 1902

Shah of Persia visit to London Hippodrome 1902
Shaw of Persia visit to the London Hippodrome, witnessing the catastrophe in The Bandits. A prettily-arranged box draped with white, had been constructed facing the stage

Background imageEffects Collection: Realism in sounds behind the scenes: Railway noises off

Realism in sounds behind the scenes: Railway noises off
A group of stage hands using different techniques to make realistic train noises in the fledgling cinema industry. 1928

Background imageEffects Collection: Stage effects at Covent Garden for Das Rheingold

Stage effects at Covent Garden for Das Rheingold
Behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden demonstrating how the Rhine maidens are made to swim naturally in Wagners Das Rheingold. Date: 1936

Background imageEffects Collection: BBC Broadcasting House, Studio 6D for Effects

BBC Broadcasting House, Studio 6D for Effects
BBC Broadcasting House, May 1935, Studio 6D for Effects. 1935



All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping