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Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaws play opens in 1914Spread from The Sketch magazine showing scenes from the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion, which opened at His Majestys Theatre, London on 11 April 1914
Cora Pearl, CourtesanCORA PEARL (1835 - 1886) born ELIZA EMMA CROUCH Victorian courtesan operating mostly in France; mistress of Prince Napoleon; seen here seated sidesaddle on toy horse Date: circa 1870
Brigham Young - Mormon Leader and WivesBrigham Young (1801-1877) - Leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and American settler. President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) from 1847 until 1877
Pansies, Pensees, or Hearts Ease, ThoughtsPansies, Pensees, or Hearts Ease, Viola tricolor, Thoughts: You occupy my thoughts or Pensez a Moi. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean
The red-flowered tree Rhododendron, Danger. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora, with botanic and poetic illustrations
Eliza Comes to Stay by H. V. Esmond. First produced at the Pier Theatre, Brighton, as Sandy and his Eliza on 30th September 1912 and at the Criterion Theatre on 12th December 1913
Little Girl playing with her Sailor Doll, 1888Illustration showing a little Victorian girl playing with her doll, which was dressed as a sailor. This image was originally entitled Now Geraldine Maude
Lola Montez / Jules LaureMARIA DOLORES ELIZA ROSEANNA GILBERT, known as LOLA MONTEZ American dancer and adventuress, born in Ireland
Lilies of the Valley, Purity and return ofLilies of the Valley, Convallaria majalis, Purity and return of happiness; The purple Emperor Butterfly, Apatura iris, Immortality of the soul
Miss Jessie Bateman - English stage actressJessie Eliza Bateman (1877-1940) - English stage actress. Raphael Tuck large letter postcard. Date: 1905
Cora Pearl, English courtesan in FranceCora Pearl (Eliza Emma Crouch, 1836-1886), English courtesan in France. Date: circa 1860s
Lady Eliza Deane at Dundanion, 1847Lady Eliza Deane commencing, at Dundanion, the Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway. Date: 1847
The snow flake-leaved Narcissus, Egotism and self-love. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora
Smiths Geranium, Preference; sweet purpleSmiths Geranium, Preference; The sweet purple and white flowered Violets, Purity of sentiment, candour, modesty innocence
The Helen Geranium, Preference; The Garden Wallflower, Fidelity in misfortune. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora
Cocks Comb Coral Tree, Singularity; singleThe Cocks Comb Coral Tree, Erythrina crista-galli, Singularity; The single white flowered Camellia or Japan Rose, Camellia japonica, Beauty is your only attraction
The sweet-scented China Rose, InfidelityThe sweet-scented China Rose, Rosa chinensis, Infidelity; The blue Hepatica, Hepatica nobilis, Confidence. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean
The myrtle-leaved Camellia or Japan Rose, Beauty is your only attraction; The Persian Cyclamen, Diffidence. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean
The large blue Periwinkle, The pleasures of memoryThe large blue Periwinkle, Vinca major, The pleasures of memory. Handcoloured lithograph by Deana and Munday after Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora
The slender and globose Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica, Taste. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora
The racemose Passionflower, Religious superstitionThe racemose Passionflower, Passiflora racemosa, Religious superstition. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora
The white Water-Lily and yellow Nuphar, SilenceThe white Water-Lily, Nymphaea odorata, and yellow waterlily, Nuphar lutea, Silence. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora
The Mexican Tiger-flower, Tigridia pavonia, Change; The blue major Convolvulus, Night. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of
Pink and scarlet Moss Rose-Buds, Beauty, love, and poetry. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora
Barclays Maurandia, the winged Thunbergia and Forget me notBarclays Maurandia, Maurandya barclayana, the winged Thunbergia, Thunbergia alata, Memory; Scorpion Grass, Forget me not, Myosotis scorpioides
The ever-blowing Rose, Beauty always new. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora, with botanic and poetic illustrations
Great flowered Heath, Bright red Heath, Porcelain Heath, Solitude. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora
The beautiful Cactus, Horror. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora, with botanic and poetic illustrations
The noble Ladys Slipper, ResemblanceThe noble Ladys Slipper, Cypripedium reginae, Resemblance. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora
Calligraphic title page with vignetteCalligraphic title page with botanical vignette. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after Eliza Eve Gleadall from her self-published The Beauties of Flora
LOLA MONTEZMARIA DOLORES ELIZA ROSEANNA GILBERT, known as LOLA MONTEZ (1818 - 1861), American dancer and adventuress, born in Ireland - seen here in traditional Spanish costume Date: 1847
Eva Moore as Eliza, in Sandy and his Eliza, CambridgeEva Moore as Eliza, in a farcical comedy, Sandy and his Eliza, by H V Esmond, at the New Theatre, Cambridge. 1912
Premiere of Pygmalion in London, 1914Front cover of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News reporting on the premier in London of a new play, Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw with Mrs Patrick Campbell in the role of Eliza Doolittle
Cora Pearl PhotoCORA PEARL (born Eliza Emma Crouch) - English-born courtesan whose convent-school upbringing led to a brilliant career as the queen of the Paris demi-monde : in 1867. Date: 1835 - 1886
Lola Montez / AnonMARIA DOLORES ELIZA ROSEANNA GILBERT, known as LOLA MONTEZ (also Mrs James, Mrs Heald) Irish adventuress, lousy dancer but mistress of (inter alia) Ludwig 1 of Bavaria
View of Perth from Mount Eliza, Western Australia Date: circa 1910s
Portrait of J D Stoyle, English actorPortrait of James D Stoyle (1831-1880), English character actor and comedian, who had recently appeared in the role of Ben Barnacle (depicted in the top left corner)
Caricature of J D Stoyle, English actorCaricature of James D Stoyle (1831-1880), English character actor and comedian, seen here in the character of Ben Barnacle in a production of Billee Taylor by Stephens
Caricature of Harriet Coveney, English actress, seen here as Eliza in a production of Billee Taylor by Stephens and Solomon at the Imperial Theatre, London
Eliza Gordon-CummingELIZA MARIA GORDON-CUMMING (nee Campbell) wife of Sir William Gordon-Cumming. (Warning : there are many Williams in this family) Date: ? - 1842
Eliza Cook, WriterELIZA COOK Author of The old armchair and other popular poems. with her autograph Date: 1818 - 1889
Eliza Cook 1849ELIZA COOK Writer of parlour poems, one of her best known being The Old Armchair. Date: 1818 - 1889
Eliza Lynn LintonELIZA LYNN LINTON Writer, married to WJ Linton but they separated amicably Date: 1822 - 1898
Eliza AberdeinELIZA ABERDEIN - Elderly lady (daughter of Charles Caesar). Date: 1735 - ?
Herbert Tree and Mrs Patrick Campbell in Pygmalion, 1914Impression of Sir Herbert Tree in the role of Professor Higgins, and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, 1914Impression of Mrs Patrick Campbell in the role of Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion, which opened in London for the first time at His Majestys Theatre on 11 April 1914. Date: 1914
Scene from Pygmalion by Tony SargSir Herbert Tree in the role of Professor Higgins and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion which opened in London at His Majestys Theatre on 11 April 1914
Anna Eliza Lord Chamberlain, American spiritualistAnna Eliza Lord Chamberlain (1842-?), American spiritualist, the first to give trance lectures in New York. Seen here with a guitar. Date: 19th century
