Eyewitness Collection

The Wreck of the Titanic by Lawrence Beesley - Sphere
A page from the Sphere with a full report of the sinking of the Titanic by a survivor, Mr Lawrence Beesley, a science master at Dulwich College since 1904. Date: 1912

Great sea serpent seen off the coast of Greenland in 1734, Scoliophis atlanticus. From a description by Hans Egede. Steel engraving by W.H

George Biggin, Letitia Sage and Vincenzo Lunardi
Lithograph of George Biggin, Letitia Sage and Vincenzo Lunardi ascending from St Georges Fields, London, 29 June 1785 (Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection)

Galloping to Mons
British Field Artillery of the British Expeditionary Force gallop along the road to Mons to engage the German advance into Belgium for the first time

Titanic: Women and children first
Based on the detailed eyewitness account of a saloon steward who survived the disaster, special artist of " The Sphere" Fortunino Matania produced this reconstruction of the heartbreaking

Robinson Downs Zeppelin
Zeppelin L21 falls from the sky after being attacked by Lieutenant Robinson; this image was based on an account by an eyewitness 20 miles away

The Lion of the Season
An alarmed flunkey introduces Mr Gorilla as The lion of the season, a comment on explorer Paul du Chaillus book on equatorial Africa with its eyewitness account of gorillas

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