Fame Collection (page 2)

Floor of Fame at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood
The Floor of Fame at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA Date: 1941

Children and tutor from Penzance Gym Club, Cornwall
Children and tutor from the Penzance Gym Club, Cornwall, performing a street dance scene from the TV programme Fame. circa 1980s

Spain. Cantabria. Limpias. Church of St. Peter. Altarpiece. Image of The Christ of Limpias

Mrs Lorna Barrison - English equestrienne - Toulouse-Lautrec
Dans les coulisses des Folies-Berg貥s by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) - Mrs Lorna Barrison, an English equestrienne of some fame, with her husband, who was also her manager

Mrs William Tudor Wilkinson aka Dolores by Olive Snell
Dolores, born Kathleen Rose, portrayed by Olive Snell in The Tatler. She was star of the Ziegfeld Follies and a leading mannequin working for designers including Lucile

Fama, Nature, and Occasio, Roman allegorical figures.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

Lady Wilmot Horton
I am lady WILMOT-HORTON, wife of sir Robert (1784 - 1841) and that is my claim to fame and the reason for having my portrait in these files. Date: circa 1810

Walhalla Interior
Interior of the Walhalla, overlooking the Donau (Danube) in Bavaria, the German hall of fame, inaugurated in 1842 by Ludwig I. Date: 1850

John Howard Davies (b. 1939) English actor who gained fame as a child actor making his debut as Oliver Twist

Robert Falcon Scott and Peter Markham Scott, c. 1909
Photograph of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the English naval commander and explorer, and his son, Peter Markham Scott, taken in late 1909 or early 1910

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he... Old King Cole and a lady selling tickets to hoards of excited children to enter the world of nursery rhymes

CASQUE D OR real name : Amelie-Elie Noted Parisienne gigolette who achieved lasting fame when two apache (gangster) friends came to blows over her

Children performing Fame routine, Cornwall
Three children from a gym club in Cornwall, performing an energetic routine from the TV programme Fame in a village hall. Date: circa 1980s

The Walhalla - Interior - Danube River, Bavaria, Germany
The Walhalla - a hall of fame that honours laudable and distinguished people in German history - above the Danube River, east of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany. Date: circa 1905

Aladdin, touring to Theatre Royal, Bournemouth, 26 January 19?? Written and Invented by F Leslie Moreton. The three female figures in the vision are labelled Wealth, Fame and Power. circa 1910s

Jan Gildemeester
JAN GILDEMEESTER Dutch physician and artist, to judge by two of the cupida accompanying his portrait - the third is trumpeting his fame to the wide world... Date: CIRCA 1800

John Dethick
JOHN DETHICK Beyond the fact that he lived at West Newton, Norfolk, neither we nor the British Museum know what is this gentlemans claim to fame. Date: 1567 - 1657

ANNE BACON daughter of the artist John Bacon - but did she have any other claim to fame ? Date: 1768 - 1809

Charles De Coetlogon
CHARLES EDWARD DE COETLOGON Churchman, assistant chaplain to the Lock Hospital, London, which doesn t seem much of a claim to fame... Date: CIRCA 1746 - 1820

PAUL COLER Statesman, of what country I don t know, accompanied by Fame, Constancy, Truth and Peace, all of which no doubt characterised him. Date: circa 1555 - 1604?

Beranger (Young and Old)
PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER Fame places a laurel wreath on his bust while, an old man, he remembers his childhood. Date: 1780 - 1857

Miles Prance, Informer
MILES PRANCE, Catholic goldsmith who found fame during the Popish Plot as an informer, claiming to reveal the murderers of Edmund Berry Godfrey : perjurer, impostor. Date: flourished 1678 - 1689

William Spens Simpson
WILLIAM SPENS SIMPSON scientist, whose achievements, like the man himself, have been forgotten - not in any reference book or the internet... such is fame ! Date: CIRCA 1910

Fontenelle / Dumont
BERNARD LE BOVIER DE FONTENELLE - French writer and librettist Date: 1657 - 1757

Johann Arndt (Gucht)
JOHANN ARNDT German Lutheran theologian and writer, carried to divine glory by cherubs and a female angel - or is she Fame ? Date: 1555 - 1621

Peter I / Barbier / Nee
PETER I (the Great) crowned by fame, and depicted with attributes testifying to his devotion to the arts sciences and military matters Date: 1682-1725

Henry Rowley Bishop
sir HENRY ROWLEY BISHOP Composer, impresario, professor of music : his fame rests almost entirely on his glees (DNB) Date: 1786 - 1855

Music cover, I Whistle and Wait for Katie, written, composed and sung by Michael Nolan of Annie Rooney fame. circa 1895

Fashion a L Americian posed by Irene Castle McLaughlin, 1927
Fashion a L Americian posed by Irene Castle McLaughlin - the film actress and better known simply as Irene Castle of dancing fame - shows five new fashion outfits Date: 1927

Boerhaave, Hermann. Dutch botanist, humanist and physician of European fame. Ilustration of his book Methodus Studii Medici. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library

San SebastiᮮFestival 2012. John Travolta
Travolta, John. American actor. Signs autographs after arriving to present his film Savages during the 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival, on September 22, 2012. SPAIN. Donostia

Captain James Cook -- an allegory
Captain James Cook (1728-1779), explorer. An allegory, showing Neptune raising him up to Immortality, a Genius crowning him with a Wreath of Oak, and Fame introducing him to History

Tatler cover - Charlie Chaplin in A Dogs Life
Front cover of The Tatler featuring worlds greatest cinema artist, Charlie Chaplin appearing in a scene from his latest film, A Dogs Life. Date: 1918

Tatler cover - Charlie Chaplin
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a portrait of Charlie Chaplin (Sir Charles Spencer) English comedian and actor (1889-1977)

Sportsmen on active service during World War I
The call to arms summoned a number of prominent sports personalities to the front. Among them are Captain McCalmont, the owner of The Tetrarch, Captain Tomkinson, of polo fame, and Captain Gibbon

Sarah Bernhardt - French Actress
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) - French stage and early film actress. Date: 1869

Pres(s)tige by Leo Cheney
A bored socialite or actress lies languidly in a luxurious bed blowing smoke rings and stroking her pet dog as she holds court with a group of journalists

Siege of Gibraltar - 5
An allegory of the Great Siege of Gibraltar : Fame crowning General St George Augustus Eliott with the Wreath of Immortality. Date: 1782

Shakespeare Theatre 1905
The Shakespeare Memorial THeatre at Stratford, completed in 1877 at a cost of 25000 pounds on land donated by C E Flower of brewery fame. Date: 1564 - 1616

Alexis Sauvage
ALEXIS SAUVAGE French mechanical engineer whose fame has not outlived him, unlike others of his name.. Date: CIRCA 1860

Marquis De Sevigne
HENRI, marquis de SEVIGNE French aristocrat whose chief claim to fame was as the husband of Marie, famed for her letters to their daughter. Date: 1624 - 1651

Richard Russell
RICHARD RUSSELL resident of Bermondsey Street, London - but did he have any other claim to fame ? Date: circa 1785

Clara Reeve
CLARA REEVE novelist whose fame rests entirely on The old English baron which was immensely popular. Date: 1729 - 1807

Joseph Porter
JOSEPH PORTER citizen of Mortlake whose chief claim to fame is having his portrait done by Hogarth. Date: ? - 1749

Charles Phillips - 2
CHARLES PHILLIPS Irish lawyer and writer : this French engraving is from a series of Orators of the English bar, so his fame must have crossed the Channel ! Date: 1787 - 1859

Punch Pasteur Joke
THE CANINE SCARE - the fame of Pasteur spreads to England. Date: 1886

Automatic Autographer
An automatic autographer, a handy device for the famous, enabling multiple autographs to be signed on many photographs at the same time. Date: early 1930s

William Lee of Abingdon
WILLIAM LEE of Abingdon, resident of Abingdon with no other claim to fame that I am aware of. Date: 1548 - 1637

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