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Famous Collection (page 9)

Background imageFamous Collection: Famous nightclub of Le Grand Ecart, 7 Rue Fromentin, Paris

Famous nightclub of Le Grand Ecart, 7 Rue Fromentin, Paris
A view of the bar at the famous nightclub of Le Grand Ecart at 7 Rue Fromentin, Paris, 1920s Date: 1920s

Background imageFamous Collection: A portrait of the dancer Phyllis Bedells, December 1923

A portrait of the dancer Phyllis Bedells, December 1923 famous for her performances at the Empire and Alhambra ballets Date: 1923

Background imageFamous Collection: British Silent Screen actress Flora Le Breton, 1922

British Silent Screen actress Flora Le Breton, 1922
A portrait of the famous British Silent Screen actress Flora Le Breton, 1922 (aslo a famous ballroom dancer) as seen in the Stuart Blackton film The Gypsy Cavalier with Georges Carpentier

Background imageFamous Collection: Marlborough, Wiltshire - Marlborough College

Marlborough, Wiltshire - Marlborough College. Date: 1938

Background imageFamous Collection: White Star Line, RMS Olympic, oak dressing table

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, oak dressing table
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, rare First Class Stateroom oak dressing table, stamped 400 and marked B10 denoting where it resided on board

Background imageFamous Collection: Poster, Samuel Cody, Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris

Poster, Samuel Cody, Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Extremely rare promotional poster for Cody?s Wild West performing days dated 1895

Background imageFamous Collection: Poster, Samuel Cody, bust image with War Kite

Poster, Samuel Cody, bust image with War Kite
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: S. F. Cody?s Famous War Kite. Chromolithograph poster with handsome lifesize bust image of Cody dressed in a crisp, white military uniform

Background imageFamous Collection: Poster, Samuel Cody, Trotting Club, Levallois, Paris

Poster, Samuel Cody, Trotting Club, Levallois, Paris
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Extremely rare French promotional poster from Cody?s Wild West performing days, Hippodrome du Trotting Club Levallois, Paris ? S. F

Background imageFamous Collection: Poster, Samuel Cody, Velodrome de la Seine, Paris

Poster, Samuel Cody, Velodrome de la Seine, Paris
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: S. F. Cody Wild West Show (c.1893). Known as a showman, sharpshooter, horseman, aviator and aircraft designer

Background imageFamous Collection: Spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive

Spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Background imageFamous Collection: Tree and spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive

Tree and spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Background imageFamous Collection: Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody Archive

Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, 1912, by Mappin and Webb, hallmarked London 1912, with fine model of Cody?s Flyer, Type No

Background imageFamous Collection: Music cover, You'd Be Surprised, Irving Berlin

Music cover, You'd Be Surprised, Irving Berlin
Music cover, You'd Be Surprised, one step, by Herman Darewski, based on Irving Berlin's famous song You'd be Surprised. Date: 1919

Background imageFamous Collection: Imperial House, South Street, Site Plan

Imperial House, South Street, Site Plan
An architectural illustration showing the position of the site for a commercial building known as the Imperial House, in South Street, London

Background imageFamous Collection: Study Of Jane Burden

Study Of Jane Burden
A portrait study of English embroiderer, Jane Burden, future wife of Pre-Raphaelite craftsman, William Morris, the study was for one of his famous paintings, La Belle Iseult. Date: circa 1857

Background imageFamous Collection: French Figures

French Figures
An illustration which shows an array of French figures, including Pierrot the sad clown, a pastor, a sailor and various other professions and famous people. Date: circa 1901

Background imageFamous Collection: Dr Auguste Nelaton, French surgeon

Dr Auguste Nelaton, French surgeon
Dr Auguste Nelaton (1807-1873), French surgeon, famous for a successful operation on Garibaldi in 1862. In 1866 he was appointed surgeon to Napoleon III. Date: circa 1860s

Background imageFamous Collection: The Angel, Islington

The Angel, Islington
A painting of some London pedestrians travelling along the pathways and roads of the Angel, Islington, a series of buildings including the Angel Hotel

Background imageFamous Collection: Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus
This sculpture portrays a young Christopher Columbus, famous Italian explorer and navigator who succeeded in opening the way for the colonization of the Americas through voyaging across the Atlantic

Background imageFamous Collection: Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
A self portrait of English painter, etcher and lithographer, Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, A.R.A. 1889-1946, who was one of the most famous war artists during WW1. Date: circa 1918

Background imageFamous Collection: Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase, HMS Medina

Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase, HMS Medina
Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase - The Royal Yacht, HMS Medina, 1911-1912 Coronation Expedition to India for the Durbar. Designed and made for Her Majesty by Waring and Gillow

Background imageFamous Collection: Cinderella

Cinderella
An uncommon Edwardian Drury Lane theatre poster for Cinderella by the poster king John Hassall. This 1905 performance of the famous Christmas pantomime starred Harry Randall as Alfonso

Background imageFamous Collection: Wisteria Blossom at Kameido, Tokyo, Japan

Wisteria Blossom at Kameido, Tokyo, Japan
Kameido Temple Garden, Tokyo - Wisteria Blossom Date: circa 1904

Background imageFamous Collection: Japan - Cherry Blossom at Sakura-michi, Yokohama

Japan - Cherry Blossom at Sakura-michi, Yokohama. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFamous Collection: Japan - Yokohama Park - Cherry Blossom

Japan - Yokohama Park - Cherry Blossom. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFamous Collection: Cherry Blossom, Noge Hill, Nogeyama Park, Yokohama

Cherry Blossom, Noge Hill, Nogeyama Park, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFamous Collection: Cherry Blossom at Asakusa Park, Tokyo, Japan

Cherry Blossom at Asakusa Park, Tokyo, Japan. Ryounkaku (Twelve-Storeys Tower) can be seen in the background (destroyed in the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFamous Collection: Cherry Blossom at Koganei Park, Tokyo, Japan

Cherry Blossom at Koganei Park, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFamous Collection: Japan - Cherry Blossom at Koganei

Japan - Cherry Blossom at Koganei Park, Tokyo. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFamous Collection: Cherry Blossoms at Ueno Park, Tokyo

Cherry Blossoms at Ueno Park, Tokyo
Cherry Blossoms at Ueno Park, Taito City, Tokyo Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFamous Collection: Japan - Cherry Blossom at Ueno Park, Taito, Tokyo

Japan - Cherry Blossom at Ueno Park, Taito, Tokyo
Cherry Blossom at Ueno Park, a spacious public park in the Ueno district of Taito, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFamous Collection: Cherry Blossom at Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Cherry Blossom at Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Cherry Blossom, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFamous Collection: The Steep Bit of Honister Pass, Lake District, Cumbria

The Steep Bit of Honister Pass, Lake District, Cumbria. Postcard published by George Perry Abraham (1844-1923), a photographer, postcard publisher, and mountaineer. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFamous Collection: RMS Titanic, Charles Lightoller summons

RMS Titanic, Charles Lightoller summons
RMS Titanic - Second Officer Charles Lightoller. An official summons to appear before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia

Background imageFamous Collection: Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - two items

Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - two items
Captain John Treasure Jones Archive. Born and raised on a small farm in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, John Treasure Jones (1905-1993) went to sea at the age of 15

Background imageFamous Collection: White Star Line, RMS Olympic, carrying troops, WW1

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, carrying troops, WW1
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - poster in sepia of the White Star Line Triple Screw Steamer Olympic Carrying Troops to the Great War

Background imageFamous Collection: Captain Edward J. Smith on board RMS Olympic

Captain Edward J. Smith on board RMS Olympic
Edward J. Smith, future Titanic captain - original photograph of Captain Smith taken on board RMS Olympic. This is a famous image

Background imageFamous Collection: Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition, Antarctic

Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition, Antarctic
Robert Falcon Scott Terra Nova Expedition - important archive of 52 negatives taken by Lt. Henry Birdie Bowers during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition that claimed the lives of Scott

Background imageFamous Collection: Cover design, Famous Fantastic Mysteries

Cover design, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, pulp fiction, September 1944 Date: 1944

Background imageFamous Collection: Hand shadows, showing famous figures in silhouette

Hand shadows, showing famous figures in silhouette
Illustration of hand shadows, showing famous figures in silhouette. Captioned Lord Salisbury, Mr Gladstone, Bismark, The Late Czar, Gambetta, Crispi, Thiers, Zola'. Date: 1895

Background imageFamous Collection: Football brothers, Frank and Fred Swift, on their boat

Football brothers, Frank and Fred Swift, on their boat
Famous football brothers, both goalkeepers, Frank Swift, Manchester City and Fred Swift, Bolton Wanderers, on their boat at Blackpool Date: 1946

Background imageFamous Collection: The Gramaphone Co, His Masters Voice Advert

The Gramaphone Co, His Masters Voice Advert
An illustrated advertisement for The Gramaphone Co. Ltd, based in Sydney, showing the famous His Master's Voice logo. The picture shows a merry ballroom full of dancing couples

Background imageFamous Collection: Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child
A famous oil painting after Jan Van Eyck, portraying a virgin and child reading, now referred to as the Ince Hall Madonna

Background imageFamous Collection: Judith Fletcher

Judith Fletcher
A photograph showing Judith Fletcher, a professional photographer, 1886-1971. She was famous for taking portrait shots of famous celebrities and socialites, and can be seen here

Background imageFamous Collection: Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve
An etching depiction of the famous duo of Adam and Eve, wandering up a rocky stream of the Garden of Eden. Date: circa 1932

Background imageFamous Collection: Anna May Wong, actress, studio portrait with top hat and cane. With description

Anna May Wong, actress, studio portrait with top hat and cane. With description, A fantastic camera-study of this well-known actress by Cannons, the English photographer of Hollywood

Background imageFamous Collection: Photograph of the Hall, interior, designed by Salvin, at Thoresby Park, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire

Photograph of the Hall, interior, designed by Salvin, at Thoresby Park, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. From a series of articles, Famous Hunts at home'

Background imageFamous Collection: Photographs of the Rufford hounds, with huntsmen, in front of Thoresby Park

Photographs of the Rufford hounds, with huntsmen, in front of Thoresby Park, and Earl Manvers on horseback, Master of the Rufford Hunt. From a series of articles, Famous Hunts at home'



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