Gilbert Collection (page 7)

Cartoon, Lord Cairns and Miss Fortescue
Cartoon, Lord Cairns to Miss Fortescue -- Delighted, my dear, that my son has shown such good taste! May Fortescue (1859-1950) was an actress, singer and actor-manager

Music cover, Puppchen, two-step intermezzo by Jean Gilbert. 1913

Sailor and small child at the ships wheel. circa 1946

Woodland house in the snow. circa 1952

View of St Michaels Mount, near Marazion, Cornwall
Distant view of St Michaels Mount, near Marazion, Cornwall. circa 1950

St Michaels Mount, near Marazion, Cornwall. circa 1950

Woman on a twilight beach. circa 1950

Canoeing on the River Thames. circa 1957

National 12 sailing dinghies on a Devon beach -- one of a great series of studies of sailing off the Devon and Cornwall coasts The National 12 is a two-person, two-sail racing dinghy. 1952

Tree branches covered in snow. circa 1952

Group of men setting off somewhere. circa 1940s

Men at work on bomb-damaged house
Men at work on a bomb-damaged house, just after the end of the Second World War. circa 1946

Girl on a hillside -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Tree covered in snow. circa 1952

Beach driftwood. circa 1950

Man with pipe and glasses. 1950s

Landlord and landlady in a pub. 1950s

Two people preparing a sailing dinghy. circa 1948

Mother and child after a christening, formal portrait. circa 1960s

Film crew at work on The First of the Few
Film crew at work on location during the filming of The First of the Few, in which Leslie Howard played the Spitfire designer RJ Mitchell. 1942

Newsreel cameraman in action, filming from the top of a car. circa 1950

Boy with a model aeroplane -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Actors in historical costume in a scene from Shakespeare. circa 1962

Dancer on a hilltop -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Dinner in a St Ives restaurant -- one of a great series of studies of St Ives, Cornwall. circa 1946

Artists on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall. circa 1948

Model with a lacy shawl. circa 1955

Adrian Brunel, film director, with female cast members
Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter, with female cast members for the film The First of the Few. 1942

Unknown man at a window. circa 1950

Cornish stone farmhouse and lane -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Dancers in sombreros. circa 1957

Cornish rock face
Close up of a Cornish rock face. circa 1946

Leslie Howard, Adrian Brunel and Georges Perinal
Leslie Howard (1893-1943), English actor, with Georges Perinal (1897-1965), French cinematographer, and Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter

Mother and child on St Ives beach at sunset - one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Girl in the Cornish surf -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Adrian Brunel, film director and screenwriter
Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter, who began his career during the silent movie era. Seen here on the set of The First of The Few

Mother and son doing handstand -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Girls chatting on the steps of The Cabin, St Ives, Cornwall
Two girls chatting on the steps of The Cabin, St Ives, Cornwall -- one of a great series of studies of the town. circa 1946

End of the Wharf and Quay Street, St Ives, Cornwall
" One of a great series of studies of St Ives, Cornwall. The end of the Wharf & start of Quay Street. Two women on the Harbour beach with their bike & a small boy playing with his scooter

Portrait of a lily in flower
Close-up portrait of a lily in flower. circa 1955

Late afternoon on Wharf Road and beach, St Ives, Cornwall
" One of a great series of studies of St Ives, Cornwall. Wharf Road showing the bandstand, Crimson Tours, Harbour Cafe, Copper Kettle, Brig Y Don & Dinas Ia

Boats at Sennen Cove, Cornwall
" One of a great series of Cornish studies. Boats at rest in Sennen Cove, just above Lands End". 1954

Woman and child on a rock -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Woman on St Ives beach with yacht sail -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Woman on beach with driftwood -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Man sitting at a table. circa 1955

Robert Morley and Michael North on a train
Robert Morley (1908-1992), British actor, and Michael North (Charles Edward Fletcher Stokes, 1902-1960), BBC producer and light music composer

Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann, Sadlers Wells
British ballets most famous partnership at that time -- Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) and Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) on stage at Sadlers Wells, London, in a production of Giselle. 1937

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