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ILN front cover, 12 July 1862 - Alice & Louis HesseFront cover of The Illustrated London News for 12th July 1862, featuring St. Clare on the Isle of Wight. St Clare, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight, the family seat of the Vernon-Harcourt family
Revellers in pierrot costumes at the Chelsea Arts Club Dazzle Ball held at the Albert Hall in March 1919. The theme was inspired by the technique of dazzle painting
Front cover of The Illustrated London News, 6 February 1926, featuring the gold mask of Egyptian pharoah, Tutankhamen. Date: 1926
Mac Beardall, Doug Frazer and Dennis Wright dressed as skin-clad savages in the aftermath of the H-bomb on the Westminster College float at a procession of London students in aid of the National
Sir John and Lady Lavery at the exhibition of their pictures at the Alpine Club Galleries in 1921. Sir John is busy varnishing one of his canvases. Date: 1921
Advert for Xmas presents in solid silver at the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, 112 Regent Street, London. Four solid silver owl menu holders; salt cellars and spoons, two muffineers
The equestrian group at the Circus Ball, Grosvenor House, 1933. From left, Nancy Mitford, Cecil Beaton, Lady Castlerosse and Viscountess Weymouth. Date: 1933
Lady Morvyth Bensen and Mr Valentine Whitaker dressed up as Ford Madox Browns painting, The Last of England, for the Empire Day Ball held at the May Fair Hotel on 24 May 1928. Date: 1928
A royal programme signed by performers and management at the London Hippodromes Warriors Day charity performance attended by the Prince of Wales
Raine McCorquodale at the Vacani matinee at the HippodromeRaine McCorquodale, daughter of the novelist, Barbara Cartland, performing as a canary in the charity matinee held by pupils of Madame Vacanis dancing school at the London Hippodrome in June 1937
Marie Jacqueline Hope-Nicholson and Joyce Howard performing in the charity matinee put on by pupils of Madame Vacanis dancing school at the London Hippodrome in aid of the childrens ward of the South
Father Christmas a peace-maker: "Come, come Russ! You are a ChristianFather Christmas a peace-maker: " Come, come Russ! You are a Christian, set a good example to the Turk!" Comment on Nicolas I of Russias aggression in the Crimean War against the Ottoman
Disadvantages of a short cut. "I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long timeDisadvantages of a short cut. " I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long time! - but this short cut will soon bring me to her enchanting presence;
Night scene outside the Hippodrome entranceA night scene outside the front entrance of the London Hippodrome during the run of Julian Wylies revue, Round in 50, starring George Robey. Date: 1922
Snowballs! How to settle the Eastern Question. It is suggested that the conflict in the Crimea between the Russians and the British, French and Ottoman Empire be settled by a huge snowball fight
The coffee-stall presided over by an artist barman : Miss Elsa Lanchester and Mr John Armstrong at the Select Evenings club, 1924, a club and cabaret show in Bloomsbury, London
Page from The Sketch, 5th October 1927: The presiding genius at the new Seven Dials Cave of Harmony. Miss Elsa Lanchester and her expressive hands. Date: 1927
Gladys Callow, the woman with a way with her pictured with various animals at London Zoo. Date: 1923
Page from The Bystander reporting on the nature documentaries made by Strand Films under the supervision of Julian Huxley. The Birth of the Year followed animals in their early years. Date: 1938
George Robey and Clarice Mayne as Dame Trot and Jack in the 1921-2 pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Hippodrome. Inset picture shows child actor, Kiddy Kennedy. Date: 1921
People of Panto-land, Jack & the Beanstalk at HippodromePage from The Sketch featuring photographs of the pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Hippodrome, 1921-2, featuring George Robey as Dame Trot
Caricature of (Sir) Edward Moss, chairman of Moss Empires and the man behind the London Hippodrome, talking to his stage director Frank Parker