Legendary Collection (page 4)

Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), legendary French actress, described here as: Actor, author, painter, sculptor, universal genius, creation-whipper and wholesale fascinator

E. M. Grace / Cricketer
A portrait of the cricketer Edward Grace, brother of the legendary W.G.Grace. Date: 1864

John Peel / Anon
JOHN PEEL Legendary huntsman Date: 1776 - 1854

Dad Lees Dirty Rose Hotel, Oreana, Nevada, USA
Dad Lees Dirty Rose Hotel, Route 40, Oreana, Nevada, USA, showing the legendary Dad Lee Baker standing outside. Date: circa 1935

Entrance to Peveril Hotel, Dovedale
Named after a legendary local figure, the Peveril of the Peak Hotel is still in business today, little changed over 100 years after this photograph was taken Date: 1909

Joan of Arc - Wall Painting - Lounge of Chateaux Bougival
Friday 29th April 1429 - Joan of Arc enters Orleans, France at the Burgundy Gate near dusk riding on a white horse. A wall painting by Henry Dumoutet visible in the main lounge of the Chateaux

Ms 490. Folio 63r. Roman of Ogier the Dane (Ogier le Danois), legendary character of the 8th century. Encounter of two armies. Prose chronicle ca

Glastonbury Thorn, Glastonbury, Somerset
The Glastonbury Thorn, a legendary tree at Glastonbury, Somerset. A flowering hawthorn, it is associated with Joseph of Arimathea and the arrival of Christianity in Britain

Greek church window, Nazareth, Northern Israel
A window of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation (the Church of St Gabriel, St Gabriels Greek Orthodox Church), Nazareth, Northern Israel

Women at Marys Well, Nazareth, Northern Israel
Women at Marys Well in the city of Nazareth, Northern Israel. It is reputed to be where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary (the Annunciation). Date: 1920s

Japan - Hot Springs of Kusatsu
Lantern slide of Japan Hot Springs of Kusatsu. There are several theories about the origin of Kusatsu Onsen. One theory, for instance, was that it was discovered by a legendary hero about 1

Joan of Arc - Wall Painting - Chateaux Bougival
Friday 29th April 1429 - Joan of Arc enters Orleans, France at the Burgundy Gate near dusk riding on a white horse. A wall painting by Henry Dumoutet in the main lounge of the Chateaux Bougival at

The East Surreys football dribbled in a charge, WW1
The actual football dribbled by Captain Nevill (who was killed in action) towards the German trenches during the attack on Montauben by the East Surreys, fixed by Lt.-Col. H. P. Treeby, D.S.O

Silhouette portrait of Jack Hobbs, English cricketer
Silhouette portrait of Jack Hobbs (1882-1963), legendary English cricketer. Date: circa 1920s

Mrs Patrick Campbell, English stage actress
Mrs Patrick Campbell (Beatrice Stella Tanner, 1865-1940), legendary actress, seen here in an exotic gipsy costume. Date: early 20th century

Illustration telling the story of Chance the Fire Dog: Stop me not, but onward let me jog, For I am the London Firemens Dog. Date: 1834

Ginger Rogers (1911-95) - US actress and dancer, in a publicity pin-up image taken from the Paramount film, Lady in the Dark

Hannen Swaffer
HANNEN SWAFFER legendary Fleet Street journalist, also a spiritualist Date: 1880? - 1962

A rather tall tale of the largest fish ever caught
" My Father e once caught a fishas big -as our street!" " Well, then, it must ave bin a Whale." " Garn, e were baitin wi Whales!" Date: 1901

ROMULUS. Legendary founder of Rome with his brother
" ROMULUS. Legendary founder of Rome with his brother Remus. Portrait of Romulus from the book " Illustrium Imagines" (1606). Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library."

Funeral procession of Ogier the Dane, legendary knight of the 12th c. French school. Miniature painting, 1492. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Tell, William (14th century)

GIAQUINTO, Corrado (1700-1765). The Legendary Battle of Clavijo. Supposed struggle (844) between Asturian King Ramiro

ARTHUR, King; TWAIN, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also called Mark (1835-1910). Legendary king of the Bretons. Illustration

Movie Marquee - Rangoon - Went to see maha Penmai a legendary character derived from the ancient drama of Rama. Costumes like those of the gnats in pagodas

Theodosia Prevost Burr
THEODOSIA (nee PREVOST) BURR much-loved wife of controversial American statesman, mother of legendary Theodosia Burr. Date: 1746 - 1794

Mrs Kempton bids farewell to Mick the Miller
Mrs Arundel Kempton, owner of the legendary champion greyhound Mick the Miller at Liverpool Street Station. Having run his last race, he was off to Norfolk for stud duties. Date: 1931

The Notting Hill Giant
A medieval carving, on a ceiling in the Audit Room at Chethams Hospital, Manchester, England, of the legendary Notting Hill Giant, eating a poor boy. Date: Medieval

Baron von Richthofen, German air ace, with colleagues, WW1
Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (1892-1918), also known as the Red Baron, legendary German fighter pilot during the First World War

Baron von Richthofen and Reserve Lieutenant Klein, WW1
Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (1892-1918), also known as the Red Baron, legendary German fighter pilot during the First World War

Grave of Baron von Richthofen, German fighter pilot, WW1
The first grave of Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (1892-1918), also known as the Red Baron, legendary German fighter pilot during the First World War

Homage of Bharata - women, children and Gods pay homage to Bharata, a legendary King in Hindu mythology

Fountain and monument, Kiev, Ukraine
View of a fountain in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) with a monument to the legendary founders of the city of Kiev, the three brothers Kyi (also Kiy, Kij or Kyj)

Caratacus before Emperor Claudius
Caratacus was a historical British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who led the British resistance to the Roman conquest

Romanian coronation 1922
The coronation of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania at Alba Julia in Transylvania on 15 October 1922. There was no historical tradition of coronations in Romania

Cricket Players / Grace
A group of crack gentleman cricket players in 1871 including the legendary W.G. Grace, third from left. Pictured at Lords cricket ground in 1871

Red Army Cavalry
The legendary horsemanship of the Cossacks ensures that the Red Army cavalry is uniquely effective : this detachment pose for their photograph in a Ukrainian village

Death of Eric IX
The funeral of Eric IX, a more or less legendary figure whose violent death will help qualify him to be Swedens patron saint

Spitfire (Doutran)
A French artists impression of the legendary fighter of World War Two

Saint Wilgefortis
SAINT WILGEFORTIS - legendary daughter of a king of Portugal who asked God to let her grow a beard to escape marriage, and who was consequently martyred, bearded but chaste

J. B. Hobbs scores the run to make his 126th Century, 1926
Photograph of John Berry Hobbs scoring the single run which took him to his 126th first-class century, during a match between Surrey and Somerset, 1926

Blondins Arena
The Gigantic Arena erected for a demonstration of the tightrope walking skills of the legendary acrobat Charles Blondin. Up to 5000 spectators filled the massive tent

Blondins Tightrope
The exact schematics of the tightrope assembled for a performance by the legendary tight-rope walker Charles Blondon (1824-1897) who crossed Niagara Falls in 1859

Cricketer, E. M. Grace
E.M. GRACE CRICKETER - GLOUCESTERSHIRE Brother of the legendary W.C. Grace

W G Grace - Cricketer
Dr. William Gilbert Grace - legendary cricketer for Gloucestershire and England - a giant of the game

France Tarascon
The chateau-du-Roi-Rene at Provencal Tarascon, which in legendary times was menaced by a monster, the fearsome Tarasque, which is still paraded in procession

Medieval German Smithy
A scene from the life of the legendary German romantic hero Eppelein von Gailingen (1310- 1381)

Vortigern Weds
VORTIGERN, legendary king of Britain, weds Rowena, a Saxon lady, which occasions the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain

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