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King George V and Queen Mary in Calcutta, India. Date: 1912
Workmen hammering rivets into a vessel
King George V and Queen Mary with crowdKing George V and Queen Mary in a carriage by a river, being greeted by spectators in medieval costume. Date: 1911
Upper class ladies and gentlemen in evening dress, men in top hats in the dark, in the ruins of a building
Dinner reception at election timeUpper class ladies and gentlemen at a dinner reception at election time, with a results board above them naming the four political parties: Conservative, NAT Liberal, Liberal and Labour
Street scene in Egypt with Western women being sold Egyptian wares
Opera at Covent Garden, London. Date: 1913
Skiing party taking a short cut back to St MoritzTwo women and a man in skiing outfits on a slope, taking a short cut back to St Moritz, Switzerland. Date: 1914
Swiss Winter Tailing scene with horse-drawn sledgeThe Swiss Winter Season. A pleasant winter scene depicting a Swiss pastime called tailing. This popular activity consisted of a line of swiss luges attached to each other
Dancing in Dance and Music Room of the Lotus Club, LondonIn the Dance and Music Room of the Lotus Club, London. The members and their guests dance in the presence of expert dancers. The music is being performed by a black pianist (right). Date: 1914
The Lotus Club - London Supper Club - Singer performingThe supper room of the Lotus Club in London the club members and guests are enjoying a fine dinner while listening to a special guest singer (right)
Mock Trial - Mystery of Edwin Drood - Shaw to ChestertonA mock trial held at Kings Hall, Covent Garden, London - an attempt to interpret the mystery of Charles Dickens unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Hagenbecks Great Zoological Show at Olympia, LondonThe Christmas Holiday Season - among the birds and beast at Olympia, London - Hagenbecks Great Zoological Show - which featured a full circus show and zoo. Date: 1914
Italian Alpini scale heightsWith the aid of ropes and ice-axes, Italian Alpini troops scale a mountain face in the Tyrol in order to occupy the high ground and prevent Austrian attacks at vital points along the frontier
Artillery mule on Italian frontierOn the Italian frontier, an artillery mule is lowered on to a ledge in the Alps. The mules were used by the Italian Alpine artillery to carry gun parts on their backs across the mountainous terrain
Music in the trenchesAn impromptu musical performance by French soldiers in their trench. The instruments shown are a drum, a metal cooking pot, a flute and a self-made violin. Date: 1915
Epee Championship at Lincolns Inn, LondonMen fencing at the Epee Championship at Lincolns Inn, London. Date: 1922
Chester Pageant re-enactmentAn exciting incident during the Chester Pageant of 1910. As King James I passes a pillory, a puritan shouts " clear your Court of Painted Jezebels"
King George V kneeling at CoronationKing George V at his Coronation, kneeling in front of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Randall Davidson, with his hand on the Bible. Date: 1911
Duchess of York signing the Register, Westminster AbbeyThe Duchess of York signing the Register in Westminster Abbey on the occasion of her marriage to Prince Albert, Duke of York (the future King George VI), who is standing just behind her
Queen Mary being crowned. Date: 1911
Eastern Queens Pageant, Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Eastern Queens Pageant, part of the Ypres Ball at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The highlight of the evening was when the Queen of Sheba was played by the ballet teacher Princess Astafieva
King George V and Queen Mary at the theatreKing George V and Queen Mary at the Palace Theatre for a Royal Command Performance, looking down from a balcony. Harry Lauder in Scottish costume is on the stage, and there is a full audience
The Royal Maundy, St Pauls Cathedral, LondonThe Royal Maundy in St Pauls Cathedral. Distribution of new coinage by the Lord High Almoner, Dr Armitage Robinson, when 46 men and 46 women received the gift - 2/5s to each man
Scene in the Royal Mint. The Deputy Master, The Right Hon William Grey Ellison-Macartney, allowed Matania to sketch the conversion of tons of early Victorian copper coinage into Georgian pennies
King George V saluting on horsebackKing George V in uniform on horseback, saluting
Grand Parade winning the DerbyFramed drawing of the Derby race showing three horses in motion -- Grand Parade winning the Victory Derby from Buchan, 1919. Date: 1919
President Wilson announcing birth of League of NationsThe American President Wilson announces the birth of the League of Nations, designed to avoid future wars. Date: 1919
Scottish soldier in Loos rescuing French girl, WW1Scottish soldier in Loos rescuing a French girl. Date: 1915
Christmas Festivities in the Shakspere Hut, WW1A busy scene of festive jollity at the Shakspere Hut, one of numerous YMCA huts erected around London during the First World War to provide rest, food
After the Battle by Matania, 1914Imaginary scene from the early months of the First World War when the British Expeditionary Force were fighting the Germans in the open
German battery under a searchlight, 1914The searchlight in operation - a German battery thrown into relief by a searchlight of the Allied armies in the Aisne region of France. They make frantic efforts to escape the ghostly beam. Date: 1914
The Sphere, convalescent 1914A convalescent British soldier at home with his family depicted on the cover of the The Sphere Christmas number, 1914. Date: 1914
Winter conditions in Yser, 1914Winter conditions in the Yser country : how the cold is affecting friend and foe. German prisoners and British soldiers alike frozen in the icy winds and snow in winter 1914. Date: 1914
Attempt of Prussian Guard to break British line round YpresDesperate attempt of the famous Prussian Guard to break the protecting British line round Ypres in Flanders in November 1914. The British infantry repulsed the Germans with heavy losses
The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time
R F A mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn trackR.F.A. mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time
Wounded French soldier lying in bed in a hospital wardPreparation sketch by Matania for a work depicting a wounded French soldier lying in bed in a hospital ward that was originally a school
Armistice Anniversary Night, Trafalgar Square, 11 November 1922. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time
Flanders 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time
French and German cavalry encounterAn encounter between French and German cavalry in the narrow confines of a country lane. Date: August 1914
French soldiers remove barricadeFrench soldiers remove a barricade to allow the entry of French cavalry into a Belgian town. The barricades had been erected to impede and delay German Uhlan raiding parties. Date: August 1914
Germans in Li觥German soldiers in the Place du March鬠 Li觥. To the left a Belgian man is being searched, and on the right the troops are availing themselves of the local market produce
British Expeditionary Force 1914Scottish soldiers, part of the British Expeditionary Force, disembark in Boulogne, France, and are greeted enthusiastically by the French public. Date: August 1914
British troops in Bruges, 1914With the British forces in Bruges, Belgium in October 1914. British troops passing across the Grand Place at Bruges during the retirement of the Belgian army from Antwerp
The Sack of Aerschot, 1914An illustration of the alleged stabling of horses by German troops in the church at Aerschot, Belgium, during the German occupation of the town, early in the First World War. Date: 1914
Austrian troops by the DanubeAustrian troops wait on the banks of the Danube, on the other side of which is Belgrade, capital of Serbia. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on 28 July 1914
Turcos in taxicabs in Senlis, World War OneThe taxicab in war. German occupiers of the town of Senlis, in France, in World War One, surprised by a dash of Turcos (native French colonial Algerian troops) who whirled into the town in taxicabs