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Art Deco drawing by John Vassos called Traffic Dance, 1930 Date: 1930
Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944), English composer and a member of the womens suffrage movement. 1902
Lady Clinton (1863-1953), county commissioner for Devon in the burgeoning Girl Guide movement, pictured in uniform. Date: 1920
Cartoon, Court of Young England -- The New Generation. A comment on Benjamin Disraelis Young England movement, a political splinter group consisting mostly of Conservative aristocrats who were at
Suffragettes in wax: a cabinet meeting of the militant ladies who seek the vote. The figures of Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline Pethwick Lawrence and Annie Kenny
International Vegetarian Congress in Berlin, 1932Delegates at the International Vegetarian Congress in Berlin, 1932, whose tonsorial abundance leads The Sphere magazine to ask, " Does Vegetarianism increase the growth of hair?" Date: 1932
Wandervogel Movement - vegetarian hikers forage for foodThe leader of an expedition of vegetarian hikers gives a lecture on foraging for food ini the great outdoors. Date: 1932
Cleopatras Needle or Settling the Point, by H HunterPromotional music sheet for Cleopatras Needle or Settling the Point, music hall song by Harry Hunter and W Redmond. The Egyptian obelisk
Woman making puppets dance using electricity 1885Woman making puppets dance using electricity. Date: 1885
Charlotte Mary Yonge, English novelistCharlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), English novelist, adherent of the Oxford Movement. circa 1845
WW1 - Mons and our Masterly Move - 1914WW1 - Mons and our Masterly Move - Field Marshall Sir John Frenchs Historical Dispatch explained. A pictorial map showing the famous British Expeditionary Force (BEF)
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857 - 1941), Founder and organisation of the Boy-Scouts to promote good citizenship. Date: 1908
Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, The Oxford Movement. 1901
Work of Italian Futurists at the Sackville Gallery, 1912Double page spread from The Sketch magazine giving examples in colour of some of the paintings on display at the Sackville Gallery in London as part of an exhibition of Italian Futurists
H. M. Bateman impressions of the Futurist exhibitionA synthesis of a Bateman state of mind! Drawn after a visit to the Futurists Exhibition: Our artist records what he saw and what he remembers. Cartoon by H. M
Sketch cover - Futurist artA futurist portrait of the futurist poet-leader (on the front cover of The Sketch magazine), Signor Marinetti, leader of the Futurist movement, by Signor Carra
Futurist art exhibition featured in The Sketch magazineDouble page spread from The Sketch magazine discussing the exhibition of works by Futurist painters at the Sackville Gallery in March 1912, principally pictures by Boccioni, Russolo and Severini
Fountain of the Organ at Villa d Este, Tivoli, Rome, ItalyFountain of the Organ at the Villa d Este, Tivoli, near Rome, Italy, dating back to 1568. The movement of the water causes music to play. Date: circa 1890s
When Women Vote by Charles Dana GibsonThe Suffragettes as the creator of the Gibson Girls Sees Them. " When Women Vote: After dinner the girls will have to listen to politics"
Prince of Wales and Sir Robert Baden-Powell 1922Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, till abdication same year 1936 and know as Duke of Windsor (1894 - 1972), photographed with Sir Robert Baden-Powell (1857 - 1941)
troops crossing river during World War II Date: 1939-1945
A map showing the movement of King Edward III through France from Barfleur to Calais in the early 14th century, marking the battles at Crecy and Caen. Date: 1346
Harts, Temperance House, coffee and dining rooms at 159 Aldersgate Street, London Date: 1838
Watchmaker at Work Date: 1950
National Temperance League 1858Rev. Robert Maguire preaching the Gospel in front of the Clerkenwell Sessions House on Clerkenwell Green, London. Date: 1858
Mechanism of the Great Cloak 1857In 1851, Edmund Beckett Denison designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament in London), responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. Date: 1857
SUFFRAGETTE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACEA protesting suffragette is forcibly removed from the railings of Buckingham Palace by policemen Date: 1914
Suffragette carA car adorned with suffragette slogans and flags during the Chelmsford constituency election of 1908. Date: 1908
BRETON NATIONALISTSMembers of the Breton Independence Movement in Britanny, northern France, the last Celtic stronghold in the country, said to have the support of Irish and German extremists. Date: 1930s
High Art MaidenTHE HIGH ART MAIDEN sending up the aesthetic movement, portraying a lady in love with her chinaware... Date: circa 1880
COUNTRY DANCING C18THTwo couples perform astar or hands across movement within a country dance at an English country fair. Date: late 18th Century
PIX FOR MUTOSCOPETaking photographs for the mutoscope requires a camera capable of taking a great many pictures in rapid succession, which will later, when projected, suggest movement. Date: circa 1897
Serpentine - ReznicekEvery illustrator of the day has a go at depicting the Serpentine Dance : Reznicek admirably captures the swirling movement which is the essence of the dance Date: 1908
NEW ZEALAND MAORI DANCEThe HAU-HAU, a religious /patriotic dance of the Pai Marire fanatics, which expresses in dance movement a challenge to the authorities, somewhat like a war dance. Date: 1864
WOMEN VOLUNTEERS 1861THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT The scene at Wimbledon Camp when the whole family - ladies included - join the Volunteer Movement Date: 1861
PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM /Plan of the Heavens, showing Ptolemys explanation for the eccentric movement of the Sun round the Earth, in relation to the Fixed Stars and Planets Date: 17th century
Satire on the blue and white china craze, 1880The six mark tea-pot: satire on the mania for blue and white china. An aesthetic young lady examines a teapot and exclaims to her gentleman friend(who bears a remarkable likeness to Oscar Wilde)
Ghent (Gand), Belgium - Monument to Jan Frans Willems (1793-1846) by sculptor Isidoor de Rudder (1899) - Flemish writer and father of the Flemish movement. Date: circa 1900s
The Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France - photographed at night. Date: circa 1930s
Speed blur horses, Petra, JordanHorses race through the Petra gorge, the narrow passage, or Siq, leading to Petra, Jordan. The movement of the horses creates blur Date: circa 1995
Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire, WalesMovement of the tide ebbing and flowing among the rocks at Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire, Wales in winter. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989
Dancing welder with sculptureWelder and steel fabricator Mike Dennis mimics metal dancing sculptures in his Birmingham workshop. He adopts the pose of the dancing figures. First published The Independent Date: circa 1987
Russia - Blind Gusli PlayerRussia - A blind Gusli player. The Gusli is the oldest East Slavic multi-string plucked instrument, belonging to the zither family, with roots in Veliky Novgorod, a city in western Russian
Altar for the Oxford Movement Catholic Centenary held at the White City Stadium, Hammersmith, London on 9th July 1933 - over 50, 000 people attended the High Mass. Date: 1933
Elderly Indian Snake Charmer - enticing a cobra to dance Date: circa 1900s
Stylised illustration depicting Fortune and MercuryStylised illustration depicting Fortune bearing an overflowing cornucopia and Mercury, the winged messenger god. The Vienna Secession was an art movement formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists
Art Deco Decorative inserts (baskets) by Otto Lange (1879 19 December 1944) was a German Expressionist painter and graphic artist. Date: circa 1920s
Art Deco Motifs - Patterns, Ornamentation and borders Date: circa 1920s