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Background imagePlayed Collection: Guy Domville, at the St. Jamess Theatre

Guy Domville, at the St. Jamess Theatre
Guy Domville, played by George Alexander, and Mrs Peverel, played by Marion Terby, in the Garden at Porches. Scene from the new play by Henry James, Guy Domville, at the St. Jamess Theatre. Date: 1895

Background imagePlayed Collection: Alexei Yermolov

Alexei Yermolov
ALEXEI PETROVICH YERMOLOV (or Ermolov) - Russian military commander and diplomat who played a leading role in the defeat of Napoleon, 1812. Date: 1772 - 1861

Background imagePlayed Collection: William Thirlwall

William Thirlwall
WILLIAM THIRLWALL Nottingham-born musical prodigy who was singing at age one, played the violin at four, appeared in concerts at eight... etc. Date: 1833 - ?

Background imagePlayed Collection: Nicolas Count Serin

Nicolas Count Serin
NICOLAS ESDRIN, count of SERIN Hungarian military commander in the imperial service, who played a crucial role in repelling the Turkish invasion of Europe. Date: - 1529?

Background imagePlayed Collection: Sor Patrocinio

Sor Patrocinio
Maria de los Dolores Rafaela Quiroga, known as SOR PATROCINIO, Spanish religious stigmatic and reputed miracle- worker who played influential part in Spanish politics. Date: 1809? - 1891

Background imagePlayed Collection: Hello Sailor

Hello Sailor
A lively girl shows a bit of leg as she dances on a piano while it is being played by a sailor! Date: early 1930s

Background imagePlayed Collection: Franz Van Mieris - 2

Franz Van Mieris - 2
FRANZ VAN MIERIS Dutch painter from Delft who also played the guitar or some such stringed instrument as the shades of night descended on the landscape... Date: 1635 - 1681

Background imagePlayed Collection: Charles Macklin, Actor 8

Charles Macklin, Actor 8
CHARLES MACKLIN Irish actor and writer speaking his Farewell Epilogue to The Refusal in 1753, in which he played sir Gilbert Wrangle. Date: 1697? - 1797

Background imagePlayed Collection: William Brodie Gurney

William Brodie Gurney
WILLIAM BRODIE GURNEY Shorthand writer to the House of Lords : he played a crucial role in the trial of queen Caroline, taking down the testimony for and against. Date: 1777 - 1855

Background imagePlayed Collection: Samuel Franklin Cody saluting

Samuel Franklin Cody saluting while the National Anthem was being played when he became a naturalised Englishman. Doncaster 1909. Date: 1909

Background imagePlayed Collection: Inya Lake House site - Rangoon

Inya Lake House site - Rangoon - Lake House. We were immediate neighbours of Daw Kin Gee (widow of Aung San), and her three children. We and they played and punted on the lake together

Background imagePlayed Collection: Miss Jeanne de Casalis by Madame Yevonde

Miss Jeanne de Casalis by Madame Yevonde
Miss Jeanne de Casalis pictured during the time she played the lead in Mr Edward Middletons production of Potiphars Wife. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait

Background imagePlayed Collection: Drottning Blanca (Queen Shiny)

Drottning Blanca (Queen Shiny)
A game played by mother and son, after famous painting (1877) of the same name by Albert Edelfelt Date: circa 1902

Background imagePlayed Collection: Cricket at Girls School

Cricket at Girls School
Cricket played at a girls school. Date: circa 1929

Background imagePlayed Collection: But the hands that were played by that heathen Chinee sic

But the hands that were played by that heathen Chinee sic... Cartoon showing Chinese-American man and two other men playing cards. Date c1870

Background imagePlayed Collection: Charles Frohman presents the newest laughing hit, Oh, Susann

Charles Frohman presents the newest laughing hit, Oh, Susannah! as played for over 100 nights at Hoyts Theatre, New York. Includes portrait of actress in upper right corner. Date c1898

Background imagePlayed Collection: Base-ball match between the Athletics, of Philadelphia, Pa

Base-ball match between the Athletics, of Philadelphia, Pa. and the Atlantics, of Brooklyn, NY, played at Philadelphia, October 30, 1865

Background imagePlayed Collection: Famous heroes of the kabuki stage played by frogs

Famous heroes of the kabuki stage played by frogs. Ukiyo-e print illustration showing frogs dressed in costume acting out scenes from kabuki plays

Background imagePlayed Collection: The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith at The Garrick Theatre

The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith at The Garrick Theatre
Agnes Ebbsmith, played by Mrs Patrick Campbell, and the Duke of St. Olpherts, played by Mr Hare, in the play, The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith at the Garrick Theatre, London. Date: 1895

Background imagePlayed Collection: The Quintain

The Quintain
The last surviving QUINTAIN on the village green at Offham, Kent, England. Tilting the quintain was a game played on horseback, with lances aimed at the perforated end. Date: Medieval

Background imagePlayed Collection: Alice Crawford

Alice Crawford
ALICE CRAWFORD Actress who played Shakespearean roles such as Charmian in Antony and Cleopatra. She married Valentine Williams. Date: 1882 - 1931

Background imagePlayed Collection: Keno in Reno

Keno in Reno
Divorce City makes gambling legal! The popular game of KENO being played in a gambling house in Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. Date: 1930s

Background imagePlayed Collection: Evie Greene. Actress

Evie Greene. Actress. English actress and singer who played in Edwardian musical comedies in London and on Broadway. Unattributed photograpic portrait circa 1905

Background imagePlayed Collection: Cora Urquhart-Brown. Actress

Cora Urquhart-Brown. Actress. In 1898 she joined the company Herbert Beerbohm Tree andplayed a number important roles, esp. Shakespeares Juliet and Cleopatra

Background imagePlayed Collection: English International Football Team

English International Football Team
Portraits of the English International Football Team -- Evans, Pennington, Sturgess, Woodger, Williamson, Wedlock, Shepherd, Crompton, Warren, Fleming and Simpson

Background imagePlayed Collection: Zulu Marimba

Zulu Marimba
The MARIMBA of the Zulu peoples of South Africa, seen from front and back : it is played with drumsticks. Similar instruments are used in Java, Costa Rica etc. Date: early 20th century

Background imagePlayed Collection: Irish International football team

Irish International football team
Irish International Football Team : Thompson, McCann, Hampton, Scott, Connor, McAuley, Burnison, Harris, McDonnell, Lacey and Hannon. They played the English team on 11 February 1911 and lost 1 to 2

Background imagePlayed Collection: Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji

Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (1872 1933) Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the Sussex English cricket team

Background imagePlayed Collection: Max Darewski, musical prodigy

Max Darewski, musical prodigy
Maximillian Arnold (Max) Darewski (1894-1929), a musical prodigy who composed, conducted and played the piano. Seen here as a teenager, in coat and hat, carrying a music case

Background imagePlayed Collection: Moritz Lutzen, musical prodigy

Moritz Lutzen, musical prodigy
Moritz Lutzen, a musical boy prodigy -- he composed, conducted and played the piano. His later career seemed to focus mainly on the composition of popular songs

Background imagePlayed Collection: Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music

Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music
A selection of news reports, magazines and sheet music relating to the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912. It includes a copy of The Times newspaper, a twelve-page supplement of The Sphere

Background imagePlayed Collection: South Pacific at Drury Lane

South Pacific at Drury Lane
A scene from South Pacific, the American musical, at Drury Lane Theatre in 1952. Mary Martin (right) played Nellie Forbush, and is talking to the comedian Ray Walston, with Billy Nagy on his left

Background imagePlayed Collection: Lear / Nonsense / Chin / Pin

Lear / Nonsense / Chin / Pin
There was a Young Lady whose chin, resembled the point of a pin; So she had it made sharp, and purchased a harp, and played several tunes with her chin

Background imagePlayed Collection: Lear / Nonsense / Flute

Lear / Nonsense / Flute
There was an Old Man with a flute, a sarpint ran into his boot; But he played day and night, till the sarpint took flight, and avoided that man with a flute

Background imagePlayed Collection: Lear / Nonsense / Welling

Lear / Nonsense / Welling
There was a Young Lady of Welling, whose praise all the world was a-telling; She played on a harp, and caught several carp, that accomplished Young Lady of Welling

Background imagePlayed Collection: Heads Up- Tails Down by Howard K. Elcock

Heads Up- Tails Down by Howard K. Elcock
An impression of the famous Roulette Room in the Casino at Monte Carlo. Although baccarat and other games of chance are played

Background imagePlayed Collection: Pauline Chase Smoking

Pauline Chase Smoking
Miss Pauline Chase smoking, promoting the play The Amazons at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in which she played Lady Wilhelmina

Background imagePlayed Collection: William Tell Pantomime, 1856

William Tell Pantomime, 1856
Engraving showing a battle between William Tell, on left played by Albert Smith, and Gessler, played by T. Knox Holmes, in the amateur pantomime at the Lyceum Theatre, London, 1856

Background imagePlayed Collection: Alfred Titch Freeman

Alfred Titch Freeman, English cricketer who played for Kent, seen here in 1936

Background imagePlayed Collection: Chris Barber

Chris Barber
Donald Christopher Chris Barber (b. 1930) English trombonist, musician and band leader who played with Humphrey Littleton in the 1940s and then led his own band

Background imagePlayed Collection: A Game of Pushball, Crystal Palace, 1902

A Game of Pushball, Crystal Palace, 1902
Photograph showing a game of pushball between Anerley and Crystal Palace at the Crystal Palace sports ground, 4th October 1902

Background imagePlayed Collection: Game of Indoor Bowls, England, 1906

Game of Indoor Bowls, England, 1906
Illustration showing a game of indoor bowls being played in the drawing-room of a large house, England, 1906. The green was a table covered with green baize and the bowls were made of china

Background imagePlayed Collection: Petrograd Workers Vote

Petrograd Workers Vote
Workers at the Putilov factory, who played a crucial role in the Bolsheviks seizure of power, at an election meeting for the Petrograd Soviet

Background imagePlayed Collection: Lusitania - an American fatality

Lusitania - an American fatality
An American victim of the sinking of the Lusitania being stretchered through Queenstown covered in the American flag. The Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915 with the loss of

Background imagePlayed Collection: German regiments in Warsaw

German regiments in Warsaw
German regiments being played into Warsaw following their capture of the city during the Russian retreat of 1915. The band is preceded by a soldier carrying a jingling johnny

Background imagePlayed Collection: Tommy Marshall of the Stockton Cricket Club, 1876

Tommy Marshall of the Stockton Cricket Club, 1876
Engraving of Tommy Marshall, former player and coach of the Stockton Cricket Club, 1876. Although his age was unknown when this image was published, it was said he played cricket in the time of Mynn

Background imagePlayed Collection: Bryn Jones Tackling Gillick, Arsenal vs. Everton, 1938

Bryn Jones Tackling Gillick, Arsenal vs. Everton, 1938
Photograph of Bryn Jones of Arsenal (right) tackling Gillick of Everton, during the First Division Match played at Highbury, London, September 1938. Jones scored for Arsenal, but Everton won 2-1

Background imagePlayed Collection: England vs. Scotland Rugby Football Match, London, 1872

England vs. Scotland Rugby Football Match, London, 1872
Engraving of the Rugby Football match between England and Scotland, held at the Kennington Oval, London, 5th February 1872



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