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Guy Domville, at the St. Jamess TheatreGuy 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
Alexei YermolovALEXEI PETROVICH YERMOLOV (or Ermolov) - Russian military commander and diplomat who played a leading role in the defeat of Napoleon, 1812. Date: 1772 - 1861
William ThirlwallWILLIAM THIRLWALL Nottingham-born musical prodigy who was singing at age one, played the violin at four, appeared in concerts at eight... etc. Date: 1833 - ?
Nicolas Count SerinNICOLAS 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?
Sor PatrocinioMaria 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
Hello SailorA lively girl shows a bit of leg as she dances on a piano while it is being played by a sailor! Date: early 1930s
Franz Van Mieris - 2FRANZ 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
Charles Macklin, Actor 8CHARLES MACKLIN Irish actor and writer speaking his Farewell Epilogue to The Refusal in 1753, in which he played sir Gilbert Wrangle. Date: 1697? - 1797
William Brodie GurneyWILLIAM 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
Samuel Franklin Cody saluting while the National Anthem was being played when he became a naturalised Englishman. Doncaster 1909. Date: 1909
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
Miss Jeanne de Casalis by Madame YevondeMiss 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
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
Cricket at Girls SchoolCricket played at a girls school. Date: circa 1929
But the hands that were played by that heathen Chinee sic... Cartoon showing Chinese-American man and two other men playing cards. Date c1870
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
Base-ball match between the Athletics, of Philadelphia, Pa. and the Atlantics, of Brooklyn, NY, played at Philadelphia, October 30, 1865
Famous heroes of the kabuki stage played by frogs. Ukiyo-e print illustration showing frogs dressed in costume acting out scenes from kabuki plays
The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith at The Garrick TheatreAgnes 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
The QuintainThe 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
Alice CrawfordALICE CRAWFORD Actress who played Shakespearean roles such as Charmian in Antony and Cleopatra. She married Valentine Williams. Date: 1882 - 1931
Keno in RenoDivorce City makes gambling legal! The popular game of KENO being played in a gambling house in Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. Date: 1930s
Evie Greene. Actress. English actress and singer who played in Edwardian musical comedies in London and on Broadway. Unattributed photograpic portrait circa 1905
Cora Urquhart-Brown. Actress. In 1898 she joined the company Herbert Beerbohm Tree andplayed a number important roles, esp. Shakespeares Juliet and Cleopatra
English International Football TeamPortraits of the English International Football Team -- Evans, Pennington, Sturgess, Woodger, Williamson, Wedlock, Shepherd, Crompton, Warren, Fleming and Simpson
Zulu MarimbaThe 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
Irish International football teamIrish 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
Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (1872 1933) Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the Sussex English cricket team
Max Darewski, musical prodigyMaximillian 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
Moritz Lutzen, musical prodigyMoritz 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
Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet musicA 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
South Pacific at Drury LaneA 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
Lear / Nonsense / Chin / PinThere 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
Lear / Nonsense / FluteThere 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
Lear / Nonsense / WellingThere 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
Heads Up- Tails Down by Howard K. ElcockAn impression of the famous Roulette Room in the Casino at Monte Carlo. Although baccarat and other games of chance are played
Pauline Chase SmokingMiss Pauline Chase smoking, promoting the play The Amazons at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in which she played Lady Wilhelmina
William Tell Pantomime, 1856Engraving 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
Alfred Titch Freeman, English cricketer who played for Kent, seen here in 1936
Chris BarberDonald 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
A Game of Pushball, Crystal Palace, 1902Photograph showing a game of pushball between Anerley and Crystal Palace at the Crystal Palace sports ground, 4th October 1902
Game of Indoor Bowls, England, 1906Illustration 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
Petrograd Workers VoteWorkers at the Putilov factory, who played a crucial role in the Bolsheviks seizure of power, at an election meeting for the Petrograd Soviet
Lusitania - an American fatalityAn 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
German regiments in WarsawGerman 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
Tommy Marshall of the Stockton Cricket Club, 1876Engraving 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
Bryn Jones Tackling Gillick, Arsenal vs. Everton, 1938Photograph 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
England vs. Scotland Rugby Football Match, London, 1872Engraving of the Rugby Football match between England and Scotland, held at the Kennington Oval, London, 5th February 1872