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Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy, American writerAmelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945), American novelist, poet and playwright, best known for two novels: The Quick or The Dead? (1888) and World's End (1914). Date: 1914
Victor Hugo - On deathbedVictor-Marie Hugo (18021885) - French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman and exponent of the French Romantic movement. Date: 1885
Page of adverts for women 1941Page of two adverts. Left ad from Ats, - Auxiliary Territorial Service, promoting active service for vital roles during the Second World War for women
Lester Piggott, legendary British jockeyLester Piggott (b 1935), legendary British jockey, seen here on horseback. Date: circa 1980s
Bertrand Russell, British writer, pacifist etcBertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, 1872-1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist and social critic. Seen here (left)
Pete Seeger, American folk musician and singer-songwriterPeter "Pete" Seeger (b 1919), American folk musician and singer-songwriter. From the 1960s onwards he has performed protest music in support of international disarmament
Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet Russian composerDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975), Soviet Russian composer. Date: circa 1960s
William Morris, artist, writer, publisher and socialistWilliam Morris (1834-1896), English textile designer, artist, writer, publisher and socialist, associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement
Denis Healey, Labour politicianDenis Healey (Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, b 1917), British Labour politician, served as Secretary of State for Defence 1964-1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979
Marie Rambert (1888-1982) – ballet dancer & founder of the Rambert Dance Company. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Polish-born Rambert as “cultivated, dynamic, alert, witty
Gerry Adams, Irish republican politicianGerry Adams (Gerard Adams, b 1948), Irish republican politician, President of Sinn Fein. Seen here in profile, lighting his pipe. Date: circa early 1980s
Neville Chamberlain, British politician, at his deskNeville Chamberlain (Arthur Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940), British Conservative politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1931 to 1937 and Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940
Front cover of The Sketch with a photograph of the actress, Brigitte Helm dressed as her character, the Italian spy, the Marchesa Marcella Galdi in Atlantide by Pabst
CLEO DE MERODE French actress and dancer in profile - she became the mistress of Leopold II of Belgium Date: early 1900s
BUENAVENTURA DURRUTI Communist Militant leader during Spanish Civil War Date: 1896 - 1936
SAMPIERO CORSO Corsican soldier Date: 1498 - 1567
Noel Coward and Yvonne PrintempsNOEL COWARD (1899 - 1973), actor, playwright and songwriter with the actress Yvonne Printemps. Date: 1934
EDOUARD EUGENE BRANLY (1844 - 1940), French engineer who developed wireless telegraphy. Date: 1923
FUNERAL, ANCIENT EGYPTThe body is borne in a boat- like sarcophagus, while retainers accompany the procession bearing treasures which archeologists will be delighted to re-discover
ROMAN FUNERAL IMAGEA Roman funeral image, possibly representing the Lord of the Underworld before whom the dead individual must come for judgment Date:
ETRUSCANS BURN DEAD BCANCIENT ETRUSCANS The body of a dead woman is carried to the funeral pyre where she will be cremated Date: BC
GARRICKDAVID GARRICK (1717 - 1779), English actor, famous for his Shakespearean roles, a few months before his death
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) German composer: shortly before his death
ROBERT BROWNING the English poet shortly before his death 1812 - 1889
John Keats - Life MaskJOHN KEATS Poet 1795 - 1821
IRETABE Native American Indian chief of the Mohave (Mojave) tribe. Date: 1905
Louis XVII, titular King of France, son of Louis XVILouis XVII (1785 - 1795), titular King of France (1793 - 1795), son of Louis XVI. Imprisoned during the French Revolution from August 1792 until his death in 1795, he never ruled
Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell (1901 - 1979), British couturier and favourite fashion designer of the Queen and Queen Mother. Photographed by Madame Yevonde. Date: c.1930
Esme Berlinger, actress Date: 1890s
Violet Evelyn, actress Date: 1890s
Florence Fowler as the Fairy Queen in Red Riding Hood at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Date: 1890s
Isa Bowman, actress Date: 1890s
Yvette Guilbert, French cabaret singer and actress Date: 1890s
Esther Palliser, opera singer Date: 1890s
Lady Patricia Ramsay (1886-1974) - (formerly Princess Patricia of Connaught before relinquishing her title) Date: circa 1919
Maria Corda - Hungarian actressMaria Corda (1898-1976) - Hungarian actress and a star of the silent film era in Germany and Austria. Date: circa 1920s
Will Owen, Cartoonist, Illustrator and Artist Date: circa 1930
Winifred Emery as Miss Linley in Dick Sheridan Date: 1890s
Topsy Sinden, four portraits Date: 1890s
Topsy Sinden, English dancer, actress and singer Date: 1890s
Mary Ansell, English actress and author Date: 1890s
Marion Terry, English actress Date: 1890s
Jane Harding, French actressJane Harding (or Hading), French actress Date: 1890s
Eleusinian relief, National Museum, Athens Date: 1902
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, British-born conservationist, fur trapper, writer, disguised as Native American Grey Owl
Original Artwork - Simply Simon, the Scottie dogOriginal Artwork - Simply Simon - the star of an occasional cartoon strip drawn by Iris Chick, which appeared in the childrens pages of Tail-Wagger Magazine in the late 1930s. Date: circa 1937
Original Artwork - Holding mistletoe above two miceOriginal Artwork - A little girl encouraging two amorous mice, by holding a sprig of mistletoe above their heads! Date: circa 1937
Original Artwork - Boy scout helping toddler up stepsOriginal Artwork - A little boy scout helping a toddler up some steps. Date: circa 1937
