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L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. How our gunners won the VC and silenced the fire of the German guns in face of overwhelming odds Retreat from Mons, 1st September 1914
T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918
Tatler front cover featuring Tallulah Bankhead, 1925Tatler front cover featuring American actress, talk show host and bonne vivante, Tallulah Bankhead (1902 - 1968). Pictured at the time she had been selected to play Iris Storm
The soprano Maria Callas in the main role of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini. Photography
Japan - Geisha - See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evilJapan - Three Geisha girls - miming the phrase See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil. Date: circa 1904
The Unknown Warrior - scene at Westminster Abbey, 11th November 1920. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time
T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) with camelsLieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918
Fulton Mackay and Sprocket, filming in CornwallThe actor Fulton Mackay (1922-1987) and Sprocket, filming the TV series Fraggle Rock at St Anthonys Lighthouse near Falmouth, Cornwall
Salvador Dali PortraitEric Coop took this photograph of the surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989), sporting his famous antennae moustache
T E Lawrence, Colonel Dawnay and Commander HogarthLieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918
Empire Air Day PosterA poster for the Empire Air Day on Saturday 20th May 1939 at Warmwell near Dorchester. The Hawker Hurricane planes played a key role in attack and defence during WW2
Religion / Egypt / BesDwarf-god who, for all his grotesque appearance, is actually benevolent : his role is to protect women through the risks of childbirth
Cover for Brochure advertising Triplex Grates / RangesA cook proudly produces a loaf - another successful piece of cooking using her Triplex Garte / Range. Date: circa 1927
Japanese Geisha - Traditional flower arranging. Date: circa 1904
Japan - Geisha Girl bows to a samurai warrior - New Year Ceremony Date: circa 1910s
A Viking WarriorOld Vic Company - the role of Ornulf the Viking played by Percy Walsh
Laurence Olivier / Hamlet(Sir) LAURENCE OLIVIER British actor of stage and screen in the role of Hamlet (1948)
Nellie Melba / 1904NELLIE MELBA (originally, Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano, probably in the role of Bizets Carmen
WILLIAM GILLETTE American actor and dramatist, in the role of Sherlock Holmes Date: 1855 - 1937
Patons knitting wools advertisement, WW1 comfortsAdvertisement for Patons Alloa knitting wools during the First World War featuring a Red Cross nurse busy knitting and the words, Every Woman Can Help. Date: c.1915
Richard Tauber / SchubertRICHARD TAUBER Austrian opera singer based in Britain, in the role of the composer Franz Schubert in Blossom Time
Maggie Teyte / Theatre 07MAGGIE TEYTE (Maggie Tate) English operatic soprano, seen here in the role of Glycere in Circe at the Opera Comique, Paris
Ibsen / Dolls HouseA DOLLS HOUSE The famous French actress Suzanne Despres in the role of Nora
Coquelin(A) / Cyrano 1900CONSTANT COQUELIN Aine (elder) French actor in the role of Cyrano de Bergerac
Rudolph Valentino in the role of a faun for a film version of L Apres-midi d un Faune which - alas ! - was never made 1923
Mrs Bryan Guinness (Diana Freeman Mitford) as VenusFront cover photograph from The Sketch of the Hon. Mrs. Bryan Guinness, formerly the Hon. Diana Mitford, cast as the role of Venus at the Olympian Party
British Actress Margaret RutherfordDame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, DBE (1892-1972) - British character actress of stage, television and film, probably best known for her later career as Agatha Christies character Miss Marple
Mary Casson - Sir Gerald du Maurier in Barries Dear BrutusJ. M. Barries fantasy, Dear Brutus - 1929 performance - Mary Casson (1914-2009) in the role of Margaret, about to have her portrait painted by Sir Gerald du Maurier (1873-1934)
Mrs A. E. Grant (Bettine Stuart-Wortley) as a nurse, WW1Mrs A. E. Grant, the former Bettine Stuart-Wortley, pictured around the time of her marriage in nursing uniform as she was doing war work at a hospital in Cavendish Square, London
Gordon Highlander interrogated by German OfficersI won t - After a raid on the British lines in Northern France, a Gordon Highlander is being interrogated by German Officers.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)
With the field guns on the Western Front. A visit to a British battery. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)
Ballet Dancer Robert Helpmann as HamletBallet Dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) as Hamlet - London, New Theatre - Old Vic Production. Date: circa 1942
Pauline Mailhac - Austrian Soprano - Role of BrunhildePauline Mailhac (1858-1946) - Austrian Operatic Soprano. Photograph of her farewell performance in Wagners Gotterdammerung on 15th June 1901 in the role of Brunhilde - Karlsruhe Opera. Date: 1901
Vaslav Nijinsky / ClownVASLAV NIJINSKY Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, seen here in the role of Petrushka Date: 1890 - 1950
Brochure advertising Triplex Grates / RangesA cook proudly produces a loaf - another successful piece of cooking using her Triplex Garte / Range. Home made with Triplex! Date: circa 1920s
Galina Ulanova, Russian Ballerina as GiselleGalina Ulanova (1910-1998), Russian Ballerina in the role of Giselle. Date: circa 1930s
Repulsing the famous Prussian guard at Ypres. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere, though the illustration was first done in 1914
Edmund Kean / Richard IIIEDMUND KEAN English actor in the role of Shakespeares Richard III
Isis with Cows HeadIsis, depicted with a cows head, suckles her son Horus - one of the many ways in which she is show, this emphasises her role as Mother Goddess
16-year-old Dinah Sheridan as Peter Pan in a touring production. 1936
Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann as Prince SiegfriedBallet dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Sadlers Wells Ballet). Date: 1946
Sarah Bernhardt - French Stage ActressSarah Bernhardt - French Stage (and early film) Actress (1844-1923) - The Divine Sarah - in La Princesse Lointaine by Edmond Rostand. The frame border is an ornate floral art nouveau design
Anna Pavlova - Russian ballet dancerAnna Pavlova (1881-1931) - Russian ballet dancer holding a basket of flowers during a performance. Date: 1908
Caricature of Charles Dillon, English actor-managerCaricature of Charles Dillon (1819-1881), English actor-manager and tragedian. Seen here in the role of Belphegor, in a play of the same name by Charles Webb. 1881
L M Korenava as Water in Maeterlinks The BluebirdL M Korenava as Water in Maurice Maeterlincks The Bluebird directed by Konstantin Stanislavsky (Stanislavski) for his Moscow Ats Theatre Date: circa 1908
Lloyd Georges Munition GirlsFront cover of a book describing womens experiences in a munitions factory during the First World War with a detailed account by an anonymous female shell-maker
Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson, WW1Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson (1883-1932), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cromartie, society figure, danced and promoter of the healthy benefits of exercise
Lady Londonderry, WW1Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (3 December 1878 23 April 1959), noted society hostess, and, during the First World War director of the Womens Legion
Profile portrait of a smiling Japanese Geisha girl. Date: circa 1906
Taking the wounded aboard a British ambulance train on the Western Front. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)
Martin Harvey in Scaramouche, a romantic drama in four acts by Rafael Sabatini, at the Garrick Theatre, London. Date: late 1920s
Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-SopranoMademoiselle Vera Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano in a historical role. Date: circa 1906
Mr Malcolm Scott as SalomeMr Malcolm Scott, Robert Falcon Scotts Brother (!!). Scott was one of the most famous female impersonators. He started his career as a straight actor at the Theatre Royal in Margate in 1886 but soon
Caricature of Harry Paulton and Johns Clarke, actorsCaricature of Harry Paulton (1842-1917) and Johns Clarke (1833-1899), actors -- The Two Dromios (of Ephesus and Syracuse respectively)
Caricature of the actor and dramatist Harry PaultonCaricature of the comic actor and dramatist Harry Paulton in the role of The Abbe. circa 1880s
Japanese Geisha playing a Traditional ShamisenJapanese Geisha in her home playing a Traditional Shamisen Date: circa 1904
Japanese Geisha Girl dressed in her KimonoO-Hana-san dresses to pay a visit - a Japanese Geisha Girl is aided by a male servant to dress in her Kimono. Date: circa 1906
Garden Scene, Japan - Geisha - Posed on a small stone bridge Date: circa 1905
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat G-AETY ClioShort S23 Empire Flying Boat, G-AETY, Clio, on arrival at Belfast for conversion to a military role for coastal reconnaissance
Wartime poster, Britain Expects that you too, this day, will do your duty. Suggesting that civilians as well as soldiers have a role to play in the war effort. 1940s
Henry Irving - RichelieuHenry Irving in the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Date: 1873
Lambro the PirateMr Dry in the role of Lambro the Pirate
Frank Wild (1873-1939)Photographic portrait of Frank Wild, the British naval officer and explorer, London, c.1916. Wild had just returned to Britain following his role as second in command during Ernest Shackletons
Gertrude Callam, as RosinaGertrude Callam, soprano, as Rosina in The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini
Richard Tauber / 1928RICHARD TAUBER Austrian opera singer in the role of Don Ottavio in Mozarts Don Giovanni, performed at Berlin and Vienna
Nellie Melba / Faust RoleNELLIE MELBA (originally, Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano in the role of Marguerite in Faust
Gerald Du Maurier / T&cGERALD DU MAURIER English actor-manager, in the role of Arsene Lupin
Marius Goring / RomeoMARIUS GORING British actor of stage and screen in the role of Romeo, with Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet
Clara Webber in Red Riding Hood, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Date: 1890s
Cartoon, Miss Harriett Vernon in The P)rince of JapsCartoon, Miss Harriett Vernon (1858-1923), English actress and singer, as Cammpi in The Japs, or The Doomed Daimio, a burlesque by Harry Paulton and Mostyn Teddea. 1885
Fay Compton as Mary RoseFay Compton (1894-1978) in the title role of Mary Rose, a play by J M Barrie, in production at the Haymarket Theatre, London. 1920
Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann and Margot FonteynBallet dancers Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried and Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) in the role of Odette in the finale of Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House
Julia Farron - Ballet Dancer in Mlle. Theodore - Scene 1Julia Farron (1922-2019) - Ballet Dancer performing as Mademoiselle Theodore in The Prospect Before Us, scene 1, a one-act comic ballet in seven scenes
Mr Gomersall as the Earl of Douglas in Chevy ChaseMr E W Gomersall (or Gomersal) as the 2nd Earl of Douglas in The Ballad of Chevy Chase. 1832
Ladies of the Land - Society Workers on a model farm, WW1A model farm at West Malvern where girls of the higher social classes are trained in the practical work and theory of dairying, including cheese-making, poultry culture, goat-keeping, and so
Women as electricians WWIWomen in London electric station. During World War One there seemed to be no limit to the number of civilian occupations that women showed themselves cabable of replacing men
BEN-HUR (NOVARRO)Arguably the greatest of Hollywoods silent epics, Fred Niblos 4 million dollar film stars Ramon Novarro in the title role, Francis X Bushman as Messala. Date: 1925
Joe Elvin as a CabbyThe Cockney Comedian Joe Elvin in the role of The Hansom Cabby, singing a ditty entitled My Lot. " Strange things I view when I peep through the little trapdoor!"
Nijinsky / Le Dieu BleuLE DIEU BLEU Costume design for Nijinsky in the role of Le Dieu Bleu
Jp Kemble / Timon AthensJOHN PHILIP KEMBLE Popular actor and theatre manager, seen here in the role of Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3
John Liston / Paul PryJOHN LISTON English comedian in the role of Mortons Paul Pry
