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Cecil Beaton, Rex Whistler & Stephen Tennant at Cap FerratA group of Bright Young People sketching at Cap Ferrat - from left, Cecil Beaton, the Hon. Stephen Tennant, Rex Whistler and Elizabeth Lowndes. Date: 1927
Kate Carew self-portraitMary Williams (1869 1961), who wrote pseudonymously as Kate Carew, was a caricaturist self-styled as " The Only Woman Caricaturist"
Portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians and entertainersIn Vanity Fair -- portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians, entertainers and others, on a stage and below. Top row, left to right: Lord Salisbury and William Gladstone (on canvas)
Christian Dior sketching a fashion design, 1948In 1947 Christian Dior (1905-1957) created a sensational collection labelled the New Look. His designs centred around gowns with an 18 inch waist, which focused attention on the bust and hips
Laura Knight at the circusDame Laura Knight, DBE (1877 - 1970) - English painter pictured sketching Bronette and Gonzalis, the lady aerialists at Olympia circus
Evolution / Art Apes LifeAn extremely talented aspiring monkey artist sketches a less fortunate fellow monkey who is chained up whilst being sketched
Leslie Gilbert Illingworth, Welsh political cartoonistLeslie Gilbert Illingworth (1902-1979), Welsh political cartoonist, best known for his work in Punch and the Daily Mail Date: circa 1940s
Artist H. H. Harris at workArtist H. H. Harris on a sketching tour in aid of the RAF Comforts Fund. Date: 1940
Artist Paints Scenes Amidst the Ruins 1940Mr. Rudolf Haybrook who designed dresses and scenery for the Gaiety Theatre before World War Two, was given special permission to capture the scenes of West End in London in a blaze during the Blitz
John Hassall sketching for the Red Cross, WW1The artist John Hassall pictured sketching at a Red Cross fundraising event in Kidbrooke Park, London in 1918. To the left is Major Devitt who organised the sports for men of the Royal Field
English tourist sketching the waterfall from Ossian sEnglish tourist sketching the Black Linn falls of the Braan River from Ossians Hall of Mirrors, Dunkeld, Scotland. A dog attacks its reflection and Dr. Factobend smashes a mirror
The College, Harrogate, West Yorkshire, outdoor scene with young women sketching and painting. Date: circa 1908
The Ascot Procession crossing Windsor Park - Alfred MunningsThe Ascot Procession crossing Windsor Park by Sir Alfred James Munnings R.A. (1878-1959). Below is a small inset photograph showing the artist at work on another painting within the grounds of
Ladies sketching club 1885Group of women sketching the scenery on their easels. Date: 1885
How An Artist Works, British & Dominions School of Drawing Ltd, London. showing an artist drawing a ballerina
Dr Syntax sketching the lakeDr Syntax in Englands Lake District sketches the scene before him. At this time, tourists carried sketch books the way later travellers would carry cameras. Date: 1815
MONKEY ARTISTAn extremely talented aspiring monkey artist sketches a less fortunate fellow monkey who is chained up whilst being sketched. Date: 19th century
Evolution - Art Apes LifeAn extremely talented aspiring monkey artist sketches a less fortunate fellow monkey who is chained up whilst being sketched
Artist at work near Alfriston, East SussexArtist at work in a field near the village of Alfriston, East Sussex. Date: circa 1962
Beardmore GlacierBeardmore glacier; the two figures in the foreground are Wilson and Cherry-Garrard, both of whom are busy sketching Date: 1913
Georges GoursatGEORGES GOURSAT alias SEM French caricaturist Date: 1863 - 1934
William Heath Robinson interrogated in France, WW1An autobiographical sketch by William Heath Robinson, published in his memoirs, My Line of Life, illustrating an incident at St. Nazaire when he visited the American Army in France
Imperial Army Series Drill and Field Training. - WWIImperial Army Series Drill and Field Training - Attack, Defence, Outposts, Scouting, Bayonet Fighting, Field Sketching, Night Operations - based on Infantry Training 1914 (4-Company Organisation)
Jacques Heim (1899 - 1967), French fashion designer. Born in Paris, Heim took over his parents furrier business in 1923 and began designing womens clothes for the firm until 1930 when he established
Little Women / LaurieJo pointed, and Laurie sat up to examine. Date: First published: 1868
Sketching lesson at Chesieres, Vaud, Switzerland -- Lucy Auerbach and friends with their tutor, Mr Flemwell (probably George J Flemwell, an English artist based in Switzerland). Date: circa 1910
Children drawingTwo children busy drawing pictures of their pet dog. Date: c.1920
London Trade Card - Thomas Sandby, artistLondon Trade Card - Thomas Paul Sandby (1753-1832), artist (son of Thomas Sandby), St Georges Row, Oxford Street, offering drawing lessons
Queen Victoria sketching the falls of Garrawalt, BraemarQueen Victoria as an artist: sketching the falls of Garrawalt, Braemar (also called the falls of Garbh Allt) in Scotland. Date: C. 1870
Sketching in EgyptSketching antiquities under the portico of Payr-el- Medeeneh, Thebes, Egypt. Date: 1848
Sketching Club OutingAn outing of the Leeds (Kent) Sketching Club set up their easels in a picturesque farmyard. Date: late 19th century
Boer War ReportingBOER WAR : War correspondent Melton Prior making sketches of the fighting at Nicholsons Nek, 30th October 1899. Date: 30th October 1899
Sir Leslie WardSIR LESLIE WARD pseudonym: SPY English caricaturist on Vanity Fair (from 1873), and portrait painter Date: 1851 - 1922
Cimabue / Di Pepo / With BoyCIMABUE alias BENCIVIENI DI PEPO Italian painter watching a boy sketching a goat Date: 1240 - 1302
Types and Characters of London Life - advert in the TatlerBlack and white full page advertisement for Types and Characters of London Life: A Portfolio of Sketches by George Belcher in the Tatler of 3rd November 1909
Who Is He? By Horace Annesley VachellPromotional postcard for Who Is He? By Horace Annesley Vachell, freely adapted from Mrs Belloc Lowndes novel The Lodger (1913). First produced at the Haymarket Theatre, 9th December 1915
Advertisement for the Press Art School. run by art critic and writer, Percy Bradshaw. The correspondence course was recommended as a way to gain new skills for employment
Bruce Bairnsfather drawing on a farmhouse wall in France, WW1The birth of " Fragments" : Scribbles on the farmhouse walls. Picture illustrating how the famous wartime Bystander cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of Old Bill
Bullets and Billets by Bruce Bairnsfather, frontispieceFrontispiece of Bullet and Billets, an autobiographical work by the wartime Bystander cartoonist and creator of Old Bill, Bruce Bairnsfather telling of his experiences in France from the outbreak of
Major Augustus John in uniformAugustus John (1878 - 1961), British painter and notorious Bohemian, pictured in uniform at the end of the First World War
Sir David Muirhead Bone working in the fieldSir David Muirhead Bone, Neac Hrsw Hrsa Hariba (1876-1953). Appointed As Britains First Official War Artist In May 1916. Commissioned As An Honorary Second Lieutenant
Army artist making sketches of enemy lines, WW1A British Army artist shown working from the slender cover on top of the first line trenches in order to sketch the enemy lines. 1915
Bruce BairnsfatherCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888 - 1959), British soldier, artist and cartoonist. Best known for creating " Old Bill" during World War I for The Bystander magazine. Date: 1917
Silhouette of Professor William Walker ARCA (Associate of the Royal College of Art). Date: 20th century
How they are produced by Bruce BairnsfatherAn autobiographical cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing how he produces his famous Fragments in France, cartoons showing life for the typical British Tommy on the Western Front during World
Emily Lady PakenhamEMILY LADY PAKENHAM (nee Stapleton) wife of sir Hercules Pakenham, depicted sketching. Date: ? - 1875
John Hamilton MortimerJOHN HAMILTON MORTIMER painter of historical subjects and romantic themes such as bandits in a rocky landscape. Date: 1740 - 1779
Frances IrbyFRANCES IRBY (nee Wright) second wife of Frederick Paul Irby, naval officer - evidently she occupied herself with sketching during his long absences at sea. Date: ? - 1852
