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Spectacles Collection

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Barrister in Full Swing

Barrister in Full Swing
An advocate in full swing in the courtroom. He gets so carried away that his spectacles fall off

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope
ANTHONY TROLLOPE English novelist in old age Date: 1815 - 1882

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Tennyson / Ape / Vanity Fair

Tennyson / Ape / Vanity Fair
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON English poet Cartoon

Background imageSpectacles Collection: NADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER, French music teacher

NADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER, French music teacher
NADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER (1887-1979), French music teacher and conductor. Her students included Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Lennox Berkeley, Virgil Thomson and Leonard Bernstein. Date: early 1960s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Anthony Trollope / Century

Anthony Trollope / Century
ANTHONY TROLLOPE English novelist

Background imageSpectacles Collection: 1950s Cinema - Childrens Saturday Matinee

1950s Cinema - Childrens Saturday Matinee. Boys and girls looking up at the screen and laughing. Two of the boys are wearing ABC badges -- the name of the cinema. Date: 1954

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Blackpool Entertainment

Blackpool Entertainment
The front cover of a souvenir programme for the Blackpool Tower & Winter Gardens, including the Tower circus and ballroom

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Ww1 Postcard Bulldog

Ww1 Postcard Bulldog
Theres life in the old dog yet ! - a British bulldog, depicted with a boot, a pair of spectacles and a German helmet

Background imageSpectacles Collection: A Picture WITH Words by Chloe Preston

A Picture WITH Words by Chloe Preston
A studious looking little girl with spectacles balanced on her nose, sits among dictionaries as she works on countless crosswords

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Victorian Shoemaker

Victorian Shoemaker
A Victorian shoemaker in his workshop

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Anthony Trollope / Photo

Anthony Trollope / Photo
ANTHONY TROLLOPE English novelist

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Italo Calvino / Morgan

Italo Calvino / Morgan
ITALO CALVINO Italian writer

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Ernst Werner Von Siemens

Ernst Werner Von Siemens
ERNST WERNER VON SIEMENS German engineer

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Lombroso / Cesare / Postcard

Lombroso / Cesare / Postcard
CESARE LOMBROSO Italian physician and criminologist

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Sacha Guitry / Jeidels

Sacha Guitry / Jeidels
SACHA GUITRY French actor and playwright, lighting a cigarette

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Yeats / Graphic 1923

Yeats / Graphic 1923
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Irish poet and senator, shown here attending the first meeting of the new Dail Eireann in Dublin

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Mahatma Gandhi sailing from Boulogne to Folkestone

Mahatma Gandhi sailing from Boulogne to Folkestone
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, sailing from Boulogne to Folkestone on 12 September 1931

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Elderly woman making lace in an open doorway

Elderly woman making lace in an open doorway
An elderly woman making lace in the open doorway of her home, with a large number of bobbins on display. Date: 20th century

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Tommy Dorsey / Postcard

Tommy Dorsey / Postcard
TOMMY DORSEY Jazz musician

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Sir Frederick Bridge

Sir Frederick Bridge
Sir John Frederick Bridge Musician

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Old Maid card - Old Maid

Old Maid card - Old Maid. circa 1940s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Producer

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Producer. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Mr Pastry, aka Richard Hearne, with lion

Mr Pastry, aka Richard Hearne, with lion
Mr Pastry, aka the comic actor Richard Hearne (1908-1979), with a lion. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Cheery Families - Miss Switch the Schoolmasters Daughter

Cheery Families - Miss Switch the Schoolmasters Daughter. 1890s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Reginald Malby, photographer

Reginald Malby, photographer
Reginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society. Seen here in a head and shoulders portrait with a pipe in his mouth

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Utrillo and Guitry

Utrillo and Guitry
MAURICE UTRILLO French painter, best known for his Parisian street scenes, with the actor and dramatist SACHA GUITRY (1885-1957), in Montmartre, Paris, 1955

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Josef Scheffel / Postcard

Josef Scheffel / Postcard
JOSEF VICTOR VON SCHEFFEL German poet and novelist

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Edward Donovan

Edward Donovan
EDWARD DONOVAN Well-fed naturalist, reading a paper with the aid of spectacles. Date: 1768 - 1837

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Four cats drinking tea on a Christmas card

Four cats drinking tea on a Christmas card
Four cats drinking tea and chatting on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Arthur Rackham / St Ives

Arthur Rackham / St Ives
ARTHUR RACKHAM English illustrator: self-portrait in his own illustration to As I was going to St Ives Date: 1867 - 1939

Background imageSpectacles Collection: The poet and novelist Katharine Tynan (1861 - 1931), pictured at home with her husband

The poet and novelist Katharine Tynan (1861 - 1931), pictured at home with her husband, the writer and barrister, Henry Hinkson, her three children and dog

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Ostia Antica. Theater. Italy

Ostia Antica. Theater. Italy

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Advertisement, Thomas Harris, Opticians to the Royal Family

Advertisement, Thomas Harris, Opticians to the Royal Family
Advertisement, Thomas Harris & Son, Opticians to the Royal Family. 1841

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Forty Winks by C. E. Wilson

Forty Winks by C. E. Wilson
A dear old lady in a mop cap, spectacles and a tartan shawl has fallen asleep at a table in the middle of reading a newspaper and sewing a patchwork quilt

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 - 1904), Russian writer of short stories and plays. He was also a physician

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Georges Duhamel / Manuel

Georges Duhamel / Manuel
GEORGES DUHAMEL French writer

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling
English writer, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Eric Gill, sculptor and printmaker, at work

Eric Gill, sculptor and printmaker, at work
Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (1882 - 1940), English sculptor, printmaker and typeface designer, at work, using a magnifying glass. Date: 1930

Background imageSpectacles Collection: John Cumming

John Cumming
JOHN CUMMING Scottish divine 1807 - 1881

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Stories from Puppyland

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Stories from Puppyland. Mr Terrier, proud father of ten puppies, smokes his pipe and reads his newspaper. Date: 1904

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, March 1935

Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, March 1935
Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 29 March 1935 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30

Background imageSpectacles Collection: City gent - rowing boat

City gent - rowing boat

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Cheery Families - Master Switch the Schoolmasters Son

Cheery Families - Master Switch the Schoolmasters Son. 1890s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Lenin / Kalinin / 1920

Lenin / Kalinin / 1920
VLADIMIR ILYICH LENIN Sitting with M Kalinin

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Ww1 / 1915 / German Optimism

Ww1 / 1915 / German Optimism
The German people favours OPTIMISMUS rather than PESSIMISMUS [though isn t it ironic that the sign should be rose-tinted spectacles ?]

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Rimsky-Korsakov / Postcard

Rimsky-Korsakov / Postcard
NIKOLAY ANDREYEVICH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian composer in later life

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Messager / Andre / H Manuel

Messager / Andre / H Manuel
ANDRE-CHARLES-PROSPER MESSAGER French composer and conductor

Background imageSpectacles Collection: C Wheatstone / World Inven

C Wheatstone / World Inven
SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE English physicist and inventor

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Hugh Walpole / Cig Card

Hugh Walpole / Cig Card
SIR HUGH SEYMOUR WALPOLE English novelist born in New Zealand

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Dog Reading by Pidding

Dog Reading by Pidding
A learned grandfather amuses his grandchildren by teaching the dog to read. The dog, wearing spectacles & smoking a pipe, sits on a stool to read a newspaper

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Franz Schubert, Austrian composer and musician

Franz Schubert, Austrian composer and musician

Background imageSpectacles Collection: King George V, wearing the eye-glasses he had recently adopted for reading

King George V, wearing the eye-glasses he had recently adopted for reading, replying to the Duke of York's address, and declaring the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley open. Date: 1925

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Folding spectacles from Speclettes. Date: 1931

Folding spectacles from Speclettes. Date: 1931

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Luca Giordano, Italian late-Baroque painter and etcher

Luca Giordano, Italian late-Baroque painter and etcher
Self-portrait of Luca Giordano in spectacles, 1634-1705, Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker/etcher. Court painter to King Charles II of Spain. History and portrait painter

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Chinese mandarin in common dress, 18th century

Chinese mandarin in common dress, 18th century. He wears spectacles, a light gown, and carries a fan, long tobacco pipe and pouch. A straw hat lies on the ground. Mandarin en costume ordinaire

Background imageSpectacles Collection: 17th century Dutch spectacles seller offering his wares to a wom

17th century Dutch spectacles seller offering his wares to a woman outside a cottage. The itinerant pedlar holds a tray of glasses. An old woman sits in front of a spinning wheel

Background imageSpectacles Collection: English gentleman playing with a dog in a study, Regency era

English gentleman playing with a dog in a study, Regency era
English gentleman listening to a lecture from his bewigged father in a study. Tom Takeall in riding coat, striped waistcoat, buff trousers and riding boots, plays with his dog. Taking Advice

Background imageSpectacles Collection: The famous comedian Fleury (Abraham-Joseph Benard) 1750-1822

The famous comedian Fleury (Abraham-Joseph Benard) 1750-1822 as the Marquis de Moncade in Ecole des Bourgeois by Abbe d Allainval at the Theatre Francais, Paris 1816

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Mlle. More as Fanchette in Les deux jaloux

Mlle. More as Fanchette in Les deux jaloux
French opera singer Mlle. More as Fanchette in the comic opera Les deux jaloux with music by Sophie Gail at the Theatre Feydeau

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Old man reading newspaper in cafe, Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille

Old man reading newspaper in cafe, Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
Old man concentrates on reading a newspaper in cafe, Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille, France Date: 1988

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Comic postcard, Large man running on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large man running on the beach Date: 20th century

Background imageSpectacles Collection: French mime Charles-Francois Mazurier as Polichinello, 1823

French mime Charles-Francois Mazurier as Polichinello, 1823
French comic dancer and mime artist Charles-Francois Mazurier as Polichinello in Polichinelle Vampire by Theodore de Banville at the Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 1823

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Cat reading a book on a Christmas card

Cat reading a book on a Christmas card Date: circa 1900s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Comic postcard, Courting couple on sofa - Wonders of Nature Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Courting couple on sofa - Wonders of Nature Date: 20th century

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Lilian Baylis, Manager, The Vic-Wells Ballet

Lilian Baylis, Manager, The Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937

Background imageSpectacles Collection: H L Brook, pilot

H L Brook, pilot Date: 1935

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Madrid, Inauguration of the Apolo Theater, November 23, 1873

Madrid, Inauguration of the Apolo Theater, November 23, 1873
Spain, Madrid. Inauguration of the Apolo Theater on the night of November 23, 1873. Woodcut on paper. Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899) and Jose Luis Pellicer (1842-1901)

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Are You A Stockbroker?

Are You A Stockbroker?
An illustration portraying a finely dressed lady looking down at a short man through her hand held spectacles, asking if he is a stockbroker. Date: circa 1901

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Les Rendez-vous De Madame De Z. Part VII

Les Rendez-vous De Madame De Z. Part VII
Part VII of a series of sketches which portrays a lady looking through her handheld spectacles as she walks by a woodland, under the shade of her parasol. Date: circa 1901

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Mabel Terry Lewis, in A Pair of Spectacles, Garrick Theatre

Mabel Terry Lewis, in A Pair of Spectacles, Garrick Theatre
Actress Mabel Terry Lewis, (28 October 1872 ?? 28 November 1957), appearing in the production A Pair of Spectacles, by Sydney Grundy, at the Garrick Theatre, London

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Mr Tryon the Tailor

Mr Tryon the Tailor

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Mr Snob the Shoemaker

Mr Snob the Shoemaker

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Master Tryon the Tailor's Son

Master Tryon the Tailor's Son

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Advert for Kershaw's Binoculars

Advert for Kershaw's Binoculars
Advert for Kershaw's Sportsman Binoculars - worn like spectacles. Date: 1939

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Overseas students demonstrating over fees, London

Overseas students demonstrating over fees, London
Students from Hong Kong, studying at Queen Mary College, demonstrating outside their government's London office, December 1980

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Lady Trumpington and Nigel Wright discuss Sunday trading

Lady Trumpington and Nigel Wright discuss Sunday trading
The Conservative peer Lady Trumpington (Jean Alys Barker, Baroness Trumpington, b.1922) and Nigel Wright, the Dickie Dirts clothing retailer, discuss the issue of Sunday trading, 4 February 1982

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Tailors in a workshop with coat on display

Tailors in a workshop with coat on display
A group of tailors in a workshop with a finished coat on display on a dummy. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Tailors in a workshop

Tailors in a workshop. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Tailor at work on a garment

Tailor at work on a garment. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso

Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso
Isaac Stern (1920-2001), Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso. Seen here with a young pupil. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Michael Foot and Tony Blair, British Labour politicians

Michael Foot and Tony Blair, British Labour politicians
Michael Foot (Michael Mackintosh Foot, 1913-2010), British Labour politician and writer, Leader of the Opposition 1980-1983, CND supporter

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Jessica Mitford speaking at a microphone

Jessica Mitford speaking at a microphone
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Henry Kissinger, American politician and diplomat

Henry Kissinger, American politician and diplomat
Henry Alfred Kissinger (b 1923), German-born American political scientist, diplomat, 56th US Secretary of State 1973-1977. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his role in US foreign policy

Background imageSpectacles Collection: Denis Healey, Labour politician, with colleague

Denis Healey, Labour politician, with colleague
Denis 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



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