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Background imageSphere Collection: Front cover of the Sphere Scott Memorial Number

Front cover of the Sphere Scott Memorial Number
Front cover of The Sphere, Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition showing a sombre scene of a group of men praying by a cairn topped with a cross in memory of Captain Scott, who died

Background imageSphere Collection: The Wreck of the Titanic by Lawrence Beesley - Sphere

The Wreck of the Titanic by Lawrence Beesley - Sphere
A page from the Sphere with a full report of the sinking of the Titanic by a survivor, Mr Lawrence Beesley, a science master at Dulwich College since 1904. Date: 1912

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Christmas Number 1961

The Sphere Christmas Number 1961
Front cover illustration depicting various people in a park, walking through the snow armed with presents and Christmas trees

Background imageSphere Collection: Hawksbees 2nd Machine

Hawksbees 2nd Machine
English physicist Francis Hawksbees second version of his electrostatic generator, based on a rotating glass sphere

Background imageSphere Collection: Electricity Ramsden

Electricity Ramsden
Jesse Ramsden of London demonstrates his improvement on Guerickes electric machine, replacing the sphere by a rotating disc

Background imageSphere Collection: The great raid on Tobruk: When the Royal Navy, Royal Marines

The great raid on Tobruk: When the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Commandos Attacked the Port and Harbour. World War Two. Spread from The Sphere, 3rd October 1942

Background imageSphere Collection: Britannia Mourns Edward the Peacemaker 1910

Britannia Mourns Edward the Peacemaker 1910
The death of Edward VII, front cover of The Sphere, 14 May 1910. May 1910

Background imageSphere Collection: Children are wafted in a magic bubble or sphere

Children are wafted in a magic bubble or sphere
The children are wafted in a magic bubble or sphere - by Florence Mary Anderson

Background imageSphere Collection: The Great Globe, Swanage, Dorset

The Great Globe, Swanage, Dorset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageSphere Collection: Trylon and Perisphere, Theme Center, New York World's Fair

Trylon and Perisphere, Theme Center, New York World's Fair, USA Date: 1939

Background imageSphere Collection: The Paris exhibition at night

The Paris exhibition at night. The Exposition Universally of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France

Background imageSphere Collection: The Countess of Southampton

The Countess of Southampton
This portrait oil painting depicts Rachel de Ruvigny, the Countess of Southampton, as Fortune, wearing a flowing blue dress, resting on a shiny sphere, with a skull at her foot

Background imageSphere Collection: Still Life of a Deer

Still Life of a Deer
A still life oil painting of a deer ornament, a shiny golden sphere and a plant with red berries. Date: circa 1930

Background imageSphere Collection: The Motor Picture Book, The Dynasphere

The Motor Picture Book, The Dynasphere - the car of the future? Date: 1930

Background imageSphere Collection: Wellman's Attempt to Reach the North Pole 1907

Wellman's Attempt to Reach the North Pole 1907
Front cover of The Sphere showing the bow view of the airship. The start of the adventurous journey to reach the North Pole in the airship America. Date: 2 September 1907

Background imageSphere Collection: Photograph taken by the corner of the Strand and the Aldwych. Showing Inveresk House, (on the left)

Photograph taken by the corner of the Strand and the Aldwych. Showing Inveresk House, (on the left), formerly known as Borthwick House when it held the offices of the Morning Post, became, in 1928

Background imageSphere Collection: A page from The Sphere reporting on yachting at Cowes in 1910

A page from The Sphere reporting on yachting at Cowes in 1910. The large bottom photograph shows the opulent interior of the Miranda owned by Lord Leith of Fyvie

Background imageSphere Collection: Cover of The Sphere, 6th May 1922. The Prince goes further east

Cover of The Sphere, 6th May 1922. The Prince goes further east. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) at the Malaya-Borneo exhibition in Singapore

Background imageSphere Collection: Christmas scene by Cecil Aldin

Christmas scene by Cecil Aldin
Mischievous children seated at the front of a stagecoach greeting everyone they pass with a snowball with their mother looking anxious at the back

Background imageSphere Collection: French tribute to the unknown dead 1920

French tribute to the unknown dead 1920
The French tribute to the unknown dead of World War One. Conception of Le soldat inconnu from a drawing by Louis Sabattier 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: George V at the unveiling of Cenotaph 1920

George V at the unveiling of Cenotaph 1920
King George V at the unveiling of the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London on 11th November 1920. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: King placing his tribute at the Cenotaph, London 1920

King placing his tribute at the Cenotaph, London 1920
After the two minute silence King George V laying a wreath down on the newly opened Cenotaph, Whitehall, London. 11th November 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: Unveiled Cenotaph, War Memorial 1920

Unveiled Cenotaph, War Memorial 1920
Various photographs of George V revealing the Cenotaph War memorial in Whitehall, London. Showing the King placing a wreath at the bottom of the memorial

Background imageSphere Collection: Unknown Warrior procession going to Westminster Abbey 1920

Unknown Warrior procession going to Westminster Abbey 1920
Various photographs of the Unknown Warrior travelling on a gun-carriage pulled by six black horses to Westminster Abbey, London with crowds of people watching. 11th November 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: Unknown Warrior procession through London 1920

Unknown Warrior procession through London 1920
Various photographs of the Unknown Warrior travelling through the centre of London with crowds of people watching. 11th November 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Issue

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Issue (Page 168). Full page scan. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: Unknown warrior - journey from Boulogne to London 1920

Unknown warrior - journey from Boulogne to London 1920
Various photographs of photographs showing the journey of the Unknown Warrior from Boulogne, France to Westminster Abbey, London. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: Unceasing stream of pilgrims 1920

Unceasing stream of pilgrims 1920
Two photographs showing the Unknown Warriors coffin which were the remains of a British service personnel who was killed in World War One, laid to rest in Westminster Abbey, London

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Issue (Page 166)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Issue (Page 166). Full page scan. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: George V putting wreath on Unknown Warriors coffin 1920

George V putting wreath on Unknown Warriors coffin 1920
King George V putting a wreath on the Unknown Warriors coffin, just before unveiling of Cenotaph, War Memorial in Whitehall, London. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 8)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 8). Full page scan. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 7)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 7). Full page scan. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 6)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 6). Full page scan. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 5)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 5). Full page scan. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 4)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 4). Full page scan. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 3)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 3). Full page scan. Unknown Warrior at the Cenotaph, 11th November 1920 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 2)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 2). Full page scan. Unknown Warrior at the Cenotaph, 11th November 1920 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Cover)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Cover). Full page scan. 1920

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 1)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 1). Full page scan. The Warriors Pilgrimage, Armistice Day 1920. Top picture shows the destroyer Verdun coming alongside the Admiralty Pier at

Background imageSphere Collection: Syrie Maugham

Syrie Maugham
Article in The Sphere by Derek Patmore profiling interior designer Syrie Maugham, wife of the novelist W. Somerset Maugham

Background imageSphere Collection: Aerial view of the Colonial and Native sections of the Eastern portion of the British

Aerial view of the Colonial and Native sections of the Eastern portion of the British Empire exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Date: 1924

Background imageSphere Collection: First female member of Parliament, Anna Rogstad, April 1911

First female member of Parliament, Anna Rogstad, April 1911
Front cover of the Sphere showing Anna Rogstad the first female member of Parliament in the world as she takes her place in the Nowegian Storting

Background imageSphere Collection: Lord Gort and Sir Edmund Ironside studying map 1939

Lord Gort and Sir Edmund Ironside studying map 1939
Commander-in-chief of British field forces, Lord Gort, and Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Sir Edmund Ironside, studying a map

Background imageSphere Collection: The Sphere front cover showing the German advance, Sept 1939

The Sphere front cover showing the German advance, Sept 1939
Front cover of the Sphere, showing German soldiers and supplies as they advance into the Polish corridor. 1939

Background imageSphere Collection: Joseph Chamberlain in his conservatory, Highgate, 1902

Joseph Chamberlain in his conservatory, Highgate, 1902
Joseph Chamberlain among his orchids in his conservatory at Highbury, Birmingham. Cover of The Sphere, 15th February 1902 Date: 1902

Background imageSphere Collection: 1911 Census - John Bull being measured

1911 Census - John Bull being measured
Front cover of The Sphere, of John Bull being measured to see if his waist has grown from the decade before. Date: April 1911

Background imageSphere Collection: Ornamental ceramic sphere from Sinceny, France

Ornamental ceramic sphere from Sinceny, France, decorated with a large sun, flowers and foliage. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Background imageSphere Collection: Outbreak of WWII - Sphere cover - Proclamation of war London

Outbreak of WWII - Sphere cover - Proclamation of war London
Front cover of The Sphere with photograph depicting an official proclamation about the declaration of war made by Mr W. J



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