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Poster, Night Mail, quoting part of the poem by W H Auden written for and narrated in the documentary film of the same name (1936). circa 1930s
A Star Explodes - Norman LindsayA Star Explodes by Norman Lindsay Date: 1932
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLarenKing Arthur welcomes the Green Knight into the Banqueting Hall and invites him to dismount and eat with the company
Denham Studios restaurant by Tony Wysard, 1937Intensively populated illustration by Tony Wysard, showing imagined diners at the restaurant at Denham Studios
Sun Dog PaintingVadersolstavlan (The Sun Dog Painting) is a painting depicting a halo phenomenon observed over Stockholm in 1535. Date: 1535
Long Live Estonia! A patriotic postcard, featuring a female personification of the State of Estonia, waving the Estonian Flag before a night sky. Date: circa 1920
Southern Cross (Kranz)The southern sky with the SOUTHERN CROSS constellation
Illustrated London News Christmas number cover, 1904A beautiful fairy with wings, looks thoughtful as she gazes out to the sea and starry sky. Front cover of The Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1904. Date: 1904
Whither Away by Florence Mary AndersonA group of delicate looking fairies and pixies ride around on dragonflies and bees. c.1925
The Moonchild by Florence Mary AndersonA small, angelic looking child is carried through the sky in a basket held by a colourful group of fairies and pixies. c.1925
Tatler cover - Ronald Colman and his Sealyham TerrierFilm star Ronald Colman (1891-1958) pictured on the front cover of The Tatler with his Sealyham Terrier in 1931. Date: 1931
Hollywood Bowl by night, Los Angeles, California, USA. 1930s
Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats, WW1Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats. Two mermaids and two fish are disturbed by a German U-boat which has a face like a shark. Date: 1917
Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920Lady Elcho, formerly Lady Violet Manners (born 1888), wife of Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho and heir to the Earl of Weymss. She was sister to Lady Diana Manners
The Gondo-liar by Leon HeronA gondolier who, according to the pun in the title, is less than honest, reaches over his lady passenger as if to kiss her. A large moon hangs over the Venetian canal. Date: 1930
Buffalo Bills Wild WestPromotional postcard for Buffalo Bill Codys Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Riders of the World featuring the Union Jack flag and the Stars and Stripes
Fred and Adele Astaire in Stop FlirtingFred and Adele Astaire starring with Majorie Gordon in the successful show, Stop Flirting which opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in 1923 and moved to the Queens Theatre a few months later
Starlight bent by the Suns Attraction: The Einstein TheoryThis diagram drawn by W. B. Robinson illustrates Professor Einsteins Theory that light is subject to gravitation
CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665). Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica. 1661. Fol 24. Hemisphaerium stellatum boreale antiquum. Representation of the Northern Hemisphere
Womans Relief CorpsA beautiful gilded and embossed postacrd promoting the viryue and history of the Womans Relief Corps - a charitable society to provide local relief work among the needy and to aid military veterans
Jessie Matthews (1907 - 1981), British singer, dancer and actress pictured at the time she appeared in her first film, Out of the Blue, filmed at Elstree studios. Date: 1931
Hydra Star MapHydra constellation, including an owl, a raven and a sextant
Orion Star MapOrion, giant hunter, clubbing a lion. Being slain by Diana, he was made one of the constellations and is supposed to be attended with stormy weather
Ursa Minor Star MapDraco and Ursa Minor constellation
Artemis / DianaThe goddess of childbirth and womens rites of passage, depicted with the new moon on her head and a cape embroidered with stars
Poster advertising Ryst Armagnac. Date: 20th century
Blunt / Cygnus & Lyra / Pl32The constellation of Cygnus - a flying swan - and Lyra - that of an ancient Greek lyre
Crescent Gardens Ballroom and Theatre, Revere Beach, Massachusetts Date: circa 1909
Poster against American capitalism, showing a man in a stranglehold, with a stars and stripes design on the aggressors sleeve. 1944
Saffron Walden by Madge HowardSaffron Walden in Essex, East Anglia, UK, featuring a street of half-timbered houses with pageting (the decorative plaster work typical of the region) covered with snow on a peaceful starry evening
Ford Car AdvertisementA woman stops in her new Ford Cabriolet convertible by a small provincial theatre to show off her new costume to fellow co-stars
Ulyssess Grant / JohnsonULYSSESs GRANT American Civil War General, and later President
Canis Major Star MapCanis Major (dog) and Lepus (hare) constellation
Pegasus Star MapThe Pegasus and Equuleus constellation
Vera Lynn / Stars / SongVERA LYNN Popular English singer: The Stars Will Remember
Orion (Kranz)A star-filled sky, featuring the constellation of Orion
Whittaker / Ursa MajorIncluding the Ursa Major
TaurusThe Constellation Taurus
GeminiThe Constellation Gemini
SagittariusThe Constellation Sagittarius
Ursa Major Star MapThe constellation of Ursa Major
Poster for the Liverpool to Belfast passenger servicePoster for the B & I Line, advertising the nightly passenger service between Liverpool and Dublin -- Sundays excepted
Blunt / Pisces / Plate 49The constellation of Pisces, the fish
The Arrow Star MapThe Arrow constellation, showing Antinous being attacked by an eagle and also including a dolphin
Whittaker Star Maps 12Including Pegasus
Austrian soldiers in uniform, WW1A selection of five Austro-Hungarian artillery soldiers and officers in uniform during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Cartoon, The Macmillion (Andrew Carnegie)Cartoon, The Macmillion -- Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919), Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist
A Sail in the Moon Boat by Florence Mary AndersonIllustration showing two children and a baby going for a ride on a crescent shaped moon surrounded by pixies and fairies. c.1920
Pochoir print, Motor Racing, Indianapolis 500, USA, Peugeot racing car Date: 1913
Night slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardener sNight slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardeners Daughter. Date: c.1920
Jack Dempsey just before defeating Jess Willard in a boxing match
The Immortal Hour, by Rutland Boughton, BirminghamThe Immortal Hour, music drama by Rutland Boughton from the play by Fiona MacLeod, produced by Barry V Jackson, at the Repertory Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham. circa 1921
Sherif Pasha Street in Alexandria, EgyptBustling street life at Sherif Pasha Street in Alexandria, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s
Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park, USAAhwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, on the north side of the valley near the Royal Arches. Date: circa 1925
Miss Columbia - Personification of the USAColumbia - a historical and poetic name used for the United States of America and is also the name of its female personification (Miss Columbia)
King Ferdinand of BulgariaKing Ferdinand I of Bulgaria(1861-1948). Date: circa 1909
Leslie Howard as RJ Mitchell in The First of the FewLeslie Howard (1893-1943) photographed on the film set for The First of the Few, in which he played the Spitfire designer RJ Mitchell. 1942
Max Factor make up booklet with Hollywood starsRochelle Hudson and Bette Davis demonstrate how to apply powder and rouge respectively in a Max Factor promotional booklet. Date: 1937
Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, USANight view of Paragon Park and the Schlitz Palm Garden, Nantasket Beach, Hull, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1908
Mrs Charles Sweeny as Astrae the Star-MaidenMrs Charles Sweeny, formerly Miss Margaret Whigham and later the Duchess of Argyll (1912 - 1993), pictured as Astrae
Fred and Adele AstaireFred Astaire, born Frederick Austerlitz (1899 - 1987), American dancer and actor pictured with his elder sister, Adele (1896 - 1981) who was his dance partner from childhood until 1932
Tearful paper moon sees lover fall from skyA tearful paper moon sees a womans lover fall from sky as the end of his crescent form breaks off
The Dolly Sisters, Paris, 1924Photograph showing The Dolly Sisters clad in an feathered outfit at the Palace Theatre, Paris, 1924
Cetus Star MapCetus (sea monster) and chemical factory and electrical machinery constellation
Blunt / Ophiucus / Plate 36The constellation of Ophiucus - the figure is that of a man wrestling with a serpent
Geocentric SystemThe pre-Copernican system of the Planets - Earth at the centre orbited by the other planets including the sun, and surrounded by the stars
Planet Mars seen from one of its moonsThe planet Mars as seen from one of its moons, a hundred times larger than the planet Earths Moon as seen from Earth
Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky78rpm Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky, the sensational TV singing stars. 1958
High Above the Town by Florence Mary AndersonA group of children with a baby fly high above a town in a winged cradle, accompanied by a fairy. c.1925
WW2 - USA - Propaganda - We gave for our own, for our allies - relating to the Wartime Bond Scheme to contribute to the war effort. Date: circa 1944
Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863). American military. Portrait (1864) by J.W. King. National Portrait Gallery. Washington D.C. United States
Decorated Christmas tree with toys and food below. Date: circa 1890s
Laurette Taylor and MichaelMiss Laurette Taylor (1883-1946) American actress born Loretta Helen Clooney
Hutch. Leslie A. Hutchinson (1900-1969) known as Hutch was a Grenada-born singer and pianist. One of the most popular cabaret stars of the 1920s and 1930s. Date: 1935
Film - Strike up the Band - Mickey Rooney and Judy GarlandFilm - Strike up the Band - starring Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and Judy Garland (1922-1969)
Lilyan Tashman by Olive SnellLilyan Tashman (October 23, 1896 March 21, 1934) American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress
Young girl standing at a window on a Christmas card, with a poem on the left. Date: circa 1890s
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, US pilot and aceEdward Vernon Rickenbacker (1890-1973), US pilot and leading fighter ace with 26 confirmed victories, seen here with his Nieuport 28. Date: circa 1918
Gaby Deslys in 5064 GerrardGaby Deslys (1884 - 1920), French actress, music hall artiste and sometime lover of King Manuel II of Portugal
Ulysses S. Grant - US President and Military CommanderUlysses S. Grant (1822-1885) - 18th president of the United States (18691877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Date: circa 1920s
The Declaration of Independence, USA Date: circa 1900
Milton / Comus / Stars 1634the Stars That nature hung in Heav n, and fill d their Lamps with everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely Travailer. Date: First published : 1634
Gertrude Lawrence by AutoriStylised caricature of Gertrude Lawrence (1898 - 1952), British actress and musical comedy performer at the time she was appearing in Private Lives by Noel Coward at the Phoenix Theatre in London