Successful Collection (page 4)

Michael Costa (Young)
Signor MICHAEL COSTA Italian vocalist who became a successful conductor in England, a strict but amiable autocrat. Date: 1810-1884

Marquis Chateaurenault
FRANCOIS LOUIS ROUSSELET, marquis de CHATEAURENAULT (variously spelt, Regnaud &c) French naval commander, mainly successful but defeated by the English in 1702. Date: 1637 - 1716

Henri Francoid Becque 2
HENRI (or Henry) FRANCOIS BECQUE French playwright whose oeuvre ranged from social themes to comedy : Les corbeaux and La Parisienne are his most successful works. Date: 1837 - 1899

Henri Francoid Becque 1
HENRI (or Henry) FRANCOIS BECQUE French playwright whose oeuvre ranged from social themes to comedy : Les corbeaux and La Parisienne are his most successful works. Date: 1837 - 1899

EMDEN POSTCARD
This German light cruiser was very successful during the first months of the war under her captain Muller, but she was sunk by HMS Sydney in November 1914 1914

One-Man Engagement
A successful one-man engagement in war-time France! Date: 1915

Edward C R Roose
EDWARD C R ROOSE Fashionable physician whose successful practice was due to his social popularity rather than his medical skills; his writings are equally valueless Date: 1848 - 1905

Catherine / St Petersburg
Catherine the Great arrives triumphantly at the Kazan Cathedral, St Petersburg, following her successful coup. Date: 1762

Sir John Blundell Maple - Politician and Philanthropist
Sir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet (1845-1903) - Furniture merchant, MP, successful racehorse owner and Philanthropist who rebuilt University College Hospital. Date: 1889

Elizabeth Griffith
ELIZABETH GRIFFITH prolific novelist and playwright : some of her plays were quite successful on the London stage Date: 1720 - 1793

Westland Pterodactyl 2
Geoffrey Hills successful tailless aeroplane, controlled by moving the wing-tips which act as both elevators and ailerons. Date: 1926

Lancaster Taking Off
The City of Lincoln is just one of 7378 Lancaster bombers built during WW2 - the most successful heavy night bomber used by the R.A.F. Maximum speed is 462 km/h. Date: 1942 - 1945

Thoughtforms - 32
32 - TWO GAMBLERS - successful - unsuccessful Date: 1905

Napoleon III escaping from life imprisonment
Napoleon III, disguised as a labourer, escapes from the Chateau de Ham, where he had been condemned to life imprisonment in 1840. The escape was successful -- two days later he turned up in London

Cartoon, Consequences of a Successful French Invasion, Me teach de English Republicans to work. Scene, A Ploughed Field. By James Gillray. Date: 1798

WW1 - Successful Zeppelin raid
WW1 - The achievement and success of a recent zeppelin raid. The zeppelin is characterised as the child, that has returned, weeping to its Father the emperor

Caudron C714-a lightweight fighter, powered by a Renault engine Not very successful and only a few built - This one being flown by the Finns

Tennis player serving at Moorfield Tennis Club in Stockport - an adventurpous and successful action shot of the day Date: 1913

BARNARD, Christian Neethling (1922-2001). South African cardiac surgeon who performed the worlds first successful human-to-human heart transplant. Oil

Portrait of Fulton. Engraving
FULTON, Robert (1765-1815). North-American nautical engineer. Inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat

Portrait of Fulton. Oil
FULTON, Robert (1765-1815). North-American nautical engineer. Inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat

Group photo, Accra Scout Week, Ghana, West Africa
Group photo of the committee members who organised a successful Accra Scout Week, Ghana, West Africa. Date: 1951

War Work at Westwood Works, Peterborough
Folio of 12 drawings showing War Work at Westwood Works, Peterborough, incorporating Perkins Engineers Limited and Joseph Baker and Sons Limited. Rudolph Ihlee, Neac, (1883-1968), Exhib. 1910-1955

Mrs Vernon Castle, 1918
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, who, with her husband Vernon Castle were known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts. The pair were incredibly successful and their earnings were high

Mrs Vernon (Irene) Castle
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts. The pair were incredibly successful and their earnings were high

Battle of the Philippines by G. H. Davis
The crushing rout of the Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Philippines during the Second World War. A map of the operations

Allied landings in southern France by G. H. Davis
The scene of successful Allied landings in southern France during the Second World War: a pictorial map from coasts to mountains. Date: 1944

Actions against U-boats in Atlantic by G. H. Davis
Two successful actions against German U-boats in the Atlantic during the Second World War. Date: 1944

German Junkers 188 bomber by G. H. Davis
Germanys latest bomber during the Second World War: the fast twin-engined Junkers 188. A development of the successful JU88, the new bomber could carry a slightly increased bomb load. Date: 1943

The First Channel Flight by Bleriot
Page of pictures charting the successful flight of Louis Bleriot across the Channel from Calais to Dover in forty minutes. Date: 1909

Sir Walpole L. Greenwell, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR WALPOLE LLOYD GREENWELL, 1st Baronet Greenwell (1847 - 1919). Successful and, inevitably wealthy stockbroker in the City of London

John Balfour, Vanity Fair, Spy
JOHN BALFOUR (1853 - ) A successful stockbroker, born in Fife Scotland. Lived in St. Johns Wood. Caption: J. B. Date: 1853 -

Night reconnaissance by Merlin Enabnit
Dark-haired pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a black, figure-hugging trouser suit and hood, holding a torch

A Successful Offensive 1917
Two British officers enticing some young women to kiss them under the mistletoe. From Holly Leaves, the Christmas number of the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News. Date: 1917

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Lady Alice Scott
Lady Alice Scott, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuchs third daughter. The photograph taken by Madame Yevonde, the successful society portrait and commerical photographer. Date: 1929

Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Murray
Portrait of Sir Archibald Murray who was the successor of Sir Charles Monro, commander of the forces at Gallipoli. Sir Archibald led the first successful attack against the Turkish forces at Gaza in

Josephine Baker (1906-1975)
Josephine Baker began her career as an entertainer dancing on Broadway. She travelled to Paris in 1925 to star in La Revue Negre. Her exotic dance style and costume made her an instant hit

Robinson Magician
William Ellsworth Robinson, stage name Chung Ling Soo, enjoyed a successful career as a stage magician until his catching-a-bullet-in-his-mouth trick went fatally wrong... 1861 - 1918

Tolstoys Sons Hunting
TOLSTOYs sons after a successful hunting expedition, with the bodies of eight wolves slaughtered for no obvious reason. Date: circa 1900

First Earl of Orrery
ROGER BOYLE, first earl of ORRERY Soldier, statesman and successful playwright. Date: 1621 - 1679

George Mealmaker
GEORGE MEALMAKER Scottish radical, transported to Australia where he set up a successful weaving establishment and obtained his pardon. Date: 1768 - 1808

James Kenney
JAMES KENNEY Irish playwright, author of many successful stage pieces including the immensely popular Sweethearts and wives. Friend of the Lambs. Date: 1780 - 1849

WWI - French drive the Prussians back into the Marne
WWI - The failure of the Turkish Krupp cannon against the French Creussot cannon - French propaganda postcard, so this need be taken with a moderate dosage of salt... Date: 1914

Actor delighted to receive news of well paid role
Theatrical Appointment - Ten Quid a week. An actor delighted to receive news of his forthcoming lucrative contract! Date: 1892

Submarine training at HMS Vernon - Escape Chamber
Submarine training at HMS Vernon, a shore establishment or stone frigate of the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. Waiting on the surface after a successful escape. Date: late 1930s

The fruits of success - A Chorus Girl visits home
The fruits of success - An all-American chorus girl visits home and is greeted by surprise and a certain element of bemusement

de Havilland DH88 Comet, G-ACSP, Black Magic (Jim Mollison and Amy Johnson) after a successful test flight prior to the MacRobertson England to Australia race, October 1934

Francis Charles Chichester (1901-1972) being welcomed by Chief Civic Commissioner Garlick after his successful flight from England to Australia. Date: 1901

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