Watching Collection (page 20)

Film, wireless and gramophone in the home by G. H. Davis
Talkies a self-contained cinema, gramophone and radio-set for household use, mechanism of synchrophone. Date: 1931

British soldier cooks dinner on a brazier in trench
Somewhere in France, a British soldier cooks his dinner on a brazier in the trenches while his comrades keep a look out. Date: 1915

Out of Doors -- boys watching a hare
Out of Doors -- two boys, a man and a dog watch an escaping hare. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- children watching deer
Out of Doors -- two children (Frank and Flossie) watching two deer in a wood. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- mother, children and peacock
Out of Doors -- a mother and her two children watch a peacock on the lawn. Date: 19th century

Pug Peter -- dog watching rabbits
Pug Peter -- This is Rabbitiland. A dog watches two courting rabbits. Date: 1905

British and French soldiers playing football, WW1
British and French soldiers playing and watching football on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Spectators at football match, Western Front, WW1
Spectators at a football match between British and French soldiers on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British officers watching machine gun demonstration, WW1
British officers watching a machine gun demonstration on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldier and French civilian, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier watching a French civilian tending his crops on the Western Front during World War One. The area is shelled by the Germans every day

Prince Arthur of Connaught in France, WW1
Prince Arthur of Connaught decorating a French sergeant on the Western Front during World War One. Watching is General Fayolle, Commander of the 6th Army. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers transporting shells, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers transporting shells on the Western Front during World War One, watched by French troops. Date: circa 1916

American dreadnought, USS Pennsylvania, New York, USA
View from the 31st storey of the Whitehall Building, New York, USA, showing the dreadnought USS Pennsylvania steaming down the river on the way to the sea, to take part in fleet manoeuvres

Queen of Belgium photographing presentation, WW1
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium photographing a presentation of decorations to Belgian officers by King George V on the Western Front in France during World War One

King and Queen of Belgium watching presentation, WW1
King Albert I and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium watching a presentation of decorations to Belgian officers by King George V on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British troops watching shelling, Western Front, WW1
British troops watching shelling on German trenches on the Western Front in France (Somme advance) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Allied soldier on lookout duty, Western Front, WW1
An Allied soldier from a South African regiment on lookout duty on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British war correspondents in trench, Western Front, WW1
British war correspondents in a trench, watching an aerial combat, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Despatch riders bike on fire, Western Front, WW1
A motor despatch riders bike catches fire on the Western Front in France during World War One, watched by a group of soldiers. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers giving sports display, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers giving a sports display for the Duke of Connaught and others near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British troops relaxing and exercising, Western Front, WW1
British troops relaxing and exercising near the Western Front in France during World War One, watched by a group of officers. Date: circa 1916

Chinese troops in France, Western Front, WW1
Chinese troops near the Western Front in France during World War One, taking a break to watch a dragon fight. Date: circa 1916

Mr Balfour watching aeroplane in flight, Western Front, WW1
Arthur James Balfour watching an aeroplane in flight during a visit to the Western Front during World War One. He served as British Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919. Date: circa 1916

Noel Coward at the 1937 Coronation
Noel Coward (Sir Noel Peirce Coward, 1899-1973), English actor, singer, playwright, director and composer, sporting a grey top hat

The Royal children watch the 1937 Coronation
A drawing specially made for The Sphere showing Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret Rose in the Royal box with their grandmother

Three fleets worth watching by G. H. Davis
Three fleets which are worth watching: the naval forces of Brazil, Argentine and Chile. 1910

German strong point in Libyan desert by G. H. Davis
A German strong point in the Libyan desert during the Second World War. A stealthy prelude to major events: how a watch is kept by the Allies on enemy movements. Date: 1942

How Does My Garden Grow? by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy tends his springtime bulbs, watched by a robin on a branch. Date: 1942

British soldier fishing with bayoneted rifle, WW1
A British soldier fishing in a canal with his bayoneted rifle after fighting at Mons, Belgium, in the early days of the First World War. Date: 1914

The Windy Hill by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl watches two birds in a tree. Date: 1941

Flower-Pot Garden by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl with a watering can, watched by a robin. Date: 1946

Rufus the cat watches a mouse
Full Speed Ahead! -- Rufus the cat watches a mouse and plans to track it down. Date: 1912

Rufus the cat drinks from a bowl, watched by a dog
Dog Days -- Rufus the cat drinks milk from a bowl, watched by a hungry dog. Date: 1912

Naval reservist on duty, Sidmouth beacon light, WW1
A fisherman who is a naval reservist on night duty under the Sidmouth beacon light in the early weeks of the First World War

Spectators at Fulham v Clapton Orient football match
A crowd of spectators at a football match between Fulham and Clapton Orient. Date: 1914

Lunchtime scene on the Embankment, London, WW1
Rank Outsiders. A lunchtime scene on the Embankment, London, at the start of the First World War. Young men who could be joining up to fight stand idly watching through the railings as the Inns of

Pulling down German frontier pole at Alsace, WW1
Alsace Returns -- for a Moment. Frenchmen pulling down a German frontier pole at Alsace on the border between France and Germany at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914

World War One artillery moving down a London street, as a crowd looks on. Date: C. 1914

The crowd under the clock at Ascot
High up on the roof of the stand the crowd watching the progress of the racing at Ascot, and above them rises the familiar clock, towering above the handsome range of buildings. Date: 1928

Opening of International Horse Show, Olympia, London
The opening of the International Horse Show at Olympia, London, showing an event in the arena with a large audience watching. In the foreground horses can be seen in their stalls. Date: 1913

Spectators watch coronation rehearsal on wooden stands
The temporary stands, constructed along the processional route, filled with people watching the Coronation rehearsal prior to the real event on 12 May 1937

Members of the enclosure at Ascot
Smart society in the members enclosure at Royal Ascot in June 1930, watching one of the ten races in the programme with interest. Date: 1930

The Royal Variety Show, 1938
The 1938 Royal Command Variety performance at the London Coliseum: the Grand Finale. The entire company, lead by Lupino Lane, doing the Lambeth Walk, a popular musical number. Date: November 1938

Pussys Share by Muriel Dawson -- a little child watches a kitten drinking from a saucer of milk. Date: 1946

Uninvited Spectators at the Christmas Revels
This is an early Victorian party scene showing two young girls looking through a door decorated with holly at a party full of adults in fine evening wear

Man feeding poultry, watched by a boy
A man feeding poultry in a large back garden, watched by a little boy. Date: 1920s

Belgian soldiers watching German shell fire, WW1
Belgian soldiers watching German shell fire on a street in the village of Grembergen, East Flanders, during the First World War

Group of Zulu Men
A seated group of spectacularly dressed Zulus. Date: 1936

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