Wells Collection (page 2)

I m dropping in soon by G. E Studdy
Colour illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing his canine creation, Bonzo, parachuting through the sky. Studdy created Bonzo for The Sketch magazine in the early 1920s

G Washington / Wells Hist
GEORGE WASHINGTON First American President

Wells / Marketplace 1906
Wells, Somerset: the market place

Sadlers Wells Interior
Rebuilt in 1765, this developed from a variety hall to a legitimate theatre, often of a spectacular nature as depicted here, with Poseidon riding the waves

Tunbridge Wells Pantiles
The Pantiles - known at this time as The Parade - at Tunbridge Wells, a popular spa where visitors came to drink the waters

Hg Wells / Anon Photo
HERBERT GEORGE WELLS writer, historian

H G Wells, English writer
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), English writer, best known for his science fiction books. He also wrote contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary

H. G. Wells by Autori
Herbert George Wells, aka H.G. Wells (1866 - 1946), English master of science fiction, wrote several classics before 1900: The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds

Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals
This postcard titled Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals shows the many characters Albert Chevalier played. As the coster, fourth from right in the front row, he sang his famous coster songs

The Street, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, England
The Street, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Date: 1920s

English Village Well
A mother and child fetch a pail of water from the well in the village of Old Basing, Hampshire. England. Date: 1930s

England / Tunbridge Wells
The pleasantly shaded Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, a truly picturesque colonnaded promenade

England / Wells
The Vicars Close, adjacent to the famous Wells Cathedral, Somerset, was originally built to house the clergy. Claims to be the oldest complete street of its kind in Europe

United States (1880). Oil wells in Triumph Mountain, Pennsylvania. Engraving

Penshurst Castle, Tunbridge Wells, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Farmhouse near Tunbridge Wells, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Speldhurst Inn, Tunbridge Wells, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

A Charles Wells Public House, in an unidentified location. This brewery company, based in Bedfordshire, is still in existence today, with over 200 pubs to its name

Trafalgar Square Fountain, London, 1845
Engraving showing one of the fountains of Trafalgar Square, London, with (top left and right) a sectional view of the wells under the square, which were dug to supply the fountains

Allies - Brave Belgium by Archibald Wells
A Belgian cavalry man sits astride his horse against the backdrop of a combined Belgian and Union Jack flag, a symbol of the two countries combined loyalties during World War One

Devon Well 1930S
A country lass fetches water from the well in Milton Coombe, South Devon, England

Wells / Cricketer
C M Wells, English cricketer, seen here about to bowl

Oil / California
A landscape of wells in the California oil field

The Time Machine
THE TIME MACHINE The Time Traveller arrives... sometime in the future

Wells / Things to Come
the Shape of Things to Come

New River Head
In 1609 a scheme to bring much needed water into London from wells in Hertfordshire was designed by a Mr Hugh Myddleton. His plan was to end his New River just below the summit of Islington Hill

Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, England - Nave - In 1338 the mason William Joy employed an unorthodox solution by inserting low arches topped by inverted arches of similar dimensions

The Pantiles, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
circa 1910s

The Whirl of the World, Palladium Theatre, London
The Whirl of the World, Charles Gullivers revue in 25 scenes, by Albert de Courville, Edgar Wallace and William E Wells, at the Palladium Theatre, London, with a chorus of sixty. circa 1920s

The Vic-Wells Season & Dance, Waterloo, London, with portraits and signatures of creative staff, actors and actresses, including Tyrone Guthrie, Athene Seyler, Charles Laughton, Flora Robson

Lovers Leap, Llandrindod Wells, Wales. Date: circa 1900s

Oil Field, Humble, Texas nr Houston USA - Mule-pulled tanker. Date: 1907

wells cathedral west front

The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: early 1900s

Filling shells with nitro-glycerine for shooting oil wells Pennsylvania USA early 1900s

Alms Houses, Vicars Close, Wells

Wells - Vicar's Close Alms Houses - Victorian period

White Wells House, Ilkley Moor in the 1930s

The Wells Walk, Ilkley in the 1930s

Cinema advertisement for Things to Come, 1936

A corner of the Common, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - postcard by S. Hunt, Tunbridge Wells c. 1908 Date: circa 1908

The Bridge, Builth Wells - Frith postcard c. 1950 Date: circa 1950

C M Wells

William Chappell Ballet Dancer Man Bare Chest
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Ursula Moreton in The Rake's Progress, Vic-Wells Ballet
Ursula Moreton, ballerina, in The Rake's Progress, The Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937

Sir Frederick Ashton, ballet dancer in Apparitions, the Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937

Robert Helpman Helpmann Ballet Dance Dancer In
robert, helpman, helpmann, ballet, dance, dancer, in, checkmate, vic, wells, 1937, 1930s, 30s, thirties, the, supplement, to, dancing, times, december, costume, expression, face, character, role

Pearl Argyle, ballerina in Pomona, Vic-Wells Ballet
Pearl Argyle, ballerina in Pomona, The Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937

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