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Background imageWills Collection: Photograph of H B Irving playing Charles I by W. G. Wills

Photograph of H B Irving playing Charles I by W. G. Wills
Charles I by W. G. Wills. First produced on 28th September 1872. The play was written for Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 13 October 1905) and was one of several parts played by his son

Background imageWills Collection: Rugby crowd in Gold Flake advertisement

Rugby crowd in Gold Flake advertisement
Advertisement for Willss Gold Flake cigarettes, showing a crowd (comprised entirely of male spectators) cheering at a rugby match. 1930

Background imageWills Collection: Strokes at Wimbledon - caricatures of tennis players

Strokes at Wimbledon - caricatures of tennis players
Caricatures of various stars at Wimbledon tennis championships in 1934. Fred Perry can be seen top left and Suzanne Lenglen to the right of him

Background imageWills Collection: Miss Heath in the role of Jane Shore

Miss Heath in the role of Jane Shore
Miss Heath (1835-1887), actress, in the role of Jane Shore (title role of a play by W G Wills). circa 1880s

Background imageWills Collection: Henry Irving as Mephistopheles in Faust

Henry Irving as Mephistopheles in Faust by W G Wills, adapted from Goethes play. circa 1885

Background imageWills Collection: Wills cigarette card - Smooth Blenny

Wills cigarette card - Smooth Blenny. Date: circa 1935

Background imageWills Collection: Wills cigarette card - Scallop shells

Wills cigarette card - Scallop shells. Date: circa 1935

Background imageWills Collection: Wills cigarette card - Razor shell

Wills cigarette card - Razor shell. Date: circa 1935

Background imageWills Collection: Wills cigarette card - Greater & Lesser Sand Eels

Wills cigarette card - Greater & Lesser Sand Eels. Date: circa 1935

Background imageWills Collection: Wills cigarette card - Five-bearded Rockling

Wills cigarette card - Five-bearded Rockling. Date: circa 1935

Background imageWills Collection: Wills cigarette card - Corkwing Wrasse

Wills cigarette card - Corkwing Wrasse. Date: circa 1935

Background imageWills Collection: Wills cigarette card - Common Prawn

Wills cigarette card - Common Prawn. Date: circa 1935

Background imageWills Collection: Tatler cover - Helen Wills Moody

Tatler cover - Helen Wills Moody
HELEN WILLS MOODY (1905-1998) American tennis player and eight times winner of Wimbledon. Nicknamed Little Miss Poker Face. Championed the wearing of the sun visor which she is pictured wearing here

Background imageWills Collection: Delights of the Riviera - the Season at Cannes, 1926

Delights of the Riviera - the Season at Cannes, 1926
Series of vignette sketches showing society at play on the French Riviera, at Cannes in the spring of 1926. Pictured are Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills on the areas tennis courts

Background imageWills Collection: Caricature of Mrs Bernard Beere, English actress

Caricature of Mrs Bernard Beere, English actress
Caricature of Mrs Bernard Beere ( Fanny Mary Whitehead, 1851-1915), English actress. Seen here in the role of Jane Eyre, in an adaptation by W G Wills at the Globe Theatre, London. 1883

Background imageWills Collection: Cartoon, Portrait of Douglas Jerrold by W G Wills

Cartoon, Portrait of Douglas Jerrold by W G Wills
Cartoon, Portrait of Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857), journalist and playwright, by the Irish artist and writer William Gorman Wills (1828-1891)

Background imageWills Collection: Two women police officers and a policeman, London

Two women police officers and a policeman, London
Two early women police officers and a policeman, London. They are (left) Beatrice Wills (nee Wakefield), (right) Alice Foscoe (nee Wills) both wearing the Stanley Uniform introduced in 1919

Background imageWills Collection: Woman police officer Beatrice Wills on duty, London

Woman police officer Beatrice Wills on duty, London
Beatrice Wills (nee Wakefield), an early woman police officer, seen here on duty in a London street. She joined the force in January 1919, and is wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in that year

Background imageWills Collection: Writing a Will / C 1950

Writing a Will / C 1950
Writing a will. The original caption reads: " It is always wise to make your will... and in no way hurries ones departure to the other world". Date: circa 1950

Background imageWills Collection: Wills / 2nd Earl Downshire

Wills / 2nd Earl Downshire
WILLS, 2nd EARL OF HILLSBOROUGH and 1st MARQUIS OF DOWNSHIRE Statesman Date: 1718 - 1793

Background imageWills Collection: Wax celebrities in Paris shop windows

Wax celebrities in Paris shop windows
Celebrities of 1928 cast as wax mannequins in Paris shop windows. From top left clockwise, tennis stars Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills, Josephine Baker, Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan

Background imageWills Collection: Royal Divorce by W G Wills

Royal Divorce by W G Wills
Cover of promotional literature for A Royal Divorce by W. G. Wills. First produced at the Avenue Theatre, Sunderland, 1st May and Olympic Theatre, 10th September 1891

Background imageWills Collection: The Only Way by Freeman Wills

The Only Way by Freeman Wills
Promotional postcard for The Only Way by Freeman Wills from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. First produced at the Lyceum Theatre, 16th February 1899

Background imageWills Collection: Hermann Vezin as Man O Airlie

Hermann Vezin as Man O Airlie
Hermann Vezin (1829-1910), American-born Shakespearean actor, seen here in the role of a troubled Scottish poet, James Harebell, in the Man O Airlie by W G Wills. circa 1867

Background imageWills Collection: Portrait of tennis star Helen Wills, 1927

Portrait of tennis star Helen Wills, 1927 1927

Background imageWills Collection: Helen Wills Moody playing Tennis

Helen Wills Moody playing Tennis
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody practising Tennis in Japan. 1932

Background imageWills Collection: Willss tobacco advert by H. M. Bateman

Willss tobacco advert by H. M. Bateman
Advertisement by H. M. Bateman for Willss Cut Golden Bar tobacco featuring a gent seated in a comfortable armchair wearing a smoking jacket in a state of pipe smoking ecstasy. Date: 1929

Background imageWills Collection: Switzerland - Rosenlaui, The Wellhorn and the Wetterhorn

Switzerland - Rosenlaui, The Wellhorn and the Wetterhorn
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Rosenlaui alpine valley with the mountains Wellhorn and Wetterhorn in the background. The Wetterhorn (3, 692 m), was first climbed in 1844, by Stanhope T

Background imageWills Collection: Burke and Wills Monument

Burke and Wills Monument
Slide showing a black and white photograph of the Burke and Wills Monument in the city of Melbourne in Australia. The Burke and Wills Statue by Charles Summers is located on the corner of Collins

Background imageWills Collection: Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player

Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player
Miss Helen Wills (Moody), (1905-1998), American tennis player and eight times winner of Wimbledon. Nicknamed Little Miss Poker Face. Pictured in silhouette by Captain H. L

Background imageWills Collection: Helen Wills and Eileen Bennett

Helen Wills and Eileen Bennett
Front cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News featuring a photograph of Helen Wills (Moody), the American player who won the Wimbledon Championship eight times, with Eileen Bennett

Background imageWills Collection: Miss Helen Wills Moody in action

Miss Helen Wills Moody in action
Helen Wills Moody (1905 - 1998), American tennis player and eight times winner of the Wimbledon championship pictured in a series of action shots. Date: 1938

Background imageWills Collection: Thomas Wills

Thomas Wills
THOMAS WILLS Evangelical churchman, preacher and writer Date: 1740 - 1802

Background imageWills Collection: William Henry Wills

William Henry Wills
WILLIAM HENRY WILLS tobacco manufacturer and statesman Date: 1830 - 1911

Background imageWills Collection: An Old Street in Constantinople, Turkey

An Old Street in Constantinople, Turkey - Wills Cigarette Card. Date: circa 1936

Background imageWills Collection: Donald Wills Douglas Sr (1892-1981) (centre) with NYA offici

Donald Wills Douglas Sr (1892-1981) (centre) with NYA offici
Donald Wills Douglas Sr, 1892-1981, centre, with NYA officials, Aubrey Williams, left, and Major F.J. McSherry. Date: 1981

Background imageWills Collection: From the film Ferry Pilot - Philip Wills

From the film Ferry Pilot - Philip Wills
From the film Ferry Pilot, Philip Wills, right, Director of Operations, Air Transport Auxiliary, in the Operations Room at White Waltham

Background imageWills Collection: Will of Handel

Will of Handel
Will of George Frederic Handel, German composer page 2 Date: 18th century

Background imageWills Collection: Will of Van Dyck

Will of Van Dyck
Will of Sir Anthony Van Dyck 4 December 1641, proved 13 December 1641 Date: 13th December 1641

Background imageWills Collection: Will of John Combe

Will of John Combe
Will register entry for John Combe, 1615 Date: 1615

Background imageWills Collection: To the right hon able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this

To the right hon able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate representing a perspective view of a scutch mill, with the method of breaking the flax with groved sic rollers

Background imageWills Collection: The lost trail a comedy drama of western life by Anthony E

The lost trail a comedy drama of western life by Anthony E. Wills. Date c1907

Background imageWills Collection: A comedy drama of western life, The lost trail by Anthony E

A comedy drama of western life, The lost trail by Anthony E. Wills. Date c1907

Background imageWills Collection: Bystander front cover - Lawn tennis number - Helen Wills Moo

Bystander front cover - Lawn tennis number - Helen Wills Moo
Helen Wills Moody (1905 - 1998), American tennis player and eight times winner of the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon, pictured in 1927, where she was tipped to win - and she did

Background imageWills Collection: Newspaper delivery boys and girls, Walton, Essex

Newspaper delivery boys and girls, Walton, Essex
The girls and boys who delivered newspapers for Mark James & Son, newsagents of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. They were given a treat on 2 September 1953 when they were all taken to Wembley to see Tex

Background imageWills Collection: Poster advertising Willss Gold Flake

Poster advertising Willss Gold Flake, showing a lovable basset hound bringing its master a slipper with an open box of cigarettes inside it. 20th century

Background imageWills Collection: Page from Safety First Album

Page from Safety First Album
Page from Safety First, An Album to contain a Series of Cigarette Cards of National Importance, issued by W D & H O Wills, featuring tips for sharing roads with trams

Background imageWills Collection: Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland

Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip enjoy a summer holiday at Balmoral, on this occasion they walk up the jetty at Applecross to visit the home of Major and Mrs John Wills



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