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Cephos cold and flu powder advertisementAdvert for Cephos cold and flu powder depicting a poorly looking woman, dressed rather smartly, and standing, hanging onto a strap on a bus or tube train
Sunny Day at Lords by Ernest WallcousinsThis image shows an enthusiastic crowd watching a cricket match. Painted in 1926 the grand stand can be seen in the distance, which had just been built
The Twelve Days of Christmas, illustrated by Leslie Wood
Howard Carter at the excavation of TutankhamunThe photograph shows Howard Carter and an Egyptian removing the Typhonic Couch from the Tomb of Tutankhamun
First Zeppelin air raid on London, 1915First Zeppelin air raid on London, during World War I 1915
Women workers, World War IWomen workers packing fuse heads in the Coventry Ordnance Works during World War I
Burns / Now Westlin WindsNOW WESTLIN WINDS But Peggy dear the ev nings clear, Thick flies the skimming swallow, The sky is blue, the fields in view, All fading green and yellow
Mr and Mrs Evelyn Waugh at the Tropical party on board the Friendship
Eton and Harrow match at LordsSpectators at a cricket match
Poster for The Mikado, the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta
Hillman Minx car advertisementColour advert for the Hillman Minx Saloon showing a woman getting ready to join her friend who has driven round to meet her. On the window sill where she is sitting is a brochure for the car
Zenith of SurrealismThe surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989), surprised even guests to his house at Port Lligat in Spain, when he appeared wearing a magnificent tricorne hat - fashioned out of pastry
Pilot Stanley Hausner saying goodbye to his wifeStanley Hausner, pilot who went missing during his flight between New Jersey and Warsaw. Picked up by British steamer, the Circe Shell
Sunbeam motor car advertisementA colour advertisement for Sunbeam car and aircraft engines. A sunbeam car can be seen in the foreground with an aeroplane flying overhead
Thomas Cook Holiday ToursBrochure front cover advertising Thomas Cooks holidays for 1901
Bryan Guinness with his wife DianaA photograph of Bryan Guinness and his new wife Diana on their honeymoon at Taormina
White Star to New YorkPoster for the White Star Line to New York featuring the RMS Olympic (sister ship to the Britannic and Titanic) in New York harbour with the Woolworth Building in the background
Winston Churchill SchoolWINSTON CHURCHILL Pictured as a pupil at the school of the Misses Thompson in Brunswick Road, Brighton, second row, second from left, in November 1886
Droitwich SpaThe Brine Baths at Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire; they were first discovered by the Romans
Elveden Hall, Suffolk, visited by the prince and princess of Wales
Lear / Nonsense / BangorThere was an Old Person of Bangor, whose face was distorted with anger! He tore off his boots, and subsisted on roots, that irascible Person of Bangor
Princess Alice with her childrenPrincess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878) with her children in 1877: (l to r) Ella, Alix, Victoria, Ernst Ludwig and Irene, with the youngest, May sitting on Alices lap
Mrs Florence Emily HardyFlorence Emily Hardy, nee Dugdale, second wife of the novelist Thomas Hardy, pictured in 1914. Florence was Hardys secretary and herself a write of childrens books
Ice Hockey by Rene VincentIllustration showing a muscular ice hockey player with his doting girlfriend
The Man Who Bid Half-A-Guinea At Tattersall s, by H. M. BatA humorous illustration showing a man who has caused havoc at the races. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander
The burial of Thomas Hardys heart among his own people: the vicar of Stinsford in Dorset ( Mellstock of Under the Greenwood Tree ) bearing the casket containing it
James Keir HardiePhotograph of James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish Labour leader and politician
Ice skaterIllustration showing a lady skating on ice
Hampton Court Palace, by Sir Hugh Maxwell CassonA watercolour and pen painting of Hampton Court Palace, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson during
Princess Alice and Grand Duke Louis of Hesse with childrenPrincess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt, second daughter and third child of Queen Victoria (1843-1878), with her husband
Princesses of Schleswig-HolsteinPrincess Marie-Louise and Princess Helena Victoria (Thora) of Schleswig-Holstein, the daughters of Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
Gertrude Lawrence by GarrettoGertrude Lawrence (1898 - 1952), actress and singer, portrayed in highly stylised caricature by Garretto at the time she was playing the lead role in Noel Cowards " Private Lives"
Masurian Lakes 1915German cavalry advance during the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, also known as the Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes
Night Piece by Aubrey Beardsley. An almost entirely black composition with the figure of a woman. Illustration in The Yellow Book, volume I, April 1894
Princess Beatrice in 1860Princess Beatrice, later Priness Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944), fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert photographed in 1860
The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII (1894-1972)
Prince of Wales with the Grendiers Guards, 1914Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972), King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, on a route march with the Grenadier Guards in 1914
Bapsy PavryMiss Bapsy Pavry, later Marchioness of Winchester and author of " The Heroines of Ancient Persia". She was the daughter of the Parsi High Priest of Bombay
Pasa Bahce - IstanbulView of Pasa Bahce, where the Pasabahce Glass Company is located today. On Asian side of Bosphorus
A Top NotcherCartoon, A Top Notcher. One of the silly mistakes one makes when paying golf when it snows in Scotland. A short sighted golfer mistakes a bobble hat for the ball
W. Heath RobinsonCartoon, Crazy Cricket in Creases. Ovalities at Lords. Various ways of playing a cricket match. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary
The General Strike - Government leadersGovernment leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3
Portrait of the Prince Imperial and Napoleon IIIPhotograph of Louis, the Prince Imperial (1856-1871)(seated) with his father, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French c. 1868
Waiting For Santa Claus, by Jessie Willcox SmithA colour illustration of two young children trying to keep awake for Santa Clauss visit
The Girl In The Cabaret by Suzanne MeunierA colour illustration of an elegantly dressed lady finishing off the last of her champagne. Suzanne Meunier was a French artist who produced a number of erotic illustrations for The Sketch
The Cats Pyiamas by Merlin EnabnitDark-haired pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) wearing revealing orange pyjamas. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist
I m dropping in soon by G. E StuddyColour 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
Summer Holiday FashionsNautical holiday outfits from 1932, including palazzo pants and berets
