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Saxs new musical instrumentsThe new saxhorn, trombone and saxophone: musical instruments developed by Adolphe Sax. Date: 1864
Motorists at Brooklands by The ToutCaricatures of prominent figures in the motoring world trapped by The Tout at Brooklands. From left, Julian Orde, Jimmy Percy, Edward Manville, Harvey du Cros (founder of Dunlop tyres)
Clarissa TennantClarissa Madeleine Georgiana Felicite Tennant (1896-1960), daughter of 1st Baron Glenconner pictured staring into the fire
Passengers of the LusitaniaA page from The Sketch reporting on prominent personalities, on board the Lusitania, sunk by a German torpedo on 7 May 1915. Top left is Lady Allan, wife of Sir Hugh M
Advert for khaki stocking putteesAdvertisement for khaki stocking puttees in medium and heavy weights from Turnbull and Asser. For use in Home Service when off parade, or at the Front when out of the firing line
Lea and Perrins advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, a perfect gift for soldiers at the front to use with their war rations with claims that it makes bully beef appetizing
Grand Duchess Elizabeth FeodorovnaGrand Princess Elizaveta Feodorova (Grand Duchess Sergei), formerly Princess Elisabeth or Ella or Hesse Darmstadt, dressed as a Sister of Mercy of the reek Church, the Order of Martha and Mary
Glorious L Battery, Gunner Derbyshire, Driver OsborneThree members of " L" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, which gallantly maintained fire using three guns against surprise fire from a strong German force comprising ten field guns
Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799
Prince Albert as a midshipman in the Royal NavyH.R.H. Prince Albert, the second son of King George V, and himself later King George VI (1895-1952), as an officer of the Collingwood of the First Battle Squadron
Hatfield House as a military hospital, World War TwoHatfield House, ancestral home of the Cecils, as a military hospital in World War Two. The 4th Marquess of Salisbury offered its use
The Imperial War Cabinet, 1917Photograph taken at 10 Downing Street of the Imperial War Cabinet in 1917. Front row, Henderson, Lord Milner, Lord Curzon, Mr Bonar Law, David Lloyd George, Sir Robert Borden, Mr Massey
Belgian royalty, The Duke of Brabant at Eton, WW1The Duke of Brabant, later King Leopold III (1901-1983), eldest son of Albert I, King of the Belgians. Pictured as an Eton school boy - he attended Eton College during the First World War when
Major Ranjisinghi Jamsaheb of Nawanagar, WW1Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (1872 1933), popularly known as Ranji, Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the Sussex English cricket team
Mrs Olaf Hambro (Miss Winifred Martin-Smith), lady golferThe former Miss Winifred Martin-Smith, who married Ronald Olaf Hambro in 1917, was a prominent and talented lady golfer before the war
Murrays Club opens at MaidenheadMurrays River Club at fashionable Maidenhead, opened in 1915 as a sister club and alternative summer venue to the original Murrays club opened by Jack May in Beak Street, London in 1913
Madame Bertha Trost, an unusual figure in the undercurrents of London society, who went about dressed in Victorian clothes and riding in a carriage
The Bibliotheque Imperiale (now Nationale), ParisA view of the Bibliotheque Imperiale (now Nationale), Paris Date: 1868
Wymans book stall at Paddington Station, 1915An impressive bookstall at Paddington railway station in 1915 with a display of the recently printed Printers Pie, a charitable publication produced in aid of retired printers
Rostropovich (cello) and Benjamin Britten (Harpsichord)Rostropovich (cello) and Benjamin Britten standing at the Harpsichord. Rostropovichs hosts were introducing him to the church in which he would give his first Aldeburgh Festival performance (of Bach)
Benjamin Britten AngryDuring an interval at the Jubilee Hall Benjamin Britten received a message from Arthur Harrison that made him explode. During performances of The Beggars Opera 20 June 1963. Date: 1963
David Pinto (treble) and Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)David Pinto (treble) and Cecil Aronowitz (violin) during rehearsals for the 24 June Choral and Orchestral Concert in the Aldeburgh Parish Church, Aldeburgh Festival 1962. Date: 1962
Diana Gould, Lady Menuhin, Aldeburgh Festival 1963Diana Gould, ballerina, wife of Yehudi Menuhin, leaving the home of Clifford and Mrs Heron before the Choral and Orchestral Concert at Orford Church, Aldeburgh Festival 23 June 1963 Date: 1963
Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin, Diana Gould at OrfordLeft to right: Unidentified assistant, Mrs Menuhin (Diana Gould the ballerina), Yehudi Menuhin arriving for the Choral and Orchestral Concert during the Aldeburgh Festival on 23 June 1963 Date: 1963
Annie Croft in Brighter London at the London Hippodrome, 1923 Date: 1923
Mrs Harry Payne WhitneyGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 April 18, 1942), American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City
Female impersonator in trench pantomime, WW1Fair but False -The Coldstream " Girl." A Remarkable Impersonation in a trench pantomime. Among the numerous female impersonators among soldiers providing entertainment for the troops
Lady Furness as a nurse, WW1Lady Furness, formerly Ada Daisy Hogg, first wife of Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness, pictured in nursing uniform in 1917
Irene Vernon CastleIRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts ; they were also in films. Date: 1917
Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington on polo ponyCharles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington (1844 - 1917), British peer and polo player, pictured mounted on a polo pony, despite his advanced age! Date: 1917
Lady Idina Wallace and her son by Madame YevondeLady Idina Wallace, nee Sackville, eldest daughter of Lord de la Warr, and wife of Captain David Euan Wallace of the Household Cavalry
Founders of the Royal Aero ClubThe founders of the Royal Aero Club; from left to right are - Mrs Nicholls, the C. S. Rolls and Mr Hedges Butler. Mrs Nicholl was the first woman to be a member of the club
King George V opens Hull dockKing George V (to the left) performs the opening ceremony of the new Hull dock, while Queen Mary watches on. Date: 26 June 1914
You Dirty Boy, Kaiser Wilhelm II cartoon, WW1A cartoon depicting Europe as a sensible woman with sleeves rolled up, washing the ears of Kaiser Wilhelm II with a washing bowl labelled, Denunciation of Humanity
The Maharani of Cooch-Behar, WW1Indira Raje of Baroda (19 February 1892 6 September 1968), later the Maharani of Cooch Behar, and later Her Highness the Maharani Sahiba after her sons succession
Searchlights looking for Zeppelins over London, WW1Searchlights throwing up shafts of light over the London skyline in September 1914, on the look out for German Zeppelin aircraft
A Niam-Niam wandering minstrel, 1876. Date: 1876
Sisters as recruiting sergeants for Kitcheners Army, WW1Irish sisters, Miss Winifred and Ivy Mulroney riding together in Hyde Park, London to recruit men for Lord Kitcheners army in September 1914
Hale Rocket making processBramah-type hydraulic press introduced by William Hale to fill his rockets Date: 1855
Lady Rennell Rodd, wife of James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, British Ambassador n Italy during the First World War. Before her marriage she was Lilias Georgina Guthrie
Colonial volunteers inspected by Major-General Bethune, WW1Major-General Bethune inspecting colonial volunteers on the Horse Guards Parade wearing their civilian clothes, including, at one end, a man in top hat and tails
French bank note, 50 FrancsFrench bank note, Banque de France, 50 Francs, issued on 19 May 1949. With a portrait of the French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-1877) on the front
Sir Edward Grey & Lord Haldane, outbreak of First World WarLord Haldane (Lord Chancellor, formerly Secretary of State for War) and Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Minister) on their way to a Cabinet meeting during the crisis leading up to the First World War
Count Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly, Austro-Hungarian AmbassadorCount Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly-Diechstrichstein (1861-1945), Austrian Ambassador in London at the time of the outbreak of the First World War
Mrs W. B. Leeds (Nancy Leeds)Mrs W. B. Leeds, described by the Tatler as one of the best-known and most beautiful members of New York Society, pictured on the magazines front cover at the time she had taken Kenwood House in
Lady Drogheda & her children, WW1The Countess of Drogheda, born Kathleen Moore Pelham Burn married the 10th Earl of Drogheda in 1909 and divorced him in 1922 to marry Guillemo Delanda a polo player
Fortnum & Masons advertisement, WW1Advertisement for quintessential British department store, Fortnum & Mason and its service for sending boxes of food to the front during the First World War
Down at the Ration Dump by Bruce BairnsfatherDown at the Ration Dump " Call me a Tank again, my lad, and I ll knock yer - - ead off!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917