Concentration Collection

George Best playing for Northern Ireland during the international match against Scotland at Windsor Park. 21st October 1967

Fashion designer Mary Quant seen here having the finishing touches made to her new hairstyle by Vidal Sassoon 12th November 1964

Basset Hound with Outstretched Ears
The large, floppy ears of the Basset Hound have a job to do

The Lace Maker, c1664. Artist: Jan Vermeer
The Lace Maker, c1664. The woman is making pillow lace which uses a strip of parchment on which the pattern has been pricked out

Snooker player and table

Wet black Labrador Retriever dog (Canis lupus familiaris) at the dog beach, male, domestic dog

Whippets in the desert

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) young bear rolling around in the snow, on newly formed pack ice during autumn freeze up, Beaufort Sea, off Arctic coast, Alaska

The Lace Maker, 1662. Artist: Gaspar Netscher
The Lace Maker, 1662. Painting held at The Wallace Collection, London. From The Connoisseur Volume XLIII. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1915]

The Chess Game, 1896 (oil on panel)
989236 The Chess Game, 1896 (oil on panel) by Deutsch, Ludwig (1855-1935); 55x41.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chess Game. Ludwig Deutsch (1855-1935). Oil on panel. Signed and dated 1896

Jesse Owens at the start of the 200 metres at the Berlin Olympic Games, 1936. Owens setting off on the way to one of his four gold medals at the 1936 games

Three jockeys fighting to come in first, front view

David Platt Football Arsenal and England scores winning goal in extra time game England v Belgium in 1990 World Cup dbase

Binocular Testing
A line of girls tests each pair of binoculars made for the Services before it leaves the factory

Teenage (16-17) male gymnast practicing on rings against black background

Men playing shove-halfpenny in Hollist Arms, Lodsworth with barman looking on. c1934 George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N10280

Surfing championships at Newquay, Cornwall
A competitor in the surfing championships at Newquay in Cornwall

Yoga meditation, Full Moon Island, Male Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Mountain lion or cougar (Felis concolor) in snow, near Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, North America

The Chess Players
Artist: Lonsdale, James - Title: The Chess Players - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 142.2 x 111.8

Two Leonbergers (PR)

The 1934 Test Match at Lords: Verity wins the game
Verity winning the match for England, sending down a ball to Woodfall, the Australian captain

Portrait of a blacksmith at work, town of Axoum (Axum) (Aksum), Tigre region, Ethiopia, Africa

Bristol Uni Students
Women students at Bristol University reading in the library

Jennifer Capriati on court during the French Open tennis Dbase

A Lady Sewing in an Interior, (oil on canvas)
658653 A Lady Sewing in an Interior, (oil on canvas) by Enjolras, Delphin (1857-1945); 73x64 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Lady Sewing in an Interior. Delphin Enjolras (1857-1945)

Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena sp. )
Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena sp.)

The Thinker, 1881 (bronze) (detail)
BAL63999 The Thinker, 1881 (bronze) (detail) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); height:72 cm; Musee Rodin, Paris, France; (add.info.: part of The Gates of Hell ; ); French, out of copyright

Rainbow lorikeet, (Trichoglossus haematodus), adult on tree, Cudlee Creek, South Australia, Australia

Illustration of Isaac Newton watching apple falling from tree

Rooftop Rifle Range
18th June 1940: London workers at lunchtime target practice on the roof of their office building. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The Thinker, 1881 (for detail see 63999)
BAL12887 The Thinker, 1881 (for detail see 63999) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); 71.5x40x58 cm; Musee Rodin, Paris, France; (add.info.: modelled in 1880-82 for The Gates of Hell; ); French

A Good Book, (oil on board)
651199 A Good Book, (oil on board) by Firle, Walther (1859-1929); 49.5x63.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Good Book. Walter Firle (1859-1929). Oil on board

Shoe shine Lisbon, Portugal
A young shoe shine man reads a newspaper while waiting for his next customer in a Lisbon street Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Portrait of a Leonberger (PR)

Zanzibar red colobus monkey (Procolobus kirkii) crossing the main road through the Reserve, Jozani forest, Jozani Chwaka Bay NP, Zanzibar, Tanzania, August

Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
A young Vervet Monkey sits alone on a tree branch in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Meerkat -Suricata suricatta- with pups, Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

King Charles Cavalier Portrait

WW2 - Map showing Flying Bomb hits during Blitz on London in the LCC-London Fire Brigade Control Room at Lambeth HQ, SE1

Cesar Franck at the console of the organ at St. Clotilde Basilica, Paris
XIR287744 Cesar Franck at the console of the organ at St

Actor Jack Watling with his daughter Deborah Watling who played the Doctor Who Companion Victoria Waterfield 1965

Pat Martino, PIzza Express, Dean St, Soho, London, July 2001. Artist: Brian O Connor
Pat Martino, PIzza Express, Dean St, Soho, London, July 2001

Cocker Spaniel sitting near a sand trap on a golf course

World War II poster of a female factory worker building a rocket
Vintage World War II poster of a female factory worker building a rocket. It declares, Women in the war, We Can t Win Without Them

Svalbard. Mother and child Polar Bears

Black pug lying in front of the front-door in the sunshine

Gray and white cat looking out of a window, portrait, Germany

Hamster -Cricetus cricetus-, alert young in a meadow, Austria

Male pharmacist working with test tubes in laboratory, (B&W)

Congos Artwork
Congo, London Zoos artistic chimpanzee, at work on his new masterpiece, 25th May 1957. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Scientist Working In A Fusion Reactor F003 / 6438
Scientist Working In A Fusion Reactor

Counting in Their Heads, 1895. Oil on canvas. Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky (1868-1945) Russian painter. Boys in a village school in a mental arithmetic lesson

USA, Alaska, Homer. Bald eagle diving above water

Men playing traditional horn instruments at a Lunar New Year festival in the Miao village of Qingman, Guizhou Province, China, Asia

Very Elevated Bicycle
A very elevated bicycle - the look of concentration on the riders face is very understandable!

Penitent Magdalen, (oil on canvas)
7129325 Penitent Magdalen, (oil on canvas) by Fetti or Feti, Domenico (1589-1624); Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Penitent Magdalen, Domenico Fetti, oil on canvas)

Girl Reading, 1916 (oil on canvas)
656925 Girl Reading, 1916 (oil on canvas) by Jack, Richard (1866-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl Reading. Richard Jack (1866-1952). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1916

Leo Tolstoy (litho) (sepia photo)
STC393686 Leo Tolstoy (litho) (sepia photo) by Ge (Gay), Nikolai Nikolaevich (1831-94); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian author; ); The Stapleton Collection; Russian

World Cup 1990 Quarter Final England 1 West Germany 1 West Germany won 4-3 on penalties at Turin David Platt scores a penalty

Alfred Demaszure (Left) engine driver and Andre Devos, fireman seen here on the footplate of the Golden Arrow on its journey from Calais to Paris

Self-Portrait, 1889. Creator: Vincent van Gogh
Self-Portrait, 1889

Wynton Marsalis, Capital Jazz, Royal Festival Hall, London, July 1988

Chris Barber, 2013. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Chris Barber Band, Bristol Jazz Festival, 2013

Blackbird -Turdus merula-, male, collecting insects in its beak

Western Lowland Gorilla -Gorilla gorilla-, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa

Hare -Lepus europaeus- on a summer meadow, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Corncrake -Crex crex-, listenting to a rivals song, Middle Elbe region, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

The Apostle Paul, c. 1657 (oil on canvas)
XOS746461 The Apostle Paul, c.1657 (oil on canvas) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 131.5x104.4 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA; Dutch, out of copyright

Close-up Half Face of Yellow Labrador Retriever, (MR)

Arthur Moreland, commercial artist, best known for his book Humours of History, published in 1921, containing 160 comic historical cartoons from The Daily News

Men playing chess, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Boy doing archery, Forges-les-Eaux, Seine Maritime, France, Europe

Sexy Thai ladyboy with tattoos, Pattaya, Thailand

Mudra of knowledge. Position of fingers in meditation. Gyan mudra. Icon black and white vector illustration isolated doodle. Yoga gesture hands

Little girl in underwear sitting at table, drawing

1940s WOMAN ROSIE THE RIVETER SUPERIMPOSED OVER AIRPLANES IN FACTORY 1940s WARTIME WWII

Boy (12-13) reading book on bed VStock

Aboriginal school Northern Territory Australia Teacher with a mixed class of “cattle station” owners children and aborigines from nearby Rittarangu Community, Urapunga, , Roper River

1 indian Adult Man Yoga Padmasana 1 indian Adult Man Yoga Padmasana

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Unwavering focus: From the Basset Hound with Outstretched Ears to the Chess Players, concentration takes many forms. Whether it's a Polar bear rolling in the snow or three jockeys racing for victory, these images capture the essence of intense determination. A snooker player strategizes at the table while two majestic Leonbergers exhibit unwavering attention. In a quaint pub, men engage in an age-old game of shove-halfpenny, their minds fixed on precision. Meanwhile, a teenage gymnast defies gravity on rings against a stark black backdrop, showcasing his disciplined practice. On Full Moon Island in Maldives, amidst serene yoga meditation under moonlit skies, concentration reaches new heights. Even a mountain lion prowling through Montana's snowy terrain demonstrates its focused prowess. Lastly, we witness a portrait of a blacksmith immersed in his craft in Axum - dedication etched onto every movement. These Bristol Uni students exemplify how concentration fuels success across diverse pursuits.