Jan17 Collection (#6)

St. Marks College, Chelsea - South Building - between Kings Road and Fulham Road, London. Date: circa 1906

Lake Maggiore, Italy - Sunset. Date: circa 1904

Little boy in his winter woollies and the family pet dog Date: 1935

Stylish Woman - Barrow - 1920s. Note the fantastic Art Deco styling of the light fittings, cut-out alcove and the dress itself! Date: circa 1920s

The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, London - on the corner of Hammersmith Road and Rowan Road. Date: circa 1907

Autumn Fashions displayed - C. W.s Societies, Manchester
Autumn Fashions displayed - C.W.S Societies Customers Department, Manchester Date: circa 1916

Cumbernauld New Town, Scotland - Muirhead
Cumbernauld New Town, North Lanarkshire, Scotland - Muirhead. Cumbernauld is the clearest example of a modernist new town vision in the UK. Date: circa 1969

The Ever Open Door by George R. Sims and H. H. Herbert. First produced at the Aldwych Theatre, on 6th September 1913. The caption reads The Earl of Dereham

An Englishmans Home by Guy du Maurier. First produced at the Wyndhams Theatre on 27th January 1909. Guy du Maurier was brother of the actor Gerald, and uncle of the novelist, Daphne

The Eternal City by Hall Caine. Roma is with the Pope in the loggia of the Castle of St. Angelo (Act IV scene 3). The caption reads Yes, There is One!. Date: 1902

The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square
Postcard showing the frontage of The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. The year is unknown. Date: 1900s ?

Ever Been Had? revue by Charles Baldwin & Nat Lewis. The bathing beauty theme continues. Touring to the Hippodrome in Norwich on 30th August 1915

The Exile by Lloyd Osborne & Austin Strong starring M Harvey
The Exile by Lloyd Osborne (18681947) and Austin Strong (18811952). First produced at the Royalty Theatre in London on 9th May 1903. The play and poster represent Napoleon on St Helena

The Eve Of Her Wedding by C. Watson Mill. First produced at the Miners Theatre in Ashington, on 13th May, in Sunderland on 27th May 1907

Which is the tallest, by Hilda Cowham
Two small children attempt to measure their height, though it looks as if the little boy is giving himself some artificial help by standing on a book. Date: 1914

Kicking the bucket to keep alive and well! 1914
Interestingly this artical was published on April fools day in The Sketch, 1914, you can come to your own conclusions! Latest primitive life-saving device invented by a German engineer

Faery Visions - In the Waters of Scamander
Aphrodite, Hera and Athene bathe in the River Scamander. Date: 1929

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 3
The cocktail amateur proves that she can t tell a " Sheiks Gland" from a " Cows Kiss." Date: 1929

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 2
The hearty shows enthusiasm at a gathering of intelligentsia. Date: 1929

Faery Visions - Thus It Befell in Eden
Adam and Eve in a particularly lush Garden of Eden. Date: 1929

Faery Visions - a Prank of Strange Birds
Gorgeous illustration showing strange birds perched on branches on unusual trees among lush vegetation. Date: 1929

Faery Visions - Who Has Beheld a Ship
A ship sailing on a vibrant blue sea near an island with stylished trees adn vegetation. Date: 1929

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 1
The stout young man breaks tradition by not going to the fancy-dress ball as a baby. Date: 1929

An Italian Fairy Tale - Deodato the Florentine & Enchanter
The magician claims the beautiful young girl for himself, leaving Deodato alone. Date: 1929

An Oriental Fairy Tale - Goldbeard & the Hand of Fate
Bahama, Golden Beard, holding a Princess captive inside the magic mountain. She will later be rescued and freed from her golden fetters by a Prince who finds a miniature hand of jade. Date: 1929

A Legendary SpanishTale - Virgin leads Spain to victory
The Blessed Virgin leads Queen Isabellas army to the fortress to defeat the Moorish king who plunges into the abyss in fright. Date: 1929

A Persian fairy tale - The Rainbow by Felix de Gray
A prince falls to his knees offering jewels to the captured princess. Date: 1929

Front cover of The Sketch Christmas Number 1929 featuring a mythical map of traditional Christmas activities. Date: 1929

S. M. Jolly, cocktail barman at Ambassadors Club
A caricature of S.M. Jolly, the well-known shaker (cocktail barman) at the Ambassadors Club in London. Date: 1929

Perfect Wives by Joyce Dennys The wife who had influenza too
Joyce Dennys on Marriage: Perfect Wives. No. 1- The Wife who had influenza too. Despite suffering herself, a woman ends up waiting upon her husband who has a serious case of man flu. Date: 1929

Crosse and Blackwells soups advertisement
Advertisement for Crosse and Blackwells soup, depicting a bowl of steaming tomato soup. Date: 1929

London by Lester Ralph
Superb caricature of London emphasising its expanding population, Central to the picture is St Pauls Cathedral wearing a police officers helmet over its dome while the surrounding landscape is filled

The Earl of Portarlington by Olive Snell
Lionel George Henry Seymour Dawson-Damer, 6th Earl of Portarlington (1883-1959), one of the best-known personalities in London society during the 1920s. Date: 1929

The 9th Duke of Manchester dressed up as a bar tender
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring a photograph of William Montague ( Kim ), 9th Duke of Manchester. Pictured at the age of 22 masquerading as an American bartender at a Charing Cross

Town and Gown battle interrupted by police
A stand-off in Oxford between town locals and university students is interrupted by the police who attempt to calm everyone down. 1866

Gown and Town row at Oxford, 1845, where a punch up between students and a group of non-university locals is taking place in the street. 1845

Our Gallant Guards featured in The Tatler, December 1914
Page from The Tatler depicting photographs of the Guards before departing for the front. Top photograph shows officers of the Royal Horse Guards

Eastlake (Miss) as Alice
Miss Mary Eastlake (1856-1911). The text reads Will you wish me luck! Mary Eastlake. She was particularly popular in melodrama, notably at the Princesss Theatre

East Lynne from Mrs Henry Woods novel written in 1861. The caption reads Come With Me, My Little Darling, Im Running You In

Ye Goddesses and Little Fishes by Jack Greenall
Wonderfully colourful and graphic depiction of typical modern girls of the 1920s sunbathing in technicolour swimsuits by a pool. Date: 1929

Madame Idare, fashion designer
Madame Idare, British fashion designer. Date: 1929

The fashion designer Ulick
Captain Ulick Brown, fashion designer and presiding genius of Ulick Ltd in New Burlington Street. Date: 1929

The fashion designer Isobel
Isobel, a leading British fashion designer of the 1920s and 30s with an shop on Regent Street. She designed all clothes herself and employed only British staff

Fashions and Fancies for the London Season
A double page spread of suggested outfits for the London Season of 1924 ranging from debutante outfit in Madonna blue from Goochs to a Spanish inspired dress with shawl from Peter Robinson. Date: 1924

Human heart
Illustration of a human heart - top of a layered anatomical fold-out in a medical book. Date: c.1900

Harrods head-dress for court presentations
Advertisement for Harrods for head-dresses to be worn at court presentations. On the left is a design for a debutante, suitable for shingled hair to support the court plume of feathers

Miss Claire Waldoff
A page from The Bystander, celebrating Claire Waldoff (1884-1957), comedienne and German cabaret singer, proclaimed as the Queen of Berlins Night-Life. 1911

Platform of Bank Underground Station
Central Line series. A variety of passengers awaiting their train on the platform at Bank - two cheeky children, a battleaxe Grandmother-figure, a glamorous lady in red and white ensemble

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