Sep16 Collection (#10)

Elizabeth Cowell at the BBC
Given its access to sensitive information, the BBC had to be on the lookout for potential spies during the Second World War

The Torch of Night
A woman flies through the air carrying a torch to light her way in the darkness. 1899

Will-o -the-Wisp
A woman in a diaphanous dress flies through the air holding a light to illuminate her way in the darkness. 1899

Mademoiselle Juniori, singer
French songstress, Mademoiselle Juniori, posed for her photograph in a dress studded with various jewels. 1900

Kaiser Wilhelm II, his wife & Princes Oskar & August Wilhelm
Kaiser Wilhelm II, his wife Empress Augusta and two of his six sons, Prince Oskar on the left (1888-1958) and Prince August Wilhelm (1887-1949). 1900

Kitty Loftus (1867-1927) English actress and singer. 1899

Silhouette of girls dancing
Charming silhouette illustration of girls dancing in a row. 1899

Mr W. T. Maud, war correspondent for The Graphic
W. T. Maud, war correspondent and artist for The Graphic, pictured at the time of the Second Boer War. 1899

Mr Henry H. S. Pearse of the Daily News
Mr Henry H. S. Pearse, war correspondent for the Daily News during the Second Boer War. Date: 1899

Menu card for send off supper for Cape Squadron, Boer War
A menu card designed by Mr Leighton Ward for a menu for a send-off supper to the Cape Squadron of the Royal Horse Guards given at Hyde Park Barracks on 27 November 1899 before their departure for

Mr Bennet Burleigh of the Daily Telegraph
Bennet Burleigh(c.1840-1914), war correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. Date: 1899

Leading London Publishers in 1899
Page from The Sketch magazine featuring portraits of leading London publishers. Top row from left: Mr T. Norton Longman, Mr C. J. Longman, Mr Frederick Macmillan

Bicycle hockey
Girls playing bicycle hockey, a form of polo on wheels, at the time the sport of cycling was at the height of popularity. Date: 1899

John Murray, publisher
Sir John Murray IV (18511928), publisher to Queen Victoria, fourth scion of the Londons oldest publishing firm. Date: 1899

Bicycle sailing
Suggestion for adding speed to a bicycle - a sail. Though how one actually can see where one is going is a different matter. Date: 1899

Charles Wyndham, actor-manager (1837-1919) pictured in The Sketch at the time of the opening of his theatre, Wyndhams Theatre in 1899

Sketch cover - Kaiser Wilhelm II
Front cover of The Sketch magazine with a portrait of the German Emperor, Wilhelm II at the time of a visit to England. 1899

Jannette de la Mare
Jannette, daughter of poet and author Walter de la Mare, dancing at Ciros Club, London. 1928

Karnak Temple, Egypt - The Ptolemy Gateway. Date: circa 1940s

Lake Biwa, Kyoto, Japan - the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu) Date: circa 1910s

Mount Fuji, Japan - hand-painted wooden postcard Date: circa 1910s

The Tosho-gu Shrine at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Main Railway Station Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1944

Kameido Tenjin Shrine, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - A Kago litter being carried up the mountain
Japan - A Kago being carried up the mountain. Kago are a type of litter used as a means of human transportation by the non-samurai class in feudal Japan and into the Meiji period. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Monkey Bridge in the Kai Province. Date: circa 1910s

Mount Fuji, Japan - At Saruga. Date: circa 1910s

Japanese women transported by rickshaw. Date: circa 1910s

Famous floating Torii, Itsukushima Shrine, Japan - Evening
Itsukushima Shrine in the evening light - a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its " floating" torii gate (pictured on this card)

Two Japanese women greet each other with a bow. We are quite unable to ascertain the rather interesting arrangements behind the two women - possibly these are not two ladders wrapped up in Christmas

Cherry Blossom at Suma Rikyu Park, Kobe, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Ashinoko Lake, Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Lady Milford Haven, 1928
The Marchioness of Milford Haven, Nadejda Mountbatten (1896-1963) (right), pictured on the front cover of The Sketch magazine in front of a beach hut, wearing black trousers

Cocktail Time
A group of fashionably-dressed couples at Deauville, Normandy enjoy cocktails and cigarettes. 1928

Lady Lavery Photographed and Pictured
Hazel Lavery (18801935), ne頍 artyn, artist and husband of John Lavery (18891891). Photographed in real life on the left

The Faun Who Found an English Summer Perfect
A Classical faun garbs himself in colourful flowers against an ocean backdrop

For Remembrance
A large family poses for a photograph. 1928

Lady Dorothea Ashley-Cooper, 1928
Lady Dorothea Ashley-Cooper, daughter to the Earl of Shaftesbury, sporting a Greek outfit. 1928

Regain That Boyish Figure
Advertisement from The Sketch for Rosenbaum Rubber Reducing Garments. Their range of corsets and bodices " disperses superfluous flesh naturally". 1928

Keeping Cool in Napoleons Day
" Petit poussin ࠬ a Thermidor." A gaudy and satirical depiction of how French women of the Napoleonic Era dressed in the in the summer months

A Modern Venetian Night
Depiction of British society-women enjoying old-style balls on the Venetian Lido. 1928

Maisie Gay, The Gay Victorian"
Comic actress Maisie Gay (1878-1945) depicted on the front cover of The Sketch in a Victorian-style dress. 1928

Fashion from the French Riviera, 1928
The Sketch features a range of stylish beachwear being sported at the spa town of Juan-les-Pins in the C� d Azur 1928

Kathleen Mason, 1928
Lady Aspinall, n饠 Kathleen Mason, gazes into a mirror. This photograph was published on the occasion of her wedding to Sir Algernon Aspinall

A Manicure on the French Riviera, 1928
Woman dressed in bathing suit and wide-brimmed hat enjoys a manicure at the spa town of Juan-les-Pins on the C� d Azur. 1928

Anna Zinkeisen, 1928
Artist Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (1901-1976) who had recently married Captain Guy Heseltine. 1928

An Original Boudoir Pyjama
Advertisement for a womens three-piece cr갥 -de-Chine pyjama suit by Marshall and Snelgrove of Verre Street and Oxford Street, London. 1928

Koh-I-Noor Advertisement
Advertisement for Koh-I-Noor toothbrushes, which encourages customers to scratch the date onto their newly-bought toothbrush to prove that Koh-I-Noor has " a longer effective life than any

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