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Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Helena Blavatsky, Russian author and founder of Theosophy, 1889

Helena Blavatsky, Russian author and founder of Theosophy, 1889. Helena Blavatsky, Russian author and founder of Theosophy, 1889

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, White general of the Russian Civil War, 1919

Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, White general of the Russian Civil War, 1919. Wrangel (1878-1928) commanded the White (anti-Bolshevik)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Florence Nightingale, English nurse and hospital reformer, c1850s

Florence Nightingale, English nurse and hospital reformer, c1850s. Named after the place of her birth in Italy, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) devoted her life to the sick and suffering

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Princess Elizabeth riding her pony in Winsor Great Park, 1930s

Princess Elizabeth riding her pony in Winsor Great Park, 1930s. The future Queen Elizabeth II (b1926) of Great Britain as a child

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, 1850. Artist: George Richmond

Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, 1850. Artist: George Richmond
Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, 1850. Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) was the author of Jane Eyre (1847), Shirley (1849), and Vilette (1852). From the National Portrait Gallery, London

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Curtis Steigers, 2014. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth

Curtis Steigers, 2014. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Curtis Steigers, Friday Night is Music Night, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2014

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Ruins At Baalbek

Ruins At Baalbek
November 1957: The remaining columns of the Temple of Jupiter (foreground) and the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis). (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Portrait Of Author Beatrix Potter

Portrait Of Author Beatrix Potter
Portrait of British childrens author Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943), 1890s. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Photo of The Dolly Sisters

Photo of The Dolly Sisters
Black and white photograph of popular revue stars the Dolly Sisters in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 19th December 1925

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Famous Greek poets and philosophers

Famous Greek poets and philosophers
Illustration of a famous Greek poets and philosophers

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Punch and Judy Man (The) (1963)

Punch and Judy Man (The) (1963)
A portrait of Tony Hancock as Wally Pinner the Punch and Judy Man with puppet

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Cupid & Psyche

Cupid & Psyche
circa 1890: Psyche, a beautiful princess in Roman mythology, with her lover Cupid, the god of love. Psyche was made immortal by Jupiter, king of the gods

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Passenger Porter

Passenger Porter
26th October 1907: A porter at the ready at a London, Tilbury and Southend Railway station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Blackpool Station

Blackpool Station
9th July 1934: The Fylde Coast Express leaving Blackpool Station on its inaugural trip to London. Blackpool Tower is in the background. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Feathered Gown

Feathered Gown
A Norman Hartnell evening gown. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Soused Mouse

Soused Mouse
27th February 1954: A mouse is tempted to climb a miniature ladder for a sip of sherry in a wine cellar at Jerez in Spain. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6734 - Sherry Comes From Spain - pub

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter
1889: English writer (Helen) Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft
circa 1797: English feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (1759 - 1797), author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and mother of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: HMS Victory

HMS Victory
circa 1860: Horatio Nelsons flagship HMS Victory in dock in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Cosette

Cosette
1862: A scene from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo; a ragged and barefoot Cosette sweeps a flooded yard. Les Miserables - pub. 1862 Illustration - Emile Bayard (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Blackpool Tower

Blackpool Tower
circa 1950: Built in 1894, and modelled on the Eiffel Tower, the tower at Blackpool dominates the towns skyline standing 158 metres tall. (Photo by George H. Hall/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Trevithicks Railway

Trevithicks Railway
Richard Trevithicks London Railway and Locomotive at Euston Square, run as an entertainment before the potential of his new high pressure steam engine became fully realised

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell
English novelist and biographer of Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, nee Stevenson, (1810 - 1865). Original Artwork: Drawing by George Richmond. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Fly Past

Fly Past
31st May 1956: Shackletons of RAF Coastal Command at a Fly Past over Buckingham Palace at the ceremony of Trooping the Colour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Its A Lonely Road; Three children walk hand in hand down the main street of the village

Its A Lonely Road; Three children walk hand in hand down the main street of the village
1940: Three children walk hand in hand down the main street of the village. Original Publication: Picture Post - 339 - Life In A Village - unpub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center
circa 1945: The Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Raymond Hood, it was completed in May 1933. (Photo by George Enell/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Gin Lane

Gin Lane
This print was published as a pair with Beer Street and contrasted the health and productivity benefits of drinking beer with the vice of gin drinking

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Kapitsa and Androv, Russian physicists

Kapitsa and Androv, Russian physicists. Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (left, 1894-1984) is listening to a graduate student called Androv (right), who is defending his doctoral thesis

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Humphry Davy, caricature

Humphry Davy, caricature
Humphry Davy. Caricature of the British chemist and physicist Humphry Davy (1778-1829), holding a Davy lamp. The Davy lamp was a safety lamp designed for use in coal mines

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Miles Davis Quintet, 1960. Creator: Brian Foskett

Miles Davis Quintet, 1960. Creator: Brian Foskett
Miles Davis Quintet, 1960

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Elvin Jones and his Jazz Machine, Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, USA, 1997. Creator: Brian Foskett

Elvin Jones and his Jazz Machine, Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, USA, 1997. Creator: Brian Foskett
Elvin Jones and his Jazz Machine, Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, USA, 1997

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Sitting Bear - Arikara, 1908. Artist: John Andrew & Son

Sitting Bear - Arikara, 1908. Artist: John Andrew & Son
Sitting Bear - Arikara, 1908. The Arikara are a semi-nomadic Native American tribe who lived on the plains of South Dakota. Their population was decimated by smallpox in the 1830s

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Couple In A Doorway

Couple In A Doorway
circa 1890: A woman carrying a milk pail and a stool talking to a bearded man over a stable door near Whitby. (Photo by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Tom Morris, c1905. Artist: James Patrick

Tom Morris, c1905. Artist: James Patrick
Tom Morris, c1905. Scottish golfer Old Tom Morris (1821-1908) was one of the outstanding figures of early competitive golf. He won the Open Championship four times, in 1861, 1862, 1864 and 1867

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: A. B. Cheetham, (The boatswain of the Terra Nova), c1910–1913, (1913)

A. B. Cheetham, (The boatswain of the Terra Nova), c1910–1913, (1913)
A.B. Cheetham, (The boatswain of the Terra Nova), c1910– 1913, (1913). Alfred Cheetham (1866-1918) was a member of several Antarctic expeditions

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: ART-DALI-bio

ART-DALI-bio
Picture dated in the 30s of Spanish artist Salvador Dali. AFP/ PHOTO REALISEE DANS LES STUDIOS HARCOURT / AFP PHOTO / -

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Alice and the dormouse, 1887. Artist: Ernest Barraud

Alice and the dormouse, 1887. Artist: Ernest Barraud
Alice and the dormouse, 1887. A photograph from The Theatre, A Monthly Review, Volume IX, January to June, 1887, Carson & Comerford, London, 1887

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress, c1950s(?). Artist: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress, c1950s(?). Artist: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress, c1950s(?). Elizabeth Taylor made her screen debut as a child in Lassie Come Home in 1943

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Queen Victoria, c1890

Queen Victoria, c1890. Victoria (1819-1901) became Queen in 1837 and Empress of India in 1877

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Thomas Tallis, (c1505-1585), English organist and composer, 1700. Artist: Niccolo Francesco Haym

Thomas Tallis, (c1505-1585), English organist and composer, 1700. Artist: Niccolo Francesco Haym
Thomas Tallis, (c1505-1585), English organist and composer, 1700. Portrait made in 1700 of the 16th century musician, from English Music, (1941)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: James Braid, Scottish golfer, c1905

James Braid, Scottish golfer, c1905. One of the great triumvirate who dominated professional golf in the 20 years before the First World War

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Robert Cray, 2008. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth

Robert Cray, 2008. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Robert Cray Band, Sage Theatre, Gateshead International Jazz Festival, 15 July 2008

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Fleet Street

Fleet Street
circa 1926: A busy day in Fleet Street, the home of many national newspapers. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Galleria Umberto

Galleria Umberto
circa 1930: Galleria Umberto, Naples, one of Europes most famous shopping arcades. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Guinness Time

Guinness Time
1932: Lit up advertisements in Piccadilly Circus, London (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Group of young women wearing bathing suits, portrait (B&W sepia)

Group of young women wearing bathing suits, portrait (B&W sepia)
Bathing suits reflect different eras from Victorian to 1930 s. archival image

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch
Anglo-Irish prize winning novelist, playwright and philosopher, Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Lyons Corner House

Lyons Corner House
circa 1930: Lyons Corner House on junction of Coventry Street and Rupert Street in Piccadilly, London W1. (Photo by Sasha/Keystone/Getty Images)



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