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Black and white portraits Collection (#6)

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Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Portrait of Queen Victoria

Portrait of Queen Victoria
Vintage engraving of a portrait of Queen Victoria. The Graphic, 1887

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: The Wishing Chair, Giants Causeway, Ireland, 1897. Creator: Works and Sun Sculpture Studios

The Wishing Chair, Giants Causeway, Ireland, 1897. Creator: Works and Sun Sculpture Studios
The Wishing Chair, Giants Causeway, Ireland, 1897. From " Underwood and Underwood Publishers, New York-London-Toroto Canada-Ottawa Kansas."

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Palaeontology, c1910. Creator: Unknown

Palaeontology, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Palaeontology, c1910. Palaeontology, the scientific study of life forms existing in the past though examination of fossils, plants, animals, and organisms

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Submission of Henry IV. At Canossa, (1077), 1890. Creator: Unknown

Submission of Henry IV. At Canossa, (1077), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Submission of Henry IV. At Canossa, (1077), 1890. Henry IV (1050-1106) King German King and Holy Roman Emperor, after being excommunicated

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Black and white Border collie bitch with black and white tuxedo kitten age 10 weeks

Black and white Border collie bitch with black and white tuxedo kitten age 10 weeks

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Southsea Common

Southsea Common
circa 1895: Crowds promenading on Southsea Common. (Photo by F J Mortimer/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Ascot Racecourse

Ascot Racecourse
13th June 1927: A workman stands on a roof to paint the finishing post at Royal Ascot race course. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Fluffy black kitten, 12 weeks old, stretching

Fluffy black kitten, 12 weeks old, stretching

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: The New Magic: Sending Pictures by Wireless and the Unescapable Telephone, c1935

The New Magic: Sending Pictures by Wireless and the Unescapable Telephone, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1978. Artist: Brian O Connor

Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1978. Artist: Brian O Connor
Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1978. He is known for his guitar and harmonica playing, as well as his whistling skills

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: American singer Sarah Vaughan at the Capital Radio Jazz Festival, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, 1981

American singer Sarah Vaughan at the Capital Radio Jazz Festival, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, 1981

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer, 1926

Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer, 1926. On 6 August 1926 Ederle (1905-2003) became the first woman to swim across the English Channel, which she achieved in a time of 14 hours and 30 minutes

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Charles Darwin, British naturalist, c1870s. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron

Charles Darwin, British naturalist, c1870s. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron
Charles Darwin, British naturalist, c1870s. Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: St. Cecilia, 1891, (1911). Artist: Gustav Naujok

St. Cecilia, 1891, (1911). Artist: Gustav Naujok
St. Cecilia, 1891, (1911). Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. From Bibbys Annual 1911. [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Seated Nude: The Black Hat, c1900. Artist: Philip Wilson Steer

Seated Nude: The Black Hat, c1900. Artist: Philip Wilson Steer
Seated Nude: The Black Hat, c1900. Painting housed at the Tate Britain, London. From The Studio Volume 122. [The Studio Ltd, London, 1941]

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: HM Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, 12th March 1953. Artist: Sterling Henry Nahum Baron

HM Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, 12th March 1953. Artist: Sterling Henry Nahum Baron
HM Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, 12th March 1953. The Queen is shown wearing the Diamond Diadem, the sash, badge and star of the Order of the Garter, and the Greville Chandelier earrings

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Benny Lynch, Scottish boxer, 1938

Benny Lynch, Scottish boxer, 1938. Born in the Gorbals district of Glasgow, Lynch (1913-1946) has been described as Scotlands greatest ever boxer

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Couple in love, c1900-1919(?)

Couple in love, c1900-1919(?). Postcard

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: The Dodge City Peace Commission, 1883 (1954)

The Dodge City Peace Commission, 1883 (1954). Standing: WH Harris, Luke Short, Bat Masterson; sitting: Charles E Bassett, Wyatt Earp, Frank McClain and Neal Brown

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Sergei Rachmaninov, Russian composer, pianist and conductor, Ivanovka, Russia, 1913

Sergei Rachmaninov, Russian composer, pianist and conductor, Ivanovka, Russia, 1913. Rachmaninov (1873-1943) with his daughter Irina and pet dog

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer, c1863. Artist: Gaspard-Felix Tournachon

Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer, c1863. Artist: Gaspard-Felix Tournachon
Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer, c1863. Berliozs (1803-1869) best known works are his Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). From a private collection

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Top Hat Fred Astaire

Top Hat Fred Astaire
A picture dated 1937 of US actor and dancer Fred Astaire with a top hat. Regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and television musicals

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Ginger Rogers Portrait

Ginger Rogers Portrait
Undated file picture shows US actress, dancer and singer Ginger Rogers widely known for performing in films and RKOs musical films, partnered with Fred Astaire

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Photo of Miss Alice Delysia

Photo of Miss Alice Delysia
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing Miss Alice Delysia in On with the Dance at the London Pavilion. Date: 21st November 1925

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Silhouettes of a fox hunt in the York and Ainsty country

Silhouettes of a fox hunt in the York and Ainsty country
Black and white silhouette pictures by Captain H L Oakley in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 12th December 1925

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Muffed Flying Tumblers, Pigeons

Muffed Flying Tumblers, Pigeons
A portrait of four sub-variants of the Flying Tumbler pigeon breed. The Flying Tumblers shown is the Black Rose-Wing, the Red Rose-Wing, the Red-Badge and the Black Saddle

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC a AD 65), fully Lucius Annaeus Seneca and also known simply as Seneca

Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC a AD 65), fully Lucius Annaeus Seneca and also known simply as Seneca
illustration of a Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC a AD 65), fully Lucius Annaeus Seneca and also known simply as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor of the carbon telephone transmitter (1877), phonograph (1878), and incandescent lamp with carbon filament (1879)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: King Kong

King Kong
1933: The giant ape, star of the Radio Picture King Kong, shown in comparison to eight normal sized apes, to emphasize its colossal size. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Two Dutch rabbits

Two Dutch rabbits

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Brighton Clock Tower

Brighton Clock Tower
1894: The clock tower in Brighton. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo
4th March 1868: French poet, author and leader of the French Romantic movement Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885). (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Old Cairo

Old Cairo
circa 1880: Old buildings in the Touloun quarter of Cairo. Examples of highly decorated mashrubiyeh windows. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Chalking The Cue

Chalking The Cue
Circa 1908: A portrait of Mr Spiller preparing his billiard cue by chalking the tip, taken against a painted backdrop. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Dock Cranes

Dock Cranes
April 1921: Huge cranes tower over the George V docks in London. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Steel Foundry

Steel Foundry
19th January 1978: The steel foundry at Corby. (Photo by Colin Davey/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Dog Walking

Dog Walking
16th January 1954: A dog walking across the slums of Manchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6871- The Best And Worst Of Our Cities: Manchester - pub

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw
30th July 1949: 93-year-old Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) sitting in his neighbours garden in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Bournville Baths

Bournville Baths
The Girls Baths, a swimming pool complex on Bournville Lane, in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Heckscher Building

Heckscher Building
circa 1925: Exterior view of the Heckscher building, located at 1230 Fifth Avenue and 104th Street, New York City. The building now houses El Museo del Barrio

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Lij Jessou, Lij Iyasu - ex Emperor Designate of Abyssinia. 25 October 1935

Lij Jessou, Lij Iyasu - ex Emperor Designate of Abyssinia. 25 October 1935

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Speedster

Speedster
circa 1963: Sir Donald Campbells car Bluebird which will attempt the worlds land speed record on the salt flats at Lake Eyre, Southern Australia in the spring of 1963

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Marie Curie, caricature

Marie Curie, caricature
Marie Curie. Caricature of the Polish chemist Marie Curie (1867-1934), holding a round bottomed flask. Curie is known for her pioneering early work with radioactivity

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Benito Mussolini (postcard)

Benito Mussolini (postcard)
3793612 Benito Mussolini (postcard); (add.info.: Benito Mussolini - in ornate uniform. Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement 1883 - 1945. Totalitarianism.); Lebrecht History

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Paul Jones and Manfred Mann, West Wickham, Bromley, London, 1964. Creator: Brian Foskett

Paul Jones and Manfred Mann, West Wickham, Bromley, London, 1964. Creator: Brian Foskett
Paul Jones and Manfred Mann, West Wickham, Bromley, London, 1964

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: Portrait of Sir Edwin Sandys, with turned-down ruff, c1560-1570, (1937). Creator: Unknown

Portrait of Sir Edwin Sandys, with turned-down ruff, c1560-1570, (1937). Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Sir Edwin Sandys, showing a turned-down ruff, the predecessor of the Vandyke collar. Reign of James I, c1560-1570, (1937). Edwin Sandys (1519-1588) English Archbishop

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola, 1890. Supporters of Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence

Background imageBlack and white portraits Collection: British jockeys, 1934, (1935). Creator: Unknown

British jockeys, 1934, (1935). Creator: Unknown
British jockeys, 1934, (1935). Steve Donoghue, Joe Childs, Fred Fox, and Brownie Carslake (who was Australian). Donoghue and Childs celebrated their fiftieth birthday in 1934



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