George Newnes Ltd Collection (page 2)

La Chaumiere, 1887 (1935). Artist: Camille Pissarro
La Chaumiere, 1887 (1935). After the painting by Camille Pissarro, 1935. From Modern Masterpieces Part 4. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935]

La Repetition, c1874 (1935). Artist: Edgar Degas
La Repetition, c1874 (19350. After the painting by Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas. From Modern Masterpieces Part 1. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935.]

The Telescope Completed, 1900. Creator: Unknown
The Telescope Completed, 1900. The Great Paris Exhibition Telescope of 1900, the largest refracting telescope ever constructed, had an objective lens of 1.25 m (49 in) in diameter

Captain MacNicol, of the Bavarian. 1900. Creator: Unknown
Captain MacNicol, of the " Bavarian.", 1900. MacNicol was the captain of the Allan liner Bavarian, launched in 1899

A Pet Wild Cat, . Creator: Unknown
A Pet Wild Cat, 1900. Mr GW Mathieson of Chicago with what was probably the only domesticated wild cat in the world...He took the first prize gold medal at the Chicago Cat Show

Mr. Patterson and His Apparatus, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Patterson and His Apparatus, 1900. Mr George W Patterson of Chicago was the first person to put on displays of juggling with electrically lit clubs

Full Width of the Street Swung The Pendent Figure, 1910. Creator: W. R
" Full Width of the Street Swung The Pendent Figure", 1910. Illustration to " Colbys Crux", a short story about the fire brigade by Edward Price Bell

The Greeting on the three of spades, 1910. Creator: Unknown
" The Greeting" on the three of spades, 1910. Transformation playing card with people drawn around the spades: a photographer points his camera at a man offering a bunch of flowers to a

The Prosperous Baker on the five of clubs, 1910. Creator: A Hogg
" The Prosperous Baker" on the five of clubs, 1910. Transformation playing card with a baker carrying buns drawn around the clubs

The Wininng Card on the ace of diamonds, 1910. Creator: W Heath Robinson
" The Wininng Card" on the ace of diamonds, 1910. Transformation playing card with the diamond featuring as a large patch on the much-mended coat of a card-player

The waiting virgin, from the three of hearts, 1910. Creator: John Hassall
" The waiting virgin", from the three of hearts, 1910. Transformation playing card with a woman in a large hat drawn around the hearts

The two of diamonds as a basis for a comic minstrel, 1910. Creator: A Hogg
The two of diamonds as a basis for a comic minstrel, 1910. Transformation playing card with a man in a tall hat drawn around the diamonds

Three weird cranes formed out of the three of hearts, 1910. Creator: Starr Wood
Three weird cranes formed out of the three of hearts, 1910. Transformation playing card birds drawn around the hearts. Creating playing card Squiggles, or Squiggling

The corpulent Chanticleer, from the ace of hearts, 1910
" The corpulent Chanticleer, " from the ace of hearts, 1910. Transformation playing card with the heart forming the body of Chanticleer

We Lurched Through The Door... 1910. Creator: Gilbert Joseph Holiday
" We Lurched Through The Door, and An Instant Afterwards Had Thrown Ourselves Down Upon the Glass Plot", 1910. Scene from " The Adventure of the Devils Foot"

The Most Extraordinary and Tragic Affair Has Occurred During the Night, Said
" The Most Extraordinary and Tragic Affair Has Occurred During the Night", Said the Vicar, 1910. " Mr Holmes", said the vicar

Charles Dickens Reading To His Daughters, 1865, (1910). Creators: Mason & Co
Charles Dickens Reading To His Daughters, 1865, (1910). British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) with his daughters Mary and Kate in the garden of his home, Gads Hill, in Kent

An Unpublished Photograph of Dickens, 1869, (1910). Creator: Robert White Thrupp
An Unpublished Photograph of Dickens, 1869, (1910). This most interesting and characteristic portrait is reproduced from a photograph taken at Birmingham by Thrupp during the novelists last reading

The Court of the Kaiser, 1910. Creator: Unknown
The Court of the Kaiser, 1910. The Ceremony of the Black Eagle on the Emperors Birthday. The conferring of the Order of the Black Eagle, held at the Berlin City Palace on 27 January

Adeline Genee, An Exquisite Ballet Toe-Dancer of the Old School"
Adeline Genee, An Exquisite Ballet Toe-Dancer of the " Old School". 1910. Danish-born British ballet dancer Adelina Genee (1878-1970)

Fairground attraction, 1910. Creator: Unknown
Fairground attraction, 1910. You would scorn the idea of chopping wood, but here you pay to go through the same motions, 1910

The Steeplechase, 1910. Creator: Unknown
The " Steeplechase", 1910. Nothing more nor less than the hobby-horse of childhood sublimated by speed and an element of chance. If you win, you get another ride for nothing

In the thick of the Traffic by the Mansion House, 1910. Creator: Unknown
In the thick of the Traffic by the Mansion House, 1910. A man wearing roller skates, with open top omnibuses behind, in the City of London....certain of the roller-skates are very suitable for city

Wilhelmina, Queen of Holland, 1910. Creator: Joseph Simpson
Wilhelmina, Queen of Holland, 1910. Portrait of Wilhelmina (1880-1962), Queen regnant of the Netherlands. From " The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly"

Manuel II. King of Portugal, 1910. Creator: Joseph Simpson
Manuel II. King of Portugal, 1910. Portrait of Manuel II (1889-1932), the last king of Portugal.From " The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly", Volume XL - July to December 1910

Alfonso XIII. King of Spain, 1910. Creator: Joseph Simpson
Alfonso XIII. King of Spain, 1910. Portrait of Alfonso XIII (1886-1941). The posthumous son of Alfonso XII, Alfonso XIII was proclaimed king at his birth, although his mother, Queen Maria Christina

Haakon VII. King of Norway, 1910. Creator: Joseph Simpson
Haakon VII. King of Norway, 1910. Portrait of King Haakon Vll of Norway (1872-1957). Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel, known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905

Francis Joseph I. Emperor of Austria, 1910. Creator: Joseph Simpson
Francis Joseph I. Emperor of Austria, 1910. Portrait of Franz Josef I (1830-1916). From " The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly", Volume XL - July to December 1910

William II. German Emperor, 1910. Creator: Joseph Simpson
William II. German Emperor, 1910. Portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). From " The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly", Volume XL - July to December 1910

Nicholas II. Czar of Russia, 1910. Creator: Joseph Simpson
Nicholas II. Czar of Russia, 1910. Portrait of Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918). From " The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly", Volume XL - July to December 1910

George V. King of England, 1910. Creator: Joseph Simpson
George V. King of England, 1910. Portrait of George V (1865-1936). From " The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly", Volume XL - July to December 1910. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1910]

An Early Dickens Portrait, 1841, (1910). Creator: Unknown
An Early Dickens Portrait, 1841, (1910). The author Charles Dickens (1812-1870), from a drawing by Count d Orsay. From " The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly"

The Opera in Paris, 1910. Creator: Unknown
The Opera in Paris, 1910. The Grand Staircase, which provides for French Society a substitute for the splendour and brilliancy of Royal Courts

Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra at a meeting of the West Norfolk Hunt in 1920, (1951). Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) and Mary of Teck (1867-1953) at a hunt meeting

Queen Mary sets off to visit Canada, 1939, (1951). Creator: Unknown
Queen Mary sets off to visit Canada, 1939, (1951). Members of the Royal Family bid farewell to our King and Queen as they start off on their 1939 Canadian tour

King George V and Queen Mary in the Garter Procession at Windsor, 1913, (1951). George V (1865-1936) and Mary of Teck (1867-1953) of the United Kingdom

Queen Mary at the Thanksgiving for Victory concert, Royal Albert Hall, 1945, (1951). Mary of Teck (1867-1953) at a concert in London to celebrate the end of the Second World War

Watching A.T.S. girls at work... Army School of Cookery at Aldershot, c1941, (1951)
Watching A.T.S. girls at work with a field kitchen during one of her visits to the Army School of Cookery at Aldershot, c1941, (1951)

The British and Russian royal families, 1909, (1951). Creator: Arthur William Debenham
The British and Russian royal families, 1909, (1951). An official photograph to mark the visit to this country in 1909 of the late Czar and Czarina of Russia

Trafalgar Square, London, 1895. Creator: Francis Frith & Co
Trafalgar Square, London, 1895. View of St Martin-in-the-Fields and Nelsons Column in central London. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

The Grand Curral, Madeira, Portugal, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Curral, Madeira, Portugal, 1895. Traveller being carried in a sort of hammock-like litter, with the mountains surrounding the Curral das Freiras behind

Plaza de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canaries, Spain, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Plaza de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canaries, Spain, 1895. The obelisk on the right is the Triunfo de la Candelaria, dedicated to the Virgin of Candelaria

General view of the capital, Zanzibar, 1895. Creator: Unknown
General view of the capital, Zanzibar, 1895. Ships in Zanzibar Harbour on the Indian Ocean. The island was a protectorate of Britain from 1890 until 1963

The Kabary Plain, Andohalo, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1895. Creator: Colonel Stewart
The Kabary Plain, Andohalo, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1895. Open area in the Malagasy capital, possibly used for making speeches. Kabary is a highly stylized form of speech in Malagasy culture

View from the Town Hall, Durban, South Africa, 1895. Creator: William Laws Caney
View from the Town Hall, Durban, South Africa, 1895. The town with Durban Harbour beyond. The city lies at the mouth of the Umgeni River which opens into the Indian Ocean

The Market Square, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1895. Creator: William Laws Caney
The Market Square, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1895. Ox carts in the square. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

General view showing Table Mountain wreathed in vapour, Cape Town, South Africa, 1895. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

The New Town Hall, Sydney, Australia, 1895. Creator: York & Son
The New Town Hall, Sydney, Australia, 1895. Sydney Town Hall, on George Street, was completed in 1889. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

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