Newnes George Collection

Monsieur Detaille in his Studio, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Monsieur Detaille in his Studio, 1900. The French painter Jean-Baptiste Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) was regarded as the semi-official artist of the French army

John Nevil Maskelyne performs a spirit cabinet illusion, c1910. Creator: Unknown
John Nevil Maskelyne performs a spirit cabinet illusion, c1910

Anna Pavlova, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Anna Pavlova, c1910. Perhaps The Greatest Dancer Whom The World Has Ever Seen. Russian ballerina Pavlova (1881-1931) was the most famous classical ballerina of her era

A bomb explodes on the day of the wedding of the king and queen of Spain
A bomb explodes on the day of the wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Spain, Madrid, 31 May 1906, (1910)

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

A Pet Wild Cat, . Creator: Unknown
A Pet Wild Cat, 1900

Mr. Patterson and His Apparatus, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Patterson and His Apparatus, 1900

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

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

The corpulent Chanticleer, from the ace of hearts, 1910
" The corpulent Chanticleer, " from the ace of hearts, 1910

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

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

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)

The Court of the Kaiser, 1910. Creator: Unknown
The Court of the Kaiser, 1910. The Ceremony of the Black Eagle on the Emperors Birthday

Adeline Genee, An Exquisite Ballet Toe-Dancer of the Old School"
Adeline Genee, An Exquisite Ballet Toe-Dancer of the " Old School". 1910

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

Wilhelmina, Queen of Holland, 1910. Creator: Joseph Simpson
Wilhelmina, Queen of Holland, 1910. Portrait of Wilhelmina (1880-1962), Queen regnant of the Netherlands

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)

Haakon VII. King of Norway, 1910. Creator: Joseph Simpson
Haakon VII. King of Norway, 1910. Portrait of King Haakon Vll of Norway (1872-1957)

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

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

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