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Dame Marjorie book, title page design
Title page design, based around a large pre-Victorian fireplace

Heinrich Heine / Quinnell
HEINRICH HEINE German poet and critic, based in Paris from 1831

1870 / COX & BOX / PUNCH
William Cox and Benjamin Box Satire on Gladstone and Disraeli. The reference is to an operetta by Burnand and Sullivan, based on a farce

Carl Brisson / Signed
CARL BRISSON Danish film actor, based in Britain

Martin Harvey / Carton
MARTIN HARVEY (Sir John Martin-Harvey) English actor-manager as Sydney Carton in The Only Way, based on Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities

R Wurlitzer / Catalogue 24
RUDOLPH WURLITZER German musical instrument maker, based in America from 1856

1911 Silhouette Gose 2
Silhouette of 1911: kimono style evening mantle with eastern style embroidery & cocoon silhouette. These coats were based on Japanese Kabuki costumes

Future Atlantic Liner
Transatlantic passenger liners will be aerodynamically shaped for faster travel. This vessel is based on a project by American designer Norman Bel Geddes

Ww1 Postcard Prayer
Patriotic prayer, based on the National Anthem

Robinson Downs Zeppelin
Zeppelin L21 falls from the sky after being attacked by Lieutenant Robinson; this image was based on an account by an eyewitness 20 miles away

Reyer / Salammbo, Brevel
Mademoiselle Breval in the title role of this epic opera based on the novel by Flaubert

DAME BLANCHE - 2
Scene from Act 2, Scene 12 : the opera is based on novels by Sir Walter Scott, which explains the kilted gent

Bulgaria and Germany
Bulgaria enters the war on the side of Germany; but when she is faced with reality, she finds she is a tortoise, not an eagle (cartoon based on old fable of eagle and tortoise)

Sport / Gryllo
A strange game, Gryllo, based on double-wicket cricket, but played with lawn tennis racquets instead of bats. A net at each end of the pitch takes the place of the stumps!

Puccini / Fanciulla / Cover
Minnie, the heroine, framed by a lasso - Puccini based his opera on Belascos play

Learning to Ride Hobby
Englishmen learn to ride Johnsons Pedestrian Hobby Horse at the riding school in the Strand, London; the machine is based on Drais machine, the Draisienne

Man & 4 Ladies / Costume
Composite image based on fashion plates. Man: top hat, pantaloons, cut-away coat with M-cut collar, cane & striped waistcoat. Women: white muslin dresses with puffed sleeves

Vibrant Floral Shawl
A bold multi-coloured shawl with a deep fringed border & an orientally inspired floral print possibly based on Chinese embroidery popular at the time

Fishing / Norway / Dangers
The variety of fishing styles in the Norwegian Sea, from ship-based catches to the dangers of fishing while balanced on floes of ice!

Coats by Worth 1923
Orientally inspired coats by Worth based on a Kimono: orange with voluminous hanging sleeves & fur trim & collar; puce wrap over coat with fur lining & embroidered panels

Gossip about Fairies 40
Sometimes water nymphs and land-based fairies meet at the waters edge for a friendly frolic, which may result in mer-babies or other amphibious offpring

Electricity Guericke
At Hamburg, Otto von Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, demonstrates an electrical machine - the first of its kind, based on a rotating sphere generating force

Rescuing U-Boat Victim
A child is rescued aboard a passenger ship torpedoed by a U-boat - an episode from an adventure yarn published in 1917 based on authentic naval operations

Naval Combat (Fiction)
The British navy destroys a German destroyer - illustration to a fiction story based on real-life naval events

Francesco De Lana Flight
The project of Francesco de Lana, an Italian Jesuit from Brescia, based on sound aeronautical principles though his calculations were somewhat at fault

Blunt / Cetus / Plate 53
The constellation of Cetus: the animal is based on a whale, but has elements of a quadruped, with webbed feet and a broad tail

Lady in Military Dress
A woman in a fancy dress costume based on a mans military uniform which includes a jacket with epaulettes & braid, a black stock, tricorne hat & sword

Nautilus Swim Club 3
Members of the Nautilus Swimming Club, based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London, pose in a meadow before settling down to their River Picnic

Nautilus Swim Club 2
Members of the Nautilus Swimming Club, based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London, pass through a lock on the Thames on their way to their River Picnic

Elizabeth Pope - 1
ELIZABETH POPE (when miss Younge ) actress as Creusa in Whiteheads play of that name, based on the Ion of Euripides. It was highly praised by Horace Walpole

Invisibility Machine
According to inventor/ publisher Hugo Gernsback, making people invisible is possible, using radiation similar to X-rays, based on the research of Steans

Food and Drink / Sugarcane
(ALCOHOLIC DRINK) Native distilling sprit from Sugar-cane, Madagascar

Scott / Ice Grave for Hero
The ice-grave of the heroes based on a photograph by a member of the search party

Mexico / Yucatan
Reconstruction of a Maya temple, based on an English archaeological survey led by Thomas Gann, including sacrificial altar, drowning pool and sports stadium

Titanic Last Moments
The last moments of the TITANIC (illustration based on account given by J B Thayer and H Senior)

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