RM2J6EEDT–AJ Watson, 1895 portrait of the English amateur racing cyclist, champion at both one and five miles on the track in 1895
RM2J6EEE0–Lady Golfers at Portrush, 1895 portrait of the four medallists in the third British Ladies Championship of golf, all won by Lady Margaret Scott, who here beat Emma Lythgoe in the final
RM2J6EEDK–Tom Richardson, 1895 portrait of the legendary England and Surrey cricketer, a fast bowler who took 2014 wickets in first-class cricket
RM2J6EEDF–Dr WG Grace, 1895 portrait of the legendary England and Gloucestershire cricketer
RM2J6EEDP–Bert Harris, 1895 portrait of the professional racing cyclist from Leicester, holder of the world mile record who died in a race in 1897 when he fell from his bike
RM2J6EEFH–Woolwich Arsenal, 1895 team photograph of the football club founded in 1885 then playing in the 2nd Division of the Football League, later becoming Arsenal FC
RM2J6EEE5–SPSC1150, Bolton Wanderers FC, 1895 team photograph of the founder members of the Football league, the season after their first appearance in the FA Cup final
RM2J6EEE3–SPSC1149, Jock Espie, 1895 portrait of the Scottish footballer who played for Burnley, then just one appearance for Manchester City
RM2J6EEDG–CB Fry, 1895 portrait of the legendary England and Sussex cricketer, and all-round sportsman who also played football for England and equalled the world long-jump record
RM2J6EEE1–SPSC1148, Billy Bassett, 1895 portrait of the West Bromwich Albion footballer, capped 16 times for England and one of the Football League 100 legends
RM2J6EEDH–FS Jackson, 1895 portrait of the England and Yorkshire cricketer, later politician, Chairman of the Conservative Party and Governor of Bengal
RM2J6EEDY–Douglas Rolland, 1895 portrait of the Scots professional golfer, notable for twice coming runner-up in the Open Championship
RM2J6EEDM–AE Stoddart, 1895 portrait of the England and Middlesex cricket captain, who also at rugby football captained England, with 10 caps, the British Lions in 1888, and the Barbarian FC
RM2J6EEDW–JH Taylor, 1895 portrait of the English professional golfer from Devon, Open champion 5 times, one of the Great Triumvirate of champion golfers, and notable golf course architect
RM2J6EEFC–SPSC1151, Millwall Athletic, 1895 team photograph of the East London football club founded in 1885 as Millwall Rovers
RM2G2E1BR–Cornish Mining District, 1900 photograph of the tin and copper mines between Camborne and Redruth, Dolcoath in the foreground, the hill of Carn Brea on the right
RM2DH394P–Glorious Devon, 1920s illustration from a guidebook to the English county, fishermen mend their nets by their boats in the harbour
RM2D8B9XA–Wimbledon Players, 1913 magazine supplement with portraits of all of the leading men competitors in the Lawn Tennis Championships vying to play the champion Anthony Wilding
RM2D8B9X7–Mr Hartley Wins Wimbledon, 1880 sketch of action in the final of the Championships with John Hartley victor for the second time
RM2D8B9X8–Wimbledon, 1913 magazine coverage of the opening of the Lawn Tennis Championships in July with photographs of both men and women including mens champion Anthony Wilding
RM2CE095P–Dewars, No Faults for the 1930s ad vert for the Scotch whisky refreshing both the tennis umpire and player in a drinks break from a hard match
RM2CE0EF8–Fast Work At The Net, 1920s illustration of tennis match action with a smartly taken volley at close quarters in a tight doubles match
RM2CE095C–Clincher Tyres, Tennis, 1919 magazine advert for post-war tyres and an associated life of leisured activity with tennis on the lawn, splendid service at the courts
RM2CE095J–The Tennis Girl, 1906 Edwardian magazine posed photograph from the studio of Bassano of actress Blanche Stocker, who seems to have No Faults with her serve
RM2CE0E8T–Become a Sportsman, Tennis advice in cartoon form from Charles Crombie, A little experience will teach you exactly where not to stand when your partner is serving
RM2CC975E–San Remo Tennis, 1930 poster for the International tournament in the resort city on the Italian Riviera
RM2CC9743–Wimbledon, 1906 magazine coverage of the opening of the Lawn Tennis Championships in June with some second round winners
RM2CC9751–Ready To Serve, Edwardian illustration of a fashionable lady on the tennis court, ball in hand
RM2C901N6–Needlewoman Tennis, 1928 cover of the monthly magazine for making clothes at home, with the early summer emphasis on lawn tennis fashions and equipment
RM2C901NE–Modern Home, Tennis, 1936 cover of the monthly home magazine, with a free pattern for a summer frock and needlecraft in colour
RM2C903J6–Wimbledon Ladies, 1907 portraits of the chief players at the Lawn Tennis Championships, the winner being American Miss May Sutton
RM2C901NB–Tennis, Fry's Magazine, 1905 cover of the Edwardian sports magazine edited by England’s great all-round sportsman
RM2C903KT–Wimbledon Tennis, 1888 engraving of the twelfth Wimbledon Championships, the champion being Ernest Renshaw
RM2C903J2–Wimbledon Tennis, 1879 sketches at the third Wimbledon Championships, with rain, tea, fun and games all round, the champion being John Hartley
RM2C903J4–Wimbledon Men, 1907 portraits of the chief players at the Lawn Tennis Championships, the winner being Australian Norman Brookes
RM2C8KDA6–Slazenger Wimbledon Balls, 1926 poster for the brand of tennis balls used at that year's All England Championships
RM2C8KDA4–French Nudist Tennis, 1920s illustration of a championship for the naked, the smash being the hardest to remain friendly
RM2C8KDA0–Johnnie Walker Tennis, 1939 magazine advert for the scotch whisky, definitely the ideal service for doubles
RM2C8AJN1–Goodenough Win All Tennis Shoe, 1893 advert for the steelpoint footwear, the perfect tennis shoe for gentlemen which give a splendid grip even in the dampest weather
RM2C8AJMT–The Comparison, 1928 illustrated French comic magazine cover with a lady in her home gym comparing her bicep muscles to the beefy body builders with their pictures on the wall in La Comparaison
RM2C8AJMX–Slazenger Tennis Balls, 1894 magazine advert for English-made ball, 11s per dozen
RM2C82D1C–Sandow's Developer, 1901 advert for the weighted cord system from Eugen Sandow, the father of modern body building and the world's highest paid vaudeville performer, designed to give you a manly chest
RM2C82H6G–Lillywhites Tennis, 1926 magazine advert for the flagship sports clothing and equipment store in the West End of London
RM2C82H6J–Gardiner Tennis, 1894 magazine advert for the sports equipment manufacturer from Hertfordshire, maker of Conqueror tennis balls
RM2C7W4Y9–The Tennis Match Begins, and of that of love, there's more to a game of tennis than the score, with the apple of our eye ready for the fray
RM2C7W4Y2–Tennis, La Vie Des Courts, life on the court with a winning backhand, and a cinematic portrait of a sports star in colour and in feet, en point
RM2C7W4Y5–Tennis Lesson, teaching the art of smiling at a backhand, or rather a setback, as shown by a belle of the court
RM2C7W4YB–The First Racquet of France, Suzanne Lenglen on court in the French Riviera
RM2C796N9–Suffragette Seated, 1910 postcard of a campaigner for Votes For Women with the poster draped over her lap
RM2C6HEGN–Robin Hood, 1944 music sheet for the song by Louis Prima and Bob Miketta
RM2C2YGYH–Avantage, 1925 illustration from the French magazine Le Sourire, the tennis players have left the court to frolic in the woods, and he does indeed seem to be taking advantage
RM2C2YH1G–Tennis Oui Mon Cher, 1922 illustration from the French magazine La Vie Parisienne, tennis isn't everything, she will win victories but have no success as she isn't pretty!
RM2C2YGYC–Are You Ready, 1925 illustration from the French magazine Le Sourire, with the young lady asking if you are ready for her service
RM2C2YH31–Tennis Oh La La, 1927 illustration from the cover of the French magazine Le Sourire, a lady player makes an overhead smash
RM2C19JY6–FH Ayres Championship Tennis Ball, 1894 magazine advert for the balls made in England and used at the Wimbledon Championship and throughout the world
RM2C19JY1–Tennis Des Desmoiselles, Sport ou Choreographie? 1923 French magazine cover extolling the grace and beauty of ladies' tennis
RM2C19JY5–Lawn Tennis, 1884 magazine illustration of the new sport played socially by men and women on the manicured lawns of England
RM2C19JY9–Tips For Tennis Players, 1906 magazine instruction photographs by Reinhold Thiele of all the main shots in the game, Methods of Crack Players: Services, Volleys, and Returns
RM2BXRADX–Creux Harbour, Sark 1904 watercolour of the island harbour built in the 1860s and reached via a tunnel through the cliff
RM2BXRADW–Berthelot Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey 1904 watercolour of the scene in the street just behind the harbour
RM2BWC6JG–Ancient and Legendary Penwith Map by the Rev W.S.Lach-Szyrma , vicar of Newlyn St. Peter, in his 1878 history of West Penwith with the places mentioned in old Cornish myth and legend
RM2BWC6JD–Mediaeval Penwith, Map by the Rev W.S.Lach-Szyrma , vicar of Newlyn St. Peter, in his 1878 history of West Penwith with the principal churches and chapels
RM2BWC6JA–Penwith Hundred, 1597 Map by John Norden of the most westerly part of Cornwall and Britain, all the way to Lands End
RM2BTBRMH–Arc de Triomphe de L'Étoile, Paris 1900 colour photograph of the famous French memorial to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, started by Bonaparte in 1806 and completed in 1836
RM2BTBRMW–Mors Vaccum Cleaners and Floor Polishers, 1948 poster for the French domestic cleaning machines
RM2BTBRNC–Loch Callater, Braemar, Victorian watercolour of the freshwater loch just south of Braemar in the Scottish Highlands, painted by M Freeman Kempson and reproduced in the Boys Own paper
RM2BTBRM8–Notre Dame, Paris, 1917 watercolour by L Burleigh Bruhl of the iconic cathedral on the Ile de la Cité on the River Seine
RM2BTBRM1–Marie Antoinette on the Scaffold, as she faced her execution by guillotine during the French Revolution on the 16th October 1793
RM2BTBRKN–Keystone Cops, Tillie's Punctured Romance still from the 1914 Mack Sennett first full length silent movie with the iconic incompetent police and starring Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin
RM2BTBRKT–Emperor Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519, successful head of the House of Hapsburg
RM2BTBRM5–Notre Dame, Paris, 1900 colour photograph of the iconic cathedral on the Ile de la Cité on the River Seine
RM2BTBRME–L'Opéra, Paris 1900 colour photograph of the Parisian opera house, the Palais Garnier, built by Napoleon III and completed in 1875
RM2BRM26B–Gregor Mendel, portrait photograph of the Czech scientist in c.1855, Augustinian friar, abbot of Brünn and founder of the modern science of genetics for his work on plants
RM2BRM241–Nicolas Appert, the French pioneer of heat processing to preserve food which was the basis of food canning and bottling
RM2BRM23W–William Morris, 1895, a portrait photo of the future Lord Nuffield, founder of the English automobile empire
RM2BRM26N–Martin Luther as Junker Jörg, portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder of the religious reformer in disguise at Wartburg Castle in 1521 to escape the clutches of Emperor Charles V
RM2BPPHXX–Pirate Cover, Edwardian magazine illustration of a buccaneer on his ship, flintlock pistol ready with a tropical island behind
RM2BPPHME–Pirate Sketches, portraits and figures of typical mean-looking buccaneers from the early days of piracy on the Spanish Main, cutlasses and flintlocks ready for action
RM2BPPHWM–Walking The Plank, boys annual illustration of an adventure on the Spanish Main with Pirates forcing the heroes into the shark infested sea with the Jolly Roger looking on
RM2BP3HR0–Troilus and Cressida Victorian book frontispiece for the tragedy by William Shakespeare about the late stages of the Trojan War, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP1X32–Richard III Victorian book frontispiece for the history play by William Shakespeare about the hunch backed King of England, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP3HPJ–The Taming of the Shrew Victorian book frontispiece for the comedy play by William Shakespeare about the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP1X4A–Much Ado About Nothing Victorian book frontispiece for the comedy play by William Shakespeare, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP1X39–The Merchant of Venice Victorian book frontispiece for the play by William Shakespeare about the Venetian money lender Shylock, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP3HPR–Titus Andronicus Victorian book frontispiece for the tragedy play by William Shakespeare about a Roman general and his violent revenge on Tamora Queen of the Goths, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP1X47–Measure For Measure Victorian book frontispiece for the play by William Shakespeare, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP1X2W–Two Gentlemen of Verona Victorian book frontispiece for the play by William Shakespeare, possibly his first, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP3HR7–Love's Labours Lost, Victorian book frontispiece for the early romantic comedy about the King of Navarre, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP3HPD–Merry Wives of Windsor Victorian book frontispiece for the comedy play by William Shakespeare about the romantic efforts of Sir John Falstaff, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP1X2E–Othello The Moor of Venice Victorian book frontispiece for the tragedy set on Cyprus by William Shakespeare from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP3HPP–The Tempest Victorian book frontispiece for the comedy play by William Shakespeare about a shipwreck on a mysterious island, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP1X29–Macbeth Victorian book frontispiece for the Scottish play by William Shakespeare from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP1X2M–Romeo and Juliet, Star Crossed Lovers Victorian book frontispiece for the tragedy set in Verona by William Shakespeare from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2BP3HR4–Twelfth Night, or What you Will, Victorian book frontispiece for the romantic comedy for the Christmas season, from the 1849 illustrated book Heroines of Shakespeare
RM2B1WP6X–SPRY1289, Scotland v England, 1871 contemporary illustration of the first international rugby match, played in Edinburgh and narrowly won by the Scots, this picture drawn by John Ralston and published in The Illustrated Newspaper
RM2B1WP6H–Builth Wells, Broad Street, 1958 postcard of the high street in the mid Wales market town on the River Wye
RM2A9A267–St May Street, Cardiff, Edwardian hand-tinted photographic postcard of the main street in the capital city of Wales
RM2A9A299–Builth Wells, Broad Street, 1922 postcard of the high street in the mid Wales market town on the River Wye
RM2A9A26C–Cardiff Docks 1896 Victorian engraving from a photograph of Cardiff’s Bute and West Docks, the Exchange and Clarence Bridge
RM2A9A296–Builth Wells, Boat House, 1912 postcard of the riverside boating facilities of the mid Wales market town on the River Wye
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