Conrad

Joseph Conrad, 1904

Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English language.

Photo: George Charles Beresford

(National Portrait Gallery, London)

Kick

"Revista de Revistas" April 17, 1932

Cover Art: Ernesto "El Chango" García Cabral

Doppeldeckzüge

Doppeldeckzüge

Operating 1936 - 1939

Poster Art: Peter Smith Templeton

(Boston Public Library)

Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait, Santa Monica ca.1955

Photo: Paul Outerbridge

An American photographer prominent for his early use

and experimentation in colour photography.

van Dyck

Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest

by Anthony van Dyck Ca.1620

Oil on oak

Frog Hollow

Frog Hollow, corner of Gloucester and Essex St

The Rocks, Sydney Australia 1901

(Powerhouse Museum Sydney)

Moulin Rouge

P. Nory, Moulin Rouge Dancer

Paris France Ca.1900

Photo: Walery

Blues Man

John Lee Hooker 1990

American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

Photo: Mark Seliger

Mudmen

Mudmen of the Asaro River area

Papua New Guinea

Postmark 1977

Tea at the Lido

Tea at the Lido

1920s or early 1930s

From the 'Amersham and Kent House, SE London Series'

England

Strindberg

August Strindberg 1881

Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter

(1849 – 1912)

Photo: Robert Roesler, Stockholm

Lisa

Lisa Lyon 1982

A female bodybuilder from the United States

Photo: Robert Mapplethorpe

Japanese Nurse

Japanese nurse dressed in black uniform

Postcard 1905

Torn

Torn Cine Poster, Tokyo 1961

Photo: William Klein

Queen's Champion

Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, 1568

Queen's Champion and Master of the Armoury

under Queen Elizabeth I of England - by Anthonis Mor, oil on panel

(National Portrait Gallery, London)

Lewis Carroll

The Rev. Thomas Childe Barker and his daughter - 1864

Photo: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

(Lewis Carroll)

The Artist's Mother

Portrait of the artist's mother at the age of 63

Albrecht Dürer 1514

Helvetia

Swiss 'Carte postale' with Basel-Bern post marks

Helvetia is the national female personification of Switzerland

Dated 27 May 1924

Truman

Truman Capote 1974

American author 1924 – 1984

Photo: Richard Avedon

Great Book - Great Film

Book cover

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Published 1958

Albert Finney & Shirley Anne Field

Photo still from Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Director Karel Reisz, 1960

Café Bauer

Café Bauer, Unter den Linden, Berlin ca.1895

Photochrom Print

(Library of Congress)

Utamaro

Portrait of a young Japanese woman wiping her face - 1798

by Utamaro

Woodcut, printed ca.1920

São Paulo

Slaves with lady sitting in a litter

Province of São Paulo, Brazil ca.1860

"Sandrine"

"Sandrine" 1983

Photo: Frank Horvat

Foyles

Foyles Bookshop

Charing Cross Road, London 1936

Photo: Wolf Suschitzky

Apollo 11

Korean postage stamps

Moon landing souvenir sheet 1969

Mann & Auden

Erika Mann & W.H. Auden 1935

Photo: Alec Bangham

(National Portrait Gallery, London)

Bacon by Newman

Francis Bacon 1975

Anglo-Irish figurative painter (1909 – 1992)

Photo: Arnold Newman

Francis Bacon's 'Figure with Meat' 1954

Oil on canvas

Magnolia

Magnolia Blossom 1925

Photo: Imogen Cunningham

Barney Ross

American boxer Barney Ross ca.1934 (for Esquire)

World Light Welterweight Champion 1933 – 1935

Photo: Gilbert B. Seehausen