Character Collection (page 6)

Puck From Midsummer Nights Dream
Engraving of the character Puck from the William Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Nights Dream, after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Illustration From Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream
Engreved illustration depicting the character Puck hovering in the air, in a scene (Act II, Scene I) from William Shakespeares play A Midsummer Nights Dream. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Barbara Cartland
circa 1981: English romance novelist Dame Barbara Cartland (1901 - 2000). (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Frank Whittle
September 1948: British aeronautical engineer Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996), who patented the basic design for the turbojet engine, wearing his RAF uniform. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Injun Pete
circa 1930: Pete the Pup, known all over the world through his film work in Hollywood comedies, dressed in a red indian headdress. (Photo by J. Eldee Hester/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Warning sign strong currents, on a beach, Muriwai Beach, West Coast, Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand

Old lead type forming the words love

Environmental protection, painted sign, Do not cut trees depicting a felled tree and a crossed-out axe, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Resurrection
Circa 33 AD, Angels kneeling on either side of Jesus Christ as he lifts his arms to heaven before his resurrection. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Igor Stravinsky
15th September 1965: Russian born composer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) one of the most influential composers this century whose works include The Firebird and The Rite Of Spring

French GP
12th July 1913: Georges Boillot driving a Peugeot, at Moreuil, during the French Grand Prix of 1913. He went on to win the race on the Amiens circuit. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Wilson Voting
14th November 1912: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), the future American President, casts his vote while Governor of New Jersey. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Evelyn Waugh
March 1943: English Journalist, travel writer, and novelist Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Golf At St Andrews
18th May 1929: Golfers Joyce Wethered and Glenna Collett Vare on the 18th Green during the final of the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship at St Andrews in Fife

Jack London
circa 1905: US novelist Jack London (1876 - 1916). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Hands chained together
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Businessmans hands chained together. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Halloween masks
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Group of Halloween masks on display. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Art Collector
26th June 1948: A 90 year old collector, Joseph Granger, with some of his paintings which he has been collecting for fifteen years

Bernard Shaw At 90
July 1946: Irish dramatist and writer George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) sitting in a garden at the time of his 90th birthday. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4140 - Ninety This Month - pub

Bridge Party
27th November 1953: English novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) is the guest of honour at a bridge party at Crockfords Club

Diana Dors
Blonde British actress Diana Dors (1931 - 1984) arrives at the Cannes Film Festival, 3rd May 1956. Original Publication : Picture Post - 8396 - Diana - Queen Of Cannes - pub

Merchant Of Venice
Salanio and Salarino encounter Shylock on a street in Venice, in Act III, Scene I of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, circa 1596. A watercolour by Sir John Gilbert, RA

Oliver Twist
circa 1840: Oliver is teased by Fagin and his gang of pickpockets in a scene from Charles Dickens Oliver Twist. Original Artwork: Engraving by George Cruikshank. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Funeral Train; King George VI coffin is loaded onto a train at Paddington Station
15th February 1952: The coffin containing the body of King George VI is loaded onto a train at Paddington Station, London, to take it to Windsor. (Photo by Harry Shepherd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Anna Pavlova
circa 1910: Ballerina Anna Pavlova (1885 - 1931) in costume for the ballet, Rondino. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Suffragette Funeral
14th June 1913: Crowds watch the cortege of English suffragette Emily Davison, killed by Kings horse at the Derby, passing Eros at Piccadilly Circus

Oedipus Rex
Russian born composer, conductor, pianist and writer Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) conducts a BBC performance of his opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex, with text by French poet

FDR Re-Elected
8th November 1940: American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) speaking to a crowd of 25, 000 at Madison Square Gardens, New York, before his sweeping re-election for a third term

Don Quixote, Sancho Panza and his Donkey
Illustration from Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, illustrated by Gustave Dore. Sancho Panza and his Donkey

Don Quixote, Sancho stuck in a tree
Illustration from Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, illustrated by Gustave Dore. Sancho stuck in a tree

Don Quixote and the Duchess
Illustration from Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, illustrated by Gustave Dore. Don Quixote and the Duchess

Don Quixotes answer to his reprover
Illustration from Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, illustrated by Gustave Dore. Don Quixotes answer to his reprover, with other grave and merry accidents

Don Quixote and the throne
Illustration from Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, illustrated by Gustave Dore. Don Quixote and the throne

Aphrodite (Venus)
Antique illustration engraving of a Aphrodite (Venus)

Balcony Scene
Illustration of the balcony scene from William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet shows the two title characters as they lean in for a kiss while Romeo stands on a rope ladder

Illustration in grey-blue, view down two sides of house on corner, showing ground floor and first floor

Illustration in purple, view down two sides of house on corner, showing ground floor and first floor

Cartoon depiction of red and blue robot

Comical depiction of owl on wooden perch

Chinese New Year Goat Portrait
Chinese Lunar New year of the Goat in Red Grunge Texture Background

Jacob Ludwig Grimm
German philologist and folklorist Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (1785 - 1863), co-author with his brother Wilhelm of Grimms Fairy Tales

Louis Pasteur
circa 1885: French chemist Dr Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), the father of modern bacteriology and pioneer of the treatment of numerous diseases by vaccination

Walt Whitman
circa 1885: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1891) American poet, democrat and author. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Harry Houdini
circa 1920: Hungarian-born escapologist Harry Houdini (1874-1926), whose real name was Ehrich Weiss. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Lincolns Statue
circa 1930: The statue of Abraham Lincoln, found in Parliament Square, London, which is a copy of a statue by American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, in Chicago

Duke Ellington
circa 1974: American big band leader and legendary jazz pianist Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington (1899 - 1974), composer of between 2000 and 5000 tunes. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Calvin J Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933), the 30th President of the United States of America (1923 - 1929). When Governor of Massachusetts in 1919 he crushed the Boston police strike

Electric Car
American inventor and physicist Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931) with his first electric car, the Edison Baker. He is holding one of the batteries used to power the vehicle

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