Mr C. Arthur Pearson Who Purchased The Standard for £700,000 - Full page (fp) frontispiece photo exclusive to The Sketch. Info. Cyril Arthur Pearson was a British newspaper magnate, publisher, and founder of The Daily Express.
The Lord Mayors Show: Some Intelligent Anticipations - Full page of comical Sketches by Ralph Cleaver; with ref. to John Pound.
Mr Balfour's Working Room at 10 Downing Street Where, Owing To The Premier's Indisposition, The Cabinet Council Was Held Last Wednesday Nov 2.
Three Scenes From the Walls of Jericho at the Garrick Theatre: Mr Nye Chart - Miss Violet Vanbrugh - Miss Muriel Beaumont - Mr Sydney Valentine - Mr Arthur Bourchier - fp showing x3photos by Ellis and Walery, Baker St. W.
Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein With Her Dogs Rex and Courrie - photo by Brooks
Lady Mary Pepys Only Daughter of Theodosia, Lady Cottenham - photo by Esme Collings, Bond St. W.
Mrs Wauchope Widow of the Late General Wauchope - photo by H. Walter Barnett, Hyde Park Corner.
Mrs Dreyfus A Relation of the Celebrated Captain Dreyfus, Who Makes Her Home in England - from a Crayon drawing by F. Sandys.
The Hon. Mrs Bevan Eldest Daughter of Lord Grantley.
The United States Presidential Election: Farm Buildings and Gardens at Rosemount The Home of Judge Parker the Democratic Candidate - photo by Waldon Fawcett, Washington. Info. at Esopus, NY.
Mr Alton B. Parker and His Grand Daughter Mary - sitting on a chair with a dog at their feet. Info. Alton Brooks Parker with Mary McAlister Hall later Oxholme.
At Rosemount, Esopus, New York: The Drawing Room - photo by Waldon Fawcett.
The German Season at The Great Queen Street Theatre: Fraulein Camilla Dalberg - photo by Mohlen, of Hanover.
Herr Hans Stock.
Fraulein Rose Grawz.
Herr Heinz Pabst.
A Musical Comedy on Tour: The Three Little Maids - fp showing x7photos:
Miss Delia Mason; Miss Madge Crichton; Miss Maud Hobson - on board a ship.
Embroidering Cushion Covers on the Voyage From San Francisco To Melbourne: Mister Maurice Farkoa and two other men.
The Special Train Which Conveyed The Company From New York to Toronto and On To San Francisco.
Miss Delia Mason and Her Kittens.
Off Colombo: Mr Farkoa: Mr Carrol; Mr G. P. Huntley.
A Motor Day at San Francisco.
Mr G. P. Huntley Seeks a Moments Solitude.
A Rehearsal - small sketch by R. C. Carter..."now my dears, a little more hanimation, please!.....".
The Craze of the Hour ,The Baby Show: "Rivals!" - full page comical sketch drawn by Frank Chesworth.
Mr Alfred Sutro the Author of the Walls of Jericho play at the Garrick.
Miss Marie Tempest - full page from a photo by Ellis and Walery.
"Caller Herrin": An Autumn Day at Yarmouth - double page (dp) with x5photos and article:
The Trawl Fish Market At Lowestoft.
A Morning Catch of Herrings At Lowestoft. Loght.
Smaks Leaving Lowestoft Harbour.
Landing Herrings at the Yarmouth Wharf.
Scotch Girls Pickling Herrings.
Painters and Decorators - comical sketch drawn by H. C. Sandy.
The Humourist in the Billiard Room: From The Markers Point of View - a full page of sketches by Charles Crombie.
Miss Gabrielle Ray Appearing in "The Orchid" at The Gaiety Theatre - ull page photograph by W. and D. Downey, Ebury Street, SW.
Miss Pauline Chase Playing Cecile in Veronique at The Apollo Theatre - four photographic poses on a full page.
A New Portrait of "Rita" Mrs Desmond Humphreys, The Well Known Social Reformer - photo by Harrison of Onslow Place, S. Kensington.
Mrs Belloc Lowndes Author of The Heart of Penelope.
Mr Hall Caine Author of The Prodigal Son Which Has Just Been Published.
Studies of Children: "The Sloe Gatherers" A Country Study - full page from a drawing by John Hassall.
Plays and Their Titles: The Liars - full page drawing by G. D. Armour of two fishermen.
Artists Sitters: The Lady Patron - full page from a drawing by Dudley Hardy.
Miss Camille Clifford - photo by Ellis and Walery.
Miss Ada Dwyer Herself and As The Landlady in "Merely Mary Ann" - two photos by Sarony of New York.
Senor Sarasate the Famous Violinist.
Herr Fritz Kreisler the Violinist.
The etiquette of the Road: "Can We Help You at All?"... drawn by Starr Wood; motor car crash scene.
Mr F. Gibson Fry Master of the South Herefordshire Foxhounds.
Fashion: An Effective Historical Costume and Cloak at Covent Garden Ball.
Fashion: A Smart Coat Ttrimmed with Sable and Braid.
A Bedstead at Heal and Son's.
The Grand Hotel Rome.
Habitues of Throgmorton Street - sketches.
Mr George Robey One of the Humorous Comedians of the Music Hall Stage - full page photo by Foulsham and Banfield.
Who Will Succeed Dan Leno: Some of Our Most Popular Music Hall Comedians - R. G. Knowles - Little Tich - Will Evans - Harry Tate - Charles Bignell - Gus Elen - Ernest Shand - Joe Elvin - Harry Randall - Will Evans - a double page.
Mr Harry Randall Engaged to Play Dan Leno's Part in the Forthcoming Pantomime at Drury Lane - full page photo.
Moteley Notes By Keble Howard (Chicot).
The Clubman.
Small Talk of the Week includes: Princess Victorian of Schleswig Holstein - The King's Godmother - The Member for Hull Sir Henry Seymour King - Mrs Wauchope of Niddrie - Lord Stanley the POostman - Fishing Boats as Torpedo Boats - Judg Parker (of the USA) - Most Discussed Man of The Moment, Admiral Rojdestvensky - Admiral Kaznakof and Capt. Klado - Mr Justice Bray - The German Plays - Three Little Maids Company - miel etc.
My Morning Paper By The Man in The Train: Attitude of Japan - Turkey's Busy Sultan - Dan Leno - India as a Winter Resort.
The Stage From The Stalls by E. F. S. (Monocle) "The Walls of Jericho" and "John Bull's Other Island" - with references to Alfred Sutro, G.B.S. (George Bernard Shaw) and others; reive w.
"Caller Herrin": An Autumn Day At Yarmouth.
The Sale Huntresses by L.L - short story. c.keenlyside.
Book Review, Four New Novels: The Heart of Penelope by Mrs Belloc Lowndes - The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford - Charms by the Earl of Iddesleigh - The Affair at the Inn by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Others.
The Literary Lounger by O.O.
A Novel in a Nutshell by Harold Ohlson - The Pursuit of Happiness.
Heard in The Green Room - theatre gossip etc.
Keynotes by Common Chord.
The Man on The Car - includes Solid Hydrocarbon - The Gaillon Hill Climb - Chains (replaced by propeller shaft-live axle?). 0911
The Sketch was a British illustrated weekly newspaper with a high photographic content, published between February 1893 and June 1959, by the Illustrated London News Company. It was primarily a Victorian society magazine with regular features on royalty and the aristocracy, theatre, sports and arts.
Twenty pages (40 sides). It measures 360 x 250 mm (14.25 x 9.75"). The orig. advertising wrap/cover is missing. The front page (frontispiece) is intact. The spine is loose with binding witness marks where once bound (see scan). There is some age yellowing with some spotting. Some of the pages may be loose, and have minor cuts tears and blemishes due to their great age - anything more than minor will be mentioned in the main body of the description. The engravings vary in size. The images are in black and white unless otherwise stated.
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