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Spanish Armada sea battle between English fleet commanded by Admirals Howard, Drake & Raleigh and the Spanish fleet with ships afire and exploding. Print dated 1730.
Ian Richardson performing as Edward Kimberly in ' The Creeper' at the Playhouse Theatre, London, UK.
Olivier Messiaen - portrait of the French composer in Paris, France, June 1988.
'Sense and Sensibility' by Jane Austen - Mr. & Mrs. Dashwood. Chapter II.
Milt Hinton - portrait of the American jazz double bassist, playing the bass at Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, 14 July 1991.
Poster for Stephen Sondheim 's musical Into the Woods in Klagenfurt, Austria, 2006.
Alain Billard - portrait of the clarinetist member of Ensemble Intercontemporain performing in October 2006.
Violin - close-up of strings.
Juan Diego Florez - portrait of the Peruvian tenor rehearsing for the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 25 July 2006.
Nicole Cabell - portrait of the American soprano performing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 2 August 2006.
Alain de Botton - portrait of Swiss writer, 2006.
The Shout performing at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 29 July 2006.
György Kurtág, Hungarian composer, and Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer, looking over a score at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, France, in 1998.
Young girl holding her violin.
Tennessee Williams' s play 'A Streetcar Names Desire' - Toby Stephens as Stanley and Jessica Lange as Blanche at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, UK, December 1996.
Susana Baca - portrait of the Peruvian singer performing in 2006.
Lechner rotary valved trumpet - close-up detail of brasswork on valves and valve covers.
Evgeny Kissin - portrait of the Russian pianist rehearsing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra for the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 2 August 2006.
György Sándor Ligeti - portrait of the Hungarian composer in Paris, France, in November 1994.
'The Emperor 's New Clothes' - fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The nude emperor parading through the streets, believing he is fully clothed.
Sir Roger Norrington - portrait of the British conductor conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 15 July 2006.
David Guerrier - portrait of the French trumpeter in Paris, France in January 2006.
People learning Klezmer music at the London Klezmer Festival, Regent's Park, 13 August 2006, London, UK.
The Vortex - a Royal Exchange Theatre Production by Noel Coward, Manchester, UK. Directed by Jo Combes. Choreography by Katherine Taylor.
Rumer Godden - portrait of English author, December 1955. Holding a dog.
Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II presenting Bryn Terfel with the Queen's Medal for Music 2006 at BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 19 July 2006.
Herbie Mann - portrait of the American jazz flautist performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival, June 1970.
Marilyn Monroe, American actress, singer and model with her husband, the American playwright Arthur Miller on the set of The Misfits, 1961.
' A Study in Scarlet ' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson together; Holmes playing the violin. Chapter V.
Ilan Volkov - portrait of the Israeli conductor conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 10 August 2006.
Stevie Drew - trombonist in the band 'This is Seb Clarke', playing the bass trombone at the Larmer Tree festival, 2006.
Young girl plucking her violin whilst holding it like a guitar.
Sally Matthews - portrait of the English soprano performing with The English Concert at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 1 August 2006.
Maria João Pires - portrait of the Portuguese pianist rehearsing with the Orchestre de Paris, in Paris, France in October 1998.
Alexander Janiczek - portrait of the Austrian violinist performing with the Chambre Philharmonique at the Cité de la Musique, Paris, France, 17 October 2006.
Martyn Brabbins - portrait of the English conductor conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 29 July 2006.
John Adams - portrait of the American composer conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 11 August 2006.
Alto saxophone played by a woman wearing blue top.
Standing in the Shadows of Motown - Stevie Wonder (centre, foreground), with producer Clarence Paul (behind).
Jiri Belohlavek - portrait of the Czech conductor conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the first night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Herod in Herod: A Tragedy 1900. By Stephen Phillips. English actor,
Jiri Belohlavek - portrait of the Czech conductor conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the first night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
Queen Elizabeth I in procession at royal Nonsuch Palace, UK. Elizabethan ladies in fancy gowns and women selling food. Coloured print dated 1582.
Maxim Vengerov - portrait of the Russian violinist conducting the UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 13 August 2006.
Mask on top of a jester 's stick.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - portrait of the German baritone. Lieder singer in rehearsal with the Orchestre National de France (French National Orchestra), December 1988.
Sir Colin Davis - portrait of the English conductor at the Cité de la Musique, Paris, France in 1999.
Pierre Jodlowski - portrait of the French composer in Paris, France, December 2002.
Montarou 'Daby' Balde - portrait of the Senegalese musician and singer performing in 2006.
Baby reading her first book at five months.
Klagenfurt Canal near the Wörther See, Austria - built in 16th century.
Art nouveau successionist window in building in Ljubljana. Relief of typical head under the window.
Sakari Oramo - portrait of the Finnish conductor conducting the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 14 August 2006.
Lillian Hellman - portrait of the American playwright in the 1960s.
Sir Andrew Davis - portrait of the British conductor conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 6 August 2006.
Sakari Oramo - portrait of the Finnish conductor conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 26 July 2006.
Volker Vogel - portrait of the German tenor performing at the BBC Proms as Mime
Susana Baca - portrait of the Peruvian singer performing in 2006.
Barry Wordsworth - portrait of the British conductor conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 25 July 2006.
Mariss Jansons - Latvian conductor with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, during a rehearsal at the Barbican Centre, London, UK, January 2007.
Sir Winston Churchill returns home in August 1962, after a stay in hospital. He broke his thigh in June 1962, England, London, UK. Being carried by police officers on a cahir, smorking a sigar, waving his hat.
Bernard Haitink - portrait of the Dutch conductor rehearsing with the Orchestre National de France (French National Orchestra) at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, France, December 2006.
Esa-Pekka Salonen - portrait of the Finnish conductor and composer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 13 August 2006.
The Vortex - a Royal Exchange Theatre Production by Noel Coward, Manchester, UK. Directed by Jo Combes. Choreography by Katherine Taylor.
Nigel Balchin - portrait of English novelist and scriptwriter, September 1953.
Vassily Sinaisky - portrait of the Russian conductor and pianist conducting the BBC Philharmonic at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 31 July 2006.
Luigi Nono - portrait of the Italian composer at the IRCAM, Paris, France, 1985.
Jimmy Forrest playing the tenor saxophone during a performance with The Count Basie Orchestra in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1977.
Percussion instruments - cymbals, maracas and güiro.
Alexandre Dumas, fils - French author and playwright, c. 1858.
Nicole Cabell - portrait of the American soprano performing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 2 August 2006.
Al Casey - portrait of the American jazz guitarist performing at Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, 6 July 1994.
'Hänsel und Gretel' (Hansel and Gretel) - German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Gretel pushing the witch into the oven.
Elisabeth Grümmer - portrait of the German operatic soprano as 'Eva' in Richard Wagner 's opera 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg' (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg).
Ben Webster - portrait of American jazz tenor saxophonist holding his saxophone, at Næstved Jazz Club, Denmark, May 1973.
Thomas Quasthoff - portrait of the German opera singer, bass baritone, in Paris, France, 1998.
'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe. Friday eating and drinking.
Olivier Messiaen - portrait of the French composer in Paris, France, 1986.
Lucerne, Switzerland - cafes near the lake.
Gustav Leonhardt - portrait of the Dutch pianist, organist and conductor performing in 2001.
Markus Stockhausen - portrait of the German trumpet player during a performance at the Berliner Jazztage, Berlin, November 2002.
Pocahontas (later Rebecca Rolfe) - the Native American 's marriage to the Englishman John Wolfe, 5 April 1614.
Marian McPartland (born Margaret Marian Turner) - portrait of the British jazz pianist performing at Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, 14 July 1991.
Sir Roger Norrington - portrait of the British conductor conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 15 July 2006.
London Jewish Male Choir singing as part of Trafalgar Square Festival, London, UK, 2006.
Julian Bliss, clarinetist, and Jiri Belohlavek, Czech conductor, performing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 19 July 2006.
Harold Ashby - portrait of the American jazz saxophonist performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Den Haag (The Hague), July 1993.
Denyce Graves - portrait of the American mezzo - soprano performing with the BBC Philharmonic at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 8 August 2006.
Jane's Addiction - with guitarist Dave Navarro performing at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, USA, October 30, 1997.
Amati family - maker 's label / monogram of the Italian violin makers.
Fiorello! - Tom Bosley (as Mayor Fiorello La Guardia), Ellen Hanley (as Thea), as Fiorello proposes marriage before leaving for military duty in Europe, 28 December 1959.
Harold Pinter 's play 'Old Times' - Michael Gambon as Deeley in a production at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 1985.
'The Little Swineherd' (or 'The Prince in disguise') - fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The swineherd demanding ten kisses from the princess in exchange for the pipkin.
Paul Agnew - portrait of the Scottish tenor performing with The English Concert at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 1 August 2006.
Susan Gritton - portrait of the English soprano performing with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 29 July 2006.
Aldeburgh town from the south, Suffolk, East Anglia, England, UK. Benjamin Britten connection.
London - Marble Arch, Hyde Park with horse drawn trams and carriages early 1900s.
Oleg Maisenberg - portrait of the Ukrainian pianist performing with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, on 19 January 2007.
Marie-Claire Alain - portrait of the French keyboardist in the Saint Germain en Laye church, Paris, December 2005.
Walter Allen - portrait of English literary critic and novelist.




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