Watching Collection (page 9)

Circuit d'Auvergne motor race. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2786123 Circuit d'Auvergne motor race. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Circuit d'Auvergne motor race)

The Power of the Machine Gun, from Histoire des Soviets, pub. 1922 (colour litho)
3657911 The Power of the Machine Gun, from Histoire des Soviets, pub. 1922 (colour litho) by Carrey, Georges (1902-53); (add.info.: La Regne de la Mitrailleuse;); The Stapleton Collection.

The Ghost of Napoleon on St Helena. Allegorical print of Napoleon's tomb on St Helena
542695 The Ghost of Napoleon on St Helena. Allegorical print of Napoleon's tomb on St Helena, with the figure of Napoleon watching as a laurel wreath is laid on the stone

The Cinema on a Battleship, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub
STC403979 The Cinema on a Battleship, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (colour litho) by Bone

Illustration depicting a 19th-century cricket match with women watching
5311087 Illustration depicting a 19th-century cricket match with women watching; (add.info.: Date: 1884); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Illustration of the Ishtar Gate in ancient Babylon (w/c on paper)
5023490 Illustration of the Ishtar Gate in ancient Babylon (w/c on paper); (add.info.: eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon)

English country lady watches out of a window, 1888
3479877 English country lady watches out of a window, 1888; (add.info.: An English country lady watches out of a window as she awaits a visitor)

A German officer in a heavily sandbagged observation point during WWI, from The Pageant of the Century, pub.1934
3502708 A German officer in a heavily sandbagged observation point during WWI, from The Pageant of the Century, pub.1934; (add.info)

Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, 1876
3478926 Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, 1876; (add.info.: Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, watching as two managers converse)

Henry IV of France watching the departure of the Spaniards from Porte Saint-Denis, Paris 22 March 1594
536686 Henry IV of France watching the departure of the Spaniards from Porte Saint-Denis, Paris 22 March 1594; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
864135 Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

The Ghost of Christmas Past: Scrooge at the Schoolhouse, 1938 (watercolour, pen and black ink and pencil on board)
823341 The Ghost of Christmas Past: Scrooge at the Schoolhouse, 1938 (watercolour, pen and black ink and pencil on board) by Shinn

William Lee (c1550-c1610) English inventor of the first frame-knitting machine (1589)
541021 William Lee (c1550-c1610) English inventor of the first frame-knitting machine (1589). Lee, born in Nottinghamshire, watching his wife industriously knitting by hand

Cover of catalogue of Manufrance (Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles) Saint Etienne, c1920 (print)
545162 Cover of catalogue of Manufrance (Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles) Saint Etienne, c1920 (print) by French School

Russian torpedo boats on Danube
864152 Russian torpedo boats on Danube; (add.info.: Russian torpedo boats on the Danube. Russo-Turkish War, 1877. Chromolithograph.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia

Connie Mack & Ira Thomas (coach), Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Connie Mack & Ira Thomas (coach), Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1914.

Launch of ARIZONA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of ARIZONA, between c1910 and c1915.

Werrenrath, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Werrenrath, 1918. Reinald Werrenrath (1883-1953) singing at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign which took place on the steps of Federal Hall, New York City in 1918.

"Lord Riverdale's Repentance": George rescuing his grandfather, drawn by A. Hunt, 1862
"Lord Riverdale's Repentance" [by William J. Stewart]: George rescuing his grandfather, drawn by A. Hunt, 1862. 'That hand was nearer to him at that moment than he dreamt

Kilties enter 71st Regt. Armory, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Kilties enter 71st Regt. Armory, July 1917. Canadian Highlander soldiers (Kilties) entering the 71st Regiment Armory, Park Avenue (between East 33rd and 4th streets), New York City

King Albert on Battle Field, 16 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Albert on Battle Field, 16 May 1917. An aide-de-camp of King Albert I of Belgium picking up a souvenir on the Somme battlefield near Pozieres, France, May 16, 1917

German soldiers in the Aisne District, 26 Dec 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German soldiers in the Aisne District, 26 Dec 1914 (date created or published later). German soldiers with a shelter in the Aisne District, France during World War I.

Army on 5th Ave., 30 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Army on 5th Ave., 30 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Girls on a balcony and crowds on sidewalk watching a parade of the 27th Division (National Guard of New York) on August 30

Tommy Atkins at Etaples, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Tommy Atkins at Etaples, between 1914 and c1915. Two British soldiers called "Tommys," helping some local residents at a water pump, E´taples, France, during World War I.

Athletic sports by the Westminster scholars in their playground:...the hurdle race, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Athletic sports by the Westminster scholars in their playground, Vincent-square, [London]: the hurdle race, 1864. 'The public exhibition of these performances...proved sufficiently interesting to

Confirmation of Dr. Longley's election to the Archbishopric of Canterbury..., 1862. Creator: J. M. Williams
Confirmation of Dr. Longley's election to the Archbishopric of Canterbury in the Church of St. Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside [London]: the Archbishop-elect taking the oaths, 1862

"Our Special Artist" on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour..., 1864
"Our Special Artist", on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour, North Carolina, 1864. American Civil War

Prince Leopold laying the Foundation-Stone of a new infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, Hants., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Prince Leopold laying the Foundation-Stone of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, Hants., 1864. 'The little town of Bishop's Waltham, in Hampshire

Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: an elephant noosed, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: an elephant noosed, 1864. Engraving of a photograph '...of the great elephant-catching expedition to a place called Ebbewellepittia...so as to afford

The Gathering of the Highland Clans at Braemar Castle, in the presence of the Prince and..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Gathering of the Highland Clans at Braemar Castle, in the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr

Harvest-home at the Philanthropic Society's farm-school, Redhill, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Harvest-home at the Philanthropic Society's farm-school, Redhill, 1864. 'This institution...is designed for the instruction and moral reformation chiefly of boys under fifteen years of age

The races at Cairo: canter in front of the grand stand before the start, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The races at Cairo: canter in front of the grand stand before the start, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Frederick George

French band & U.S. troops, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. French band & U.S. troops, 1917 or 1918
French band & U.S. troops, 1917 or 1918. American soldiers watching a French marching band in France during World War I.

Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York

Liberty theater, April or May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty theater, April or May 1918. The Stage Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public Library on 5th Avenue

Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public

Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public

Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public

Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York

British at Etaples, France, Feb. 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British at Etaples, Feb. 1915 (date created or published later). British soldier bathing at E´taples, France during World War I.

Wounded from battle of Vie [i.e., Vic] at Compiegne, 26 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded from battle of Vie [i.e., Vic] at Compiegne, 26 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). Men wounded in the battle of Vic-sur-Aisne being helped off a cart at the Compie`gne train station

French Auto Laboratory of Radiology, 31 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
French Auto Laboratory of Radiology, 31 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A mobile radiology automobile during World War I, probably in France.

48th Highlanders, 12th Infantry, & 10th Royal leave Toronto for camp, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
48th Highlanders, 12th Infantry, & 10th Royal leave Toronto for camp, 1914. The 48th Highlanders of Canada, an infantry regiment based in Toronto with the Sherbrooke Hussars regiment

Brussels, Germans crossing Place Charles Rogier, 8/20/14, 20 Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Brussels, Germans crossing Place Charles Rogier, 8/20/14, 20 Aug 1914 (date created or published later). German soldiers marching in a street in Brussels, Belgium during World War I.

The Battle between Renard and Ysengrin, from 'The Adventures of Master Renard' by G
CHT214198 The Battle between Renard and Ysengrin, from 'The Adventures of Master Renard' by G. Le Cordier, c.1900 (colour litho) by Pinchon

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"Captivated by the Spectacle: A Glimpse into the Art of Watching" From the prestigious Tennis Championships at Wimbledon to Manchester's last tram, from the intense World Series showdown between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees to a Buddhist monk's self-immolation in Saigon, it has been an integral part of our human experience. In 1955, as left fielder Sandy Amoros gracefully caught Yogi Berra's deep fly ball during Game 7 of the World Series, spectators held their breaths in anticipation. The photograph captured this pivotal moment that would forever be etched in baseball history. Meanwhile, on a bustling street corner in Saigon in 1963, photographer Malcolm Browne immortalized Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc setting himself ablaze as an act of protest against President Ngo Dinh Diem's oppressive regime. This haunting image serves as a reminder of how powerful and transformative acts can be. Closer to home, dedicated RNLI lookouts scan vast oceans for signs of distress while suricates stand guard at their burrows on the arid plains of Namibia. These watchful beings remind us that vigilance is essential for survival. Artistic masterpieces like Rembrandt van Rijn's "The Return of the Prodigal Son" evoke emotions through visual storytelling. As viewers gaze upon this painting depicting forgiveness and redemption, they become witnesses to a profound narrative unfolding before them. On idyllic village greens across England, cricket enthusiasts gather under sunny skies to witness spirited matches that have endured for centuries. The crackle of leather meeting willow fills the air as players and spectators alike revel in this quintessentially British pastime. In dimly lit billiards clubs or amidst rowdy brass bands parading through city streets - whether it be boys captivated by music or men engrossed in competition - watching becomes a shared experience that binds communities together.