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IN MEMORY OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (Died February 23, 1792): The Angel Choir in the National Gallery

... IN MEMORY OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (Died Fchnavy 23, 1792) The Angel Choir in the National Gallery Sir Joshua Reynolds, bom 1723, died on bebruary 23, 1792, and was buried in St. Paul's. The little girl whom Reynolds pictured here from different points of view ivas Miss Frances Isabella Gordon, the only child of Lord William Gordon, and the niece of the famous anti-Popery rioter, Lord George ...

Published: Saturday 24 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 171 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

STREET DUST

... Street Dust. By Quid a. Their mother was dead. She had lived only thirty years and a few months, but she had died before her time, as so many do, of over-toil and little food, some days no food at all, only grass seeds and shoots of wild sage. She was dead-- a mere skeleton, brown and dry as a mummy, lying on her bed of dry leaves. Her two children, who had seen her die, and had exhausted ...

Published: Saturday 24 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 6846 | Page: Page 27, 28, 29, 30 | Tags: Illustrations 

HENNESSY'S

... HENNESSVS HENNESSrS BRANDY The genuine concentrated product of the grape. Messrs. J a? Hennessy Co.'s high reputation is a guarantee of the absolute purity, age, and flavour of their Brandy. n a ...

Published: Saturday 24 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 32 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

WAR AND THE QUEEN'S SHILLING

... . The country has been roused to an unusual militarism by the Government's proposals to increase our Forces. Apart from this alto gether, the war has given an impetus to the taking of the Queen's Shilling-- a pretty legend nowadays-- but to what extent? Your best way of learning that is to visit St. George's Barracks, within sound of the bells of St. Martin's Church. Which one of us does not ...

Published: Saturday 24 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1260 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Illustrations 

WITH OUR SPECIAL ARTISTS AT THE WAR: Reinforcements for Lord Roberts

... WITH OUR SPECIAL ARTISTS AT THE WAR. Reinforcements for Lord Roberts. TROOPS LANDING AT CAPETOWN FROM THE STEAMER GASCON N. orvc. i uri br W. B. WOLLtw, n. j UnAiYN BY R. M. PAXTON TOMMY ON BOARD COMMON RAILWAY TRUCKS BKETCH Bi tKNfcST PMAIfcH UitAwN BY J. WALTER WILSON, R.I. ...

Published: Saturday 24 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 50 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

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Published: Saturday 03 March 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 386 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

WITH OUR SPECIAL ARTISTS AT THE FRONT: An Officer explaining the Enemy's Position to His Men

... WITH OUR SPECIAL ARTISTS AT THE FRONT. An Officer explaining the Enemy's Position to His Men. THE OUTLOOK, A ROCKY PROMINENCE OVERLOOKING THE TUGELA UltAvYN Br R. M. RAAIUN SKETCH BY ERNEST PRATER Tlu position shown is known as the Outlook, a rocky prominence about 400 feet high, rising almost perpendicularly above the plain below, where the River Tugela runs. The men (of the Scottish ...

Published: Saturday 03 March 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 89 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

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Published: Saturday 03 March 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 261 | Page: Page 37 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE ONLY AUTHENTIC PHOTOGRAPH OF GENERAL CRONJE

... . GENERAL CRONJE, THE BOER LEADER, WHO SURRENDERED ON THE EVE OF MAJUBA ANNIVERSARY The duel which has been fought in the bed of the Modder River between Cronje and Lord Roberts has thrilled the world. Piet A. Cronje is about 65 years old. In 1880 he refused to pay taxes. He besieged 300 British subjects (including women and children) in the fort at Potchefstroom near which he has a big farm) ...

Published: Saturday 03 March 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 218 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

FROM A FRENCH ARTIST WITH THE BOERS

... . THE BOERS IN THE TRENCHES AT THE TUGELA FACING GENERAL BULLER DRAWN BY PAUL THIRIAT This picture enables one to understand the complete invisilHit y of the enemy use are fighting. Soldiers have returned home wounded in three or four places who declare that they have never seen their opponents ...

Published: Saturday 03 March 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 57 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

WITH OUR SPECIAL ARTISTS AT THE FRONT

... . Boer Prisoners. BOER PRISONERS CAPTURED NEAR THE TUGELA BEING DRIVEN DOWN COUNTRY EN ROUTE TO DURBAN DRAWN BY RALPH CLEAVER c.nnc.01 rrvAitrt ...

Published: Saturday 03 March 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 29 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations