Famous Writers and Actors

Caricatures and portraits of renowned literary figures and actors from the early 20th century, reflecting their notable achievements.

Sir Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager, 1926.Artist: Alick P F Ritchie

Ramon Tor i Deseures (Borredà, 1880-Barcelona, 1951). Actor y escritor. Author: SALVADOR MESTRES I PALMETA.

Josep Maria Sagarra Castellarnau (1894-1961), poeta, novelista y dramaturgo catalán. Caricatura de Jaume Passarell. Año 1930. Author: Jaume Passarell Ribó.

Albert Besnard, Pope Benedict XV (Benoit XV), 1917 Pope Benedict XV (Benoit XV)

Adolf Fargnoli i Janetta (La Bisbal, 1890-Barcelona, 1951). Ebanista y orfebre. Author: SALVADOR MESTRES I PALMETA.

Sir Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager, 1926.Artist: Alick P F Ritchie

Rudyard Kipling, British writer and poet, 1926.Artist: Alick P F Ritchie

Josep Santpere Pei (1875-1939), actor y empresario teatral catalán. Caricatura de Jaume Passarell. Año 1930. Author: Jaume Passarell Ribó.

JOSEPH DESCLAU. Author: MANUEL CUYAS.

Alexandre Plana i Santaló (Lleida, 1889-Banyuls de la Marenda, 1940). Escritor. Author: SALVADOR MESTRES I PALMETA.

Caricature of the artist by himself Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Self-portrait of Paul Verlaine, around 1870.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) - English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Date: 1926

Clement Atlee (1883-1967) British Labour statesman; Deputy prime minister in wartime cabinet under Churchill (1842-1945); prime minister 1945-1951. Member of Parliament for Limehouse. Cartoon from 'Punch', London, 1932. Engraving.

Design book illustration for Alexander Cohen's from anarchy to monarchy: Portrait of Thomas Woodrow Wilson. .

Carles Fages de Climent. (Figueres, 1902-1968). Escritor. Author: SALVADOR MESTRES I PALMETA.

Player's cigarette card depicting Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 1936). English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories

José Maria López-Picó (Barcelona, 1866-1959). Poeta y editor. Author: SALVADOR MESTRES I PALMETA. Josep Maria López Picó.

William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), English novelist and short story writer. Maugham in the 1920s.

Wallace Morgan

C.D. Gibson

Marius Gifreda Morros (1895-1958), periodista, arquitecto, escritor, dramaturgo, novelista y crítico teatral catalán. Caricatura de Jaume Passarell. Año 1930. Author: Jaume Passarell Ribó.

Luis Nicolau D'Olwer (1888-1961), historiador, helenista, periodista y político catalán. Caricatura de Jaume Passarell. Año 1930. Author: Jaume Passarell Ribó.

ANTONI CABOT PUIG. Author: MANUEL CUYAS.

ANTONI DE PALAU. Author: MANUEL CUYAS.

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JOSEP NIUBO. Author: MANUEL CUYAS.

PERE GUAL VILLALBI. Author: MANUEL CUYAS.

Spanish school. Portrait of Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999), Spanish composer. Madrid, private collection. Author: GREGORIO PRIETO (1897-1992). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

MANUEL DE BOFARULL I DE ROMAÑA. Author: MANUEL CUYAS.

Portrait of Willem Frederik Baron van Roëll.

Joaquín Montero Delgado (1869-1942), actor, autor dramático, comediógrafo y libretista de zarzuelas valenciano. Caricatura de Jaume Passarell. Año 1930. Author: Jaume Passarell Ribó.

Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931), English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as the theatre, journalism, propaganda and films.

M.Emile Perrin, director of the French comedy.

Henri Gabriel Ibels, Singer, 1893 Singer

Laurence HOUSMAN - 1865-1959 English dramatist and novelist: younger brother of Alfred Edward Housman. Caricature by Max Beerbohm published London 1901

04/30/1916. Maestro Esnaola, director of the Donostiarra choir, which is achieving such brilliant successes in Madrid.

Caricatura de Enrique Fernández Arbós (Madrid, 1863-San Sebastián, 1939). Violinista y director de orquesta. Año 1911. Author: ROMÁN BONET SINTES "BON".

France, Paris, French composer, pianist and organist Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), 1908

George Grossmith Junior, British actor, manager and playwright, 1926.Artist: Alick P F Ritchie

Hans Fallada (pseudonym) was a German writer and representative of the New Objectivity movement. His real name was Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ritzen. Caricature from 1943 His best-known works include 'Kleiner Mann - was nun' and 'Jeder stirbt für sich allein'. He remained in Germany during National Socialism. Historical, Contemporary history

Churchill. March 29, 1954.

Gabriel Alomar Vilallonga (1873-1941), ensayista, poeta y político mallorquin. Caricatura de Rull. Año 1908.

Portrait of King Juan Carlos of Spain. Madrid, Finance Ministry. Author: ANTONIO QUIROS (1913-1984). Location: MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. JUAN CARLOS I DE BORBON (1938-). JUAN CARLOS I DE ESPAÑA (1938-).

Player's cigarette card depicting Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Dated 20th Century

FRANCISCO BERNIS CARRASCO (1877-1933) - ECONOMISTA ESPAÑOL.

Valenti Castanys Borrás (1898-1965), dibujante y periodista catalán. Caricatura de 1940.

Player's Cigarettes card depicting Anton Walbrook. Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbruck (1896-1967) an Austrian actor

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (1906 - 1963), politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Attlee (1950-1) and leader of the Labour party from 1955 until his death in January 1963. Date: 1956

Player's cigarette card depicting Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, (30 November 1874 24 January 1965) was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Dated 20th Century

Arthur Greenwood (1880-1954) economist, trade unionist and prominent British Labour (socialist) politician, born in Leeds, Yorkshire. Active 1920-1947. From a series of cards on 'Notable MPs' (London, 1929).

Gregorio Martínez Sierra (1881-1947), escritor, dramaturgo y empresario teatral madrileño. Caricatura de Jaume Passarell. Año 1930. Author: Jaume Passarell Ribó.

Charles John Darling, 1st Baron Darling, British judge, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie

Cartoon of Percy Fender (1892-1985), the Surrey and England cricketer, who at that time was captain of his county. Date: 1929

Caricature of Emile de Girardin, (1806-1881), (publicist, politician) Photograph of Fr�d�rick. Caricature of Emile de Girardin (1806-1881), publicist, politician. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.

JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES.

Carles Riba i Bracons (Barcelona, 1893-1959). Escritor y humanista. Author: SALVADOR MESTRES I PALMETA.

Description: Major Bernard Hill Horsley, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. District Commissioner 1919 Secretary 1940 Date: 1919 portrait, africa

Portrait of Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), Annenkov, Yuri Pavlovich (1889-1974)

Portrait of The Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin by Sir William Rothenstein. Rothenstein (1872-1945) was an English painter, printmaker and draughtsman.

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - British Conservative Politician - Prime Minister 1940-1945 and also between 1951-1955. Date: 1926

F. Holland Day. Artist: Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852-1934). Dimensions: 18.0 x 13.6 cm (7 1/16 x 5 3/8 in.). Date: ca. 1898. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Dr Edvard Benes, Czechoslovakian statesman, 1935.Artist: Edmond Xavier Kapp

Caricatura de Manuel Benedito Vives (Valencia, 1875-Madrid, 1963). Pintor español, discípulo de Sorolla. Año 1911. Author: ROMÁN BONET SINTES "BON".

Joan Cortés Vidal (1898-1969), escritor y crítico de arte catalán. Caricatura de Jaume Passarell. Año 1930. Author: Jaume Passarell Ribó.

07/20/1979. Portrait of José Miguel Santiago Castelo.

España. Dolores Ibarruri Gómez (1895-1989), la Pasionaria, dirigente comunista. Caricatura. Año 1936.

Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Drawn by George Wharton Edwards - March 28, 1928 in Rome, Italy

RETRATO DE SANTIAGO CARRILLO. Author: ALVARO DELGADO RAMOS (1922-2016).

RAMIRO LEDESMA RAMOS (1905-1936).

NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN Speaking in the House of Commons. Date: 1869 - 1940

CHARLES DICKENS Victorian novelist Date: 1812 - 1870

Friedrich Nietzsche. Portrait of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche 1844-1900. Drawn by Alessandro Lonati.

Caricature of Henri Rochefort.

Eduard Bernstein (1850-1932) German socialist leader. Lived in England 1888-1891. Associate of Engels.

Portrait of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) an English composer. Dated 20th Century

CARICATURA DE FRANCO EN EL SUPLEMENTO LITERARIO DEL NÚMERO 44 DE SOLIDARIDAD OBRERA. Author: Téllez. Location: FUNDACION PABLO IGLESIAS. MADRID. SPAIN. FRANCISCO FRANCO.

Portrait of Kliment Vorochilov by Yury Annenkov, Moscow, 1923

Caricatura de Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta (Madrid, 1878-1953). Compositor, violinista, director y profesor español. Año 1911. Author: ROMÁN BONET SINTES "BON".

1926 Player's cigarette card depicting: Charlie Chaplin. Sir Charles Spencer 'Charlie' Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame during the era of silent film

Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet, British grocer and yachtsman, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie

Caricatura de Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel (Mula, 1864-Madrid, 1938). Abogado y político español, fue ministro de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, de Gobernación, de Guerra, de Hacienda y de Fomento durante el reinado de Alfonso XIII y, nuevamente ministro de Fomento en el último gobierno de la monarquía. Año 1911. Author: ROMÁN BONET SINTES "BON".

El Teniente General J.A.L. Haldane, circa 1918, Spain, by Francis Dodd.

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS musician

Imperial William (McKinley) the King of the Trusts, Famous Americans

Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (1873-1955) English Conservative politician. Reputed to have said to Neville Chamberlain in 1940 'In the name of God, go!'. Chromolithograph card 1929.

Portrait of Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Jacques Jeichienus Ottens, 1926 print A portrait of politician Pieter Jelles Troelstra, with mustache. paper historical persons. moustache

Portrait of Leon Reynel; Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy (Witkacy; 1885-1939); XI.1927 (1927-00-00-1927-00-00);

Elsevier photo collection. Hendrik Willem van Loon. Portrait drawing Karl Godwin. undated

RAMON MENENDEZ PIDAL (1869-1968) FILOLOGO E HISTORIADOR ESPAÑOL EN 1953. Author: ANDRE AARON BILIS (1893-1971).

Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister, 1926.Artist: Alick P F Ritchie

Caricatura de Gabriel Urbain Fauré (Pamiers, 1845-París, 1924), compositor, pedagogo y organista francés. Romántico en sus inicios y admirador de la música de Richard Wagner, se sumó luego a la corriente impresionista en la línea de la música francesa. Año 1911. Author: ROMÁN BONET SINTES "BON".

(Jean Nicolas) Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), French poet in 1871. After a sketch by Paul Verlaine.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian Revolutionary and Premier of the Soviet Union 1922-24, Portrait by Nickolay Andreyev, 1920

John Wolcott Adams

Robert Louis Stevenson, 1909. Henry Wolf (American, 1852-1916). Wood engraving;

Player's cigarette card depicting Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee (1853-1928) was an English Victorian painter and illustrator, best known for his pictures of dramatic literary, historical, and legendary scenes. Dated 20th Century

Messersmith, George S. .

NATHAN MEYER ROTHSCHILD 1st baron Philanthropist, statesman and public worker member of English branch of international banking family

Portrait of Leon Trotsky, by Yury Annenkov ca. 1923.

George Biddell Airy (1801-1892) English astronomer and geophysicist. Astronomer Royal 1835-1881. Cartoon by 'Ape' (Carlo Pellegrini) for 'Vanity Fair' London, 13 November 1875.

Leon Trotsky by Annenkov, Yuri Pavlovich (1889-1974) / Private Collection / 1922 / Russia / Ink on paper / Portrait /

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