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One of the best collections of portraiture represented at Mary Evans Picture Library is an outstanding selection of over 200 works by photographer Ida Kar (1908-1974). Many major art, literary, theatrical and radical political figures of the twentieth century are featured, often in intimate settings alongside their works or within their studios, dressing rooms and homes.

Disproving the old theatrical adage: never work with children or animals, the charming photographic archive of Paul Kaye proves that the trickiest subjects can often result in the most engaging pictures. Look inside to see cute and unusual animal friends and a nostalgic look at 1950s and 1960s childhood in Balham.

The Keasbury-Gordon Photograph Archive is the result of a 50-year passion for collecting Victorian and Edwardian glass 'magic-lantern' slides. Subjects include school rooms, street urchins and sweet shops, fish markets, newsboys, bustling high streets and dentists' surgeries. These fine quality images are available in either black and white or sepia versions throughout. Much care has been taken in their digitisation, with contrast improved and marks and blemishes removed. Over the years, the slides have been supplemented with postcards, chromolithographs and maps from around the world spanning the 1850s to the 1920s.

Peter Keating Aviation Collection

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The Keystone Pictures Collection is a remarkable photographic archive of over 155,000 images depicting every geopolitical event, trend and personality that shaped the last century. Keystone photographers documented international political and world news events, diplomacy, royalty and ceremonial occasions. The archive also covers fashion, sport, celebrity and the entertainment industry, and includes social history and local news events. Founded in the early 1900s, Keystone grew to be the largest picture agency in the world in the 1940s and 50s, with offices in over 20 countries at its peak.

Photographer

Film director John Krish was also a keen photographer and people were his fascination. His subjects range from strong character studies to candid shots. Growing up was another perennial theme of his work; he is a deft and sensitive chronicler of childhood, often using his own children as subjects.