Watching Collection

Playtime at Wimbledon. by William Heath Robinson
The new craze of Jazz Tennis caught in full swing by our extra special artist. A humorous illustration of tennis players dancing the foxtrot on a tennis court

View of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway from Church Street
1198422 View of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway from Church Street, Taken on the Opening Day, May 3rd 1830, c

Performance of William Shakespeares play A Midsummer Nights Dream during the playwrights lifetime (litho)
5208263 Performance of William Shakespeares play A Midsummer Nights Dream during the playwrights lifetime (litho) by Paget

Bentley of May Cunliffe competing in the MAC Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb
Bentley 2996 cc. Event Entry No: 59. Driver: Cunliffe, Miss. M. Place: M.A.C. Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb. Date: 24.9.27

The Tennis Championships at Wimbledon
The Tennis fortnight at Wimbledon is for many the most thrilling period of the summer season

An Aerial Cricket Match of the Future, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
An Aerial Cricket Match of the Future, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

The Return of the Prodigal Son, c1668. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Return of the Prodigal Son, c1668

Suricate / Meerkat - family with young on the lookout at the edge of its burrow
TD-1484-c Suricate / Meerkat - family with young on the lookout at the edge of its burrow. Kalahari Desert, Namibia, Africa

Village green cricket, Tilford, Surrey, England, UK

This is an image of a member of the Scarborough RNLI team who is looking out from the boathouse to the sea where the rest of his crew were training

Manchesters last tram on its farewell journey, heading for the Depot. A group of people wave from the pavement. Date: 1949

ARTHUR ASHE (1943-1993). American tennis player. Photographed during his match against Jimmy Connors in the mens singles final at Wimbledon, won by Ashe in four sets, 5 July 1975

WORLD SERIES, 1955

Boys Watching Brass Band
Three little boys stand behind a picket gate and watch a brass band playing in a bandstand

A pack of meerkats on the edge of the Ntwetwe salt pan in the Northern Kalahari. These unusual-looking social mongooses inhabit dry, open country with hard ground, such as alkaline salt pans

Irish Dancers
A crowd watching girls performing traditional Irish dancing at Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland

The second fight between Harry Paulson and Tom Paddock, 1851 (late 19th or early 20th century). An illustration from Famous Fights

Fly Past
31st May 1956: Shackletons of RAF Coastal Command at a Fly Past over Buckingham Palace at the ceremony of Trooping the Colour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Austria, Vienna, Composer Franz Peter Schubert Plays Piano for his Friends in Vienna
Austria - 19th century. Composer Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) plays piano for his friends in Vienna. Lithography

Grizzly Bear Fishing for salmon at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA
TOM-203 Grizzly BEARS - fishing for Salmon at Brooks Falls Katmai National Park, Alaska

Suricate / Meerkat On the lookout
CH-4048-m Meercats / Suricates - on look out all looking in different directions Africa Suricata suricatta Clem Haagner Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Ginger Cat
LA-1795 Ginger Cat - waiting to pounce Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Siberian / Amur TIGER - close-up of face
TOM-445 Siberian / Amur TIGER - close-up of face Endangered species (C.A)

Reproducing Roman pottery at Ashtead, Surrey. Roman ideas for modern households. A potter at work making reproductions. 28th August 1926

Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of La Rochelle, 1628 (early 20th century). Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642), French prelate and statesman

Colonel Mordaunt watching a cock fight at Lucknow, India, 1790. Artist: Johan Zoffany
Colonel Mordaunt watching a cock fight at Lucknow, India, 1790. In an open-sided tent, East India Company officers and administrators sit and stand under a canopy

On the rails at Goodwood by Howard K Elcock
An illustration showing how the Goodwood meeting at the end of the Season was as much a picnic party as a race meeting

View over the Berlin Wall in 1985, towards the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz in East Berlin, at night, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Group of meerkats (Suricata suricatta), Kalahari Meerkat Project, Van Zylsrus, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Jigsaw puzzle of golfers on Prestwick golf course, Scotland, c1914

1950s Cinema - Childrens Saturday Matinee. Boys and girls looking up at the screen and laughing. Two of the boys are wearing ABC badges -- the name of the cinema. Date: 1954

Illustration of two knights competing in a medieval jousting tournament

BOAC Comet
The BOAC Comet taxiing onto the runaway at London Airport. The Comet, which will fly to Johannesburg, will be the worlds first jet passenger service. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

Gentleman with shire horse, Mid Wales
A gentleman holding the reins of a shire horse in front of a house, probably somewhere in Mid Wales. A little girl watches from a distance

The Monseigneur - Londons latest chic restaurant
Evening at The Monseigneur, a fashionable London restaurant, with diners watching a cabaret performance. The Monseigneur Restaurant was one of three main hot spots for dance music in the 1930s

Cat - looks at Goldfish in bowl
LA-6089 Cat - looks at Goldfish in bowl Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Association Cricket Ground, Perth, Western Australia, with a crowd of spectators watching a match. Date: circa 1909

Female ICI employees enjoy a dance, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Female ICI employees enjoy a dance, South Yorkshire, 1957

Quarreling and scuffling in a womens bathhouse, Japan. Artist: Yoshiiku
Quarreling and scuffling in a womens bathhouse, Japan

Bobby Jones, golfer, in action at Lytham St Annes, watched by a large group of spectators. Date: circa 1920s

Men playing billiards in a club. Date: circa 1910s

Boxing - Fives Court with Randall & Turner sparring
The interior of Fives Court in Little St. Martins Lane, a popular venue for the Fancy in the heyday of the prize ring, showing Jack Randall and Ned Turner sparring

T T Photographer
9th June 1951: Don Price taking photos, with a Speed Graphic camera, of the TT race by standing on a Matchless 500 Twin motorcycle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Couple Puffin on cliff in summer

Audience Of One
circa 1926: A solitary member of the public seated in front of a band stand, listening to the brass band. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Halleys comet, 19th Century artwork. 1835 woodcut print depicting the 1835 appearance of Halleys comet

Aurora borealis seen over trees through a fish-eye lens, with an observer at far right. This light display (the northern lights) is seen in the night sky at high latitudes

A Coign of Vantage, 1895 (oil on canvas)
RA10793 A Coign of Vantage, 1895 (oil on canvas) by Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912); 64.2 x 45 cm cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Two Men Contemplating the Moon, ca. 1825-30. Creator: Caspar David Friedrich
Two Men Contemplating the Moon, ca. 1825-30

English Bulldog, on a down and stay command, hopeful for a treat. (PR)

Birstall, W Yorkshire - Unveiling statue of Joseph Priestly
Birstall, W Yorkshire - Unveiling the statue of Joseph Priestly on 12th October 1912 - at this point the unveiling party had adjourned to the Temperance Hall

Christmas card, Shakespearean jesters
Christmas Card - May you be merry and lack nothing (based on a quotation from Shakespeares Henry IV Part 2) - two medieval jesters dancing. circa 1935

Children doing handstands on a Balham street, SW London
Two children, a boy and a girl, doing handstands against a concrete wall on a Balham street, SW London. A smaller child watches them, backed into a corner. Date: circa 1961

Bystander front cover - Summer Number 1933
Striking front cover of The Bystander magazine for 7 June 1933, with a design by Leon Benigni featuring fashionable spectators at the racing, probably Ascot. Date: 1933

Airplane flying in the Princess Juliana International Airport of Maho Bay, Sint Maarten, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Binocular Testing
A line of girls tests each pair of binoculars made for the Services before it leaves the factory

A Couple Swing Dancing
United States: c. 1957 A couple swing dancing at a party

Italy, Rome, Narcissus
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi, 1571-1610), Narcissus

HMS Royal Sovereign, British battleship
HMS Royal Sovereign, British Revenge class battleship, launched 1915, served in the First World War and part of the Second World War

Mature red deer stag (Cervus elaphus) near a loch. Photographed in Glen Garry, West Highlands, Scotland, UK, in February

A couple look towards the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, Europe

Brown Bear Catching a fish. Alaska, USA
SM-1046 Brown Bear - Catching a fish Alaska, USA. Ursus arctos Stefan Meyers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Windsurfing at Kahului Beach, Maui, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Eve Before The Fall. By A. E. Bestall
A scene beside a waterfall of four girls in their bathing costumes. The girls are watching the waterfall, prehaps resting after swimming

Burrowing Owl Llanos, Venezuela
WAT-8385 Burrowing Owl Llanos, Venezuela Speotyto cunicularia M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Cockfighting / Hogarth / Col
A group of men watching a cockfight in a ring

Riley Lynx of AR Rye competing in the MCC Lands End Trial, 1935. Artist: Bill Brunell
Riley Lynx 1089 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. BPC886. Event Entry No: 158 Driver: Rye, A.R. Retired. Place: M.C.C. Lands End Trial. Date: 19/20.4.35

Fencing Match Between Mademoiselle La Chevaliere D Eon De Beaumont and Monsieur De Saint George, 1787. After Charles Jean Robineau. From Connoisseur Extra No. 5 - Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill

Maypole dancing in the village of Paul, Cornwall
Adults and children dancing round a maypole in the village of Paul, near Penzance in Cornwall, with the tower of the parish church on the right. A crowd of people stand watching them

The destruction of York Minster, 1829 (engraving)
3103693 The destruction of York Minster, 1829 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The destruction of York Minster, 1829)

Two Grizzly Bears

Allegory of Obedience, c. 1330 (fresco)
XIR440726 Allegory of Obedience, c.1330 (fresco) by Giotto di Bondone (c.1266-1337) (school of); San Francesco, Lower Church, Assisi

Lords Match
1906: Spectators watching a match at Lords cricket ground, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bloodhounds
23rd October 1978: Four bloodhounds participating in Windsor Forest Hunt. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Nuthatch - portrait on a snow covered old stump - December - Cannock Chase - Staffordshire - England
GUY-124 Nuthatch - portrait on a snow covered old stump - December Cannock Chase - Staffordshire - England Sitta europaea Guy Rogers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Fingerprint scanner. Persons finger being scanned by a fingerprint scanner. This scanner is being used to open a door. The ridges on peoples fingers form a unique identifying pattern

Christmas star as planetary conjunction. Artwork of a possible Christmas Star in the night sky of the year 7 BC

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) observing a lunar eclipse in Rome, Italy, in 1500. Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who studied in both Poland and Italy

Playing billiards
Mrs. Frances Hoppe & Her Son Willie. Mrs. Frances Hoppe playing billiards with her son Willie (William F. Hoppe) in a billiard room with seated spectators watching

Perito Moreno Glacier, Parque Nacional de los Glaciares, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Black-tailed Prairie Dog - pair on alert for danger, Emmen, Holland
USH-3121 Black-tailed Prairie Dog - pair on alert for danger Cynomys ludovicianus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Burrowing Owl
FG-10431 Burrowing Owl - six on ground Athene cunicularia Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Cheetah, (Acinonyx jubatus), Duesternbrook Private Game Reserve, Windhoek, Namibia

Polar Bear with cubs, (Ursus maritimus), Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"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.