The Emerald Tablet of Hermes (Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, c. 1624 by Stoltzius von Stoltzenberg, Daniel)

Hermes tells that the things above are equal to those below, If one wishes to accomplish the wondrous work. Wandering stars are seen in the lofty sphere of the planets; To these is equal the fruit of the metal-bearing Earth. The Sun is the father of the Stone, the wandering Cynthia (the Moon) its mother; The Wind bore it in its womb, the Earth nourished it.

HELEN ERICSON as LIGHT

THE MOTHER

Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 9: Hrabanus Maurus, Liber de Laudibus Sanctae Crucis

Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)

Staircase of the Eiffel Tower

Part of Spiral Staircase No. 1 - 1889

Made of steel and riveted sheet metal, connecting the second floor to the third floor of the Eiffel Tower, 14 steps.

Janus. Le imagini degli dei degli antichi, c. 1608 by Cartari, Vincenzo

Louise Browne, Photo by Dorothy Wilding, 1937. 

A dancer and musical comedy star, who went on to encourage many young dancers in Britain. American-Born, Browne’s career began in the Ziegfield Follies. She starred in many musicals at the Gaiety Theatre, London, including The Girl Friend in 1927. In the 1930s she held the world record for pirouettes (over 80 consecutive spins). Browne married an English diplomat, Keith Liversidge, she moved to Norway in 1945 whilst in Oslo returned to full time training. Louise together with Gerd Kjolass founded and directed the Norske Ballet which eventually became the Norske Opera Ballet (Den Norske Opera & Ballett).

Louise returned to London in 1950 and began her long and fruitful association with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD). She successfully ran the RAD Summer school and served on the dance panel of the Arts Council of Great Britain. In 1971 Louise was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award and in 1978 the Order of the British Empire for her services to Ballet. 

Princess Margaret, Photo by Dorothy Wilding, November 1947. 

This portrait shows Princess Margaret as a bridesmaid at the marriage of her sister, Princess Elizabeth, to Prince Phillip of Greece in November 1947. The dress was designed by Norman Hartnell, and was a dramatic contrast to austere wartime clothing.

Tallulah Bankhead, 1939

Diana Wynyard

by Harvey White, 1933

Barbara Hutton, Photo by Dorothy Wilding, 1938.

Barbara Woolworth Hutton (1912-1979) was an American debutante/socialite, heiress and philanthropist. She was dubbed the “Poor Little Rich Girl”, first when she was given a lavish and expensive debutante ball in 1930, amid the Great Depression, and later due to a notoriously troubled private life.