Basic form of the Calderon coat of arms
Sir Richard Vincent Sutton c. 1913
Monarch Butterfly Madeira
George Calderon, 1912
Book sent to George Calderon in Russia by his mother, Christmas 1895.
George and Kittie Calderon 1905
Colonel Sir Walter Coote Hedley c. 1920
Christmas 1901 Cartoon by George Calderon
The entrance to Fort Brockhurst (picture from Britain’s Past)
George Calderon c.1901
K.N. Das Gupta and Margaret Mitchell in an Indian Dramatic Society production of The Maharani of Arakan, 1913?
Figure from Gauguin’s 1899 painting ‘Tahitian Women with Mango Blossoms’ (left); George Calderon’s pencil sketch ‘Manu’ (right)
Unpublished watercolour by George Calderon, Tahiti 1906
A happy memory of Trinity College: undergraduates breakfast together in Downy V. Green, p. 77.
Captain of the 11
Patrick Miles in his summer house, 11 December 2016
Michel and Vera Fokine in “Scheherazade”, 1914 (The Music And Theatre Library of Sweden, creative commons)
Frontis piece by Frank Calderon
Jean Ryckaert, May 1916.Recent Comments
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The diary of a writer-publisher: 39
20 May 2026 A thirty-five minute phone call from Tamara Harvey, who is directing the RSC production of The Cherry Orchard, which plays at Stratford from 10 July to 29 August. Tamara wanted to check pronunciation of the Russian names in … Continue reading
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The diary of a writer-publisher: 40
1 July 2026 I attend an uncostumed run-through of the RSC Cherry Orchard (previews open in nine days time and the press night is 21st). Met at the stage door of the Swan by the company SM, who makes a … Continue reading →