L Aw Collection (#29)

Prison Hulk / Portsmouth
Prison Hulk, Portsmouth

Andrew Bonar Law, British statesman
Cartoon of Andrew Bonar Law, British statesman

Parliament of King Edward I
The parliament of Edward I, King of Britain, consisting of clergy, aristocracy, and other representatives

Page from the Edict of the Lombard King Rothair
A page from the Edict (Edictum Rothari) of the Lombard King Rothar (Rothair, Rothari, reigned 636-652). Written in Latin, it is a compilation of Lombard law

Rite of Simcha Tora in Judaism
The Jewish rite of Simcha Tora or rejoicing the law (opening and closing of the lessons of the law) on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles

Policeman discovering sleeping waif on a doorstep
A policeman discovering a sleeping waif on a doorstep

Law / Court Scenes
IN A FRENCH COURT Acquitted !

London policeman directing tourists
A London policeman directing tourists to their destination

Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor
Charles Alfred Cripps, first Baron Parmoor lawyer and politician

Caxton / Bishops
THE BISHOPS - represented as Judges Date: 1474

The Duplicate Tables
Having broken the first edition in anger, Moses obtains from God a second set of the Law, which the people this time receive with respect

Moses Obtains the Law
He obtains the Law from God on Mount Sinai

William III & Family
William With his sister-in-law (later queen) Anne, her husband George of Denmark & their son William duke of Gloucester (d. 1700). Mary (d. 1694) pictured in medallion

Lollards Prison
Part of Lambeth Palace, designed to house the followers of Wyclif - known as Lollards - who opposed some of the teachings of the Church

Wood Street Compter
WOOD STREET COMPTER used mostly for debtors but also as an overflow for Newgate : demolished in 1816

Savoy Prison, London
Part of the old Savoy Palace, used at this time as a military prison

1841 / Anti-Corn Law Meet
A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League, in Newalls Buildings, Manchester

Policemans Head
Constable 345 - a Victorian policeman

Paule De Viguier / Page
PAULE DE VIGUIER LA BELLE Lady of Toulouse, so beautiful that the city fathers passed a law requiring her to go out once a day

Police / Standard Uniform
Two London policeman stand chatting in their standard uniform, while their colleagues ticks off a small boy with a wooden hoop, who has been making mischief

Police in Night Uniform
A London policeman in his night uniform

Police in Wet Weather
A London policeman in his wet weather uniform

Tables of the Law
Moses comes down from Mount Sinai carrying the Tables of the Law

Police Court
Marlborough Street police court

Newgate Prison 1735
Prisoners in Newgate prison

Procession of Judges
Procession of judges at Westminster Abbey, a custom before the opening of the Law Courts

Trial by Combat
Two Knights engaging in single combat, the results of which will be decided by the Judgment of God

Battenberg / Prince Henry
HENRY PRINCE OF BATTENBERG German royal, who became son- in-law to Victoria by marrying her daughter Beatrice in 1885

The Old Boys
The old boys, upholders of law and order, send in the police and the army to deal with unwelcome dissidents who preseume to question their authority

Josiah and the Book
During the reign of this king of Judah an ancient book of Judaic law is discovered (probably Deuteronomy) and he has it made part of the law of the land

Moses Breaks the Tables
He comes down from Mt Sinai bringing the Tables of the Law, only to find the Israelites worshipping a Golden Calf instead; angry, he breaks the tablets

Sir William Nicholson
SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON artist, noted for posters with his brother in law James Pryde, as the Beggarstaff Brothers

Borodin - Igor - 7
Vladimir Galitsky, Igors dissolute brother in law, who will fall for the Tartar Khans daughter Kontchakovna and find himself torn between love and duty

Dartmoor Prison
A splendid birds-eye view of the recently built Dartmoor Prison and English Barracks. Prisoners from the Napoleonic Wars helped build the jail

Leipzig / Lawcourt C1900
Leipzig: the law courts

Law Courts / Liebig C1900
the Law Courts in the Strand/Fleet Street

Recording Eye Prints
An invention by two doctors: the eye print; recording the pattern made by veins on the retina, which differs for every individual. Science aiding the criminologist

Bridewell Prison
View of the exterior of Bridewell

Policeman & Police Car
A policeman wearing white armbands used when directing traffic, stands next to a police car with a Stop Police sign on the back

Discipline at Newgate
General indiscipline amongst male inmates (young and old) in a dormitory cell at Newgate

John Law (Schenk)
JOHN LAW Scottish financier in France, promoter of the Mississippi Scheme

RUDD TRIAL
Mrs Margaret Caroline Rudd on her Trial at the New Sessions House, in the Old Bailey (London)

Father Brown in Court
THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN The priestly detective gives evidence in court

Mettray : a Dormitory
METTRAY (near Tours) Open agricultural and industrial colony for juvenile offenders, 1839-1939 : BOYS IN THEIR DORMITORY, WHERE THEY SLEEP IN HAMMOCKS

Judge Checks Appearance
A newly appointed judge contemplates his reflection, before taking his place on the judges bench, presiding over a court : his wife and clerk inspect him carefully

French Prisoners Lecture
Prisoners in the Prison de Fresnes, Paris, are lectured on the dangers of alcoholism

Bailiff in the House
THE MAN IN POSSESSION a bailiff sprawls in the house of an unfortunate family who can t pay their debts

Divorce Court Scene
A CAUSE CELEBRE a scandalous divorce in fashionable society

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