Parliament Collection

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. A scene of London life in which happy and healthy tradesmen

Flag of the Scottish Covenanters
The Flag of the Scottish Covenanters. They were Presbyterians sworn to defend their religion, part of a Protestant effort to seize power in Scotland against the English

Suffragette Board Game PANK-A-SQUITH
A suffragette board game called Pank-A-Squith which was first advertised in the pages of Votes for Women, October 1909. It was described as a highly artistic TABLE GAME that helps to spread

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw, Westminster, London
A publicity photograph of the Massey Shaw fireboat with the Houses of Parliament in the background, used by the London County Council to promote the London Fire Brigade in its publications

A Chartist party, 1843
Chartists attempte to force their giant charter through parliament. 1843

Routemaster Bus
A No.76 Routemaster bus drives past the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, on its way to Stoke Newington, north London

William Pitt the Younger addressing Parliament
William Pitt (the Younger) addressing the House of Commons

Police Officers London
Police officers wearing old and new uniforms. On left wearing 1980 uniform, on right the old from the period 1959-1980 Metropolitan Police in London near Houses of Parliament

Big Ben and London Tram
A wet evening at the Westminster Bridge end of the Victoria Embankment, with Big Ben showing the light which indicates that Parliament is sitting. Note also the tram

Gladstone / Home Rule Bill
The House of Commons, February 13 1893. William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, introduces the Second Home Rule Bill

Reichstags Dome by Norman Foster (b. 1935). Berlin. Germany
Dome of the Reichstag, seat of the German Parliament, designed by Norman Foster (b.1935). Interior. Berlin. Germany

Queen Victoria opening Parliament 1886
Queen Victoria opening Parliament, Lord Chancellor Baron Halsbury reading the Queens speech at Westminster Palace, London. Date: 21st January 1886

Folio of Codex of the Usages depicting the Catalan Parlia
Alfonso IV of Aragon called the kind (1299-1336). King of Aragon and count of Barcelona as Alfonso III, from 1327 to his death. Son of James II and Blanche of Anjou

Westminster Bridge and Parliament on a Christmas card
Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben, inside a Christmas card from Stanley Baldwin (at that time British Prime Minister). (2 of 2) Date: 1928

Suffragette Lancashire Lass Arrested. A Lancashire lass in clogs and shawl being Escorted Through Palace Yard by two burly policemen

John Passmore Edwards, Vanity Fair, Spy
JOHN PASSMORE EDWARDS MP (1823 - 1911) Liberal Member of Parliament for Salisbury, Philanthropist, British journalist, owner and editor of the London newspaper The Echo

IRA bombing of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster
The fire started after the IRA planted an explosive device in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, 17 June 1974. The 20 lb explosive device caused extensive damage

Big Ben under Scaffold
Big Ben covered with scaffolding as the masonry is repaired and cleaned

Hull Shops 1970S
A typical late 20th century pedestrian shopping area. This one is in Hull, Yorkshire, England, on the corner of Parliament Street

Houses of Commons / Lords
Lord Palmerston addressing the House of Commons (top) A debate on the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords (bottom)

Battle of Lansdowne
BATTLE OF LANSDOWNE The Royalists under Hopton, advancing on Bath, are halted by the Parliament army under Waller : the Royalists win the day, though with heavy Date: 5 July 1645

Poster, River Thames at Westminster, London. Date: 1954

GLC-LFB Lambeths pump escape on the road
Lambeth fire stations pump-escape pictured on Lambeth Palace Road, SE1, in September 1966, with the Houses of Parliament in the background

Jos Chamberlain / Vfair 01
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Liberal MP at the despatch box

Westminster & London C16
London and Westminster in 1584

2nd Earl Grey / Lawrence
Right Honourable Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey Member of Parliament

Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover, Derbyshire
Dennis Edward Skinner (b 1932), Labour politician, MP for Bolsover since 1970. Well known for his outspoken remarks in parliament, for which he has been suspended more than ten times

Joseph Alfred Sparks campaigning
Joseph Alfred Sparks (19011981) - a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. Campaigning for the parliamentary constituency of Acton in 1945 with the slogan

Cartoon, The Confidence Trick! (Northcote and Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Confidence Trick! Stafford Northcote (Chancellor of the Exchequer) and Benjamin Disraeli (Prime Minister) ask John Bull for six million pounds to strengthen their hands at a forthcoming

First female to speak in the House of Commons
Margaret Travers Symons (1879 - after 1951), suffragette, the first woman to speak in the House of Commons, who made her way in after running past policeman, Mr Idris into the chamber

Sir Francis Crossley, businessman, philanthropist and MP
Sir Francis Crossley (1817-1872), 1st Baronet of Halifax, British carpet manufacturer, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician. Date: 1860s

French Railway Poster - Paris to London
French Railway poster, advertising the route by rail from Pari to London via Rouen, Dieppe and Newhaven, departing from the Gare St. Lazare

Hungary - Budapest - The Parliament Building. The buildings were built according to plans of the architect Imre Steindl between 1885 and 1902. Date: circa 1930s

George Lansbury Pamphlet, Smash Up the Workhouse
The cover of George Lansburys 1909 pamphlet Smash Up the Workhouse. Lansbury (1859-1940) was a socialist politician and campaigner for social justice

Big Ben / Lantern Slide
Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

Baxters House, High Street, Kidderminster - Dining Rooms
Baxters House, High Street, Kidderminster (not Stourbridge as incorrectly labelled on the card!!) - Dining Rooms. The building was originally the home of the celebrated divine Richard Baxter

Abraham Lincoln Statue, Westminster, London
Statue of US President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Parliament Square, Westminster, London (now re-located slightly to stand in front of the Middlesex Guildhall)

The Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes and conspirators
Early 19th century impression of the main protagonists in the conspiracy to blow up Parliament in 1605. From left, Tesmond, Garnet, T. Percy, Catesby, I. Wright, Guy Fawkes, I

Members of St Kilda Parliament, Isle of Harris, Scotland
Members of the St Kilda Parliament, Isle of Harris, Scotland. It was an informal, democratic group of men who met on a regular basis in the village street to agree on any work to be done

Votes for women air balloon, 1909
Votes for women more in the air than ever: the suffragettes dirgible for the opening of Parliament. Armed with a megaphone and handbills

Lord de Grey and Ripon, Vanity Fair, Ape
GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827-1909), known as Viscount Goderich (1833-59) and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon (1859-71)

Richard Coeur Lion statue, Palace of Westminster, London, Victorian period

1832 Victorian Map of Launceston

Tynwald Hill - St John s, Isle of Man (" where the new Manx Laws are made" ). Established by Norse Viking settlers over a thousand years ago with the hill thought to have been built in

Big Ben and Parliament Square Date: 1960s

Disraeli / Parl Speech
BENJAMIN DISRAELI 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; statesman, Prime Minister and novelist speaking in parliament. Date: 1804 - 1881

Sir Godfrey Baring, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR GODFREY BARING, 1st Baronet (1871-1957) Liberal Member of Parliament for Barnstaple and the Isle of Wight. Caption: Isle of Wight Date: 1871 - 1957

Thames Embankment by night - View toward Westminster, London
Thames Embankment by night - View toward the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London. Note the elctricity saving of only lighting every other light. Date: circa 1910s

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