1898 Collection (page 27)

Misbehaving Horse 1898
Mr Popples horse, Candles, bought from the local grocer, causes a bit of consternation when Mr Popple introduces himself to the Hopham Hunt

Mr Popple Front Cover
Front cover design, showing Mr Popple on his horse, ready to join the hunt

Mr Popple and the Lady
Mr Popple gets in the way of a young lady in the process of negotiating a fence

Mr Popple and the Mfh
An infuriated MFH tells Mr Popple to go away and turn his horses into potted meat -- so he does!

RAIL / GARE D ORSAY 1898
Gare D Orsay, Paris

Bismarck / De LA Barre
Otto Eduard Leopold, prinz von Bismarck German statesman

Ice skating scene
An ice skating scene, with an athletic male skater in the foreground, a couple further back, and a non-skating man with his non-skating dog

Mr Popple throws his hat at the fox, much to the Master of Fox Hounds disgust

Bismarck / Moloch / 1882
OTTO BISMARCK German Chancellor depicted as a bit of a thug

We Gladstone / Woodbury
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British Liberal MP and Prime Minister

Piquart Stands Defence
Lieutenant-colonel Picquart in court defending the innocence of Dreyfus

Paul Robeson / Postcard
PAUL BUSTILL ROBESON American actor & singer

Bismarck Friedrichsruh
OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD, PRINZ VON BISMARCK German statesman returned to Friedrichsruh after his dismissal

Bismarck Portrait
OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD, PRINZ VON BISMARCK German statesman in old age

Various French Models
1 Coupe Krieger (electric) 2 Coupe Panhard (petrol) 3 Victoria Krieger (electric) 4 Coupe Dore (electric) 5 Landau Panhard (petrol) 6 Coupe (transport company)

Lewis Carroll / Study
LEWIS CARROLL English writer/mathematicians study at Christ Church, Oxford

Princes Skating Club
Top people - including the Prince of Wales - at Princes Skating Club, London : interestingly, virtually all the skaters are female - is that why the Prince is here ?

Julius Schulhoff / Postcd
JULIUS SCHULHOFF Czech-Austrian pianist and composer

Gladstone in 1853
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1853

Greedy Boy Bismarck
John Bull, no slouch himself when it comes to helping himself, is shocked at Bismarcks greed as he slices off New Guinea for himself

Bismarck and Puppets
OTTO BISMARCK depicted manipulating the three emperors - of Russia, Austria and Germany - as though they are puppets

Plimsoll / Photo Cdv
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL Politician, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships

James Payn / Downey 1890
JAMES PAYN English novelist and editor in 1890

THE MAINE BLOWS UP
The Us cruiser Maine is blown up in Havana harbour, allegedly by the Spanish, leading to the American invasion of Cuba and the end of Spanish rule

Spanish Prisoners
SPANISH PRISONERS The first group of Spanish prisoners are taken from Cuba to Key West, Florida

Jlc Garnier / Postcard
CHARLES GARNIER French architect, designer of the Paris Opera

Willhemina Crowned / 1898
Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria crowned queen of the Netherlands

Lewis Carroll / L&l / P176
LEWIS CARROLL alias CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON English mathematician, clergyman and writer - creator of Alice

Russian Guards & Cadets
Palace guards and cadets

German Officers in Town
Three German officers out on the town

Pankhursts & Friends
EMMELINE & CHRISTABEL PANKHURST. Shown here with friends in the garden of their home in Manchester, circa 1898

Gloria Swanson / Polly
GLORIA SWANSON American film actress in a feathered hat

Gracie Fields / Wish Luck
GRACIE FIELDS English singer and actress, Wish Me Luck as you Wave Me Goodbye

Gracie Fields / Cig Card
GRACIE FIELDS English singer and actress

Elizabeth / Austria / Cdv
ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA Married her cousin, Franz Josef I of Austria - they reigned together 1854-98

Marion Davies / Question
MARION DAVIES American film actress with a questioning look on her face

Gladstone / Russell Cdv
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister

Gladstone / Mayall Cdv
William Ewart Gladstone Liberal Mp in 1861

Bismarck / Carte Kampf
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prinz Von Bismarck German Statesman

Alexandrine / Danish
ALEXANDRINE, QUEEN OF DENMARK Wife of Christian X (they married in 1898); daughter of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Elizabeth / Austria / Album
ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA Wife of her own cousin, Franz Josef I of Austria

Wa Spooner / Vfair 1898
WILLIAM ARCHIBALD SPOONER English clergyman and academic of New College, Oxford, best known for his Spoonerisms

Gladstone, Full Length
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE standing proudly, with the red despatch case of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, containing the Budget, at his feet

Perfume Manufacture / 1898
Picking flowers which will be used to make perfume, Grasse, France

Steam Baths 1898
Diagram to show various vapour or steam baths, including a child s, feet and head baths, as well as a box bath

Johannesburg 1898
General view of the city at the outbreak of the Boer War

Street of the Lepers, in Harrar, Ethiopia

Ninette De Valois / Photo
NINETTE DE VALOIS Dancer with the Ballet Russe and later founder of the Royal Ballet; a revered teacher, director and choreographer

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