1911 Collection (page 18)

King George V in Coronation Durbar robes and crown
King George V (1865-1936, reigned 1910-1936). Seen here in his Coronation Durbar robes and crown. Date: circa 1911

Old Market Place, Altrincham, Cheshire
Old Market Place, Altrincham, Trafford, near Cheadle, Cheshire, England. Date: 1911

Vaslav Nijinsky. Le Pavillon d Armide
Ballets Russes. The dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in the ballet Le Pavillon d Armide, with choreography by Mikhail Fokin and music by Nikolai Tcherepine (1911)

Vaslav Nijinsky and. Tamara Karsavina
Ballets Russes. Ballet Le Spectre de la Rose, music by Carl Maria von Weber and choreography by Mikhail Fokin. On stage, the performers of the premiere

Children of George V and Queen Mary
The children of King George V and Queen Mary. From left, back row, Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), Princess Mary, later Viscountess Lascelles, Edward

Suffragette Women Wear Trousers. Man in a skirt, woman in trousers, this is what happens when lovely woman gets the vote, The men will look such freaks, She doesn t want his hat and coat

Suffragette, Force Feeding Milk. A doctor with a large syringe labelled Milk attempts feeding a suffragette by force. A Prison warder restrains her in the cell while she manages to pull out large

Festival of Empire exhibition, Pageant of London, 1911
Citizens of London as the living history of London City: the pageant at the Festival of Empire at the Crystal Palace. 1. visitors to the court of Queen Elizabeth: chiefs and women from afar; 2

National Health Insurance Stamp - Take a bit of licking
This Stamp will take a bit of licking - the introduction of the National Health Insurance stamp under the 1911 National Insurance Act

Le Mont Cervin (Matterhorn Mountain) - Switzerland. Date: 1911

A West Wind, by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941). Date: 1911

Fisherman in oilskins 1911

Police escorting a cart during Dundee riots, Scotland
Policemen escorting a cart to the docks during riots in Dundee, Scotland. Strikers trying to prevent the delivery of coal fought with the police and rioted: four constables were seriously injured

Chinese men having their pigtails cut off, 1911
Abolishing the badge of servitude, Chinese men having their pigtails publicly cut off. The pigtail was of Manchu origin, and enforced when the dynasty conquered China in 1627

Cricket at Bramall Lane 1911
A view of the Bramall Lane cricket ground, Sheffield. In progress is a three day Test Trial match (1st to 3rd June) between G.L.Jessops XI and P.F.Warners XI, ultimately won by the former

General Franz Rohr von Denta, Austrian army officer
General of Cavalry Franz Rohr von Denta (1854-1927), Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal and Commander in chief of the Austrian troops on the Italian Front and Eastern Front during the First World War

Secret Garden / Mary / Door
Mary finds the door. Date: First published: 1911

Union Workhouse, Ticehurst and Flimwell, Sussex
The Ticehurst Union workhouse on Union Street, Ticehurst and Flimwell, Sussex. A uniformed policeman stands at the gate. The workhouse, erected in 1835, was designed by Sampson Kempthorne

Adrian Jones with Peace sculpture
Captain Adrian Jones (1845-1938), sculptor, in his studio with the plaster cast of the allegorical figure of Peace, to be placed in the four-horse chariot (entitled Peace in her Quadriga)

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Fighting at Tripoli
Fighting before the walls of Tripoli. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya, in order to counterbalance French conquests in North Africa

National Insurance Card
A postcard to mark the introduction by Lloyd George of the National Insurance scheme

Pink & Gold Gown C. 1911
The Directoire / Empire silhouette: a high-waisted pink & gold gown with an ornately embroidered corsage & decorative panel on the narrow trained skirt

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