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Background imageActed Collection: John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones
Americans would be indignant to see their gallant naval hero portrayed on the London stage as a PIRATE ! - yet here he is, as acted by Mr Elsgood with bravo galore

Background imageActed Collection: Pope Urbanus VI

Pope Urbanus VI
POPE URBANUS VI (Bartolommeo Prignano) After a stormy election, he acted so severely that most cardinals withdrew allegiance, leading to Avignon schism

Background imageActed Collection: The Triple Entente

The Triple Entente
Coloured lantern slide that shows the British Union Flag, French Tricolour and a flag displaying the Russian coat of arms

Background imageActed Collection: Lucina

Lucina
This oil painting depicts Lucina, a title given to the ancient Roman goddesses, Juno and Diana, who represented childbirth and acted as protection for women in labor

Background imageActed Collection: Belsize House

Belsize House
View of Belsize House in 1800. Belsize House was rebuilt in 1663 in the restoration style. In 1720 it opened as a pleasure garden with concerts, dancing, fishing, hunting and racing

Background imageActed Collection: 13th / 18th Hussars Memorial, la Breche d Hermanville

13th / 18th Hussars Memorial, la Breche d Hermanville
The Regiment was equipped with Flail tanks which acted as giant carpet sweepers, having at the front huge rotating steel chains as brushes

Background imageActed Collection: Advert for Carbolic smoke ball 1892

Advert for Carbolic smoke ball 1892
Carbolic smoke ball, Hay Fever positively cured and prevented. Testimonials include It acted like magic! It is simply invaluable!. 1892

Background imageActed Collection: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
Princess Elizabeth (right) and Princess Margaret Rose at the last of the Duke of Yorks Camps, at Balmoral in August 1939. In 1919, the Princesses father, then Duke of York

Background imageActed Collection: Joseph Fesch

Joseph Fesch
Cardinal JOSEPH FESCH French churchman and diplomat, half-brother of Napoleons mother, acted as negotiator between Napoleon and the Vatican. Date: 1763 - 1839

Background imageActed Collection: Joseph William Chitty -2

Joseph William Chitty -2
Sir JOSEPH WILLIAM CHITTY Judge, who for 24 years also acted as umpire for the Oxford Cambridge boat race, which was done from a paddle steamer - hence this caricature. Date: 1828 - 1899

Background imageActed Collection: Francois Westermann

Francois Westermann
FRANCOIS-JOSEPH WESTERMANN unscrupulous soldier and thief, who acted without pity to suppress the Vendee resistance, but was guillotined along with Danton. Date: 1751 - 1794

Background imageActed Collection: Martha Jeff. Randolph

Martha Jeff. Randolph
MARTHA (nee Jefferson) RANDOLPH daughter of President Jefferson, for whom she acted as First Lady : wife of her childhood sweetheart Thomas Randolph. Date: 1772 - 1836

Background imageActed Collection: The funeral of Manfred von Richthofen at Bertangles Cemetery

The funeral of Manfred von Richthofen at Bertangles Cemetery, France, on 22 April 1918. No 3 Squadron AFC officers were pallbearers and other ranks from the squadron acted as a guard of honour

Background imageActed Collection: Supermarine Southampton II S1149

Supermarine Southampton II S1149
Supermarine Southampton II, S1149, which acted as the flagship of the RAF Far East Flight

Background imageActed Collection: A miracle play

A miracle play
Crowds gather to watch a miracle play in medieval Britain. 15th Century

Background imageActed Collection: H. R. H. Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II

H. R. H. Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II
Princess Elizabeth who recently acted as bridesmaid for her cousin, the Hon. Patricia Mountbatten, at her wedding to Captain Lord Brabourne, on Saturday 26th October 1946. Date: 1946

Background imageActed Collection: The Crew of the Pandora Recovering Mail from the Cairn on

The Crew of the Pandora Recovering Mail from the Cairn on
Engraving showing the crew of the ship Pandora recovering mail, left by the British Arctic Expedition of 1875, from the cairn on top of Carey Island

Background imageActed Collection: Mr Justice Hawkins

Mr Justice Hawkins
HENRY HAWKINS English judge. Acted during the famous Tichbourne case of the 1870s

Background imageActed Collection: Mr George Lewis

Mr George Lewis
GEORGE HENRY LEWIS Society lawyer. Acted in many sensational Victorian cases and eventually represented the Prince of Wales and other members of society

Background imageActed Collection: Housesteads Milecastle

Housesteads Milecastle
The milecastle at Housesteads, directly on Hadrians Wall. The milecastle housed up to eight soldiers, and acted as a guard post for the Roman frontier

Background imageActed Collection: Hs Wall-Cockmount Hill

Hs Wall-Cockmount Hill
A view of Hadrians Wall on Cockmount Hill. Archaeological evidence suggests that the wall rarely saw large scale military conflicts, and acted more as a control barrier

Background imageActed Collection: Vallum at down Hill

Vallum at down Hill
A view of the vallum at Down Hill. The Vallum was a mound and ditch system, lying directly behing Hadrians Wall. It acted as a mechanism for people-control

Background imageActed Collection: Vallum on Hadrians Wall

Vallum on Hadrians Wall
The fosse ditch of the vallum system at Limestone Bank. The vallum lay behind the main stucture of Hadrians wall, and acted as a people-control structure, not as a defence

Background imageActed Collection: Stevenson and Belle

Stevenson and Belle
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON in the library at Vailima, Upsilu, Samoan Islands, with his stepdaughter Belle, who acted as his amanuensis


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