Audience Gallery

The Voice that filled the Albert Hall by H. M. Bateman

Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a buxom, matronly singer hitting a high note in the Albert Hall. Her voice is so loud (or bad?!) that chairs have fallen over and the audience can be seen disappearing through the exit doors. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander. His efficient, bold style depicting social faux-pas was ground breaking for its time and his work is a brilliant reflection of the period

© Estate of H M Bateman/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

King Henry VI of England married to Margaret of Anjou

King Henry VI of England married to Margaret of Anjou at Titchfield Abbey, 23 April 1445. The mad king was 24 and the queen 15. The ceremony is officiated by a bishop, and attended by maids in hennin, courtiers, falconer, jester, page with dagger. Marriage of Henry VI with Margaret of Anjou. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett's Comic History of England, Bradbury, Agnew & Co. London, 1880

© Florilegius

Winston Churchill watching 47th Division at Lille, France

Winston Churchill as a War Office minister, sitting with others on a grandstand at Lille, France, watching the march past of the 47th (2nd London) Division who liberated Lille from German occupation on 17 October 1918, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

© Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans

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