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Bankruptcy Collection

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: Notebook and wig of Justice Hawkins

Notebook and wig of Justice Hawkins
A notebook and wig once belonging to the English Judge, Justice Hawkins (Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton), given to Horatio William Bottomley, Liberal MP

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: Handley Page HP. 137 Jetstream 3M

Handley Page HP. 137 Jetstream 3M
Handley Page HP.137 Jetstream 3M (msn 258). The prototype of the 3M / C-10A, in Mar 1969, during an air-air photo-shoot. Scrapped in 1970 after the United States Air Force cancelled their order for

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: Wall Street Given Advice from Bishop Ingram 1907

Wall Street Given Advice from Bishop Ingram 1907
Bishop Ingram of London preaching to Wall Street business men, before panic in New York came. Date: October 1907

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: Panic Scene in New York 1907

Panic Scene in New York 1907
Crowds in Wall Street, New York, during the recent run on the banks. Over a three-week period starting in mid-October, when the New York Stock Exchange fell almost 50% from its peak the previous

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: English gentleman writing a begging letter in a decrepit

English gentleman writing a begging letter in a decrepit parlour with lawyer and loanshark looking on. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: Father Time showing men and women scenes from life

Father Time showing men and women scenes from life
Allegorical illustration of Father Time with scythe, globe and hourglass showing men and women scenes from life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: Panic of 1907 in Wall Street, New York

Panic of 1907 in Wall Street, New York
The 1907 Bankers Panic or Knickerbocker Crisis lasted three-weeks where the stock exchange had dropped almost 50% from its peak the previous year

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: Bankruptcy Court 1907

Bankruptcy Court 1907
Proceedings in the bankruptcy court. Date: 1907

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: Hammered Bankrupt 1874

Hammered Bankrupt 1874
A failed company is hammered for bankruptcy Date: 1874

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: The Hon Sir James Bacon

The Hon Sir James Bacon
THE HONORABLE SIR JAMES BACON Vice-Chancellor and Chief Judge in Bankruptcy -

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: Rescued? Nothing doing in the mercy line from the Bluebeard

Rescued? Nothing doing in the mercy line from the Bluebeard

Background imageBankruptcy Collection: Origin Species, CH Bennett, man of finance - shark

Origin Species, CH Bennett, man of finance - shark
Alls fish that comes. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of man of finance from a shark. Shark fins have developed into a swallow-tail coat, his own tail into a pair of legs


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