Bill Collection (page 5)

Cover of Dance Magazine, November 1930, perhaps representing the tap dancer Bill Robinson (Boojangles). Sketched by Jose Manuel Acosta Date: 1930

Stars of the Summer Night - Dany study offered
Stars of the Summer Night - Summer Dance school offered by Florence Rogge, Ted Shawn, Leon Leonidoff and Bill Robinson, New York, 1931 Date: 1931

Portrait of Amercian tap dancer Bill Robinson, 1931
Portrait of Amercian tap dancer Bill Robinson (Bojangles), 1931 Date: 1931

Bill Edrich and Denis Compton coming out to bat at Lords Cricket ground during the legendary summer of 1947 when Compton scored 3, 816 runs and Edrich 3, 539. Date: 1947

Prime Minister Asquith - Commons Home Rule Bill debate
Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith (1852 - 1928), replying to Mr Walter Longs Amendment Speech in the House of Commons, declaring that it would be disasterous to proceed with the Home Rule Bill

Home Rule Bill of 1912
John Redmond (1856 - 1918), leader of the Irish party, claiming home bill for Ireland. Declaring that " The bill will establish in Ireland a Parliament with power to deal with purely Irish

English tourists hunting in the highlands of Scotland, caught by a Scottish gamekeeper in tartan kilt and gaiters. Doctor Prosody taken for a poacher in the neighbourhood of Stirling

Bruce Bairnsfathers Cottage Memorial, St Yvon, Belgium
The rebuilt cottage stands on the site of the original building in which, in 1914, Bruce Bairnsfather drew his first catoons which led to the creation of Old Bill

Bus House CWGC Voormezeele, Belgium
Marking places on battefields is always a tricky business. hence the use of simple identifiers such as Lone Tree, Railway Corner etc. Our old friend Rose Coombs told how this cemetery got its name

Cartoon, That Ballot-Boy Again! (Ballot Bill)
Cartoon, That Ballot-Boy Again! The Ballot Bill (legislation for the use of a secret ballot in elections) was proving difficult to get through

Cartoon, Swift on a Large Scale (Gladstone)
Cartoon, Swift on a Large Scale -- a comment on Gladstones assigning the surplus from Irish Church endowments (resulting from the disestablishment of the Irish Church) for humanitarian purposes

Cartoon, Our Siamese Twins (English and Irish Churches)
Cartoon, Our Siamese Twins -- a satirical comment on Gladstones Irish Church Suspensory Bill, which was carried against the Conservative government by a large majority in 1868

Cartoon, Don t Touch the Queen (Irish Church)
Cartoon, Don t Touch the Queen -- a satirical comment on Gladstones Irish Church Suspensory Bill, which was carried against the Conservative government by a large majority

Cartoon, Ben and his Bogey (Disraeli)
Cartoon, Ben and his Bogey -- a satirical comment on Disraelis speech to his Buckinghamshire electors, suggesting that the Roman Catholic Church will be the only organisation to gain from

Cartoon, The Whitebait Dinner... at Greenwich
Cartoon, The Whitebait Dinner; or, Parties at Greenwich -- rival politicians encounter each other at the traditional summertime Whitebait Dinner in Greenwich, SE London

Cartoon, The Return From Victory (Disraeli and Reform)
Cartoon, The Return From Victory -- a satirical comment on Disraelis success in getting his Reform Bill passed after a third reading in the House of Commons on 15 July 1867

Cartoon, Extremes Must Meet (Disraeli and Reform)
Cartoon, Extremes Must Meet; or, A Bit of Practical Science -- a satirical comment on Disraelis Reform Bill, in which men can qualify for the vote if they are ratepayers

Cartoon, The Irrepressible Lodger (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, The Irrepressible Lodger -- a satirical comment on Disraelis agreement to include lodgers in his Reform Bill, declaring himself the Father of the Lodger Franchise

Cartoon, Political Kidnapping (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, Political Kidnapping -- a satirical comment on the transfer of the electoral reform initiative from the Liberals (Lord John Russell) to the Conservatives (Lord Derby)

Cartoon, Rival Sweepers (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, Rival Sweepers -- a satirical comment on the opening of the new Parliamentary session, with MPs from both parties ready to put forward their rival ideas for electoral reform

Cartoon, The Rival Conductors (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, The Rival Conductors -- a satirical comment on electoral reform, as represented by Gladstone (Liberal, left) and Disraeli (Conservative, right)

Cartoon, A Fishy Case (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, A Fishy Case -- a satirical comment on the machinations involved in securing electoral reform, in order to give respectable working men the vote

Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction (Reform)
Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction -- a satirical comment on parliamentary disagreements between Gladstone and Disraeli over the latters Reform Bill. 1867

Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! (Disraeli)
Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! A satirical comment on the arguments surrounding the extension of the franchise in Disraelis Reform Bill

Cartoon, A New King of the Castle (Disraeli and Gladstone)
Cartoon, A New King of the Castle -- a satirical comment on the political rivalry between Gladstone (Liberal) and Disraeli (Conservative), portrayed as schoolboys about to have a fight

Cartoon, The Belle of the Season (Russell and Reform)
Cartoon, The Belle of the Season -- a satirical comment on Lord John Russells promise that reform measures will be taken in the next parliamentary session

Cartoon, The Coming Struggle (Disraeli versus Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Coming Struggle -- using the Boat Race as an analogy for politics, Disraeli and Gladstone are depicted as rowers in competing boats

Cartoon, The Dispatch of Business (Disraeli and Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Dispatch of Business -- a satirical comment on the conflicting approaches of Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) and William Gladstone (Liberal) to electoral reform. Date: 1866

Cartoon, Who Will Rouse Him? The British Lion, representing the British constituencies, seems apathetic towards political reform, in particular the proposed extension of the franchise to working men

Cartoon, A Very Greasy Pole (John Bright)
Cartoon, A Very Greasy Pole -- satirical comment on John Brights efforts in promoting Reform, in particular an extension of the franchise to working men, the year after he became MP for Birmingham

Cartoon, A Parcel of Old ------ Frightened at a... Bill
Cartoon, A Parcel of Old ------ Frightened at a Nasty! Great! Ugly! Jew Bill. A satirical comment on the House of Lords rejection of the Jewish Disabilities Bill

Cartoon, A Bit of Animated Nature, the Protectionist Cuckoo in the Hedge Sparrows Nest. A satirical depiction of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, as the cuckoo

Unionist posters for the General Election, & their artists
A selection of Unionist posters designed for the 1910 general election campaign. Pictured are their artists, from left, Edward Huskinson, John Hassall and G. R. Halkett. Date: 1910

Reform and Anti-Reform
Reform Bill - Reform and Anti-Reform - depiction of a naval battle between two ships, with the Reform ship winning. " The Portraits of the King, Lords Brougham, Russell, Grey

Cartoon, The Handwriting on the Wall. King William IV wonders if the Reform Bill has anything to do with him. The Reform Act, extending the franchise by just over 50 per cent

Playbill, Empire Theatre, Belfast, Ireland, November 1921
Playbill for Empire Theatre, Belfast, November 1921 - The Weldonn Singers are top of the bill, alongside Will Luff, Henri Hilton, Three Godwyns, Reg Jecks and Vera Vivian

Bruce Bairnsfather drawing 1939
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1887 - 1959), British cartoonist and illustrator, photographed as he works on a drawing of Old Bill

Jack Buchanana in Thats a Good Girl, London Hippodrome
Jack Buchanan (1890 - 1957), Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director, pictured at the time he was playing the role of Bill Barrow in the London Hippodrome musical

The Cherub - Chamberlain keeping watch on Poor Jack
The Cherub - Joseph Chamberlain looking out for the interests and security of Poor Jack with his Merchant Shipping Bill. Date: 1884

Musky storks bill, Erodium moschatum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Doves foot cranes bill, Geranium molle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Cut-leaved cranesbill, Geranium dissectum
Cut-leaved cranesbill or jagged-leaved cranes bill, Geranium dissectum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Cranesbill or Geranium species
Angular-stalked cranesbill, Geranium angulatum, Dr. Wallichs cranesbill, G. wallichianum, silver-leaved cranesbill, G. argenteum, Caucasian cranesbill, G. ibericum, white-flowered cranesbill, G

Long-beaked storks bill and ragwort
Long-beaked storks bill, Erodium botrys, and bitterweed or ragwort, Ambrosia artemisiaefolia. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Smoothhand shark, angler fish, burrfish and sawfish bill
Common smoothhand, Mustelus mustelus, Vulnerable 1, angler fish, Lophius piscatorius 2, burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfi 3, and bill of a sawfish, Pristis pectinata, critically endangered 4

Sword-blade halberd, brown bill, axe, etc
Sword blade halberd 1, 3, 5, brown bill 2, Lochaber-axe 4, ancient bill 6, hand bill with small bells 7, and bill found at Battefield, Shrewsbury 8. Copperplate engraving by J

Storks bill, Erodium cicutarium
Le Bec de Grue a fleurs saffrantes. Storks bill, Erodium cicutarium. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Kaka beak, Clianthus puniceus
Kaka beak, crimson clianthus or glory pea, Clianthus puniceus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

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