Circumstances Collection

Morden College
Built by sir John Morden, a Turkey merchant, circa 1700, to house decayed merchants and still providing a home for people in unfortunate circumstances

Ingeborg Kober
Norwegian medium Ingenborg Kober, whose father Judge Dahl died in mysterious circumstances, which were finally judged to be accidental

Portrait of Ethel Le Neve
Ethel Le Neve, Dr Crippens mistress. Dr Crippen, an American citizen, lived at 39 Hilldrop Cresent, Camden, London. He was accused of murdering his wife when she disappeared under suspicious

Ludwig Ii / Sophie Charlot
KING LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA AND PRINCESS SOPHIE CHARLOTTE Seen during their engagement: the marriage was cancelled in strange circumstances

Amy Robsart Dudley 1532 1560 Wife Robert Earl
amy, robsart, dudley, 1532, 1560, wife, robert, earl, leicester, found, dead, foot, flight, stairs, suspicious, circumstances, history, historical, 10085681

POPE JOANNES XIV (Pietro Campanora) attempted to reform the papacy but was found dead in suspicious circumstances... Date: reigned 983 - 984

Cartoon portrait, GEORGE JOACHIM GOSCHEN, 1st VISCOUNT GOSCHEN MP, as a parrot on a perch, whose allegiances shift from Conservative to Liberal according to circumstances. Date: 1881

Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wet
Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be a blind beggar singing for your supper/lodging in the rain... Date: circa 1904

Alfred Lowenstein
ALFRED LOWENSTEIN Belgian Financier who vanished under mysterious circumstances

Florence Dixie Attacked
Writer, socialite and traveller Lady FLORENCE DIXIE is attacked under mysterious circumstances at her home, The Fishery : a connection with Irish Fenians is suspected. Date: 1883

Showing Ankles
LADIES ANKLES There are circumstances under which a lady may reveal her ankles without incurring the slur of immorality... Date: 1902

Circumstances Alter Cases, by Bairnsfather
Circumstances Alter Cases Showing the value of locality in warfare A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather illustrating the difference the location and context can make to an action

Anarchist Outrages 2
Ravachol (on left) and fellow- anarchists on trial for bomb outrages : Ravachol is spared the guillotine through extenuating circumstances but faces other charges. Date: 1892

Theodosia Burr
THEODOSIA (nee BURR) ALSTON daughter of Aaron Burr, child prodigy, wife of governor Joseph Alston, lost at sea in mysterious circumstances while on way to visit her father. Date: 1783 - 1813

Lysias (Anon)
LYSIAS Athenian orator who, being in straitened circumstances, became a professional speech- writer for legal counsel Date: 450? - 380 BC

Shipping Casualties HMSO report, Inquiry booklet
Two items relating to the sinking of the Titanic. 1. Front cover of the HMSO report of an official investigation, entitled Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship Titanic)

Wilhelm Visits
Wilhelm I, king of Prussia, arrives at the palais des Tuileries. He will pay a second visit in four years time, but under less friendly circumstances

Fisherman and Family looking out to sea
Engraving, originally entitled An anxious moment, showing a small family and a fisherman standing on a quay looking out to sea

Adrienne Lecouvreur / Oval
ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR talented actress of the Comedie Francaise, who died in mysterious circumstances, perhaps poisoned by a rival

Hotei, God of Children
The God of the Children, one of the most popular of Japanese deities, he personifies the contented spirit in the midst of adverse circumstances

Order of Calatrava
ORDER OF CALATRAVA Spanish order created 1155 by a monk, Velasquez, under particularly dramatic circumstances (see text) to fight the infidel Moors

Keeper and Master
A gamekeeper shows proper respect to his master by touching his cap (implying that he would doff it if circumstances permitted)

Adrienne Lecouvreur
ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR French actress, popular in Moliere and Racine, died under suspicious circumstances, perhaps poisoned by a rival

Louis a Berthier
LOUIS ALEXANDRE BERTHIER French soldier, Napoleons Chief of Staff throughout his career from 1796 to 1814; he died falling from a window in mysterious circumstances

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