Claimants Collection

The end of the Tichborne trial
The final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The claimants farewell to the judge

SIXTH EARL POULETT
WILLIAM HENRY, sixth earl POULETT nobleman whose death inspired a pair of claimants for his title. Date: 1827 - 1899

Female royalist Spanish troops 1875
Three sketches of female Alphonsist vivandieres from different regiments, shortly after the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy under Alphonso XII in Spain, December 1874. Date: 1875

Spain (1869). Glorious revolution. Suspension
" Spain (1869). Glorious revolution. Suspension of the constitutional rights by the provisional government. Caricature from the magazine " La Flaca" with Juan Prim

Pope Gregorius XII (Angelo Corrari) abdicated to end the conflict between papal claimants

Oyster & its Claimants
THE OYSTER AND ITS CLAIMANTS: An oyster is spied by two men each claiming to have seen it first; the appointed judge swallows the oyster, handing each a shell

Edward I in Scotland
Edward I is recognised as overlord of Scotland; claimants to the Scottish throne agree to abide by his arbitration

Judgment of Solomon
HIS JUDGMENT : He has to decide which of two claimants is the real mother of a child : he orders a guard to cut it in two - the real mother says no, let the other have it

Marina Mniszech
MARINA MNISZECH - Polish adventuress who married two false Dmitris (claimants to the Russian throne. After a wildly adventurous life she died in prison

Labour Exchange
LABOUR EXCHANGE at Camberwell Green, expectant claimants and busy officials

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