Commissions Collection

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) shown in the late 1860s with a pet dog. Louise was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Proposals for Charing Cross Bridge by G. H. Davis 1926
Proposals for Charing Cross Bridge. Date: 1926

Royal Horse Artillery in Great War Deeds, WW1
Sergeant-Major Dorrell and Sergeant Nelson of the Royal Horse Artillery, remaining alone to work the last gun of L Battery during the retreat from Mons

Inns of Court OTC advertisement, WW1
Text advertisement encouraging men to join the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps, also known as The Devils Own. Commissions were available for public school and university educated men

Gladstone and Purchase
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE He abolishes the system of purchasing commissions, against the wishes of the House of Lords. Date: 1809 - 1898

John Collier (Bobbin)
JOHN COLLIER, known as Tim Bobbin - Lancashire artist of memorable satirical prints on topical issues (eg sale of commissions) and scenes of daily life (eg dentistry). Date: 1708 - 1786

Dioscorides receives a mandrake root from Euresis
Dioscorides(c. 40 90 AD), Greek naturalist, receives a mandrake root from Euresis, goddess of Discovery, and commissions an artist to make a drawing of it. Date: circa 80 AD

CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). United Kingdom, 1809. Cartoon about the scandal of the Duke of York (Frederick of York and Albany 1763-1827) as the result of the activities of his latest mistress

Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle
GWYLLYM LLOYD WARDLE Statesman, member of parliament for Oakingham, who took leading part in accusing the duke of York of trafficking in commissions. Date: 1762 - 1833

Elizabeth Taylor - 2
ELIZABETH TAYLOR witness at the scandalous sale of commissions trial involving the duke of York, no less ! Date: circa 1809

Elizabeth Taylor
ELIZABETH TAYLOR witness at the scandalous sale of commissions trial involving the duke of York, would you believe ? Date: circa 1809

Mary Anne Taylor
MARY ANNE TAYLOR witness at the trial of the duke of York for trafficking in commissions. Sister (?) of Elizabeth Taylor.) Date: circa 1809

Mary Anne Taylor - 2
MARY ANNE TAYLOR witness at the trial of the duke of York for trafficking in commissions. Sister (?) of Elizabeth Taylor.) Date: circa 1809

Huxley Sandon - 2
Captain HUXLEY SANDON witness at the trial of the duke of York for trafficking in commissions. Date: CIRCA 1809

Huxley Sandon - 1
Captain HUXLEY SANDON witness at the trial of the duke of York for trafficking in commissions. Date: CIRCA 1809

Arthur, 1st Marquess of Donegall 1739-99 (c.1780). Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788. During the eighteenth century full-length portraits were the most admired

Romania - National Exhibition of 1906 (11 / 16)
Romania - National Exhibition of 1906 - Bucharest - The Commissions and European Pavilions and the River Danube Date: 1906

Romania - National Exhibition of 1906 (14 / 16)
Romania - National Exhibition of 1906 - Bucharest - Commissions and European Pavilions and the River Danube Date: 1906

Commissioners are sent into the departments to revise the judgments of the mixed commissions (whatever that means)

Buying Commissions
A satire on the youthfulness of some British Army officers whose fathers buy them a commission. Here a boy- officer is watched over by a nurse who holds his reins

Victoria / Gladstone / 1871
Victoria advised by Gladstone to abolish purchase of commissions in the army

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