Committed Collection

Screaming Lord Sutch
DAVID SCREAMING LORD SUTCH British politician, musician and maverick, founder of the Official Monster Raving Looney Party (1983). Sadly, a manic depressive, committed suicide. Date: 1940 - 1999

Haiti Royal Palace
Citadelle Laferrire, the palace of Henri Christophe, ruler from 1807, king 1811-1818, committed suicide 1820

The Jockey Fred Archer
FREDERICK JAMES ARCHER Phenomenally successful jockey from the 1860s to the 1880s. Committed suicide after death of his wife, and owing to ill- health through excessive diet. Date: 1857 - 1886

Jacques Aymar finds a thief
French sourcier Jacques Aymar directs his baguette at four prisoners to learn which of them committed a robbery.. Date: 1688

Field Gun outside the TJaegershof Restaurant
The restaurant has a small but interesting museum which is concerned with the activities nearby, including the St Sixtus Abbey

Henry, Prince of Wales committed to prison
Henry, Prince of Wales (the future King Henry V) committed to prison for striking Judge William Gascoigne in the Court of the Kings Bench - an apocryphal story. early 15th century

CRIME / JACK SHEPPARD
Jack Sheppard (1702-1724); English thief; committed almost daily robberies in or near London. Captured through Jonathan Wild. Daring escapes from Newgate prison; hanged. Date: 1724

Cartoon, Why should these two be committed for Trial?
Cartoon, Why should these two interesting Gentlemen be committed for Trial? 1879

Claude Le Blanc
CLAUDE LE BLANC French statesman and courtier who incurred the enmity of persons at court and was committed to the Bastille, but was acquitted and retired. Date: 1669 - 1728

Lillian Hall-Davies, British film actress
Lillian Hall-Davies (1898-1933), British film actress of the silent era. She failed to make the transition to talkies, and committed suicide. Seen here in a mob cap, holding a basket of flowers

Seychelles Scouts Court of Honour
Sitting of the Court of Honour to deal with an offence committed by a Scout. September 1932

Mrs Bridges Adams
Mrs Mary Bridges Adams, a member of the new London School Board. She was committed to educational opportunity for workers children

Catherine Booth, c. 1890
Engraved portrait of Catherine Booth (1829-1890), nee Mumford, wife of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. Catherine Booth was committed to the same motivations as her husband

Concepts / Reincarnation
Making reparation in this life for sins committed during a previous existence

Syntax / Rowlandson / Party
Doctor Syntax: Quae Genus committed, with a riotous dancing Party, to the Watch-House

Mary Weds Joseph / Fouquet
Mary, though committed to lifelong virginity, weds the elderly Joseph; disappointed suitors break their staffs, while Josephs staff bursts into flower

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