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Disreputable Collection

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, Noon

Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, Noon
Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, 2. Noon. A group of Huguenots attend the French Church in Hog Lane, London (right), opposite an eating house and a group of disreputable people (left)

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Cartoon, Twopenny Politics (Gladstone and Bright)

Cartoon, Twopenny Politics (Gladstone and Bright)
Cartoon, Twopenny Politics -- a satirical comment on electoral reform, as promoted by Liberal politicians John Bright and William Gladstone

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Slightly Louche Girl in a Studio portrait pose

Slightly Louche Girl in a Studio portrait pose in rather unusual boyish attire. Date: circa 1908

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Occupations 1882 - A Swell

Occupations 1882 - A Swell. 1882

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Edward Backhouse

Edward Backhouse
EDWARD BACKHOUSE Quaker historian, whose otherwise excellent work glosses over the early and somewhat disreputable history of the Society of Friends. Date: 1808 - 1879

Background imageDisreputable Collection: James Delahunty / Vfair 72

James Delahunty / Vfair 72
JAMES DELAHUNTY Politician Date: -

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Three Russian men in a studio photo

Three Russian men in a studio photo
Three Russian men looking disreputable and drinking vodka in a studio photo

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Barman has a stern word with a disreputable customer

Barman has a stern word with a disreputable customer who has been stealing pewter beer tankards, which he has been turning into coinage to bring back to spend at the same establishment

Background imageDisreputable Collection: A couple of Cockney Loafers

A couple of Cockney Loafers. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Caricature - William Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson

Caricature - William Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson
Satirical postcard, railing against the arrival in Great Britain of William Eugene " Pussyfoot" Johnson (18621945), a leading American advocate of prohibition

Background imageDisreputable Collection: The Hag of the Mill

The Hag of the Mill, a disreputable old lady whose animal companions could be taken for a witchs familiars

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Seven Dials London

Seven Dials London
Formerly a very disreputable part of London where policemen feared to tread

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Speculation, 1845

Speculation, 1845
The Railway Mania sets off a wave of speculation throughout Britain : disreputable people from the streets set themselves up as financial prospectors

Background imageDisreputable Collection: Ivor Novello / Pictorial

Ivor Novello / Pictorial
IVOR NOVELLO (Ivor Davies) Welsh actor of stage and screen, playwright and composer, with Isabel Jeans in The Rat


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