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Nathaniel BentleyNATHANIEL BENTLEY : hardware merchant of Leadenhall Street, London; after his fiancee died on their wedding eve, he neglected his appearance, earning the name Dirty Dick
Fifty Weeks Labour and Fourteen Days Swank!Comic postcard - Fifty Weeks Labour... and Fourteen Days Swank! Date: 1930
POULETT SENIOR CLAIMANTWILLIAM TURNOUR THOMAS POULETT claimant to the earldom of Poulett at the death of the sixth earl, earning a living as a street musician. Date: circa 1899
Poster, His Majestys Army, Rates of Pay for Soldiers, WW1Poster, His Majestys Army, Weekly Rates of Pay for Private Soldiers in the Regular Army and Special Reserve, First World War. 1915
Indian musician plays noseflute and bagpipes simultaneouslyAn itinerant Indian musician plays a wind instrument similar to a nose flute using one nostril, whilst playing the bagpipes using his mouth
WW2 poster, Good Work earns you more than a pay envelope -- it earns you your countrys gratitude. Date: 1940s
War Pay PosterInformation poster encouraging soldiers to save some of their pay during WWI in the form of savings certificates, earning a high rate of interest and free of income tax
Comic German postcard -- paying for accessComic German postcard -- desperate, overweight men paying for access to the toilet at a health spa. Date: early 20th century
Thomas Cumming, QuakerTHOMAS CUMMING Merchant in Africa, led an expedition against the French in Barbary, earning the nickname The Fighting Quaker. Date: ? - 1774
Sir Charles HallSIR CHARLES HALL lawyer, earning 10 000 per annum in the Chancery Court (say 1m today); no wonder he turned down the offer to become a judge Date: 1814 - 1883
Anne Mills, SailorANNE (or Ann) MILLS Female who served in the Royal Navy, fighting the French, one of whom she has decapitated with her cutlass, earning the praise Well cut, lass ! Date: CIRCA 1740
Nicholas Hart, the Great SleeperNicholas Hart, known as the Great Sleeper, who slept from 5 to 11 August 1711, though he was suspected of shamming with a view to earning money. Date: 1711
Borstal Inmates Learning to Cook and BakeInmates in the kitchen of an unidentified Borstal earning to cook and bake. Date: circa 1926
Sir Albert SassoonSir ALBERT ADDALLAH SASSOON son of David S. member of merchant family who throve on the opium trade and exploiting cheap native labour, earning large fortune and honours. Date: 1818 - 1896
Graf Von MontgelasMAXIMILIAN JOSEPH, graf von MONTGELAS, Bavarian statesman, minister of foreign affairs and of finances AND of the interior, earning the Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour. Date: 1759 - 1838
Gentleman wines and dines his lady in style but at low costHow can you do it? Gentleman wines and dines his lady in style at Belmonicos but at low cost, as he only earns $8.75 a week ! Date: 1912
Knitting a JerseyA woman, seated by an open door, knits a jersey as worn by fishermen and sailers on the Cornish coast
Messina BombardedFerdinando II orders the bombardment of Messina, where an insurrection has taken place, earning him the nickname of King Bomba
Glover Makers 1932Two cottage glove makers in the Cotswold village of Ashton Keynes, working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and earning a mere 28 shillings a week during the 1930s Depression
Warneford Downs ZeppelinFlight Sub-Lieutenant R.A.J. Warneford destroys the first Zeppelin, over Ghent, earning the Victoria Cross. He died in a plane crash in Paris just ten days later
Adelaide Hall / BeauteADELAIDE HALL American born, British adopted. One of the highest earning entertainers of the 1940s. First black star to be given a long term BBC contract
Friedrich in Bohemia 2Friedrich V, elector Palatine, protestant, claims Bohemia, but defeated at the battle of White Mountain he is forced into exile, earning him the title of the Winter King
Friedrich in BohemiaFriedrich V, elector Palatine, protestant, claims Bohemia, but defeated at the battle of White Mountain he is forced into exile, earning him the title of the Winter King