Finances Collection

Postcard for the Budget League chaired by Winston Churchill to promote the Peoples Budget introduced by David Lloyd George. Tax the Loafer - not the loaf!

A problem of income - couple trying to balance the books
A problem of income. Grenville and Sue Collins trying to balance the books as they await the Mary Evans Picture Library Royalty Statement...! Date: circa 1910s

John Law (1671 1729). Scottish economist. Dutch satirical
John Law (16711729). Scottish economist. He was appointed Controller General of Finances of France under King Louis XV. In 1716 Law established the Banque Ge?ne?rale in France, a private bank

Joihn Laws Scheme
Satire on John Laws Louisiana fiasco. Scots economist appointed controller-general of finances in France, he launched the disastrous Mississippi bubble

French Caricatures, Hodgepodge of Heads
A selection of caricatures of prominent French figures, including Minister of Public Works Pierre Baudin, painter Albert Pierre Rene Maignan, historian and journalist Georges Eugene Sorel

Cartoon, The pantomime is coming
Cartoon, " The World" is withdrawn, but the pantomime is coming. Possibly a reference to an unsuccessful production coming to an end, just before the pantomime season begins

Antoine Coiffier, Marquis d Effiat, 1581-1632
Antoine Coiffier de Ruze, Marquis d Effiat, Marshal of France and Superintendent of Finances to King Louis XIII, 1581-1632

Guillaume de Montmorency, General des finances
Guillaume de Montmorency, Lord of Chantilly, General des finances du roi, son of Jean II Baron Montmorency, 1453-1531. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature depicting the court

Florimond de Robertet, secretaire des finances 1458-1527
Florimond de Robertet, secretaire des finances du roi, Florimond Ier Robertet d Alluye, 1458-1527. Short manteau, pourpoint, yellow pantalons with a violet line

Jean de Montaigu, superintendent of finances
Jean de Montaigu, vidame du Laonnais, superintendent of finances to King Charles V and VI, 1363-1409. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a sculpture in the chapel of Chateau de

Coxs by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
When one feels rather in favour of floating a War Loan of ones own. A British officer visits his bank to find out hes rather overdrawn. Date: 1917

Bank of San Giorgio in Genoa (16th c. ). ITALY
Bank of San Giorgio in Genoa (16th c.). ITALY. Genoa. Bank of San Giorgio

Etienne de Silhouette - Profile portrait
Etienne de Silhouette (1709-1767) - French Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV of France. His miserly tenure gave birth to the term a la Silhouette applying to the perception of things as

Etienne de Silhouette - Full-length silhouette portrait
Etienne de Silhouette (1709-1767) - French Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV of France. His miserly tenure gave birth to the term a la Silhouette applying to the perception of things as

John Law (1671 A?i? 1729). Scottish economist. Dutch satiri
John Law (1671A?i?1729). Scottish economist. He was appointed Controller General of Finances of France under King Louis XV. In 1716 Law established the Banque G?n?rale in France, a private bank

Jacques Necker (1732-1804). French statesman and financial
Jacques Necker (1732-1804). French statesman and finance minister of king Louis XVI of France. Portrait. Engraving, 1903. Colored

East India House, headquarters of the East India Company in Leadenhall Street, London ca.1830. The building was demolished in 1861 and the site is now occupied by the Lloyds building. Engraving

Front cover of The Bystander, 1915: US war profiteering
A British comment on war profiteering by America, and the British right to search neutral merchant vessels for contraband during World War One. Date: 1915

David Hansemann (1790-1864). Engraving. Colored
David Hansemann (1790-1864). Prussian politician and banker. Engraving in Universal History, 1885. Colored

Hermann von Beckerath (1801-1870). Colored engraving
Hermann von Beckerath (1801-1870). Prussian politician and banker. Engraving in World History, 1885. Colored

Jacques Coeur
JACQUES COEUR French merchant who gained wealth through trading and manufacturing. Chancellor to King Charles VII; in charge of royal finances. Date: 1395 - 1456

Paris, France - Cour du Ministre des Finances. Date: 1829

Michel Particelli
MICHEL PARTICELLI, sieur d Emery French financier, controlleur- general des finances for Louis XIII. Date: 1595? - 1650

Graf Von Montgelas
MAXIMILIAN 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

Jacques Laffitte - 2
JACQUES LAFFITTE French financier and statesman, ministre des finances in 1831. Date: 1767 - 1844

Jacques Laffitte - 1
JACQUES LAFFITTE French financier and statesman, ministre des finances in 1831. Date: 1767 - 1844

Jewish usurer, Sanctorum Peregrinationes in
" Jewish usurer, " Sanctorum Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam" by Bernhard von Breindenbach (1440-1497). Gothic art."

BENVENUTO DI GIOVANNI (1436-1518). The Council

La chose impossible, ou la commission des finances telle qui

US Treasury - Washington D. C. USA - at the Junction of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, just eats of the White House. Date: circa 1910

A Sovereign Remedy
John Bull holds the hand of a rather unhealthy looking pound note in a satirical illustration which alludes to the falling value of sterling against the dollar in 1920

Will it Come to This
A possible scenario due to the falling value of the pound against the dollar in 1920. A brashly dressed cigar-smoking American changes a dollar at a bank and when asked how he would like it, replies

Nero
A rather drunk looking man smoking a pipe and playing an accordian sits ignoring the British pound note beside him going up in flames

A Gentle Reminder
The Dollar: Say, you two guys are looking a bit chippy; whats happened? The Sovereign & the Franc: Oh, just a bit of a scrap in France, old son: had you forgotten

Golden Grain
A satirical picture of an American reaper with a huge scythe representing the rate of exchange being sharpened with a lathe representing sterling currency

Commune Damage 18
The Ministere des Finances is one of the government buildings targeted by the Communards for its associations with the oppressive regime

Commune Damage 5
The Communards make a right mess of the Ministere des Finances

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