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Ataturk Mustapha Kemal
(MUSTAPHA) KEMAL ATATURK Soldier, reformer, and Founder of the Turkish State

Herodotus / Freeman / Bust
HERODOTUS Greek historian

Mr Pickwick Addresses
Mr Pickwick addresses the Club

Jb Lully / Bust
JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician: portrait bust

Anthony Trollope / Photo
ANTHONY TROLLOPE English novelist

John Ruskin / Photo / Desk
JOHN RUSKIN English art critic and writer Photograph sitting at his desk

St John Chrysostom / Theve
SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM Archbishop of Constantinople, noted preacher, exiled by the rich and powerful for his outspoken views Date: circa 347 - 407

Comic postcard, Flowers in the park Date: 20th century

Bram Stoker, novelist and theatre manager
Bram Stoker, novelist and short story writer, best known for the gothic novel Dracula (1897). He was also theatre manager for Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London

Henri Rochefort / Sem
HENRI ROCHEFORT Controversial French journalist, looking rather severe Date: 1830 - 1913

Heraclitus / Silvestro
HERACLITUS Greek philosopher: portrait bust

Fortune Teller 1950S
A fortune teller reads a mans fortune for him by candlelight, using a pack of ordinary playing cards

Lily Brayton as Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew
Lily Brayton as Katharina in Shakespeares comedy, The Taming of the Shrew at the Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, West London, with Oscar Asche. The couple were also performing in Othello. 1900s

Reginald Bell, stained glass artist
Caricature of Reginald Bell, stained glass artist, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

George Drysdale FRIBA, architect
Caricature of George Drysdale FRIBA (Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects), architect, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

Cartoon, His Valentine, W E Gladstone at his desk
Political cartoon, His Valentine, William Ewart Gladstone at his desk, holding a portrait of Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician Date: 1891

Victorian scrap, old woman taking snuff Date: 19th century

Unhappy young girl with her toy wooden horse Date: circa 1910

John Thaw, English actor of stage and screen
John Edward Thaw (1942-2002), English actor of stage and screen. Seen here (right) with another actor. Date: circa 1980s

Comic postcard, Conductor and band Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple with four babies Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Foreman and workman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Daughter describes her date to her mother Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman and council official Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman reprimands servant Date: 20th century

Beerbohm Tree, cartoon of actor watching rehearsal
Beerbohm Tree, cartoon of the actor watching a rehearsal from the theatre gallery

Comic postcard, Wedding usher and brides mother Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boy sees father kissing the servant Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Maid and mistress Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Maid, mistress and master Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, father with baby, writing a card Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy doing multiplication Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Honourable intentions Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman and man diving into the sea, with the mans annoyed wife standing watching Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Vicar with married couple Date: 20th century

C Aubrey Smith, The Creaking Chair, Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, Haymarket, London. Also starring Tallulah Bankhead. Date: 1924

HOUSEWIFES TEA BREAK
A tired housewife in an apron sits on a chair, frowning. Is she not entitled to a tea break? Date: late 1960s

EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI Italian mathematician and physicist; he improved the telescope and invented the barometer Date: 1608 - 1647

Edward, Prince of Wales, in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa
Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), on a visit to Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. 1928

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - reading the newspaper. circa 1910s

Henri Gregoire / Profile
HENRI GREGOIRE (Abbe) French prelate and revolutionary, member of the Estates-General and Constituent Assembly

Victorian scrap - The Old Earl
Victorian Scrap - The Old Earl. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - Working mans rights
Victorian scrap - Political Types - Working Mans Rights. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - Red hot republican
Victorian scrap - Political Types - Red Hot Republican. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - French drapeau rough
Victorian scrap - Political Types - French Drapeau Rough. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - Ignorant democracy
Victorian scrap - Political Types - Ignorant Democracy. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap - Political Types - MP of the Future. late 19th century

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B3, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

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