Hoped Collection

Prince George of Wales and the Edinburgh family
Prince George of Wales (1865-1936), later King George V (pictured centre) with his cousins, the children of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg

Sketches of Cricket in India, 1890
A series of sketches by an English Cavalry Officer of a game of cricket played between an Indian College and British Officers, in India, 1890

Country Wedding
A country wedding : the bride and groom emerge from the church, watched by yokels and others, and by a young lady who looks as though she once hoped to be the chosen one Date: circa 1830

Germanys E-boat by G. H. Davis
Germanys E-boat -- a naval mosquito with torpedoes and guns, in use during the Second World War. The craft which Germany hoped would help disorganise the Allied invasion fleet. Date: 1944

Anna Plumptre
ANNA PLUMPTRE Writer and translator, who hoped Napoleon would invade England and do away with the aristocracy. Date: 1760 - 1818

Thomas Bumalacarregui
THOMAS BUMALACARREGUI Basque guerilla leader who hoped to take advantage of Spains divided political state to advance the cause of Basque deparatism. Date: CIRCA 1835

Views of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, 1913
Illustrations and photograph of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, in 1913 when it was felt that the building was suffering from subsidence

The flooded fens around the Coffer Dam. Farmland drowned in
The flooded fens of the Eastern Counties. The flooding caused by numerous high tides which was hoped to be resolved by the building of the Coffer Dam The dam would act as a barrier to the assaults of

Shy Man in Train
A shy traveller is disturbed by a group of females who invade the railway compartment he hoped to have all to himself

Red Flag / Brandenburg
The Red Flag is flown at the Brandenburg Gate by German Communists who hoped that the dissolution of Imperial Germany might be turned into a more radical revolution

Saul Unsoothed by Harp
Saul goes into a state of depression, and it is hoped that music therapy, supplied by David on his harp, will help him snap out of it

Madagascar Welcome 1895
The French find Madagascar less accommodating than they had hoped

C. Pankhurst as Dancer
Christabel Pankhurst, aged 17, while staying with the Rochefort Du Faux family in Geneva. Her mother Emmeline hoped for a time that she would become a ballet dancer

Ww1 / 1915 / Constantinople
A musical piece commemorates the SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE, the hoped-for climax of the disastrous Dardanelles expedition : an event which never took place !

Native Americans in War
I dare say most native Americans hoped the North and South will exterminate each other, but some take sides - these Delaware warriors have enlisted in the Federal army

Republicans Grieve
Republicans grieve for the 1830 revolution, which they hoped would bring them a republic, not the monarchy of Louis-Philippe

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