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Mademoiselle Chauvin the first female barrister 1901Mademoiselle Chauvin, the first female barrister, illustrated as she is sworn in at the French Bar. The Sphere describes the mixed reaction to Mdlle Chauvins right to practise
Visigothic Code or Liber Iudiciorum or Lex Visigothorum. Set of laws promulgated by the Visigothic king of Hispania, Chindasuinth and enlarged by Recceswinth (654).Vit. 14-5. I foliate I
Gandhi breaking the Salt Laws - the civil disobedience in InIn 1930 Ghandi led the Salt March to Dandi, which was an act of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India
List of School RulesA list of 12 school rules of the Haberdashers Askes School for Girls, Hatcham including the penalty for unmaidenly conduct. You have been warned!
Suffragette in the DockArrested suffragette in the dock : I protest against Man- made laws !
Ideal ScientistThe ideal scientist - interested in the old as well as the new, anatomy as well as astronomy, the laws of chance and of mathematics, the skill of chess, the hues of a rose
Punch / Corn Law / CoventgdnCORN LAWS Purifying Covent Garden Theatre
Kate Meyrick released from prisonKate Ma Meyrick (1875 -1933), an Irish business woman and Queen of the London nightclub scene. She ran " 43", a late-night jazz club at 43 Gerrard Street in Soho
Anti-Poor Law poster c. 1834 showing the interior of an English workhouse under the new laws Date: c. 1834
Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Bride and Parents-in-Law. The bride performing a rite of drinking sake with her husbands parents in order to express the true heart of loving each other tenderly as
Tynwald Hill - St John s, Isle of Man (" where the new Manx Laws are made" ). Established by Norse Viking settlers over a thousand years ago with the hill thought to have been built in
Ancient Irish JudgesA BREHON, a judge of ancient Ireland, with his FILIDH, whose job it was to know all the laws and be able to quote them. With them is an Irish wolfhound. Date: early centuries AD
Gandhi breaking the Salt LawsGandhi with Mrs Sarojini Maidu at Dandi before the Salt March of 1930
King Cnut commands the tide to retreat (unsuccessfully)Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler
Sir Isaac NewtonSIR ISaC NEWTON - Mathematician and physicist Formulates gravitational laws Date: 1642-1727
Football referees studying the rules of the gameLondon Association of Referees using tactical table to study the rules of the game Date: 1946
Isaac Newton (1642-1726/1727). English mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Chromolithography, 1876. Date: 2014
Anti-Tory demonstration with Morning Star bannerAnti-Tory demonstration on a London street with a Morning Star banner and Socialist Worker placards. Date: circa 1980
Cartoon, The Seven-league boots 1846Cartoon, The Seven-league boots; or, Death of Giant Monopoly. A satirical comment on the repeal of the Corn Laws, depicting Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister
Great Yarmouth Common Lodging House Bye LawsPart of the bye laws for the regulation of Common Lodging Houses, issued by the Great Yarmouth Local Board of Health. Date: 1868
Cartoon, The Protection Giant -- Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum! I smell the Blood of an Englishman; Be he Alive, or be he Dead, I ll grind his Bones to make my Bread
Cartoon, The Rising Generation -- In Parliament. A satirical comment on conflicts within the Conservative Party over Sir Robert Peels repeal of the Corn Laws
King William I, Normans, Architecture, Laws, Art, LearningKing William I (The Conqueror), Normans, architecture, laws, art and learning. (4 of 4) 11th century
Vice-Admiral Ws Leveson Gower, Isle of ManVice-Admiral Ws Leveson Gower, 4th Earl Granville, Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man, taking part in a procession on Tynwald Hill, an ancient ceremony promulgating new laws, on 5 July 1938. 1938
Sir John Wolfenden, the Chairman of the Committee on the Laws relating to Homosexuality and Prostitution, in a studio at Broadcasting House before discussing the report in BBC Radios Womans Hour
Petrol pumps on the pavement at a service station at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, a practice not permitted by local by-laws. Green Shield stamps for sale! Date: 1960s
Gladstone speaking in the House of CommonsInterior of House of Commons with Gladstone in his early years speaking
Opening session of the First State Duma, RussiaThe opening session of the short-lived First State Duma (legislative assembly), which lasted until July but was deadlocked when radicals challenged fundamental laws. Date: April 1906
The National Vigilance Association - NVA Workers, LondonThe National Vigilance Association - NVA Workers at work at a London Railway Station. The NVA was a society established in August 1885 " for the enforcement
Franklyn Laws Hutton, co-founder of Woolworth sFranklyn Laws Hutton (1877-1940) co-founder with his brother Edward Hutton of the Woolworths shopping empire. Date: 1939
King Cnut the Great fails to halt the incoming tideCnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler
Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Votes for WomenA girl sneaks in to the offices of the militant suffragettes to see piles of newspapers, hammers, whips and stones. All part of the W.S.P.Us arsenal
Suffragette Come off the Fence N. U. W. S. SSuffragette Come off the Fence N.U.W.S.S. Implores a woman sitting on a fence to join the fight for, Suffrage and Citizenship Gaining the vote would give women influence on issues such as unjust Laws
The Gortyn code, Gortyn, Crete, GreeceThe Gortyn code (also called the Great Code) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete
Recopilacion de privilegios reales del reino y la ciudad de16th century. Recopilacion de privilegios reales del reino y la ciudad de Valencia (Collection of royal privileges of the kingdom and the city of Valencia). Work written by the notary Luis Alanya
Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630) German mathematician and astronomer. Considered the founder of modern astronomy. Colored engraving
Mother in Law / PauquetMother-in-law has come to visit, and he doesn t seem very pleased about it Date: 1850
King John signs the Magna Carta at RunnymedeEnglish Barons persuade King John to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15th June 1215 - illustration from a booklet History and the Mustard Pot for Colmans Mustard. Date: 1215
Kate Ma Meyrick, nightclub queenKate Ma Meyrick (1875 -1933), an Irish business woman and Queen of the London nightclub scene. She ran " 43", a late-night jazz club at 43 Gerrard Street in Soho
Scotland Yard raiding nightclubs, 1928Two officers disguised in evening dress take the details of two guests at a night club they are raiding. Raids on London nightclubs were frequent during the First World War
Ausnahmegesetze (emergency laws). Thomas Theodor Heine Caricature comparing Bismarcks inability to contain the social democracy and Joseph Wirth, Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922
RECESVINTUS, Flavius ( -672). Visigoth King (653-672). Visigothic Code, also known as Forum iudicum, Liber Iudiciorum or Lex Visigothorum
Restaurant restrictions during WW1Article from The Sphere demonstrating the new wartime lunch and dinner restrictions put in place in restaurants and hotels
Suffragette Girl Protests Trafalgar Square. Little girl stands on a barrell, VFW placard beside her, and cries, Down with man-made laws! Date: circa 1908
Notice published by London Licensed Victuallers, WW1Prohibition of Treating (ie buying a drink for another person). Notice published by London Licensed Victuallers, 11 October 1915
Georgina Weldon, campaigner, litigant and amateur singerGeorgina Weldon 1837-1914), campaigner against the lunacy laws, litigant and amateur singer. Her interest in spiritualism led her husband to try to prove that she was insane; she resisted being taken
Thos. Perronet ThompsonColonel THOMAS PERRONET THOMPSON soldier and statesman, author of The catechism of the Corn Laws etc. with his autograph Date: 1783 - 1869
SOLON Greek lawgiver : with a heap of documents containing his laws. Date: 630 ? - 560 ? BC
William Pett RidgeWILLIAM PETT RIDGE Writer, author of The second opportunity of Mr Staplehurst and A breaker of laws neither of which I have read and I don t suppose you have. Date: 1860 - 1930
Little girl approaching pub bar to ask for BrandyA Large Order. Little Girl - " Three penn orth o Brandy an I want a cork; an will ye wash the bottle out, cos its ad milk in it." Date: 1895
Steel bow - additional part for spinal machine. Engraving from Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or, The laws of organic life. Vol III Date: 1801
Spinal machine - intended for straightening spine. Engraving from Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or, The laws of organic life. Vol III Date: 1801
L Arbre des Batailles ( Tree of Battles ), treatise" L Arbre des Batailles" (" Tree of Battles" ), treatise "
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Treaty of Union 1604 proposalOne of three counterparts of proposed treaty of union of England and Scotland, 6 December 1604 Date: 6th December 1604
Statute of Wales, which brought Wales under the English legal framework Date: 1284
In comparison with governmental affairs newsies are small matters. This photo taken in the shadow of the National Capitol where the laws are made
King Alfreds administrative reformsKing Alfred the Great introduces administrative reforms, redefining county boundaries and introducing a law code Date: Circa 885
Royal wedding 1893 - the bride and groomThe parents of the bride and groom at home; King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra (at the time, Prince and Princess of Wales)
Caricature - William Eugene Pussyfoot JohnsonSatirical postcard, railing against the arrival in Great Britain of William Eugene " Pussyfoot" Johnson (18621945), a leading American advocate of prohibition
Catherine I of RussiaEkaterina I Alexeyevna, second wife of tsar Peter I, Lithu- -anian laundry-maid who exploited laws of succession to seize power when he died - a bawdy amiable woman. Date: 1684 - 1727
Parisian Snubs Drink LawA Parisian drunkard scorns a notice about drink laws. Date: circa 1890
Hywel, Welsh PrinceHYWEL DDA, the Good : Cambrian prince, depicted in robes of state as worn in the hall of judgment. He visited Rome to consult jurists about the laws of his kingdom. Date: flourished 940
Aint Got No TimeA workmans wife resists an invitation to join the Cause and change the laws of the land - Ain t got no time, mum
A Legal Method of thrashing out grain or forestallers & regrProfiteers vomit and disgorge products they have monopolised while Lord Chief Justice Kenyon threshes them with a flail enforcing the repealed laws against forestallers and regraters. Date: 1800
Welsh Parliament 942Howell the Good (Howell Dda, also known as Hywel Dda) proclaims the laws of Wales to the Welsh parliament
Mother in Law / Not DeceivA mother-in-law tells a drunken young husband that he might be able to deceive his innocent wife, but never his mother-in-law (shes obviously seen it all before)
Laine ResignsAfter being defeated on a question of changing the electoral laws, Laine resigns as president of the Assembly, but Louis XVIII refuses to accept his resignation
Folk Moot in BritainA folk moot in progress. Folk moots were important regional gatherings where issues were debated and laws made
Science / InstrumentsCollision balls, used to demonstrate the laws of impact
1846 / Peel Resigns as PmRobert Peel resigns as Prime Minister. His repeal of the Corn Laws had split the Conservative Party, leaving him no option but resignation
1846 / Lords & Corn BillThe Lords " getting up" the Corn bill" Satirical comment on the repeal of the Corn Laws
Esdras Preachinghe reads the laws of Moses to the people (Apocrypha)
Alfred Making LawsKing Alfred forms a code of laws, and divides Britain into a network of counties
Solons LawsSolon establishes the laws of Athens
Opening session of the First State Duma, RussiaThe opening session of the short-lived First State Duma (legislative assembly), which lasted until July but was deadlocked when radicals challenged fundamental laws
Mother in Law / MolochA French bell-mere (mother-in- law) depicted as a knife- wielding old misery surrounded by cactuses
Liebig Games - 3A boy entertains his friends with his skill with the hoop, demonstrating some of the laws of physics such as the power of centrifugal force
Licensing Bill DemoMarch of the opponents to the Licensing Bill showing a crowd of 130, 000, half of which had been paid for by brewers to travel to London at reduced fares. The bill sought to
Blunt / Planetary MotionThe laws of planetary motion
Newton / Gravitational LawSIR ISaC NEWTON - Mathematician and physicist Formulates gravitational laws
