Laws Collection (page 2)

SOLON Greek lawgiver : with a heap of documents containing his laws. Date: 630 ? - 560 ? BC

William Pett Ridge
WILLIAM 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 Brandy
A 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 proposal
One 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 reforms
King Alfred the Great introduces administrative reforms, redefining county boundaries and introducing a law code Date: Circa 885

Royal wedding 1893 - the bride and groom
The 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 Johnson
Satirical postcard, railing against the arrival in Great Britain of William Eugene " Pussyfoot" Johnson (18621945), a leading American advocate of prohibition

Catherine I of Russia
Ekaterina 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 Law
A Parisian drunkard scorns a notice about drink laws. Date: circa 1890

Hywel, Welsh Prince
HYWEL 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 Time
A 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 & regr
Profiteers 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 942
Howell the Good (Howell Dda, also known as Hywel Dda) proclaims the laws of Wales to the Welsh parliament

Mother in Law / Not Deceiv
A 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 Resigns
After 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 Britain
A folk moot in progress. Folk moots were important regional gatherings where issues were debated and laws made

Science / Instruments
Collision balls, used to demonstrate the laws of impact

1846 / Peel Resigns as Pm
Robert 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 Bill
The Lords " getting up" the Corn bill" Satirical comment on the repeal of the Corn Laws

Esdras Preaching
he reads the laws of Moses to the people (Apocrypha)

Alfred Making Laws
King Alfred forms a code of laws, and divides Britain into a network of counties

Solons Laws
Solon establishes the laws of Athens

Opening session of the First State Duma, Russia
The 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 / Moloch
A French bell-mere (mother-in- law) depicted as a knife- wielding old misery surrounded by cactuses

Liebig Games - 3
A 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 Demo
March 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 Motion
The laws of planetary motion

Newton / Gravitational Law
SIR ISaC NEWTON - Mathematician and physicist Formulates gravitational laws

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