Lawyers Collection

Barristers in the Rain
Barristers make their way through the rain along Carey Street from the Inns of Court to the London Law Courts, dressed in their traditional garb Date: 1886

Lawyer / Mlle Miropolski
WOMAN DEFENDS WOMAN: THE LEGAL FEMINIST Lady Lawyer, Mlle. Miropolsky pleading the case of a client in the Paris Law Courts. Date: 1908

Mademoiselle Chauvin the first female barrister 1901
Mademoiselle 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

LAWYERS BORED
A sketch in the Law Courts, showing the patient and respectful attention of the Counsel for the Plaintiff during the speech of Counsel for Defendant Date: circa 1893

A LAWYERS OFFICE / 1842
A weeping woman sits in a solicitors office. The solicitor doesnt really know what to do or how to console her. Date: 1842

Elizabethan Lawyers Date: circa 1600

The Lawyers
A coloured sketch portraying a trio of lawyers, the central figure is busy leafing through some papers, with his colleague looking on, the man at the back has his palm to his face in exasperation

Georgian cartoon, A Suspicious Character, by Henry Heath Date: circa 1820s

Caricature illustration of Rt Hon Sir Edward Carson, speaking in lawyer's wig and gown, holding spectacles, by Starr Wood, caricature artist, (1870-1944)

Cartoon, O'er Neilson's Tomb -- lawyers and others throw up their hats in jubilation. A parody of a popular ballad, O'er Nelson's Tomb, written by the tenor John Braham

Protesters at the South African embassy
Demonstrators from Lawyers Against Apartheid picketing outside the South African embassy in Trafalgar Square to protest against sixteen years of martial law in Namibia

LAWYERS ARRESTED
After the trial of general Travot, even his advocats are arrested : but he escapes the death penalty, sentenced to 20 years in prison, where he dies insane. Date: 1816

Female Parisian barristers 1910
Twelve individual photographs of female Parisian barristers, with the Palais de Justice in the background. The caption comments on how the new admissions to the Paris Bar has resulted in a ratio of

Shaggy ink cap, Coprinus comatus
Shaggy ink cap, lawyers wig or shaggy mane, Coprinus comatus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

Trials at the Law Courts -- two barristers in action. Date: 1892

METRO-VICKERS TRIAL 1933
Russian lawyers confront the British engineer, Thornton, and his secretary, Kutosuova, accusing them of spying and sabotage. Metropolitan-Vickers trial, Moscow, Russia. Date: April 1933

BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT
The Bloomsbury County Court. Date: 1861

MEAN-LOOKING SOLICITOR
A mean-looking solicitor. I grant your worship that he is a knave, sir, but yet God forbid, sir, but a knave should have some countenance. Date: 1840

MR BUZFUZ / DICKENS
Serjeant Buzfuz. Dickens describes him as a driving, chaffing, masculine bar orator, who twists Chops and Tomato Sauce into a declaration of love

BARRISTER IN COURT / 1828
A law counsellor stands poised to address the court. Date: circa 1828

THE HEIR A lucky inheritor emerges from the lawyers office with a fistful of banknotes - but note the shadows of demons on the left, waiting hopefully Date: 1866

BARRISTERS CALLED TO BAR
Barristers called to the Bar at the Inner Temple Date: 1875

A BARRISTER / 1805
A barrister Date: 1805

TENANT FARMER & LAWYER TENANT FARMER & LAWYER
Tenant farmer at the mercy landowners: awkward scene at lawyers office as farmer is refused renewal of his lease Date: 1865

LAWYER / FARMER / LEASE
Awkward scene at lawyers office as farmer is refused renewal of his lease Date: 1865

Child labour, clerk for a lawyer
Lawyers clerk, France Date: 1841

Lyons Inn was one of the Inns of Chancery attached to Londons Inner Temple. Founded some time during or before the reign of Henry V, the Inn educated lawyers including Edward Coke and John Selden

Saint Ivo of Kermartin, 1711. Copy. Prague. Czech Republic
Saint Ivo of Kermartin, T.O.S.F. (1253-1303). Baroque sculpture by Matyas Bernard Braun on behalf of the Faculty of Law (1711)

Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh, atheist MP
Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891), atheist politician, Liberal MP for Northampton. The lawyers (described here as The Three Wise Men of Madagascar) puzzle over how to deal with him. 1884

Saint Ivo of Kermartin, 1711, copy, and Old Town Bridge Towe
Saint Ivo of Kermartin, T.O.S.F. (1253-1303) and Old Town Bridge Tower. Baroque sculpture by Matyas Bernard Braun on behalf of the Faculty of Law (1711)

Caricature of Sir Hardinge Giffard and John Charles Day
Caricature of Sir Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (later Lord Chancellor, 1823-1921) and John Charles Frederick Sigismund Day QC (1826-1908). Seen here having a drink and a biscuit

Bankruptcy Court 1907
Proceedings in the bankruptcy court. Date: 1907

A Lawyer / Phiz / Punch
A lawyer sits at his desk. Date: 1850

C. C. Hutchinson
C C HUTCHINSON Barrister -

Tiling the Temple Roof
While lawyers are on holiday the Temple is re-tiled. The new tiles were made to resemble the old as closely as possible. The Law Courts can be seen in the background. Date: 1930s

Renewal of Lease Refused
Awkward scene at lawyers office as farmer is refused renewal of his lease Date: 1865

ASPIAZڬAgust�(1826 - 1897). Bolivian writer
ASPIAZڬ Agust� (1826 - 1897). Bolivian writer, jurist, and politician. Oil

Inns of Court Brigade on the march, WW1
Men of the Inns of Court OTC (Officer Training Corps) Brigade on the march in London during a drilling exercise at the start of the First World War. They are all members of the legal profession

Portrait of Maximilien Fran篩s Marie Isidore de Robespierre. French lawyer, politician and one of the most influential people during the French Revolution

Lady St Helier
SUSAN MARIE ELIZABETH MACKENZIE, lady Jeune, later lady ST HELIER lawyers wife, writer and philanthropist Date: CIRCA 1890S

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