Leading Collection (page 11)

Napoleon Banquet
A banquet is offered to Napoleon and Moreau, the two leading military commanders of the day. Date: 15 February 1799

Folkestone Parish Church
The fine Parish Church at the top of the steep hill leading to the harbour at Folkestone, Kent, England. Date: 19th century

Julia Bartet Photo
JEANNE JULIA BARTET French sculptors daughter who became one of Frances leading actresses, photographed in 1901. Date: 1854 - 1941

Regency Steps
The lovely steps leading up to Belgrave House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, a fine example of the elegance of Regency days. Date: early 19th century

Lamartine Photo
ALPHONSE-MARIE-LOUIS LAMARTINE French poet and statesman, a leading figure of the romantic movement. Date: 1790 - 1869

Alexei Yermolov
ALEXEI PETROVICH YERMOLOV (or Ermolov) - Russian military commander and diplomat who played a leading role in the defeat of Napoleon, 1812. Date: 1772 - 1861

Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle
GWYLLYM LLOYD WARDLE Statesman, member of parliament for Oakingham, who took leading part in accusing the duke of York of trafficking in commissions. Date: 1762 - 1833

John Sterling
JOHN STERLING scholar and writer, greatly liked, friend of leading writers especially Carlyle who wrote a biography. Date: 1806 - 1844

Anne De Rohan
ANNE DE ROHAN, princesse de Gueminee wife of Louis VIII de Rohan, member of a leading protestant family. Date: 1604 - 1685

Velestinlis Rhigas
VELESTINLIS RHIGAS - Greek writer & patriot, opposed the Turkish occupation leading to imprisonment and strangulation, his body being thrown into the Danube. Date: 1757? - 1798

Robert Barnwell Rhett
ROBERT BARNWELL RHETT American statesman from South Carolina, a leading figure among the secessionists who brought on the war between the States. Date: 1800 - 1876

Robert Parsons - 2
ROBERT PARSONS Jesuit missionary in England, thought to have been the leading conspirator against Elizabeth and the instigator of the Gunpowder Plot. Date: 1546 - 1610

Charles Edward Mudie
CHARLES EDWARD MUDIE Writer and librarian - his subscription library was the leading business of its kind in England. Date: 1818 - 1890

Marie Miolan-Carvalho
MARIE CAROLINE FELIX MIOLAN- CARVALHO French soprano who was the first to sing Marguerite in Gounods Faust, as well as many other leading roles. Date: 1827 - 1895

A Row of Daffodils
A pretty row of spring daffodils beside a gravelled pathway leading to the garden gate. Date: early 1930s

Fredk. Locker-Lampson
FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON Writer, noted for his London lyrics. Much-liked, friend to most leading writers of the day. Date: 1821 - 1895

Maria Ladvenant
MARIA LADVENANT Leading Spanish actress, singer and dancer, noted for her performances in the popular tonadillas. Date: 18TH CENTURY

Catherine Hutton, Writer
CATHERINE HUTTON Author of The miser married and other novels : she also left valuable correspondence with many leading writers of her day. She never married. Date: 1756 - 1846

Giambattista Grimani
GIAMBATTISTA GRIMANI Venetian naval commander : while leading his fleet against the Turks, he was drowned in a storm off Psara. Date: ? - 1648

Bridge Illustrated - Gone on Diamonds
A pretty young lad and her adoring (and rich, although perhaps the Pawnbroker sign top right may mean he isn t all he appears) husband spend some of (his) money on something sparkly at the Jewellers

Mount Fuji, Japan - from Lake Yamanaka Date: 1934

India - Varanasi - Dashasomedh Ghat
India - Benares - Dashashwamedh Ghat - the main ghat in Varanasi on the Ganges River. It is located close to " Vishwanath Temple" Date: circa 1904

Beijing, China - Bactrian Camel Train Date: circa 1910s

Joseph Chamberlain leading John Bull deeper
Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) leading John Bull (representing the British populace as a whole) inward into the deeper waters of his new Fiscal Policy

Izmir, Turkey - Donkeys leading a Camel train. Date: circa 1906

Self portrait of Dan Leno (1860-1904) - leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era. Date: circa 1910s

Cheeky Cockney man quizzes a London Policeman
The wit of the Classic London Cockney - cheekily enquiring of a Policeman (leading home a small lost child): - " Whats e done, Guvnor?" !!! Date: 1892

Phil Mays Social caricature - leading Victorian Gentlemen
Phil Mays First Social caricature - published in the Christmas Issue of Society - the leading figures of the late Victorian age, including Henry Irving, The Dean of Westminster

The Seven Presidents of the Mormon Church from its organisation in 1830 to the present (1930) - the inset photograph shows the Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Date: 1930

Turkestan - Camel Trader passes below an archway
The Golden Road to Turkestan. Tourist Guide to Turkestan - (then in) Soviet Central Asia. Date: 1933

Two young boys and horse
A very cute photograph of two young boys and their horse in a rural setting Date: circa 1910s

Guard leading a horse - Selcuk, Turkey - Ephesus
Guard leading a horse - Selcuk, Turkey (Under the Ottoman Empire, it was known as Ayasoluk - or Ayassoulook as written here!) - the ruins of Ancient Ephesus are visible back left. Date: 1908

Military Band on the march, Bermuda. HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majestys Dockyard) was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War

Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East, talks with Leading Aircraftman M.K. Barber (right) and Wg Cdr W.K. Murray during a tour of RAF units in the Levant. c.May 1944

Lazare Weiller (in the checked cap) and Wilbur Wright at Camp dAuvours, Le Mans, 1908. Weiller was a leading member of the French syndicate La Compagnie Generale de Navigation Aerienne (CGNA)

Leading members of the Canberra design team. From left: F.D. Crowe, chief structure designer; D.I. Ellis, chief aerodynamicist; S.C. Harrison, chief draughtsman; A.E. Ellison, chief designer; W.E.W

Gloster Javelin F(AW)1 XA548
Gloster Javelin F(AW)1, XA548, showing the leading-edge slats locked in the open position

IMechE: view of staircase leading into marble hall

GUERRERO, Vicente (1782-1831). Leading revolutionary general of the Mexican War of Independence and politician. Hero during the Independence war against Spain. Miniature Painting

Petronas the Patrician ( -864). Byzantine general
" Petronas the Patrician ( -864). Byzantine general and leading aristocrat. Victory of Petronas against the Arabs. Manuscript produced in Sicily

FLOR, Roger de (1267-1305). Catalan knight and military adventurer, son of a German falconer.; Andronicus II Palaeologus (1258-1332). Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)

III Crusade. Marguerite of France leading the Hungarians to the Crusade, 1196. Copy of the painting by Edouard Pingret (1838). Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona

Spain. Civil War. Los
Spain. Civil War. Francisco Franco leading the offensice operations over Catalonia (1938). By him, General Fidel D

View from Kipling Pagoda - Moulmein - The site has been occupied by a pagoda since 700AD. Gold pagoda under repair. Wide terraces with dipping roofed steps leading down the steep hill

Scene on a country lane, Yugoslavia
Scene on a country lane in former Yugoslavia at harvest time. People leading ponies carrying large bundles of hay. Date: September 1965

Richard Owen Cambridge
RICHARD OWEN CAMBRIDGE Poet, best known for his satire The Scribleriad : popular in his day and a friend to many leading figures of the time. Date: 1717 - 1802

Charles Alex De Calonne
CHARLES-ALEXANDRE DE CALONNE French statesman who proposed to tax nobles and clergy so was dismissed : fled to England where he was leading adviser to fellow emigres. Date: 1734 - 1802

Colonel Redvers Buller
SIR REDVERS HENRY BULLER British military, when a Colonel, awarded the VC. He will rise to be one of Britains leading generals. Date: 1839 - 1908

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