Leading Collection (page 15)

Note from the President
The President of the Republic sends a message to the Assemblee Nationale : they are more and more at odds as the year progresses, leading to the December coup d etat

Coriolanus & Women
Coriolanus, the Roman hero who fell from grace by leading his enemies against Rome, is begged by his mother, wife and the women of Rome, to withdraw his Volscian army, which he does

The Leap Frog Railway
An amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long

Battle of Pavia
Popular broadsheet describing the battle of Pavia, where Francois I is defeated by a mixed Imperial army, leading to the Spanish domination of Italy

Greestone Stairs Lincoln
A glimpse of Greestone Stairs, a steep flight of steps leading up to Lincoln Cathedral, England

Steps / Stepcote Hill
Stepcote Hill and Bridge, Exeter, Devon, a medieval pack-horse road, leading over the old bridge

Chamber at Mycenae
A rock-cut side chamber leading from the tholos tomb, dubbed the Treasury of Atreus by Schliemann

Miss Mary Anderson
MARY ANDERSON Actress born in California who always played leading roles in Londons West End. Dubbed " Our Mary" by American audiences

David Niven
DAVID NIVEN Graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before he arrived in Hollywood where he became part of Clark Gables social set

Jand Hading Actress
JANE HADING - French actress, real name Jeanne Alfredine Trefouret : a leading performer who toured the U.S. with Coquelin

Mlle Mars Actress
MADEMOISELLE MARS real name Anne Francoise Hippolyte Boutet leading French actress

Petit Journal - 2
In the Service des Archives, back numbers of the paper can be consulted : Le petit Journal is one of Frances leading daily newspapers

Petit Journal - 8
Le service des Expeditions, where the days papers are packed, to be sent throughout the country : for this is one of Frances leading journals

Dancer and Chorus
A leading dancer performs while the chorus girls hover in the background

Gustav Jaeger
GUSTAV JAEGER Austrian professor of physiology who advocated dress reform, leading to the well known Jaeger clothing

Carlist Wars
Ferdinand VII names his daughter Isabela as heir, but ultra-conservative Don Carlos de Bourbon challenges her claim, leading to the Carlist Wars

Goat Sacrifice
A goat is led to the effigy of a deity - probably Apollo - accompanied by a butcher with an axe and a bunch of pious ladies, one with a child who is leading the victim

Howard Visits Prison
JOHN HOWARD sheriff of Bedfordshire, visits county jails and is appalled at conditions, leading him to propose reforms in the treatment of prisoners

Watching the Finish
Racegoers watch the leading horses come down to the winning post

Terrorist V Zassulich
Vera Zasulich (1849-1919), a leading nihilist, shoots and wounds police chief Trepov in retaliation for his brutality : she is tried but acquitted by a sympathetic court

Terrorist V Zasulich
Vera Zasulich (1849-1919), a leading nihilist, shoots and wounds police chief Trepov in retaliation for his brutality : she is tried but acquitted by a sympathetic court

Guatemala Country Road
A country road leading to Guatemala City

Gladstone Speaks
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE speaking on his Home Rule (for Ireland) bill in 1886; to his left is John Morley, to his right Campbell-Bannerman, leading liberals

PERU LIMA
Street leading to the palace

Suffolk Shepherd
A scene on a lane near Aspall, Suffolk, England. showing a shepherd leading his flock of over 300 Suffolk sheep and Scotch half-breed ewes to the lambing pens on a winters day

Sheep on Leads
Sheep on rope leads being led to a truck to be transported to a livestock market near Clun, Shropshire, England

Investors / Wall Street
Big crowds still besiege the sub-treasury awaiting the arrival and departure of the leading financial men

Drill at Saint-Cyr
Drill parade at Saint-Cyr, Frances leading military academy of Saint-Cyr, founded by Napoleon I and located near Fontainebleau (since then it has been relocated)

Fencing at Saint-Cyr
Training in fencing at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr, Frances leading military academy. Date: circa 1900

Entrance to Saint-Cyr
The entrance to Frances leading military academy of Saint-Cyr, founded by Napoleon I and located near Fontainebleau (since then it has been relocated)

Unrest in Hamburg / 1918
Unrest in Hamburg leading to political demonstrations

Robert Parsons - 3
ROBERT PARSONS Jesuit missionary in England, thought to have been the leading conspirator against Elizabeth and the instigator of the Gunpowder Plot

Making Escalators 1930S
The construction of the huge escalators leading out of Tottenham Court Road underground (tube) station, central London

FOURTH PARTY TORIES
Randolph Churchill speaks, Wolff, Balfour and Gorst on the Bench, leading members of the Tory Fourth Party group

Florence / Via Dei Servi
VIA DEI SERVI leading from the Piazza del Duomo to the Piazza dell Annunziata, with palazzi on either side

Game / Winter / Snowballing
Even at military school Napoleon showed his ability to command, directing the action of a snowball fight

Thomas Seymour
THOMAS, LORD SEYMOUR Baron of Sudeley. A diplomat who tried to marry off both Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey, leading to a charge of treason

Admiralty Arch 1930S
Admiralty Arch, London, was designed by Aston Webb and completed in 1911. The impressive archways form an entrance to Pall Mall, leading up to Buckingham Palace

Mirandola / Magasin Pitt
PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA Italian humanist and leading scholar of Italian Renaissance

Paris / Sacre Coeur 1919
The Montmartre Funicular : the two coaches pass, precisely half-way up (or down) the slope leading to Sacre-Coeur

Mirandola / Mag Pitt 1849
PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA Italian humanist and leading scholar of Italian Renaissance

Richard Tauber / 1927
RICHARD TAUBER Austrian opera singer in the leading role in Lehars operetta The Tsarevitch, performed in Berlin and Vienna

Female Type 1931
A typically fashionable young woman of the early 1930s. (Ashley Havinden was the leading designer of Crawfords Advertising.)

Haman Humiliated
When Hamans plan to have the Jews massacred is revealed by Esther, he is forced to honour his enemy Mordecai (a Jew) by leading him, on a horse, round the city

Jacobs Dream Ladder
He dreams of a ladder leading to (and from) Heaven, used as a pathway by angels when they want to spare their wings

Etienne Marcel (Jeanron)
ETIENNE MARCEL Leading merchant of Paris

THE MAINE BLOWS UP
The Us cruiser Maine is blown up in Havana harbour, allegedly by the Spanish, leading to the American invasion of Cuba and the end of Spanish rule

King of Leinster / Macmurr
ARTHUR MACMURROUGH, king of Leinster, Irish chieftain. Depicted in action, huring a spear. He was a leading opponent of Richard IIs Irish campaign

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