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Background imageMemoirs Collection: Young Joseph Grimaldi falling into orchestra pit

Young Joseph Grimaldi falling into orchestra pit
The young Joseph Grimaldi as a boy, falling into the orchestra pit in the role of a monkey. The clown on stage is his father, who had swung him on a chain as part of the performance

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, at Farewell Benefit

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, at Farewell Benefit
Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, performing a final song at his Farewell Benefit at Drury Lane Theatre, London, sitting on a chair as he was too weak to stand Date: 1828

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Young Joseph Grimaldi going to visit his godfather

Young Joseph Grimaldi going to visit his godfather Date: circa 1780s

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Joseph Grimaldi, kindness to the pantomime giants

Joseph Grimaldi, kindness to the pantomime giants
Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, kindness to the pantomime giants Date: circa 1800s

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, on stage with animals

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, on stage with animals
Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, on stage with live animals Date: circa 1800s

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, appearing in public

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, appearing in public Date: circa 1800s

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, at the barber's shop

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, at the barber's shop Date: circa 1800s

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown
Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), actor and clown Date: circa 1810s

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Belgian Headstones Houthulst Belgian Military Cemetery

Belgian Headstones Houthulst Belgian Military Cemetery
This War Cemetery is maintained by the War Graves Department of the Belgian MOD. It is on the edge of the Houthulst forest which Napoleon called he key to the Low Countries

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Cover design, W M Thackeray, The Newcomes

Cover design, W M Thackeray, The Newcomes
Part-work cover design, William Makepeace Thackerays serialised novel, The Newcomes, Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, designed by Richard Doyle. 1858

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Memoirs of Princess Charlotte of Saxe Coburg

Memoirs of Princess Charlotte of Saxe Coburg
Title page illustration, Memoirs of the Princess Charlotte of Saxe Coburg, by Robert Huish. 1817

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) writing his Memoi

Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) writing his Memoi
Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand (1768-1848). French writer and politician. Chateaubriand writing his Memoirs from Beyond the Grave, 1848-1850, during his trip to Thionville. Engraving

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Laure Junot

Laure Junot
LAURE SAINT-MARTIN PERMON, wife of Andoche JUNOT, duchesse d Abrantes : wrote memoirs containing valuable information, also less memorable novels. Date: 1784 - 1838

Background imageMemoirs Collection: William Heath Robinson interrogated in France, WW1

William Heath Robinson interrogated in France, WW1
An autobiographical sketch by William Heath Robinson, published in his memoirs, My Line of Life, illustrating an incident at St. Nazaire when he visited the American Army in France

Background imageMemoirs Collection: WW1 - Emilienne Moreau, Heroine of Loos - Croix de Guerre

WW1 - Emilienne Moreau, Heroine of Loos - Croix de Guerre
Emilienne Moreau-Evrard (18981971) - French heroine of World War I (where she won the Croix de Guerre due to her bravery at Loos) and World War II

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Caricature of William Ballantine, Serjeant-at-law

Caricature of William Ballantine, Serjeant-at-law
Caricature of William Ballantine (1812-1887), Serjeant-at-law, a legal position abolished in the reforms of 1873. In the early 1880s he retired from the law and published several volumes of memoirs

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Pryse Lockhart Gordon

Pryse Lockhart Gordon
PRYSE LOCKHART GORDON Writer of memoirs Date: 1762 - 1834+

Background imageMemoirs Collection: James Forbes

James Forbes
JAMES FORBES Author of Oriental memoirs etc. Fellow of the Royal Society, at the age of 62. Date: 1749 - 1819

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Martin Du Bellay

Martin Du Bellay
MARTIN DU BELLAY, prince d Yvetot French military, diplomat and author of memoirs. Date: ? - 1559

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Madame De Motteville

Madame De Motteville
FRANCOISE BERTAUT, madame de MOTTEVILLE French aristocrat, noted for her memoirs, biographer of Anne d Autriche. Wife of Nicolas Langlois. Date: 1621 - 1689

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Madame Steinheil at work

Madame Steinheil at work
Marguerite Jeanne " Meg" Japy Steinheil, Lady Abinger (1869 - 1954), French woman famous for her many love affairs with important men

Background imageMemoirs Collection: SAINT-SIMON, Louis de (1675 - 1755). Duc de Rouvroy

SAINT-SIMON, Louis de (1675 - 1755). Duc de Rouvroy. French soldier, diplomatist and writer of memoirs. Oil

Background imageMemoirs Collection: DE SOTTO, Seraf�Mar�Earl of Clonard (1793

DE SOTTO, Seraf�Mar�Earl of Clonard (1793
DE SOTTO, Seraf� Mar� Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Memoirs for the history of the troops of the Royal House of Spain. 1828. Grenadier (1815). Engraving. SPAIN

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Vera Brittain by Madame Yevonde

Vera Brittain by Madame Yevonde
Vera Mary Brittain (1893-1970) by Madame Yevonde. She was a writer, journalist, pacifist, speaker and lecturer, best known for her memories of the First World War, Testament of Youth

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Samuel Seyer

Samuel Seyer
SAMUEL SEYER English churchman and historian, author of the Memoirs of Bristol, depicted at age 67 Date: 1757 - 1831

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Louis Duc Saint-Simon

Louis Duc Saint-Simon
LOUIS de ROUVROY, duc de SAINT-SIMON - French soldier, courtier and diplomat, known especially for his witty and perceptive memoirs of the court. Here as a young man. Date: 1675 - 1755

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Derrick Baron Rossmore

Derrick Baron Rossmore
DERRICK WARNER WILLIAM WESTENRA, fifth baron ROSSMORE soldier and sportsman, master of the Pytchley hunt, wrote his memoirs. Date: 1853 - 1921

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Anthony Count Hamilton 3

Anthony Count Hamilton 3
ANTHONY count HAMILTON Scottish peer living in France, author of Memoirs of count de Grammont. Date: 1646 - 1720

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Anthony Count Hamilton 2

Anthony Count Hamilton 2
ANTHONY count HAMILTON Scottish peer living in France, author of Memoirs of count de Grammont. Date: 1646 - 1720

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Anthony Count Hamilton 1

Anthony Count Hamilton 1
ANTHONY count HAMILTON Scottish peer living in France, author of Memoirs of count de Grammont. Date: 1646 - 1720

Background imageMemoirs Collection: CHATEAUBRIAND, Francois-Auguste-Rene, Viscount de (1768-1848

CHATEAUBRIAND, Francois-Auguste-Rene, Viscount de (1768-1848). French Romantic writer. Illustration of Memoirs from beyond the tomb (Memoires d outre-tombe)

Background imageMemoirs Collection: General Grant: in his library, writing his memoirs, 1885

General Grant: in his library, writing his memoirs, 1885. Date c1885

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Charles B Cochran, Theatrical Manager and Impresario

Charles B Cochran, Theatrical Manager and Impresario
CHARLES B COCHRAN theatrical manager and impresario, seen here in evening dress towering above some representative figures from his recent productions

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Ulyssess Grant / Memoirs

Ulyssess Grant / Memoirs
ULYSSESs GRANT American Civil War General, and later President, writing his memoirs at Mount McGregor

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Hunter and Buffalo

Hunter and Buffalo
Eyeball to eyeball with a buffalo - Adulphe Delegorgue, travelling in South Africa, has a close encounter with a buffalo but lives (somewhat scarred) to write his memoirs

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Robt Ist Earl Monmouth

Robt Ist Earl Monmouth
ROBERT CAREY, first earl of MONMOUTH Statesman and author of notable memoirs

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Sulla Resigns

Sulla Resigns
Lucius Cornelius Sulla, after three years as dictator during which he imposes many useful reforms, retires to live peaceably in the country writing his memoirs

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Dictating his Memoirs

Dictating his Memoirs
Exiled on Saint Helena, he dictates his memoirs

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Dictating to Las Casas

Dictating to Las Casas
The exiled Napoleon dictates his memoirs of the Egyptian campaign to le comte de Las Casas, on Saint Helena

Background imageMemoirs Collection: Napoleon Dictating

Napoleon Dictating
In exile on Saint Helena, he dictates his memoirs to Las Casas and his son



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