Notables Collection

Notables assembled in the Abbey annexe at 1937 Coronation
Ecclesiastics, distinguished officers of state and regalia bearers awaiting the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the tapestried hall of the temporary annexe of Westminster Abbey

Charles Byrne, Giant
Charles Byrne (1761-1783) known as the Irish Giant, who was 8 feet 4 inches tall, depicted with various Edinburgh notables

The Emir of Katsina (seen third from left), his son (far left) and various notables at Wembley during a visit to London. The Emir had donated a white oryx antelope to the zoo. Date: 1924

LUTHER AT DIET OF WORMS
At the Diet of Worms, Luther defends his opinions before the emperor and an assembly of notables from church and state; proscribed, he goes into protective hiding Date: 13- 17 April 1521

Marion Delorme
MARION DELORME French courtesan, friendly with Cinq-Mars and other notables of the day. Date: 1613 - 1650

Session of the Assembly of Notables on February 22, 1789, ch
French history. Session of the Assembly of Notables on February 22, 1789, chaired by King Louis XV. Engraving of the time

William Collins Monument
WILLIAM COLLINS Writer of odes and so on, friend of Johnson and other notables of the day. Date: 1721 - 1759

English Notables C14
Four personages of distinction, one in a long gown, the rest in shorter garments, one of them slashed to the waist Date: 14th century

Four C14 Notables
Four men in short garments, three with unmatching hose, evidently the current fashion; two carry swords, one at the side, the other in front Date: 14th century

General Pershing in Paris 1918
American General Pershing receives a deputation of staff officers, the French prefect of the department, the attach頴 o the American mission

Speech of Louis XVI to the Assembly of Notables at Versailles on February 22, 1787. Assembly proposed by Charles Alexandre de Calonne to approve a new land tax that also affect the nobles and clergy

Assemblee des Notables Presided over by Louis XVI, 22/02/1787. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

MOREAU, Jean Michel, called the Younger (1741-1814). Assemblee des Notables Presided over by Louis XVI, 1787. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. Palace of Versailles

Notables at Rouen
Henri IV summons an Assemblee des Notables (roughly translated as assembly of notables) at Rouen, chiefly because he needs money and hopes they will agree taxes. Date: November 1596

Dancing on the deck of the ship Randolph, 1850
Engraving showing British emigrants dancing on the main deck of the ship Randolph during a banquet held prior to its departure for New Zealand, 1850

Dancer & Bombay Staff
A dancer performs before a member of the Bombay Staff Corps. It was the disapproval of the British in India which drove Indian dance styles to the brink of extinction

Maximilian Invited
Maximilian, archduke of Austria, accepts the invitation of a group of Mexican notables in exile to become Emperor of Mexico, at his home at Miramar

Peace Talks Notables
Notables at the talks: (l-r) Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Arthur Balfour and Baron Sonnino (Italian Foreign Minister)

Luther at Diet of Worms
At the Diet of Worms, Luther defends his opinions before the emperor and an assembly of notables from church and state; proscribed, he goes into protective hiding

Reception, Poona
RECEPTION AT POONA The weekly garden party at Government House, attended by colonial officials and local notables

Imperial Assembly
A session (Dersammlung) of the Imperial Assembly. The emperor is surrounded by tributary kings, princes, barons and other notables

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