Parliament Collection (page 9)

First female member of Parliament, Anna Rogstad, April 1911
Front cover of the Sphere showing Anna Rogstad the first female member of Parliament in the world as she takes her place in the Nowegian Storting

Underground passage to the House of Commons 1908
The underground passage from Westminster Station to the House of Commons, a section of which was privatised for MPs, usually used in bad weather but increasingly as a way of avoiding suffragettes

Christabel Pankhurst defending herself in court 1908
Christabel Pankhurst shown defending the " rush" on the House of Commons and her role in it at Bow Street Magistrates Court, London

Women waiting to in St Stephens Hall, Feb 1908
Women waiting to be " fetched" in St Stephens Hall, guarded by policemen, as a result of concerns over the actions of the Suffragettes in the House of Commons

Women recording votes for the General Election 1955
Women recording the General Election votes, 26 May 1955, in Brixton town hall, London. The 1955 General Election, often described as one of the dullest of the post-war period

Polish national Mr Hutton offering gas mask cases 1939
Mr Hutton, originally from Poland, photographed handing gas mask containers to Members of Parliament. The Sphere describes how Mr Hutton provided individually named gas mask containers for each

Cartoon, John Bull with Randolph Churchill as jockey
Cartoon, John Bull with Randolph Churchill as a jockey - Bull is not happy with his performance, and doesn t think Churchill is doing anything useful for him. 1885

Cartoon, Its your turn now, old man
Cartoon, small victim to bigger ditto - Its your turn now, old man! A dog wearing a muzzle speaks to a man in naval uniform, also wearing a muzzle

Cartoon, Randolph Churchill, Cave Canem - seen here as a terrier protecting The House of Lords. 1885

Cartoon, Political Weather Sign, Queen Victoria and Gladstone - It is only when the old man retires from the front, that the good lady comes to London to open parliament. 1886

Londoners travelling to work amid wartime delays 1939
Londoners photographed as they travel after experiencing delays due to air raid warnings. The Sphere describes " three hours suburban traffic" but reports that " by 9.30 and 10 a.am

King Edwards first opening of Parliament 1901
King Edwards state procession to open his first Parliament, London. February 1901

Terrific Apparition - Londons First Traffic Light 1869
Terrific Apparition - Seen during the recent fog at Westminster. A satire on Londons First Traffic Light. Invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer

The British Valhalla -- The Wars and Conquests in France. Depicting the Countess de Montfort (Joanna of Flanders, Duchess of Brittany) waiting for help to arrive, and saluting Sir Walter Manny

The British Valhalla -- Magna Carta. Showing the Barons taking the Oath on the altar at Bury St Edmunds, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, showing the Charter at St Paul s. Date: 1214

Ancient items from the Treasury of Great Britain
Ancient items from the Treasury of the Exchequer of Great Britain, following an inventory conducted by Sir Francis Palgrave, archivist and historian - a medieval leather pouch. Date: 1840s

The British Valhalla -- Our Crusading Kings. Showing King Richard I of England (the Lionheart) viewing Jerusalem, and Richard with King Philip II of France, during the Third Crusade (1189 - 1192)

The British Valhalla -- Archbishop Thomas Becket
The British Valhalla -- Bishop of Exeter at Northampton, supplicating Archbishop Thomas Becket to submit to King Henry II, and the reconciliation at Montmirail in France

The British Valhalla -- William the Conqueror (his funeral and burial), a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. Date: 1087

The British Valhalla -- King Canute (Cnut) the Great, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes

The British Valhalla -- King Alfred reading to his mother, Queen Osburh or Osburga, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. 9th century

The British Valhalla -- King Alfred, coming to the Danish camp as a minstrel, and (right) hailed as the saviour of his people (meeting with the Welsh monk, Asser, who wrote a biography of the King)

The British Valhalla -- conversion to Christianity
The British Valhalla -- the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon people (Paulinus before Edwin), a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes

The British Valhalla -- two knights reading history book
The British Valhalla -- two knights reading a history book of Britain, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes

The British Valhalla -- Spensers Faerie Queene, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. Date: 1845

William Morton Pitt, British MP
William Morton Pitt (1754-1836), British MP for Poole from 1780 to 1790, and then for Dorset from 1790 to 1826. circa 1820s

Photographer captures a formal portrait within a studio
A man dressed in formal attire sits as his portrait is captured by a photographer at Mr. Beards establishment in Westminster

Oliver Cromwell dissolving the long parliament, 1653, and receiving the mace from a soldier. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Tea on the Terrace of the House of Commons
People taking tea on the Terrace of the House of Commons, Westminster, London. 1893

Heating engineer viewing House of Commons chamber
Engineer in charge of heating and air-conditioning for the House of Commons viewing the chamber through a 65 foot long periscope. Date: 1950

Air conditioning for the House of Commons by G. H. Davis
To cool the heads and warm the feet of our legislators: air-conditioning for the new House of Commons. Diagram by G. H. Davis in The Illustrated London News showing how a single switchboard operator

The Festival Hall and Westminster at night, London

The Cleopatra Galop by Charles D Albert
Promotional music sheet for The Cleopatra Galop by Charles DAlbert. The Egyptian obelisk, dates from 1468 BC and was given to the British nation in 1819

Poster, Dick Whittington on ice
Pantomime poster, Dick Whittington on ice, skating on the frozen River Thames with the Houses of Parliament in the background. circa 1900

Statue of Oliver Cromwell outside Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. The statue was designed by Hamo Thornycroft and erected in 1899

The Houses of Parliament, Westminster at night with Moon
The Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London as seen from east of Westminster Bridge at night with large harvest Moon. Date: circa 1980s

Policemen guarding Palace of Westminster with Big Ben Date: circa 1980s

Admiral John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735-1823), British Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament. late 18th century

Parliament building in Oslo, Norway
Parliament building in Oslo (then Kristiania), Norway. Date: circa 1920

The Surrender of Jamestown
The Governor of Jamestown and the Jamestown Council stand before the ministers of the Commonwealth, holding a treaty that acknowledges the new English parliament

Churchill cheered for Oran speech, 1940
After his Oran speech in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Winston Churchill(1874-1965) is cheered by his fellow MPs. After the bombing of the French Navy at Mers-el-Kebir

Women signing on for munitions work 1915
Beating up recruits : Women signing on for munitions work in front of the Houses of Parliament. Large numbers of women stopped to fill forms in, despite the wet and blustery weather. Date: July 1915

Duke and Duchess of York, Canberra, Australia
The Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, arriving to open the new Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. 1927

Ottawa Conference Group, 10 August 1932, outside the Canadian Parliament, with J H Thomas seated far right and Neville Chamberlain seated fifth from right. 1932

The Parish Council Bill debated in the House of Lords
The Parish Council Bill in the House of Lords - Archbishop of Canterbury speaking on the second reading

Sir Alan Cobham returns to London from Australia
Sir Alan Cobham, Imperial Airways pilot, returning from his 26, 000 mile flight to and from Australia. He landed on the River Thames in London, near the Palace of Westminster, on 1 October 1926. 1926

House of Commons, debate on Irish Home Rule Bill
Gladstone speaking in the House of Commons during the debate on the Irish Home Rule Bill. circa 1886

Parliament of the time of Henry V
Interior of Parliament, around the time of Henry V. Date: 15th century

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