Peers Collection (page 2)

Moltke Besieges Paris
Graf von Moltke, the Prussian commander during the Franco- Prussian war, peers into one of the massive guns targetting Paris, which he will soon occupy. Date: 1870

Edmund Henry Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick
Edmund (Edmond) Henry Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick PC (1758 - 1844), styled Lord Glentworth between 1794 and 1800, and Viscount Limerick until 1803 - an Irish peer and politician

Philip Earl Hardwicke
PHILIP YORKE, third earl of HARDWICKE statesman, in his peers robes Date: 1757 - 1834

William Vct Grimston
WILLIAM LUCKYN, first viscount GRIMSTON in his peers robes. Date: 1683 - 1756

Japan - Five Geisha Girls greet a new arrival Date: circa 1904

Schoolmaster reacts angrily as his window is smashed by an errant cricket ball. Date: 1898

Egyptian street knife grinder - Port Said. A young boy is fascinated and has popped his head out of a small window to watch the grinder grinding away. Date: circa 1902

Grandma peering at the Christmas Cake - 1950s
Grandma peers at the Christmas Cake - Family Christmas Dinner, 1950s. Note the lack of icing on the cake - sugar was still being rationed at this time. Date: early 1950s

A view of the tryal of Warren Hastings Esqr. before the Court of Peers in Westminster Hall on an impeachment delivered at the Bar of the House of Lords by the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament

The Homage to the Queen, Coronation 1953
Illustration of the moment in the Coronation Service known as the Homage, when the Archbishops, Bishops, Princes of the Blood Royal and Peers of the Realm repeat the Oath of Fealty

Positions of dignitaries, Coronation 1953
Illustration to show the positions of participants at the moment of crowning during Queen Elizabeth IIs forthcoming coronation, 1953

Coronation 1953 - Crowning of Queen Elizabeth II
The culminating moment of the coronation ceremony, as Queen Elizabeth II is crowned queen in Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Date: 1953

Horse Litter (Smith)
A well-to-do lady peers from beneath the canopy of her horse litter as it carries her bumpily through the English countryside, slowly and probably sickmakingly. Date: 1325

U-Boat Periscope

Girls Shows Sewing / G ma
A young girl shows her sewing to her grandmother who inspects it over the top of her spectacles. Date: 1880

Boy looking through a window on a rainy day
A bored little boy peers through a window pane on a rainy day

The passing of the veto bill without a creation of new peers
A most fateful night in the House of Lords. The Peers Dividing on the Question of Insisting or not Insisting on Amendments to the Parliament Bill. Illustration by Samuel Begg

1958 Creation Life Peers
A page from the ILN devoted to portraits of the first life peers created in 1958 including Baroness Ravondale, Sir Ian Fraser, Sir Robert Boothby and Sir Edward Twining

Peeress Tricorne Hat
A tricorne hat, made from black velour to be worn by the life peeresses in the House of Lords. Designed by Ede and Ravenscroft the robe-makers

New Life Peers 1958
Page from The Sphere depicting the first life peers arriving at the House of Lords for the traditional ceremony of introducing barons to the House of Lords

Life Peeress Takes Oath
The first of the life peeresses, Baroness Swanborough, takes the oath on October 21 1958 in the House of Lords

Drawing Room at Palace
Debutantes and ladies line up to be presented to Queen Victoria at a Buckingham Palace drawing room. Those who aren t daughters of peers kiss the monarchs hand

Mesmerism by Keene
A rather plump and mature lady customer of a fashion house peers through her glasses at the latest 1920s dress modelled by a svelte young woman

Play / Burnett / Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy, written by Frances Eliza Burnett, peers through hand held spectacles & sits on the arm of a chair

Man with Eye-Glass
A man of revolutionary Paris peers scornfully through his eyeglass : a hundred years later he will sport an equally affected monocle

Boy and Tree
A small boy climbs on a stool to get a better look at the Christmas Tree, while a kindly angel peers through the window

Scholar Reading Journal
A scholar wearing a fine cloak peers through his monocle to read a large format book

Japanese Boys Wrestle
Two wrestling children are watched by their peers

Warren Hastings
WARREN HASTINGS English colonial administrator in India impeached in 1788 for corruption stands before the Court of Peers in Westminster Hall. A lady spectator faints!

Rhino Behind Bars
A young rhinoceros peers through the bars of its compound at the zoo

Pyne - a Baron
A BARON IN HIS CORONATION ROBES - Though he is the lowest of peers, he is still superior to you and me, and specially when togged up for a coronation ceremony

Lady and her Eyes
Something in her eye ? An eyelash out of place ? She peers in the mirror to see...(her dress is a creation by Bernard)

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