Private Collection (page 25)

Leyland Lion Motor Bus
Advertisement for Leyland Motors Ltd proclaiming the many municipal and private users of Leyland Lion and Lioness passenger vehicles

CLIFFORD (1558 - 1605)
GEORGE DE CLIFFORD 3rd Earl of Cumberland. Notorious gambler and owner of a private fleet

Auction Sale in Home
Selling the furniture of a private household, the auctioneer holds up a chair

Elegancies of Quadrilles
Moulinet - a quadrille step with linked hands. Ladies & gentleman, in an elegantly furnished room, enjoy a dance, while a man in cossack trousers chats up a large bosomed lady

Quadrille Inconveniences
Inconveniences in Quadrille Dancing: a short gentleman struggles on tiptoe as he tries valiantly to turn two tall women with tall hairstyles

Girl in Library C. 1880
A young woman stands on a chair to reach a book on the top shelf of a private library

Beggars in Balloons
While the wealthy flit about the skies in their private aeroplanes, beggars must make do with balloons, aged and patched

Brighton Coach
The coaching revival : Mr Charles Poles Brighton coach at Lowfield Heath : this is a private sporting venture but employing professionals to crew the coach

List of School Fees
A memorandum to pupils of the Haberdashers Askes Hatcham Girls School listing tuition fees and term start dates & details of entrance examinations

Flyer for Ladies School
Leaflet for a High Class Ladies School in Filey, Yorkshire with French & German governesses, limited pupil numbers, gym, tennis & special care taken of delicate girls

Boer War Camp Scene
British camp scene during the Boer War where, according to private Ward of the Frontier Mounted Police, Borwicks Baking Powder enabled them to enjoy excellent bread

Dementia Praecox
A patient suffering from catatonic dementia praecox, Kraepelins term for what is today classified as schizophrenia. The patient is acting out a private delusion

Lord Dashalong (Lord Sefton) an enthusiastic driver, father of fast whips

Lapps Preached At
Gudstjenst i ett lappkapell - divine service in a Lapp chapel, seemingly in a private home, cleared for the purpose. Presumably Lutheran

Dr Syntax / Parish Priest
Doctor Syntax taking possession of his living - entering his drive in a horse and cart with a lady with a parasol by his side

Calthorpes Cabriolet
The cabriolet of Lord Calthorpe : a light two- wheeled carriage whose hood can be raised or lowered, according to the clemency or otherwise of the weather

Paris Temple C1450
The Temple in Paris, circa 1450, when it was a private enclave of the Templars, exciting the jealousy and the cupidity of the king

15th Century Carriage 2
A French noblewoman rides in a rather primitive and probably very uncomfortable carriage

15th Century Carriage 1
A French queen travelling through the streets in her carriage : unfortunately, the king seems to have met with some kind of accident

Indian Mutiny, 1857
Sgt.Richard Wadeson rescues Private Michael Farrell from an attack by several mounted rebel cavalrymen. He was awarded the Victoria Cross

Bismarck / Rohling / Page 14
Bismarck is appointed Friedrich Wilhelm IVs private councellor in the Prussian delegation to the Frankfurt Bundestag (Parliament)

Stanley Baldwin Library
The English politician Stanley Baldwin reading in his library

Music making in an aristocratic home, with violin, cello, spinet and singer

Private dance party, India
A private dance party in India -- musicians and a dancer entertain a party of gentlemen

Horse-drawn carriages of the Saxon period

Interview between Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex
An interview between Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex, observed by a Lady in Waiting

Class of boys at a school in North London
A small class of boys with their teacher at a school in North London -- it appears to be a private school

A publican and his wife in an open carriage
A publican and his wife in their best clothes, travelling in an open carriage

John Wesleys carriage
The carriage in which John Wesley, Methodist preacher, travelled from meeting to meeting across Britain

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