Reform Collection (page 4)

National Health Insurance Stamp - Take a bit of licking
This Stamp will take a bit of licking - the introduction of the National Health Insurance stamp under the 1911 National Insurance Act

China / Cartoons / 1898
THE ARTFUL DOWAGER Empress-Dowager Xi Taihou (to the son of Heaven ) " Reform, Indeed! I ll Reform You! Go and stand in the corner till I tell you to come out!"

Dress Reform Dance. Mr. Ernest Thesiger and Mr. Wallace Wood. So far the Mens Dress Reform Society has failed to make a noticeable impression on the man in the street

Mens Dress Reformers Hold Revel
Members of the Mens Dress Reform Party airing their sartorial notions and their limbs at their very decorous Revel at the Suffolk Galleries

Martin Luthers Room in Wartburg Castle. Engraving. Colored
Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Luthers Room in Wartburg Castle, near Eisenach. The Universe Illustrated, 1862. Colored engraving

Martin Luther (1483-1546) and his wife Katharina von Bora (1
Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Caricature of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora (1499-1552). History of France, 1881. Colored engraving

Gazi, Ankara, Turkey - Railway Station. A wonderful mid-1920s Station displaying a variety of Architectural styles - opened by Kemal Ataturk in 1926

UK General Election 1906 - Winners as the True Blue
The General Election - Comic postcard showing the delight amid the working class at the landslide defeat for the Conservative Party and their Liberal Unionist allies

Mexico City - Paseo de la Reforma. The boulevard was built during the Second Mexican Empire on the orders of Maximilian I of Mexico. Date: circa 1905

Prison reformer John Howard visiting a prison
An engraving of Francis Wheatleys 1787 painting of John Howard Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison. Howard (third from right) (1726-1790)

Women and Girls in Rational Dress, 1882
Engraving showing a group of women in types of Rational Dress, shown at the Exhibition of Hygienic Costume, 1882. In the 1880s the Dress Reform Movement

Joseph Chamberlain MP at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, 4th Novem
Illustration showing Joseph Chamberlain MP, delivering a speech on Protectionism and Free Trade, at Bingley Hall, Birmingham

Nottingham / Castle Burns
Nottingham Castle is burned down during a riot by crowds supporting reform

Depiction of Summer 1903
A depiction of Summer showing a woman wearing a reform style tunic dress with uncorseted waistline. She picks cornflowers from a cornfield to decorate her straw hat

Jean-Etienne Esquirol, French psychiatrist
Jean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol, French psychiatrist, known for his reforms in the treatment of mental patients. He worked at the Salptrire Hospital in Paris

Philippe Pinel, French physician, known for his reforms in the treatment of mental patients. He contributed to the classification of mental disorders

Reform Bill - Disraeli as friend of the working man
The new Friend of the Working Man or the Party who may bring in a Reform Bill next Session after all. Benjamin Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer for the Conservative party caricatured as a

Cartoon by Harold Auerbach, The Era of June? A comment on the controversial political issues of tariff reform, free trade, home rule and socialism. Date: 1910

Cartoon by Harold Auerbach, The Era of 1910? A comment on the controversial political issues of tariff reform, free trade, home rule and socialism. Date: 1910

A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform
Reform Bill - A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform - showing King William IV, the Duke of Sussex, Lord John Russell, Lord Grey (Prime Minister), Lord Althorpe, Lord Brougham

Reform and Anti-Reform
Reform Bill - Reform and Anti-Reform - depiction of a naval battle between two ships, with the Reform ship winning. " The Portraits of the King, Lords Brougham, Russell, Grey

Pall Mall, London - Horse Taxi cabs passing The Reform Club (right). Date: circa 1905

Dame Rachel Crowdy (1884-1964) trained as a nurse and served as Principal Commandant for the VADS (Voluntary Aid Detachments) to the Territorial Army during the First World War

General Election Promo postcard for Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid
The reverse of a promo postcard from January 1910 General Election for Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid, Conservative candidate for Camberwell North who failed to defeat the incumbent Thomas James Macnamara

Joseph Chamberlain as a pioneer, observing an unknown land
Joseph Chamberlain aboard a small rowing boat ( The Orchid ), propelled by John Bull, peering toward the Unknown Land through a telescope

Fashions for Men: Specialists in Dress Reform
Specialists in Dress Reform: Dr. Jordan and Mr. Norman Haire with Mrs. Gayer. So far the Mens Dress Reform Society has failed to make a noticeable impression on the man in the street

Dress Reform - The Attempt to Force Comfort Upon Men. Page from The Bystander July 14 1937. Men cling with pathetic firmness to their extraordinary clothes, some from conservatism

Martin Luther (1483-1546) preaching in Mora. Engraving. Colo
Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Luther preaching to the crowd in Mora. Engraving by A. Sigismund in Germania, 1882. Colored

Martin Luther (1483-1546). Engraving. Colored
Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Engraving by G. Spangerberg in Germania, 1882. Colored

Rowland Hill (1795-1879). Engraving. Colored
Rowland Hill (1795-1879). British teacher and creator of the first postage stamp, the Penny Black. Engraving by Capuz in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1879. Colored

Caricatures, Bradlaugh and Labouchere, fellow-MPs
Caricatures, Charles Bradlaugh and Henry Labouchere, Northampton MPs. Labouchere supported his atheist colleague in parliament. 1880

Caricature of Barry Sullivan, English actor
Caricature of Barry Sullivan (1821-1891), English actor of Irish parentage who played many classical parts. In 1882 he agreed to be nominated for Parliament by an Irish constituency on Home Rule

Caricature of Charles Bradlaugh, atheist MP
Caricature of Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891), atheist politician, Liberal MP for Northampton. Look out for Mr Bradlaugh on the Third of August. 1881

Cartoon, Gladstone, Bradlaugh and Labouchere
Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh, atheist, republican and Liberal MP for Northampton, supported by his fellow-MP Henry Labouchere but a worrying presence for the Liberal leader W E Gladstone. 1881

Depiction of Autumn 1903
A depiction of Autumn showing a woman wearing a reform style dress with uncorseted waist & a broad black sash. She stands against some grapevines holding a bonnet by its strings. Date: 1903

Disraeli / Reform 1866
Political " Economy" Disraeli thinks the old Reform Bill 1859 banner will do nicely for the opening scene if its spruced up a bit Lord Derby is not so sure. Date: 1 December 1866

Disraeli / Reform 1859
The Last Pantomime of the Season Disraelis Reform Bill is rejected at the last minute, to the delight of MPs Bright, Russell and Palmerston. Date: 19 March 1859

Disraeli / Reform / Critic
Puff at St Stephens Disraeli makes his fellow-MPs kneel and pray for blessing on the new Reform Bill, which had just received royal assent. Date: 17 August 1867

Reform / 1832 / Birmingham
Political Unions gather at New-Hall Hill, Birmingham, to press the case for the Reform Bill. The Bill was passed successfully through the House of Lords on 7 June 1832. Date: May 1832

Mob Burns Hay Rick / 1830
A mob burns hay-ricks in Kent. Date: 1830

Bristol Riot / 1831 / Dawson
In Bristol, where only 6000 of the 104, 000 population had the vote in 1830, a crowd protest against the House of Lords defeat of the Reform Bill by burning 100 houses Date: 31 October 1831

Disraeli / Political Peri
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Conservative MP and Prime Minister, rejoicing at the success of his electoral reform bill Date: 31 August 1867

Disraeli / Egg Dance
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Conservative MP and Prime Minister, stepping delicately around the county and borough issues surrounding electoral reform Date: 29 June 1867

Jacob Bright / Vanity Fair
Sir A Osmond Williams wears a frock coat, chalk striped trousers with front creases, spats, a fawn coloured waistcoat with watch chain, all round collar & black tie. Date: 1909

Disraeli Cartoon
Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield depicted as the mouthpiece of the Reform League mob Date: 1804 - 1881

Mrs Ormiston Chant
Laura Ormiston Dibbin Chant (848-1923, Banbury), English social reformer and writer, pictured in The Sketch magazine in 1894

The Sin of Her Childhood by J A Campbell
Promotional postcard for The Sin of Her Childhood by J. A. Campbell. First produced Accrington, 14th Decmeber 1903 and Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 31st October 1904

Cartoon, True Reform of Parliament, ie Patriots lighting a Revolutionary Bonfire in New Palace Yard, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett at the centre

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