Reform Collection (page 6)

Group photo, Dr Berrys Serbian Mission
A group photograph of Austrian prisoners and their nurses at Dr James Berrys Serbian Mission, a Red Cross Unit in Serbia during the First World War

Political cartoon - Joseph Chamberlain as jockey
" Who is Going to Ride it?" Joseph Chamberlain watches on in amusement as three jockeys (including Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (seated) and Herbert Henry Asquith

Joseph Chamberlain - Coat of Many Colours
In a picture postcard, Radical politicial Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) is pictured wearing a coat of many colours. Each segment reflects the different stages in his political career: socialist

Admiral Fisher and Admiral Beresford, British Navy
Admiral Fisher (left) and Admiral Beresford (right), of the British Navy. There was a lengthy dispute between them, as Fisher wished to reform

Selim III - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
The Grand Seignior. He is Selim III (1761-1808), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Son of Mustafa III (175774), he succeeded his uncle Abdulhamid I (177489)

Barrack canteen exterior, 1847
Exterior of an army barrack canteen, 1847. An illustration provided to accompany an article in the Illustrated London News, advocating temperance and reform

Barrack canteen interior, 1847
Interior of an army barrack canteen, 1847. An illustration provided to accompany an article in the Illustrated London News, advocating temperance and reform

Joseph Chamberlain - Balancing Act
Fiscalitis Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) performs a balancing act, standing precariously on a glass globe entitled Class whilst juggling a loaf of bread

Cardwell (Photo)
EDWARD VISCOUNT CARDWELL statesman, particularly associated with army reform Date: 1813 - 1885

Sumptuary Reform
Sumptuary reform - by the Tsars orders, wealthy merchants are stripped of their finery Date: circa 1690

Russells Reform Bill
Foreign Secretary Lord John Russell proposes his Reform Bill. The Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, did not support it and it failed to become law. Date: 1860

The Irish parliamentary party
The Irish Parliamentary party (also called the Irish Party or Home Rule Party) was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell

Richard Oastler, factory reformer
Richard Oastler (1789-1861) was a labour reformer and abolitionist, born in Leeds, Yorkshire. He fought for the rights of working children in the Factory Act of 1847

Manual of Workhouse Cookery, cover
The cover of a well used copy of the Manual of Workhouse Cookery, marked Matrons Use in the top left corner. The book was published in 1901 alongside a major revision of workhouse diets

Help for Taxi drivers / W H Robinson
Post War Britain - social reform. A kind hearted lady takes a taxi driver for a ride in his own taxi, at her own expense. Please note

Police introduction service / W H Robinson
Post war Britain will be such a pleasant place to live that even policemen will be able to find time to introduce total strangers in the park. who may otherwise be too shy themselves

Legless bridge table / W H Robinson
Post War Britain - Social reform. A legless bridge table, kept in place instead by four balloons, hovers, allowing a more intimate game to be played

Auto hat-raiser / W H Robinson
Post War Britain - Dress reform. The automatic hat raiser, for popular people...pure Heath Robinson! Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Enver Pasha - watercolour cartoon card
I believe it is now my turn!. An original watercolour depicting Enver Pasha (1881-1922), pro-German, pan-Turkist revolutionary

Union Workhouse, Lewes, Sussex
The Lewes Union workhouse, erected in In 1868 on De Montfort Road, Lewes, Sussex. In 1902, after its closure as a workhouse

A. P. Herbert
Photographic portrait of Alan Patrick Herbert (1890-1971), British author, humourist, playwright and law reform activist

David Lloyd George - postcard
The Stamp that wants a lot of Licking. David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1916-22). This card comments on the National Health Insurance Act of 1911

Etienne Marcel 3
Marcel, seeking reform and hostile to Jean II and his son, the future Charles V, prepares to open the Paris gates to the king of Navarre but is murdered by Maillart

Paris Riots
The Mailottins of Paris are just one of the popular uprisings throughout France, demanding fiscal reform : 13- year old Charles VI rides out to meet the rioters

Kalergis Feted London
Greek minister Demetrios Kalergis is not over-popular with his king because he is continually seeking reform : but when he visits London he is feted at the London Tavern

Warsaw Riots - 2
When a patriotic demonstration demanding reform is held before the viceregal castle, Warsaw, the Russians disperse it with great brutality and many deaths

Etienne Marcel
Marcel, seeking reform and hostile to Jean II and his son, the future Charles V, prepares to open the Paris gates to the king of Navarre but is murdered by Maillart

Warsaw Riots - 1
A demonstration demanding reform is held before the viceregal castle : the Russians disperse it with great brutality and many deaths

Maillotin Riots, Paris
Paris rioters - calling themselves LES MAILLOTINS - attack tax-collectors and other perceived oppressors, looting and plundering in the name of reform

Toll reform committee map
A map of London presented to Lord Palmerston by the Toll Reform Committee of 1857. The committee sought to eliminate unnecessary tolls from routes into London

Bourneville / Demare / Homme
DESIR-MAGLOIRE BOURNEVILLE French doctor and writer on medical reform

The Municipal Corporations Jubilee Banquet at the Freemason
Banquet held in 1885 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835. The Act, following on from the Reform Act of 1832 enabled 148 listed boroughs to establish a Town

Carlton Club Banquet: Drinking Lord Beaconsfields health
The Carlton Club Banquet at the Riding-School, Knightsbridge, London showing a toast to Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), Lord Beaconsfield

Carbonari and King
When Carlo Alberto succeeds to the throne of Piedmont, he is lobbied by Carbonari, urging reform

James Anderson, Economist
JAMES ANDERSON - Scottish economist and inventor : actively concerned with the Scottish fisheries, and in agricultural reform, where he made valuable innovations

No Reform No Reform

Savonarola Supported
To begin with, Savonarolas attempts to impose reform on his fellow-citizens is widely supported : a procession of children passes through the streets to set an example

Reform Club / Manchester
The New Reform Club

Henry III & Barons
Henry III is forced by his barons to implement the Provisions of Oxford, a scheme of governmental reform that appointed a committee of 24 nobles

DON CARLOS
Don Carlos, chief contender for the throne, claims to be legitimate heir. Reactionary, opposing reform, staunchly Catholic, he is seen returning from mass at Estella

Gustav Jaeger
GUSTAV JAEGER Austrian professor of physiology who advocated dress reform, leading to the well known Jaeger clothing

Reform or Despotism ?
Tsar Alexander III has to choose between reform and despotism. Needless to say, he chooses despotism

Woman in Trousers 1939
A young woman wearing a pair of wide leg trousers, high heels and a blouse with very large buttons down the front and very small buttons at the cuffs. Date: 1939

Tsar Warned
The new tsar Alexander III is warned to reform

Wellington Attacked
Arthur Wellesley, duke of WELLINGTON soldier and statesman, depicted being attacked by the London mob for his anti-reform bill views, circa 1830

Dress Reform - Sandals
A party of pedestrians walk through the streets of Berlin, wearing sandals for their healths sake, despite falling snow and the curious looks of passers-by

Harem Pants / Postcard
A modern young lady wearing the daring new harem pants under her skirt is able to run for a bus - fortunately she didn t chose the fashionable hobble skirt instead

Reform / Wellington & Mob
Despite being a popular hero, Wellington is attacked by the London mob because he is opposed to the Reform Bill

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