Reputation Gallery

Marie Loftus music hall dancer and singer 1857-1940

Marie Loftus music hall dancer and singer, pantomime star. Reputation for singing risqu songs. Mother of Cissie Loftus, music hall mimic. In costume holding rose. Wearing full length dress of shiny material with side slit revealing her leg. Full sleeves ending in lace and fringing. Hat with ostrich feathers. Backcloth of country scene. Date: circa 1890s

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WW1 Recruitment Poster -- A Resolution

Recruitment poster, printed by A Thom and Company, Dublin. A Resolution passed in the Trenches. By an Irish Regiment (2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment), after Mass on 1st Sunday in Advent and sent home through their Chaplain (Rev Father Fitzmaurice) That the reputation and fine traditions of this old Regiment, started by Irishmen and now being upheld by Irishmen, should continue to be upheld by Irishmen from the Regiment's recruiting area. [signed] W Dugan, Lieut-Colonel. From every Irish Regiment at the front comes the same appeal. Fill up their ranks fellow Irishmen! These brothers of ours have lifted high the fame of Ireland and the cause of Ireland by their heroism. Do not turn the deaf ear to them. Join them for Ireland's honour and safety and Victory! Date: 1915

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Ayrton and Perry

Portrait engravings of Professor William Ayrton and Professor John Perry, electrical engineers. Ayrton held the post of Professor of Natural Philosophy and Telegraphy at the Imperial College of Engineering, Japan, later becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society and holding several teaching posts, with a reputation for excellent, practical-based teaching. Together with Perry, he invented many electrical measuring instruments, including a spiral-spring ammeter and wattmeter. They also developed an electrical railway and invented the first electrical tricycle in 1882

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans