Speaking Collection

Tatler front cover, 9 March 1960
Front cover of the Tatler featuring a photograph of a woman, eating breakfast while arranging to meet friends over the telephone. 1960

Cicero Speaks in Senate
Catiline, plotting to seize power in Rome, is denounced in the Senate by Cicero

William Pitt the Younger addressing Parliament
William Pitt (the Younger) addressing the House of Commons

Pin-up calendar girl by David Wright, 1950
A woman with her red hair swept up in a bun, poses elegantly in some diaphanous lingerie as she speaks on a red telephone. Date: 1950

Churchill speaking at Theydon Bois
In a speech at Theydon Bois on 27th August, Winston Churchill declared that the whole state of Europe was moving steadily towards a climax which could not be long delayed

Woman police officer attending an accident where a man appears to have fallen off a ladder. She is speaking into her hand-held radio. Date: circa 1970s

George Whitefield preaching at Moorfields Fair, 1742
George Whitefield(1714-1770), nonconformist preacher, depicted preaching under difficult circumstances at Moorfields Fair on Whit Monday, 1742. 1742

Keir Hardie addressing suffragettes at Trafalgar Square
Keir Hardie (1856-1915), founder of the Labour party

Policeman at a police call box
A policeman on the phone at a police public call box on a London street

Harold Macmillan at the United Nations General Assembly
Photograph of (Maurice) Harold Macmillan speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, 29th September 1960

Khrushchev Speaking at the UN
Russian statesman, secretary-general of the Communist Party and premier 1958-1964, Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), depicted addressing the assembly at the United Nations

Mr Pastry, aka Richard Hearne, with lion
Mr Pastry, aka the comic actor Richard Hearne (1908-1979), with a lion. Date: circa 1960s

London Trade Card - William Bull, Musical Instruments - trumpets, kettledrums, French horns, speaking trumpets, hearing horns for deaf people, powder flasks

Michael Collins at Armagh, 1921
Michael Collins as Sinn Fein Minister of Finance(1890-1922). Pictured here in 1921 on the front cover of the Illustrated London News, speaking at Armagh

Pin Up on telephone by David Wright
An alluring blonde woman in a black evening dress and white fur stole talks on a red telephone while looking seductively at the viewer

November 1951 by David Wright, showing a woman posed on the telephone. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Mary Baker Eddy / June1903
MARY BAKER EDDY Founder of Christian Science speaking to 10, 000 followers from the balcony of Pleasant View in June 1903 Date: 1821 - 1910

Winston Churchill speaking at Fulton, Missouri, where he was introduced by President Truman at Westminster College

Princess Elizabeth first broadcast, 1940
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) making her first radio broadcast on 11 October 1940 to British children evacuated abroad to the United States and Canada. Date: 1940

The William Morris Clarion van
A man stands on a Clarion van under a banner reading Socialism talking to a crowd of people congregated around him

Ben Rubner, General Secretary of the FTAT union
Ben Rubner (1921-1998), General Secretary of the Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union (FTAT) from 1976 to 1986

Disraeli / Parl Speech
BENJAMIN DISRAELI 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; statesman, Prime Minister and novelist speaking in parliament. Date: 1804 - 1881

Ataturk addressing a crowd
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881 - 1938) addressing a crowd in Turkey (date unknown)

Proposal on a leap year
A woman proposing to her boyfriend on Valentines Day during a leap year - the only occasion by tradition that this is allowed !

Russian Commissar speaking at a meeting
Peoples Commissar Voroshiloff speaking at a meeting on board the deck of a cruiser

King George VI opening the National Maritime Museum, 1937
Photograph showing King George VI (centre) speaking at the official opening of the National Maritime Museum, London, 1937

Princess Elizabeth broadcasting to the Empire
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) at a BBC microphone making her 21st birthday broadcast to the Empire during the Royal Tour of South Africa on 21st April 1947. Date: 1947

Gibson Girl - Kate (on the telephone) Date: circa 1910s

David Wright woman in black negligee on red telephone
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a black negligee. She is lying on a furry white rug, speaking on her red telephone

A Pig rears up out of a small pen. Pen and Ink (with watercolour)drawing by Raymond Sheppard

David Lloyd-George (1863-1945) speaking in Rochdale, 1923
Photograph of David Lloyd-George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman, addressing a large crowd at Rochdale during the election campaign of 1923

Demonstration against the toll on Chelsea Bridge, London
A demonstration against the charging of a toll on the new Chelsea Bridge, London

Little Girl on the phone at a Trade Show
A little girl on the telephone seated on the desk of a stand at a Trade Show. The Midlands Gas Board stand can be seen in the background. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Sir Edward Richard Henry
SIR EDWARD RICHARD HENRY Irish policeman and fingerprint expert

Churchill / Randolph / Vf 80
LORD RANDOLPH SPENCER CHURCHILL MP speaking in Parliament while Wolff, Balfour and Gorst listen (or fall asleep, more like)

Freiheit Trial / 1881
The Freiheit prosecution - trial of Herr Johann Most at the Cebtral Criminal Court (Old Bailey). Mr A M Sullivan (Counsel for the Defence) is speaking

Comic postcard, Man, woman and Cupid - If I could only make peace! Date: early 20th century

A mother whispers into her child's ear while sitting on her lap. Date: 1933

Illustration by Reginald Birch to Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Lord Fauntleroy makes a speech to the tenants. Date: 1886

New York World's Fair Opening
This photograph shows United States president Franklin D

Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray (1760-1797). French novelist, journalist, playwright and politician. He sided with the Girondins. Deputy to the National Convention. Portrait

French Revolution. Portrait of Robespierre speaking
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French writer, lawyer and politician. One of the leaders of the French Revolution

Noble lady and maid of honour accompanied by two bourgeois men wearing chaperon. 14th century. Engraving after a miniature in Merveilles du Monde

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). Guard corp on the walls of Paris. Engraving by Laporta

During the wedding feast of James II (1267-1327)
James II of Aragon, so-called the Just (1267-1327). King of Aragon, Valencia and Count of Barcelona (1291-1327), King of Sicily (1285-1296), King of Majorca (1291-1295) and Sardinia (1324-1327)

Spain, Madrid. A session of traders and industrialists, in the main hall of the Circulo de la Union Mercantil. Illustration by J. Comba. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Arthur Richard Burrows, BBC broadcaster
Arthur Richard Burrows (1882-1947), BBC broadcaster and journalist, known affectionately as Uncle Arthur. 1922

Comic postcard, Temperance speaker and audience Date: 20th century

Ernest Bevin giving speech at East Woolwich
Ernest Bevin giving a speech to socialist workers at his East Woolwich constituency after a period of illness

Cartoon, The Political Cheap-Jack -- Benjamin Disraeli, portrayed as a conman at a country fair, wooing his Buckinghamshire constituents during the General Election campaign, summer 1847. 1847

Samoset Visits Pilgrims at Plymouth
Samoset, an Abenaki Sagamore, or lesser chief, who had learned English from fisherman and sailors off Maine, walked into Plymouth colony and startled the pilgrim colonists by speaking English

Bottlenose dolphin, underwater, blowing heart shaped bubbles. Digital manipulation

Millicent Fawcett speaking at end of pilgrimage march, 1913
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), suffragist and early feminist, co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, and president of the moderate National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)

Comic postcard, Man misheard on the phone - I said Clissold! Date: 20th century

Alican Land, Roland Rat
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image depicts Roland Rat speaking with the businessman Sam Squirrel. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - A. R. P. Spy
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, A.R.P. Spy, written by Capt. A. O. Pollard, V.C. M.C. D.C.M. The image portrays a young woman, bound on the floor, speaking into a telephone

WW2 - Background For Barbara
A WW2 children's short story illustration of a woman holding a baby, speaking with a young gentleman in the kitchen. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - A Kiss From The Bride
A WW2 children's short story illustration of a fashionably dressed young woman speaking with a Royal Air Force man in uniform at an event. A bride is interacting with guests in the background

Feud In The Factory
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Feud In The Factory, written by Lorna Lewis

The Chocolate Soldiers, Chumpie Meets A Nurse
A wartime children's story book illustration which shows Chumpie the trumpeter, a chocolate soldier, speaking with a frightened Red Cross nurse. Date: circa 1940s

When Can I Have A Banana Again
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for When Can I Have A Banana Again, words and music by Nat Mills, Gaby Rogers and Harry Roy

Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes, lyrics by Mann Curtis, music by Vic Mizzy

Got Any Gum Chum? Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Got Any Gum Chum? Words by Ralph Butler and Archie De Bear, music by Tolchard Evans

The Adventure Book For Girls
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 children's short story book, The Adventure Book For Girls

WW2 - Wanda And Sir Maxwell
A WW2 short story illustration which shows a fictional military officer speaking with some women, one if holding a terrier. Date: circa 1940

WW2 Birthday Card, Shopping
A WW2 birthday greetings card, the illustration shows a pair of young wartime girls speaking having completed their food shop. Just one more point, a happy birthday to you! Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Christmas Card, Home Guard
A WW2 Christmas greetings card with an illustration portraying a Home Guard serviceman speaking with a policeman, he is holding up a dead rabbit. Date: circa 1940s

Tsar Nicholas II reading the Opening Decree to the Duma
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II reading the Opening Decree to the Duma, whilst standing beside the Imperial throne. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 British First Aid Post
An illustration which shows a British WW2 nurse speaking with a boy at a first aid post, centres in which air-raid casualties will find treatment and comfort. Date: circa 1941

WW2 W. V. S. Salvage
This illustration shows a man speaking to a salvage officer working for the Women's Voluntary Service during WW2, with a large container of items to be recycled for better use. Date: circa 1941

WW2, Where And When?
An illustration of a little girl portraying an older woman, speaking on the telephone to a relative who is serving for the Royal Navy during WW2, he has 10 days leave. Date: circa 1940s

Figures In Conversation
An illustration used for advertising purposes, portraying a young lady happily speaking with a group of gentlemen with a cigarette in her hand. Date: circa 1939

King Six Cigards Advertisement Photograph
This photograph was used to advertise King Six Cigars, the image portrays a gentleman speaking with a shopkeeper about the product. Date: circa 1939

Ariel Motorcycles Advertisement
An advertisement illustration promoting Ariel Motorcycles, the image shows a man standing by his bike, speaking with a nearby couple. Date: circa 1939

Woman Wearing Furs
An illustration used for fashion advertisement purposes, portraying a young woman wearing elaborate furs, speaking with a man. Date: circa 1939

Dunlop Rubber Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for the Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd, mainly focusing on the foreground scene of a gentleman in tweed speaking with two figures, as he holds the handlebars of his bicycle

Matania Advertisement Illustration
A detailed illustration, probably used for advertisement purposes, showing a scene in which two elegantly dressed figures, a man and a seated young lady

Advertisement Illustration, Outdoor Cafe Scene
A simple, yet colourful illustration used for advertisement purposes, showing an outdoor cafe scene where a man is speaking with two seated women. Date: circa 1939

Austin Reed Advertisement Illustration
An illustration used for the advertisement purposes of Austin Reed Ltd, a fashion retailer. The image shows two men wearing smart coats, speaking with a young lady seated in a red car

Beauty Of The Night
This illustration portrays a young woman wearing a highly fashionable dress, speaking with an older gentleman on a garden terrace. Date: circa 1901

The Orphan
A portrait illustration of a lady speaking with a little orphan girl. Date: circa 1901

With Your Talent You Should Be A Millionaire
A sketch which shows a large gentleman speaking with a man whose head is slightly bowed, a lady stands behind looking towards a desk. Date: circa 1901

Vous Vous Verrez Chez Moi
A coloured sketch portraying a mother and father speaking in consolation with whom is probably their daighter, who is sat between them. Date: circa 1901

So what? is it the breakdown?
A coloured sketch involving a man speaking with a young woman wearing yellow, who is sat on the edge of her bed. Date: circa 1901

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