Story Collection (#33)

Arthur James Balfour has hands cut off by Joseph Chamberlain
The Story of the Pushful One (cont.). Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour (1848-1930) - Prime Minister (1902-05) has his hands cut off by Pushful Joe Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914). Date: 1899

Arthur James Balfour instructed by 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
The Story of the Pushful One. Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour (1848-1930) - Prime Minister (1902-05) instructed by Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil

Labouchere, Healy and Gibson Bowles covered in black ink
The Story of the Wicked Wags (cont.). Radical MP Henry Du Pre Labby Labouchere (1831-1912), Timothy Michael Healy (1855-1931)

Sir Wilfrid Lawson with Labouchere, Healy and Gibson Bowles
The Story of the Wicked Wags (cont.). Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (18291906) an English temperance campaigner and radical

Sir Wilfrid Lawson - English temperance campaigner
The Story of the Wicked Wags (cont.). Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (18291906) an English temperance campaigner and radical

Ashmead-Bartlett, Labouchere, Gibson Bowles and Healy
The Story of the Wicked Wags. Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (18491902) - an American born British Conservative politician, Radical MP Henry Du Pre Labby Labouchere (1831-1912)

Rosebery conquers Hugh Price Hughes and Labby Labouchere
The Dreadful Story about Primrose and the Gee-Gee (cont.). Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847-1929) - a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister

Rosebery menaced by Hugh Price Hughes and Labby Labouchere
The Dreadful Story about Primrose and the Gee-Gee. Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847-1929) - a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister

Emmy Destinn - Czech Operatic Soprano
Emmy Destinn (1878-1930) - Czech Operatic Soprano. Long career in Europe and with the New York Metropolitan Opera. Pictured here in the title role of Herodiass daughter Salome

Whittington Stone - Highgate Hill, London - where Dick Whittington heard the Bow Bells Date: circa 1940

Library of Congress Mural - Tale of the Eastern Story Teller
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Evolution of the Book by John White Alexander (1856-1915). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Oral Tradition

Nursery Tale - Baby Bunting - Bewitched
Nursery Tale - Baby Bunting - Baby Bunting Bewitched and turned into a white rabbit. Date: 1880

Nursery Tale - Fighting for the Crown - Lion and the Unicorn Date: 1880

Nursery Tale - The Fairy Fountain - Jack and Jill reach the water source at the summit of the hill - their downfall is imminent... Date: 1880

Nursery Tale - Humpty Dumpty - HD takes a nasty fall and it is unlikely that all the Kings Horses or indeed all the Kings Men will be able to exact a repair... Date: 1880

Nursery Tale - Four and Twenty Blackbirds - the birds burst out of the pie. Date: 1880

Old soak yokel in smock claiming not to have been drinking
The Squire Daughter - " Jerry, a little bird told me you had to much to drink yesterday!" Jerry - " Wel, my lady

A rather tall tale of the largest fish ever caught
" My Father e once caught a fishas big -as our street!" " Well, then, it must ave bin a Whale." " Garn, e were baitin wi Whales!" Date: 1901

A little girl loses her beau to a prettier model
The Jilt. A little girl loses her beau to a prettier model. She is dreadful upset and even her dolly is sharing her pain and loss! Even her puppy seems to be off! Date: circa 1890s

Little girl amazed at condition of her Grandfathers book
" Grandpa, didn t you tell me Aesops Fables were written thousands of yers ago?" " Yes, my dear." " My Word! But you have kept the book clean!" Date: 1901

Hayfus Snecky Hobart in Barries The Little Minister
Snecky in The Little Minister. The role of Hayfus Snecky Hobart in the dramatisation of the work by J. M. Barrie, first performed in 1897. Date: 1898

Oberammergau Passion Play - Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany
Oberammergau Passion Play is a passion play performed since 1634 as a tradition by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany

Corneville-les-Cloches, Eure, France - The Bells. Date: 1914

Art Nouveau - pretty girl kisses a green serpent
Art nouveau postcard design by Nini Hager (Raphael Kirchner using his wifes name for certain works) of a beautiful girl kissing a serpent. Date: circa 1900

British Empire Exhibition 1924 - The Trevessa Boat
British Empire Exhibition 1924 - lifeboat fom the SS Trevessa. On 4th June 1923, the Hain Line steamer Trevessa, heading from western Australia and loaded with zinc concentrates, sank 1

Wise King Berendey - copy of an 1885 painting by Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects). Date: 1885

Small Baby boy in a Moses Basket amid the reeds. The child is showing admirable resourcefulness in taking along a brolly, in case of showers or passing high speed motor boats

Samuel anoints Saul
The Seer (Prophet) Samuel anoints Saul as the future leader of the people of Israel. circa early 19th century

Jeremiah breaking the potters vessels
Jeremiah breaking the Potters vessels. circa 19th century

Belshazzar investing Daniel with a Chain of gold. circa 19th century

The Mount of Olives - near Jerusalem
The Mount of Olives, a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to the Jerusalems Old City in Israel. circa 19th century

Elisha Raises the Shunammites Son. circa 19th century

Elijah taken to heaven in the chariot of fire
Elijah taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire. circa late 19th century

The Conversion of Paul the Apostle / King Saul
The Conversion of Paul the Apostle - told as the conversion of King Saul. circa 19th century

Saul presents his daughter to David. circa 19th century

Jobs Resignation after receiving the successive blows of unprecedented calamities. circa early 18th century

Saint Luke the Evangelist
Luke the Evangelist. In traditional depictions, such as paintings, evangelist portraits and church mosaics (as here), St. Luke is often accompanied by an ox or bull, usually having wings

Abigail bringing presents to David. circa early 19th century

Paul before Marcus Julius Agrippa II
Paul claiming the importance of the resurrection before Herod Agrippa II (Marcus Julius Agrippa II) - the seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great, the Herodians. circa 19th century

John the Evangelist writing the gospels. Christian art (as here) usually represents St. John with an eagle, symbolizing the heights to which he rises in the first chapter of his Gospel

Elijah leaving Elisha
The Prophet Elijah leaving Elisha. circa 19th century

Jeremiah - one of the major Prophets of the Hebrew Bible circa late 18th century

Daniel and vision of Chariot of God circa late 18th century

Selcuk, Turkey (Ancient Ephesus) - The Citadel circa late 19th century

Daniel interprets the writing on the wall
In the Old Testament Book of Daniel, duringt a banquet hosted by King Belshazzar, mysterious writing (" Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" ) appeared on the wall, written by a disembodied hand

Moses and the Ten Commandments. circa late 18th century

Raising Jairuss daughter
Jesus raising Jairuss daughter from the dead. circa late 19th century

God humbles Nebuchanezzar and makes him eat grass like the cows. circa 18th century

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