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English suffragette, feminist newspaper, 1908. News seller, she is standing on the street not the pavement so as not to be arrested. The suffragettes published their own magazine / newspaper

English suffragette feminist newpaper, 1908

The Kings cabinet de travail (study) at Versailles. The Sun King by Nancy Mitford, page 248. The Palace of Versailles was built over a period of 60 years by some 36

Louis XIV inkstand in red jasper and gilt. The Sun King by Nancy Mitford, page 153

Cup in lapis lazuli surmounted by Neptune in silver garlands of ceramic and enamelled flowers. Sphinxs at base and exotic animals, from Louis XIV collection of jewels

Mincing Lane after the Blitz, Second World War

Manuscript of Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans, c. 1500. Charles can be seen writing
Manuscript of Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans, c.1500. Charles can be seen writing inside the Tower of London. He was the last of the French courtly poets

Votes for women, Suffragette Protest at 1913 Epsom Derby. As the horses swept round Tattenham Corner little notice was taken of Emily Wilding Davison (1872-1913), in suffragette colours

Dame Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958), daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, with her mother

Mrs (Emily) Emmeline Pankhurst, English suffragette
Mrs (Emily) Emmeline Pankhurst, born Goulden, (1857-1928). English suffragette and founder of the Womens Social and Political Union

Mrs Pankhurst 1858-1928 with Mrs Michael Foot, 1912. Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst (born Goulden) (1858-1928), English suffragette. Founder of the Womens Social and Political Union 1903

Baptism of the Dauphin detail from a Gobelins tapestry after Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). The Sun King by Nancy Mitford, page 65

Bust of Louis XV (1710-1774), King of France from 1715, by Lambert Sigisbert Adam Le Vau, (1612-1670) French School. Madam de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford, page 44

Royal Procession across Stadium, 1906 Olympic Games

Book with Pompadours Arms, 18th century, French. 1787

Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in full hunting dress

Sir Horace Darwin, F. R. S. (1851-1928), son of the British naturalist Charles Darwin
Sir Horace Darwin, F.R.S. (1851-1928), son of the British naturalist Charles Darwin and a civil engineer. From Darwin and the Beagle by Alan Moorhead, page 268

Louis XIV stirrups. The Sun King by Nancy Mitford, page 209

Isabella of France (c. 1295-1358) with troops at Hereford, 14th century
Isabella of France (c.1295-1358) with troops at Hereford, 14th century. 12844

Boulle commode made for Louis XIV room at the Grand Trianon 1701. Rococo carving bowed legs, acanthus leaf decoration, french sphinxes at corners. The Sun King by Nancy Mitford, page 176

Covent Garden Market. Henry Austen (1771-1850), the fourth brother of Jane Austen, (1775-1817), lived nearby in Henrietta Street, 1800s. A Portrait of Jane Austen by David Cecil, page 166

South Kensington Museum, 1863

The winning Citroen 15CV Sestrieres Rally 1953

Wimbledon No 2 Court at the new Wimbledon at Church Road in 1923.s M Jacobs (India) vs V Richards (US) The Encyclopedia of Tennis page 349

King Alfonsos Joy Day. The special official portrait of King Alfonso of Spain taken on January 23rd in celebration of the great National Demonstration of Loyalty in which 200, 000 people took part

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