Leading Collection (#45)

The 2nd Marquis of Salisbury (1791-1868)
Engraving of James Brownlow William, 2nd Marquis of Salisbury, who served as Lord Privy Seal (1852) and Lord President of the Council (1858)

Anti Home-Rulers attacking Winston Churchills car, Belfast
Illustration showing a crowd of anti home-rulers attacking the car carrying Winston Leonard Spencer Churcill (1874-1965), then First Lord of the Admiralty

Joffre and King Albert of Belgium
General Joffre in conversation with King Albert of Belgium (1875-1934), Commander-in-Chief of the Belgian army. Albert was credited with leading a gallant Belgian resistance against the German army

SS Ophir and the Royal Yacht Alberta at Portsmouth, Marc
Photograph of the Royal Yacht Alberta, with King Edward VII on board, leading SS Ophir, with the Duke of Cornwall and York, out of Portsmouth harbour, March 1901

Four leading cricketers of 1874
Engraving showing four leading English cricketers of the 1874 season. From top left, clockwise: G.F. Grace Esq. W.G. Grace Esq. J. Southerton and H.Jupp

USA Saratoga Springs
At the races : Saratoga is one of Americas leading horse racing centers

The Civil War in America. The Picket leading the ships of th
General Burnside took his troops to engage with the Confederates on Roanoke Island

Greece Piraeus
Reconstruction of Piraeus, the port of Athens, BCE, showing the highway leading to the city

Sir Francis Younghusband and the American Ambassador, 1922
Photograph showing the American Ambassador to Great Britain, Mr. Harvey (on left), presenting an American Geographical Society Medal to Sir Francis Younghusband; London, 1922

Venice Fabric Trade
Venice becomes Europes leading trading centre for fabrics

Sir Henry Morton Stanley leaving Yambuya Camp during the Emi
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on right, wearing dark jacket) setting out from Yambuya Camp on the 28th June 1887 during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Church in Shere, Surrey
A lovely corner in the village of Shere, leading to its fine old church

CHRYSIPPUS - Greek philosopher at Athens, leading exponent of Stoicism, succeeding Cleanthes as head of the Stoa, promoting the views of Zeno while enlarging them

The Village of Cheddar
The viallge of Cheddar, Somerset, with its lake beside the road leading up to the famous Gorge

Admiral Von Tirpitz
ALFRED VON TIRPITZ Chiefly responsible for the strengthening of the German navy in the years leading up to World War One; seen here age 80

Marseille Trade Centre
A shipment of figs arrives at Marseille, whose strategic position on the Mediterranean, with access to western Europe, renders it one of the worlds leading trading centres

Nijni-Novgorod Trade
Fur traders at Nijni-Novgorod, which, on the border between Europe and Asia, becomes one of Europes leading trading centres

Lubeck as Trade Centre
Lubeck, strategically located on the Baltic coast, becomes a leading trading centre of the Hanseatic League, doing extensive business with Scandinavia

HMS Royal Oak viewed from HMS Queen Elizabeth, 1935
Photograph of a huge wave breaking over the bows of HMS Royal Oak, launched 1916, as seen from the stern of HMS Queen Elizabeth, Mediterranean Sea, 1935

Note from the President
The President of the Republic sends a message to the Assemblee Nationale : they are more and more at odds as the year progresses, leading to the December coup d etat

Coriolanus & Women
Coriolanus, the Roman hero who fell from grace by leading his enemies against Rome, is begged by his mother, wife and the women of Rome, to withdraw his Volscian army, which he does

The Leap Frog Railway
An amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long

Battle of Pavia
Popular broadsheet describing the battle of Pavia, where Francois I is defeated by a mixed Imperial army, leading to the Spanish domination of Italy

Greestone Stairs Lincoln
A glimpse of Greestone Stairs, a steep flight of steps leading up to Lincoln Cathedral, England

Steps / Stepcote Hill
Stepcote Hill and Bridge, Exeter, Devon, a medieval pack-horse road, leading over the old bridge

Chamber at Mycenae
A rock-cut side chamber leading from the tholos tomb, dubbed the Treasury of Atreus by Schliemann

Miss Mary Anderson
MARY ANDERSON Actress born in California who always played leading roles in Londons West End. Dubbed " Our Mary" by American audiences

David Niven
DAVID NIVEN Graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before he arrived in Hollywood where he became part of Clark Gables social set

Jand Hading Actress
JANE HADING - French actress, real name Jeanne Alfredine Trefouret : a leading performer who toured the U.S. with Coquelin

Mlle Mars Actress
MADEMOISELLE MARS real name Anne Francoise Hippolyte Boutet leading French actress

Petit Journal - 2
In the Service des Archives, back numbers of the paper can be consulted : Le petit Journal is one of Frances leading daily newspapers

Petit Journal - 8
Le service des Expeditions, where the days papers are packed, to be sent throughout the country : for this is one of Frances leading journals

Dancer and Chorus
A leading dancer performs while the chorus girls hover in the background

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

Carlist Wars
Ferdinand VII names his daughter Isabela as heir, but ultra-conservative Don Carlos de Bourbon challenges her claim, leading to the Carlist Wars

Goat Sacrifice
A goat is led to the effigy of a deity - probably Apollo - accompanied by a butcher with an axe and a bunch of pious ladies, one with a child who is leading the victim

Howard Visits Prison
JOHN HOWARD sheriff of Bedfordshire, visits county jails and is appalled at conditions, leading him to propose reforms in the treatment of prisoners

Watching the Finish
Racegoers watch the leading horses come down to the winning post

Guatemala Country Road
A country road leading to Guatemala City

Gladstone Speaks
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE speaking on his Home Rule (for Ireland) bill in 1886; to his left is John Morley, to his right Campbell-Bannerman, leading liberals

PERU LIMA
Street leading to the palace

Suffolk Shepherd
A scene on a lane near Aspall, Suffolk, England. showing a shepherd leading his flock of over 300 Suffolk sheep and Scotch half-breed ewes to the lambing pens on a winters day

Sheep on Leads
Sheep on rope leads being led to a truck to be transported to a livestock market near Clun, Shropshire, England

Investors / Wall Street
Big crowds still besiege the sub-treasury awaiting the arrival and departure of the leading financial men

Drill at Saint-Cyr
Drill parade at Saint-Cyr, Frances leading military academy of Saint-Cyr, founded by Napoleon I and located near Fontainebleau (since then it has been relocated)

Fencing at Saint-Cyr
Training in fencing at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr, Frances leading military academy. Date: circa 1900

Entrance to Saint-Cyr
The entrance to Frances leading military academy of Saint-Cyr, founded by Napoleon I and located near Fontainebleau (since then it has been relocated)

Unrest in Hamburg / 1918
Unrest in Hamburg leading to political demonstrations

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