Officialdom Collection

The suspicious house, 1868. Creator: Charles Rochussen
The suspicious house, 1868

A Conversation Between Japanese Officials, 1813. Creator: Stepan Galaktionov
A Conversation Between Japanese Officials, 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe

The Lord Chancellor In His Coronation Robes, 1937. From The Sphere - Coronation Record Number. [The Sphere, London, 1937]

General Zephirin, Haiti, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Meeting of Marshal Villars and Prince Eugene of Savoy in Rastadt, 1898. Artist: Marshal Villars
Meeting of Marshal Villars and Prince Eugene of Savoy in Rastadt, 1898. A print from Les Francais Illustres, by Gustave Demoulin, Hachette, Paris, 1898

The Londons Lord mayor gives has Mr Loubet a gold box, 1903. Emile Francois Loubet (1838-1929) was a French politician and the 7th President of France

The Prevot des Marchands and the Echevins of the city of Paris, 1648. Artist: Philippe de Champaigne
The Prevot des Marchands and the Echevins of the city of Paris, 1648. From the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

Member of a London Wardmote Inquest in official dress, 1808. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Member of a London Wardmote Inquest in official dress, 1808.These bodies checked weights and measures for accuracy. From Costume of Great Britain by William Henry Pyne, (London, 1808)

Testing weights and measures during the reign of Henry VII, England, 1497-1509. At bottom right measures which do not come up to standard are being burned

The Red-Tape Tangle, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Red-Tape Tangle, 1888. The Great British Lion roars out his distress, tied down as he is by red tape and officialdom. There were many complaints at the time that the increasing amount of red tape

Dr. Birch and His Young Friends, 1880. Artist: Joseph Swain
Dr. Birch and His Young Friends, 1880. Sir William Harcourt, the Liberal Home Secretary, prepares a birch labelled Juvenile Offenders Act

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