R Taylor Collection

Amateur Thought-Reading, 1889. Artist: R Taylor
Amateur Thought-Reading, 1889. Victorian entertainment. From the Illustrated London News, 19 October 1889

Sir Joseph Whitworth, British mechanical engineer, 1887. Whitworth (1803-1887) produced the standard screw thread which bears his name and invented numerous machine tools

WH Smith, MP, First Lord of the Treasury, 1887. Artist: R Taylor
WH Smith, MP, First Lord of the Treasury, 1887. The son and namesake of the founder of the WH Smith chain of newsagents, William Henry Smith (1825-1891)

George Joachim Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1887. Artist: R Taylor
George Joachim Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1887. A Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist, Goschen (1831-1907) held various ministerial posts during his political career

Saturday afternoon in Victoria Park, London, 1890. Artist: R Taylor
Saturday afternoon in Victoria Park, London, 1890. A print from The Illustrated London News (9 August 1890)

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), prime minister of Great Britain and 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 1892. Artist: R Taylor
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), prime minister of Great Britain and 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 1892. From the Illustrated London News (23 April 1892)

Proclaiming Kaiser Wilhelm I as first German Emperor, Versailles, 1871 (late 19th century). Artist: R Taylor
Proclaiming Kaiser Wilhelm I as first German Emperor, Versailles, 1871 (late 19th century). William I (1797-1888) of the House of Hohenzollern was King of Prussia from 1861

Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, (1816-1903), 19th century. Artist: R Taylor
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, (1816-1903), 19th century. Irish nationalist and Australian colonial politician. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900)

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