Walking Cane Collection (page 2)

A lady of rank of the time of Louis XV, 1889. A print from Figaro Exposition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Limited, 4 Stationers Hall Court, London, 1889

The Style of the Future, 1889
The Style of the Future, (1889). A print from Figaro Exposition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Limited, 4 Stationers Hall Court, London, 1889

Jules Cheret, French artist, 1895. Cheret (1836-1932) was one of the finest exponents of Belle Epoque poster art, and has been described as the father of the modern poster

Charles Paul de Kock, French novelist, 1870. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1860-1920

Jules Ferry, French statesman, 1884. Jules Francois Camille Ferry (1832-1893) served as Prime Minister of France on two occasions

Emile Augier, French dramatist, 1885. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris

Edouard Pailleron, French poet and dramatist, 1875. November 1875. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1845-1890, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade

Lord Grey, c1882

Mr Micawber, 1923. Artist: Vandyck Printers Ltd
Mr Micawber, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

The Ismaillolo brothers wrestling, The Folies Bergere, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
The Ismaillolo brothers wrestling, The Folies Bergere, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st March 1895

Portrait of P. Louys, c1861-1942. Artist: Jacques Emile Blanche
Portrait of P.Louys, 1861-1942. Blanche was a very popular artist of his day. He was influenced by Tissot, Sargent and Edouard Manet

The Adventuress, c1717. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Adventuress, c1717. From the collection of the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Troyes, France

Roderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist, 1870. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Roderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist, 1870. Murchison (1792-1871) investigated old rocks beneath the red sandstone

Michail Pogodin, Russian historian and journalist, 1850s. Artist: Karl August Bergner
Michail Pogodin, Russian historian and journalist (1800-1875), 1850s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of AS Pushkin, Moscow

The First Interview in 1786 between Deacon Brodie and George Smith, 1788. Artist: John Kay
The First Interview in 1786 between Deacon Brodie and George Smith, 1788. William Brodie (d1788), a respectable Edinburgh cabinet maker and deacon councillor of the city

William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875. Russell (1820-1907) was war correspondent for The Times during the Crimean War) and The Daily Telegraph in the Zulu War

Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish philosopher and economist, 1790. Artist: John Kay
Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish philosopher and economist, 1790. He is pictured standing wearing a hat and wig and carrying a cane, pointing to a book on a table

Self-portrait by Andre Gill, 1883, (1927). Artist: Andre Gill
Self-portrait by Andre Gill, 1883, (1927). A print from Andre Gill: Un Maitre de la Caricature, Aux Editions de L Ibis, Paris, 1927

John Bennet Lawes, British agriculturalist, 1882. Lawes (1814-1900) founded Rothamsted Experimental Station at Harpenden, Hertfordshire, in 1843

William Huggins, British astronomer and spectroscopist, 1903. Artist: Spy
William Huggins, British astronomer and spectroscopist, 1903. Huggins (1824-1910) was the inventor of the solar spectroscope

Doctor Johnson in the ante-room of Lord Chesterfield, waiting for an audience, 1748. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

Wisdom and Wind-Bag, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel
Wisdom and Wind-Bag, 1866. The master of rhetoric, Thomas Carlyle, is shown commenting on a speech being given to the masses by John Bright

The Beadle and The Dane, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
The Beadle and The Dane, 1864. Lord John Russell says: Better take it! Half a Loafs better than no Bread, you know! In an effort to resolve the Schleswig-Holstein problem, Lord Russell

English Assassin Painted by France, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
English Assassin Painted by France, 1864. The distance between France and Britain at this time is illustrated by the comment made by M Le Verrier

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