Pictures Dated 24th March 2010

'Telegraphs', 1871.Artist: Coide

'Telegraphs', 1871. A caricature of John Pender (1815-1896), British pioneer of submarine telegraphy. In 1852, Pender became a director of the Atlantic Telegraph Company and in 1864 he formed the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Telcon). The following year he was elected Liberal MP for Totnes, Devon, and co-founded the Anglo-American Telegraph Company to lay the new Atlantic cable. In 1869, his British Indian Submarine Telegraph Company laid an all-undersea cable to India, and in 1872 he formed the Eastern Telegraph Company, of which he was chairman until his death. A print fromVanity Fair, 28 October 1871.

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'The Nonconformist', 1871. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini

'The Nonconformist', 1871. Edward Miall, MP (1809-1881), British Liberal politician. Miall was a nonconformist and an advocate of the disestablishment of the Church of England. He was the author of The British Churches in Relation to the British People (1849), a book which was highly critical of the Church of England, accusing it of a lack of relevance to the lives of the great mass of British working people. In it he described three-quarters of ministers as ignorant and schooled in corruption and worldliness. He A print from Vanity Fair, 29 July 1971.

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'Garrick and his Wife', 1757 (19th century).Artist: H Bourne

'Garrick and his Wife', 1757 (19th century). David Garrick (1717-1779) was the most popular actor of his time. He was also a playwright, theatre manager and producer and one of the most influential figures in 18th century British theatre. In 1749 he married Eva Marie Veigel (1724-1822), a German dancer. Hogarth's original painting of them, of which this engraving is a copy, is in the Royal Collection at Winsor Castle.

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