Design Pics/Historical RM Images

Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846 ??" 1915. British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal and an accomplished classical scholar. From The Strand Magazine, pu...

Lieutenant Daniel Godfrey,1831??"1903, father of Sir Dan Godfrey, 1868 ??" 1939, British music conductor. From The Strand Magazine, published January...

Lieutenant Daniel Godfrey,1831??"1903, father of Sir Dan Godfrey, 1868 ??" 1939, British music conductor. From The Strand Magazine, published January...

James Ramsay MacDonald, 1866 ??"1937. British statesman, the first Labour Party politician to become Prime Minister. From Forty Wonderful Years, pu...

Exterior of a Dorchester labourer's cottage in the early 19th century. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

The HMS York, a British prison hulk used to house the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Prison hulks were decommissioned ships that authorities used as floating pri...

The Gallery on board The HMS York, a British prison hulk used to house the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Prison hulks were decommissioned ships that authorities...

The washing room on board The HMS York, a British prison hulk used to house the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Prison hulks were decommissioned ships that author...

The Australian prison hulk Success. Prison hulks were decommissioned ships that authorities used as floating prisons in the 18th and 19th centuries....

Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, 1784 ??" 1854. Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras (1814??"1822), Van Diemen's Land (now the S...

William Cobbett , 1763 ??" 1835. English pamphleteer, farmer, journalist and member of parliament. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

Joseph Hume, 1777 ??" 1855. Scottish doctor and Radical MP. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

Feargus Edward O'Connor, 1794 ??" 1855. Irish Chartist leader and advocate of the Land Plan, which sought to proVIde smallholdings for the labouring...

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1778 ??"1868. British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. From The Martyrs of...

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, 1764 ??" 1845, aka VIscount Howick. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934...

The Royal Coburg Theatrre, later The V?Actoria or Old VIc, London, England, 1830. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

George Loveless, 1797-1874. Dorchester labourer and Tolpuddle martyr. The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers...

The burning of The Houses of Parliament, London, England, 1834. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

Ned Ludd disguised as a woman. Ned Ludd, possibly born Edward Ludlam, allegedly the person from whom the Luddites took their name.The Luddites were a...

Facsimilie of one of Robert Owen's Labour Notes. Robert Owen,1771 ??" 1858. Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropic social reformer, and one of the...

A contemporary impression of four of the Tolpuddle Martyrs after their return from penal serVItude in Australia in 1836. Left to right, James Brine,...

Ernest Louis Charles Albert William, 1868 ??" 1937. The last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June,...

Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, 1821 ??" 1915. Canadian father of Confederation, Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into C...

Ferdinand Marie, VIcomte de Lesseps, 1805 ??" 1894. French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal. From The Strand Magazine, published Janua...

Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812 ??" 1870. English writer and social critic. Seen here aged 18. From The Strand Magazine, published January to Ju...

A deep sea diver in thge 19th century. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894.

A deep sea diver in thge 19th century. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894.

A deep sea diver in thge 19th century. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894.

Marie-Eug??ne-Melchior, VIcomte de Vog?z??, 1848 ??" 1910. French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary cr...

Signature of Marie-Eug??ne-Melchior, VIcomte de Vog?z??, 1848 ??" 1910. French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist an...

George MacDonald, 1824 ??" 1905. Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 1865 ??" 1936. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. From The International Library of Famous Literatu...

Zola in his study. ??mile ??douard Charles Antoine Zola, 1840 ??" 1902. French novelist, playwright and journalist. From The International Library o...

James Whitcomb Riley, 1849 ??"1916. American writer, poet, and best-selling author. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c...

Frank Richard Stockton, 1834 ??" 1902. American writer and humorist. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Fanny Lily Gipsey Davenport, 1850 ??" 1898. English-American stage actress. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Celia Laighton Thaxter, 1835 ??" 1894. American writer of poetry and stories. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Francis de Lorraine II, Prince of JoinVIlle, Duke of Guise, Duke of Aumale, 1519 ??" 1563. French soldier and politician. From The International Libr...

Pasquale VIllari, 1827 ??" 1917. Italian historian and politician. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Fran??ois Rabelais, c.1483-1494 ??" 1553. French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. From The Internationa...

William Hickling Prescott, 1796 ??" 1859. American historian and Hispanist. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Sir John Franklin, 1786 ??" 1847. English Royal Navy officer, explorer of the Arctic and Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) from...

Charles Algernon Fryatt, 1872 ??" 1916. British mariner, captain of a merchant ship, who was executed by the Germans for attempting to ram a U-boat i...

Frederick Guy Browne, 1881-1928. Tried and hanged for the murder of police constable George William Gutteridge on September 27, 1927. From The Pag...

Jack "Legs" Diamond, 1897 ??" 1931, aka Gentleman Jack. Irish American gangster in Philadelphia and New York City during the Prohibition era. From Th...

??amon de Valera, first registered as George de Valero but changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera, 1882 ??" 1975. Irish statesman and po...

Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., 20-month-old son of aVIator Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, abducted from his home in Highfields, New Jer...

A group of Jews protesting against Hitler's anti-Jewish doctrine assembled in Hyde Park, London, England in 1933 holding signs which read "Boycott the...

Ensigns and National Merchant Flags. 1. Union Jack 2. White Ensign (Royal Navy) 3. Blue Ensign (Royal Navy Reserve) 4. Red Ensign (Mercantile Marine)...

VIew of the Collegiate Chapel of St Mary Magdalen and All Saints, Guildhall, London, England in the 19th century. From London Pictures, published 189...