Design Pics/Historical RM Images

The sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915 in the English channel, she was torpedoed by German U boat off the coast of Ireland.

Edward VII, 1841 ??" 1910. King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India. From Forty Wonderful Years, published 1938.

Queen VIctoria and her great grand-children, from left to right, Prince Albert (future George VI), Princess Mary (Princess Royal), Prince Edward (futu...

Alexander III, 1845 ??" 1894. Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 189...

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

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

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

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...

Arthur NeVIlle Chamberlain, 1869 ??" 1940. British statesman of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From Forty Wonderful...

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1848 ??" 1930. British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From Forty...

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1836 ??" 1908. British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From Forty Wonderful Years,...

Miss Holcroft, after the painting by John Opie. 1761??"1807. From The Connoisseur Illustrated, publushed 1916.

Harvesting at Tolpuddle, Dorset, England in the 19th century. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

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

The Martyrs' Tree, a sycamore at Tolpuddle in Dorset, England, regarded by some as the birthplace of the British trades union movement. From The Mart...

Edwin Berkeley Portman, 1830 -1921. English barrister and Liberal politician. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

Public notice adVIsing caution to people thinking of joining illegal societies or unions, early 19th century. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, publishe...

Sir William Horne, 1774 ??" 1860. British barrister and Liberal politician. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

George Loveless on the coach to Salisbury, chained and manacled, awaiting transportation to the prison ship at Portsmouth, 1834. George Loveless, 179...

A prisoner being lashed on board a prison hulk From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

The branding of a prisoner with a hot iron on board a prison hulk in the early 19th century. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

The Brine Bath on board a prison hulk in the early 19th century. The brine bath aka coffin bath was where the prisoners were put after being flogged,...

Map showing the arrest and transportation to Australia and Tasmania of the Tolpuddle Labourers, 1834. The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century...

Abel Janszoon Tasman,1603 ??" 1659. Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, he was the first known European explorer to reach the islands of Van Die...

A Hobart chain-gang, a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. From The Martyrs...

A letter received by James Loveless from his brother George Loveless dated September 10, 1834. George Loveless, 1797-1874. Dorchester labourer and T...

Demonstration at Copenhagen Fields, London, England 21 April 1834 in protest against the deportation of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. The Tolpuddle Martyrs,...

Map showing the route of the demonstration at Copenhagen Fields, London, England 21 April 1834 in protest against the deportation of the Tolpuddle Mar...

The Elephant and Castle, south London, England in 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...

Ernest Augustus, 1771 ??" 1851. Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover. Fifth son of George III of Great Britain. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, p...

Facsimile of a letter from the wives of the Tolpuddle Martyrs to Lord John Russell thanking him for his part in bringing about the pardons for their h...

The Homecoming of The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and conVIcted of swearing a secre...

Map showing the placings in Australia of The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and conVIc...

Map showing the placings in Canada of The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and conVIcted...

Dorchester, Dorset, England in 1834. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

Facsimile of free pardon granted to George Loveless, one of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural...

A group of chained prisoners boarding a prison ship in the 19th century. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

The Peterloo Massacre, St Peter's Field, Manchester, England, 1819. The cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000??"80,000 who had gathered to demand th...

Three dogs and a cockatoo haVIng a dinner party and toasting each other. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894.

Henry Charles Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow, 1828 ??"1899. British judge and Conservative Party politician. From The Strand Magazine, published January to...

Henry Charles Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow, 1828 ??"1899. British judge and Conservative Party politician. From The Strand Magazine, published January to...

Henry Charles Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow, 1828 ??"1899. British judge and Conservative Party politician. From The Strand Magazine, published January to...

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

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

Princess VIctoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Edinburgh, later Grand Duchess VIctoria Feodorovna of Russia, 1876 ??" 1936. A granddaughter of...

John James Stewart Perowne, 1823 ??" 1904. English Anglican bishop of Worcester. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894.

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1836 ??" 1908. British statesman of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From The Strand Magazi...