Images Dated 24th August 2005

Titus Salt, English textile manufacturer

Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876), English textile manufacturer and social reformer. Salt took over the running of his father's textile mill in Bradford in 1833 and over the next 20 years became the town's largest employer. He became Mayor in 1848 and, appalled at the effect of pollution on living standards in Bradford, tried to bring in legislation to limit air pollution. When all action was opposed, Salt left Bradford to set up an industrial community, Saltaire, on the banks of the River Aire. Noise and air pollution was minimised and all homes had running water and gas. Saltaire also had its own school, hospital, park and library. Illustration taken from The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography (1857-1863)

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Bayadere with Peacock, ballet costume design, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst

Bayadere with Peacock, ballet costume design, 1911. Costume Design for a Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo, Music by Reynaldo Hahn. Published in L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

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Le Dieu Bleu ('The Blue God'), ballet costume design, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst

Le Dieu Bleu ('The Blue God'), ballet costume design, 1911. Costume Design for Nijinsky in a Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu, story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo, Music by Reynaldo Hahn. Published in L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

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