Images Dated 1st August 2009

Portrait of James Reid

Photographer: Richard Beard. Expedition: British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-48. Location: Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. Original format: daguerreotype
Three-quarter length portrait of James Reid, Ice Master, seated and holding a telescope

© Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 19th century. LONDON. Official proclamation of Queen Victoria

History of Great Britain. 19th century. London. Official proclamation of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) as Empress of India in the steps of the Stock Exchange. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration'. 1876

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WALPOLE, Sir Robert (Houghton , 1676-London, 1745). First Earl of Oxford. English politician

Walpole, Sir Robert (Houghton 1676-London 1745). First Earl of Oxford. English politician. Member of House of Commons since 1701, emerged as leader of Whig party and served as secretary of war in 1708. Accused of corruption, was expelled from Parliament and imprisoned in Tower of London. Engraving

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