Images Dated 23rd December 2016

Too Many Cooks

Too Many Cooks -- photograph of four chefs (possibly French).
circa late 19th century

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Chef, Chefs, Colleague, Colleagues, Cook, Cooks, French, Man, Men, Profession, White, Work, Working

Monsieur Paquin, husband of Jeanne Paquin, fashion designer

Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), sporting artist, illustrator and Master of the South Berkshire Foxhounds. Known particularly for his pictures of animals, especially dogs, he is pictured in his studio in front of a canvas, working on a painting of a bulldog. Date: 1906

© Mary Evans Picture Library

The Dukes Motto by John Huntly McCarthy

The Dukes Motto by John Huntly McCarthy (1859 20 March 1936), starring Lewis Waller (3 November 1860 1 November 1915). First produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on 13th August 1908 and then at the Lyric Theatre, on 19th August 1908. Le Bossu (The Hunchback) by Paul Feval has been often dramatised and filmed in France. Here it has been usually known as The Dukes Motto. In his novel of that name (1908), McCarthy acknowledged Victorien Sardou, whose play, however, seems not to have been produced. The artist is Chas A. Buchel ). Date: 1908

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library