Images Dated 5th September 2018

Walpole House, Chiswick Mall

Walpole House, Chiswick Mall, originally the home of Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of Charles II, and the inspiration for Miss Pinkerton's Academy in Thackeray's Vanity Fair. It was where Thackeray went to school at the age of six. Date: 1911

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Academy, Buildings, Chiswick, Fair, House, London, Makepeace, Mall, Miss, Pinkerton, Pinkertons, Places, Sep18, Thackeray, Vanity, Walpole, West, William

Front cover of The Etiquette of To-day

Front cover of The Etiquette of To-day,. edited by Flora Klickmann. A small volume of etiquette, seeking to assist with such matters as visiting, eating out, travelling, chaperones, dressing and an explanation of servants, their duties and ranking within the establishment. Published by Girl's Own Paper, circa 1914 Date: circa 1914

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Plate commemoration, W G Grace, Century of Centuries

Plate commemoration of the cricketer W G Grace, Century of Centuries.
1895

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