Legal Collection (page 4)

The Law Courts, The Strand, London - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

The Trial of Daniel O'Connell, Irish MP, February 1844 - he was sentenced to conspiracy, which was overturned on appeal to the House of Lords. Date: 1844

RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger Mabel Francatelli. A fascinating letter from Mattison, Davey & Rader of New York to Miss Francatelli dated 17 April 1956

RMS Titanic - Probate of the Will, Ernest Tomlin, victim
RMS Titanic - third class passenger and victim Ernest Portage Tomlin. Original probate and legal documentation dated 6 July 1912 relating to Mr Tomlin's estate after his death on the Titanic

Georgian cartoon, mother and son - Caesar my son, go to Mr Quirkem, your Father's died intestate, and left you his executor. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1820s

Georgian cartoon, A Suspicious Character, by Henry Heath Date: circa 1820s

Horace Hodges in Lightnin
Actor Horace Hodges (1863-1951) performing in the play Lightnin at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Date: 1925

Legal Text? (Fragment)
Two fragments from the same manuscript, parchment. Original text unknown. Text is in a cursive documentary script in brown in a single column recto and verso on both fragments

Financial Records?
Manuscript records on paper, possibly financial or legal records. Probably originally pages from a volume or volumes, they have been cut into regularly sized rectangles

Legal leaders during the reign of King George V
Legal leaders during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Earl of Reading, Earl of Birkenhead, Lord Sankey, Lord Carson, Sir John Simon. Date: 1935

Sir Forest Fulton, Red Judge, The Recorder Date: 1903

Edward Bushell delivering the Jury's Verdict, 1670
Edward Bushell delivering the Jury's Verdict in the Court of Common Pleas, marking an important decision on the role of juries in England. Date: 1670

Cartoon, O'er Neilson's Tomb -- lawyers and others throw up their hats in jubilation. A parody of a popular ballad, O'er Nelson's Tomb, written by the tenor John Braham

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 500 pesetas bill of legal currency at the beginnig of the war on 18th July 1936. Coin

Immigrants Awaiting Outside Court-Room, Blackwall Pier 1906
The Immigration Act of 1906 was the first legal mechanism for enforcing a policy of selective categories of prohibited immigrants

Lord Scarman, English judge, barrister and Law Lord
Leslie George Scarman, Baron Scarman (1911-2004), English judge and barrister, served as a Law Lord until his retirement in 1986. Seen here with the Houses of Parliament in the background

Carrying of the second reading of the first reform bill in the House of Commons. Date: 21 March 1831

Mr Herbert Gladstone in the witness-box at the trial of Emmeline Pankhurst and others, 1908 (sepia photo)
STC321042 Mr Herbert Gladstone in the witness-box at the trial of Emmeline Pankhurst and others, 1908 (sepia photo) by English Photographer

Emmeline Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst and Flora Drummond being read the warrant for their arrest
STC321040 Emmeline Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst and Flora Drummond being read the warrant for their arrest, 13th October 1908 (sepia photo) by English Photographer

The Peasant Lawyer (oil on panel)
490284 The Peasant Lawyer (oil on panel) by Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (c.1564-1638) (after); 54.7x87.5 cm; Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Florentine magistrate - costume from 15th century
3780438 Florentine magistrate - costume from 15th century; (add.info.: Florentine magistrate - costume from 15th century. Wearing a yellow tunic, and a scarlet ermine- trimmed cape and hood. c)

Podesta - male costume of 15th century
3780423 Podesta - male costume of 15th century; (add.info.: Podesta (Italian magistrate) - male costume of 15th century. Wearing embroidered yellow simarre (robe)

Title page and first page of a manuscript of the Ordenamiento de Alcala (vellum)
IND364436 Title page and first page of a manuscript of the Ordenamiento de Alcala (vellum) by Spanish School, (14th century); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

Page from the manuscript Fuero Juzgo (vellum)
IND351686 Page from the manuscript Fuero Juzgo (vellum) by Spanish School, (13th century); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info)

King James I the Conqueror presiding over a session of the Cortes, from the manuscript
IND351683 King James I the Conqueror presiding over a session of the Cortes, from the manuscript, Book of the Usatges and Constitutions of Catalonia (the Usatges and Commemorations of Pere Albert)

Barrister touching up a pretty maid (colour litho)
3641557 Barrister touching up a pretty maid (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barrister touching up a pretty maid)

Legium Ora, from the manuscript Fuero Juzgo (vernacular version of the Liber Iudiciorum ), c. 1241 (vellum)
IND354801 Legium Ora, from the manuscript Fuero Juzgo (vernacular version of the Liber Iudiciorum ), c.1241 (vellum) by Spanish School, (13th century); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

147-0638132 / 1 Page from The Ordinances of Alcala, incorporating the laws proposed by Alfonso XI and passed in 1348
IND83915 147-0638132/1 Page from The Ordinances of Alcala, incorporating the laws proposed by Alfonso XI and passed in 1348 (vellum) by Spanish School, (14th century); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

Leaf from a copy of the Codex Iustiniani (vellum)
IND325854 Leaf from a copy of the Codex Iustiniani (vellum) by Spanish School, (13th century); Archivo Capitular, Tortosa, Tarragona

Law Making, from the manuscript Justiniano Institutiones Feodorum et Alia Codex, c. 1300 (vellum)
IND364417 Law Making, from the manuscript Justiniano Institutiones Feodorum et Alia Codex, c.1300 (vellum) by Bolognese School, (14th century); Biblioteca Nazionale, Turin, Italy; Index Fototeca

The States General at Orleans, 1561 (colour litho)
IND388213 The States General at Orleans, 1561 (colour litho) by Tortorel, Jacques (fl.1568-92) (after); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

King James I the Conqueror presiding over the Cortes of Lleida in March 1242
IND364403 King James I the Conqueror presiding over the Cortes of Lleida in March 1242, from a manuscript of the Constitucions de Catalunya

A public whipping in the London Sessions House Yard (engraving)
1094564 A public whipping in the London Sessions House Yard (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A public whipping in the London Sessions House Yard)

The scourging of Titus Oates from Newgate to Tyburn (engraving)
1094563 The scourging of Titus Oates from Newgate to Tyburn (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The scourging of Titus Oates from Newgate to Tyburn)

Stroud, the notorious cheat, whipped at the Cart s-Tail from Charing Cross to Whitehall (engraving)
1094562 Stroud, the notorious cheat, whipped at the Cart s-Tail from Charing Cross to Whitehall (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stroud)

The Military Commission for the trial of eight civilians charged with the assassination of President Lincoln
PNP386820 The Military Commission for the trial of eight civilians charged with the assassination of President Lincoln, May 1865 (b/w photo) by Brady

Spit Fires. Sessions House, Clerkenwell (coloured engraving)
582909 Spit Fires. Sessions House, Clerkenwell (coloured engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spit Fires)

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Evening below the US Capitol Building, Washington DC, USA. Date: 15/04/2014

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Early morning at the US Capitol Building in Washington DC, USA. Date: 21/01/2013

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Twilight below the US Capitol building, Washington DC, USA. Date: 21/01/2013

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Ulysses S. Grant statue and the US Capitol Building at twilight, Washington DC, USA. Date: 21/01/2013

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Twilight below the US Capitol Building and statue of Ulysses S. Grant, Washington DC, USA. Date: 21/01/2013

The Parnell Commission at the Royal Courts of Justice; Cross-Examination of Captain O Shea by Sir Creator: Unknown
The Parnell Commission at the Royal Courts of Justice; Cross-Examination of Captain O Shea by Sir Charles Russell, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38

The Parnell Commission at the Royal Courts of Justice; Captain O Shea in the Witness Box, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Parnell Commission at the Royal Courts of Justice; Captain O Shea in the Witness Box, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

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