King George IV, probably in the early 1820s, shortly after his accession to the throne.
Original engraving.
Category: Royalty & Politics
J.R. Clynes
John Robert Clynes MP, the first English leader of the British Labour Party. He didn’t get to be Prime Minister but, under his stewardship, Labour became the main opposition party in place of the Liberals.
Original B&W photo.
Hilaire Belloc
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc, portrait by Emil Otto Hoppé, vintage bromide print, 1915.
Original B&W photo.
A Russian Cruise
Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, her friend and Lady in waiting Anna Vyrubova and the Tsarina’s eldest child, Grand Duchess Olga Romanov, on a stop off on a Finnish Skerry (small island} during a cruise c1908.
Original B&W photo.
W. G. Grace & Friend
William Gilbert “W. G.” Grace with the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), in 1911. Grace seems to be in mourning, as he’s wearing a black armband. I can’t find any references to personal tragedies at this time, so it may be for Edward VII, who died the previous year.
Original B&W photo.
Elizabeth’s Coronation Gown
Queen Elizabeth II in her Coronation gown. The Coronation took place on 2 June 1953, and this photo will have been taken on or near that day.
Original B&W photo.
Young George V
The future King George V, in 1885, while still third in line to the throne. His grandmother, Victoria, was still Queen, his father, who would later become Edward VII, was first in line, and his elder brother Albert Victor was still alive. When Albert Victor died in 1892, George moved up to second in line to the throne.
Original B&W photo.
Wallis Simpson
Time’s Person of the Year 1936, Wallis Simpson, who married a King, Edward VIII, and caused a constitutional crisis when he was forced to abdicate.
Original B&W photo.
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, in late 1907 or early 1908, when she was 7 years old. She would later marry the man who would become King George VI, and her eldest daughter is the current Queen Elizabeth II.
Original B&W photo.
Edward VII
Edward VII in 1902, the year after he ascended to the throne.
Original B&W photo.
Tinting History 