Images Dated 22nd December 2016

Someone Drops a Sixpence Near Somerset House - HM Bateman

H.M. Bateman had a particular loathing for the taxman as exemplified in this cartoon showing the inhabitants of Somerset House (then the home of the Inland Revenue) alerted en masse to the sound of a sixpence dropping on the pavement. Date: 1938

© Estate of H M Bateman/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

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Tatler cover - Victorious England cricketers

England cricketers of 1933 featured on the cover of The Tatler at the time of a tour in Australia where they played five test matches and won the Ashes four matches to one. The tour was highly controversial because of the Bodyline bowling tactics used by the England team under the captaincy of Douglas Jardine. Portraits of cricketers shown are Sutcliffe, Jardine (captain), Hammond, Bowes, Allen and Voce. Date: 1933

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

The Young Fortune Tellers, by Sir Joshua Reynolds

The Young Fortune Tellers, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, depicting Lord Henry John Spencer (1770-1795), later a British diplomat and politician, and Lady Charlotte Spencer (later Charlotte Nares, (1769-1802), the children of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough.
circa 1774-1775

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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