Images Dated 24th May 2016

Princess Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg

Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg and wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Sophie was not received at many European courts due to her status as morganatic wife of the Archduke. Her and her husband's assassination in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 sparked the First World War. Date: 1909

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Portrait of Louis Wain

Portrait of Louis Wain taken from an advertisement for Phosferine, a tonic medicine, featuring Louis Wain, the famous cat artist. Wain testifies that the tonic, ...is a good pick-me-up, improves one's appetite and possesses very striking invigorating properties'. Wain was able to turn his hand to drawing a wide variety of animals prior to the fame he achieved with his feline creations. Sadly his growing obsession with cats turned to insanity and he died penniless in a mental asylum in 1939.
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H.S.H. Prince Francis of Teck

Francis, Duke of Teck GCB GCVO (Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander; 28 August 1837 21 January 1900), until 1863 known as Count Francis von Hohenstein, member of the German nobility, and later of the British Royal Family. Married Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge on 12 June 1866. He was the father of Queen Mary, the wife of King George V, and therefore a great-grandfather of the present queen. Date: 1866

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