Royalty Gallery

Views in Chatsworth and Matlock, 1898. Creator: Unknown

Views in Chatsworth and Matlock, 1898. Chatsworth House stately home on the River Derwent, seat of the Duke of Devonshire home to the Cavendish family since 1549 and originally purchased by William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick. From "Our Own Country, Volume II". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898]

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Remnant by Michael Morton

Promotional postcard for Remnant by Michael Morton. First produced at the Royalty Theatre, 3rd March 1917. Set in 1840's Paris, the story features a young French gamin who rids an idealistic engineer of his selfish mistress and helps him build his dream railroad. Actress Betty Fairfax, pictured here, was not in the London production. For a tour to Theatre Royal, Chatham, 6th May 1918. Date: 1918

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Submission of Henry IV. At Canossa, (1077), 1890. Creator: Unknown

Submission of Henry IV. At Canossa, (1077), 1890. Henry IV (1050-1106) King German King and Holy Roman Emperor, after being excommunicated, walked to Canossa Castle to seek absolution from Pope Gregory VII guest of Matilda of Tuscany, during the Investiture Controversy (1077). From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

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