Scandal Collection (#5)

Illustration for Sheridans The School for Scandal (engraving)
5197510 Illustration for Sheridans The School for Scandal (engraving) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for Sheridans The School for Scandal (engraving)
5197508 Illustration for Sheridans The School for Scandal (engraving) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Collapse of Dumbells Bank, Isle of Man, 1900 (b / w photo)
6015114 Collapse of Dumbells Bank, Isle of Man, 1900 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Collapse of Dumbells Bank, Isle of Man, 1900)

Punch cartoon: The British Brigands Bank - corruption in banking and the collapse of the Royal British Bank (engraving)
6034712 Punch cartoon: The British Brigands Bank - corruption in banking and the collapse of the Royal British Bank (engraving) by Leech

Another reputation gone! Trio of Edwardian women gossiping (colour litho)
5996104 Another reputation gone! Trio of Edwardian women gossiping (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Another reputation gone)

Albert Dreyfus passing between guard of dishonour, August-September 1899 (b / w photo)
5998032 Albert Dreyfus passing between guard of dishonour, August-September 1899 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Directress of the decayed stock-regiments, satirical print on the Mississippi Bubble, 1720 (engraving)
6032503 Directress of the decayed stock-regiments, satirical print on the Mississippi Bubble, 1720 (engraving) by Dutch School

Poison business. (engraving, 17th century)
5975388 Poison business. (engraving, 17th century) by French School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Story. France. Poison business)

Scandal (engraving)
1053025 Scandal (engraving) by Laupheimer, Anton (1848-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scandal. Illustration for The Graphic)

Exhibition of the British Institution (engraving)
1625415 Exhibition of the British Institution (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exhibition of the British Institution)

Katherine O Shea (b / w photo)
TPG447398 Katherine O Shea (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Katherine O Shea (1846-1921)

Captain William O Shea (b / w photo)
TPG447395 Captain William O Shea (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain William O Shea (1840-1905)

An incident between Esterhazy and Picquart, illustration from Le Petit Journal
STC415999 An incident between Esterhazy and Picquart, illustration from Le Petit Journal: Supplement illustre, 17th July 1898 (colour litho) by French School

The queen of the laundresses (colour litho)
2818369 The queen of the laundresses (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The queen of the laundresses. Satire on the need to clean up French public life)

The thaw (colour litho)
2818365 The thaw (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The thaw. Satire on scandals in French public life. Le degel)

Parliamentary inquiry into the Rochette Affair in France (colour litho)
2780018 Parliamentary inquiry into the Rochette Affair in France (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The New Dreyfus Trial In Rennes, The Interrogation Of The Defendant (Colour Litho)
2798203 The New Dreyfus Trial In Rennes, The Interrogation Of The Defendant (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dreyfus New Trial In Rennes)

May Fortescue as Lady Teazle in School for Scandal Date: 1890s

Ernest Judet, head of the politics department at the Petit Journal (litho)
2818907 Ernest Judet, head of the politics department at the Petit Journal (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ernest Judet)

Delivered by Death! (colour litho)
2818713 Delivered by Death! (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Delivered by Death! The Max Lebaudy Affair)

The Dautriche affair (colour litho)
2795889 The Dautriche affair (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dautriche affair)

Administration of mineral waters of Mont Pilat, Pelussin, Loire (colour litho)
3104188 Administration of mineral waters of Mont Pilat, Pelussin, Loire (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Jersey Smuggler detected, or Good cause for Separation
3035671 The Jersey Smuggler detected, or Good cause for Separation, Marriage Vows are False as Dicers oaths, pub. 1796 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray

Richard Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751-1816), an Irish satirist, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

John T. Hoffman and William Boss Tweed, 1871 (engraving)
PNP284614 John T. Hoffman and William Boss Tweed, 1871 (engraving) by Nast, Thomas (1840-1902); Private Collection; (add.info)

William M. Boss Tweed hugging the figure of Samuel J
PNP284612 William M. Boss Tweed hugging the figure of Samuel J. Tilden, from Harpers Weekly, 1871 (litho) by Nast, Thomas (1840-1902); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sculpture Chapter, from the Salon des Refuses, 1863 (litho)
BWM343573 Sculpture Chapter, from the Salon des Refuses, 1863 (litho) by French School, (19th century); The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK; eBowes Museum; French, out of copyright

Tweed-le-dee and Tilden-dum, from Harpers Weekly
PNP284619 Tweed-le-dee and Tilden-dum, from Harpers Weekly, 1st July 1876 (engraving) William M. Boss Tweed hugging the figure of Samuel J

Cartoon featuring William Marcy Boss Tweed (1823-78) from Harper
PNP253889 Cartoon featuring William Marcy Boss Tweed (1823-78) from Harpers Weekly, 6th January 1872 (coloured engraving) by Nast

Sir Lancelot in the Queens Chamber, 1857 (pen & ink, w / c on paper)
BIR107266 Sir Lancelot in the Queens Chamber, 1857 (pen & ink, w/c on paper) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); 26x35 cm; Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; (add.info)

Andrew Robinson Bowes Esq. as he appeared in the Court of the King
NCO193431 Andrew Robinson Bowes Esq. as he appeared in the Court of the Kings Bench on Tuesday 28th November 1786, to answer the articles exhibited against him by his wife the Countess of Strathmore

Overthrow of the Republican Babel, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1809
NCO190460 Overthrow of the Republican Babel, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1809 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Cincinnatus in Retirement, published by E. D Archery in 1782 (hand-coloured etching)
NCO191714 Cincinnatus in Retirement, published by E. D Archery in 1782 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); 22.5x31.5 cm; Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Parisian Milk Seller and Provider of news, c. 1815 (colour litho)
CHT220319 Parisian Milk Seller and Provider of news, c.1815 (colour litho) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

The Ill-matched Lovers (oil on panel)
697865 The Ill-matched Lovers (oil on panel) by Oostsanen, Jacob Cornelisz van (1470-1533) (studio of); 49.5x35.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

FitzGeralds Yacht "Scandal"(b / w photo)
6004134 FitzGeralds Yacht " Scandal" (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lord Byron, English poet, and his ancestral home, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire (b / w photo)
5999734 Lord Byron, English poet, and his ancestral home, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lord Byron (1788-1824)

The share-jobber and the ghost of Aesop (engraving)
6032502 The share-jobber and the ghost of Aesop (engraving) by Dutch School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The share-jobber and the ghost of Aesop)

Night singer of shares with his magic lantern, satirical print on the Mississippi Bubble, 1720 (engraving)
6032499 Night singer of shares with his magic lantern, satirical print on the Mississippi Bubble, 1720 (engraving) by Dutch School

Punch cartoon: Sanitary and Insanitary Matters (engraving)
6034652 Punch cartoon: Sanitary and Insanitary Matters (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Punch, Volume 18)

Punch cartoon: School Board and Washing: or, No Soft Soap - Industrial Schools in Victorian Britain (engraving)
6034876 Punch cartoon: School Board and Washing: or, No Soft Soap - Industrial Schools in Victorian Britain (engraving) by English School

Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop (engraving)
6034641 Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop)

King Henry III of France and his favourites, the Mignons (colour litho)
5996230 King Henry III of France and his favourites, the Mignons (colour litho) by Blanche, Jacques-Emile (1861-1942) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas (b / w photo)
5987092 Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas)

Scandal: snake coming out of the mouth of a woman (colour litho)
6001612 Scandal: snake coming out of the mouth of a woman (colour litho) by Wright, Charles Hubbard (1870-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scandal: snake coming out of the mouth of a woman)

Group portrait of Sydney Dillon Ripley with three others at the James Hazen Hyde Ball
MNY381607 Group portrait of Sydney Dillon Ripley with three others at the James Hazen Hyde Ball, New York, January 31, 1905 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942)

Portrait of an Unidentified Woman (oil on canvas)
NYH154242 Portrait of an Unidentified Woman (oil on canvas) by American School, (18th century); 125x98.7 cm; Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Portrait of Lettice Knollys (c. 1541-1634) Daughter of Sir Francis Knollys from
STC146166 Portrait of Lettice Knollys (c.1541-1634) Daughter of Sir Francis Knollys from Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in 1825 (w/c and gouache on paper) by Essex

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"Unveiling the Scandal: A Journey through Infamous Tales and Controversial Figures" Step into the world as we explore a captivating collection of historical moments that left society in shock. From political corruption to celebrity affairs, these hints will guide us through a labyrinth of secrets and intrigue. In the realm of artistry, Punch cartoon presents Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames, an engraving that symbolizes hidden connections between power and influence. Meanwhile, Stephen Ward's sketches of celebrities in 1960 shed light on a scandalous era where fame intertwined with illicit activities. Delving further into politics, cartoons featuring William Marcy Boss Tweed expose the dark underbelly of corruption while Thomas Nast's illustrations unmask his deceitful practices. Just like Sherlock Holmes unravels mysteries at Baker Street, these scandals demanded their own detectives to bring justice to light. The allure of royalty also has its share of controversy. Dr. Stephen Ward's portrait captures Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1961 when scandal surrounded him. Similarly, Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale faced whispers that still echo through history. Venturing beyond borders brings us face-to-face with Emile Zola at the Palais de Justice—a vivid lithograph capturing his defiant stance against societal injustices. In contrast, Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) by John Singer Sargent portrays scandalous beauty shrouded in mystery and allure. Finally, Josslyn and Idina Hay invite us into their farm in Kenya—Slains—where they indulged in unconventional relationships that rocked British high society during the early 20th century. Through this journey across time and continents, we witness how scandals have shaped our perception of truth and morality. Join us as we peel back layers upon layers to uncover tales both shocking and enthralling—a testament to human nature's eternal fascination with scandalous affairs.