Julia Neilson, Fred Terry and Horace Hodges in The Scarlet Pimpernel Size:S: 60 x 45cm Bowman leans with his right

Bowman leans with his right elbow on an ornately-carved wooden and holds a book in his left hand

Ada Blanche and JR Hale in a scene from The Medal and the Maid

Saturday 7th May 1955

a book published under the orders of Napoleon in 1822

The House of Lords and House of Commons

Julia Neilson, Fred Terry and Horace Hodges in The Scarlet Pimpernel Size:S: 60 x 45cm Bowman leans with his rightJulia Neilson, Fred Terry and Horace Hodges in The Scarlet Pimpernel, c1905. The play, set during the French Revolution, opened at London's New Theatre in January 1905. Despite a poor reception from the critics, it became a great popular success.