Ludwig von Beethoven, German composer Size:L: 75 x 60cm This refers to JF Professor

This refers to JF Professor Jenkins crossing of the Niagara Gorge on 5th August 1869 on a tightrope located at the Whirlpool Rapids just north of the Railway Suspension Bridge

the top line shows the anti-Catholic procession passing along Fleet Street and on the lower lines are people dressed as the clergy

The plate is captioned in descriptive text: 'Lichtflachen d[urch] ein Stabgitter' [Light surfaces through a bar grating]

He is competing in the North & South Scramble

Racing Driver James Hunt with model Sue Shaw

Ludwig von Beethoven, German composer Size:L: 75 x 60cm This refers to JF ProfessorLudwig von Beethoven, German composer, c1818 1822 (1956). One of the most famous classical music composers, Beethoven's (1770 1827) work represents a bridge between Classical and Romantic styles. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.