Emile Ollivier, French statesman Size:L: 75 x 50cm His views on the need

His views on the need to allow women the vote were well-known and he was a passionate advocate of extending the franchise to include the 'gentler' sex

Between its first flight in 1928 and retirement in 1937

Scottish-born American inventor Bell (1847-1922) filed the patent for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 3pm on 14 February 1876

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Emile Ollivier, French statesman Size:L: 75 x 50cm His views on the needEmile Ollivier, French statesman, 1895. Although he was a republican, Ollivier (1825 1913) served as a cabinet minister in the regime of Napoleon III. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850 1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris.