Thomas Russell, Essex cricketer W Greaves view of the opening ceremony

view of the opening ceremony of the Metropolitan Provincial Working Classes Exhibition

looking towards the entrance

The sitter has shoulder-length natural brown hair

'Lincoln's Two Difficulties'

An MP wonders what he will do with himself now his seat has fallen into the redistribution trap

Thomas Russell, Essex cricketer W Greaves view of the opening ceremonyThomas Russell, Essex cricketer, c1899. A wicketkeeper and right handed batsman, Thomas Russell (1863 1927) played 170 matches for Essex and the MCC between 1894 and 1905. A print from The Book of Cricket, a Gallery of Famous Players, edited by CB Fry, George Newnes Ltd, London, c1899.