J.H.Buckingham -"Counsiller Le Decker [Lydekker] taking a DhuDee or short pipe before pleading a Fowl case [brother of Miss Lydekker]". [Bribery Commission Sketchbook 1851]

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

"Counsiller Le Decker [Lydekker] taking a DhuDee or short pipe before pleading a Fowl case [brother of Miss Lydekker]". Pencil and grey wash on loose sheet 121 × 107. Cllr Lydekker [QC], wigged barrister, head and shoulders facing front right, short clay pipe in hand. Does not appear in Report, but may have been retained by defendants until it was found that they were not at threat of prosecution. J H Buckingham, [Bribery Commission Sketchbook 1851]

1851

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CD 1081

Amy Cooke

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PWD Box 75

19/09/2006