James I Shadwell On the 17th July 1871

On the 17th July 1871

Plate 20 from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne by Jules Ferrario

This was a period during which the newly burgeoning middle classes had few problems in engaging servants

The legend tells the story of how the Monkey became a god

with figures unloading a barge in the foreground

James I Shadwell On the 17th July 1871James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1603, (1932). James Stuart (1566 1625) was the first King of Great Britain and the first Stuart monarch. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 1567, and he ruled England and Ireland as James I from 1603 until his death. With a picture of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot. From Kings and Queens by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon, 1932.