Here we have a very spectacular beard indeed, belonging to Petrus Jacobus "Piet" Joubert, born on the 20th of January 1831. His name sounds very Dutch, but his parents were French. They died whilst he was quite young, after which he relocated to the Transvaal, and became a farmer. He also developed quite an interest in the law, and in his early thirties he was elected to Parliament. He also served as Attorney-General, Chairman, and, even, briefly, Acting-President. He was Vice President, twice. And he did try, four times, to become President, but each time was beaten by Paul Kruger.
Today, historians believe that some of these election results may have not been completely honest. However it must be said that Joubert could have been a difficult President; he was very forthright, and never afraid to stand up for what he believed in, something which could well have led to him being denied his victory, if indeed he was. Reading reports of both men it definitely seems that Mr. Kruger was more of a peacemaker, and Mr. Joubert a fighter.These opinions led directly to his taking a stance against the British , who were trying to gain control of South Africa; and to what became known as the Boer War. He was not only a military leader, he actually went out and took part in the fighting - though he was also involved with making peace at the end, which resulted in the end of the First Boer War. Sadly this turned out not to be an everlasting peace, and there was a Second Boer War, and not long after.
His death, aged sixty-eight, came on the 28th of March, 1900, from peritonitis. The cause of this is not known; some newspaper reports of the time say he had been suffering from a stomach complaint, whilst others blame it on the fact that three months earlier, in November 1899, he had been thrown from his horse, whilst on a raid against opposing forces.
As for our set, it featured images of five hundred prominent people. This is a Card of the Day, so we may be able to list them, as well as the second series. So let us start with :
- Thiers, President 201 - Paul Cambon, ambasadr a Londres
- Mac-Mahon, President 202 - Henner, artiste peintre
- Jules Grevy, President 203 - Bihourd, ambasr a Berlin
- Sadi-Carnot, President
- Casimir Perier
- Felix Faure, President
- Emile Loubet, President
- Guillaume Premier, Roi de Prusse
- Frederic III, Empereur d'Allemagne
- Guillaume II, Empereur d'Allemagne
- Imperatrice d'Allemagne
- Prince Henri de Prusse
- Le Kronprinz d'Allemagne
- Victoria. Reine d'Angleterre
- Edouard VII, Roi d'Angleterre
- Alexandra, Reine d'Angleterre
- Prince de Galles
- Empereur d`Autriche
- Archiduc heretier d`Autriche
- Leopold II, Roi des Belges
- Le Regent de Baviere
- Ferdinand 1er, Roi des Belges
- Christian IX, Roi de Danemarck
- Prince heretier de Danemark
- Marie-Christine, Reine d`Espagne
- Alphonse XIII, Roi d`Espagne
- Georges 1er, Roi de Grece
- Olga, Reine de Grece
- Victor Emmanuel II, Roi d`Italie
- Humbert 1er, Roi d`Italie
- Victor Emmanuel III, Roi d`Italie
- Helene, Reine d`Italie
- Nicolas I, Roi d`Italie
- Leon XIII, Pape
- Pie X, Pape
- Wilhelmine, Reine de Hollande
- Prince Henri de Hollande
- Charles 1er, Roi de Portugal
- Amelie, Reine de Portugal
- Alexandre II, Empereur de Russie
- Alexandre III, Empereur de Russie
- Imperatrice douairiere de Russie
- Nicholas II, Empereur de Russie
- Alexandra, Imperatrice de Russie
- Charles I, Roi de Roumanie
- Albert, roi de Saxe
- Alexandre, Roi de Serbie
- Draga, Reine de Serbie
- Peter Ier, Roi de Serbie
- Oscar II, Roi de Suede
- Deucher, President en Suisse
- Le Roi de Wurtemberg
- Le Sultan Empereur de Turquie
- Cleveland, President des Etats-Unis
- Mac-Kinley, President des Etats-Unis
- Roosewelt, President des Etats-Unis
- Le Shah de Perse
- Le Bey de Tunis
- Dom Pedro, Empereur du Bresil
- L`Empereur du Japon
- Alexeieff, Amiral Russe
- Makaroff, Amiral Russe tue
- Skrydioff, Amiral Russe
- Kouropatkine, General en Chef Russe
- Togo, Amiral Japonais
- Kuroki, General Japonais
- Stoessel, General commandt a Port-Arthur
- Gregorevitch, Commandr du Cesarevitch
- Mourawieff, homme d`Etat, Russe
- Liniévitch, General Russe
- Grand Duc Wladimir de Russie
- Grand Duc Paul de Russie
- Nodzu, General Japonais
- Roudnieff, Captaine du Varyag
- Flug, General d`Etat-Major Russe
- Marechal Oyama, Japonais
- Don Jaime de Bourbon d`Espagne
- Grand Duc Nicolas Nicolaievitch
- Eitel Frederic, cadet de Guillaume II
- De Bulow, grand chancelier Allemand
- Mgr Favier, eveque de Pekin
- Tolstoi, ecrivain Russe
- Guyot de villensuve, depute
- De Witte, ministre d Finances, Russie
- Jules Verne, ecrivain
- Rennenkampff, general Russe
- Grand duc Alexis de Russe
- Grippemberg, general Russe
- Princesse Clementine de Belgique
- Princesse royale de Suede
- Princesse Helene d`Orleans
- Gde dsse Elisabeth, Vve du grand duc Serge
- Bon Hayashi, ambr japonais a Londres
- Nogi, general japonais
- La Duse, tragedienne italienne
- Mme Rejane, actrice
- Mlle Cesbron, de l`Opera
- Sarah Bernhardt, tragedienne
- Grand duc Serge
- La Kronprincesse d`Allemagne
- General Davoust
- a) Monseigr Darbey, Archev. de Paris
b) Prince royal de Suede - General Veyron
- Kitchener, general Anglais
- General Billot
- General Brugere
- General Metzinger
- Amiral Fournier
- Shibayama, amiral Japonais
- De Spaun, amiral Autrichien
- Clado, capitaine Russe
- Kaulbars,general Russe
- Kasuakof, amiral Russe
- General Zurlinden
- General Jacquey, depute
- Amiral Bienaimé, depute
- President Kruger
- Duc d`Anmaie
- General Jeannerod
- Amiral Puech
- General de Boisdeffre
- General Bonnal
- General Rau
- General Duchesne
- General Florentin
- Lansdowne ministre Anglais
- Etienne, ministre de l`Interieur
- Le Prevost de Launay
- Prince Radolin, ambassadr Allemand a Paris
- Gladstone, Homme d`Etat Anglais
- Pasteur
- Bienveau-Martin, ministre d. Cultes
- Rouvier, ministre des Affaires Etrangeres
- Gauthier, ministre d. Travaux Publics
- Dujardin-Beaumetz, ministre d. Beaux-Arts
- Clementel, ministre des Colonies
- Thomson, ministre de la Marine
- Guillaume, sculpteur
- Botha, general Boer
- Carolus Duran, peintre
- Dewet, general Boer
- Marechal Canrobert
- Gaston Paris, academician
- Sir Ed. Monson, ambassadr Anglais
- Doumer, president de la Chambre d. Deputies
- Dausset, depute de Paris
- Ruau, ministre de l`Agriculture
- Chamberlain, ministre Anglais
- Joubert, general Boer
- Jules Lemaitre, ecrivain