'A distinguished gathering in the early 1890s at Colonel Gouraud's flat in Whitehall, listeing to the phonographic record of Cardinal Newman's voice brought over from America by Colonel Goraud. Seated near the instrument is Lady Herbert of Lee and immediately behind her is Lady Jeune (Lady St. Helier). On the extreme right is the Duchess of Teck, and other distinguished people in the assembly are Lord Aberdeen, Sir H. M. Stanley, Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, Sir Charles Russell (Lord Russell of Killowen) and Cardinal Vaughan. The bust in the centre is that of Thomas Edison.