1808 Collection (page 9)

FISHER AMES (1758-1808)
FISHER AMES American Statesman

Bow Street Office / Pugin
The Bow Street Office at the time of an examination. This office has the largest jurisdiction of any in the metropolis

Degens Design / Colour
Jacob Degens flapping wings design

Police / Watchmen / 1808
The watchmen Getting ready for their shift at Marylebone Watch-house, London. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

Spain Goya War C1808
I Saw This : scene of confusion amongst the Spanish population during the Peninsular War

Catholic Service 1808
Service in the Roman Catholic chapel, Lincolns Inn Fields, London

1st Earl of Liverpool
1ST EARL OF LIVERPOOL, Charles Jenkinson English politician

Fleet Prison Courtyard
Prisoners in the courtyard exercising and playing racquets

Kings Bench (Microcosm)
Located in St Georges Fields, south of the Thames : a debtors prison notorious for the laxness of its rules - it housed 30 gin shops, as well as facilities for dining

Bartholomew Fair Colour
A panoramic view of the Fair, showing swings and roundabouts in the foreground, the stage in the background, and all manner of hawkers, tricksters and vendors of things to eat

Middlesex Hospital
Lying-in married women await their destiny in the Middlesex Hospital, Marylebone Fields, London : the sick and lame are treated in another part of the building

Debating Club, London
The Athenian Lyceum, which meets at 22 Piccadilly, is one of several clubs formed for public discussion of political and other topical issues

Bridewell, London
Women prisoners, many with children, doss down in the Pass-Room at Bridewell, for the reception of short-term female offenders. It is located near Blackfriars

Royal Cockpit, London
The Royal Cockpit, located conveniently near the palace, in Birdcage Walk, St James Park, attracts sportsmen of all ranks to enjoy this delightful and exciting fun

Napoleon III
LOUIS NAPOLEON III Emperor of the French, sitting, smoking a pipe

Vanbrugh House Greenwich
A view of Vanbrugh House from Greenwich Park, with free roaming deer

Charlton Church 1808
A view of Charlton Church. Extensively rebuilt in 1827 its origins are believed to date back to the 12th century. Burial place of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval

Lewisham 1808
Now a busy Metropolitan Borough, Lewisham was once a quiet rural village in the county of Kent

Arthur Charles Hervey
Lord ARTHUR CHARLES HERVEY English churchman, bishop of Bath & Wells

Pyne - Trumpeter
SERGEANT TRUMPETER An official of the royal household, the Sergeant and his Trumpeters perform on ceremonial occasions

Pyne - Lord Mayor
THE LORD MAYOR He is chosen annually by the Liverymen, members of the several companies in the City of London : he is generally a wealthy merchant

Pyne - Parish Beadle
THE PARISH BEADLE A kind of policeman, whose job is to make sure everyone behaves properly in church and enforce the proper observation of the Sabbath

Pyne - Butter Churner
CHURNING BUTTER She is working a barrel churn, which makes the task of churning milk into butter relatively easy

Pyne - Halfpenny Showman
HALFPENNY SHOWMAN For half a penny, this travelling showman will exhibit his puppets or other toys, which he carries on his back from fair to fair

Pyne - Welsh Washerwomen
WELSH WASHERWOMEN Like French peasants, Welsh woman use a wooden spatula to beat their linen clean on a flat stone beside a stream

Pyne - Wardmote Inquest
WARDMOTE INQUEST Each London ward has an inspector, whose job is to check the weights and measures used by market traders and the like, to prevent cheating

Pyne - Herald
HERALD As representative of the sovereign, he makes his appearance on ceremonial occasions in a costume which dates from Richard IIIs time

Pyne - Salop Seller
SALOP SELLER She is selling gingerbread and salop (or saloop), a wholesome beverage served with milk and sugar, to passers-by in London Streets

Pyne - Fireman
FIREMAN Wearing the helmet and insignia of the Sun fire office, he holds torch and axe while a fire engine with hose is deployed behind him

Pyne - Yeoman of Guard
YEOMAN OF THE GUARD Traditionally, the sovereigns body guard : forty of them guard the prisoners in the Tower of London and pose for artists and sightseers

Pyne - Pottery
A POTTERY A potter and his assistant making red pottery, with a young boy to help

French Bombard Madrid
The French bombard Madrid, which they will subsequently enter - the first stage in the ill-fated campaign

Pyne - Shrimper
A SHRIMPER -she wades barefoot into the sea and dips her net into the water, seldom raising it without some of these diminutive creatures which she transfers to her basket

Pyne - Life Boat
THE LIFE BOAT Mr Greatheads life boat rows out to a vessel in distress

Pyne - Dragoon
A DRAGOON An officer of the Tenth, or Prince of Waless Dragoons

Pyne - Mayors Coach
LORD MAYORs COACH This is how the Lord Mayor of London travels on special occasions : otherwise he uses a cab like everyone else

Pyne - Prison Ships
PRISON SHIPS Hulks moored in the Thames off the Tower of London, fitted up to receive impressed seamen for the the Royal Navy

Pyne - Highland Shepherd
A HIGHLAND SHEPHERD with his dog : he wears a pouch to hold his oatmeal or oat cakes, a mull of rams horn for his snuff, and a dirk

Pyne - Worsted Winder
A WORSTED WINDER The female figure... is employed in winding worsted upon bobbins, preparatory to its being placed ypon the loom, to weave into lace

Pyne - a Baker
A BAKER Few itinerant traders are as welcome as the baker, with his baskets of wheaten bread (marked W) and his household bread (H)

Pyne - a Baron
A BARON IN HIS CORONATION ROBES - Though he is the lowest of peers, he is still superior to you and me, and specially when togged up for a coronation ceremony

Pyne - Roundabout
THE ROUNDABOUT - Here is the merry-go-round, miserable straggling boys who receive a few half pence running within the bars

Pyne - Lord Mayors Barge
LORD MAYORs STATE BARGE When the Lord Mayor of London travels upstream or down- stream, he does it in style for which Handels Water Music is the only fit accompaniment

Pyne - Bill Sticker
BILL STICKER - One of the innumerable advantages of printing is the being enabled to advertise the public of such things as are essential to be known - and others

Pyne - Fishermen (2)
FISHERMEN - From Great Yarmouth at work among the great shoals of herrings, mackerel, pilchards, whitings, sprats, salmon, cod, oysters, lobsters found in our waters

A General on horseback
A GENERAL - He is not only entrusted with the lives of his followers in arms, but with the defence perhaps of a whole country, and with the welfare of the state

Pyne - Grass Roller
THE GRASS ROLLER Technological innovations such as the roller are improving Englands pasture lands : it can also be used on some kinds of crop

Pyne - Watering Cart
A WATERING CART - Whoever has experienced the misery of dust upon a highway crouded with carriages in the heat of summer, must acknowledge the utility of the watering cart

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