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Cartoon, Punchs Own Picture (Mr Punch as artist)Cartoon, Punchs Own Picture, showing Mr Punch as an artist, doing an historical sketch up a ladder, with his dog Toby below as assistant
St Marys hospital paddington Date: 1847
Hindu men at mealtime, IndiaHindu men at mealtime, served by their womenfolk who are not permitted to eat with them. Date: 1846
Young cat (humanised) torn between Good and EvilA young (humanised) cat, torn between Good and Evil, represented by a cat angel and a cat devil. The setting appears to be a rooftop with smoking chimney pots. Date: circa 1840
Satire on womens pursuit of aristocratic statusA satire on womens pursuit of aristocratic status in marriage, showing women angling for fish wearing crowns of the peerage. Date: circa 1840
Kempelins Automaton Chess PlayerWolfgang von Kempelins Automaton Chess Player. It was created in Germany, was widely exhibited, and eventually reappeared in New York in 1845. Date: 1769
Libbertons Wynd, Edinburgh, ScotlandStreet scene in Libbertons Wynd, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1840
Roman carnival at nightA Roman carnival taking place in the streets at night. Date: 1849
Dustman and cart collecting refuseThe dustman calls out to householders to bring out their refuse, while his mate tips the buckets into the cart. Date: circa 1840
Cylinder Printing at Thomas Hoyles Print Works, Manchester, a repeating pattern onto a roll of calico cloth. Date: 1843
Summer - The Strawberry Girl 1849Women selling foliage of pomp flowers. Date: 1849
Cartoon, The London Mission -- Loading the Gun at Exeter Hall. Punch mocks evangelical calls for British military intervention in Tahiti
Honfleur, FranceHonfleur, seen from the water Date: circa 1840
Fortune teller in Greenwich Park, south east London 1843A fortune teller speaks to a young couple in Greenwich Park, south east London. Date: 1843
The Bottle, 1 -- CruikshankA workmans home, with father and mother at the table, a little maid serving them, and their two young children at a tiny table in front of the hearth. Ominously, the father is holding a bottle
St Benet FinkA church that was located on what is now Threadneedle Street. Recorded since the 13th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666
Launch of The Avenger Steam Frigate at Devonport Dockyard, PlymouthLaunch of " The Avenger" Steam Frigate at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. The ceremony of christening the vessel was performed by Miss Harding, a niece of the gallant Admiral Superintendent
Exhibtion at St. Jamess Palace of Winterhalters PaintingsExhibtion in the Banqueting Room at St. Jamess Palace of Winterhalters Paintings for Queen Victoria. Date: 1847
Dingle and Castletownbere Workhouses, IrelandArchitect George Wilkinsons design for the new union workhouses at Dingle, County Kerry, and Castletownbere, County Cork, in the west of Ireland. Date: 1848
Broomielaw Bridge, Glasgow, ScotlandThe Broomielaw Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, was opened in 1836 as a replacement for an earlier bridge on the same site
William the Conqueror at the siege of Gerberoy CastleWilliam the Conqueror on horseback at the siege of Gerberoy Castle, Oise, northern France. The siege and battle took place in the winter of 1078-1079. 1078-1079
Sir Roger de Coverley and the Gypsies. The gypsy woman appears to be reading his palm. Sir Roger de Coverley was a fictitious English squire in the reign of Queen Anne who appeared in Spectator
Cover design, David Copperfield by Charles DickensCover design, first instalment of the serial edition of the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by H K Browne, dated May 1849. 1849
Food adulteration, 1845London improvements : adulteration of food in 1845. Sand is added to sugar, milk is watered down, bone dust and plaster of paris is added to dough and Vitriol is mixed into gin. Date: 1845
John Cadbury and his familyJohn Cadbury (1801-1889), founder of the Cadbury business, seen here with his family. Standing at the back are sons John and Richard
The Aerial Steam Carriage, or Ariel. An artists imaginary representation of a propeller-driven flying machine with wings. By Permission of the Patentees, this Engraving of The First Carriage
Henrietta Grace Smyth (Baden Powell)Self-portrait by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s
Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South WalesDetail of the pump flywheel of the 1845 beam engine, at the Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales. The mine closed in 1932, but continued as a pumping station into the 1960s
Bethnal Green Workhouse, Waterloo Road, LondonBethnal Greens Waterloo Road workhouse was erected in 1840-1842. It was later known as Waterloo House
New End Hospital, Hampstead, North LondonThe frontage of New End Hospital, Hampstead, North London, with a military ambulance outside. The building, designed by H.E. Kendall, was erected in 1849-50 as the Hampstead workhouse
View of Aksum (Axum), Tigray, EthiopiaAksum (Axum), the former capital of Abyssinia, in Tigray, Ethiopia