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Achilles Secondign / GillAchilles Secondign (born 1846) French writer
Piccadilly Circus, London, on Derby DayTraffic on the morning of Derby Day in Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus, London
HMS CalcuttaThe Calcutta, an 84-gun ship of the Royal Navy
Royal Marine Barracks at WoolwichThe recently completed Royal Marine Barracks at Woolwich, south-east London
Hector Pessard / GillHector Louis Francois Pessard (1836-1895) French writer and Director of the Office of the Press Department of the Interior
Charles Camille Pelletan / GillCharles Camille Pelletan (1846-1915) French politician writer and journalist. Minister for the Navy
Edmond Lepelletier / GillEdmond Lepelletier (1846-1913) radical French journalist and writer for various French newspapers including Le Rappel
Princess Christian / StampPRINCESS HELENA AUGUSTA VICTORIA: Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein by marriage, a member of the British Royal Family, the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Modern Athenians plate 24 - EdinburghMr George Thompson (1757-1851) noted collector of the Music of Scotland and a friend of Robert Burns. approaching J F Williams (1785-1846) a teacher of drawing and a painte"
C. P. Scott aged 80Charles Prestwich Scott (1846-1932), British journalist, publisher and politician, shown here on his 80th birthday in 1926, in his 55th year as editor of The Manchester Guardian
Lear / Nonsense / CalcuttaThere was an Old Man of Calcutta, who perpetually ate bread and butter; Till a great bit of muffin, on which he was stuffing, choked that horrid Old Man of Calcutta
Lear / Nonsense / CowThere was an Old Man who said, how shall I flee from that horrible cow? I will sit on this stile, and continue to smile, which may soften the heart of that cow
Lear / Nonsense / ParmaThere was a Young Lady of Parma, whose conduct grew calmer and calmer; when they said, Are you dumb? she merely said, Hum! that provoking Young Lady of Parma
Lear / Nonsense / TurkeyThere was a Young Lady of Turkey, who wept when the weather was murky; When the day turned out fine, she ceased to repine, that capricious Young Lady of Turkey
Lear / Nonsense / LeedsThere was an Old Person of Leeds, whose head was infested with beads; She sat on a stool, and ate gooseberry fool, which agreed with that person of Leeds
Lear / Nonsense / Chin / PinThere was a Young Lady whose chin, resembled the point of a pin; So she had it made sharp, and purchased a harp, and played several tunes with her chin
Lear / Nonsense / BerlinThere was an Old Person of Berlin, whose form was uncommonly thin; Till he once, by mistake, was mixed up in a cake, so they baked that Old Man of Berlin
Lear / Nonsense / Man & OwlThere was an Old Man with a owl, who continued to bother and howl; He sat on a rail, and imbibed bitter ale, which refreshed that Old Man and his owl
Lear / Nonsense / DuttonThere was an Old Person of Dutton, whose head was as small as a button, So, to make it look big, he purchased a wig, and rapidly rushed about Dutton
Lear / Nonsense / KamschatkaThere was an Old Man of Kamschatka, who possessed a remarkable fat cur; His gait and his waddle, were held as a model, to all the fat dogs in Kamschatka
Lear / Nonsense / PragueThere was an Old Person of Prague, who was suddenly seized with the Plague; But they gave his some butter, which caused him to mutter, and cured that Old person of Prague
Lear / Nonsense / LeghornThere was an Old Man of Leghorn, the smallest that ever was born; But quickly snapped up he was once by a puppy, who devoured that Old Man of Leghorn
Lear / Nonsense / ApuliaThere was an Old Man of Apulia, whose conduct was very peculiar; He fed twenty sons, upon nothing but buns, that whimsical Man of Apulia
Epsom at Race-TimeThe Spread Eagle, Epsom, Surrey, in the racing season
Lear / Nonsense / CreteThere was a Young Person of Crete, whose toilette was far from complete; She dressed in a sack, spickle-speckled with black, that ombliferous person of Crete
Lear / Nonsense / PortugalThere was a Young Lady of Portugal, whose ideas were excessively nautical; She climbed up a tree, to examine the sea, but declared she would never leave Portugal
Lear / Nonsense / PooleThere was a Young Lady of Poole, whose soup was excessively cool; So she put it to boil by the aid of some oil, that ingenious Young Lady of Poole
Lear / Nonsense / SpartaThere was an Old Person of Sparta, who had twenty-one sons and one darter ; He fed them on snails, and weighed them in scales, that wonderful Person of Sparta
Lear / Nonsense / PokerThere was an Old Man with a poker, Who painted his face with red oker When they said, You re a Guy! He made no reply, But knocked them all down with his poker
Lear / Nonsense / QuebecThere was an Ol Man of Quebec, a beetle ran over his neck; But he cried, With a needle, I ll slay you, O beadle! that angry Old Man of Quebec
Lear / Nonsense / RussiaThere was a Young Lady of Russia, who screamed so that no one could hush her; Her screams were extreme, no one heard such a scream as was screamed by that Lady from Russia
Lear / Nonsense / RabbitsThere was an Old Person whose habits, induced him to feed upon rabbits; When he d eaten eighteen, he turned perfectly green, upon which he relinquished those habits
Lear / Nonsense / GretnaThere was an Old Person from Gretna, who rushed down the crater of Etna; When they said, Is it hot? he replied, No, its not! That mendacious Old Person of Gretna
Lear / Nonsense / PewThere was Old Man in a pew, whose waistcoat was spotted with blue; But he tore it in pieces to give to his nieces, that cheerful Old Man in a pew
Lear / Nonsense / FluteThere was an Old Man with a flute, a sarpint ran into his boot; But he played day and night, till the sarpint took flight, and avoided that man with a flute
Lear / Nonsense / BasingThere was an Old Person of Basing, whose presence of mind was amazing; He purchased a steed, which he rode at full speed, and escaped from the people of Basing
Lear / Nonsense / BellThere was an Old Man who said, Well! will nobody answer this bell? I have pulled day and night, till my hair has grown white, but nobody answers this bell!
Lear / Nonsense / BoatThere was an Old Man in a boat, who said, I m afloat, I m afloat! When they said, No you ain t! he was ready to faint, that unhappy Old Man in a boat
Lear / Nonsense / HurstThere was an Old Person of Hurst, who drank when he was not athirst; When they said, You ll grow fatter, he answered, What matter? That globular Person of Hurst
Lear / Nonsense / NoseThere was a Young Lady whose nose, was so long that it reached to her toes; So she hired an Old Lady, whose conduct was steady, to carry that wonderful nose
Lear / Nonsense / WalesThere was a Young Lady of Wales, who caught a large fish without scales; When she lifted her hook, she exclaimed, Only look! that ecstatic Young Lady of Wales
Lear / Nonsense / The NileThere was an Old Man of the Nile, who sharpened his nails with a file, Till he cut out his thumbs, and said calmly, This comes of sharpening ones nails with a file! Date: First published: 1846
Lear / Nonsense / The CapeThere was an Old Man of the Cape, who possessed a large Barbary ape, Till the ape one dark night, set the house all alight, which burned that Old Man of the Cape
Lear / Nonsense / Man PostThere was an Old Man of the coast, who placidly sat on a post; But when it was cold, he relinquished his hold, and called for some hot buttered toast
Lear / Nonsense / Man NorthThere was an Old Man of the North, who fell into a basin of broth; But a laudable cook, fished him out with a hook, which saved that Old Man of the North
Lear / Nonsense / HagueThere was an Old Man of the Hague, whose ideas were excessively vague; He built a balloon to examine the moon, that deluded Old Man of the Hague
Lear / Nonsense / VesuviusThere was an Old Man of Vesuvius, who studied the works of Vitruvius; When the flames burnt his book, to drinking he took, that morbid Old Man of Vesuvius
EPSOMDistant view of Epsom, Surrey
