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Carlton HouseView of the Grand Staircase, Carlton House in 1820. Carlton House was a mansion in London, best known as the town residence of the Prince Regent for several decades from 1783
The Mall19th century artists impression of The Mall in 1450. Date: 1875
Warwick HouseLarge town house in St James London built in 1770-71 by Sir William Chambers (formerly Errington House), with additions in the 19th century
Pall Mall or Palle MellePall Mall mallets and ball. A 16th and 17th century lawn game. A precursor to croquet. Date: 1875
Arlington HouseResidence of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington. Constructed in 1675 on the site of where the southern wing of Buckingham Palace now stands. Date: 1875
India OfficeView of the India Office from St James Park. Date: 1875
Rosomonds PondView in St James Park looking across the pond towards Westminster c.1758 Date: 1875
Palmers almshousesIn 1656 the Reverend James Palmer, priest and philanthropist, founded almshouses in Palmers Passage, Westminster, for six poor old men and six poor old women.. Date: 1875
Colonel Bloods house in Bowling Alley, Westminster. Colonel Thomas Blood (1618-1680) was an Anglo-Irish officer and self-styled colonel best known for his attempt to steal the Crown Jewels of England
Judge Jeffreys house in Duke Street, St James. George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1645-1689), also known as he Hanging Judge, was a Welsh judge. He became notable during the reign of King James II
Van Duns almshouses in Petty France. Cornelius Van Dun was a oldier and philanthropist. Date: 1875
The old Cock TavernThe Cock Tavern in Tothill Street, Westminster (demolished in 1871), wence the first stage coach to Oxford set off in the late 17th century. Date: 1875
Marylebone SchoolThe St Marylebone School began as the Marylebone Day School of Industry, founded in 1791 in what was then Paradise Street, now Moxon Street, to educate the children of the poor in the parish
John Miltons houseA pretty garden-house in Petty France, Westminster. Milton lived there until the Restoration. Later it became No. 19 York Street, belonged to Jeremy Bentham
London landmarksMontage of London landmarks, 1870. Westminster Abbey, Temple Bar and Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Date: 1875
Isaac DIsraeli (1766-1848), a British writer, scholar and man of letters. He is best known for his essays, his associations with other men of letters
Lord ThurlowEdward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1731 - 1806), British lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1778 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thurlow
Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet (1660-1753), a British physician, naturalist and collector noted for bequeathing his collection of 71, 000 items to the British nation
JMW TurnerJoseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775-1851), known contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. Date: 1875
Earl of ChesterfieldPhilip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), a British statesman, diplomat, man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time. Date: 1875
Madame TussaudAnna Maria Marie Tussaud (1761-1850), a French artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she founded in London. Date: 1875
Richard SheridanRichard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751-1816), an Irish satirist, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Sir Benjamin BrodieSir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1783-1862) 1st Baronet, an English physiologist and surgeon who pioneered research into bone and joint disease. Date: 1875
Michael Faraday FRS (1791-1867), an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry
Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), 5th Baronet, was an English reformist politician, the son of Francis Burdett and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Jones of Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire
Samuel Foote (1720-1777), a British dramatist, actor and theatre manager from Cornwall. He was known for his comedic acting and writing
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), a prolific and accomplished Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century, who spent much of his life in England. Date: 1875
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although his fame has long since been eclipsed by his Romantic colleagues and friends Wordsworth
Beau Brummell - iconic figure in Regency England and for many years the arbiter of male fashion. Date: 1875
Woman and child near an omnibus station, Paris, 1875Near an omnibus station, the Palais-Royal, 1875. Woman in violet crinoline dress with train, velvet mantelet and feather bonnet. Men in top hats behind
Stopped at a barricade, a pass from the Paris Commune, 1871. Two fashionable women in crinoline dresses and hats show papers to a soldier with rifle. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
Two views of the opening ceremony in the Great Hall of the Congregational Memorial Hall and Library. Date: 1875
Cartoon, Permissive Government (Disraeli and Hartington)Cartoon, Permissive Government -- a conversation between Lord Hartington, new leader of the Liberal Party (in opposition), and Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister
Cartoon, Good-Bye! (Gladstone and Disraeli)Cartoon, Good-Bye! Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli says goodbye to his political rival, William Gladstone, who was giving up the leadership of the Liberal Party
Cartoon, The Indignant Bystander (Gladstone and Disraeli)Cartoon, The Indignant Bystander -- in a fairground analogy, Gladstone criticises the Conservative governments Savings Banks Bill, which was later withdrawn
Two lovers on mountain pathYoung man and woman on mountain path. The quote is Henry IV speaking to Hotspur in Shakespeares play Richard II. Date: circa 1875
Pullman Midland Drawing Room Car No.8 (railway carriage), built in Detroit, USA, rebuilt at the Midland Railway Works, Derby, UK as Albion, 1874-1876. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1870s
View of Ilfracombe Harbour, Devon. 1875
Wedding gfits presented to the Duke & Duchess of EdinburghWedding gift presented to the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh by the Corporation of the City of London. Date: 1875
Quarriers Glasgow City Orphan HomeThe Glasgow City Orphan Home opened by James Quarrier in 1875. Date: Date unknown
The Dream of The Derby 1875Racing down the track with thousands of spectators watching, at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey. 1875
Cartoon, Pillion-bibycle 1875An idea for the tandem, a man pedaling at the front with the woman sitting precariously at the back sidesaddle. 1875
The launch of the ironclad ship HMS Alexandra by Alexandra, Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) 7th April 1875. 7th April 1875
The ironclad ship HMS AlexandraThe launch of the ironclad ship HMS Alexandra, 7th April 1875. 7th April 1875
General scenes at the Post-Office 1875Sketches showing scenes in a general Post-Office. Date: 1875
Small ice elevator, Hudson River 1875Pikemen sending ice blocks up a small elevator to be stored. Date: 1875
Tompkins yarn spooler 1875Floor standing yarn spooler, simple construction for winding skein yarn upon spools for sewing machines, intended principally for hosiery manufactures. 1875
Transferring ice to storehouse, Hudson River 1875The storehouse buildings are composed of wood with double walls and were very rough looking, in the summer the ice is loaded into barges towed down stream to New York
