19th Collection (page 18)

The Old Stone House. Long Island, 1699
The Old Stone House. Long Island, New York, 1699. Date: ca. 1847

Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire
The Cow and Calf Rocks on Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire Date: 1860

Nottingham -- Radford Folly
Holidaymakers at Radford Folly, on the Trent near Nottingham Date: 1836

Silhouette portrait of Queen Victoria & Lord Melbourne
A silhouette portrait of Queen Victoria with her Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, probably cut by Atkinson of Windsor and pencilled with gold. Date: c.1840

Oxford, Oxfordshire
A heavy wagon and a stage coach leave Oxford by the London Road. Magdalen Tower is on the right. Date: 1831

St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Edmund Hall (Saint Edmunds Hall), Oxford Date: 1821

Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
The Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, a part of the Bodleian Library. Date: circa 1830

Newbury, Berkshire
The Market Place at Newbury, Berkshire, on a busy day. Date: 1890s

Worcester College, Oxford, viewed from High Bridge. Date: 1821

Trinity College, Oxford Date: 1821

Milton Abbey, Northamptonshire (not to be confused with the school at Blandford, Dorset). Date: 1831

Clarinet, 19th Century
CLARINET - showing open & closed holes and keys, with cross-section of the mouthpiece Date: late 19th century

William Lillywhite
WILLIAM LILLYWHITE The Father of Modern Cricket A right-handed bowler, who played for Sussex in the 1820s. Date: early 19th century

Martello Tower, Corsica Date: 1809

DeLara Cigar Factory, New York
Building, DeLara Cigar factory, 382 South Street. DeLara Cigar factory at 382 South Street; sign advertising building for sale visible

Cycling in New York
New Woman. Female bicyclist and onlookers on Riverside Drive, near Grants tomb

When Great Grandfather Went to Sea by H. L. Oakley
A series of charming silhouette cut outs by H. L. Oakley depicting scenes at the seaside during the Victorian era from the journey there by carriage and train to donkey rides

Strand Union Workhouse, Edmonton, North London
The Strand Unions workhouse at Edmonton, North London, opened in 1870. The Strand Union was located in Central London

Winter painted by Pauline Baynes
A boy and girl in the Victorian era pictured skating on a frozen pond. In the background is a fine slope for sledging and a dog cart, a popular form of conveyance

Queen Victoria and family entrain for Scotland
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and the Royal children entrain for Scotland at the temporary station in Maiden Lane before the opening of Kings Cross in 1852

Treport Mers travel poster
French railway poster advertising Treport Mers on the Picardy coast, which, together with nearby Mer-les-Bains became popular seaside resorts in the 19th century due to the development of

Richmond, Surrey
Holidaymakers at Richmond, Surrey (now in the London Borough of Richmond), viewed from the Isleworth Meadows

Interior of a Dorsetshire Labourers Cottage
Interior view of a peasants cottage in Dorset in 1846, accompanying an article reporting on the poverty and squalor of some villages in the county

An architectural group in Westminster
A London vista, with a horse-drawn tram and carriages, and several buildings of note including Westminster Hospital, Big Ben, Parliament Square, St Margarets Church

Madeley, Shropshire
Cattle amble along the village street at Madeley, Shropshire

London Birdseye 3
Bird s-eye view of London at the end of the 19th century : Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill to St Pauls and Cheapside

Highgate Cemetery, London, 19th century
Engraving showing Highgate Cemetery, London, at night sometime in the 19th century

The First Court of 1922
Debutantes bow to King George V and Queen Mary during the first court of 1922 at Buckingham Palace. Each debutante curtsies twice before withdrawing

The Supreme Moment
Debutantes, clad in their finery curtsey to King George V and Queen Mary during a court presentation. Thus they are launched into " Society"

Royal Irish Constabulary going by sea to enforce evictions
Members of the Royal Irish Constabulary going in open sailing boats called hookers to enforce evictions on the Islands of the West Coast of Ireland

Justice Avory
Sir Horace Edmund Avory (1851-1935) was one of the most noted English criminal lawyers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was the most dreaded hanging judge of his age

19th Century Whaling
French whalers

Landslip at Axmouth
A massive landslip causes extensive damage to the fishing port of Axmouth, at the mouth of the Axe river. (first of two views)

Lambro the Pirate
Mr Dry in the role of Lambro the Pirate

Esfahan, 19th Century
The royal palace and meidan at Esfahan (formerly known as Ispahan)

The Fishermans Prayer
THE FISHERMANs PRAYER Lord suffer me to catch a fish so large that even I in talking of it afterwards shall have no need to lie

Kinbane Castle / Ireland
The dramtic setting of Kinbane Castle perched on a rocky outcrop on the shores of Antrim

Peter Jones, London
MR. PETER JONES, GENERAL DRAPER, SILK MERCER, OUT FITTER AND FURNISHER. The Sloane Square shopping emporium in the late 19th century

Wine Waiter
A waiter hurries purposely to a table bearing a bottle of wine and a set of flute glasses. From his rosy cheeks, he may have tested the vintage first

Two geishas and a parasol in Japan

Male Type / Manservant?
Smartly dressed young man: either a manservant or a member of an exclusive club

Girl & Grandfather Clock
Is it Christmas yet ? - an impatient girl inspects the grandfather clock with her candle

Various quadrupeds: Giant Anteater, Brown Platypus, Pangolin, Armadillo, and Three-Toed Sloth

Capt Webb / Niagara / Scrap
Captain Matthew WEBB survives Niagara Falls

National Coats of Arms 2
Coats of arms of various countries: Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Riga, Italy, France, Netherlands, Sweden. (2 of 2)

6th Dragoons Enniskillen
6th (Enniskillen) Dragoons

Andormeda Star Map
Andromeda (Gloria Federici), in chains, plus triangles constellation

Four Men in Top Hats
Four men, two seated, two standing, in top hats and with decorations pinned to their lapels, pose for a photograph outside a brick house

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