Days Collection (page 6)

Living drop-curtain in Better Days, London Hippodrome
A living drop-curtain at the London Hippodrome revue, Better Days, with various young ladies draped through peep holes. Date: 1925

Rat catcher with a wooden leg. 17th century

Twelfth Night characters by Alfred Crowquill
Twelfth Night (6 January) characters by Alfred Crowquill. 19th century

Twelfth Day celebration, The King of the Bean
Twelfth Day celebration (6 January), The King of the Bean

The Pope in St Peters Church, Rome, on Easter Day
The Pope carried into St Peters Church, Rome, on Easter Day

The Lord of Misrule. 19th century

The Great Bed of Ware, a very large oak four-poster bed, carved with marquetry, originally housed in the White Hart Inn in Ware, Hertfordshire, built by the carpenter Jonas Fosbrooke in about 1590

The game of Pall Mall

The Comet, early paddle steamer
The Comet, an early paddle steamer, built in 1812 in Scotland, the first commercially successful steamboat service in Europe, operating on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock

The Calves Head Club, Suffolk Street, London. Date: circa 1735

Tankard bearer, London
Tankard bearer, who carried water from London conduits and pumps

Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York, USA, home of the writer Washington Irving. 19th century

Summerhouse, Cote de Grace, Honfleur, France
Summerhouse at Cote de Grace, Honfleur, in which King Louis Philippe and Queen Marie-Amelie were concealed in March 1848. 1840s

Martin Powell, puppet showman
Martin Powell (?-1729), puppet showman, often featuring a Punch character, in Bath, London and elsewhere. 1715

Guy Fawkes procession on bonfire night. 19th century

Papal cursing bell for animals

Examples of 18th century street lamps: A 1735, B 1709, C/D late 18th century. 18th century

No Popery Riots, London, 1780
No Popery Riots, London, 7 June 1780. 1780

Fort Royal, Ile Sainte-Marguerite, near Cannes, France
Fort Royal, famous fortress on the Ile Sainte-Marguerite, near Cannes, South of France, associated with the so-called Man in the Iron Mask, whose identity remains a mystery. 19th century

Mallet and ball used in game of Pall Mall
Mallet and ball used in the game of Pall Mall

Lee and Harpers theatre booth, Bartholomew Fair, London. 1720s

Joe Miller, English actor
Joe Miller (1684-1738), English actor. early 18th century

Faux the Conjurors booth, Bartholomew Fair, London
Isaac Fawkes, Faux the Conjurors booth, Bartholomew Fair, London. 1720s

Henry Welby, the Grub Street Hermit. He managed to live in solitude in the middle of London. 16th century

Grand Master of the Knights Templar

Patrick Cotter O Brien, Irish giant
Patrick Cotter O Brien (1760-1806), giant of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, who was 8 feet 4 inches tall. 18th century

Giovanni Battista Belzoni at Sadlers Wells Theatre
Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer and archaeologist, at Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, as the Patagonian Samson, wearing a strongmans costume made of fur, and an ostrich feather headdress

Revolutionary Wars, Glorious First of June 1794
French Revolutionary Wars, Naval Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794, Admiral Lord Howes victory over the French fleet. 1794

French Revolution, destruction of Bastille, Paris
French Revolution, destruction of the Bastille Prison, Paris. 1789

Exhibition of needlework by Mary Linwood, London
Exhibition of needlework by Mary Linwood (1755-1845) at Old Savile House, Leicester Square, London. early 19th century

Dr Garencieres, translator of Nostradamus
Dr Theophilus de GarenciÞ▓Ñs (1610-1680), French apothecary and translator of Nostradamus into English (1672). 17th century

Richard Tarleton, popular performer in Elizabethan theatre
Richard Tarleton (or Tarlton, ?-1588), popular performer in the Elizabethan theatre. 16th century

Crossing the dateline, marine ceremonies

Cradle of King James I of England. 16th century

Clandestine wedding or Fleet Marriage, London
Clandestine wedding or Fleet Marriage by St Pauls Church, Covent Garden, London. 18th century

Childrens altar at the Fete Dieu (Feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated annually in May or June)

Chester Mystery Plays, performance in the street

Beating the Bounds in London
Beating the bounds in London - an old custom. 1883

Aristocratic lamp extinguishers

Almanac Day at Stationers Hall, London
Almanac Day at Stationers Hall, City of London, in late November, when the next years almanacs went on sale. Porters would take the bags of books all over the country. 19th century

Roebuck Mug House Riot, London
A Roebuck Mug House Riot, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London, between Jacobites and Hanoverians. 1716

Watchman in the time of King James I
A watchman in the time of King James I. early 17th century

Statute or hiring fair, where masters choose their servants

A party of mummers. 19th century

A London mug house. 18th century

Man with a Dutch catchpole. 1626

Curfew, or couvre-feu, fire cover

Cresset bearer

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