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Miners working at the coalface, South WalesTwo miners, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a coal seam in South Wales
TILLY LAMPA Model X 246 Storm Lantern Tilley Lamp. Date: 1960s
The Lady With The Lamp Florence NightingaleA colour illustration from the 1890s depicting Florence Nightingale, English nurse and hospital reformer (1820-1910) at the barracks hospital, Scutari, in 1854 during the Crimean War
Charlie Chaplin as the little trampFilm actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), film star and director, seen here in his little tramp costume, probably in a still from his 1925 film, The Gold Rush
Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, NightHogarth, Four Times of the Day, 4. Night. In a narrow street leading to Charing Cross, with an equestrian statue of Charles I at the far end
Miner at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, CornwallMiner at work with a drill underground (below the sea) in Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, which was just about to cease operation. Date: circa 1986
Wagner / BalestrieriRICHARD WAGNER Composing his opera cycle, the Ring of the Nibelungen
Birthday card - Man relaxing in a chairBirthday card, Man relaxing in a chair. circa 1930s
Men playing billiards in a club. Date: circa 1910s
The Salisbury Hotel pub, Green Lanes, Harringay, LondonThe Salisbury Hotel, a Grade II listed pub on Grand Parade - at the junction of St. Anns Road / Green Lanes, Harringay, London - built by the prolific Scottish builder J C Hill
The Kino Cinema, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexThe Kino Cinema in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. This was the towns first cinema. Cycle racks for the use of patrons were a feature. circa 1935
The Arnolfini Portrait by Van EyckThe Arnolfini Portrait. 1434. By Jan van Eyck (1394-1441). Oil on oak panel. National Gallery. London. Great Britain
Hampstead & Highgate Express sign in Hampstead, London, next to a street lamp, left of picture. The building is on Perrin?s Court Hampstead NW3
Safety Lamps / 1826Diagrams showing the workings of Stephensons Lamp (1 - 4), and Davys Lamp (5, on the right)
British Countryside - A 75 year-old Shepherd at Crondall, Hampshire Date: 1938
Children playing in Milton Street, Belfast, Northern IrelandChildren playing in Milton Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland -- some are swinging on ropes round a lamppost, while others are riding in a go-cart. Date: 1969
A glamorous female model with her trusty Goblin TeasmadeA stylish female model wakes up fresh-faced and ready now to face the day thanks to a few sips from a hearty brew prepared by her faithful bedside Goblin Teasmade. How Delicious! Date: 1960s
French lady getting ready to go out in her boudoir - she check the powder on her nose - " Yes, that is just perfect!" Date: circa 1910s
Windmill TheatreThe Windmill Theatre on the corner of Great Windmill Street and Shaftesbury Avenue, and the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London
Billiard Room, Union Jack Club, Lambeth, LondonView of the Billiard Room at the Union Jack Club, Waterloo Road, Lambeth, London. The club opened in 1907 to cater for members and ex-members of the armed forces. Date: circa 1910s
Nobody Loves Me by George StuddyA wet and bedraggled Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy, is found tied to a lamp post in the pouring rain and forgotten by a policeman with a torch
Blacksmith at work in his forgeAn elderly blacksmith hammering a horseshoe on his anvil. The owner of the horse awaiting a new set of shoes looks in at the window, while the blacksmiths cat scratches an ear on the work bench
Open gas street light at Kings CrossA street view with an open gas street light in the foreground, two high walls to either side of the road, a man walking, traffic on the road
Victorian Greeting Card - Owls with LanternTwo owls standing with a lantern. Date: circa 1890
Miner working in a coal seam, South WalesA miner, stripped to the waist, with a pick resting across his shoulder and a lamp in his hand, in a coal seam in South Wales
Gibbs Happy Families - Master Tooth the Dentists son. 20th century
Winching men up from the coalface - Wales. Note the Davy lamp hanging off the belt of the man in the centre. Date: circa 1910s
Sir Douglas Haig in his headquarter train, FranceField Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) in his headquarter train in France during the First World War, with maps of France and Belgium behind him. Date: circa 1918
Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical ResearchUndated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)
Draughtsmen at workDraughtsmen prepare technical drawings for an electronic wiring system, in a large open plan room, with plenty of essential natural light. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Florence Nightingale MonumentThe Florence Nightingale Monument, Waterloo Place, Westminster, London (just off The Mall) - erected in memory of the famous Crimean War nurse, known as the Lady of the Lamp
Shire horse drawn drayShire horse drawn brewery dray passes through a village, delivering beer to The Lamb and Flag pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Chipping Campden 1940SChipping Campden, Gloucestershire, viewed through the arch of the 17th century Wool Hall. It was once the centre of the Cotswolds wool trade
Police / WatchmenA night watchman on his rounds. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London
Amundsen Winter QuartersAmundsen and others in their winter quarters at the South Pole
Entrance, Christs Hospital SchoolPupils stand outside the entrance to Christs Hospital School
Girls playing in Milton Street, Belfast, Northern IrelandTwo little girls playing in Milton Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, swinging on ropes round a lamppost. Date: 1969
Village Cobbler 1937The village cobbler working by the light of his oil lamp in his workshop in Congresbury, Somerset, England
Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1890Variety of Victorian household items. 1890
Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - High Street. Date: (insert date)
The Lantern Spectre by Katsushika HokusaiKatsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - The Lantern Spectre. A burning paper lamp takes on the aspect of a spectral face - one of a set of Ghosts and Goblins. Date: circa 1810
Florence Nightingale - Pioneer of Nursing TechniquesFlorence Nightingale (1820-1910) - celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing
Narberth Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South WalesView of a deserted Narberth Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
The Duke and Duchess of York - Durham Colliery visitThe Duke and Duchess of York (Later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) - visiting a Durham Colliery on 29th July 1936 - most likely the Glamis Pit at Kibblesworth Colliery
Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Victorian items 1896A selection of Victorian household items; twin oil and vinegar bottles, solid silver candlestick holders, ornate mounted hair brush, cut crystal scent bottle, chased silver lamp with burner
Gerald Road Police Station, Belgravia, LondonGerald Road Police Station (left), Belgravia, London. Date: circa 1910
Drunken man staggering home - about to hit lampostRacing Illustrated - " Some delay at the post!" - a gentleman who has had a serious session at the Old Blue Bell (see 10909661) endeavours to make his way home
Fossil trees in coal mineFossilised trees and plants found in a coal mine. Date: C.1870
Albion charabanc, Haverfordwest, South WalesA group of people on a choir outing in an Albion solid tyred charabanc outside Morses Refreshment Rooms in Dew Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Timber-framed house, Quedlinburg, GermanyView of an old renovated timber-framed house in the medieval part of the town of Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony Anhalt), Germany
Tower Bridge / Carts 1930STwo horse-drawn carts, one from the Metropolitan Cartage Co. wait while Londons Tower Bridge opens
Carcel and his LampBERTRAND GUILLAUME CARCEL, French clockmaker, in 1800 demonstrates his oil lamp which incorporates wheels and pistons. Its a good lamp, but he dies in poverty
Advertisement for Aladdin safety paraffin mantle lamp from Aladdin Industries Ltd. of Aladdin House, South Street, London. Date: c.1924
Walton Street Police Station, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: circa 1900s
Duncan Watson & CoAn advertisement from 1909 advertising electricity as the cheapest light in the country house.1d will provide 100 candle power for one hour
Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1895Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1895
Aladdin pantomime design, unidentified production. Showing Aladdin in the cave with the lamp, and the genie materialising. Date: circa 1910
Lamp post made from German torpedo, GibraltarLamp post made from a German torpedo, at a Royal Navy camp in Gibraltar. Date: circa 1920s
Aladdin, Kennington Theatre, South London, 24 December 1904. Powerful Company, Beautiful Scenery, Charming Ballets, Augmented Orchestra, Ballet & Chorus of 100. 1904
Incandescent giant lamp, model of the Edison type bulb. ExpoIncandescent giant lamp, twelve feet high, mounted on a pedestal crowned by a model of the Edison type bulb, increased 20, 000 times
Advert for Parkins and Gotto electrical novelties 1906Advertisement from 1906 for Parkins and Gotto, of Oxford Street, London, showing the wide range of electrical novelties, including a working model of the Metropolitan electric railway train with
1920s woman in room at nightIllustration showing a woman in a fringed flapper dress standing pensively against a window. Her dress rather nicely matches the fringed lampshade and scarf or wrap nearby. Date: 1927
Royal Arch, Dundee, Scotland. This extraordinary structure was erected between 1849 and 1853 to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (in 1844)
Young Boy reading story books
Modes et Travaux front cover. Art decoA woman in pale green casually poses by a standard lamp. Artist: Wecla Date: 1936
Antiques market, Bromyard, HerefordshirePeople at an antiques market in Bromyard, Herefordshire. Date: 1969
Coal / Pit Ponies / 1907Ponies hauling coal trucks along the gallery of an English colliery
English Oil Lamp 1800A London lamplighter on his ladder refills a street lamp with the oil which his assistant passes to him
At the Coal Face / 1842By the light of a Davy safety lamp, two miners work at the coal face
Fisherman and DjinnThe fisherman inadvertently rubs the lamp he has found, and is amazed by the apparition of the djinn (genie)
Robertson Light BulbsLong life bulbs are nothing new - the Robertson incandescent electric lamp promises you long life and a saving of current into the bargain !
Lookout man operating signalling lamp, Croydon AirportLookout man operating signalling lamp from the Control Tower, Croydon Airport Date: 1930s
The Electric Polka by Alphonse CaryPromotional music sheet for The Electric Polka by Alphonse Cary, circa 1880s, showing Mestopheles shining an electric light over the recently-constructed Victoria Embankment in London Date
Advert, William Suggs Patent Gas BurnersAdvert, William Suggs Celebrated Patent Gas Burners, Vincent Works, Vincent Street, Westminster, London. 1880
Frocks and thrills: Gowns and headdresses from Paris 1913Women models wearing a selection of different style evening wear, including the lamp-shade skirt, Turkish trousers, low scaft-belt cloak and the knee skirt. 1913
Primitive Iron Crusie Lamp, Type used on the Island of Rathlin and Along the Co. Antrim Coast for Burning Fish Oil - picture of an iron implement. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s
Christmas card, Lamplighter. 19th century
Albert De Rutzen / WagSIR ALBERT DE RUTZEN " A model magistrate" Date: 1831 - 1913
Banquet scene in the Egyptian Hall at Mansion House in London, 1808. Engraving by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for The Microcosm of London published by Rudolph Ackermann (1808-1810). Engraving
Football after dark: a match on the first association groundPlaying with a specially made white chrome ball, lit by powerful electric lamps on thirty masts: ladies football teams on the Burnley cricket club ground during a match
Atmospheric view of Edinburgh, ScotlandAn atmospheric view of Edinburgh, Scotland, with the Scott Monument and the Waverley Hotel visible in the distance
Advert for Asprey selection of household items 1937Selection of items from Asprey, Bond Street: Glass luminous World lamp, gentlemans pigskin compactus case with ivory fittings, miniature reproduction clock in walnut, brocade evening bag
Warwick Way, Pimlico, LondonWarwick Way (formerly Warwick Street ) on the corner of Hindon Street, Pimlico, London
Little Women / Round FireMeg, Jo, Beth, Amy & their Mother gather around the fire to read a letter
