Lamps Collection (page 11)

Schoolchildren at Cleopatras Needle, London
A class of London County Council schoolchildren on a trip to Cleopatras Needle on the Thames Embankment, Central London. Their teacher points with her umbrella and tells them all about it

Northern Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex
A uniformed porter at the gate of the Northern Hospital at Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. Just inside are a horse and carriage and a horse and cart

Advertisement for a Peugeot
Peugeot Revue - a fine advertisement for a Peugeot car. A gentleman tries to hitch a ride with a pretty young lady!

Victorian interior - Hubert Congreve
The room in which Hubert Congreve shot himself. A young Edward Lear was infatuated with the young Congreve. A fine example of a Victorian interior, with heavily-stocked mantlepiece and fine fireplace

Kobe, Japan - Motomachi-dori

Osaka - Japan - Matsushima Street with a wonderful display of lanterns adorning the buildings

Izmir, Turkey - Restaurant
A remarkably ornate restaurant building in Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey, called (inc.1905) The Garden of Eden

Road, Rail and Sea - Charles Robinson
Cover illustration by Charles Robinson for the Childrens book Rad, Rail and Sea by Clare Jerrold. A (very young-looking!) couple drive an open car below the imposing buly of a railway bridge

The Gramme Electricity Machine and Light, 1878
Engraving showing a group of gentlemen viewing the Gramme electricity generator and several images showing the electric lamps used with the generator, 1878

Gideons Lanterns
Gideon, 5th Judge of Israel, equips his army with lamps covered with a pitcher, to frighten their Midianite opponents

Colour transparencies being viewed on a lightbox book
A colour photograph album invented by M. P Duchenne. In 1910, technology had not enabled colour images to be printed on paper, only as glass plates

When the stars are lit
Colour illustration by Louise Jacobs showing cherubs lighting up a night sky with oil lamps or candles

Williams and Bachs show-room
The interior of Williams and Bachs New Saloon at 92 Bond Street, London, a lighting emporium selling a vast range of lamps and light fittings - still a relative novelty in the 1870 s

Electric light on the Thames Embankment
Illustration showing crowds admiring the electric lighting on the Thames Embankment, London in 1879. When the Victoria Embankment was opened in 1870 it was lit by cast iron gas lamps

Cornish Tin Miners
Cornish tin miners below ground

Board room on wheels for the Birmingham Corporation
Two photographs showing the board room on wheels for the Birmingham Corporation. The coach was fitted up to enable authorities to transact business while paying official visits

Louis Pasteur / Dornac
LOUIS PASTEUR French chemist and microbiologist in his study

Castle Street, Surrey
A view up Castle Street in Farnham, Surrey with parked cars and street lamps

Victorian Street Lamps
Examples of old Victorain street lamps now converted to electricity. These examples grace the entrance to a restaurant in Bagshot, Surrey

Edison Lamp Factory
The manufacture of Edisons lamps at Menlo Park, New Jersey

At the Coal Face / 1910
Two hundred yards underground, two coal workers, Davy safety lamps at their side, undercut the coal face, preparing it for blasting

Sewing by Oil Lamp Light
Woman using sewing machine lit only by the light of an oil lamp

Gideon Versus Midianites
Gideon, 5th judge of Israel, equips his army with lamps covered with pitchers, to frighten their Midianite opponents

Riot / Birmingham / 1901
The Political Riot at Birmingham Town Hall during Lloyd Georges meeting. This illustration shows the Police baton charge. Lloyd George escaped in policemans clothes

NEW LAMPS FOR OLD
The magician offers new lamps for old, hoping that someone will unknowingly offer him the magic lamp - as, indeed, happens

Channel Bridge 1
Project for a railway bridge : signal lamps warn shipping to steer clear of the supports for the suspended monorail

Philips Big Bulb
Advertisement for Philips lamps - Dutch boy and girl tug on filament

Carriage by Moonlight
English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) homeward bound one evening from Doncaster falls asleep while counting his winnings - thus many bank- notes were blown away & lost

C17 Lamplighter / Woodcut
A lamplighter with the tools of his trade - matches to light the oil lamps at nightfall, a snuffer to extinguish them at the dawns early light

Cleos Needle / Lantern111
Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment by night

New Scotland Yard 1910
New Scotland Yard at Westminster at night

Vic Embankment / Lantern
A night view of Victoria Embankment

Leicester Square / Lantern
Leicester Square by night Date: 1910

Billingsgate / Lantern
A view along the river towards Billingsgate at night

Parliament / Lantern Slide
A view of the Parliament Buildings at Westminster by night

Palace Yard / Lantern
Palace Yard by night showing the statue of Richard the Lionheart by Baron Marochetti

Lambeth Palace / Lantern
A view across the river towards Lambeth Palace by night with the moon just disappearing behind clouds

Whitehall / Lantern Slide
The Horse Guards at Whitehall by night

Cleos Needle / Lantern
A view along the river towards Embankment and Cleopatras Needle at night

St Margarets / Lantern
A view of the church, in Westminster, at night

St James Park / Lantern
A view across the lake at night

Ludgate Hill / Lantern
A view up Ludgate Hill by night

Marble Arch / Lantern Slid
Marble Arch by night - a figure standing in front of the park gates

Palace Yard / Lantern Slid
The colossal statue of Richard the Lionheart by Baron Marochetti in the old Palace- Yard, Westminster

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