Lanterns Collection

Victorian Greeting Card - Owls with Lantern
Two owls standing with a lantern. Date: circa 1890

Soho, London - 29 Romilly Street W1 - Kettners Restaurant (opened 1867, closed January 2016). Photographed at night. 1973

Stagecoach and horses on an oval Christmas card
Stagecoach and horses travelling through the snow at night on an oval Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

The Lantern Spectre by Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika 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

Baker Street underground station, London
A train arrives at Baker Street underground station, London, on the Metropolitan Line: the high roof is needed because the first trains are pulled by steam locomotives. Date: 1881

Holloway Road, Islington, North London, with a large public house on the corner. Date: circa 1905

The Dandy Doctor by Edward Marris with music by Dudley Powell. First produced at the Avenue Theatre in Sunderland, 26 March 1900. Touring to the Palace Theatre, Newcastle, 22 June for six nights

Aladdin, Kennington Theatre, South London, 24 December 1904. Powerful Company, Beautiful Scenery, Charming Ballets, Augmented Orchestra, Ballet & Chorus of 100. 1904

King George IV pub, Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge, London. circa 1910

Musicians in the snow on a Christmas card, about to have something poured on them from a jug. circa 1890s

Jimmie Dwyers Saw Dust Trail, New York City, USA
Jimmie Dwyers Saw Dust Trail, West 44th Street, New York City, USA, offering continuous entertainment with four little white pianos. Date: circa 1930

Wellington Inn and The Shambles, Manchester Date: circa 1906

18th Century Oil Lights
Ladies going home in sedan chairs after an evening out enter streets with oil lanterns

At the Skating Carnival - Pretty lady reveller with a broom
At the Skating Carnival - Pretty lady reveller wearing a very stylish black dress with red floral pattern with a broom. Date: 1905

Tea House, Nanking Road, Shanghai, China
Tea House in Nanking Road, Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1908

The Nightingale - Edmund Dulac
Is it possible? said the gentleman-in-waiting. I should never have thought it was like that. How common it looks. Seeing so many grand people must have frightened its colours away

Japanese women performing the Koyo dance Date: circa 1890s

European Military Officer taking tea with a Chinese lady
Unusual card showing a European Military Officer taking tea with a Chinese lady (or European lady in Chinese costume!). Possibly a scene from a stage play? Date: circa 1906

The Carnival at Nice, France. Date: circa 1910s

Roman clay oil lamps. Portugal
Roman clay oil lamps. The ones on the left and right are decorated with a depiction of a Muse. The central one depicts Selene. National Archaeology Museum. Lisbon, Portugal

Itinerant seller of paper lanterns, China, 18th century. He holds lanterns painted with Chinese characters and a large straw basket of stock on his back. Vendor of lanterns. Marchand des lanternes

Magic Lantern
Using a double lantern, which makes it possible to superimpose one image on another, giving a crude illusion of movement

Feast of The Lanterns, China

Japanese Lanterns
Young Japanese in kimonos waving lanterns. Artist: Alice Cook Date: circa 1920

Fantasia
A colourful tempera painting depicting a jolly festival of clowns and dancers during the night, bright lanterns are hanging all around. Date: circa 1918

Japan - Lantern Painting
Lantern Painting, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Japan - Bamboo Ornament Shop
Bamboo Ornament Shop, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Tomb of Kusunoki Masashige - Minatogawa Shrine, Kobe
The Tomb of Kusunoki Masashige (Nanko) - Minatogawa Shrine - a Shinto shrine in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, roughly on the site of the Battle of Minatogawa. Date: circa 1910s

Francis Aldis search and signalling light, lanterns, anchors
Vintage Royal Navy Francis Aldis search and signalling light, pair of period starboard lanterns and two ship's anchors

I Danced with a Beggar Date: 1925

Music cover, While We Danced at the Mardi Gras, words by John Mercer, music by Alfred Opler. Date: 1931

Woman in traditional dress lighting Japanese lanterns. Date: 1899

Kawasaki Z 1000 Z1-R and KH 400 motorbikes, outside the Green Lanterns Eating House, at The Barbican in Plymouth. Date: 1970s

Cartoon, Kaiser Carnival and his cortege, WW1
Cartoon, Kaiser Carnival and his cortege, showing Kaiser Wilhelm being carried along on a float, with various figures around him, including Death, a spy, a sorceress

This illustration shows a fashionable woman in front of a collection of chinese lanterns. Date: 1926

Horse Cab, Paris 1879
A customer pays the cab's driver in the rain in Paris. Date: 1879

Kobe Bund, Japan
Decorated to celebrate the fall of Port Arthur (Lushan) in the Russo-Japanese War

Victoria Railway Station, London Date: circa 1890s

Children with Lanterns
Three children with coloured paper lanterns

c. 1880s Japan - street with lanterns Yokohama
c.1880s Japan - street with lanterns Yokohama

Festival paper lanterns Bentrndori Yokohama, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Historical views of China. View of the Great Wall of China 25, street scene in a Chinese town with shopkeepers and customers 26, and workers gathering leaves from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis 27

The Nature of Light - Sir William Braggs experiments
The Universe of Light: Factors in " A Fascinating Problem"

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

Night watchman and bellman, London

He saw Yum-Yum enter the garden - The Story of the Mikado by Ws Gilbert. 1921

Japanese warriors in red and black armour
A troupe of Japanese warriors in red and black armour - The Story of the Mikado by Ws Gilbert. 1921

Lady with lanterns
Remembrance. Art Deco illustration of lady with lanterns. Artist: Pearl Forbes MacEwen. Date: circa 1930

Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush, West London
The Goldhawk Hotel (public house), Goldhawk Road (corner of Devonport Road), Shepherds Bush, West London. Date: circa 1910

Variety Revue, Paris, France. circa 1900

Silhouette, Chinese parade with lanterns

Music cover, Last Night on the Back Porch (I Loved Her Best of All) by Len Brown and Carl Schraubstader

Cutout birthday card, age 5, with two children hanging up paper lanterns. Date: circa 1920s

Victor G Ginn catalogue, Lights and Lanterns. 1939

Victor G Ginn & Co, catalogue (back cover)
Victor G Ginn & Co, High Holborn, London, catalogue (back cover). Advertising the most unique ballroom novelty yet introduced - an electric lantern, for lantern dances. 1939

Child with tree and bag on a Christmas postcard
Child in the snow with tree and bag on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Girl with tree and lantern on a Christmas postcard
Girl in the snow with tree and lantern on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Cutout Christmas card with bird and lantern in the snow. Date: circa 1890s

View of the nave, St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Wales
View of the nave, St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, with the organ pipes visible above, and the pulpit on the left. Date: circa 1900s

Dining Room, Hotel Francia, Seville, Spain
View of the Dining Room, Hotel Francia, Mendez Nunez, Seville, Spain. Date: circa 1910

Spanish scene with lady, lanterns, cafe and street musician
Spanish night scene with a smiling lady in traditional costume, lanterns, fireworks, a typical roadside cafÚá│erving food, and a boy with a street organ on wheels. Date: circa 1930s

Shadow Dance 1861
Christmas season, Victorian children being amused by the shadow theatre

LANTERN MERCHANT PEKING
A lantern merchant in Peking, China. His shop sells a wide range of lamps and lanterns which are decorated in the shop. Date: circa 1840

ITALIAN DINING ROOM
Dining Room at Villa Medici at Fiesole redecorated in the 18th century: carved gilt mirrors, lanterns on pedestals, crystal chandelier, & ornately carved furniture. Date: 18th century

PEKING LANTERN MERCHANT
A lantern merchant in Peking shows a decorative lantern to a customer; other fine lanterns hang in the shop, some in the shape of fish Date: circa 1840

KUBLAI KHAN / MONGOL / CORNE
KUBLAI KHAN Chinese Emperor revives the imperial birthday ceremony, circa 1275 Date: 1215 - 1294

THEATRE / EXOTIC / CHINA
A character representing the moon (on the right) is in conflict with the Sun figure (centre). This scene is a part of a performance called The Sun and the Moon

French Couple Dancing
A happy French couple dancing in each others arms. Date: 1934

Roman carnival at night
A Roman carnival taking place in the streets at night. Date: 1849

Scarisbrick Avenue Bridge, Southport
A middle aged couple relax and look at the view as they lean on the balustrade of Scarisbrick Avenue Bridge, Southport, England. She wear a white summer dress Date: 1989

Seafront - Monte-Carlo, France. Date: circa 1901

The Carnival of Basel, Switzerland
The Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel

Bronze Sphinx on the Thames Embankment, London
One of a pair of faux-Egyptian sphinxes, designed by the English architect George John Vulliamy at the foot of Cleopatras needle on the Thames Embankment. They were brought to London in 1878

A Dutch Lantern at Nikko Tosho-gu Shinto Shrine, Nikko
A Dutch Lantern at Nikko Tosho-gu, a Shinto shrine located in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate

Hotel Miramar, Fedala (Mohammedia), Morocco
Terrace overlooking the gardens, Hotel Miramar, Fedala (Fedhala, now Mohammedia), Morocco. Date: circa 1930

New Year card in the shape of a lantern. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

The Carnival of Basel - the 4am Morgestreich
The Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel

Making Japanese Paper Chochin lanterns - one used as a sign
Making Japanese Paper Chochin lanterns and an example of one being used as a sign. Date: circa 1930s

British Naval Continent in Japan - Anglo-Japanese Alliance
British Naval Continent in Japan following the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902

Emperor Hirohito on an official visit, Japan (possibly Kobe). His Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Hooper car stands at the kerb. Date: circa 1927

Lantern shop in Shanghai, China. On the left is the Ox Brand Leather Trunk Sale Depot run by Lim Teck Lee. Date: circa 1920s

Advert for Mandel Brothers department store 1913
Announcement for the opening of the new spring collection at Chicagos Mandel Brothers department store. Advert showing some well dressed women and a men being welcomed by a Sikh boy. Date: 1913

Chins Restaurant, Broadway, New York City, USA
Chins Restaurant, Broadway, corner of 44th Street, New York City, USA, with band instruments on the left and a dance floor on the right. Date: circa 1920

Interior, Port Arthur Restaurant, New York City, USA
Interior, Port Arthur Restaurant, Mott Street, New York City, USA. Date: circa 1910

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