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Puppet show seen from inside the boxAu Bon Marche - puppet show seen from inside the box - a man with two glove puppets. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Programme cover, Alhambra Theatre, LondonProgramme cover, Alhambra Theatre of Varieties, London. 1895
Musicians in the snow on a Christmas card, about to have something poured on them from a jug. circa 1890s
Scene outside a theatre on a Christmas card, with people arriving to see the pantomime. Date: circa 1890s
Animals and birds singing round a piano on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Spot, An Autobiography. Date: 1895
Rievaulx Abbey, near Helmsley, North YorkshireView of the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey (Cistercian), near Helmsley, North Yorkshire. Date: 1882
Illustration, A Song of the English, LighthouseIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Inside the gin shop. A woman talks to the drunkardSlide showing a group of people in the gin shop with a woman talking to the drunkard. Part of Box 366. Relates to the set of slides 2012.392 to 2012.402 Date: circa 1900
Visit to Madeira - North Coast from St. AnnaBlack and white lantern slide of steep cliffs leading to the sea.. Part of Box 125, Madeira, part of Boswell collection. slide number 39. Date: circa 1890s
India - A Rajput Chief in ordinary dress, DelhiBlack and white. Bearded man wearing head wrap and heavily decorated garment with horseshoe design on fabric. Collar appears to be jewelled.. Part of India Box, Boswell collection. Slide no
Rome, Italy - The Ariadne, VaticanHand coloured. Statue of a woman languishing on a pedestal. The pedestal has carvings of men and snakes on it.. Part of Box 196, Rome, Boswell Collection. Slide number 45. Date: circa 1890s
Visit to Madeira - Road to the HotelBlack and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection
Avenue of cherry blossom, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Late Victorian Wedding partyA superb photograph of late Victorian Wedding party focusing on the bridal group. All show perfect serious face expressions, in keeping with the formality of the occasion (it seems!). Date: circa 1895
Christmas card in the shape of a yule log with mistletoe. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a lobster. Date: circa 1890s
Amphitheatre scene. Gladiators (4th c. ). RomanAmphitheatre scene. Gladiators (4th c.). Roman art. Late Empire. Mosaic. SPAIN. Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology
Battle Abbey GatehouseThe fine abbey gatehouse of Battle Abbey, Sussex, England, built on the site of the Battle of Hastings. Date: late 11th century
Fairground FunA flying rocket ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Funfair, Lancashire, England. Date: late 1960s
Oxford Morris DancersMorris men dancing in a ring in Oxford, England, on May Day. Date: late 1950s
Cool CustomersCool customers at a street cafe in trendy St. Tropez, France, totally ignoring an uncool street ecapologist! Date: late 1960s
The Bt TowerA view looking up at the BT Tower in London. Date: late 1960s
Royal Garden HotelThe ultra modern Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington High Street, London, with its trendy underground car park. Date: late 1960s
Clarinet, 19th CenturyCLARINET - showing open & closed holes and keys, with cross-section of the mouthpiece Date: late 19th century
Cover design for Dutch Dolls Polka, a song by May Ostlere, published by Enoch & Sons, London. Arrangements are also available for orchestra, instrumental septet, and military and brass bands
Caricatured Hamlet on a music sheetA caricatured Hamlet, probably based on Sir Henry Irving, on a music sheet entitled Hamlet Ye Dane, A Ghost Story, with music by J B Lawreen
Hunting Series (2 of 5) - Trout Fishing - A likely spot
Sunset through the treesThe last rays of the days sun cast two autumnal trees into sharp silhouette. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Hampton Court Palace, by Sir Hugh Maxwell CassonA watercolour and pen painting of Hampton Court Palace, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson during
Buckingham Palace, London, 1842Engraving showing the exterior of Buckingham Palace, London, viewed from St. Jamess Park, 1842. This side of Buckingham Palace was re-modelled in the late 1840s to provide more accomodation
Royal Irish Constabulary going by sea to enforce evictionsMembers 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 AvorySir 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
The end of the Tichborne trialThe final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The claimants farewell to the judge
The Fishermans PrayerTHE 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
Peter Jones, LondonMR. PETER JONES, GENERAL DRAPER, SILK MERCER, OUT FITTER AND FURNISHER. The Sloane Square shopping emporium in the late 19th century
Two Soviet Heavy Tanks Josef Stalin (IS) IIThis model of tank was introduced in spring 1944. The conflict depictedis likely to have been taken in Belarus or Poland in late autumn 1944
A Fat Long-Horned OxBred and fatted at Dickley Farm in Leicestershire by Mr Honyborn, Successor to the late celebrated Mr Bakewell
Reptile / Cayman CrocodileA cayman crocodile and other reptiles including : gangetica, gecko, salamander and a baby crocodile hatching from an egg
Watch AdvertisementThanks to his Omega watch, this gentleman can tell that unless his companion gets a move on, they are going to be late for the theatre
Female Type / Mona LisaA portrait of the Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda
Four Men in Top HatsFour men, two seated, two standing, in top hats and with decorations pinned to their lapels, pose for a photograph outside a brick house
Sada Yacco / Theatre 1900SADA YACCO Japanese actress who toured Europe and America, seen here in The Geisha and the Gentleman
Sugar Loaf Late 19CMaman is watched by her daughter as she cuts a lump off the sugar loaf : at this time, sugar was supplied in cones which were broken off as required
Hard Boss Scolds ClerkI have no more time ro spare, said Mr Goldie. " You came late to begin with." ; a hard boss scolds his elderly employee, who has filled the bin with paper
Scott Souvenir CardIn memory of the Antarctic heroes, the late Captain Scott and his gallant comrades who perished March 1912 at the South Pole
Wales / PortmeirionA girl stands by an iron gateway at PORTMEIRION, the village that Clough Williams- Ellis built between 1925 and 1975 on his own private penninsula in Snowdonia
Kamel Brand TeaWrapper for Kamel Brand Ceylon Tea