Mania Collection

Tulipomania Satire 1637
Satire on Dutch tulipomania

Mania / Hudson Blamed
Railway financier George Hudson, formerly known as the Railway King, is depicted as The Railway Clown and blamed by those who invested in his stocks

Mania / Hudson Off Rails
OFF THE RAIL The speculations of railway financier George King Hudson (1800-1871), start to collapse

Inspired by the current aviation mania, a new water sport is invented - the aim, to glide across a swimming pool with the aid of a kite. Date: 1909

The ascent of Mont Blanc made easy: a suggestion to the followers of Mr Albert Smith

Cartoon, Railway Mania, writing for shares
Cartoon by John Leech, The Railway Mania, What you're at it again. Writing for shares Date: 1846

Progress of the moustache mania! A street seller does a good job hawking pairs of moustaches to cash in on the fashion for mens facial hair. Date: 1853

Railway Mania - illustration by Alfred Crowquill - a steam train running out of track as it heads to the edge of the precipice... Date: 1845

Railway Mania - written and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. Date: 1845

Railway Mania - text written by Alfred Crowquill. Date: 1845

Funfair of cup and ball players from all walks
Funfair of cup and ball, la foire franche des bilboquets. 17th century satirical print showing people from all walks of life obsessed with the game of bilboquet

Fashionable woman feeding her pet spaniel
A fashionable woman at the dinner table feeds her pampered spaniel Azor with a chicken wing, the chambermaid eats a herring from a plate on her knees

Satire on the blue and white china craze, 1880
The six mark tea-pot: satire on the mania for blue and white china

The balloon mania which swept across Europe
A pair of late 18th century French lithographs which reflect the balloon mania which swept across Europe at the time of the first balloon ascents

The Deformito-Mania
Satirical cartoon on what Punch calls the " taste for the Monstrous" by the general public, encouraged particularly by the exhibits at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly

German Lady Cyclist 1896
German lady cyclist, at the peak of the cycling mania. Date: 1896

Mania / Railway Board
The Presidents Room at the Railway Board Date: 1845

Mania / Rail Projector
A railway projector - depicted as a circus acrobat - hides from the anger of the investors whose money he holds in his bags... Date: 1866

Mania / Railway Plans
Plans for new railway projects being rushed to the Board of Trade, Whitehall, London, in order to meet the deadline on 30 November 1845 Date: 1845

Mania / Depositing Plans
Railway prospectors depositing their plans at the Board of Trade, on Sunday 30 November Date: 1845

Mania / Preparing Plans
A group of railway projectors make last-minute alterations to their plans in a tavern before submitting them to the Board of Trade, hoping to out- match their competitors Date: 1845

Mania / Director Down
A former railway director is reduced to the humble occupation of sweeping the streets : a satire on the rise and fall of railway speculators Date: 1846

A speed fiend
MOTOR MANIA : THE JOY OF THE DRIVER NOT ALWAYS THAT OF THE DRIVEN - as true today as it was a hundred years ago... Date: 1908

Christian Thomasius - 2
CHRISTIAN THOMASIUS German jurist and philosopher who opposed the witchcraft mania. Date: 1655 - 1728

Christian Thomasius - 1
CHRISTIAN THOMASIUS German jurist and philosopher who opposed the witchcraft mania. Date: 1655 - 1728

Girls with China 1894
So great is the mania for blue china in late 19th century England that theres even a childrens book on the subject - here, two girls handle the precious items. Date: 1894

The marathon mania

The Autmn Sale Scramble
A policeman doing his hardest (!) to control a baying horde of women at the Autumn Sale. Date: 1906

Commerce / Shares
A stockbrokers office during the Railway Mania when people were falling over themselves to buy shares in the new railways in Britain Date: circa 1850

Speculation, 1845
The Railway Mania sets off a wave of speculation throughout Britain : disreputable people from the streets set themselves up as financial prospectors

Police Prevent Polka
Polka Mania : the Police intervene to prevent the perceived excesses of this immoral dance

Exhausted by the Polka
Polka Mania : the drawback of dancing with a man wearing spurs

Overdoing the Polka
Polka Mania : the alarming effects of over-indulgence !

Polka too Violent
Polka Mania : too violent for some !

Polka Disapproved 1844
Polka Mania : the perceived excesses of this savage dance are frowned upon by elders and authorities

Polka Mania, 1844
Polka Mania : an accomplished couple excite admiration in a ballroom

Mania / Rail Nightmare
The Government - well, Lord Brougham, at any rate - are haunted by the nightmare of railway speculation

Mania / Fleeing
Rash speculators flee to France to escape the recriminations of those who invested in their projects

Mania / Caught in Web
Rash investors caught in the web spun by the railway projectors with their fabulous schemes

Mania / Speculators
Railway speculators in Capel Court, a lane leading to the Stock Exchange, where dealers congregate to do business

Mania / Legal Battles
The proliferation of railway projects leads to legal battles, which must be resolved by Parliamentary committees, at great cost to the shareholders who invest

Mania / Railway Juggernaut
THE RAILWAY JUGGERNAUT OF 1845 Anyone who has any savings, offers them as a sacrifice to the speculators who serve as priests to the Great Railway God

Mania / Hudson as a Guy
Railway financier George Hudson, formerly known as the Railway King, is depicted as The Great Railway Guy after the collapse of his projects

Mania / Hudson Levee
George Hudson (1800-1871), a financier known as King Hudson for the dominant part he plays in the railway mania, is depicted holding a royal levee

Esquirol Patient - 2
One of Esquirols patients, suffering from acute mania. After his treatment Picture 2 of 2

Esquirol Patient - 1
One of Esquirols patients, suffering from acute mania. Before treatment Picture 1 of 2

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