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Part of a feature from London Life magazine charting the daily routine of Patrick Lichfield, cousin of the Queen, who carved a career for himself as a photographer
Alberto Ascari winning in a works Ferrari 500 at Stowe Corner - British Grand Prix, 19th July, Silverstone, England 1952. Date: 1952
American advert for a compact pocket Kodak camera. Date: 1916
Goats roam the Forum of Trajan. Date: 1890s
Outside a photographic establishment - I say, sir - heave us up to have a look at them pictures ! Date: 1856
Smartly-dressed older man strolling along a London StreetSmartly-dressed older man in a pinstripe three-piece suit and wearing a white fedora strolling along a London Street. 1937
Early Camera Date: 1883
Portable 16mm Camera Date: 1950
8mm Film Camera Date: 1950
Unusual Mirror Image portrait postcardAustria - an unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard - combining two different angle shots taken at the same moment, combined into one image. Date: 1910
Susi - playing games with a French bulldogUnusual Friends - Susi the spaniel playing games with a French bulldog. Date: 1950s
Advertisement for M&B Amber Beer Advertisement for M&B Amber BeerAdvertisement for M&B Amber Beer -- female model (Gillian Watt) holding up a glass. Date: 1959
Motor racing Silverstone, EnglandPeter Walker in a BRM P15 V16 finished 7th in British GP, Silverstone, England 14 July 1951. Date: 1951
SPAIN. Ronda. Moorish baths (13th-14th centuries). Main hall
Shotgun with outside spring. Antonio Larranaga en Eibar (19th c.). SPAIN. Vitoria. Museum of the Armeria (armoury)
Photographic print wallet, advertising Kodak Film, and the developers, Heppells Ltd. The art deco design shows a young woman with bobbed hair, taking a photo with a box camera. Date: 20th century
DOYLE IN SPIRIT PHOTO2Conan Doyles image turns up in a spirit photo done by Charles Hope (1863-1933). The sitter is mrs Harold Cook of Shrewsbury. Date: 29 September 1930
HOPE GROUP PHOTOConan Doyle (head tilted on left) is one of a group of psychical researchers who, when photographed by Charles Hope, turn out to have a spirit visitor. Date: 1920s ?
DOYLE IN SPIRIT PHOTOConan Doyles image turns up in a spirit photo done by Charles Hope (1863-1933). Hope was frequently accused of fraud, so this photograph may not be genuine. Date: 1920s
Photographic studio 1878Photographer with bellows style camara taking a photograph of a posed victorian woman. Date: 1878
HUSBAND / WIFE / BELFAST 19CA middle-aged husband and wife Date: circa 1870
Advertisement - Kodak Girl 1920sThe Kodak Girl - a reminder to everyone to take their Kodak camera with them to the seaside Date: 1913
WRESTLING 1880sSeven studies of two men wrestling. Date: 1880s
TSARINA PHOTOGRAPHINGWhen she and the Tsar are invited to attend the French manoeuvres, Alexandra whips out her camera to photograph the new French field-gun - high-level espionage indeed ! Date: 1901
Magnesium flash 1865Magnesium flash demonstrated at Birmingham : this device will, it is claimed, enable photographers to operate even when the ambient light is inadequate Date: 1865
A PHOTOGRAPH EXPEDITIONAmateur photographers liked to go on expeditions, comparing notes : here, photographers look for picturesque subjects in Shanklin Chine, on the Isle of Wight Date: circa 1895
USING MAGNESIUM FLASHTaking a studio photograph with magnesium flash Date: circa 1900
LADIES AND PHOTO ALBUMTwo ladies look at an album of family photographs Date: circa 1912
MUYBRIDGE / MAN / CRICKETA man bowling and batting in cricket. Date: 1880s
SPIRIT PHOTO - BUGUETFrench photographer Edouard Buguet depicted in the act of faking a spirit photograph Date: circa 1870
SPIRIT PHOTO DEANEMrs Mackenzie sits, unaware that the spirit of John Ruskin is floating over her right shoulder Date: 1920s
An Aerial view over Croydon Date: circa 1935
An Aerial view over London Date: 1932
Sequence of a man doing the high jump Date: 1880s
Birmingham Cricket Team(s) - Carte-de-visite - note the Penny-farthing bicycles! Date: circa 1880
Westminster fantasy Created in the photographers darkroomWestminster fantasy. Created in the photographers darkroom
The skipper of a small ferry boat, Marazion, CornwallThe skipper of a small ferry boat waits for passengers on the slip at Marazion, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. England. The boat is used at high water when the causeway to the mount is flooded
Farm boys play on land on the opposite side of River JumnaFarm boys play on land on the opposite side of the River Jumna (or Yamuna) to the Taj Mahal. One rides a bicycle. Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Date: 1984
A woman carrying a heavily laden basket on her head, IndiaA woman, in a red sari, and carrying a heavily laden basket on her head, walks past a peacock in a street in Dundlod in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India
A boney white horse pulls an entire family in a cart, IndiaA boney white horse pulls an entire family in a cart beneath the walls of the Red Fort in Delhi, India Date: 1984
Carpet maker stitches the hem of a striped carpet, RajasthanA carpet maker stitches the hem of a heavy coir striped carpet outside his workshop in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 1984
A ragged driver sits on his cycle rickshaw, IndiaA ragged driver sits on his cycle rickshaw waiting for fare-paying pasengers. He looks up the street and picks his teeth. Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 1984
A blind man working a sewing machine, Rajasthan, IndiaA blind man working a sewing machine to make shirts. He squats on the ground in a street in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 1984
Street photographer outside the Palace of Winds, JaipurA street photographer working outside the Palace of Winds in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He used an old camera and developed the pictures in a bucket under a black sheet Date: 1984
Ramshackle ticket kiosk in Jaipur, Rajasthan, IndiaA man in a bright red turban at the window of a ramshackle ticket kiosk in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 1984
Woman wearing coolie straw hat, Aberdeen harbour, Hong KongA woman wearing a coolie straw hat sits among baskets on the harbourside of Aberdeen harbour, Hong Kong. She covers her face and takes a snooze Date: 1984
A barber prepares a client for a shave in Kowloon, Hong KongA barber prepares a client for a shave in the Walled City of Kowloon, Hong Kong Date: 1984
A Hakka woman carrying her infant child in a papooseA Hakka woman carrying her infant child on her back in a papoose-style baby carrier with a strapped head guard. Hong Kong New Territories Date: 1984