Place Collection (page 18)

BANQUET BESIDE A WAR
A group of gentlemen partake of splendid wines and victuals at a banquet whilst a major battle takes place outside, providing ample topics for conversation. Date: 16th century

CARD PLAYERS IN KITCHEN
The Card Players: a game of cards taking place in the country kitchen of a poor rural home Date: circa 1807

NOTTINGHAM RIOT 1865
An election riot takes place in Market Square, Nottingham. Date: 1865

ROMAN CIRCUS GAMES
Various games take place in a Roman circus. Date: ancient

River Steamers Albany 1871
Albany, New York: the landing place on the Hudson River Date: 1871

PARIS / PLACE CONCORDE
Place de la Concorde viewed from across the Seine Date: circa 1900

Hotel du Tertre and Au Singe Qui Lit, Paris, France
Montmartre: Place du Tertre with the Hotel du Tertre, Au Singe Qui Lit, and the Sacre Coeur in the distance. Date: 1920s

St Pierre Square, Montmartre, Paris, France
Montmartre: Square St Pierre and Rue Muller, with a wedding party on the left. Date: 1906

WORKMEN WAITING FOR JOBS
Workmen waiting to be engaged in the place of the Hotel de Ville, Paris. Date: 1869

MONEY CHANGER, EGYPT
An Egyptian money changer at Siout enjoys a pipe as he waits for custom outside his place of work Date: 1880

SPORT FOR DISABLED / 1895
Sport for the disabled at Nogent-sur-Marne - men with wooden legs competing for first place Date: 1895

BAPAUME BATTLE 1871
Battle of Bapaume taking place in the snow during the Franco-Prussian War Date: 3 January 1871

VERSAILLES SALLE DE BAL
BOSQUETS DE LA SALLE DE BAL an outdoor dancing-floor, with provision for spectators so doubtless stage performances took place here on fine summer evenings Date: 1688

BOYS IN LAUNDRETTE
Three teenage boys using a laundrette as a place in which to meet and socialise Date: 1960s

COMMUNE / WOMAN DIRECTING
A woman takes charge of the guns during the defence of the Commune in the Place Taranne Date: 1871

DUKES DORSET GARDENS
Erected in 1671, the Dukes Theatre was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, in a style similar to another theatre in Lincolns Inn Fields. Date: 1829

ROTTEN ROW IN SEASON
Riders and their friends in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, the recognised meeting-place for fashionable society on a fine summers day Date: 1871

PARIS BRAZIERS
To alleviate the sufferings of the poor during the harsh winter, the Paris authorities place braziers in the streets Date: 1902

FRANCE / DIEPPE
Place Duquesne, and eglise Saint-Jacques (note, too, the sign for the Hotel du Commerce) Date: circa 1840

Montmartre garden, Maurice Neumont, Paris, France
The artist Maurice Neumont waters the garden of his studio in the Place du Calvaire, Montmartre, Paris, France. Date: circa 1905

TURKISH BATH / DAVENPORT
Treatment taking place inside and Egyptian Turkish Bath. Date: circa 1800

LOUIS XV IN PARIS
LOUIS XV inaugurates the Place Louis XV, later the place de la Concorde, 1754 - 1763; street children scramble for the coins he throws Date: 1710-1774

PARIS / PLACE BEAUVAIS
Place de Beauvais: site of todays Pompidou Centre... Date: circa 1805

THEATRE DE TABARIN
Popular street theatre - Le theatre de TABARIN in the place Dauphine, Paris Date: 17th century

MAID BRINGS FLOWERS
A Frenchwoman indicates to her housemaid the precise position in which she would like her to place a bowl of flowers, and please, try not to spill it... Date: 1929

New Lloyds Coffee House
The New Lloyds Coffee House, Popes Head Alley, London - the recognised meeting-place for marine insurers Date: after 1769

Construction of the pyramids
Constructing the pyramids: using vast wooden ramps to haul the stones into place

LAW / POLICE / BRITAIN
A review of the police is taking place in the street outside the Police Station Date: 1837

SPORT / RACQUETS
Princes Racquet Club Courts, Hans Place, Belgrave Square. Date: 1857

HEAVEN AND EARTH
A medieval missionary finds a place where the Earth touches Heaven. Date: Medieval

Selling oranges 1864
The Orange Market in Dukes Place, London, itinerant vendors buy them wholesale, selling them from baskets in the street. Date: 1864

Lincolns Inn chapel
The chapel was built between 1620 and 1623 by Inigo Jones, and was extensively rebuilt in 1797 and again in 1883. Other repairs took place in 1685, after the consultation of Christopher Wren

St Pauls rebuilding
Rebuilding work took place at St Pauls following the damage caused by the Great Fire of London in 1666. Date: 19th century

Miltons house & burial place
The back of John Miltons house at 19 York Street (Petty France), where he lived until the Restoration, and his burial place at St Giles church without Cripplegate. Date: 19th century

March of the archers
Great marches of archers took place as thousands went out into the fields of Finsbury, Moorfields, Spitalfields and Bethnal Green

Avro Tudor 7 G-AGRX at the 1947 Radlett SBAC show. The first production Tudor 2, modified on the production line to Tudor 7 standard, powered by Bristol Hercules 120 radial engines

Breguet Bre. 14 A2 attack / army co-operation aircraft
Breguet Bre.14 A2 attack / army co-operation aircraft construction / manufacturers number - 16244. This aircraft seems to be fresh off the production line

The Pet of the Regiment, with Guy Rider, Halifax
The Pet of the Regiment, with Guy Rider, PA3, Prescot Place, Halifax, Yorkshire

The Grave of Poet William Wordsworth, Grasmere, Cumbria
The Grave of Poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Grasmere, Cumbria. Date: 1908

Drumcliffe Church, Burial Place of Yeats, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland

Fisherwick Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland, with Assembly buildings on the right. Date: circa 1908

Donegal Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: circa 1908

Rouen, France, Place de l Hotel de Ville, Statue of Napoleon
Rouen, France, Place de l Hotel de Ville, Equestrian Statue of Napoleon, cast from cannons captured at the Battle of Austerlitz - designed by Vital-Dubray. Date: circa 1904

Stone tomb in Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford, Yorkshire
Ornate stone tomb in the Victorian Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford, Yorkshire, England Date: 1988

Boatman, Ganges, India
An Indian man rows an old wooden boat in the River Ganges along the ghats of Varanasi. Bathers are in the water Date: 1987

St Thomas Becket church, Kent
St Thomas a Becket church, Fairfield Romney Marsh Kent. The church is dedicated to St Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170 Date: 1990

Lady Fencer Miss G M Davis - 3rd place in Hutton Cup Contest. Date: 1921

La Place de L Hotel de Ville - Cannes, France. Date: circa 1904

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