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Background imageTopography Collection: Group of three Welsh women in traditional costume

Group of three Welsh women in traditional costume Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTopography Collection: Gwrych Castle

Gwrych Castle
Lantern slide depicting Gwyrich Castle in Wales. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTopography Collection: China c. 1880s - Great Wall of China top of the Nankow Pass

China c. 1880s - Great Wall of China top of the Nankow Pass
Vintage 19th century photograph China c.1880s - Great Wall of China at the top of the Nankow Pass

Background imageTopography Collection: Lake Vyrnwy

Lake Vyrnwy
Colour lantern slide depicting Lake Vywnry in Wales. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTopography Collection: Happy Valley, Llandudno

Happy Valley, Llandudno
Lantern slide depicting Happy Valley, Llandudno Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTopography Collection: Stables of Sidcup House

Stables of Sidcup House - Black and white lantern slide, depicting empty two-storey building.. Part of Box 399 of the Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Background imageTopography Collection: A group of Bulgarians

A group of Bulgarians. Date: 1880s

Background imageTopography Collection: 1940s East Africa - train Limuru escarpment, Kenya

1940s East Africa - train Limuru escarpment, Kenya
1940s East Africa - train descending the Limuru escarpment, Kenya Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageTopography Collection: India - the Amir of Kabul Afghanistan 1860s

India - the Amir of Kabul Afghanistan 1860s
19th century vintage photograph India - the Amir of Kabul Afghanistan Shepherd and Robertson, 1860s

Background imageTopography Collection: India - a maharaja, child prince and his officials 1860s

India - a maharaja, child prince and his officials 1860s
19th century vintage photograph India - India - a maharaja and his officials, Shepherd and Robertson, 1860s

Background imageTopography Collection: India - a maharaja and his officials

India - a maharaja and his officials
19th century vintage photograph - India - a maharaja and his officials

Background imageTopography Collection: Steamer Bonnie Princess

Steamer Bonnie Princess
Colour lantern slide depicting steamer Bonnie Princess leaving quayside. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTopography Collection: Old Baptist Church

Old Baptist Church - Black and white lantern slide. Old church converted to petrol station.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Background imageTopography Collection: Smallpox Hospital, London, 1807

Smallpox Hospital, London, 1807
London Smallpox Hospital, Pancras Place, London, 1807. Built in 1793 near Battle Bridge

Background imageTopography Collection: Bancroft's Almshouses, Mile End, London, 1807

Bancroft's Almshouses, Mile End, London, 1807, erected for 24 poor men of the Draper's Company by Francis Bancroft

Background imageTopography Collection: The Foundling Hospital, Bloomsbury, London, 1807

The Foundling Hospital, Bloomsbury, London, 1807. Founded by Captain Thomas Coram in 1739 to take in orphans and discarded children

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Westminster Abbey, London, 1807

View of Westminster Abbey, London, 1807

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Westminster Abbey, London, 1807

View of Westminster Abbey, London, 1807
View of Westminster Abbey from the River Thames, London, 1807

Background imageTopography Collection: Section of the pulpit at St. Margaret's, Westminster Abbey

Section of the pulpit at St. Margaret's, Westminster Abbey

Background imageTopography Collection: The Altar of the Church of St. Margaret's, Westminster Abbey

The Altar of the Church of St. Margaret's, Westminster Abbey. With carved and painted Last Supper, stained glass windows above

Background imageTopography Collection: The Altar of Westminster Abbey, London, 1807

The Altar of Westminster Abbey, London, 1807
The white marble Altar of Westminster Abbey. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and carved by Grinling GIbbons. Originally in Whitehall Palace, it was granted to the abbey by Queen Anne in 1706

Background imageTopography Collection: The Altar of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London

The Altar of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London
The carved wooden altar of St. Mary Aldermanbury, with painting of the Last Supper by Old Franks and the Ten Commandments from the Book of Exodus

Background imageTopography Collection: The Altar of the Church of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, 1807

The Altar of the Church of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, 1807. Built in the 16th century with stained glass windows destroyed by terrorism in 1992

Background imageTopography Collection: Entrance to Great Portland Street, London, 1807

Entrance to Great Portland Street, London, 1807
Pasture and farm land of Regent's Park at the north entrance to Great Portland Street, London, 1807

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Henry Meux's Brewhouse, built around 1796

View of Henry Meux's Brewhouse, built around 1796
View of Henry Meux's porter Brewhouse, built around 1796. Located on Liquor-pond Street, Clerkenwell, it was known as the Griffin Brewery

Background imageTopography Collection: View of the dilapidated Croydon Palace in 1807

View of the dilapidated Croydon Palace in 1807
View of the dilapidated Jacobean brick Croydon Palace in 1807. The ancient summer residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Background imageTopography Collection: View in Hyde Park, 1808, showing the Serpentine lake and Westmin

View in Hyde Park, 1808, showing the Serpentine lake and Westmin
View in Hyde Park, 1808, showing the Serpentine lake designed by Queen Caroline and Westminster Abbey in the distance

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Westminster Abbey from Milbank, 1807

View of Westminster Abbey from Milbank, 1807
View of Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral from the pastures of Milbank, London, 1807

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Westminster Bridge over the River Thames, London, 1807

View of Westminster Bridge over the River Thames, London, 1807. Designed by Swiss engineer Charles Labelye and built in 1750

Background imageTopography Collection: View of the Old Magazine in Hyde Park, London, 1807

View of the Old Magazine in Hyde Park, London, 1807
View of the Old Gunpowder Magazine and the Cottage in Hyde Park, London, 1807. During the Napoleonic Wars, the park was used for artillery and military exercises

Background imageTopography Collection: West end of Upper Grosvenor Street, London, 1807

West end of Upper Grosvenor Street, London, 1807. View from Hyde Park (with soldiers performing military exercises) across Park Lane towards Grosvenor Square

Background imageTopography Collection: A curious brick gateway, dated 1599, near Bromley, Kent

A curious brick gateway, dated 1599, near Bromley, Kent
A curious Jacobean brick gateway to a house, dated 1599, near Bromley, Kent. John Gun licensed to let Post Horses, 1599

Background imageTopography Collection: Interior of the Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London, 1807

Interior of the Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London, 1807
Interior with vaulted ceilings and arches, Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London, 1807

Background imageTopography Collection: South side of Fitzroy Square, London, 1807

South side of Fitzroy Square, London, 1807. Neo-classical houses fronted in Portland stone built by the architect Robert Adam

Background imageTopography Collection: View in the Privy Garden of the Palace of Whitehall, London, 180

View in the Privy Garden of the Palace of Whitehall, London, 1807. Showing a gate, large house of Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Portland, and gardens

Background imageTopography Collection: Palladian houses at 105 and 106 Piccadilly, London, 1807

Palladian houses at 105 and 106 Piccadilly, London, 1807
Palladian houses on Piccadilly, London. Hell Gate, 105 Piccadilly, home of the late Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore, later the Isthmian Club.. Coventry House, 106, later the St

Background imageTopography Collection: The west end of Upper Brook Street, London, 1807

The west end of Upper Brook Street, London, 1807. Neo-classical terraces seen from the fields of Hyde Park towards Grosvenor Square

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Smithfield livestock market, London, 1807

View of Smithfield livestock market, London, 1807
View of the south-west corner of Smithfield livestock market, London, 1807. 17th century gabled timber framed buildings and the tower of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate church

Background imageTopography Collection: Bingley House on Cavendish Square, London, 1807

Bingley House on Cavendish Square, London, 1807
West side of Cavendish Square, London, 1807. Bingley House, a palatial mansion built in 1722 by Thomas Archer for Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley, and Francis Shepheard's five-bay house

Background imageTopography Collection: View in Park Lane, London, 1808

View in Park Lane, London, 1808. Fields of Hyde Park in the foreground and Georgian houses

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Devonshire House, London, 1807

View of Devonshire House, London, 1807
View of Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, 1807. Built in the Palladian style with 11 bays for William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

Background imageTopography Collection: The south-east corner of Guildhall, London, 1807

The south-east corner of Guildhall, London, 1807. Gothic town hall built in 1440, home to the City of London Corporation

Background imageTopography Collection: Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, 1807

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, 1807
Hertford House, home of the Wallace Collection, formerly the Duke of Manchester's mansion, London, 1807

Background imageTopography Collection: East side of Fitzroy Square, London, 1807

East side of Fitzroy Square, London, 1807. Neo-classical houses fronted in Portland stone built by the architect Robert Adam in 1798

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Chancery Lane, London's legal district, 1808

View of Chancery Lane, London's legal district, 1808. A dangerous narrow lane with precarious overhanging 17th century architecture

Background imageTopography Collection: Harewood House, Hanover Square, London, 1807

Harewood House, Hanover Square, London, 1807
Harewood House on the corner of Hanover Square, Mayfair, London, 1807

Background imageTopography Collection: Entrance to Hyde Park from Park Lane, 1807

Entrance to Hyde Park from Park Lane, 1807
The entrance to Hyde Park from Park Lane, 1807

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Langley House, in Long-Acre, Covent Garden, 1807

View of Langley House, in Long-Acre, Covent Garden, 1807

Background imageTopography Collection: Sadler's Horse Repository and Elizabethan houses, London

Sadler's Horse Repository and Elizabethan houses, London
View of Sadler's Livery Stables and Horse Repository, built 1800, and ancient Tudor houses on Goswell Street, London. Ancient inconvience contrasted with modern convenience in Goswell Street

Background imageTopography Collection: York House, Twickenham, 1807

York House, Twickenham, 1807. Built for the York family and owned by Count Stahremberg in 1807

Background imageTopography Collection: The Minced Pie house at Greenwich, 1807

The Minced Pie house at Greenwich, 1807
The Minced Pie house or Vanbrugh Castle at Greenwich, 1807, built by the architect and dramatist Sir John Vanbrugh

Background imageTopography Collection: St Pancras Old Church, central London, 18th century

St Pancras Old Church, central London, 18th century. Norman church rebuilt in the Late Tudor era with tower, nave, chancel and porch. Graveyard with headstones. View of the church of St

Background imageTopography Collection: Map of the city of London and county of Middlesex, circa 1600

Map of the city of London and county of Middlesex, circa 1600. London shown as clutch of churches, surrounded by parishes Kensington, Chelsey, St

Background imageTopography Collection: Map of London in the Anglo-Saxon era, circa 1000 AD

Map of London in the Anglo-Saxon era, circa 1000 AD

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Bagshot Lodge, Surrey, late 18th century

View of Bagshot Lodge, Surrey, late 18th century
View of Bagshot Lodge, Surrey. Built in the 17th century by Inigo Jones, remodelled in the 1760s by architect James Paine for General George Keppel, Earl of Albemarle

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Camberwell from the Grove, 1784

View of Camberwell from the Grove, 1784. Weather vane of the Church of St Giles, orchards and fields of Walnut Grove (now Camberwell Grove). London and St Paul's Cathedral in the distance

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Deptford on the River Thames, Kent, 1784

View of Deptford on the River Thames, Kent, 1784
View of Deptford on the south bank of the River Thames, Kent, 1784. Shipbuilding shore with several large wooden hulls, church towers including St

Background imageTopography Collection: View of the River Thames at Hammersmith, 1784

View of the River Thames at Hammersmith, 1784
View of Hammersmith in Middlesex taken from Chiswick, 1784

Background imageTopography Collection: Figures of Melancholy and Raving Madness at Bedlam, 18th century

Figures of Melancholy and Raving Madness at Bedlam, 18th century
Representation of the Capital Figures of Bethlem Hospital Gate, London, 18th century

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Chiswick in Middlesex, 1784

View of Chiswick in Middlesex, 1784
View of Chiswick in Middlesex. St Nicholas church, houses and buildings on the north bank of the River Thames, three ladies on the near bank

Background imageTopography Collection: The village of Wandsworth, South London, 1784

The village of Wandsworth, South London, 1784
View of the village of Wandsworth, South London, 1784. Showing cattle grazing in fields, windmills, buildings, a pond, etc. Depicted from Grove House, Sir Joshua Vanneck's seat in Roehampton

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Clapham in Surrey from Clapham Common, London, 1784

View of Clapham in Surrey from Clapham Common, London, 1784. Showing the Long Pond, Holy Trinity Church in the village, cattle grazing on the common, trees and hedges

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Battersea Bridge, Chelsea Old Church, 1784

View of Battersea Bridge, Chelsea Old Church, 1784
View of Battersea Bridge, Chelsea Old Church, on the River Thames, London, 1784. The 19-span wooden Battersea Bridge was built in 1771 by architect Henry Holland

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Hare Hall in Essex, 18th century

View of Hare Hall in Essex, 18th century. Taken from the park, showing a fenced pond in front of the mansion, trees in the foreground

Background imageTopography Collection: Hampton Court Palace on the River Thames, 1784

Hampton Court Palace on the River Thames, 1784
View of Hampton Court Palace on the River Thames, 1784. Buildings of the Tudor palace, second 11-arch wooden bridge built in 1778, ferry boats and sail boats on the river

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Putney Bridge over the River Thames, London, 1784

View of Putney Bridge over the River Thames, London, 1784. Wooden toll bridge built by Thomas Philips in 1729, designed by Sir Jacob Acworth, demolished in 1870

Background imageTopography Collection: View of the village of Hackney in Middlesex, 1784

View of the village of Hackney in Middlesex, 1784
View of Hackney in Middlesex, 1784. Fields with cattle grazing, the 16th-century St Augustine's Tower among other buildings in the village

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Thornton Hall in Essex, 18th century

View of Thornton Hall in Essex, 18th century
View of Thornton Hall in Essex, the seat of Lord Petre. Robert Edward Petre, 9th Baron Petre, 1742-1801. Georgian Palladian country house built by architect James Paine in 1764

Background imageTopography Collection: Richmond in Surrey from the River Thames, 18th century

Richmond in Surrey from the River Thames, 18th century
View of Richmond in Surrey from the River Thames, 18th century. Richmond Place (now Asgill House), a Palladian villa built by Sir Robert Taylor in 1757, in the foreground

Background imageTopography Collection: View of the village of Acton, Middlesex, 1784

View of the village of Acton, Middlesex, 1784. Rural scene showing sheep grazing in fields, woods, St. Mary's church and houses in Acton

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Greenwich and the Thames, 1784

View of Greenwich and the Thames, 1784. Flamsteed House, Royal Observatory, St. Alfrege Church, Royal Hospital (now Royal Naval College), woods and deer park. The River Thames and St

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Gravesend on the River Thames in Kent, 1784

View of Gravesend on the River Thames in Kent, 1784. Two Royal Naval three-masted ships sailing on the Thames in front of St. George's church and the pier at Gravesend

Background imageTopography Collection: View of the Royal Naval dockyard at Woolwich, London, 1784

View of the Royal Naval dockyard at Woolwich, London, 1784. A three-masted frigate and mastless hulk on the River Thames, and a hull in drydock

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Westminster Abbey and St. Margarets Church, 18th century

View of Westminster Abbey and St. Margarets Church, 18th century
View of Westminster Abbey and St. Margarets Church adjoining

Background imageTopography Collection: View of the Royal Circus, Southwark, 18th century

View of the Royal Circus, Southwark, 18th century. Equestrian performer Charles Hughes built the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy in St. Georges Fields in 1782

Background imageTopography Collection: Foots Cray Place, Sidcup, Kent, 18th century

Foots Cray Place, Sidcup, Kent, 18th century. Country house inspired by Andrea Palladio's Villa Capra built by architect Isaac Ware for Bourchier Cleeve in 1754, demolished in 1950

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Hayes Place, Bromley, Kent, 18th century

View of Hayes Place, Bromley, Kent, 18th century. Two figures looking at stags in the gardens. Georgian house built in 1754 for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, demolished in 1933

Background imageTopography Collection: David Garrick's Villa, Hampton Court Road, 18th century

David Garrick's Villa, Hampton Court Road, 18th century
View of David Garrick's Villa, Hampton Court Road, 18th century. Seat of the late David Garrick Esq at Hampton

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Syon House, 18th century

View of Syon House, 18th century. Redesigned by architect Robert Adam in gardens by Capability Brown for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland

Background imageTopography Collection: View of Windsor Castle and the river Thames, 1784

View of Windsor Castle and the river Thames, 1784. The artist sketching on the near bank, a square-sailed barge sailing on the river

Background imageTopography Collection: All Saints Church at Isleworth, London, 18th century

All Saints Church at Isleworth, London, 18th century
View of the 14th century All Saints Church at Isleworth on the River Thames, London, 18th century. Six ferrymen on the near bank use a tow rope to pull a boat along the river

Background imageTopography Collection: Pastoral view of the River Thames at Mortlake, 1784

Pastoral view of the River Thames at Mortlake, 1784. Two gentlemen fishing on the near bank, 16th-century tower of St Mary the Virgin church. View of Mortlake in Surrey, from the River Thames

Background imageTopography Collection: View of the River Thames near the village of Roehampton, 1784

View of the River Thames near the village of Roehampton, 1784. Men fishing on the river banks, ferry boats and sailboats on the river. View of Roehampton in Surrey

Background imageTopography Collection: Westminster Abbey and Westminster Bridge, 18th century

Westminster Abbey and Westminster Bridge, 18th century
View of the city of Westminster Abbey, London, 18th century. Westminster Bridge was built in 1750 by Swiss engineer Charles Labelye. Westminster Hall, St. Margaret's Church tower, St



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