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Travellers Collection (page 2)

Background imageTravellers Collection: Travellers Home PH, Bexleyheath, Greater London

Travellers Home PH, Bexleyheath, Greater London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imageTravellers Collection: Title page with vignette of enslaved man

Title page with vignette of enslaved man with chain around his neck under a palm tree. Copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Africa for the Amusement

Background imageTravellers Collection: Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, 18thC

Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, 18thC
Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, late 18th century. Table d hote. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels

Background imageTravellers Collection: English gentleman and sleeping woman in a hotel room

English gentleman and sleeping woman in a hotel room
English gentleman with candlesticks in both hands tries to remove a bell rope from the bosom of a sleeping woman. The inn at Marseilles

Background imageTravellers Collection: Regency gentleman on a horse caught on a sty

Regency gentleman on a horse caught on a sty during a fox hunt with hounds. How to Do Things by Halves. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration by Henry Bunbury

Background imageTravellers Collection: View of Habsburg Castle, medieval fortress in Switzerland

View of Habsburg Castle, medieval fortress in Switzerland
View of Habsburg Castle, medieval fortress in Habsburg, Switzerland, 1800s. Veduta del Castello Habsbourg. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Background imageTravellers Collection: Group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806

Group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806
View of a group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806. Strollers include Catalonian women in veils and mantillas, a monk, a soldier in bicorn, children

Background imageTravellers Collection: German gipsies at their Glasgow encampment

German gipsies at their Glasgow encampment
German gipsies pictured at their encampment at Vinegar Hill, Glasgow, where they caused quite a stir among the locals

Background imageTravellers Collection: British travellers in a Cairo bazaar

British travellers in a Cairo bazaar
British travellers, on holiday in Egypt with Thomas Cook, perusing goods in a Cairo bazaar. See picture number 12916374 for a picture of people booking their holiday at Thomas Cook

Background imageTravellers Collection: Travellers Joys, the right clothes for the journey, 1950

Travellers Joys, the right clothes for the journey, 1950
Travellers Joys: the Right Clothes for the Journey. Talking to driver F.W. Page, who leans from the cab of a West of England express, the girl on the left is wearing Jaegers pure camel hair top coat

Background imageTravellers Collection: Londoners travelling to work amid wartime delays 1939

Londoners travelling to work amid wartime delays 1939
Londoners photographed as they travel after experiencing delays due to air raid warnings. The Sphere describes " three hours suburban traffic" but reports that " by 9.30 and 10 a.am

Background imageTravellers Collection: Passengers bound for Southend at Fenchurch Street Station

Passengers bound for Southend at Fenchurch Street Station
Passengers bound for Southend, dressed for a day on the beach at Fenchurch Street Station, London. Date: 1900

Background imageTravellers Collection: Royal Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Hall

Royal Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Hall
Interior of the Old Hall at the Royal Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner Date: 1920s

Background imageTravellers Collection: Olld mans beard and travellers joy, Clematis vitalba

Olld mans beard and travellers joy, Clematis vitalba, Clematite des haies. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Background imageTravellers Collection: Navajo Indian family and their hut, Arizona, USA

Navajo Indian family and their hut, Arizona, USA
Navajo Indian family and their temporary hut (known as a Hogan), Arizona, USA. Date: circa 1910

Background imageTravellers Collection: Ascending a mountain in China with coolies

Ascending a mountain in China with coolies
Ascending a mountain in China, with coolies expertly assisting the visitors, carrying them along in bamboo chairs. 1859

Background imageTravellers Collection: Water taxi for travellers in Holland

Water taxi for travellers in Holland. 19th century

Background imageTravellers Collection: Gypsy encampment, Essex

Gypsy encampment, Essex
Gypsy family on an encampment in Essex, in the early 20th century. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTravellers Collection: Travellers in Russia

Travellers in Russia. 18th century

Background imageTravellers Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 342

Curtis British Entomology Plate 342
Coleoptera: Gibbium scotias = Gibbium psylloides (Northern Ptinus) [Plant: Clematis vitalba (Traveller?s Joy)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageTravellers Collection: Family of gypsies cooking outside. Date: 1883

Family of gypsies cooking outside. Date: 1883

Background imageTravellers Collection: Two canal boat little girls, sisters, with their hair tied in ribbons

Two canal boat little girls, sisters, with their hair tied in ribbons. They live on a narrow boat on the Grand Union Canal, England. Note the typical roses design on pan. Date: 1950s

Background imageTravellers Collection: Four generations of a gypsy family. Date: 1863

Four generations of a gypsy family. Date: 1863

Background imageTravellers Collection: Ivain of the White Hands, with Giron le Courtois, are warned of danger by two travellers

Ivain of the White Hands, with Giron le Courtois, are warned of danger by two travellers

Background imageTravellers Collection: Lodgings for travellers 1856

Lodgings for travellers 1856
London travellers could afford to rent lodgings in the poor districts in the out-of-the-way suburbs of London, neglected purlieus in dirty and diseased neighbourhoods. Date: 1856

Background imageTravellers Collection: Cartoon, four relaxed gentlemen commuters

Cartoon, four relaxed gentlemen commuters hold a discussion in a smoking compartment of a train. One puts aside his paper in order to listen more intently. Date: 1893

Background imageTravellers Collection: THE FLYING TRUNK

THE FLYING TRUNK
Most travellers carry their luggage, but in this Hans Andersen tale, its the luggage that carries the traveller !

Background imageTravellers Collection: Three men on a mgaic flying carpet

Three men on a mgaic flying carpet
Three travellers on a magic carpet

Background imageTravellers Collection: PASSING DURHAM 1918

PASSING DURHAM 1918
A passenger train of the London and North Eastern Railway gives travellers one of the finest views in England - across the Wear valley to Durham cathedral. Date: 1918

Background imageTravellers Collection: ARRIVING AT AN INN

ARRIVING AT AN INN
A stagecoach pulls into the yard of an inn - a waiter comes to welcome the passengers to his dining room, while additional travellers wait at the Coach Office. Date: circa 1830

Background imageTravellers Collection: Dr Syntax sketching the lake

Dr Syntax sketching the lake
Dr Syntax in Englands Lake District sketches the scene before him. At this time, tourists carried sketch books the way later travellers would carry cameras. Date: 1815

Background imageTravellers Collection: Harbour at Boulogne

Harbour at Boulogne
The Douane (Customs House) in the harbour of Boulogne-sur- mer, principal port of entry for travellers from England. Date: circa 1860

Background imageTravellers Collection: AU BON MARCHE AD 1892

AU BON MARCHE AD 1892
An advertisement for Au Bon Marche, Paris aimed at American travellers Date: 1892

Background imageTravellers Collection: Travellers Phrase Book

Travellers Phrase Book
An American couple on their honeymoon bring out the phrase book hoping to understand what the European railway official is trying to tell them... Date: circa 1909

Background imageTravellers Collection: PHILEMON & BAUCIS PHILEMON & BAUCIS

PHILEMON & BAUCIS PHILEMON & BAUCIS
Poor cottagers Philemon and Baucis (husband and wife) entertained the (disguised) travellers Mercury and Jupiter so well that their cottage was transformed into a palace. Date: circa 780 BC

Background imageTravellers Collection: FOLKLORE / CYNOCEPHALIES

FOLKLORE / CYNOCEPHALIES
Dog-headed creatures, reported by travellers in India; they are depicted fighting the monsters of the forest, using weapons, so they are evidently more-or-less human Date: medieval

Background imageTravellers Collection: CHARON (DORE)

CHARON (DORE)
The ferryman who carries travellers across the Styx to the Underworld, a one-way trip : he must be paid - those who lack the requisite coin are left gibbering on the bank

Background imageTravellers Collection: NORMANDIE HOTEL MAID

NORMANDIE HOTEL MAID
Servant at an inn of Pont- Audemer, Normandie, carrying a travellers luggage Date: circa 1830

Background imageTravellers Collection: PASSENGERS DESCEND PLANE

PASSENGERS DESCEND PLANE
Travellers at an American airport alight from their plane and step into a car parked alongside. No waiting for baggage, no queueing for customs... Date: 1936

Background imageTravellers Collection: Will of the wisp, - circa 1800

Will of the wisp, - circa 1800
A mischievous demon, in the guise of a Will o the Wisp, lures unwary travellers to their deaths in a bog. Date: circa 1800

Background imageTravellers Collection: Comic view of Cooks voyages and excursions

Comic view of Cooks voyages and excursions
Cooks Tours -- a comic view of Cooks voyages and excursions, with Thomas Cook and his clientele as depicted by Fun magazine. Date: 1867

Background imageTravellers Collection: Appleby Horse Fair, Cumbria, England

Appleby Horse Fair, Cumbria, England - a bookmaker writes the odds for a horse trotting race on a board. He wears braces and a straw sun hat. Date: 1990

Background imageTravellers Collection: Appleby Horse Fair - rider in River Eden

Appleby Horse Fair - rider in River Eden
A young man rides a bareback horse up to its neck in the River Eden during the Appleby Horse Fair. The man is stripped to the waist in the sunshine Date: 1990

Background imageTravellers Collection: Family on train, India

Family on train, India
A family sitting in a first class carriage on an Indian Railways train from Delhi to Agra. The man plays cards Date: 1987

Background imageTravellers Collection: Kameyama by Hokusai

Kameyama by Hokusai
Kameyama, no.52 from an untitled Tokaido series by Katsushika Hokusai (17601849). Date: 1804

Background imageTravellers Collection: Two women travelers by Katsushika Hokusai

Two women travelers by Katsushika Hokusai
Two women travelers sitting in baskets on a horse, with male attendant, at shrine by Katsushika Hokusai (17601849). Date: circa 1830s

Background imageTravellers Collection: Australia - Railway Square, Sydney, New South Wales

Australia - Railway Square, Sydney, New South Wales. Date: circa 1910

Background imageTravellers Collection: Terrace of the Gornergrat Hotel with view of Matterhorn

Terrace of the Gornergrat Hotel with view of Matterhorn (Mont Cervin), Switzerland. Date: 1908



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