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Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, a boys independent boarding school founded in 1875. Date: circa 1910s
Portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians and entertainersIn Vanity Fair -- portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians, entertainers and others, on a stage and below. Top row, left to right: Lord Salisbury and William Gladstone (on canvas)
In the Old Belfry -- bellringers in action. 1893
Advert for Pears soap 1887A child steps into a bath tub of hot water helped by her mother 1887
Dictyota dichotomaCyanotype photograph by Anna Atkins, one of the first natural history photographers. From British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1853. Date: 1853
Distributions of plants at various altitudesColoured engraving of Alexander Humboldt illustration. Tableaux de la Nature, 1865. Date: 1865
Iguanodon and HylaeosaurusSheet 3 of a series of posters by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862, showing Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus. Date: circa 1862
Women outdoors 1881Two women in walking dresses at the seaside. 1881
Shakespeare quotation on a greetings card (inside pages) -- Heaven give you many, many merry days (The Merry Wives of Windsor). With a colourful spray of flowers. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Butterflies and flowers on a palette-shaped Christmas cardButterflies and flowers with a snow scene on a palette-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a banjo. circa 1890s
Mount Kanchenjunga from Darjeeling, by Edward Lear (1812-1888). Date: 1877
Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892)Henry Walter Bates FRS FLS FGS was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. Born in Leicester 8 February 1825, died London, 16 February 1892
Protea cynaroides, king proteaPainting by Stephan Endlicher from Catalogus Horti Academici Vindobonensis pub.1842
Longhorn beetle
Fish Gallery, September 1890The Fish Gallery attractions included a 8.5m (28 ft) long basking shark caught near Shanklin, Isle of Wight, and wood from a whaling ship, the Farquharson, pierced by swordfish lances
Frederick Courteney Selous (1851-1917) was one of the most famous big game hunters of his era. He spent much of his life in Africa, but also hunted in North America and Asia Minor
Victorian flower fairiesFlower fairy dancing on a bed of poppies and lilies from a postcard published by Raphael Tuck Date: 1900
LCC-LFB Shoreditch fire station, City of LondonBuilt in 1895, station B27, Shoreditch fire station, was located at 140 Tabernacle Street, near Old Street, City of London. The stations spare escape ladder is parked on the station forecourt
MFB Shadwell fire station, East LondonOpened in 1881, Shadwell fire station was located at 9 Glamis Road, Wapping
LCC-MFB Shadwell fire station, East LondonOpened in 1881, Shadwell fire station was located at 9 Glamis Road, Wapping. Seen here are the firemen posing with their two horse drawn escape carts
Ealing Fire Brigade with horse-drawn applianceFirefighters of the Ealing Fire Brigade, West London, with a horse-drawn appliance, and a policeman standing alongside
LCC-MFB horse-drawn steamer at SouthwarkA horse-drawn steamer and crew at Southwark fire station, during the latter years of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (it was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904)
Balloon event, Charles Green, StowmarketCharles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 413rd ascent, from the Vicarage Grounds, Stowmarket in his Royal Victoria Balloon
Balloon event, Charles Green
Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady, 1897Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady. The work on her back depicts the Last Supper, by Da Vinci, and was regarded at the time to be one of the finest piece of tattooing produced in America
Frank de Burgh, tattooed man, 1897Frank de Burgh, tattooed man, displays his chest and forearms, which bear the name of his wife, Emma, and a forget-me-not motto, depicted on a scroll, held aloft by a maiden
Old Time Music Hall ShowThe cast of the Old Time Music Hall show from the City Varieties in Leeds take a bow; the audience, dressed in Victorian and Edwardian costume, are part of the show Date: 1960s
Victorian inventions in The EngineerA page of patented engineering and industrial inventions from The Engineer magazine, 1856. Date: 1856
Wedding of George VWedding of King George V, then Duke of York, to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary on 6 July 1893. The couple are attended by numerous bridesmaids
Highcroft Hall Hospital, Erdington, BirminghamAn aerial view of Highcroft Hall Hospital on Slade Road, Erdington, Birmingham. The hospital was originally opened in around 1870 as the Aston Union workhouse
Victorian woman (Polhill-Turner family)An upper class Victorian woman, probably a member of the Polhill-Turner family of Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire. Seen here in a studio photograph, leaning on the back of a chair
Advertisement for Thomsons glove-fitting corsetAn advertisement for Thomsons glove-fitting corset, promising the wearer comfort and elegance
Taffs Well Viaduct, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, South WalesView of Taffs Well Viaduct, also known as Walnut Tree Viaduct, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales. This was a railway viaduct crossing the canal
Goodwick Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA long line of passengers and staff waiting on the platform at Goodwick Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. They are all looking across at the camera
Miners and owner, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA group of men at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. They are the current shift of miners plus the owner, standing near a wooden headframe connected to a mineshaft
Street scene, Carmarthen, Dyfed, South WalesA street scene in Carmarthen, the county town of Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The grocers shop on the left displays a large coffee pot on the corner of the building
Carmarthen County Lunatic Asylum, South WalesAn aerial view of the Carmarthen Lunatic Asylum erected near Carmarthen, South Wales, in 1865 and designed by David Brandon. It was jointly used by the counties of Carmarthen, Cardigan and Pembroke
Orphan Asylum, Wolverhampton, West MidlandsA view of the Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum in the West Midlands. Designed by Joseph Manning, the orphanage opened in 1854 on Penn Road at Goldthorn Hill. The building is now known as the Royal School
Incorporation Workhouse, Birmingham, West MidlandsAerial view of the Birmingham Incorporation (later Union) Workhouse, opened in 1852 on Western Road, Birmingham. The workhouse, designed by J.J
Whittingham Asylum, near Preston, LancashireFemale quarters at Whittingham Asylum, Cumeragh Lane, Goosnargh, near Preston, Lancashire. The asylum, designed by Henry Littler of Manchester, opened in 1873 as the Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum
ASC Barracks, Grove Park, LewishamEntrance to the ASC (Army Service Corps) Barracks on Marvels Lane, Grove Park, Lewisham, south east London. Two officers and a large dog stand at the entrance
City of London Union Infirmary, Mile End RoadSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary (now St Clements Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse
Four ballerinas on a music sheetFour ballerinas depicted on a music sheet, performing The Celebrated Pas de Quatre, composed by Jules Perrot, as danced at Her Majestys Theatre, London, on 12 July 1845
Wharfedale Union Workhouse, Otley, West YorkshireThe main building of he Wharfedale Union workhouse on Newall Carr Road, Otley, West Yorkshire. It was designed by C.S. and A.J. Nelson of Leeds and opened in 1873
Crossley and Porter Orphanage, Halifax, West YorkshireHalifaxs Crossley Orphanage was founded in 1864 by Joseph, John and Francis Crossley. The building was designed by John Hogg
Princess Alice of Great Britain & Grand Duke Louis of HessePrincess Alice (1843-1878), third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert pictured here around the time of her marriage with her husband Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt
Poster advertising David Copperfield, French editionPoster advertising a French translation of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. David is depicted in Mr Brownlows garden