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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
South Eastern Fever Hospital, New Cross, LondonThe South Eastern Fever Hospital was opened in 1877 on Avonley Road at New Cross, near Deptford in south east London. It was the fifth such hospital to be erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board
Prestwich Asylum, LancashireView of the Superintendents House at the Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum, at Bury New Road, Prestwich, near Manchester, designed by Isaac Holden and opened in 1851
MAB First Ambulance InteriorInterior of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals
Boys Band, Hull Sailors OrphanageBoys naval band at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Homes. The Homes, a cottage homes development, were established in 1895 by a charity originally called The Port of Hull Society
Grove Park Hospital, Lewisham, south east LondonAerial view of the Grove Park Hospital, Marvels Lane, Lewisham, south east London. The buildings, designed by T & J Norman Dinwiddy, were erected in 1899-1902 as a workhouse for the Greenwich Union
Berrywood Asylum, NorthamptonshireThe Northampton County Lunatic Asylum was designed by Robert Griffiths and opened in 1876 at a site on Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton. It later became St Crispin Hospital
Southwark Military Hospital, Dulwich, South LondonWard blocks at Southwark Military Hospital which, during the First World War, was established in the St Saviours workhouse infirmary
Essex County Asylum, Brentwood, EssexThe Essex County Lunatic Asylum was established in 1853 at Warley Hill, Brentwood, Essex. It later became Brentwood Mental Hospital and then Warley Hospital
Union Workhouse, Brighton, SussexBrighton Union workhouse on Race Hill, at Elm Grove in Brighton, Sussex, which opened in 1867. From 1915 to 1920 it was the Kitchener Indian Hospital and later became Brighton General Hospital
Union Workhouse, Morpeth, NorthumberlandPeople walk over stepping stones across the River Wansbeck at Morpeth, Northumberland, with the Morpeth Union workhouse towering above them (centre of picture)
Union Workhouse, Downham Market, NorfolkThe Downham Union workhouse at Downham Market, Norfolk. The building, designed by William J Donthorn, was erected in 1836. It later became the Howdale County Home
George GissingGEORGE GISSING George Robert Gissing, English novelist
Wales / Llandudno 1950SThe popular seaside resort of Llandudno, Wales, with its long promenade and Victorian boarding houses and steps leading onto the beach
Jane Eyre & GipsyJane and the gipsy
Scrooge at his DeskOld Scrooge sat busy in his counting house
Scrooge Sees GraveThe Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come shows Scrooge his gravestone
Victorian ShoemakerA Victorian shoemaker in his workshop
Union Workhouse, Dursley, GloucestershireA distant view of the Dursley Union workhouse (left) from the road at Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire. The workhouse, designed by a Mr Fulljames, was erected in 1838-9
Union Workhouse, Newport Pagnell, BuckinghamshireThe Newport Pagnell Union workhouse was erected in 1836 at the junction of London Road and North Crawley Road. It later became Renny Lodge Hospital
DANCE CARDA Victorian ladys dance card, whose owner has yet to be invited to reserve a dance... soon, let us hope, every line will be filled with the names of her admirers
Mary Tudor / EgletonMARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England, in a somewhat idealised, Victorian depiction
Two Cobblers Mend ShoesTwo cobblers, seated on a low bench in their workshop, set about repairing shoes and fitting new soles
Orford Ness Lighthouse, SuffolkView of Orfordness (Orford Ness) Lighthouse, and the station of the submarine electric telegraph linking England and Holland
Alice and the Cheshire Cat -- We re all mad here, said the Cat. I m mad. You re mad
Grand Entrance to the Great Exhibition of 1851The Great Exhibition of All Nations in Hyde Park, London - view of the Grand Entrance to the Crystal Palace, with people milling around
Queen Victoria and family, Diamond JubileeQueen Victoria (1819 - 1901) surrounded by some of her family to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee
Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, ScotlandView of Glamis Castle in Forfarshire, Scotland
Old Town and Castle, Edinburgh, ScotlandThe Old Town and Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, seen from Princes Street, with some smoking chimneys in the foreground
Boys playing rugby football at Rugby School
Nile village, Great Pyramid, Egypt19th century vintage photograph - village and camels along the banks for the River Nile, close to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Photograph by the Zangaki studio, c.1890 s
Toulouse geese with dewlap, cock and hen. Oie de Toulouse a bavette, Anser anser domesticus. Bred by James Watts, winners of five first prizes
Silver spangled Hamburgh cock and hen, Henry Beldons pair, Cup at Allerton 1871, Hen first at Birmingham 1871, and cup at Bristol 1872
Pier and Sound, Plymouth Hoe, Devon. circa 1900
Ardconnel Terrace, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland, McCaig TowerArdconnel Terrace, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland showing the McCaig Tower. Situated on the west coast of Scotland and built of Bonawe granite between 1897 and 1902
Street scene with Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, CornwallStreet scene in Saltash, Cornwall, with Brunels Royal Albert Bridge towering above, crossing the River Tamar between Plymouth, Devon, and Saltash, Cornwall. Date: 1960s
Programme design, Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida, Savoy Theatre, London. A respectful operatic perversion of Tennysons " Princess" in Three Acts. circa 1880s
Cymbeline - title page - Iachimo emerges from the trunk as Imogen sleeps. 1862
Four frogs ice skating on a Christmas cardFour frogs ice skating hand in hand on a Christmas card, with comic verse below. circa 1890s
Coach and horses in the snow on a Christmas card. circa 1890s
Butterflies from the Amazon by H. W. BatesA page (p 144) from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
John Ruskin SelfportraitJOHN RUSKIN English art critic and writer as a young man. Date: 1819 - 1900
LCC-MFB, HQ station, Southwark SE1The new headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) opened in 1878 under its Chief Officer Captain Eyre Massey Shaw
Victorian Train StationThe little railway station at Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland, a typical small late Victorian station. Date: 1893
Selby Abbey 1950SThe West Front of Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, England, a mixture of Norman, Gothic and Victorian architecture. Note the double decker bus, Selby to Doncaster, via Askern. Date: founded 1069