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Suffragette House that Man Built Policeman. Policeman has a suffragette in his grip whilst another attempts to bring her umbrella down firmly on his head

Sketches of Cricket in India, 1890
A series of sketches by an English Cavalry Officer of a game of cricket played between an Indian College and British Officers, in India, 1890

Fable / Old Man & Death
THE OLD MAN & DEATH An old man, exhausted gathering sticks, calls for Death to take him; immediately Death appears, and the man regrets what he wished for

The Vale of Health
View of the Vale of Health, Hampstead, London. Those who wished to attract visitors or new residents invented and promoted the Vale of Health name, which was first recorded in 1801

Lear / Nonsense / Cape Horn
There was an Old Man of Cape Horn, who wished he had never been born; so he sat on a chair, till he died of despair, that dolorous Man of Cape Horn

Casanovas Wax Image
The Italian adventurer CASANOVA inspects the wax image of himself made by a witch for a Spanish contessa who wished him harm

Grand Tour Visit Card
The visiting card of W Landon, doing Rome while making the Grand Tour and lodging in the Piazza di Spagna : he would present these cards to people he wished to call on

BABY ABANDONED IN TOUR
The " tour" in which parents could place infants they wished to abandon. When the bell was pulled the sisters would revolve the tour 180 degrees and collect the baby

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