Images Dated 4th July 2018 (page 3)

Attractive black mourning clothing 1910
Suggestion of black mourning clothing for women due to the recent death of King Edward VII. Date: May 1910

In Mourning London Town by H. M. Bateman
Mourning for the death of King Edward VII in May 1910, illustrator H. M. Bateman has comprised some sketches of people coming to London from far away as Germany and France. Date: May 1910

King Edward VII burial in St. George s, Windsor 1910
Funeral service of King Edward VII at St. George s, Windsor, coffin being descenede into the subterranean passage leading to th Royal vault. Date: May 1910

Funeral procession of King Edward VII 1910
The funeral procession of King Edward VII in London, with his eldest son George V, Kaiser, Wilhelm II and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught on horseback behind. Date: 20 May 1910

Queen Alexandra with sister Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna
Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, wife of King Edward VII (1844 - 1925), with her sister, the Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847 - 1928). Date: 1898

Frederick VIII, King of Denmark (1843 - 1912), Eldest brother of Queen Alexandra, who married the Princess Louis of Sweden and Norway. Date: 1869

Baptism of Albert Edward 1842
Victoria and Albert at the baptism of their first born son, Prince Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales, later to be crowned as Edward VII, in St. Georges Chapel Windsor. Date: 25 January 1842

Windsor Castle
Scenic view of Windsor Castle from the Thames. Date: 1887

Death of Edward VII - soldiers guard coffin 1910
While the body of the late King lay in state in the Throne room of Buckingham Palace, the guard was kept by the Grenadiers. Date: 1910

Rice Plant - sifting the husks and grinding the rice
Chinese sifting from the husks and grinding the rice, some of the end product being bought back to England for rice-flour and added to wheat to make bread. Date: 1833

Rice Plant - watering the rice plant
During the early stages of growth, the Chinese had to constantly keep the seed under water, using chain-pumps and a bucket placed at the end of a lever. Date: 1833

Rice Plant - planting young rice
Chinese planted the rice seeds on cultivated flat land near the Kiang and the Yellow river, the seed was soaked in water in which a quantity of plants appear above ground in a couple of days

Rice Plant - preparing land with harrow
Chinese cultivated the land intently, annually the ground would flood by heavy rains, when the waters had receded the earth was covered with a thick coating of slime and mud

Christmas card in the shape of an ornate golden box with an oval cameo. (1 of 2) circa 1890s

Chinese silk - dyeing and weaving
Chinese silk loom, is shown; the figure seated above among the machinery, appears to assist the labour by means of weight. Date: 1833

Chinese silk - winding from the cocoons
Winding off the silk into singles, but the woman appears for the moment to have left her post for the purpose of blowing the fire. Date: 1833

Chinese silk - cleaning the cocoons
The cocoons being completed by the insect, are being cleared of dirt and dead leaves, before they are removed from the frames. Date: 1833

Chinese silk - feeding the silk worms
Engraving showing the apartment in which the worms are fed and the manner in which the little trays containing the silk worms are arranged. Date: 1833

Madagascar People
Dress and arms of the natives of Madagascar

Weekly wind-up of Big Ben 1878
The cloak is wound up by nothing less than a winch handle, which it took two men to turn twice a week, these men spent five hours in the room, solemnly winding up the cloak

Behind the face of Big Ben, Westminster, London 1878
The lofty and magnificent clock tower of Big Ben, from the other-side. Date: 1878

General scenes at the Post-Office 1875
Sketches showing scenes in a general Post-Office. Date: 1875

Robert Stephenson (1803 - 1859), early railway and civil engineer, illustration showing Stephenson surrounded by achievements that he had made in hes lifetime

Keepeth the Sabbath from polluting 1856
Our only day, the Sabbath is the workingmans chapter. Date: 1856

Nutmeg plantation 1868
Island of Penang, in the Indian Ocean by the Strait of Malacca, consisted of a vast plantation of fruit trees of which the nutmeg was run by an English enterprise

Billingsgate market, from the river 1868
Exterior of Billingsgate market, view from the River Thames of boats arriving in with the nights catch. Date: 1868

Arrival of the mackerel boats 1868
Fishermen bringing in the catch of mackerel hours before dawn, arriving on the River Thames to be sold at Billingsgate market, in the 1860s it was estimated that 25, 000

Punkah - type of ventilator 1886
A " punkah" -type of ventilator for keep cool during warm weather or heat wave, comprising of a large fan flap set above a table, operated by foot pedals

Village blacksmith 1870
Village smithy stands in front of the open forge. Date: 1870

Graben in Vienna
View to the Graben, towards the northwest, showing the plague column. Date: 1834

Gloucester Cathedral, view from south-west Date: 1834

Richard Potter, English Liberal politician
Richard Potter (1778-1842), English Liberal reformist politician, MP for Wigan, founding member of the Little Circle which helped to put through the Reform Act of 1832. Date: circa 1830s

Johann Christoph Purckhl of Regensburg, Germany
Johann Christoph Purckhl of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, author of a number of books on law during the 1670s and 1680s. Date: circa 1670s

Shoeshiner 1867
What a polish! The youngsters were astonished! The gentlemen delighted! Date: 1867

Charles Reece Pemberton, British actor and dramatist
Charles Reece Pemberton (1790-1840), British actor, dramatist and lecturer. Date: circa 1830s

John Pearson, Bishop of Chester
John Pearson (1612-1686), English churchman, Bishop of Chester, seen here at the age of 70. Date: 1682

Authropoglossos St. Jamess Hall, Piccadilly
Authropoglossos or mechanical large vocalist dummy head, made of wax and ornamented with that profusion of hair and beard, in the month he wears a large tin funnel

Automata newsboy and flower girl 1887
Aut-omata aut nullus, erected by the anti-street Brawling association, to replace newsboys and flower girls. Date: 1887

Hardy Patent Pick Co. patent hand boring machine 1890s
Patent hand boring machine, for rock and coal, produced by Hardy Patent Pick Co, works in Sheffield. Date: 1890s

Hardy Patent Pick Co. bone grinder 1890s
The Devil, Disintegrator, bone grinder and mixer. This machine will grind to powder, granulate or shed any material, animal and vegetable, wet or dry at one operation. Date: 1890s

Colliery explosion, Duffryn pit 1852
Scene of an explosion, near Aberdare Valley, mouth of the middle Duffryn pit. No deaths were occasioned more by choke or after-damp than from the fire-damp. Date: 1852

Westminster Hospital, London, at the time of near completion. Date: 1834

Cathedral of Orleans, in France
Roman Catholic church, situated on the right bank of the River Loiret, in central part of France. Date: 1834

Cemetery of a Capuchin convert, near Palermo
Catacombs in Palermo, Sicily consists of a large subterranean space, clean and airy, divided into galleries, surrounded with nichies after the bodies were dehydrated on the racks of ceramic pipes in

Work at a coal mine 1878
Work at a coal mine, low travelling and holding the bottom coal. Date: 1878

Turnpike at Islington
North entrance into London, Islington, Black Young & Young Tavistock Street

Fruit-picking for Covent Garden market 1909
Autumn season, where in kent workers are busy collecting plentiful baskets of fruit for Covent Garden market, London. Date: 1909

Sheffield - Castle Grinding Mill for cutlery 1853
Exterior view of the Castle Grinding Mill for cutlery at Sheffield. Date: 1853

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