Images Dated 17th January 2022

Magician using a baton to remove a coin from a woman's nose, Par
Street entertainer using a baton to remove a coin from a woman's nose without touching her nose. Audience of fashionable women in bonnets, shawls and dresses with frills

The British paddle-steamer arrives in the harbour of Antwerp after crossing the Channel. Date: circa 1845

Illustration, The Newcomes, by Thackeray, showing an ornate initial C depicting an artist in 18th century costume with palette and paints. Date: first published 1850s

The Peacocks Skirt
An original, vintage, poster of The Peacock Skirt, an 1893 illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, published by Big O Posters Inc, in about 1969

Magician performing sleight of hand, Chateau d'Eau, 1820s
Magician at the Chateau d'Eau performing sleight of hand in front of an audience of soldiers and nurses. Cups and balls or the shell game trick

Merveilleuses playing the game of Hot Hands
Merveilleuses in flimsy muslin dresses play the game of Hot Hands. One girl buries her head in another's lap, and has to guess which friend slaps her arm

Party goers playing the game of Seated Blind Man's Buff
Party goers playing the game of Seated Blind Man's Buff. A dandy in Regency fashion guesses the identity of the woman in muslin dress who provides his chair. Le Colin-Maillard Assis

Fashionable people playing the party game of Guess the Kisser
Fashionable people at a party play the game of Guess the Kisser, a parlour game where a blindfolded girl has to guess who is kissing her on the cheek

Merveilleuses playing the game of blind man's buff
Merveilleuses playing the game of blind man's buff. A blindfolded woman runs in a garden as one woman strokes her hand and another grabs her muslin dress

Fashionable people playing the party game, Gentle Knight
Fashionable people playing the memory game of the Gentle Knight. Players who make errors reciting a long sentence have to wear paper horns in their hair. Les Chevaliers Gentiles (Jeu de societe)

Party goers playing the parlour game of The King of Morocco is Dead

Gentlemen and ladies playing the kissing game The Clock. A woman asks the time and is kissed according to the hour on the clock. La Pendule

Gentlemen and ladies playing the kissing game, Cradle of Love. Couples link hands and form arches to trap others as they beneath. Freedom is granted with a kiss. Le Berceau d'Amour

Gentlemen and ladies playing a kissing game, 1800s
Gentlemen and ladies playing a kissing game. A penitent holds a candle while his guide goes around kissing women at the party. Jeu de Societe. Le Chevalier a la triste Figure

Fashionable people playing the game of the Candlestick Base
Fashionable people playing the parlour game of the Candlestick Base. For a forfeit, one fool kisses a candlestick base which drips hot wax on a woman on a sofa

Parisiennes relaxing on a swing under a tree at Montmorency
Parisiennes relaxing at Montmorency, a suburb of Paris. A woman sits on a swing beneath a tree, while another picks cherries. From Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, 1817

History of Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Manacor (Majorca Island). Sa Llorensada or Es Rebumbori (9 August 1835)

Illustration, The Newcomes, by Thackeray, showing an ornate initial O containing a Cavalier man bowing to a lady. Date: first published 1850s

Illustration, The Newcomes, by Thackeray, a portrait of a man strongly resembling the author. Date: first published 1850s

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