London Collection (#28)

Rain on Yorkshire Coast 1856
Oh! My Goodness! Its Beginning To Rain! - A sketch on the Yorkshire Coast. People run for shelter or put up their umbrellas as the rain begins to fall. Date: 1856

20S CAMPING CLUB
Members of a camping club, having pitched their tents, cook by their camp fire - well at least the women do, the chap on the other hand doesnt want to get his suit dirty! Date: 1926

LADY GRANNY BEGGAR
Lady Granny A well known beggar on the London streets. Date: 19th engraving

CANVASSER / SHOW OF HANDS
The lady canvasser and the show of hands Date: 1847

PARNELL REMOVED / 1881
By order of the Speaker, Charles Stewart Parnell is removed from the Commons by the sergeant-at-arms for obstruction. Date: 3 February 1881

CHEST REFRIGERATORS / 1900
London-made chest refrigerators Date: 1900

ARCTIC ICE SAFE / 1900
The London-made Arctic ice safe Date: 1900

DUCIMO ABOARD PENELOPE
The Admiral receiving King Ducimo (West Africa) and his entourage on board The Penelope, off Lagos Date: 1854

EAST END MISSION
Men and boys seated on benches inside a charitable East End Mission Date: 1895

Daimler Showroom
The Daimler Companys showrooms in Pall Mall, London; George V was just one of the crowned heads to favour a Daimler Date: 1912

Fashion for March 1870
Entering the spring fashions of the early 1870s, four women wearing visiting costumes. Date: March 1870

Scene in a Flint Glass Factory, glass cutter at work 1841
Scene in a Flint Glass Factory, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London, glass cutter at work. Date: 1841

Crystal Palace, glass blowers
Glass blowers at Chances Works, Spon Lane, Birmingham manufacturing glass for the Crystal Palace Date: 1850

PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE
Office of the Privy Council, Whitehall, designed by Sir Charles Barry Date: 1846

BANK OF ENGLAND / BUSY
Busy street scene including coaches and a crossing sweeper Date: 1827

LONDON OYSTER STALL
A London oyster stall Date: circa 1900

Armistice Day celebrations 1918
Jubilant peace celebrations in Piccadilly Circus, London, after the end of World War One. Date: November 1918

COLLY MOLLY PUFF
Colly Molly Puff, a noted pastry-seller of the London streets, Date: 18th century

GINGERBREAD VENDOR
Tiddy Dol, a noted gingerbread vendor of the London streets, sufficiently well-known to be featured in Hogarths Tyburn picture; his real name was Ford Date: 18th century

WEBB NEAR CALAIS
Captain Webb just before reaching Calais, where he becomes the first person to swim the English Channel Date: 24 August 1875

BATTLE OF STREETS
THE BATTLE OF THE STREETS The old, narrow streets defend themselves against the attack of the wider thoroughfares - We shall soon be without a lane or an alley in London Date: 1845

SELLING BROOMS
Selling brooms and other household articles outside Shoreditch Church, London Date: circa 1800

SELLING STRAWBERRIES
Selling strawberries at Covent Garden, London Date: circa 1800

PICNIC, RICHMOND
A picnic on Richmond Hill, on the outskirts of London : there seems to be plenty to drink Date: circa 1820

FIRE ENGINE 1851
SHAND & MASON fire engine, displayed at the Great Exhibition, 1851 Date: 1851

Tram Company Uniform
FAMILY GROUP WITH TERRIER DOG POSE FOR PHOTO IN STREET. FATHER OF FAMILY WEARING A LONDON TRAMWAYS UNIFORM Date: 1911

BUY A BILL OF THE PLAY
Buy a bill of the play ! a street trader offers programmes, fruit and nuts outside Drury Lane theatre, London Date: circa 1800

SELLING PLAYBILLS
Buy a bill of the play ! a street trader offers programmes, fruit and nuts outside Drury Lane theatre, London Date: circa 1800

OLD CLOTHES MAN
A Jewish pedlar dealing in old clothes, Fitzroy Square, London Date: circa 1800

MUSIC HALL SERIO-COMIQUE
A serio-comique song and dance artiste at the Middlesex, a London music hall Date: 1890

GIRL WITH K C SPANIEL
A girl with a bonnet holds a blenheim King Charles Spaniel on her lap. Date: 1880

COUNT DORSAY / MACLISE
COUNT ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL DORSAY French society leader in Paris and London. Wit, painter, sculptor, conversationalist and arbiter of fashion. Date: 1801 - 185

COUNT DORSAY
COUNT ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL DORSAY French society leader in Paris and London. Wit, painter, sculptor, conversationalist and arbiter of fashion. Date: 1801 - 1852

VETS / DOG PATIENTS
Out patients waiting at the animal dispensary for the poor: Our Dumb Friends League at Victoria, London. (Later named The Blue Cross) Date: circa 1912

VETS / ANIMAL DISPENSARY
Queues waiting for admission at the animal dispensary for the poor: Our Dumb Friends League at Victoria, London. (Later named The Blue Cross) Date: circa 1912

6 DAY RACE AT ISLINGTON
The six day walking race between Weston and OLeary at the Agricultural Hall, Islington Date: 1877

FINISH OF ISLINGTON WALK
The finish of the six-day walking race held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington Date: 1878

Market day 1856
Market day in a country town, with the Town Crier crying, a farmers wife in a cart, a beggar, a carriage advertising a circus, an organic vegetable stall, and much, much more... Date: 1856

WEAVING, ENGLAND
A young woman uses a small loom in the north of England Date: 1888

Dr Syntax at Covent Garden Theatre
Doctor Syntax watching a performance of Henry IV at Covent Garden Theatre, London. Date: 1812

Dr Syntax witnessing the fate of his play (at Drury Lane Theatre, London). Date: 1820

Polluted London Water
THE CITY NARCISSUS Punch accuses Londons officials of being too self-satisfied to realise the danger to the the citys health from the polluted water of the Thames Date: 1849

BOY APPRENTICES, 2 OF 3
Boys learning the wheelwrights trade at Dr Barnardos Boys Home, Stepney (London) 2 of 3 pictures Date: circa 1890

BOY APPRENTICES, 3 OF 3
Boys learning the wheelwrights trade at Dr Barnardos Boys Home, Stepney (London) 3 of 3 pictures Date: circa 1890

DUSTMAN
The dust man who carries with him a bell to let people know he is coming. Date: 1823

SPEEDY
British clipper ship for the Australia run, built by Cox of Bridport Date: 1853

LONDON / CRIES / DEFORMED
The deformed beggar often sells pens as begging is not sanctioned in England. Date: 1823

LONDON / CRIES / BEGGAR / TINY
The deformed beggar often sells pens as begging is not sanctioned in England. Date: 1823

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