London Collection (#13)

Twelfth Night - Childs Dream 1854
Child dreaming of characters from the Twelfth Night, dancing at the bottom, including the King and Queen. Date: 1854

British Museum, Reading Room 1900s
Interior of the reading room at the British Museum, London. Date: 1900s

Labeth Pottery 1870
A scene of a Labeth Pottery in London. Date: 1870

Jamaican export of bananas 1901
Revival of trade with Jamaica, shipping bananas. As the bananas were brought on board, one of the ships hands seated beside the gangway

George Peabody (1795 - 1869), American financier and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as the father of modern philanthropy

Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee 1897
Thanksgiving service ceremony at St. Pauls Cathedral, London. Queen Victoria in the royal carriage at the foot of the steps. Date: 22 June 1897

The Guards Crimean War Memorial - veterans 1899
London crowds outside Waterloo Place, celebrating years later the victory, raised to commemorate the heroism of the Brigade of Guards in the Crimean War

Recruiting in Westminster 1870
Recruiting in King Street, London, Sergeant Kite at the public house bar. On 2 August 1870, as part of the Cardwell Reforms, Parliament had voted for the recruitment of 20

News of Franco-Prussian War 1870
London street scene of the news of Franco-Prussian War. Date: July 1870

Opening of the Victorian Embankment 1870
Opening of the Victorian Embankment, London, by the Prince of Wales and Princess Louise, with crowds watching. Date: 13 July 1870

Croquet tournament at Wimbledon, London 1870
Grand croquet tournament at the new All England Club, Wimbledon, London Date: 1870

Burial place of Dickens in Westminster Abbey 1870
A small stone with a simple inscription marks the grave of Charles Dickens in Westminster Abbey, London. Date: 1870

New Baptist Mission House, Castle-Street, Horborn 1870
New Mission House, Castle-Street, Horborn, London. Date: May 1870

St. Pancras new infirmary, Highgate 1870
St. Pancras Workhouse North Infirmary at Highgate, North London, was erected in 1868 - 1871. Designed by Messrs John Giles & Biven, Date: 1870

Emigrants ship Ganges, departing for Canada 1870
Ganges, at Victoria Docks, London, about to depart for Canada. Date: 1870

Dreadnought Hospital ship at Greenwich 1870
In 1870 the patients were transferred ashore to the infirmary. which was renamed the Dreadnought Seamens Hospital. HMS Dreadnought herself remained in use as an isolation hospital until she was

New Workhouse, Upper Holloway, London 1870
Exterior of the intended building for erection of a workhouse, at Upper Holloway, for the parish of St. Mary, Islington, containing about seven acres and tree quarters of land. Date: 1870

Kennington-Lane to Stockwell and Clapham tramway 1870
Metropolitan tramways were more complete on the south side of the Thames, this horse-drawn tram was from Kennington-Lane with a junction to Stockwell and Clapham at Kennington Church

Electric cab 1897
Electric cab with adverts for The Graphic, Daily Graphic and Golden Penny, advertised on the side. Date: 1897

Bishopsgate police station 1866
Station and infirmary for the city police, Bishopsgate Street. Date: 1866

Prince George in Highland attire
Prince George (later King George V), as a child of four, photographed at Balmoral

Peabody Square, Islington 1866
Dwellings for the poor and working-classes, Peabody Square, Shadwell, London. Healthy and comfortable housing for working-class families

General Post Office London 1890s
Women at work in the General Post Office tube room at St Martins-le-Grand in the City of London. The room had pneumatic tube connections to post office establishments. Date: circa 1890s

Crewe Steelworks 1866
Visit of the Prince of Wales to Crewe Steelworks, in Cheshire. Date: 1866

Floods at Windsor 1869
Extraordinary quantity of rain that fell in Britain in three weeks, causing flooding of many rivers. People being rescued from their homes in a flood in Windsor. Date: January 1869

Allsopps pale-ale brewery 1862
Allsopp and sons pale-ale brewery at Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire. Date: 1862

William Burtons general ironmongery 1851
Exterior of William Burtons general furnishing ironmongery warehouse in Oxford Street, London. Date: 1851

Method of making the Tower Bell for Westminster 1856
Showing the method for making the Great Clock, Big Ben, using a mould. Date: 1856

International Exhibition - John Brinsmead & Sons pianos 1885 International
International Exhibition of Inventions, held in South Kensington, showing John Brinsmead & Sons pianoforters. Date: 1885

Percy Pilcher
Percy Sinclair Pilcher (1866 - 1899), British inventor and pioneer aviator

Frys Chocolate & Cocoa manufactory 1884 Frys Chocolate & Cocoa manufactory 1884
Part 2 of the chocolate manufacturing process: the grinding room in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol. Date: 1884

Marshalls Flax Mill factory 1885
Preparing flax for spinning looms. Date: 1885

Gilbeys wine office 1861
Front entrance of Gilbeys wine office in Oxford Street, London. Date: 1861

Leeds - market for general produce 1885
Open air market, selling Date: 1885

Lowering casks into cellar 1900
Lowering casks into publicans cellar in London. Date: 1900

Gilbeys wine store 1861
Gilbeys wine store in Titchfield Street, Oxford Street, London. Date: 1861

Prices Patent Candle Companys Works 1849
No. 1, Candle manufacturing process at Prices Patent Candle Company: Spreading and stripping department. Date: 1849

Prices Patent Candle Companys Works 1861
Interior of candle manufacturing process at Prices Patent Candle Company in Battersea, London. Date: 1861

Advert for Clarkes patent safety night light 1892
Clarkes patent safety night light range. Date: 1892

Steam sewing factory 1854
A large clothes manufactures at Holloway and Co factory, here you can see twenty machines at work, driven by steam power attended by young women. Date: 1854

Advert for Priests furniture shops, London 1851
Largest establishment household and office furniture of British, located in four stores in London, Priests furniture shops. Date: 1851

Briggate - Leeds, Yorkshire 1885
Briggate, wide street running north to south through the centre of Leeds. Date: 1885

Launch of HMS Caledonia 1862
Launch of Her Majestys armour-plated screw-frigate HMS Caledonia at Woolwich Date: 24 October 1862

Marriage Princess Louise and Alexander 1889
Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of the then-Prince and Princess of Wales, to Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife at he Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace

St Marys Church, Battersea 1790
Exterior of St Marys Church, Battersea. Date: 1790

Peter the Great House at Deptford 1850
Peter the Great House at Deptford. near the docks was the seat of john Evelyn called Says or Sayes Court, where Peter the Great

Hungerford Bridge
Hungerford and Lambeth suspension foot bridge

Entrance to Bartholomew Close, from Smithfield

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