London Collection (#24)

LANDING ICE AT BOMBAY
Blocks of ice being taken ashore at Bombay Date: 1878

LONDON BRIDGE WATERWORKS
The Water-works at London Bridge. Date: 1797

SMITHFIELD MARKET
Horses and carriages and the general hustle and bustle outside Smithfield meat market. Date: circa 1900

HARMONY HALL, 1842
Robert Owens utopian community at Harmony Hall, Hampshire Date: 1842

FRANCO-BRIT EXHIBITION
Franco-British Exhibition at Shepherds Bush, London, symbolises the growing rapprochement between Britain and France Date: 1908

ENT. CORDIALE PROCESSES
The Entente Cordiale is featured in the Lord Mayors Procession, through the streets of London Date: 1905

The old clothes market, camp field, Manchester 1870
The old clothes market or rag fair, as it was called, which was held every Monday and Saturdays on Camp Field in Manchester. Date: 1870

ANTI-BOER WAR DEMO
Demonstration against the Boer War in Trafalgar Square, London - but alas, the public and the government are not convinced Date: October 1899

PETER I / MACLISE / DEPTFORD
PETER I the Great In 1697/8 he toured western Europe picking up ideas : here he is studying shipbuilding at Deptford, on the Thames east of London Date: 1682 - 1725

Magnesium flash 1865
Magnesium flash demonstrated at Birmingham : this device will, it is claimed, enable photographers to operate even when the ambient light is inadequate Date: 1865

CHILD WATCHES MAMA DRESS
A daughter watches while a maid helps her mother get ready in front of her dressing table. Date: 1909

WOOL BALES IN ARGENTINA
Argentinian wool industry: transporting bales of wool Date: 1885

LONDON WORKHOUSE 1819
The LONDON WORKHOUSE, Bishopsgate Street - the principal entrance : and an internal view Date: 1819

LEADENHALL MARKET LONDON
LEADENHALL MARKET Date: circa 1860

PROSPECT OF WHITBY
Three girls standing on the doorstep of the Prospect of Whitby, Londons Oldest Riverside Inn, Wapping, London. Date: 1960s

Going to the Pantomime 1853
Dear papa takes his family off to the panto - they all fit into one enormous cab ! Date: 1853

Paintings of Knights in Westminster
Paintings of Knights in St Stephens Chapel, Westminster, London

FRANCO-BRITISH / FLIP-FLAP
The Franco-British exhibition held at the White City, London. This picture shows the Flip-Flap - a type of fairground ride. Date: 1908

GARIBALDI LANDS / CALABRIA
Part of Garibaldis national Army (redshirts) land at the Marina di Palmi, Calabria. Date: August 1860

EVACUEES AND FLOWERS
These two evacuees from a crowded east London tenement can now pull wild flowers to their hearts content in the west of England Date: 1940s

SIR CLIFTON ROBINSON Chief engineer of London United Electric Tramways: The Tramway King Date: 1849 - 1910

E NESBIT / HOME / ELTHAM
EDITH NESBIT alias Mrs Hubert Bland Home of the childrens writer at Well Hall, Eltham, London Date: 1858 - 1924

FLOODING IN HOLLAND / 1861
Scene of flooding in Holland after the bursting of the dyke at Bommellerwaard; villagers struggle to rescue cattle and possessions from the rising waters Date: 1861

LOLA MONTEZ
MARIA DOLORES ELIZA ROSEANNA GILBERT, known as LOLA MONTEZ (1818 - 1861), American dancer and adventuress, born in Ireland - seen here in traditional Spanish costume Date: 1847

RSPCA CONCERT BLACKHEATH
Grand Evening Concert held in the (small) Concert Hall, Blackheath, south-east London, in aid of the RSPCA Date: 1901

MIKHAIL SAVOV Bulgarian General Date: 1857 - 1928

WOOL EXHIBITION STAND
An exhibition stand for the Bradford Manufacturing Company, displaying all-wool dress fabrics and century cashmeres. Date: 1884

Thomas Hughes (1822 - 1896), English lawyer, MP and writer, best known as the author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857) Date: 1866

CRYSTAL PALACE / BUILDING
Cutting down of trees in the north transept Date: 1851

Great Exhibition construction
Construction workin progress on the upper portion of a column. Date: 1851

Great Exhibition - Sheffield Court
Sheffield Court. Date: 1851

COURT AT QUEENS BENCH
The court of the Queens Bench Date: 1843

JUDGES PROCESSION 1843
The judges procession opens at Westminster Hall Date: 1843

SHIPYARD ON CLYDE
Ship-building yard, river Clyde. Date: 1880

A lecture at the London Institution
Dr Syntax attends a scientific lecture at the London Institution. Date: 1820

LOUIS-NAPOLEONS COUP
Barricades at Faubourg St Martin, Paris, during Louis- Napoleons coup. Date: 3 December 1851

Riots in Paris, 1870
Citizens fleeing from the barricade they have erected out of overturned carriages as troops pour over the top during pre-Commune riots in Paris Date: May 1870

GOVERNMENT ARTILLERY
Government artillery in the village of Issy during the Paris Commune Date: May 1871

RUE DE RIVOLI DAMAGE 1871
Paris burning: houses falling in the Rue de Rivoli Date: 1871

Selling dogs for food 1871
Selling dogs for food in front of the horse market during the Paris Commune Date: 1871

CRYSTAL PALACE BUILT
The south end of the building from the Park Road Date: 1850

CRYSTAL PALACE ADDITIONS
The proposed new entrances and additions to the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park Date: May 1852

PALACE CONSTRUCTION 1854
The Crystal Palace is re-constructed at Sydenham while the garden front is landscaped Date: 1854

New York, Crystal Palace 1853
Construction of the crystal palace for the New York exhibition. Date: 1853

EXHIBITIONS / COLOGNE / 1865
The International Agricultural exhibition at Cologne: the crystal palace of the Flora society Date: 1865

MUNICH EXHIBITION 1854
The industrial exhibition at Munich displayed in a similar glass structure to the Crystal Palace in Britain Date: 1854

BRUSSELS PRISON
Prisoners wearing white hoods sit in cubicles in the chapel of the New Model prison in Brussels Date: 1887

ROLLS ROYCE SHOWROOM
The Rolls Royce showroom in Conduit Street, Mayfair, London Date: 1912

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