London Collection (page 25)

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

Mistletoe seller 1853
Street trader selling mistletoe for Christmas. Date: 1853

CRIME / JACK SHEPPARD
Jack Sheppard (1702-1724); English thief; committed almost daily robberies in or near London. Captured through Jonathan Wild. Daring escapes from Newgate prison; hanged. Date: 1724

DREAM OF LONDON SEASON
A girls vision of the London Season. Included in the montage: balls; presentation at court; riding in rotten row, clothes; a wedding, gentlemen callers........ Date: 1840s

SWIMMING / LADIES / 1883
Some of the costumes worn by ladies at a swimming competition in London Date: 1883

OLD CROWN INN, HIGHGATE
The Old Crown Inn, Highgate, North London Date: 1830

BELL INN, KILBURN
The Bell Inn, in Kilburn, London Date: 1750

BLACK LION, CHELSEA
The Black Lion, Church Street, Chelsea, London. Date: 1820

ADAM AND EVE TAVERN
The Adam and Eve tavern in London Date: 1750

WINE TASTING, 1820
Wine tasting : assessing a fresh shipment newly arrived at the London Docks, Date: 1820

TOWN HOUSE / MOOR-FIELDS
Domestic architecture: buildings on the west side of Little Moor-Fields, London. A town house with an ornate facade. Date: circa 1810

PARIS LOPERA 1853
Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie leave the Paris Opera House Date: 1853

Strike of colliers in Durham 1863
Striking Durham pitmen meet on The Batts, Bishop Auckland. Date: 1863

MRS SALMONS WAXWORKS, Fleet Street, London : a favourite haunt of William Hogarth Date: 1711

NIGHT WATCHMEN / LONDON
A constable goes his nightly round, patrolling the streets accompanied by what must surely be one of the first police dogs ! Date: circa 1660

Diamond mines workers 1887
Various scenes showing the mistreatment of black workers in the diamond mines of South Africa. Date: 1887

British Association, 1847
Meeting of the British Association at Oxford : general meeting in the University (Sheldonian) Theatre Date: June 1847

SOCIAL SCENE / WAPPING
Working class children playing in a cobbled street in Wapping, east London. Date: 1933

ARCHERY MATCH / 1583
Representation of a grand shooting match by the London Archers Date: 1583

LONDON FLOWER GIRLS
Flower sellers at The Angel, Islington (North London) Date: circa 1905

CABMENS SHELTER
A cabmens shelter, London Date: 1875

COSTER IN DONKEY CART
A London coster-monger and his friends enjoy a ride in their donkey-cart Date: 1875

KINGS PARADE 1887
Cabs and carriages, an errand boy harassed by a dog and a mama with two daughters and a dog on the lead, pass along Kings Parade in late Victorian times Date: 1887

COUNTRY FETE 1858
A country fete - mowing, shearing and cottagers flower show at Coleshill Park, near Reading, Berkshire Date: 1858

Ice making machine 1862
Siebes patent ice-making machine - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company. Date: 1862

Egyptian court in Crystal Palace
Construction of the new Crystal Palace at Sydenham: workmen assembling the Egyptian Court

SANCTUARY / CHURCH DOOR
Claiming sanctuary - a fugitive reaches the church door just in time Date: medieval

LONDON HOMELESS MISSION
A mission to the homeless and hopeless, in the East End of London Date: 1895

DEATH / FUNERALS / DISRAELI
His funeral service at Hughenden Church Date: 1881

WELLINGTON / STRATHFIELDSY
DUKE OF WELLINGTON Visit of Queen Victoria to Wellingtons Hampshire home, Strathfieldsay, in 1845 Date: 1769 - 1852

BRYANT & MAY MATCHMAKERS BRYANT & MAY MATCHMAKERS
Women boxing wax vestas at the Bryant & May factory. Date: 1888

Indigo manufacture in Tirhoot 1869
Indigo manufacture in Tirhoot, Lower Bengal, showing indigo being unloaded from carts and hand beaten. Date: 1869

PANTOMIME CHILDREN SING
A group of child performers rehearse the Lullaby for a pantomime, accompanied by piano and fiddle. Date: 1889

RUNNING AT WOOLWICH 1867
Running at Woolwich via a rather hazardous looking ditch. Date: 1867

HIGH JUMP 1850
Athletic games at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich : the Running High Jump Date: 1850

PANTO / RED RIDING HOOD
A scene from Red Riding Hood and her sister Little Bo- Peep, at the Covent Garden Theatre. Date: 1874

PANTOMIME / DRURY LANE
Actors, actresses and a bemused donkey in a Pantomime at Drury Lane. Date: 1877

VICTORIAS ROOM / HYERES
Queen Victorias bedroom at the Hotel Costebelle during her stay in Hyeres, France Date: 1892

THE GLOBE / HENRY IV C17
Masked and pipe-smoking ladies in the Pit watching a performance of Shakespeares Henry IV. Date: 17th century

MAFEKING CELEBRATION
RELIEF OF MAFEKING Celebrating crowds throng the streets of London: flags, banners, whistles, trumpets, confetti & false noses pressed into service of high spirits Date: 18 May 1900

EAST END GIRLS SWING
Girls enjoy a makeshift swing, from a lamp-post in Londons East End Date: late 19th century

OPEN AIR PREACHING
The reverend Robert Maguire preaches to an open-air congregation in front of the Clerkenwell Sessions House in north London Date: 1858

LONDON SHOPPERS 1928
Shoppers in the crowded streets of central London. Date: 1928

London Shoppers - 1908
London shoppers during the sales. Date: 1908

QUEUE AT LONDON PAVILION
Queue of theatre-goers before the performance outside the London Pavilion Date: 1900

MUSIC / CHAMBER / QUARTET
QUARTET A string quartet at the Musical Union. Date: 1846

Inflight Scene 1934
Passengers enjoying in-flight hospitality. An air hostess is serving cups of tea, probably on an Imperial Airways London to Paris flight. Date: circa 1934

Military Hospital 1855
An interior view of a ward in Portsea Military Hospital during the Crimean War era. Date: 1855

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