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Advert for Mappin & Webbs candelabras 1893 Advert for Mappin & Webbs candelabrasSilver plate ornate candelabras. Date: 1893
Victorian ladies wearing bathing-dresses 1895Two victorian women wearing the latest sea-bathing garments. Date: 1895
Advert for Woollands womens hats 1929Selection of ladies Spring hats for the late 1920s. Date: 1929
Advert for Peter Robinsons Autumn fashions 1925Autumn fashions for twenties women, left; black distinctive short coat, made from mohair with broad -tail effect lined in satin
Fashion page adverts April 1937Two fashion adverts for Dickins & Jones, Ltd, modelling the latest short sleeved blouses and Debenham & Freebody, modelling a petit black crepe evening gown with cherry belt. Date: 1937
Nelsons Column (1840-1843). Trafalgar Square. LondonNelsons Column (1840-1843). Designed by William Railton (1800-1877), was built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Corinthian order and Dartmor granite
Peril of streets of London 1912Photograph taken at Elephant Castle, London, showing the increase of electrical, steam and petrol transport. Date: 1912
Mrs Frank Jay Gould at opening of Summer Sporting ClubMrs Frank Jay Gould, nee Florence de Caze (1893-1985), wife of wealthy philanthropist and businessman Frank Jay Gould. Together with him
Sutton Hoo Treasure. Purse lid. 7th-8th centuries AD. From Mound 1. Near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Sutton Hoo Treasure. Domestic objects. 7th-8th centuries AD. From Mound 1. Near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Sutton Hoo Treasure. Royal shoulder-clasps. 7th-8th centurieSutton Hoo Treasure. Royal shoulder-clasps decorated with inlaid gold, enamel and garnet. 7th-8th centuries AD. From Mound 1. Near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. British Museum. London. England
Cartoon, New drama by Reade and PettittCartoon, New drama by Charles Reade and Henry Pettitt -- Star actors sometimes get very dainty. Their melodrama, Love and Money, was in production at the Adelphi Theatre, London
Cartoon of Edgar Bruce, actor-managerCartoon of Edgar Bruce (1845?-1901), actor-manager. Date: 1881
Woman police officer in updated uniform, LondonWoman police officer in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options, and the checkered cravat replacing the bow tie
Broadwoods Pianoforte manufactory 1858John Broadwood & Sons at Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. Showing the extensive building and a large area in which it covered, employing a large number of workmen. Date: 1858
Lung Hill Colliery explosion 1857Explosion at Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 200 miners went down the pit that day, in which 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died
Lung Hill Colliery 1857Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, shortly after the tragedy were 189 men and boys died from a explosion. Date: February 1857
Mechanism of the Great Cloak 1857In 1851, Edmund Beckett Denison designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament in London), responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. Date: 1857
Northern cassowary by JG KeulemansHand-coloured lithograph of cassowary head by JG Keulemans (c. 1898), based on the live animals at Walter Rothschilds Museum at Tring
Dwarf cassowary by JG KeulemansHand-coloured lithograph of cassowary head by JG Keulemans (c. 1898), based on the live animals at Walter Rothschilds Museum at Tring
Carmarina hastata, jellyfish modelA glass model of a jellyfish, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Sagartia coccinea, sea anemoneA glass model of a sea anemone, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Bunodes ballii, sea anemoneA glass model of a sea anemone, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Amelia Earhart and Madame de Landa (Lady Drogheda)Amelia Earhart, the famous female aviator, pictured at Wimbledon in 1928 with Madame de Landa, formerly Kathleen, Lady Drogheda (Kathleen Pelham-Burn), herself a keen aviation enthusiast. Date: 1928
Mary Quant - British fashion designer and fashion iconMary Quant (1934- ), British fashion designer and fashion icon, she became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements
Lynn Rachel Redgrave - English actressLynn Rachel Redgrave (1943-2010), English actress, seen here in the role of Georgina Georgy Parkin in Georgy Girl. Date: 1966
London Orphan Asylum, Watford - Infirmary Girls WardLondon Orphan Asylum, Watford. The girls ward in the homes hospital facility. Date: circa 1924
The church of St Mary Mortlake, 1897The church of St Mary Mortlake, south west London, as seen in 1897. Date: 1897
St Annes Church, Kew, 1897The west front of the church of St Anne at Kew, pictured here in 1897. Built in 1714, in the last year of Queen Annes life, it was dedicated to her namesake St Anne in her honour. Date: 1897
Twickenham Church from the River Thames, 1897The church of St Mary the Virgin at Twickenham, as viewed from the river, 1897. Date: 1897
WW1 street shrine, London, 1917A front cover of The Illustrated London News, showing a woman and two small children leaving a floral tribute at a London street shrine, 1917. Date: January 1917
Hyde Park war shrine, WW1, 1918In memory of those who have fallen: the Bishop of London, Arthur Winnington-Ingram, blessing the war shrine in Hyde Park, London in 1918. Date: 1918
Red water spider or scarlet hydrachna, Hydrachna coccinea.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1800
Dead mens fingers, Alcyonium digitatum.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1797
Duchess of Cleveland, from a painting by Sir Peter Lely.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin
Lady in winter dress, 1641, reign of Charles I, from Hollar.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin
10939528William Villiers, Viscount Grandison (1614-1643), from the reign of Charles I.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin
Habit of a wealthy London merchant, time of Elizabeth I.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin
Female costume in the reign of Henry VIII after Holbein.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin
Male fashion from the reign of Henry VII, 1485-1509.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin
Male costume time of Henry VI, 1422-1461.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin, London
10939503Blanch de la Tour, daughter of Edward III, from her monument in the Chapel of St. Edward.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles
Robert Brauch, Mayor of Lynn, 1349, reign of Edward III.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin
10939499Womens costume from the reigns of Edward I and II (1272-1327).. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin
10939489Men in hooded cloaks, tunics and stockings of thee time of William II.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin
10939487Costume of the time of William the Conqueror from the Bayeux Tapestry.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin
Red underwing, Catocala nupta.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800
Peacock butterfly of New South Wales.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800