My Second Sermon, c1854 Creator: John Everett MillaisMy Second Sermon, c1854
A Sleepy Congregation, February 12, 1811. February 12, 1811. Creator: Thomas RowlandsonA Sleepy Congregation, February 12, 1811
Dr. Syntax Reading His Tour in the Kitchen of the Dun Cow, c1815, (1943)Dr. Syntax Reading His " Tour" in the Kitchen of the Dun Cow, c1815, (1943). Syntax now felt a strong desire, To smoke his pipe by kitchen fire...When, having supp d and drunk his ale
Boys sitting at their desks, Ashford Residential School, Middlesex, 1900. Serious-looking boys sit obediently at their desks in an extremely long classroom. There seem to be at least four teachers
Sons of harmony - scene Chandois Street, 1801. Members of a club (possibly The Brilliants ) sitting, asleep, beside a table bearing lighted candles, bottle, glasses and a pipe
Dr Syntax Preaching, 1820. Artist: Thomas RowlandsonDr Syntax Preaching, 1820. From The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. [Ackermann, London, 1820]
Edward Underhill the hot gospeller preaching to the giants in the by-ward or Gate Tower, 1840. A print from The Tower of London a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1840)
Tapping for maple syrup, Canada, 1936. Artist: Canadian GovernmentTapping for maple syrup, Canada, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)
Boring the cylinder of the Britannia Press at the Bank Quay Foundry, Warrington, 1851. Boring the cylinder for the hydraulic press (lift)
Cell and library at the prison at Fresnes, 1907. France was suffering from gangs of thugs called Apaches at this time, and some thought the French prisons should be less comfortable
British prison life, 1907. Treadmill for hard labour, and punishment with the cat-o-nine-tails. France was suffering from gangs of thugs called the Apaches at this time
Prison discipline, 1884. A Dartmoor prisoner doing solitary punishment at the crank handle. In some prisons this soul-destroying task was put to use such as grinding flour
Prisoners at Clerkenwell House of Correction, London, 1874. Prisoners, in prison uniform, take their turn on the treadmill while the men who have just done their stint wait in silence until it is
Prison discipline, 1888. Prisoners at hard labour on the treadwheel in an English local jail. The prisoner had 15 minutes on, 5 minutes off the wheel, until his time was finished for the day
Long Sermons and Long Sieges are apt to Lull the Senses, February 11, 1783
A Long Story, 1803 (reissued after 1821). 1803 (reissued after 1821)A Long Story, 1803 (reissued after 1821)
