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Christmas Eve, c1915. Artist: Stanhope A Forbes
Christmas Eve, c1915. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Henley Regatta, c1896. Artist: Marsh Brothers
Henley Regatta, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

The Terrace Bridge, Central Park, 1901. Creator: Maurice Brazil Prendergast
The Terrace Bridge, Central Park, 1901

Brewers Quay, Chester Quay and Galley Quay, Lower Thames Street, City of London, 1846. The scene includes the unloading of foreign provisions from vessels on the River Thames using winching

The Boulevard Montmartre at Night, 1897. Artist: Camille Pissarro
The Boulevard Montmartre at Night, 1897. National Gallery Collection, London

The Elephant and Castle, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

South Shields - All The Fun Of The Fair. 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

Rue De La Grosse Horloge, Rouen, 1821. Artist: Henry Edridge
Rue De La Grosse Horloge, Rouen, 1821. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1929]

Ludgate Hill, London, 1872. A scene of traffic congestion, with a railway viaduct (centre), and the dome of St Pauls visible in the distance

The Elephant and Castle on the Brighton Road, 1826, (1920)
The Elephant and Castle on the Brighton Road, 1826, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

The busy pits: before the start of Le Mans 24-hour Race, 1937. From Sir Malcolm Campbells Book of Famous Motorists, edited by Sir Malcolm Campbell. [Blackie & Son Limited, London and Glasgow, 1937]

Captive Andromache, c1886. Artist: Frederic Leighton
Captive Andromache, c1886. Painting housed in the City of Manchester Art Galleries, Manchester. From The Worlds Greatest Paintings, edited by T. Leman Hare. [Odhams Press Ltd, London, 1934]

Marianao Bathing Beach, Havana, Cuba, c1910. [Edicion. Jordi]

Watercolour rendering of one of the Hardwicke Tapestries, c1902. Artist: Marion Reid
Watercolour rendering of one of the Hardwicke Tapestries, c1902. The orginal 15th century tapestries probably belonged to the Countess of Shrewsbury, known as Bess of Hardwick

Rent Day, c1584-1638. Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Rent Day, c1584-1638. From the Burghley House Collection, Lincolnshire

E. Hamel & Co. advert - There are busy times ahead!, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Weston-Super-Mare - A Summer Scene on the Sands, 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

Southport - The Pier and the South Lake, 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

Middlesex Street (Late Petticoat Lane) on a Sunday Morning, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Middlesex Street (Late Petticoat Lane) on a Sunday Morning, 1891. Petticoat Lane Market, a fashion and clothing market in the East End of London, consists of two adjacent street markets

The New Law Courts, Westminster, London, c1878 (1878)
The New Law Courts, London, c1878 (1878). The Royal Courts of Justice house both the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales

On the Newmarket Road, 1820, (1825)

Sunday Morning in the New Cut, Lambeth, 1872. Artist: Smith
Sunday Morning in the New Cut, Lambeth, 1872. An engraving from the Illustrated London News, (27 January 1872). Hand-coloured later

Nottingham market place, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Departure -- 7th Regt, N.Y., between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Departure -- 7th Regt, N.Y., between c1915 and c1920.

Wilson, Paris, 19 Dec 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Wilson, Paris, 19 Dec 1918. President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) attending a reception for Marshall Joffre in Paris when he attended the Paris Peace Conference after World War I.

A "Block" in Park-lane, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson. A "Block" in Park-lane, 1864
A "Block" in Park-lane, [London], 1864. Traffic congestion: 'Just about the corner of Brick-street, which is close to Holdernesse House, may be witnessed, at certain hours daily

Berlin, travelling soup kitchen, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, travelling soup kitchen, 1916. A mobile lunch kitchen in Berlin, Germany in 1916 during World War I.

Kilties in New York, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Kilties in New York, July 1917. Canadian Highlander soldiers and band marching in New York City. The Highlander regiments were in the United States in July of 1917 for "British Recruiting

Germans in Belgium, on the way to the front, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans in Belgium, on the way to the front, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers in road in Belgium during World War I.

German Commandant's Hdqtrs., Antwerp, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German Commandant's Hdqtrs., Antwerp, 1914. German headquarters in Antwerp City Hall, Antwerp, Belgium during World War I.

Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1904. National Library of Russia

Vladivostok, 1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok, 1904. National Library of Russia

Paris, Newsboys waiting for "Extras", between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Paris, Newsboys waiting for "Extras", between c1914 and c1915. Newsboys waiting for news during the beginning of World War I, Paris, France.

Reservists at Gare de L'Est, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Reservists at Gare de L'Est, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Reservists and crowd at the Gare de Paris-Est (train station), Paris during the beginning of World War I.

Reservists at Gare de l'Est, Paris, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Reservists at Gare de l'Est, Paris, 1914. Reservists and crowd at the Gare de Paris-Est (train station), Paris during the beginning of World War I.

French Reservists going to R.R. station in Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French Reservists going to R.R. station in Paris, between c1914 and c1915. French reservist soldiers marching in front of the Brasserie Bougeneaux (9 Rue de Strasbourg), Paris, France

Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de l'Est [i.e., Gare du Nord], 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de l'Est [i.e., Gare du Nord], 1914. Belgian men in front of the Gare du Nord, Paris, France, at the beginning of World War I.

Paris, reservists departing from Gare de L'Est, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Paris, reservists departing from Gare de L'Est, between c1914 and c1915. Crowd of reservists at the Gare de Paris-Est (train station), Paris during the beginning of World War I.

"Market-Day" - painted by G. B. O'Neil - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856. In this production Mr

7th Regiment, New York National Guard, Dewey land parade, 1899 Sept 30. Creator: Unknown
7th Regiment, New York National Guard, Dewey land parade, 1899 Sept 30

Scarborough Spa - from a sketch by Miss Claxton, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Scarborough Spa - from a sketch by Miss Claxton, 1858. Resort on the coast of Yorkshire. Apart from the excellent qualities of its mineral waters

Sick and Wounded embarking at Hong-Kong on board the Steamer "Canton", 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sick and Wounded embarking at Hong-Kong on board the Steamer "Canton", [China], 1858. In relation to this drawing our Artist and Correspondent makes the following remarks

A Day at London Bridge Station, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Day at London Bridge Station, 1858. If you want to go anywhere you may, and in most cases must, go to London-bridge. The extent of the journey varies through an infinite series of gradations

The War in China - the landing of British troops at Pehtang... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - the landing of British troops at Pehtang - from a sketch by our special artist, C. Wirgman, 1860. My brain...was in a whirl of confusion at the sight of this Babel of people

St. Margaret's Place (#45) (image 1 of 2), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
St. Margaret's Place (#45) (image 1 of 2), Printed 1900

The Pilgrims in a Palace, Folio from a Kedara Kalpa (Book of Kedara), between c1800 and c1820. Creator: Unknown
The Pilgrims in a Palace, Folio from a Kedara Kalpa (Book of Kedara), between c1800 and c1820

Dancing Girls at a Court, c1850. Creator: Unknown
Dancing Girls at a Court, c1850

Illuminations at Calcutta in honour of the Prince of Wales...1876. Creator: Unknown
Illuminations at Calcutta in honour of the Prince of Wales, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The illuminations...afforded, from different points of view

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