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Enlistment of volunteers into the National Guard, Place du Pantheon, Paris, 1870-1871
Enlistment of volunteers into the National Guard, Place du Pantheon, Paris, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. From a private collection

Temma bridge, Osaka, Japan, 1830. Artist: Hokusai
Temma bridge, Osaka, Japan, 1830. From the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Theatre, late 16th / early 17th century. Artist: Jacques Bellange
Theatre, Bellange, Private Collection

Piazza, Naples, Italy, mid 19th century. Artist: Jean-Auguste Bard
Piazza, Naples, Italy, mid 19th century. From the Musee de Beaux Arts de Pan

Scene from Mozarts opera The Marriage of Figaro, 1786 (1905). The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), comic opera (opera buffa) with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) after Beaumarchais

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac making a balloon ascent from Paris, 14 September 1804 (1910). On this flight, French chemist and physicist Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

Canal Barges at Hull docks, Yorkshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Canal Barges at Hull docks, Yorkshire, 20th century. Seaborne trade at the port of Hull can be traced to at least the 13th century

Interior of Gum store, Moscow, c1970s. Artist: CM Dixon
Interior of GUM store, Moscow, c1970s. GUM wa the name given to State Department Stores in many cities in the former Soviet Union. The most famous in Kitai-gorod, Moscow is currently a shopping mall

Raising the maypole on May Day in Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire

Detail of the Doors of Paradise, 15th century. Artist: Lorenzo Ghiberti
Detail of the doors of paradise, on the east door of the Baptistry of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, 15th century

Coach station at the Strastnoy Monastery, Moscow, Russia, c1900-c1905
Coach station at the Passion (Strastnoy) Monastery, c1900-c1905. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

A Court for King Cholera, 1852. A scene typical of the crowded, unsanitary conditions in London slums. Cholera first appeared in Britain in 1831

Mosque of El Mecolla, Algiers, c1821-1849. Artist: Antoine Victor Joinville
Mosque of El Mecolla, Algiers, c1821-1849. A mosque viewed from a busy street

The Cock Pit, c1840. Artist: George Presbury
The Cock Pit, c1840. Cockfighting enthusiasts from a cross-section of society gamble and squabble. The blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (centre)

New Flower Market, Paris, 1874. In the bustle of a busy market, flower sellers are filling their watering cans at the conduit. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 4 July 1874)

Ice Skating in Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Ice Skating in Paris, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 12th November 1892

Irish emigrants leaving Queenstown (Cobh), the port for Cork, for the United States, 1874. Some are buying last-minute trinkets and good luck tokens

A City Thoroughfare, London, 1872. A scene of chaotic traffic congestion with a London policeman trying to get vehicles moving. From London: A Pilgrimage by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Passengers on a London to Glasgow train, 1884. Top: as it should be (comfortable and well-ordered). Bottom: as it is (crowded and smoky)

Ice stall in the market, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana (British Guiana), 1888. Artist: Amedee Forestier
Ice stall in the market, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana (British Guiana), 1888

Interior of a Ironmongers, and plans of instruments, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
Interior of a Ironmongers, and plans of instruments, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

Feast at Louveciennes, 1771. Artist: Jean-Michel Moreau
Feast at Louveciennes, 1771. Feast given by Madame du Barry (1743-93) for Louis XV on 2nd September 1771 at the inauguration of the Pavillon at Louveciennes

The Pilgrim Fathers leaving Delft Haven on their voyage to America, July 1620 (1878). The Pilgrim Fathers, members of the English Separatist Church sect of Puritans fled religious persecution in

Leon Edouxs elevators (lifts) at the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1889
Elevators (lifts) by Leon Edoux for carrying passengers to the second and third levels of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1889

British emigrants bound for Sydney, Australia, in quarters on the St Vincent. Through HM Colonial Emigration Commissioners

Jesus raising the widows son at Nain, c1890. Artist: James Tissot
Jesus raising the widows son at Nain. Young Man, I say unto thee, Arise. Bible, New Testament, St Luke Ch. 7. Name of young man said to be Quadratus

Clearing the Course!, July 7, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Clearing the Course!, July 7, 1888. William Henry Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, and his Conservative colleague, Charles Ritchie, attempt to steer the Ship of Government across crowded waters

London Improvements. An Open Space, 1888. Londons traffic was as great a problem in 1888 as it is now. From Punch, or the London Charivari, April 21, 1888

The Golf-Stream, 1885. A neat play on words as Punch illustrates the popularity of golf in Scotland as well as increasing meteorological knowledge

Metropolitan Prize Puzzles. No. 7. 1883. An illustration of the problems caused by a plethora of clocks at Waterloo station, all of which show a different time

A Legend of Camelot - Part 5 and Last, 1866. In the bottom left corner a man and two women sit together, the women consoling the man. From Punch, or the London Charivari, March 31, 1866

Barnes Bridge, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Barnes Bridge, 1872. Spectators under Grade II listed Barnes Railway Bridge built 1849 by Joseph Locke, during a boat race on the River Thames. From, " LONDON

A great native procession, Bombay, India, 1895. Creator: Unknown
A great native procession, Bombay, India, 1895. Crowds fill the streets in what is now Mumbai. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

Crowds in Deptford High Street shopping after dark, London, 1913. Shop fronts, including Elstons Market can be seen

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