Issue Collection

Gin Lane, 1751. Artist: William Hogarth
Gin Lane, 1751.The scene is the St Giles slums. A child falls to its death from the arms of its drunk mother who sits with ulcerated legs. A skeletal figure holds an empty glass

Gin Lane, February 1, 1751. Creator: William Hogarth
Gin Lane, February 1, 1751

Cased Colt Dragoon Model 1848 (1st issue) Revolver, England, 1848 / 68. Creator: Unknown
Cased Colt Dragoon Model 1848 (1st issue) Revolver, England, 1848/68

Mrs. Lounsbery Perry, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Lounsbery Perry, 1918. Mrs. Edith Lounsbery Perry, formerly the wife of stockbroker Henry Pierrepont Perry and granddaughter of attorney and rancher James Ben Ali Haggin (1822-1914)

Initial T with a group of Benedictine monks singing before an altar from which issues water, 1430s

Joel Chandler Harris, bust, facing left, c1948. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Joel Chandler Harris, bust, facing left, c1948. Advertisement for Uncle Remus's The Home Magazine. ['His writings embodied the folklore, life and character of the plantation'

Chevalier D Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Chevalier D Eon, Who many years passed as a Woman, 1822. Portrait of the secret agent, spy and cross-dresser Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810)

Reproduction of a share of the company Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima, S. A
Reproduction of a share of the company Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima, S.A. from Barcelona, first issue in 1855

Boys making bread at Upton House Truant School, Hackney, London, 1908. Scene in the bakery; one boy gets a loaf of bread out of the oven

Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, London, 1908
Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, 1908. Workshop with boys making baskets and cribs, with completed baskets hanging from the ceiling

Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, London, 1908
Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, Islington, London, 1908. Boys learn to make clothes; some draw patterns, others use sewing machines, while at the back more boys sew by hand

Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908
Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, Feltham, London, 1908. Boys in aprons learning metalwork in the smithy

Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908
Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls work at making baskets, with examples of the finished product on display

Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge School for Blind Girls, London, 1908
Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908

Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Young boys sew by hand and use sewing machines

Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908
Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Versailles Road, Penge, 1908. Boys at work in the Shoemakers Shop; pieces of leather lie on the floor in the foreground

The Walking Stationer, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
The Walking Stationer, 1760. A blind stationery seller with a child, to lead him. He carries a basket of memorandum books. From Cries of London, 1760

Issue of Equipment, 1940. RAF pilots been issued with uniform and kit. From Our Air Force published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1940

A suffragette confronting two policemen, 1913 (1937). Artist: Sport & General
A suffragette confronting two policemen, 1913 (1937). The campaign to secure the vote for women in Britain reached its peak in 1912, early in George Vs reign, with women adopting a range of protests

Sir Edwin Chadwick, British physician and social reformer, 19th century (1956)
Sir Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer, 19th century (1956). Chadwick (1800-1890) was largely responsible for devising the system under which the country was divided into groups of parishes

A suffragette being arrested, c1910s (1935). The campaign to secure the vote for women in Britain reached its peak in 1912, early in George Vs reign, with women adopting a range of protests

A Red Gift to a White Master, 1920. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
A Red Gift to a White Master, 1920

For the Death of World Imperialism, 1920. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
For the Death of World Imperialism, 1920

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