Lamp Collection (#20)

Living-room in a flat in St. Jamess Street, S. W. 1, c1939
Living-room in a flat in St. Jamess Street, S.W.1, c1939. Designed by R.W. Symonds & Partner, L. & A.R.I.B.A. From The Studio Volume 117 [The Offices of the Studio, London, New York, 1939.]

A Dinner Table at Night, 1884. Artist: John Singer Sargent
A Dinner Table at Night, 1884. Painting held in Museum of Fine Art, San Francisco. From The Studio Volume 90. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1925]

Corner of a library designed by Hans Hartl, c1927. From The Studio Volume 93. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1927]

St. Mary-Le-Strand, c1909. Artist: Algernon Talmage
St. Mary-Le-Strand, c1909. From The Studio Volume 46. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1909]

The Streets - Morning, c1900. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Streets - Morning, c1900. An illustration for Hard Times by Charles Dickens. From Hard Times and Sketches by Boz, Volume XI, by Charles Dickens. [Blackwood, Le Bas & Co. London, c1900]

Part of a boudoir dressing-room in dove grey satin and chromium plated metal, by Eugene Printz of Paris, 1932. A room design by French designer Eugene Printz (1889?1948). From The Studio Volume 103

Houses in Sunlight, Hampstead, c20th century. Artist: Robert Polhill Bevan
Houses in Sunlight, Hampstead, c20th century. From The Studio Volume 130. [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1945]

Plexiglas furniture in a 1940s interior, 1941. From The Studio Volume 121. [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1941]

Dining-living-room designed by Mary Davis Gillies for McCalls Magazine, c1940. From The Studio Volume 120 [The Studio Ltd. London & New York, 1940]

A corner in the American designer Walter Dorwin Teagues own Living-room, c1940. The living room of Walter Dorwin Teague (1883-1960), American industrial designer, architect, illustrator

Traffic Trouble in 50, 19th century. Artist: Eugene Louis Lami
Traffic Trouble in 50, 19th century. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1929]

Gigantic electric lamp, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

High Street Evesham, 19th century. Artist: Edmund Hort New
High Street Evesham, 19th century. From The Studio Volume 14 by Ralph Nevill. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1898]

A sitting room with a painting by J. D. Fergusson above the fire, 1935
A sitting room with a painting by J.D. Fergusson above the fire, 1935. From The Studio Volume 110 by Ralph Nevill. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1935]

Savoy Hotel, London, c1905. The Savoy Hotel as seen from the River Thames. One of Londons most luxurious hotels, the Savoy was opened by Richard d Oyly Carte, owner of the nearby Savoy Theatre

No. 61. Calle Obispo. Obispo Street, Havana, Cuba, c1910
No. 61. Calle Obispo. Obispo Street, Cuba, C1910. [Torrea Y Costa. Campanario - No. 123, Habana]

Living Room by Michael Dawn, 1936. From The Studio Volume 112 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1936.]

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Tower of London, 2014. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Tower of London, 2014. The installation marks one hundred years since the first full day of Britains involvement in the First World War

Napoleon Bonaparte House, New Orleans, 1935. The Napoleon House is a famous building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana

The Metropolitan Meat Market, 1878
The Metropolitan Meat Market.Engraving from Old and new London Volume 2 by Walter Thornbury.Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1878

The Bartholdi Fountain and the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Kilburn Brothers
The Bartholdi Fountain and the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. The fountain was designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

A Game of Cards, 19th century. Stereoscopic card

Alvis Silver Eagle, c1920s-c1930s. The Alvis 16.95 Silver Eagle was introduced in 1928. 1357 of the cars were produced at the companys Coventry factory before the model was discontinued in 1936

A holophote on board HMS Imperieuse, 1896. Artist: A Debenham
A holophote on board HMS Imperieuse, 1896. A holophote is a lamp which incorporates lenses or reflectors to collect the light and throw it in a particular direction. They are used in lighthouses

Mosque lamp, c1350 (1958). A print from The Fitzwilliam Museum an Illustrated Survey, Trianon Press, 1958

A Fair Student, Japan, 1904. A print from Japan, its History, Arts and Literature, Volume V, by Captain F Brinkley, TC and EC Jack, 34 Henrietta Street, London WC2 and Edinburgh, 1904

Magic lantern, 1671 (1956). The projection of an image of a man burning in Hell. The image was produced by light from a lamp which travelled down the lens

Cabin in a coal pit. Stereoscopic card detail

Sir Humphrey Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (1845). Artist: E Scriven
Sir Humphrey Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (1845). Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

The Royal Mails starting from the General Post Office, London, 1830 (1927). Artist: R Reeves
The Royal Mails starting from the General Post Office, London, 1830 (1927). Plate taken from Famous Sporting Prints IV: Coaching, published by The Studio Limited (London, 1927)

Queen Janes first night in the Tower, 1553 (1840). Artist: George Cruikshank
Queen Janes first night in the Tower, 1553 (1840). A grandniece of Henry VIII, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen on Edward VIs death in 1553 in an attempt to secure a Protestant succession

Early gas lighting advertisement label

German gas mantle advertising label

Advert for Clarkes Cricklite Lamps, 1899. A print from the Pears Annual, of Christmas 1899

Advert for Hillman motor cars, 1936. A print from The Sketch, Christmas, 1936

Holborn, London, 1910

Plaza San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina, early 20th century

Avenida de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, early 20th century

Estacion Constitucion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, c1920s

Portland Street, Manchester, late 19th century. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol IX

Bread riots at the entrance to the House of Commons, Westminster, London, 1815 (c1895). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume VII (c1895)

Strassenkarte, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, c1900s. Artist: Wurthle & Sons
Strassenkarte, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, c1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Tiergartnertor, Nuremberg, Germany, c1900s. Artist: Wurthle & Sons
The Tiergartnertor, Nuremberg, Germany, c1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Plaza San Marco, Venice, Italy, 1908-1909. Artist: Homer L Knight
Plaza San Marco, Venice, Italy, 1908-1909. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14

Billie Burke (1885-1970), American actress, 1908-1909. Artist: Alfred Ellis & Walery
Billie Burke (1885-1970), American actress, 1908-1909. Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke was an Oscar-nominated American actress primarily known to modern audiences for her role as Glinda

Westminster Bridge and Big Ben from the terrace of St Thomass Hospital, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock

The terrace of the House of Commons, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

16th century gateway to the Charterhouse, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Joel
16th century gateway to the Charterhouse, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

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