Milestone Collection

Whittington Resting on Highgate-Hill - from a painting by F. Newnham, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Whittington Resting on Highgate-Hill - from a painting by F. Newnham, 1858. Whether all the wonderful stories which have been told of Whittington and his cat be true or not

The milestone or ban pole at Halfweg, 1780. Creator: Jacques Kuyper
The milestone or ban pole at Halfweg, 1780. Stone distance marker at Halfweg (halfway)

The Pedestrian Hobbies, or the Difference of Going Up and Down Hill, published April 8, 1819. Creator: William Heath
The Pedestrian Hobbies, or the Difference of Going Up and Down Hill, published April 8, 1819. Men riding hobby horses (a forerunner of the bicycle)

Title Page, Vignette, and plate one of the first number of Picturesque Views of Americ... 1819/21. Creator: John Hill
Title Page, Vignette, and plate one of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery, 1819/21

Farmer woman from Amager, 1843. Creator: Johan Christoffer Boklund
Farmer woman from Amager, 1843. Dressed in national costume; black robe with rich appliques and edging in different colours. Large, gilded buckles on the chest

Dick Turpin (1706-1739), English robber and highwayman, 19th century. Dick Turpin is the subject of many romantic stories, especially his ride to York on his mare Black Bess

Travelers stopping at a mile post, Japan, c. 1805 / 06. Creator: Hokusai
Travelers stopping at a mile post, Japan, c. 1805/06

Indifferent (Indifferente), 1900. Creator: Paul Albert Besnard
Indifferent (Indifferente), 1900

Colinets Journey: Milestone Marked LXII Miles to London, from Thorntons Pastorals of Virgil, 1821

The Migrants Farewell, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Migrants Farewell, 1844. British working class families travelling to Canada, Australia and other colonies:vast numbers of persons have availed themselves of the Government grant to quit their

Plate 32, from World in Miniature, 1816. 1816. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Plate 32, from " World in Miniature", 1816

The Mile-Stone. CXI, 19th century? Creator: Unknown
The Mile-Stone. CXI, 19th century? A stage-coach passing a chapel, with a stone marker in the foreground. Plate XXIV from " Principles of Landscape"

St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, c1825. Artist: Louis Haghe
St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, c1825. View of the Indigent Blind School at St Georges Fields, with the obelisk, erected in 1771 at St Georges Circus, which was used as a milestone

St Georges Fields, Southwark, 1813. Artist: Dagaty
St Georges Fields, Southwark, 1813. The entrance to St Georges Road with a view of the royal circus and the obelisk turnpike, which was built as a milestone in 1771

Hill in Brixton, London, 1782
View on a hill near the five mile stone on the road to Streatham, London, 1782. In the foreground figures can be seen gathered round a fire while a horse and rider gallop past on the road

D the Doleful, 1903. Artist: John Hassall
D the Doleful, 1903. An initial letter D from a child alphabet. From An A.B.C. of Everyday People, by G. E. Farrow. [Dean & Son Limited, London, 1903]

Advertisement for Buchet cars, c1910s

Plate commemorating WG Graces hundreth century, 1895 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

The Constant Couple, 1786. The Prince of Wales (future King George IV) and his mistress Mrs Fitzherbert travelling to Windsor. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Sir Gregory Gigg, 1732. Artist: Henry William Bunbury
Sir Gregory Gigg, 1732. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

Stage wagon, 1805. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Stage wagon, 1805. A large heavily-laden wagon pulled by a team of 8 horses passing a milestone. The wagon has wide roller wheels designed to give a smoother passage over difficult roads

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