Sign Collection (page 22)

Times of the Day - Noon, 1870. Artist: WH Worthington
Times of the Day - Noon. After the original print by William Hogarth published in 1738. [London Printing and Publishing Co, 1870]

A view of the house in which William Shakespeare was born, 1806. Artist: James Basire II
A view of the house in which William Shakespeare was born, 1806. After David Parkes (1763-1833)

Swan Court, Chelsea, 1932. Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street, London SW3. From The Studio Volume 103. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1932]

The White Hart Inn, Scole, Norfolk, 1915. Plate XLV from Old English Mansions by Charles Holme [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1915]

In Hamburg, Four Days Before Germanys Unconditional Surrender, 1945
In Hamburg, Four Days Before Germanys Unconditional Surrender, 1942. A corporal of the British 2nd Army erects a sign reading Piccadilly Circus, observed by a German policeman

Garcia Street, Guantanamo, Cuba, c1900

The Pioneers of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913. The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army

A spirit chair, funeral pageant of a wealthy man, Nanking (Nanjing), China, 1906. Artist: The Fine Art Photographers Co
A spirit chair, funeral pageant of a wealthy man, Nanking (Nanjing), China, 1906. Venerated object. Stereoscopic card. Detail

In the street of the tea houses, Shanghai, China, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
In the street of the tea houses, Shanghai, China, 1901. Stereoscopic card. Detail

London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Belgium, World War I, c1918. Artist: Nightingale & Co
London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Belgium, World War I, c1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Bazaar of El Ghoria, Cairo, Egypt, 20th century. Artist: J Dearden Holmes
Bazaar of El Ghoria, Cairo, Egypt, 20th century. Sunbeam Tours stereoscopic card detail

The Terrors of the Law, 1881 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
The Terrors of the Law, 1881 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, selected from Punch, Volume II, London, 1891

Street scene, Zhangzhou, southern Fujian province, Peoples Republic of China, 20th century

Sign of the Cross Keys, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 1881. Artist: Edwin Edwards
Sign of the Cross Keys, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 1881

Sign of the Red Lion Inn, Glastonbury, Somerset, 1881. Artist: Edwin Edwards
Sign of the Red Lion Inn, Glastonbury, Somerset, 1881

The New Inn and street, Clovelly, Devon, late 19th or early 20th century. Two donkeys are in the steep, cobbled street

A woman recording her vote at the ballot box, c1922. Women over the age of 30 were given the right to vote in Britain for the first time by the Representation of the People Act 1918

Family grocer, corner of Bradford Peverell, Wessex, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

Seigni Joan, rue de Petit Chastelet, France, 14th century (1882-1884). Artist: J Ettling
Seigni Joan, rue de Petit Chastelet, 14th century (1882-1884). A jester entertaining a crowd on a street outside a butchers shop

A Country Practitioner about to serve an ejectment

Chemists shop, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

El Hamma, North Africa, World War Two, April 1943. Sign in German indicating water supply

The sign of The Running Footman, London, 1891. From Old and New London: a Narrative of its History, its People and its Places, volume IV, by Edward Walford, pulished by Cassell and Company (1891)

Commercial Street, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, c1900s. Published by EC Kropp Co. (Milwaukee)

Wrecked building, Grande Place, Peronne, France, First World War, 1917, (c1920). A sign in German on the town hall reads: Nicht argern, nur wundern (No anger, just amazement)

A woman tram-conductor, Chile, 1922. Artist: Brown & Dawson
A woman tram-conductor, Chile, 1922. The sign tells people not to get on while the tram is moving. Illustration from Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume II

The Doves Inn, Chiswick, London, 1926-1927. Riverside pub near the Thames. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London)

The George and Vulture tavern, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Taylor
The George and Vulture tavern, London, 1926-1927. The George and Vulture is in a court off Cornhill, and is celebrated as the place where coffee was first introduced to London in 1652

The Flask ale house, Highgate Village, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
The Flask ale house, Highgate Village, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Mills of Roncallo Hermanos & Co. S. A. Barranquilla, c1940s. From Barranquilla. [Raul de la Espriella B. Barranquilla]

Sir Richard Whittington distributing charity, (c1900). The 14th-century Lord Mayor of London gives alms to the poor. After a fresco in the Royal Exchange in the City of London representing Dick

Death & the Maiden, 1895. Artist: Byam Shaw
Death & the Maiden, 1895. From The Studio Volume 10 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1897]

The sign of the Mischief, 1897. From Old and New London Vol III by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

The Old Bedford Head, 1897. Artist: B Fleming
The Old Bedford Head, 1897. From Old and New London Vol 111 by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

The Plough Inn, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, 1937. Sights of Britain, third series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Ye Old Fighting Cocks Inn, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 1937. Octagonal pub originally known as The Round House, said to be the oldest pub in England

Bulls Head Inn, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, 1924-1926. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume III, 1924-1926

Queens Road Central, Hong Kong, China, c1900s. Published by Lau Ping Kee

Guy Fawkes Day, London, 1926-1927. Children with a homemade guy collecting money to buy fireworks. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I

Rue Vieille du Temple, Hotel Barbette, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Rue Vieille du Temple, Hotel Barbette, Paris, 1931. Taken from the book Paris by Ernest Flammarion, 1931

City Horsemanship or Procession to St Paul s, 1789. Royal procession to St Pauls Cathedral in London; signs say Seats to Let, St Georges Day, and God Save the King (George III)

A Bit of Blood, 1787. Artist: W Dickinson
A Bit of Blood, 1787. A sign says The bridle-way to horse-lydown. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

False Perspective, 1753. Artist: Luke Sullivan
False Perspective, 1753. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

Pisces, The Fishes, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Capricornus, The Goat, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Aquarius, The Water-Bearer, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Sagittarius, The Archer, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Scorpio, The Scorpion, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

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