Sign Collection (page 23)

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

Capricornus - a Caper-o -corns, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
Capricornus - a Caper-o -corns, 19th century

Man of Sorrow, or Christ showing the sign of the cross, (1870). Illustration after a miniature in the psalter of John, Duke of Berry in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris

Restoring the Sign, 1873. Artist: T Green
Restoring the Sign, 1873. Illustration from a supplement of the Illustrated London News, (15 November 1873)

Fair Parade, (1885). Artist: Gillot
Fair Parade, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

The Cabaret Of Ramponneau, (1885). The exterior of the courtille, based on a popular print. Jean Ramponneau (1724-1802) kept a tavern called the Tambour Royal

The Singer Of Canticles, (1885). Artist: Charles Nicolas Cochin
The Singer Of Canticles, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

Watermarks on paper, 14th-15th century, (1870). An engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

Mrs Pells Pilgrimage, 1872. Artist: C Burt
Mrs Pells Pilgrimage, 1872. A black woman carrying teacups points to a sign saying: Gentlemen not Permitted. Engraving from John Gilmary Sheas A Childs History of the United States

Chairs to Mend, Soho Square, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

Hotel Bristol, Pyatigorsk, Russia, 1910s. Pyatigorsk is a city in the northern Caucasus. It has been a spa resort since the early 19th century. From a private collection

9, Place Pigalle, P. Sescau Photographe (Poster), 1894. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
9, Place Pigalle, P. Sescau Photographe (Poster), 1894. Poster. Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibition of Petrograd artists, the Academy of Arts, Petrograd, Soviet Union, 1923. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg. Russian photographer

The end of prohibition in America. The front cover of the L illustre Du Petit Journal. December 5, 1933, marks the end of Prohibition for the United States

Nicholas II of Russia and Felix Faure, President of the French Republic, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
Nicholas II of Russia and Felix Faure, President of the French Republic, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th October 1896

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

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

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

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

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

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

Market stall, Korea, 1900

Queing for railway tickets, Seoul, Korea, 1900

Two brothers at the French / German frontier, 20th century
Two brothers at the French/German frontier, 20th century. Two brothers born in Metz who served on opposite sides in the First World War

Father and his sons at the French / German border, 20th century
Father and his sons at the French/German border, 20th century. One of his three sons served in the French Foreign Legion, another in the German army in East Africa. French postcard

German checkpoint, occupied Paris, 1940-1944. During the occupation the freedom of movement of the citizens of Paris was restricted as they were subjected to checks of their vehicles and papers

Winter relief, distribution of coal, France 1940-1944. The majority of French coal was exported to Germany during the occupation to fuel the German war industries

The Recruiting Sergeant, 18th century. Artist: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm
The Recruiting Sergeant, 18th century. Found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Napoleon I, 19th century. Artist: Alexis Wallerstein
Napoleon I, 19th century

Wine-Merchants Sign in Pompeii street c1st century. Men carry a wine-amphora

Saturday morning market in Leiden. Artist: CM Dixon
Saturday morning market in Leiden, near Hooglandse Kerk

A sign in Youghal, Ireland

The Dead Drummer, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Dead Drummer, 1840. A legend of Salisbury Plain. From The Ingoldsby Legends by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard Barham). (London, 1840)

The Promised Land, c1880-1908. Artist: Charles Frederic Ulrich
The Promised Land, c1880-1908. Newly arrived immigrants to the United States waiting to be processed

The Chinese Cake, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Chinese Cake, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th January 1898

The Shopping Arcade des Panoramas in Paris, 1807. Artist: Philibert Louis Debucourt
The Shopping Arcade des Panoramas in Paris, 1807. From the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Street sign, Rue Ampere, Paris, France. Andre-Marie Ampere (1775-1836), French mathematician and physicist, established the laws and principles which related magnetism and electricity to each other

The Street Up Again!, 1859. The defeat of Disraelis Reform Bill in March 1862 brought down Lord Derbys Conservative Government

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