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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863-64

Bill Sykes, 1939. William Bill Sikes is a character from the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). From the Dickens Character Series produced by Copes Cigarettes, 1939

His Girl, The Huntsmans Meet. Creator: Victor Venner
His Girl, The Huntsmans Meet

Labor Ipse Voluptas, 1869. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Labor Ipse Voluptas, 1869. The perils of smoking are highlighted in this cartoon. Tobacco affects how a man looks, and his energy levels. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 22, 1869

La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1892, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1892, (1952). French can-can dancer Louise Weber, known as La Goulue, at the famous Paris nightclub. On the left is sister, with her lover on the right

At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance, 1890, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance, 1890, (1952). Valentin the Boneless and La Goulue dancing in the famous Paris nightclub. Painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Churchill, 23 February 1940, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Churchill, 23 February 1940, (1945). Winston Churchill (1874-1965) and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)

The Earl of Zetland, 1879. Creator: Vincent Brooks Day & Son
The Earl of Zetland, 1879. Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland (1844-1929), politician and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. From The Sporting Gazette and Agricultural Journal, 19th April 1879

A whist-er at Boodles - or a choice peice [sic] of double milled Yorkshire broad cloth, 1820. A very obese man in profile is about to step into Boodles club, Pall Mall

Horace, Lord Farquhar, British financier and politician, 1898. Artist: Spy
Horace, Lord Farquhar, British financier and politician, 1898. Farquhar (1844-1923) served as Treasurer of the Conservative Party from 1911-1923. A print from Vanity Fair, June 2nd 1898

Prince Albert the British Farmer, 1843. Cartoon of Prince Albert (1819-1861) as a farmer. Prince Albert has turned his attention to the promotion of agriculture; and if you have seen

Happy Hampstead!, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain
Happy Hampstead!, 1875. A suburban family is shown enjoying a day out in the park. Behind them lurk the shrouded and menacing figures of Smallpox and Fever

Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay, and John Liston, Newhaven, 1843 / 47, printed c. 1916
Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay, and John Liston, Newhaven, 1843/47, printed c. 1916. [Scottish fishermen]. Carbon print

Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Work on the worlds first underground railway started in 1860, by the Metropolitan Railway under chief engineer John Fowler

James Cobbett, c1830s. Creator: Unknown
James Cobbett, c1830s. Portrait of English cricketer James Cobbett, (1804-1842), one of the best all round players of his time

Deficiency. - Surplus. 1836. Creator: John Doyle
Deficiency. - Surplus. 1836. Satirical caricature of British politicians Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), Chancellor of the Exchequer, and James Pattison (1786-1849)

The Driver of 1832 and The Driver of 1852. Artist: J Harris
The Driver of 1832 and The Driver of 1852 ; shows a comparison between a mail coach driver and an engine driver. The phenomenal growth and popularity of the railways between the 1830s

The Bottle, 1847. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Bottle, 1847; showing an interior domestic scene with the father sitting in front of the fire smoking having been discharged from his employment because of his drunkeness

The Head, 1901. Artist: Spy
The Head, 1901. James John Hornby (1826-1909), headmaster of Eton College from 1868 to 1884. He was previously a rower, competing for Oxford University in the Boat Race

Nothing could be Better said Holmes, 1893. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Nothing could be Better said Holmes, 1893. Illustration from The Stockbrokers Clerk by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in Strand Magazine March 1893

Judicious Amelioration, 1871. Artist: Coide
Judicious Amelioration, 1871. A caricature of Alexander Baillie-Cochrane (1816-1890), British politician. Baillie-Cochrane was a Conservative MP who represented Bridport, Lanarkshire

Sketches from New York: entertainment in a lager beer saloon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from New York: entertainment in a lager beer saloon, 1864. 'Lager beer proper is composed of malt, hops, and water...It is lighter than the beer of England

Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Upper Ten", 1864. Creator: Unknown
Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Upper Ten", 1864. Crowds at a polling station on 8 November, '...the day of the Presidential election

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the royal party viewing Stockholm..., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the royal party viewing Stockholm from the pavilion in the Mosebacke Garden - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Reception-room of the Social Science Congress in the Guildhall, New York, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Reception-room of the Social Science Congress in the Guildhall, New York, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. 'In no part of London has a greater improvement been made than upon the spot where Hungerford Market once stood

Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. C. D. Shanly

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: Kongens-Nytorf, at Copenhagen, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: scene in the square of Kongens-Nytorf, at Copenhagen, 1864. 'The townspeople of Copenhagen were gratified with a sight of his Royal Highness

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: arrival at the Castle of Bernstorf, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: arrival at the Castle of Bernstorf, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia

Cutting the first turf of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Cutting the first turf of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, 1864. The railway '...will not only afford great accommodation to...travellers

Floral jubilee...in honour of the Dumfries and Galloway Horticultural Society...1862. Creator: Unknown
Floral jubilee recently held in honour of the Dumfries and Galloway Horticultural Society's fiftieth anniversary, 1862

The promenade on the Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
The promenade on the Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, 1864. 'We present a view of that famous promenade at Tunbridge Wells called "The Pantiles," from the materials with which it is paved

Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Shows Governor Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947) in a coach with his predecessor Martin Henry Glynn (1871-1924), at Whitman's inauguration, Albany, New York

Paderewski, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Paderewski, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Polish pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) seated at an outdoor table.

"Face to Face": Effie Blount's Explanation, 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Face to Face": Effie Blount's Explanation, 1862. Illustration to a short story by John Saunderss. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

The election of Mr. Horatio Seymour, Governor of the State of New York…, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The election of Mr. Horatio Seymour, Governor of the State of New York: Democratic procession passing the New York Hotel, 1862

A "Block" in Park-lane, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson. A "Block" in Park-lane, 1864
A "Block" in Park-lane, [London], 1864. Traffic congestion: 'Just about the corner of Brick-street, which is close to Holdernesse House, may be witnessed, at certain hours daily

Lord Palmerston making the ministerial statement on Dano-German Affairs..., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Lord Palmerston making the ministerial statement on Dano-German Affairs in the House of Commons on Monday, 1864. 'Every seat in the body of the house, and the very steps in each gangway

A Pictorial: the Second Syllable, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A Pictorial: the Second Syllable, 1864. Christmas entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Scene at a recruiting-office at Mozart Hall, Broadway

Kerbstone stockbrokers in New York, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Kerbstone stockbrokers in New York, 1864. 'The prevailing mania just now in the city of New York is that of gambling in stocks...William-street is the great theatre of speculation...[with]

Joffre, Sharp, Pershing, Paris, July 4, 1917, 4 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Joffre, Sharp, Pershing, Paris, July 4, 1917, 4 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). French general Joseph Jacques Ce´saire Joffre (1852-1931), U.S

Raising the colossal bronze statue of Hercules found underground in the Campo dei Fiori, Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Raising the colossal bronze statue of Hercules found underground in the Campo dei Fiori, Rome, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Carli, a French artist

Exhibition of the Lincoln School of Art, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition of the Lincoln School of Art, 1864. '...the interior of the large room...occupied by the first public exhibition of paintings

The Cotton Famine: meeting of the central relief committee...Manchester townhall..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: meeting of the central relief committee in the mayor's parlour at the Manchester townhall - Earl Derby in the chair, 1862

The funeral of the Duke of Newcastle at Markham Clinton, Notts., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The funeral of the Duke of Newcastle at Markham Clinton, Notts., 1864. 'The inscription [on the coffin] was as follows: "Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, Duke of Newcastle

A Pictorial: the Word, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A Pictorial: the Word, 1864. Christmas entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Electro-ballistic apparatus for measuring the speed of cannon-shot, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Electro-ballistic apparatus for measuring the speed of cannon-shot, 1864. Apparatus invented by Major Navez, of the Belgian Artillery

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