Trapdoor Collection

Interior with man reading at a table, 1790-1852. Creator: Pieter Christoffel Wonder
Interior with man reading at a table, 1790-1852. On the right a woman comes from a cellar hatch with a cup

Saint Ottilia, c. 1475 / 1480. Creator: Israhel van Meckenem
Saint Ottilia, c. 1475/1480

Workmen before an Inn, 1645. Creator: Isaac van Ostade
Workmen before an Inn, 1645

The Marketplace in Bergen op Zoom, probably 1590 and 1597. Creator: Abel Grimmer
The Marketplace in Bergen op Zoom, probably 1590 and 1597. Attributed to Abel Grimmer

New foreign baggage warehouse, St. Katherines Docks, 1845. Creator: Unknown
New foreign baggage warehouse, St. Katherines Docks, 1845. Facilities by the River Thames in London, for the landing, examination, and delivery, of the luggage of passengers

Sir William Watson (1858-1935), English poet, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Sir William Watson (1858-1935), English poet, 1904. Watson was popular in his time for the political content of his verse, hence this caricature, the inscription of which reads: William Watson

The judgement of the Queens Common Sense, 1736. Address d to Henry Fielding esq. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Smugglers Alarmed, 18th century. Artist: W Clerk
Smugglers Alarmed, 18th century. One man watches through the keyhole, another loads a pistol and a third hides contraband. High customs duties meant that smuggling was rife

Boy pushing a truck loaded with coal from the coal face to the bottom of the pit shaft, c1848. On the right of the picture squats a smaller boy, the trapper

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