Images Dated 29th July 2005 (page 42)

Bombay, the East India Companys port on the Malabar Coast of India, 1755. Company trading vessels are in the foreground and quayside warehouses and buildings behind

Covent Garden, London, showing stalls in the centre of the square, 1753. Covent Garden was the site of the principal fruit and vegetable market for the city from 1670 until 1974

French agriculture; sowing seed broadcast, late 18th century. From an edition of 17th century French poet Jean de la Fontaines Fables

John Morley, British Secretary for Ireland, 1894. Morley (1838-1923) is portrayed holding the hand of the Evicted Tenant Bill he has shepherded through the House of Commons

Edward Carson, Irish-born British politician and jurist, 1898. The Leader of the Irish Unionists, Carson (1854-1935) opposed Home Rule for Ireland. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 9 July 1898)

The Royal Exchange, London, late 17th century. This is the second building which replaced the original built by Sir Thomas Gresham, which was destroyed in the Fire of London in 1666

Man smoking a pipe, early 17th century. A family group, with the father with a pipe producing much smoke while his wife and children seem to be raising objections

Le Tabac, 17th century. Artist: Abraham Bosse
Le Tabac, 17th century. Officers drinking and smoking clay pipes. In the left background is a curtained bed. Engraving after Jean de Saint-Igny (c1600-1649)

Young woman smoking a clay pipe and holding a wine glass, 17th century. Anti-smoking and drinking print on the Apish Art of Tasting

The Custom House, London, c1660. Artist: John Dunster
The Custom House, London, c1660

Westminster Bridge, London, 1753. Westminster Abbey is on the right. At this date the Thames was a busy city thoroughfare, as can be seen from the amount of traffic on the river

Production of cocoa, 16th century. A cocoa bush shaded by a larger type of tree and cocoa beans lying in the sun to dry. In the left foreground a native is making a fire by means of the blister method

Female telegraph workers, 1871. Women working in the main (telegraph) instrument room, Post Office Telegraph Headquarters, Telegraph Street, London

Baker and Finnemores pen factory, St Pauls Square, Birmingham, England, 1870
Bakers and Finnemores Pen Factory, St Pauls Square, Birmingham, England, 1870. On the left, blanks are being stamped from strips of steel with machines powered through shaft and belting

Making chains in the Cradley Heath district of the Black Country in the English Midlands, 1890. Women made the smaller sizes of chain. A No.8 had about 79 links per metre

Female typist, 1893

Female telephonists at the Central Telephone Exchange, Paris, 1890

The War Workers, 1916. During the 1914-1918 war women in Britain took over the jobs of men sent to the Front. The demand for female suffrage was temporarily silenced by the national crisis

Girl on her way to starting work in domestic service, 1884. Artist: Marian Gardiner
Girl on her way to starting work in domestic service, 1884. A country girl in a railway carriage leaving home for the first time to go into service as a maid in a city

Elizabeth I on her way to open the first Royal Exchange, London, 23 January 1571 (c1680). The building, designed by Sir Thomas Gresham, was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666

The Royal Exchange, London, 1686. This is the second building which replaced the original built by Sir Thomas Gresham, which was destroyed in the Fire of London in 1666

Royal Exchange, London, late 18th century. This was the second Royal Exchange built after Greshams original building destroyed in Fire of London in 1666

Karl Marx, German political, social and economic theorist, late 19th century. The father of modern communism, Marx (1818-1883)

Train crossing a wooden trestle bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, Wyoming, USA, c1870
Train crossing a wooden trestle bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, near Sherman, Wyoming, USA, c1870. Incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1862

Louis XIV of France visiting the Gobelins tapestry works, 17th century (late 19th century). Colbert, Louis Minister of Finance established Gobelins and the Sevres porcelain factory

Irish emigrants leaving Queenstown (Cobh), the port for Cork, for the United States, 1874. Some are buying last-minute trinkets and good luck tokens

Irish emigrants embarking for America at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, 1850. The failure of the Irish potato crop in the 1840s led to a devastating famine

Food Values in our Restaurants, 1917. The effect of university education for women on everyday life. A waitress, late of Girton College, Cambridge

The University Provider, 1913. An improving result of university education for women. Lady Boot of Boots Stores offered employment as assistants to 50 women graduates as she felt it would raise

The Parliamentary Female, 1850. Artist: John Leech
The Parliamentary Female, 1850. The dreadful consequences of the emancipation of women. A househusband bringing the family to his busy wife to beg her to take them all to the theatre

A Pardonable Mistake, 1889. Artist: George du Maurier
A Pardonable Mistake, 1889. University education for women making their conversation confusing for their less educated friends. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 7 December 1889)

Success in Life, 1867. Artist: George du Maurier
Success in Life, 1867. Role reversal and the modern professional woman. In 1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) was licensed to practice by the Society of Apothecaries

The Irish Horse and Master (?), 1885. Artist: John Tenniel
The Irish Horse and Master (?), 1885. Mr Punch tells John Bull to ignore Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), Irish politician, as he is sure to come a cropper riding the Irish horse

A Waiting Game, 1886. Artist: John Tenniel
A Waiting Game, 1886. Lord Randolph Churchill (left) trying to make Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician, show his hand and let Churchill

King O Connell at Tara, 1843. Daniel O Connell (1775-1841) Irish politician, The Liberator, leader of the Repeal (of union with Britain) movement, shown as the King of the Irish

The Shadow Dance, 1843. Daniel O Connell (1775-1847) The Liberator, Irish politician and leader of the Repeal (of union with Britain) movement, shown as a man of little substance

Robert Peel, 19th century British statesman. Artist: J Cochran
Robert Peel, 19th century British statesman. Peel (1788-1850) was Prime Minister from 1834-1835 and 1841-1846. He is probably best remembered for his organisation of a metropolitan police force for

Robert Peel, British industrialist. Peel (1750-1830) made his fortune in the cotton industry. He was the father of the statesman Robert Peel. Engraving after a portrait by Thomas Lawrence

Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, British statesman, 1830. Artist: William Thomas Fry
Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, British statesman. Lord Liverpool (1770-1828) served as Prime Minister for nearly 15 years from 1812

The Puseyite Moth and the Roman Candle, 1850. Edward Pusey (1800-1882) English theologian and leader of Oxford Movement, shown as an Anglican moth in danger of being singed by the flame of Roman

Robert Peel, British statesman, arriving at the House of Commons, London, January, 1846. Peel (1788-1850) receives an enthusiastic welcome from onlookers

Wentworth Street, Whitechapel, London, 1872. A scene depicting life in the poor Jewish quarter of the city. From London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dore. (London, 1872)

Dudley Street, Seven Dials, London, 1872. Unkempt, dirty children play in the street while a cab tries to drive through without crushing them

A City Thoroughfare, London, 1872. A scene of chaotic traffic congestion with a London policeman trying to get vehicles moving. From London: A Pilgrimage by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

The Cats Paw: or Poor Pu(s)sey, 1850. Edward Pusey (1800-1882), English theologian, Anglo-Catholic and a leader of the Oxford Movement, shown being used as a cats paw by the Pope. Cartoon from Punch

Extraordinary Mildness of the Political Season, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel
Extraordinary Mildness of the Political Season, 1869. Disraeli congratulating Gladstone on the Sovereigns speech at Opening of Parliament

Old Stock Exchange, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The building was destroyed by fire in 1858

Engagement at Torres Vedras, Portugal, Peninsular War, 14 October 1809. Wellington constructed three lines of defence against French at Torres Vedras, north of Lisbonl

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