Images Dated 26th February 2007

Sunday Morning in the New Cut, Lambeth, 1872. Artist: Smith
Sunday Morning in the New Cut, Lambeth, 1872. An engraving from the Illustrated London News, (27 January 1872). Hand-coloured later

Liptons Teas advertisement, 1893. Hand-coloured later

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philanthropist, c1890

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, British Baptist preacher, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, British Baptist preacher, c1890. Spurgeon (1834-1892) preached his first sermon at the age of sixteen, and quickly became known for his oratory skills

The Fumigation of Osiris, the Book of the Dead of Neb-Qued, Egyptian, 19th Dynasty. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris

Remains of the house of the banker Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, Pompeii, (1902). The Tablinum, seen from the Atrium. The house was partially destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79

Map of Ancient Greece, 1902. Illustration from The Worlds History, The Mediterranean Nations, by Dr H F Helmolt, Volume IV, published by William Heinemann, (London, 1902)

Nefertari and Isis, Ancient Egyptian wall painting from a Theban tomb, 13th century BC. Nefertari (1292-1225 BC) was the favourite queen of Ramses II

Statue of the Ancient Egyptian god Thoth in baboon form

Tigranes, King of Armenia, (1902). Portrait, possibly of Tigranes the Great (ruled 95 BC-55 BC), from Theodore Reinachs Mithridate Eupator (1890)

Alexander the Great of Macedonia, (1902). From Imhoof Blumers Portrait Heads on Coins of Hellenic Nations

The Alexander Mosaic, c79 AD, (1902). The Battle of Issus in 333 BC, after the Roman mosaic from the city of Pompeii which was destroyed in 79 AD

Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, British banker and politician, c1890. A member of the famous banking dynasty, Nathan Mayer Rothschild was also the first Jewish member of the House of Lords

Ancient Egyptian pectoral, 5th-4th century BC. Earthenware with blue pearls. From a private collection

Banquet Scene, Wall Painting, Tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, 18th Dynasty. A sensual celebration of new life, British Museum, London

Ancient Egyptian papyrus, 11th-10th century BC. Detail from a funerary papyrus dating from the 21st Dynasty

Etruscan antiquities from Clusium, Vulsinii, Vulci and Caere, 1902. Below is a representation of a ceremonial burning of the dead, painted on three terra-cotta slabs, from Caere

Cricket at Moulsey Hurst, 1890. Moulsey Hurst in Surrey is one of Englands oldest sporting venues. An engraving from The Graphic, (14 June 1890)

Anniversary of the London Charity Schools, St Pauls Cathedral, London, 19th century. Interior of the cathedral which was designed by Christopher Wren

The Great Hall, The United Service Club, London, 19th century. Artist: H Melville
The Great Hall, The United Service Club, London, 19th century. Gentlemens club designed by John Nash and built in the 1820s

The Drawing Room, Athenaeum, 19th century. Artist: W Taylor
The Drawing Room, Athenaeum, 19th century. Interior of the Athenaeum Club, a gentlemens club in Pall Mall, London, founded in 1823

The Stock Exchange, 19th century. Artist: Melville
The Stock Exchange, 19th century

The Astronomer, 19th century. Artist: R Bell
The Astronomer, 19th century

Carding, Drawing, and Roving, 19th century. Artist: J Carter
Carding, Drawing, and Roving, 19th century. Scene in a Victorian textiles factory with looms powered by steam

Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s

The Art of Grinding and Polishing of Plate-Glass, 1748

The Acropolis of Pergamon, 1902. Artist: O Schulz
The Acropolis of Pergamon, 1902. Reconstruction of the ancient Greek city, (modern day Bergama in Turkey)

Demetrius Poliorcetes, King of Macedonia, (1902). Portrait of Demetrius Poliorcetes The Besieger (301-285 BC) after a coin, from Imhoof Blumers Portrait Heads on Coins of Hellenic Nations

Mithridates the Great, King of Pontus, (1902). Portrait of Mithridates VI (132-63 BC) after a coin, from Theodore Reinachs Mithridate Eupator

Scenes from Scythian life, (1902). Artist: Kondakow
Scenes from Scythian life, (1902). The upper scene, showing men with horses, comes from a silver vase

Attack of Basque Carlists during the revolt of 1872-1876, (1902). The Basque Carlists were followers of Infante Carlos (later Carlos V)

The chief knightly orders of Spain and Portugal, 1791, (1902). Designs of the knightly orders which possess special insignia

Map of the Roman Empire, 2nd century AD, (1902). Map showing the extent of the Roman Empire about the middle of the 2nd century

The Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1902. Artist: Daudet
The Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1902. Illustration from The Worlds History, The Mediterranean Nations, by Dr H F Helmolt, Volume IV, published by William Heinemann, (London, 1902)

North and east sides of the Forum, Rome, (1902). Artist: C Hulsen
North and east sides of the Forum, Rome, (1902). Reconstruction of a part of Ancient Rome, looking from the north corner of the Rostra

South and west sides of the Forum, Rome, (1902). Artist: C Hulsen
South and west sides of the Forum, Rome, (1902). Reconstruction of a part of Ancient Rome, looking from the Temple of Castor

Emperor Caesar Augustus, (1902). Portrait after a statue. Caesar Augustus (63 BC-14 AD) was one of the most important Roman emperors

Tiberius Caesar, (1902). Portrait after an antique cameo. Tiberius (42 BC-37 AD) was the second emperor of Rome, succeeding Augustus in 14 AD

Julius Caesar, (1902). Portrait after a marble bust. Julius Caesar (c100-44 BC) was one of Romes most capable generals, as demonstrated by his conquest of Gaul in the 50s BC

Pompeius Magnus, Roman military and political leader, (1902). Portrait of Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius (65 BC-35 BC)

Remains of the Servian wall near the railway station, Rome, 1902. View of the defensive barrier built round the city in the early 4th century BC

Greek antiquities of the Mycenean and Homeric ages, (1902)

Moorish calvalry under Lusius Quietus fighting against the Dacians, (1902). Detail of Trajans Column in Rome which was raised by Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Senate

The Enthroned Christ, (1902). Byzantine mosaic at St Sophia in Constantinople, (now Istanbul). The building has been both church and mosque and is now a museum

Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives, 1902. Illustration from The Worlds History, The Mediterranean Nations, by Dr H F Helmolt, Volume IV, published by William Heinemann, (London, 1902)

Game of polo, 1888. Artist: Stanley L Wood
Game of polo, 1888

Flora Macdonalds monument, Kilmuir, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 1872

Duleep Singh, Sikh ruler, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Duleep Singh, Sikh ruler, c1890. The son of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Duleep Singh (1838-1893) was the Maharaja of Lahore and King of the Sikh Empire

Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss, British Whig politician, c1890

Sir Charles Santley, English vocalist, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Sir Charles Santley, English vocalist, c1890. Santley (1834-1922) was one of the foremost operatic and concert baritone singers of the Victorian and Edwardian eras

Professor John Tyndall, Irish natural philosopher, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Professor John Tyndall, Irish natural philosopher, c1890

Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, soldier and politician, c1890. A famous sportsman, Somerset (1824-1899) was editor of the Badminton Library series of books on sporting subjects

William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician, c1890. Together with his younger brother, Robert, Chambers (1800-1883) was a successful publisher of books of Scottish interest

Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, c1890. Huxley (1825-1895) was known as Darwins bulldog because of his ardent support of Darwins theory of evolution

Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer, c1890

William Thomson, English church leader, Archbishop of York, c1890. Thomson (1819-1890) became Archbishop of York in 1862

Canon Frederic William Farrar, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Canon Frederic William Farrar, c1890. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York, c1890

William Vernon Harcourt, British Liberal statesman, c1890. Harcourt (1827-1904) first entered Parliament as a Liberal Member for Oxford in 1868

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, English poet and politician, c1890. Milnes (1809-1885) was a member of the literary set known as the Apostles Club

John Ruskin, British author, poet, artist and critic, c1890. Ruskin (1819-1900) was a supporter of the Pre-Raphaelites and an inspiration for the Arts and Crafts movement

Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, c1890

John Sims Reeves, English vocalist, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
John Sims Reeves, English vocalist, c1890. Reeves (1821-1900) was regarded as the foremost English tenor of the mid-Victorian period

Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, British lawyer and Liberal politician, c1890

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, British Conservative politician, c1890. Hamilton (1811-1885) served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on two occasions, from 1866-1868 and from 1874-1876

Titus Salt, British woolstapler and industrialist, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Titus Salt, British woolstapler and industrialist, c1890. Salt (1803-1876) discovered a method of blending alpaca wool with cotton and silk

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and statesman, c1890

Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, British statesman, c1890

Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquis of Hartington, British Liberal statesman, c1890

Henry Allon, English Nonconformist divine, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Henry Allon, English Nonconformist divine, c1890. Allon (1818-1892) was pastor of the Congregational Union Chapel, Islington, from 1852 until his death in 1892

Sir John Alexander Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada, c1890. Born in Glasgow, Macdonald (1815-1891) emigrated to Canada with his family in 1820

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman, c1890

William Connor Magee, Irish clergyman of the Anglican church, c1890. Magee (1821-1891) was appointed Bishop of Peterborough in 1868 and was Archbishop of York for a brief period in 1891

Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, British Conservative politician, c1890. Hardy (1814-1906) first entered Parliament as a Conservative member for Leominster in 1856

Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada, c1890

Sir Michael Costa, Italian-born British composer and conductor, c1890. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York, c1890

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, British statesman and Prime Minister, c1890. Lord Salisbury (1830-1903) was Conservative Prime Minister in 1885, 1886, and 1895-1902

Samuel Morley, abolitionist, political radical, and statesman, c1890

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, c1890

William Edward Forster, British Liberal politician, c1890. Forster (1818-1886) was a Quaker and Liberal member of parliament

William Holman Hunt, British painter, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
William Holman Hunt, British painter, c1890. Hunt (1827-1910) was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, British politician and temperance campaigner, c1890. First elected to Parliament in 1859, Lawson (1829-1906) was one of the leading figures in the temperance movement

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, c1890. Stanley (1815-1881) became dean in 1864. He was a great traveller and travelled extensively in Europe, America and Asia

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, British painter and illustrator, c1890. Millais (1829-1896) was a founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, English poet, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, English poet, c1890. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was Poet Laureate from 1850 until his death

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