Birmingham Collection (#5)

View of Christmas Market stalls in Victoria Square at dusk, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of Christmas Market stalls in Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of Christmas Market stalls in Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of Christmas Market stalls and Christmas tree in Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of Christmas Market stalls, fountains and Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of Christmas Market stalls and The River fountain (The Floozie in the Jacuzzi), Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of the Boulton, Murdoch and Watt statue and contemporary buildings, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Autosport Show
Colin McRae tribute display. Autosport Show, NEC, Birmingham, England, 10 January 2008

Autosport Show
Colin McRae tribute display. Autosport Show, NEC, Birmingham, England, 10 January 2008

Autosport International Show 2006
Professor Sid Watkins (GBR), left, and Bernie Ecclestone (GBR), F1 Supremo, right, with Ron Cotterell (GBR), centre. Autosport International Show 2006, NEC Birmingham, England 12-15 January 2006

Autosport Show
Colin McRae tribute display. Autosport Show, NEC, Birmingham, England, 10 January 2008

Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons
5308936 Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons. Buttons were brushed with a solution of nitrate of mercury)

Birmingham Railway Station
5308373 Birmingham Railway Station.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Birmingham Railway Station. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Birmingham (engraving)
8630876 Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birmingham. Illustration for Scenes in England for the amusement)

8628017

BBC: Studio No 2, Birmingham (b/w photo)
8659176 BBC: Studio No 2, Birmingham (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Studio No 2, Birmingham)

Disgraceful scene in the streets of Birmingham, Uproarious conduct of drunken women (engraving)
8643275 Disgraceful scene in the streets of Birmingham, Uproarious conduct of drunken women (engraving) by English School

Quinneys, a play performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham (colour litho)
8656120 Quinneys, a play performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quinneys)

Boulton & Watt single-action pumping engine (b/w photo)
8663711 Boulton & Watt single-action pumping engine (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

John Bright, British politician (engraving)
8676727 John Bright, British politician (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Bright (1811-1889), British Radical and Liberal politician

Trade card for William Ryland, manufacturer of silver, plated and British plate wares, Birmingham (engraving)
8677539 Trade card for William Ryland, manufacturer of silver, plated and British plate wares, Birmingham (engraving) by English School

Opening of Aston Park, Warwickshire (engraving)
8676411 Opening of Aston Park, Warwickshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opening of Aston Park, Warwickshire, by Queen Victoria)

Wyddrington, Edgbaston, home of the Mayor of Birmingham (engraving)
8676391 Wyddrington, Edgbaston, home of the Mayor of Birmingham (engraving) by Everitt, Allen Edward (1824-82); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wyddrington, Edgbaston)

Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, 1880
3507803 Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, 1880; (add.info.: Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, England circa 1880.); Universal History Archive

A scene from the Birmingham Riots
3478451 A scene from the Birmingham Riots; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a scene from the Birmingham Riots of 1791. The mob burning the Meeting House and Joseph Priestley's home at Fairhill)

The National Exhibition of Dogs at Birmingham, 1860 (engraving)
1579488 The National Exhibition of Dogs at Birmingham, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of the National Exhibition of Dogs at Birmingham. 1. Deerhound 2. Bloodhound 3. Mastiff 4)

The steam carriage designed by Mr Church
5312158 The steam carriage designed by Mr Church; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the steam carriage designed by Mr Church, which was intended to run between London and Birmingham)

Steam carriage designed by Mr Church to travel from London to Birmingham
5616731 Steam carriage designed by Mr Church to travel from London to Birmingham; (add.info.: Steam carriage designed by Mr Church to travel from London to Birmingham, English 1898)

The facade of Erdington Orphanage
5616430 The facade of Erdington Orphanage; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the facade of Erdington Orphanage. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1869); Universal History Archive/UIG

Snow Hill Tunnel
5308371 Snow Hill Tunnel.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Snow Hill Tunnel on the London to Birmingham Railway Line. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Railway timetable for stations between London and Birmingham
5308370 Railway timetable for stations between London and Birmingham.; (add.info.: Railway timetable for stations between London and Birmingham. Dated 19th century)

A busy platform at Birmingham Station
5308409 A busy platform at Birmingham Station.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a busy platform at Birmingham Railway Station. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, 1880
3507804 Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, 1880; (add.info.: Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, England circa 1880.); Universal History Archive

A busy platform at Birmingham Station
5307349 A busy platform at Birmingham Station.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a busy platform at Birmingham Railway Station. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Banquet to Queen Victoria in the Town Hall, Birmingham (engraving)
8676428 Banquet to Queen Victoria in the Town Hall, Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Banquet to Queen Victoria in the Town Hall, Birmingham)

Birmingham Cattle Show (engraving)
8676614 Birmingham Cattle Show (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birmingham Cattle Show, Bingley Hall)

Centre aisle, Aston Church, Warwickshire (engraving)
8676456 Centre aisle, Aston Church, Warwickshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Centre aisle, Aston Church, Warwickshire)

Queen Victoria knighting the Mayor of Birmingham in the Town Hall (engraving)
8676454 Queen Victoria knighting the Mayor of Birmingham in the Town Hall (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

William Hutton's first visit to Birmingham (engraving)
8636573 William Hutton's first visit to Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Hutton's first visit to Birmingham)

Trade card for John Slater, coach spring and steam kitchen range manufacturer, Birmingham and London (engraving)
8677664 Trade card for John Slater, coach spring and steam kitchen range manufacturer, Birmingham and London (engraving) by English School

Do You Know: What do hall marks on silver mean? (colour litho)
8668136 Do You Know: What do hall marks on silver mean? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: What do hall marks on silver mean)

Autosport International Show 2006
A Brabham BT20 on display. Autosport International Show 2006, NEC Birmingham, England 12-15 January 2006. DIGITAL IMAGE

8628048

Theatre, Corporation Street, Birmingham (engraving)
8627626 Theatre, Corporation Street, Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theatre, Corporation Street, Birmingham)

Photographic portrait John Cadbury (1802-1889) founder of Cadbury's cocoa an chocolate company
3118215 Photographic portrait John Cadbury (1802-1889) founder of Cadbury's cocoa an chocolate company. Dated 19th Century (b/w photo); Universal History Archive/UIG

Engraving depicting a man brushing gilt onto buttons, 19th century
5308935 Engraving depicting a man brushing gilt onto buttons, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a man brushing gilt onto buttons)

Grand Central Railway Station, Birmingham
5308375 Grand Central Railway Station, Birmingham.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Grand Central Railway Station, Birmingham. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Dark Brahma cockerel, 1871 (chromolithograph)
5912857 Dark Brahma cockerel, 1871 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: Dark Brahma cockerel, Gallus gallus domesticus, Lady Gwydyr's Sultan, cup at Middleton 1871, winner at Crystal Palace)

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