Orig Collection (#45)

Salon De Paris
Party games in a Paris salon, May 1853. By Janet-Lange. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

At A Cafe-Restaurant
Diners at a cafe-restaurant in Paris, 1874. By Mossoo. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

French Exhibits In Transit
Crates containing items destined for the French pavillion leaving Paris for the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London, March 1851

Notre Dame De Paris
The cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, looking towards the east, circa 1850. An engraving by Radcliffe after a drawing by Augustus Pugin Jr. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

1855 Paris World Fair
The facade of the Palais de l Industrie at the Paris Worlds Fair, 1855. Drawn and engraved by Fichot. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Waggon
Ladies and gentlemen take a tour of the Parisian sewers, 1870. On the right, a tunnel leads up to Rue Laffitte in the north of the city. Illustration by Jules Pelcos

Boulevards Of Paris
Crowds on the Boulevard des Italiens in Paris, 1837. Drawn by J. M. W. Turner, RA and engraved by T. Higham. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Napoleonic Wars
The Allied troops enter Paris by the Porte Saint-Martin, having defeated Napoleon I during the Napoleonic Wars, 31st March 1814. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Allies Entering Paris
Some of the Allies enter Paris via the Barriere de Pantin during the Napoleonic Wars, 1814. The Russian contingent and Cossacks with their plunder. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Consorts Sitting Room
The sitting room used by Albert, Prince Consort (1819 - 1861) at Queen Victorias royal residence at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, circa 1850. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lord Byron
George Byron (1786 - 1824), 6th Baron Byron, British poet. Original Artwork: Engraving by E Finden after Sanders. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Irish Emigration
A cartoon satirising the policies which caused large numbers of people to emigrate from Ireland. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Coal Whimsey
An engine drawing coal, or a coal whimsey, at the Staffordshire Collieries. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Beach Belles
Two fashionable ladies and a young girl playing croquet on a beach. Original Artwork: A engraving from the Journal des Demoiselles. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cartoon showing residents complaining about the effects of gas lighting
A cartoon showing residents complaining about the effects of gas lighting in the street. Entitled, The good Effects of Carbonic Gas (sic). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Anti-Corn Law
A cartoon showing the floor of Covent garden being scrubbed clean of the words Anti-Corn Law whilst a top-hatted man and his assistants purify the air

Sea Bathing
A huddle of bathing machines trundle into the sea at Scarborough, allowing demure tourists to swim in total privacy. Original Artwork

Locomotive Leg
A cartoon depicting John Bulls locomotive leg. Original Artwork: From Punch (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

India Display
The India stand at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London

Palace Transept
The Transept at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London

Canadian Display
A display from Canada at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London

Steam Hammer
James Naysmiths invention, the steam hammer, in operation at an iron foundry. Original Artwork: From a painting by Naysmith himself. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Conway Castle (also Conwy) in Carnarvonshire, north-west Wales, built by Edward I to subdue the Welsh in about 1284. Original Artwork

LMS Railway
Entrance of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway line at Edge Hill in Liverpool. Original Artwork: Drawing by TT Bury, engraved by H Pyall and published by Ackerman

A Grimm Tale
Little Red Riding Hood meets the Wolf on her journey through the wood, in a scene from the Grimm fairy tale. Original Artwork: An engraving by A H Payne after E Speinbruck

Paulskirche
The Paulskirche, Church of St Paul, in Frankfurt Germany. It was the meeting place of the Frankfurt Parliament (German National Assembly)

Charlie Boy
A gentleman pushing over a watchmans hut to the delight of passers by. Entitled, Getting the Better of a Charlie. Original Artwork

Bored And Drunk
A drunken revelry with drinkers collapsing under the table, dancing on its top and being sick. Entitled, Miseries of the Country

Mainz Cathedral in Germany. Construction began in 980 but had to be restarted after a fire in 1081. Original Artwork: Drawing by W L Leitch. Engraved by J Redaway

Worms
The town of Worms in Germany. One of the Rhenish towns that joined the League of the Rhine in 1254, a political and economic union which stretched from Lubeck to Zurich

Bow Street Runner
John Townsend, a Bow Street Runner. The Runners were forerunners of the modern police force and policed the streets in conjunction with nightwatchman but were more efficient

Westminster Lamps
A few pedestrians linger beneath the gas lamps on Westminster Bridge while a carriage crosses the bridge. Original Artwork: Engraving by Gustave Dore. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

National Assembly
The Frankfurt Parliament (German National Assembly) gathered between 1848 and 1849 during the period of widespread revolution at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. Original Artwork: Engraving by Verleger

Kilsby Tunnel
Broken sleepers and pieces of stone on the track in the great ventilation shaft at Kilsby Tunnel, built by Robert Stephenson for the London and Birmingham line

Make No Mistake
Elinor Dashwood talking to Lucy Steele in a scene from Jane Austens Sense And Sensibility. Then taking a small miniature from her pocket she added, to prevent the possibility of a mistake

Welsh Quarry
A black marble quarry near Red Wharf Bay in Anglesea. Original Artwork: Aquatint by William Daniell (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Taking Snuff
A group of women taking snuff. Tis very good!(Indeed) Original Artwork: Engraving by Boilly (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A Little Nuisance
A young passer-by disturbs a courting couple. The caption reads The fat boy awoke on this occasion only. Original Artwork

Press Repression
Gendarmes arrive to seize printing presses in an attempt to limit freedom of expression during the July Revolution which deposed Charles X

Classroom Chaos
A view of French education before the Guizot reforms of 1833 - a classroom rife with indiscipline and disorder. Original Artwork

Egyptian Inscription
26th May 1804: Hieroglyphics and images of ritualistic animals and objects adorn an Egyptian manuscript found amongst the swathing of a mummy. Original Artwork: Engraved by J Chapman after Denon

Village Choir
19th December 1863: A village choir rehearsing the Christmas Anthem from a drawing by A Hunt. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - Christmas - pub

Crimean Battle
24th January 1856: The storming of the Malakoff leaving the remains of the Tower in Sebastopol, during the Crimean War. Original Artwork

Russian Peasants
circa 1850: A Russian farm labourer returns home for a tea break with his family. Original Artwork: Engraved by Adolphe Yvon (1817 - 1893) (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Battle Of Alma
20th September 1854: The Highland Regiment attack the Russian defences at the Battle of the Alma, a major engagement of the Crimean War

Cherbourg Fireworks
1865: A firework display in the inner harbour of Cherbourg, in honour of the British Channel Squadron. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Wading Through Water
circa 1850: A young boy rolling up his trousers as he wades through water. Original Artwork: Engraving by Meason from London Labour and London Poor by Henry Mayhew

South Sea House
February 1810: The dividend hall of South Sea House, a banking establishment on Threadneedle Street, London. Original Artwork: Drawn and engraved by Rowlandson and Pugin, aquatinted by Sutherland

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