Orig Collection (#47)

Welsh Custom
circa 1850: Friends of a newly married couple bringing wedding presents to a Bidding in Wales. Original Artwork: Engraving by Newman & Co (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kings College
circa 1800: The south porch of Kings College Chapel, a part of Cambridge University. Original Artwork: Engraving by J Bluck after A Pugin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lining Up A Shot
circa 1850: Two gentlemen and two ladies play a friendly game of billiards in William Duftons private drawing room. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Arrival
1824: Western Entrance into Cockney Land. Smart carriages and elegant horsemen flock past the western gate of Londons Hyde Park

Malays Of Java
circa 1800: Inhabitants of a village on the island of Java, in the Malay Archipelago. One man has a poultry fowl under his arm

Native Americans
circa 1800: Representatives from various Native American tribes: from left to right, an Iroquois, an Assiniboine, a Crow, a Pawnee, an Assiniboine in gala dress

Chiswick House
circa 1800: Chiswick House in London, Middlesex, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire. The building was designed by Richard Boyle, the 3rd Earl of Burlington

Boat Party
circa 1875: A Japanese woodblock print of a boating party. The women are wearing silk kimonos. Original Artwork: Drawn by Gillot (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Japanese Kimono
circa 1875: A Japanese woodblock print of a woman wearing a silk kimono and obi with wooden sandals and a broad-brimmed hat. Original Artwork: Drawn by Gillot (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Christmas Studies
1st December 1879: A set of Christmas sketches. Original Publication: The Pictorial World - pub. 1879 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Christie s
1st February 1808: An auction of paintings at Christies auction rooms, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Parliamentary Female
circa 1855: A cartoon by Leech entitled The Parliamentary Female. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mocenigo Palace
circa 1850: Mocenigo Palace, Venice, from a drawing by Lady Eastlake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Under Siege
1st December 1811: Cannon and bowman lay siege to the town walls. Original Artwork: Aquatint - pub. 1812 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lambeth Mill
1814: The windmill at Lambeth from a colour sketch published in 1814. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Teeing-Off
1862: A couple of golfers teeing-off whilst their caddy boys wait behind. Original Artwork: Engraving by C A Doyle London Society Vol IV (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Henley Regatta
circa 1880: Spectators in punts and enclosures at the Henley Royal Regatta. Original Artwork: Drawn by Arthur Hopkins (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Statue Sandals
circa 1850: Roman sandals taken from antique statues. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Great Exhibition
1851: Interior of the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London

Inauguration Day
1851: The Inauguration of the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London. It was officially opened by Queen Victoria

Exhibition Opening
1851: The opening of the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London. Interior of the Foreign Nave

Engine Chimneys
circa 1840: The stationary engine chimneys and locomotive engine house near Camden Town on the London and Birmingham Railway line

Station Commotion
circa 1860: Crowds trying to get into the carriages at Crystal Palace railway station at the end of a fete day. Original Artwork

Britannia Bridge
23rd March 1850: The entrance to the Britannia Tubular Bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Manassas Battle
21st July 1861: A violent exchange between the Yankees and Confederates at the First Battle of Manassas (the First Battle of Bull Run) during the American Civil War

Brooklyn Bridge
circa 1880: Brooklyn Bridge, designed by American engineer John Augustus Roebling, which spans over the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan, USA

Taxes! Taxes! Taxes
Cartoon titled The Friend of the people and his petty-new tax gatherer paying John Bull a visit, depicting the tax man knocking on a door while shouting Taxes! Taxes! Taxes

St. Giles s
Cartoon titled St. Giless depicting an elderly women, dressed in clothes in need of repair, a shawl and headscarf, drinking from a small glass while standing at a bar in a public house, London

Court Presentation
A large group of dignitaries and their wives wait outside the Ambassadors Entrance to the Queens drawing room at Buckingham Palace, London, August 1868

Come And Welcome
A clergyman welcomes a young family to the church, circa 1800. the quote beneath reads He gave himself a ransom for all, from Timothy 2:6. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Eton V Harrow
Sketches from the annual Eton versus Harrow cricket match, 1880. Drawn by Harry Furness and engraved by Swain. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Malakand Pass
After the Chitral campaign, British and Indian military engineers build a road over the Malakand Pass connecting Peshawar with the Swat Valley in the North-West Province of India. Drawn by J

At Ease In Mandalay
A man reclines in a chair and reads in the Kings Golden Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), circa 1887. Original publication: The Graphic - pub 19th November 1887 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

London Asylum
Disturbed patients in a London lunatic asylum or psychiatric hospital, 1838. From Sketches in London by James Grant. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ten Thousand Idols
Worshippers at the Temple Of Ten Thousand Idols in Japan, 1860. Original publication Picards Religious Ceremonies. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Madrid Fountain
The Fuente de Alcachofa or Artichoke Fountain in Madrid, circa 1835. Initially located in the Puerta de Atocha, it was moved to Retiro Park in 1880. Engraving by Cousen from a drawing by D. Roberts

Home Made Wigwam
Oppressed by the heat at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, 1851, Mr and Mrs John Brown shelter under an umbrella in imitation of the native American teepees on display

Sleeping In A Hansom
Exhausted by their visit and unable to find accommodation during the Great Exhibition, London, 1851, Mr and Mrs John Brown spend the night in a taxi cab

Caught Up In The Crowd
John Brown is carried along by the crowd at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, 1851. One of a series of etchings depicting the experiences of a typical English couple at

Steam Power
1820: An illustrators comic vision of future pollution from various modes of steam-powered transport. People are represented as walking, riding and flying by steam

Jury Nobbling
A humorous cartoon showing a courtroom scene, in which a defendant threatens the members of a jury, circa 1800. The caption reads: Gentlemen of the jury

Holloway Prison
The inner gate of Holloway Prison in London, circa 1850. Published in The Criminal Prisons of London, a compilation of articles entitled The Great World of London by Henry Mayhew, pub. 1862

Bartholomew Fair
Cartoon depicting men, women and children among the stalls of the Bartholomew Fair, a street fair and market held to fund the Priory of St Bartholomew, London, England, Great Britain, circa 1800

Berlin Opera House
The Berlin State Opera on Unter Den Linden in Berlin, Germany, circa 1850. An engraving by A. H. Payne after A. Carse. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dock Strike
A labour leader addresses dockers during the London dock strike of 1889. Painting by Dudley Hardy (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dresden Square
circa 1800: The Art Gallery and Frauenkirche in Dresden. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Busy Fleet Street
1894: A policeman directs traffic and pedestrians on Londons Fleet Street, on a rainy day. A paperboy crosses the road selling copies of the Globe. Original Artist: By Marcus, from Modern Art

Exposition Universelle 1855
An elevation of the Palais de l Industrie, the main entrance to the Paris Worlds Fair, 1855. Atop the gate is a sculpture of France crowning Art and Industry by Elias Robert

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