Britain Collection

George IV 1762 - 1830, King of Great Britain 1820 - 1830. Portrait as prince Regent by Thomas Lawrence 1822

Repeal of Corn Laws and abolition of tariffs. Richard Cobden (1804-1865) an advocate of Free Trade, hurrying Robert Peel the Prime Minister, along the Free Trade Path

Saltaire, model textile factory and town near Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Founded by Titus Salt (1803-1776) in 1851. Shops, library, etc

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Phidias showing the Parthenon Frieze to his Friends, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema(8 January 1836 - 25 June 1912)

Train crossing Stockport viaduct on London & North Western Railway. Note pollution of river banks, smoking chimneys and complete domination of scene by railway viaduct

New Lanark Mills, Scotland. Robert Owens (1771-1858) model community of cotton mills, housing, education, worlds first day nursery, evening classes, village shop (beginning of Co-operative movement)

Martinus Theunis Steyn (1857-1916) South African statesman. President or Orange Free State from 1896. Joined with the Transvaal against Britain during the Boer Wars (1889-1902)

Battle of Ridgeway, Ontario (Canada West) 2 June 1866. Rout of Canadian troops by an irregular Irish-American army, the Fenians, left

Himmel The All-Highest has the truth spoken - the worst is behind us. German infantry retreating in panic before Allied infantry supported by tanks

The Scots Holding Their Young Kings Nose to the Grindstone. The Presbyterian church in Scotland was determined that under Charles II they would keep their independence from the Anglican church which

Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II. Supply depot for respirators (gasmasks)

London night-watchman going through the streets with his pike and lantern: 1569. Engraving
London night-watchman going through the streets with his pike and lantern:1569. Engraving

Sinking of the American liner Lusitania after being struck by a torpedo from a German submarine, 7 May 1915. A number of passengers drowned. Germans claimed she was carrying munitions

Hereward the Wake, 11th century Anglo-Saxon leader, attacking Peterborough Abbey in 1070 in protest at William Is imposition of a Norman abbot. Eponymous hero of Charles Kingsley novel of 1866

Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark, London, as it appeared c1597. Wood engraving after contemporary drawing

Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II. Gloucester Gauntlet Interceptor Fighters

Telling Room, National Bank of Scotland, Glasgow. Wood engraving c1860

Local residents supplying refreshments to trainload of British soldiers who had been withdrawn from the beaches of Dunkirk on 3-4 June 1940 and brought back to England

Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II

North London Cemetery, Highgate. The Lebanon Catacombs, terrace and sepulchres built in the Egyptian architectural style popular at this time. Wood engraving 1838

Industrial landscape, Wales. Ironworks clearly showing blast furnaces with flames spouting from their tops. Foreground shows contrast of green field and garden of ironmasters house

Youth and Age. Chromolithograph after painting by Myles Birkett Foster (1825-1899), English artist, published London 1866. Grandmother in lace cap seated in cottage garden with two grandchildren

The Georgian stone bridge across the Tyne at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Opened in 1791, it was closed 1867 and replaced by Stephensons High Level bridge

Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II

Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II. Pilots practicing scrambling their Interceptor fighters

The Siege of Namur. Scene before the final attack, 5 August 1695 when the attackers finally took the town from the French

Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II

Fish stall in a market: Woman guts a fish while her companion drums up custom. Third woman rides into market with goods for sale. From Braun Civitates Orbis Terrarum 1572. Engraving

An apprentice, carrying a vessel wooden as tall as himself, on his way to fetch water. Engraving from Braun Civitates Orbis Terrarum 1572

Thomas Telfords (1757-1834) bridge over the Clyde at Broomielaw, Glasgow. His last stone bridge, begun 18 March 1833, opened 1 January 1836. Horse trams crossing bridge

Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II

Tin mine between Cambourne and Redruth, Cornwall. Washing ore foreground. Background, Cornish steam engine houses powering mine pumps and raising machinery. Engraving c1860

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856: A Quiet Day in the Diamond Battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68-pounder. From William Simpson Illustrations of the War in the East London 1855-1856

James Duke of Monmouth (1649-1684) Illegimtimate son of Charles II, captured after the Battle of Sedgemoor, 6-7 July 1685. Beheaded 15 July. Engraving

Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II

Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II. Representation of Air Raid Precautions (ARP) badge

London going out of Town - or The March of Bricks and Mortar. Etching by George Cruickshank published 1 November 1829. Expansion of London

Spinning cotton with self-acting mules of type devised by Richard Roberts (1825). These could be powered by water wheel or steam engine and power transferred to machines through belt-and-shafting

William III (William of Orange 1650-1702) co-ruler of Great Britain and Ireland with wife Mary II from 1689, and sole ruler after her death in 1694

Member of a London Wardmote Inquest in official dress. These bodies checked weights and measures for accuracey. From William Henry Pyne Costume of Great Britain, London, 1808

Cross-section showing position of Thames and M. I. Brunels double arched masonry tunnel
Cross-section showing position of Thames and M.I. Brunels double arched masonry tunnel (1825-43) I.K. Brunel acted as site engineer. Still used by electric trains. German aquatint c1830

Stonehenge. Megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain, England, dating from c2000 BC. Copperplate engraving 1760

Plymouth Breakwater from the West. Built by John Rennie, it was begun in 1812 and completed in 1841. From Devonshire Illustrated, 1829

Shepherd guarding his flock at night. Under his arm are his bagpipes. He has two dogs with spiked protective collars to help him guard his animals

Map of the British Empire 19th Century. Areas controlled by Britain are shaded in pink

Essence of Parliament: Cartoon by Harry Furniss marking the opening of the first session of Parliament for 1883, showing the politicians as microbes in a drop of water

Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur) 1364-1403 killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, 21 July 1403, where Henry IV was victorious. Colour printed wood engraving c1860

Power loom for weaving cotton. Model illustrated is that invented by Roberts (c1815-20). Belting connecting to drive shaft is shown at centre back of picture. Female operative. Wood engraving c1840

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