The crowning of the May Queen with a wreath of hawthorn by her sweetheart.
A cup-and-ball, a traditional children's toy.
A group of sister at the beach.
Headpiece by Louis Davis.
A young woman sketching illustrated by Mary Ellen Edwards.
An elderly couple.
A couple.
A young couple sitting together.
Queen Victoria.
The Dancer's Reward.
A client examining a photographer's show pictures by Edward Hughes.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Christina Rossetti.
A compositor making corrections at gallery proof stage.
The Pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground.
A man in distress over his finances.
The trial between Bardell versus Pickwick for the Pickwick Papers.
When the Cat's away.
Paviours laying granite setts.
An inhabitant of Sirius, the Dog Star.
Paul Gustave Dore
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Sir John Gilbert, 1817 1897
Humpe and his Mother.
Father Christmas roller skating.
Santa racing through the snow.
A gluttonous man devouring a Christmas feast.
Illustration 'Nuts' 1828. by Jean-Charles Develly
The acceptation of a proposal for marriage.
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston handing Queen Victoria his resignation.
Cartoon by George du Maurier.
University education for women.
A woman reading while peeling apples.
A widow selling books to a second-hand bookseller.
A woman ordering a book at the bookseller and stationer's shop.
The consequences of the crash of many railway companies.
A wealthy woman checking out a book from the library.
A young lady reading.
A young girl writing a letter.
A young woman reading through a letter illustrated by Mary Ellen Edwards.
A Day in Town.
A young artist presenting her work.
A man and woman playing chess.
A day at the seaside.
A game of lawn tennis.
A husband and wife in discussion over breakfast.
A husband and wife.
A charitable lady visiting a poor family and helping to care for one of its members who is dying.
A flower sermon.
Lady and daughter visiting poor cottagers.
A policeman speaking with a young woman.
A woman refusing a proposal from a man.
Cartoon by John Leech.
Elderly women on their way to the workhouse.
Ladies with fans.
A wealthy young lady using a fan.
A young woman reading by an open window.
A widow with her children.
The behaviours of the modern woman.
An elderly couple and their grandchild.
Gentlemen in top hats greeting a lady wearing a fashionable hat.
A young boy hanging a holly wreath.
Headdresses Of South African Native Women In The 19Th Century
Crowning The May Queen
Sweetheart 1900
Illustration depicting a street scene in Tyrol by John Sell Cotman
Illustrated letter by Randolph Caldecott
Graphic by Randolph Caldecott
A Cabin Boy.
Mr Punch's dream of Electricity sweeping all before it.
An unmarried mother and baby found exhausted by the roadside.
A girl reading to her younger sister in bed.
A middle class family scene.
Clerks at the Public Offices passing their time in idleness during the holiday period.
Illustration for the title page of a French book on desserts.
Charles Samuel Keene, 1823 1891
A public meeting in Johnson Square.
Comment on the air pollution common in Victorian Cities.
A Young man falling asleep while reading.
Children listening to their governess reading aloud.
The pneumatic dispatch which the General Post Office used to transport parcels under London.
A young boy asking a gentleman to lift him so he can see the photographs in the store.
Scene from Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr's poem 'The Comet'.
Benjamin Ward Richardson.
Charity sweeping aside Mr Bumble's Protests.
The abuse of the limited liability system.
Cartoon commenting on the less-than enthusiastic response to the new British coinage.
A chaotic meeting of railway shareholder's.
A chaotic state of Charing Cross Station.
A chaotic state of Birmingham Station.
Plymouth Public Library by Thomas Allom.
A typical circulating library.
A Wolf and a Crane.
A crow and a fox.
A crow and raven.
A butterfly and bee.
Londoners enjoying trip along a river in Paris by Mars.
Betting fever.
Chinese peasants and watermen playing Dice.
A game of croquet.
A father burning his daughter's book.
The Jockey's Club.
The suspension of grouse.
An older gentleman hunting.
Men playing cricket.
Spectators watching an Eton and Harrow cricket match.
The Royal Academy Club playing cricket.
A boy showing off his catch.
A tourist in London.
The sale of beef.
Passengers on the London Underground.
Cartoon by John Tenniel.
Brothers.
An older sister comforting her young sister.
A man who is suffering from the effects of over-indulgence.
A sweated labourer.
A policeman and passers-by trying to help a lost child.
A mother punishing her naughty boy.
A criminal being punished by flogging.
A poacher with his lurcher.
A father and daughter bringing food for roasting to the local baker to be cooked.
An agricultural labourer in a smock courting his lover.
Charity sweeping aside Mr Brumble's protests in her determination to bring relief to poor families in distress.
A London Doss-house.
A landlady making sure her sick lodger has money or property to pay his rent.
Frederick Brearey's flying machine.
Sanitation in London.
A scene from Lewis Carroll's 'Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'.
A scene from 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'.
The Franco-Prussian War.
Headpiece depicting Greek shepherds lazing.
A scene from the English Civil War.
Board schools.
John Bunyan.
The chaotic state of Charing Cross station.
The rising rail fares.
The cheap cost of gas.
Pancake tossing.
The Witches Frolic.
A juggler.
The air pollution common in Victorian cities.
A Christmas Pudding being taken up.
The serving of a Christmas Pudding.
The fate of England's sons who lived through service during the Napoleonic wars.
Alice, Mock Turtle and the Gryphon from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
George Cruikshank
Daniel Maclise
MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERR
Britannia a la Beardsley
A couple examining a portfolio of drawings.