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The Birth fygures. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Woman's stool (birthing chair), fetus in uterus, feet down, and fetus in uterus, head down, latter marked "This is the naturall and best way of birth". Illus. in: The byrth of mankind / Thomas Raynalde. [London... More

Onthoofding van Lady Jane Grey te Londen, 1554

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Gezicht op de London Bridge en op de Westminster Bridge

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Quakers vergaderingen te Londen en Amsterdam

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A lobby flesh-monger treating with a saleswoman for a prime piece, or ...

Print shows a man and a woman negotiating the fee for the services of a young woman standing to the right; they are outside the "New Tea Room" with entrance through an arch labeled "Designed by Avarice ... Exec... More

Sketch for the statue ordered to be erected to the memory of the late ...

Print shows William Beckford stands full-length, with his back to a wall of windows, treading on the male figure of tyranny bound with chains at his feet, with his right hand on the shoulder of Britannia in a c... More

Mary, Queen of Scots at the execution block (from The History of Engla...

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Harris's list; or, Cupid's London directory / R. Newton del. ; etch'd ...

Print shows a man with a copy of "Harris's list" open to the page for "Miss Love" standing in front of Miss Love's establishment; there is a young woman standing at the door, one leaning out a first floor windo... More

Gezicht op de Theems en de tuin van Somerset House te Londen

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The true maner [sic] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Lo...

Crowd gathered for execution. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alchemist and assistant in laboratory, with surrounding border of bir...

Chapter frontispiece in: Theatrum chemicum britannicum / Elias Ashmole. London : Printed by F. Grismund for N. Brooke, 1652. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library... More

[Cellular structure of cork plant and cells of a honeycomb, with cork ...

Illus. in: Micrographia / Robert Hooke. London : J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 58.

[Microscopic view of blue fly and fly wing at right]

Illus. in: Micrographia / Robert Hooke. London: J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 86.

[Plant tissue, drawn from microscope view, including, at lower right, ...

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Te Londen wordt de Jezuïet William Ireland opgehangen en John Grove wo...

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[Microscope studies of structure of different types of seeds: tulip, s...

Illus. in: The anatomy of plants / Nehemiah Grew. [London] : Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682, plate 71. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Cong... More

A Garden bean in one lobe of wch. the seminal root is layed bare, the ...

Cross-section of a bean based on microscope examination. Illus. in: The anatomy of plants / Nehemiah Grew. [London] : Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682, plate 79. Published in: The tradition of scienc... More

Thomas Armstrong in Londen opgehangen en gevierendeeld, 1684

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Onthoofding van James Scott hertog van Monmouth te Londen, 1685

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Vernielen van katholieke kapellen te Londen, 1688

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Willem III en Maria II varen in de koninklijke galei van Whitehall naa...

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Tekstblad bij de prent van het gebruik van de slangbrandspuiten in Lon...

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Gebruik van de slangbrandspuiten in Londen, ca. 1690-1700

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Interieur van de Deense Kerk te Londen

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Grote brand van Londen, 1666 - Public domain scan / drawing

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Gevecht te Londen tussen een dog en een jonge leeuw, 1664

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Onthoofding van Karel I, koning van Engeland, in Londen, 1649

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Oproer te Londen: het huis van William Laud wordt geplunderd en de Tow...

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Gravin van Aubigny ontsnapt uit haar gevangenis in Londen door uit het...

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Ingestorte galerij tijdens een katholieke godsdienstoefening in het hu...

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Mannen uit het gevolg van de Portugese gezant te Londen schieten op de...

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Bildnis Robert Ladbroke, Bürgermeister von London

Robert Ladbroke als Bürgermeister von London in Amtsrobe und mit Amtsinsignien. Schabblatt von John Faber nach einem Gemälde von Thomas Hudson

This ticket will admit one person into the [...] on the day of Mr. Lun...

Admission ticket to one of Vincent Lunardi early balloon ascensions, probably from London, England. Includes a picture of a balloon. Tissandier collection.

Oh--You shall see, vat you shall see

Illustration showing London street crier talking to two children, who are looking into a peepshow box. Illus. in: Marcellus Laroon's The cryes of the city of London after the life. London, 1711, pl. 75. Engravi... More

New river water. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Man carrying 2 buckets of water on yoke. Engraving by Mauron. Illus. in: Marcellus Laroon's The Cryes of the city of London drawne after the life, London, 1711, plate 61. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr). This reco... More

Lycopersicon, apples of love - Public domain botanical illustration

Tomato in bud, full fruit, and section. Illus. in: The compleat herbal / Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. 2 vols. London : Printed for R. Bonwicke, 1719-30. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno... More

General view of Covent Garden looking north, circa 1720, from an engra...

Illus. in: The Architectural review, v. 16, no. 245, April, 1917. London : [s.n.], 1917, plate 1.

[Three trees undergoing plant physiology experiments, including demons...

Illus. in: Vegetable staticks / Stephen Hales. London : W. and J. Innys, 1727, plate 5, p. 88. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 63.

A coin with a drawing of a man and a woman on it, Europe, free to use,...

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The city carriers. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...

Print shows Samuel Turner, Lord Mayor of London, at the head of a procession, alongside Liberty, to present the petition of the Livery of London to the king. Truth rides sidesaddle on a donkey followed by Willi... More

To the King's most excellent majesty, this view of the royal dock yard...

Boats on Thames River and dockyard, Deptford, London, England. Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Westminster election 1780 / E--g inv., British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lord Lincoln standing on the right of St. Paul's portico, Charles James Fox standing in the center with Britannia and the British lion, and on the left, James Young, acting as proxy for Admiral Rodn... More

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne...

Print shows a country fair amusement with Charles James Fox, on a raised platform, wearing a dunce or liberty cap labeled "Vox Populi" receiving bribes from Lord North, to the right, on the platform, Lord Shelb... More

--Cater ... an amateur of music well known at the Queen's Arms concert...

Print shows an elderly man sitting on a bench, holding a violin, with a music stand in front of him.

Architectural drawing of a church ("St. Stephen's Walbrook"), London, ...

Measured drawing showing church, organ loft, porch, chancel, and dome as plans. UNIT title devised. Address and date from C. Place's Charles Bulfinch, 1925. Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance a... More

Monument of Mary, Queen of Scots (from The History of England)

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The friend of humanity and the knife-grinder,-scene. The borough, in i...

George Tierney and a knife-grinder pushing his wheelbarrow in front of an ale-house. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

The encampment in St. James's Park MDCCLXXX

Print shows soldiers relaxing in tents and talking on horseback, with women and children and dogs in the foreground, and a view of Westminster Abbey in the background.

The encampment in the museum garden MDCCLXXX / N' P. Sandby f.

Print showing men, women, and children on the lawn in the museum garden, building on the left, and the tents of a military encampment, on the right.

Gezicht op de Beurs te Londen - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication i...

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The London docks - Public domain engraving

Barrel-covered dock area with masts in background. Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary, Queen of Scots (from The History of England)

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[Portrait of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, M.D. above scroll of his cla...

Illus. in: New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus Von Linnaeus / Robert John Thornton. London : 1807. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress,... More

New York from Brooklyn - Public domain book illustration, Library of C...

Bird's-eye view with Brooklyn Bridge on right. Copyright by Irving Underhill. No. D-420.

Bambridge on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons /...

Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More

[Surrey chapel (St. Georges Fields, England) and Independent Church (B...

Inscribed: "Surrey Chapel, St. Georges Fields, circular building, 78 ft. clear" and "Independent Church - Baltimore, 78 ft. square". In: The Bulfinch sketchbook. Drawing has not been definitively attributed to ... More

Comedy in the country. Tragedy in London / Rowlandson, scul., British ...

"Two designs on one plate. Above, two rows of burlesqued yokels (with two comely women, and an ugly old one), seated behind the orchestra and backed by a rough brick wall...Below, three members of the orchestr... More

An exact representation of the principal banners and triumphal car, wh...

Print shows three men with banners leading a four-horse team drawing a carriage with a statue of Britannia holding a staff topped with a liberty cap, two fasces on a low platform, and Sir Frances Burdett sittin... More

Is this a rattle which I see before me / Cruikshank., British Cartoon ...

John Philip Kemble, caricatured, plays the dagger scene in Macbeth. In front of him is magically suspended a large watchman's rattle, labelled "a word to the wise". Text refers to the personal attack made on th... More

The centaur-ian manager / the caricaturist general fecit., British Car...

A satire on the equestrian performances at Covent Garden, with John Philip Kemble, as a mount for Mrs. Sarah Siddons, as a tragedy queen, with raised dagger. Behind the centaur's kicking hind-legs lies Comedy o... More

A parody on Macbeth's soliloquy at Covent Garden Theatre, British Cart...

Kemble as Macbeth, in Highland dress, declaims before the footlights; holding out a coin in his left hand, he staggers back, left leg forward. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Con... More

The Sexual system as represented by modern authors / Edwards, del.; Ma...

Examples of the twenty-four Linnaean classes of plants. Illus. in: New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus / Robert John Thornton. London : 1810. Published in: The tradition of science / L... More

Pidgeon hole. A Convent [sic] Garden contrivance to coop up the gods /...

"A close-up view of one of the 'pigeon holes' which flanked the upper gallery at Covent Garden..." (Source: George)

Covent Garden Theatre, London, circa 1821

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[John Rodgers, the first Protestant martyr of Queen Mary's reign, bein...

Includes woodcut on one page and text on opposite page. Reference copy in LOT 7012. Illus. in: The New England primer ... 1823, pp. 20 & 21.

Coronation procession of his majesty George the Fourth, 19th July, 182...

Print shows a street procession with King George IV at his coronation festivities on July 19, 1821, in St. James' Park, London. Balloon flying at upper right represents balloonist Charles Green's first ascensi... More

Monument of Mary, Queen of Scots (from The History of England)

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Monument of Mary, Queen of Scots (from The History of England)

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Monday after the "Great St. Leger." or Heroes of the turf paying & rec...

Quadrangle at Tattersalls filled with groups of betting men including Mr. Tanfield, Lord Sefton, Col. Hylton Jolliffe, Sir L. Skeffington, and John Gully, the ex-pugilist. A Jewish man sells wares from a basket... More

St. Joseph's Hospital, Galahad Ontario Canada

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The Lioness and her cubs - Public domain book illustration

Reference copy in SSF. Illus. in: The tower menagerie: comprising the natural history of the animals contained ... and history / London : 1829, p. 11.

Bird's-eye view of Fowler's market from the south-east

Print shows Charles Fowler's plan for Covent Garden, ca. 1830. Public domain scan of 19th century British drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The new London bridge, as it appeared on Monday, August 1st, 1831, at ...

Print shows balloon possibly piloted by British balloonist Charles Green ascending over New London Bridge on the occasion of its opening, August 31, 1831, witnessed by William IV, King of Great Britain. (Source... More

North east view of Westminster Abbey

Print shows a street view of the northeast side of Westminster Abbey, with pedestrians on the promenade in the foreground.

Surry [sic] Zoological Gardens - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows pond and people walking at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, London, England, with a balloon ascending in the distance. Print commemorates the 17th anniversary of the birth of Princess Victoria, May 24... More

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, Aug...

Broadside announcing Charles Green's ascension in the balloon "Nassau" from Vauxhall Gardens, London. Includes a picture of passengers in a balloon basket. At head of title: Under the direct patronage of Her Ma... More

North-country mails at the Peacock, Islington / painted by James Polla...

Print shows several passenger and mail coaches on street in front of the Peacock building in Islington, London, England. Engraved from the original picture in the possession of Henry Wormald, Esqr. to whom thi... More

Trip to Epsom - Public domain monumental decor engraving

Drawing shows crowds of people on horseback or in wagons and one stagecoach full of passengers in front of the classic screen at Hyde Park, London. Inscribed in black ink at bottom: Engraved. No. 11:1. Similar... More

[Apparatus used to convert electrical energy into mechanical rotation,...

Illus. in: Experimental researches in electricity / Michael Faraday. London : R. and J.E. Taylor, 1839-1855, v. 2, pl. 4. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of... More

London from "[Cassell's Illustrated Universal History.]"

This image has been taken from scan 000271 from volume 04 of "[Cassell's Illustrated Universal History.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the Britis... More

Tower of London from "John Cassell's Illustrated History of England. T...

This image has been taken from scan 000240 from volume 01 of "John Cassell's Illustrated History of England. The text, to the Reign of Edward I., by J. F. Smith; and from that period by W. Howitt". The title an... More

Banque, Bourse et palais du Lord Maire, Londres The bank, the exchange...

Print shows a view of the Tuileries Palace with the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and a large plaza with pedestrians and carriages in the foreground. Signed on stone on lower right: Tuonra [Arnout spelled backwards].

Entry to the Strand from Charing Cross / T.S. Boys, del. et lith.

Illustration showing people in London street. Signature on monument at right: "T.S. Boys, 1841." Illus. in: Original views of London as it is / drawn from nature ... and lithographed by Thomas Shotter Boys. Lon... More

19th century England - DIG31925

Daguerreotyp. Porträtt (troligen) av Amelia Byam som gifte sig med John Ericsson den 15 oktober 1836, då var hon 19 år, alltså född 1817. Amelia Byam var halvsyster med Mrs Charles Seidler, en av John Ericssons... More

Exeter Hall, the great anti-slavery meeting, 1841 / T.H. Shepherd [del...

Print shows interior of Exeter Hall filled with a large crowd for the Anti-slavery Society meeting, London, England. Le grande salle d'Exeter-Hall assemblie des amis des noirs : Die so-gennante Exeter-Halle ve... More

Mansion House, Cheapside &c. / T. Shotter Boys, del. et lith.

Illustration showing people walking in London streets, public coach, and buildings seen from corner of Lombard Street. Illus. in: Original views of London as it is / drawn from nature ... and lithographed by Th... More

Piccadilly, looking towards the city / T.S. Boys, del. et lith.

Illustration showing people walking in square at corner of Old Bond St., public and commercial buildings. Illus. in: Original views of London as it is / drawn from nature ... and lithographed by Thomas Shotter ... More

Guildhall / T.S. Boys, del. et lithog.

Illustration showing interior of hall with people. Illus. in: Original views of London as it is / drawn from nature ... and lithographed by Thomas Shotter Boys. London : T. Boys, 1842.

Westminster Abbey, London, - A black and white photo of an old buildin...

This shot was taken using paper sensitized with silver salts. The result is a negative from which positive impressions can be made. But what purpose could this serve? Talbot discussed the applications of his ne... More

Christmas tree at Windsor Castle / drawn by J.L. Williams.

Family around Christmas tree, depicted in an oval with border showing winter scenes and the fruits and animals of a bountiful harvest. Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, Christmas supplement, 1848, p. 409.

[Full page of The Illustrated London News, Christmas Supplement, 1848,...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1848. Reference copy may be in LOT 4446. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street vendors; Gt. Brit. Hist. 1848; Holiday... More

A north View of the Cities of London and Westminster, with part of Hig...

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Houses of Parliament / Pearson sc. during American Civil War

Print shows Palace of Westminster, meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, on the banks of the Thames River. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album c... More

The prospect of London and Westminster taken from Lambeth

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