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British Culture Collection (page 5)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Vanity Fair Print of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby

Vanity Fair Print of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby
Victorian caricature of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby, a British politician. He held office under Lord Palmerston as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1855

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Assassination attempt on King George III

Assassination attempt on King George III
James Hadfield (or Hatfield) attempting to assassinate King George III in 1800 during the playing of the National Anthem at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Hoop Skirt

Hoop Skirt
The hoops used to support the crinoline dress during Victorian times. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Antique black and white photograph of England and Wales: Lowestoft Pier

Antique black and white photograph of England and Wales: Lowestoft Pier

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Eminent Victorians - Portrait of Robert Browning

Eminent Victorians - Portrait of Robert Browning
Vintage colour engraving of Robert Browning (7 May 1812 to 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Lord Palmerston

Lord Palmerston
Engraving From 1873 Featuring The British Prime Minister, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Also Known As Lord Palmerston. Lord Palmerston Lived From 1784 Until 1865

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Henry John Temple

Henry John Temple
"Henry John Temple ( 1784-1865) 3rd Viscount Palmerston, drawn & engraved by D.J.Pound (1857) and published by the london Printing

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Lord Palmerston - Victorian engraving

Lord Palmerston - Victorian engraving
Head and shoulders portrait of Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), who was British Prime Minister from 1855-1858 and 1859-1865

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Antique black and white photograph of England and Wales: Market Square, Taunton

Antique black and white photograph of England and Wales: Market Square, Taunton

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: May day on the time of Queen Elizabeth I

May day on the time of Queen Elizabeth I
Vintage engraving of an Elizabethian may day celebration, with people dancinig round the Maypole. 1857

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: They all ran after the farmer's wife

They all ran after the farmer's wife
"Three blind mice, Three blind mice, See how they run, See how they run, They all ran after the farmer's wife..." from the nursery rhyme as depicted in "The Diverting History of

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Three blind mice painting, sepia

Three blind mice painting, sepia
"Three blind mice, Three blind mice, See how they run, See how they run, They all ran after the farmer's wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: See how they run

See how they run
"Three blind mice, Three blind mice, See how they run, See how they run..." from the nursery rhyme as depicted in "The Diverting History of Three Blind Mice" illustrated by Edmund

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Wound it seem'd both sore and sad

Wound it seem'd both sore and sad
Vintage engraving from the nursery rhyme An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith. The wound it seem'd both sore and sad, To every christian eye

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Sore sick they were

Sore sick they were
Vintage engraving from the Babes in the Wood is a traditional children's tale. Sore sicke they were and like to dye

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Mother cat and kittens going home

Mother cat and kittens going home
A Victorian family watching a mother cat taking her kittens home. And is that a rodent's tail hanging out of the window...? Fur will fly! From "R

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Three blind mice with a carving knife

Three blind mice with a carving knife
Three blind mice sitting on a carving knife. Are they mad? From the nursery rhyme as depicted in "The Diverting History of Three Blind Mice" illustrated by Edmund G Caldwell

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Give ear unto my Song

Give ear unto my Song
Vintage engraving from the nursery rhyme An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Bayeux Tapestry - Edward the Confessor

Bayeux Tapestry - Edward the Confessor
"Vintage engraving showing a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, Edward's instructions to Harold"

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Funeral of St. Edward the Confessor

Funeral of St. Edward the Confessor, 1066

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Bayeux Tapestry - Harold's Oath

Bayeux Tapestry - Harold's Oath
"Vintage engraving showing a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, Harold's Oath of Fealty to William of Normandy"

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Bayeux Tapestry - Battle of Hastings

Bayeux Tapestry - Battle of Hastings
"Vintage engraving showing a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, the Battle of Hastings and the Death of King Harold."

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Coronation Chair with the Stone of Scone

Coronation Chair with the Stone of Scone
The ancient Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey, London, containing the Stone of Scone. The Chair was made for King Edward I to hold the Stone of Scone which he brought from Scotland in 1296

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Bayeux Tapestry - Coronation of King Harold

Bayeux Tapestry - Coronation of King Harold
"Vintage engraving showing a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, showing the Coronation of King Harold"

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: King Edward's Chair or The Coronation Chair

King Edward's Chair or The Coronation Chair
Vintage engraving of King Edward's Chair, sometimes known as St Edward's Chair or The Coronation Chair, is the throne on which the British monarch sits for the coronation

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: St Paul's, Cheapside, Paternoster Row, London (1871 engraving)

St Paul's, Cheapside, Paternoster Row, London (1871 engraving)
St Paul's Cathedral, the west end of Cheapside, Paternoster Row, Newgate Street and Fleet Street, with an old stone inscription once to be found in Panyer Alley, EC4

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Temple Church, London, from the south (Victorian woodcut)

Temple Church, London, from the south (Victorian woodcut)
The Temple Church, London, seen from the south. Woodcut from "Pleasant Hours: A Monthly Journal of Home Reading and Sunday Teaching; Volume III" published by the Church of England's

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Mrs Salmon's Waxwork, Fleet Street, London (engraved illustration)

Mrs Salmon's Waxwork, Fleet Street, London (engraved illustration)
Scanned directly from Old and New London - Its History, its people and its places, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1878

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Essex Water Gate, Strand, London (illustration)

Essex Water Gate, Strand, London (illustration)
"Scanned directly from Old and New London - Its History, its people and its places, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1878

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Old St Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, London

Old St Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, London
Outside the old Guild Church of St Dunstan-in-the-West in Fleet Street, London. From "Wycliffe to Wesley; Heroes and Martyrs of the Church in Britain" published in 1885 by T

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: The Journalist 1837 and 1897. jpg

The Journalist 1837 and 1897. jpg
Contrasting cartoons of a careworn and harassed hack, working in the Fleet Prison (where he is obliged to live because of his debts), in 1837 and a fat

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Traditional Victorian London Fleet Street shop front (illustration)

Traditional Victorian London Fleet Street shop front (illustration)
"Scanned directly from Old and New London - Its History, its people and its places, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1878

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Westminster Hall

Westminster Hall
" Vintage engraving from 1831 of Westminster Hall, London, England the oldest existing part of the Palace of Westminster, was erected in 1097

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Lobby of the House of Commons

Lobby of the House of Commons
The Lobby of the House of Commons, London, during the 1870s. The old Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire in 1834 and the current buildings were designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: House of Commons

House of Commons
Members private corridor and conversation nooks, House of Commons, London, England. The Graphic, 1880

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Victorian London - Houses of Parliament

Victorian London - Houses of Parliament
Vintage engraving of Houses of Parliament, London, England. 1893. The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Interior of the House of Commons before 1834

Interior of the House of Commons before 1834
The interior of the House of Commons, London, before 1834 when the old Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire. The current buildings were designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Plan of the old Royal Palace of Whitehall

Plan of the old Royal Palace of Whitehall
A ground plan of the old Royal Palace of Whitehall beside the River Thames in London. The Palace was an enormous collection of buildings

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Antique black and white photograph of England and Wales: Southend on sea pier

Antique black and white photograph of England and Wales: Southend on sea pier
The pier stretches for 1.33 miles, putting Southend on the map as well as into the record books. First built as a 600-foot (180 m) wooden pier, based on oak piles to attract Tourism to the town

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Sir Thomas Lawrence

Sir Thomas Lawrence
Vintage engraving from 1879 of Sir Thomas Lawrence RA FRS (13 April 1769 aa 7 January 1830) was a leading English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Lawrence Saunders the Martyr

Lawrence Saunders the Martyr
Vintage engraving of Lawrence Saunders (1519 to 1555) an English Protestant martyr whose story is recorded in Foxes Book of Martyrs

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: great britain and ireland

great britain and ireland
map from 1883 - great britain and ireland

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Map of Great Britain 1862

Map of Great Britain 1862
French map of Great Britain 1862 - Scotland and Ireland map composed with two vintage stained papers

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Antique map of Great Britain 1863

Antique map of Great Britain 1863
Antique map of Great Britain, Ireland and Scotland

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Victorian London - Christy Minstrels

Victorian London - Christy Minstrels
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. The Christy Minstrels playing on stage. They opened in London

Background imageBritish Culture Collection: Tower of London

Tower of London, seen from the land side



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