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Milk Maid
1st May 1805: A street trader selling milk from pails in the market place. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dragoon
circa 1805: An officer of the 10th Prince of Waless Dragoon Guards, one of the royal cavalry regiments. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Domestic Help
circa 1878: Domestic help in the 19th century. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Venetian Canal
circa 1850: A Kronheim lithograph from Turners picture of Venice. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Venetian Palace
circa 1850: The Palace in the city of Venice. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ancient Artillery
16th June 1798: Various designs in crossbows and siege machinery. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Promenade Concert
circa 1870: The Covent Garden Quadrille songcover. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Helping Hand
circa 1870: A young girl helps her elderly grandmother, who is leaning on a stick, into church. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

1797 Fashions
A young couple and their son take a stroll in the latest fashions, 1797. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

London Dresses For February
The style of dresses being worn in London in February 1809. Engraved by Sands (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rainy Day Fashion
A woman wearing a carriage dress designed by Mrs Pierpoint with rows of bows down the front of the skirt and an ornate hat with flowers on the brim

Summer Promenade
A lady modelling a summer promenade dress designed by Miss Pierpoint, 1825. She is also wearing an ornate hat over a lace cap, and carries a furled parasol. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gentlemans Cloak
Two men in winter cloaks and top hats, circa 1825. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ball Gown By Pierpoint
A woman in a full-length ball gown, designed by Miss Pierpoint of Covent Garden, circa 1825. Original publication: The Ladys Magazine, 1825. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Man About Paris
Gentlemens fashions from Paris, circa 1825. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chinese Display
1851: A display from China at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London

Bleacher At Work
A bleacher at work outside a textile factory, circa 1825. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Pineapple
A Lady Beatrice Lambton pineapple, circa 1850. A chromo-lithograph by P. de Pannemaeker after a drawing by C. T. Rosenberg. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Moscow
The city of Moscow on the River Moskva, circa 1900. Saint Basils Cathedral and the Kremlin Towers are on the left. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rio De Janeiro
The city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, circa 1800. Engraving by A. H. Payne after L. Scott. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Japanese People
A group of Japanese people in the street, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Putting On The Obi
One Japanese woman helps another put on her obi or girdle, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Straw Rain Coat
A yakunin wearing a Japanese straw raincoat covered with silk netting, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Spencer Arnold/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Eiyama
A quiet street in Eiyama, in the silk district of Japan, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Spencer Arnold/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Outrams Encampment
British general Sir James Outrams encampment at Alambagh near Lucknow, India, during the Indian Rebellion (also known as the Indian Mutiny) of 1857. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

17th Century Fashion
17th century mens fashions, circa 1640. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

17th Century Fashion
17th century fashions, circa 1660. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sir Roger De Courcy
A family party dancing the Sir Roger de Courcy, circa 1820. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

La Pastourelle
A group of people dancing La Pastourelle, part of a quadrille, circa 1825. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Bumps
A group of boys using a sheet to toss and catch one of their fellows, circa 1850. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Junior Escapologists
One boy watches as two others race each-other to escape from their bonds, circa 1850. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Washington Irving
American writer Washington Iriving (1783 - 1859), who also worked under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. Whilst in England from 1815 to 1822, he wrote The Sketch Book

Colebrookdale
The iron foundry at Colebrookdale, Shropshire, where good quality pig iron is produced by smelting iron ore with coke instead of charcoal

Wedgwood
The showrooms of Wedgwood & Byerley in St Jamess Square, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lying In Wait
A British soldier waits to ambush rebels attempting to tunnel their way into the Residency during the Siege of Lucknow, part of the Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Battle March
The cover for the sheet music of The Battle March, arranged for the pianoforte by John Pridham. It depicts the Triumphant Entry into Delhi of the British Army during the Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Kutchery
The Judicial Commissioners Kutchery (Court-House) during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. A lithograph by R. K. Thomas after a drawing by Lieutenant Clifford Henry Mecham

Havelocks Grave
The grave of Sir Henry Havelock outside the Alambagh Fort near Lucknow, during the Indian Rebellion, 1857. Havelocks Grave and the Alumbagh Picket-House, a lithograph by R. M

Battle Of Cherbourg
The Battle of Cherbourg off the French coast, during the American Civil War, 19th June 1864. From left to right, the Federal steam-sloop USS Kearsarge

Search For The Wounded
The Search For The Wounded after a battle, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. A lithograph by A. Laby after a drawing by Captain George Franklin Atkinson. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lucknow Residency
The Lucknow Residency seen from the water gate during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. A lithograph by R. M. Bryson after a drawing by Lieutenant Clifford Henry Mecham

Sappers At Work
Sappers at work in the Batteries in Delhi, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dil Khoosha Palace
The Dil Khoosha Palace and the Martiniere in Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Extracting Treasure
Prize Agents Extracting Treasure after the capture of Delhi by the British, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. A wealthy man is threatened with death until he reveals where he has hidden his

Napoleon III In Genoa
The French Emperor Napoleon III arrives in Genoa, during Il Risorgimento, the Italian unification, 1859. Lithograph by T. G. Dutton after a drawing by Carlo Bossoli

French In Genoa
The French troops arrive in Genoa, during Il Risorgimento, the Italian unification, 1859. A lithograph by T. G. Dutton after a drawing by Carlo Bossoli. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Taking Of Magenta
The taking of Magenta during the Second Italian War of Independence, 4th June 1859. A Franco-Sardinian force defeated the Austrian Empire. Lithograph by E. Walker after a drawing by Carlo Bossoli

Cutler At Work
Cutler J. Wilford sharpening a blade in his shop, circa 1820. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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