Diry Collection (#43)

Bremen Rathausplatz
The Rathausplatz or market square in Bremen, Germany, with the Rathaus or town hall in the centre, the Bremen Roland statue on the left and the Wilhadibrunnen or Willehadus Fountain on the right

Waterloo
British and French soldiers fighting during the Battle of Waterloo, 18th June 1815. The farmhouse in the centre is La Haye Sainte. Drawn and etched by W. Heath, aquatinted by J. C

Prisoner Sprung
Citizens of Paris and the National Guard rescue an elderly prisoner from the Bastille prison, 14th July 1789. The storming

Via Borgognona
Tubs of flowers surmounted by beach umbrellas form a pedestrian precinct on the Via Borgognona, a street in Rome, Italy, famous for its shops, 27th March 1972

Cistercian Sister
A nun of the Cistercian order, circa 1850. By Van der Kellen. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Pour Les Pauvres
Nuns collect food for the poor at Christmas, circa 1875. An engraving after Pour Les Pauvres, a painting by William Frederick Yeames, RA. A supplement to The Graphic, pub. 25th December 1875

Leicester Square in London, circa 1740. Engraved by Nathaniel Parr after John Maurer. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Leicester Place, leading to Leicester Square in London, with Duncan Place on the right, circa 1820. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Caerphilly Castle
The new GWR 4073 locomotive Caerphilly Castle, August 1923. Behind it is the Lady Godiva. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lady Cyclist
Miss K. Seymour with her bicycle, 1898. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lady Cyclist
A young woman on a safety bicycle, 1898. Miss A Hughes is enacting A Professors Love Story. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

London Stereoscopic Company
A crowd outside the London Stereoscopic Company premises at 54 Cheapside, London, circa 1905. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Costume Historique
A noblewoman during the reign of King Louis XIV, circa 1700. She is wearing a Spanish-style lace mantilla. From the book Costumes Historiques. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Regency Dresses
Ladies morning dress fashions (left and centre) for November 1829, along with a national costume of unspecified origin. Engraving by W. Alais. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Regency Dresses
Ladies morning and dinner dress fashions for July 1830. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Walking Dress
A young woman in a walking dress, 1809. From Ackermanns Repository of Arts, pub. 1st October 1809. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

1808 Fashions
Ladies and gentlemens fashions for May 1808. An engraving by W. Read for Le Beau Monde or Literary & Fashionable Magazine, pub. May 1808. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Evening Dress
A young woman wearing a full-length evening dress and spotted cap, 1812. From Ackermanns Repository of Arts, pub. 1st August 1812. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Going Out In 1818
A woman in a full-length coat with matching bonnet trimmed in pink, 1818. Original publication: La Belle Assemblee, 1818. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

French Fashions
Ladies fashions from the reign of King Louis XVI, France, circa 1780. From left to right, a polonaise with silk trimmings, coiffure a la marmotte, after Leveille

Soldiers Daughters
Girls at play at a school for soldiers daughters in Hampstead, London, circa 1900. From Living London: Its Work and its Play, its Humour and its Pathos, its Sights and its Scenes, pub. 1903

Les Abeilles
An engraving from a French publication showing bees and honeycomb, circa 1770. Engraved by J. P. Le Bas. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Soho Square in London, circa 1890. An illustration by Howard Wenton. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Soho Square, originally Kings Square, in London, 1754. Published in 1754 for Stowes Survey. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Soho Square
A shepherd drives his flock through Soho Square in London, 1812. Frith Street is the road leading off to the left. Published in the Repository of Arts. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kindergarten Class
A kindergarten class in London, circa 1900. From the section Scenes from Scholastic London in Living London: Its Work and its Play, its Humour and its Pathos, its Sights and its Scenes, pub. 1903

Old Battersea Church on the River Thames in southwest London, 1790. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Battersea Bridge
Old Battersea Bridge in Battersea, southwest London, circa 1800. Drawn and engraved for Dugdales England. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Battersea Mill in Battersea, southwest London, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Nine Elms
Westminster Abbey as seen from across the River Thames, near Nine Elms, Battersea, circa 1800. An engraving by S. Rawle from a painting by Robert Freebairn

Battersea on the River Thames in southwest London, showing Battersea Mill on the right, 1804. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Petticoat Lane
A Jewish textile merchant in Petticoat Lane street market, London, 1898. A drawing by caricaturist Phil May from the Punch Almanack, 1898. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Top Hat And Bonnet
A fashionable couple out for a stroll, circa 1815. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Homecoming Surprise
An Englishman is astonished to see his son arrive back from the Continent with an outsize wig, circa 1770. A cartoon by Grimm with the caption Well-a-day! Is this my son John

Negligence
A young gentleman completes his toilette in front of the mirror, circa 1823. A handcoloured aquatint by Daniel Thomas Egerton, plate 1 from The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion

Derby Winner Diomed
Sir Charles Banburys horse Diomed (1777 - 1808) the first winner of the Epsom Derby, 1780. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gladiator
English racehorse Gladiator, foaled in 1833. Although he had little success in races he become one of the most important sires in France at the end of the 19th Century

Ancient Battle
A chain stretched across the mouth of a harbour prevents a warship from entering, circa 1400. Meanwhile soldiers in eastern dress fire arrows at the vessel. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Old London Bridge
A detail from Vischers Panorama of London (1616), showing London Bridge. The north bank of the river is in the background, and Southwark in the foreground. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cholera In Paris
A victim of the cholera epidemic in Paris, 1832. Around 20, 000 people died in the city during the outbreak, which began in the Ganges delta and swept across Europe

Plan Of St Paul s
A cross-sectional plan of St Pauls Cathedral in London, by Sir Christopher Wren, circa 1673. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Smyrna In Flames
The destruction of Smyrna (modern Izmir), during the Turkish war with Greece, September 1922. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Toscanini Conducts
Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867 - 1957) conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a televised recording of Verdis Hymn of the Nations, 1944. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Capstone Hill
The rocky promotory of Capstone Hill in Ilfracombe, Devon, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Children At School
Schoolchildren at their books, UK, AD 1338-1344. From Bodleian manuscript MS. Bodl. Misc. 264. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, Volume 2, by John Richard Green

Victorian Drawing Room
A Victorian drawing room, circa 1860. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian Sitting Room
A Victorian sitting room in Norris Green (now part of Liverpool), 1860. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian Sitting Room
The interior of a Victorian sitting room, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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