Format Portrait Collection (#14)

Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Hungarian composer born in Raiding. He played in public at the age of nine, and then went to study in Vienna

Pilgrims Progress
circa 1875: Angels giving the roll to Christian. From John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Frater Mendicans
circa 1800: A mendicant monk, of an order which forbids its followers to own property. Instead the monks have to beg for alms in order to survive

Gas Strike
Businesses, pubs and theatres having to use candles and torches during the gas strike. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Perinis Planetarium
circa 1860: An astronomer giving a lecture at Signor Perinis planetarium. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Frank Whittle
September 1948: British aeronautical engineer Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996), who patented the basic design for the turbojet engine, wearing his RAF uniform. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

In The Bushes
circa 1905: Two male nudes in a leafy setting. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Boudoir
circa 1900: Interior of a turn of the century bedroom. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Princes Skating Rink
Skaters take to the ice at Princes Skating Rink, London, 1909. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hideous Harpies
Virgil leads the author through a wood filled with Harpies and miserable souls transformed into trees. An engraving by Gustave Dore, illustrating Canto XIII of Dantes Inferno, written circa 1310

D Alberts Quadrille
circa 1775: The cover of a score for the Court of St James, a quadrille by composer Charles d Albert (1864 - 1932). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Firework Night
22nd October 1870: Crowds gather to watch a firework display at the Crystal Palace, London. One man lounges indolently atop the sphinx, smoking a pipe. Published in the Graphic, 22nd October 1870

Queens Armoury
circa 1850: A Yeoman or beefeater shows a group of tourists some of the exhibits on display in Queen Elizabeths Armoury, in the Tower of London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Flying Machine
circa 1850: American flying machine guided by moveable wooden vanes or sails and governed by ropes from where the travellers are seated. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Belt Driven
1850: Belt-driven machine with cogwheel. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Becky Sharp
1847: An illustration by William Makepeace Thackery from the first edition of Vanity Fair. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Louis XVI Chair
1877: A fringed drawing room chair from the reign of King Louis XVI of France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

City Of Music
circa 1840: The gothic Cathedral of St Stephen in Vienna with its 370 ft steeple, which so impressed Liszt. Vienna is the city where young Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)

Lohengrin
1860: Illustration to Wagners opera Lohengrin by J. Schorr von Carolsfeld. Showing Lohengrin, son of Parsifal, talking to a swan by the side of a small boat which is to take him to Antwerp to win

Pleased To Meet You
1878: A little girl in a pinafore shakes hands with a butler in the butlers pantry. Every Girls Annual - pub. 1878 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Street Arab
1856: A street arab waiting for admission to the Belvedere Crescent Reformatory. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sleepy Boy
circa 1850: A little boy in nightshirt and sleeping cap nearly drops a candle.. I want to sit up to supper with father. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Neopolitan Sedan
circa 1850: A woman and baby being carried in a sedan chair. A sign on the side of the chair says Napoli 78. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

In Fashion
February 1856: Fashions for the man about town and his wife. Gazettete of Fashion - pub 1856 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Aleutian Islander
1842: Woman of the Aleutian islands. Her hair is in a pigtail and she wears a cross round her neck. Dr Prichards Natural History of Man - pub. 1842 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Orang-Utan
circa 1850: An orang-utan (simia satyrus), an ape from the forests of Borneo and Sumatra. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Stendhal Sketch
A sketch for a proposed novel by French novelist and essayist Marie-Henri Beyle, commonly known as Stendhal. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cholera Precautions
A sailor fumigates a ship after its arrival in Marseilles during the cholera outbreak of 1884. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Patent Cabriolet
The Tribus, a two-wheeled, horse-drawn street carriage which accomodates up to three passengers. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Morning Gowns
Women wearing the latest in morning dresses with draped bodices, gigot sleeves and belted waists. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Cure For Cholera
A contemporary caricature of the precautions to be taken against cholera. The lady carries a smoking vessel, to protect her from foul air

Tour des Marques
The Tour des Marques, the gatehouse of the Chateau of Chenonceaux, on the River Cher. It was originally the keep of the manor house owned by the Marques family

London Opera House
Colonnade of the Opera House and Waterloo Place in the Haymarket, London. Original Artwork: Drawing & Engraved by Samuel Rawle (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Undeclared Love
Captain William Dobbin with Miss Amelia Sedley. Illustration by William Thackeray to his novel, Vanity Fair. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bude Light
A gas lamp known as a Bude Light in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

British Library
The additional library of the British Museum. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Spencer Arnold/Getty Images)

President Fillmore
Millard Fillmore (1800 - 1874), the 13th President of the United States of America. Original Publication: People Disc - HD0087 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mao Tse Tung, President of Red China. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Henry James
The US novelist Henry James, (1843 - 1916), born in New York of Irish and Scottish stock. (Photo by Reginald Haines/Getty Images)

Spinning Telegram
A telegraph worker records a message from the ticker tape slip. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Christmas Tree
Two children collecting a Christmas tree and ivy and moss for Christmas decorations, in the woods. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Comic Polka
A music cover for La Fille du Tambour Major, a polka on airs from Offenbachs comic opera, by Carlo Zotti, showing a vivandiere marching with the band. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Polka D Amour
A music cover for the Polka D Amour by Henry Farmer. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

French Lancers
A music cover for Julliens second set of lancers entitled the French Lancers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ballet Dancer
A ballet dancer adjusts her slippers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Pre Modernist
circa 1880: American writer Henry James (1843 - 1916). James writing is seen as a precursor to Modernist writing. (Photo by E. O. Hoppe/Central Press/Getty Images)

Poor Relations
circa 1840: Ralph Nickleby visiting his poor relations in a scene from Charles Dickens Nicholas Nickleby. Original Artist: By Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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