Format Portrait Collection (#15)

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)

Bewitched
circa 1850: Grandpapas story of the witches frolic. Original Artist: By Cruikshank (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Durham Cathedral
February 1941: The interior of Durham Cathedral, looking through the nave towards the altar and stained glass window. This massive Anglo-Norman construction was built on the site of the Saxon tomb of

French Romance
15th century manuscript of the french poem La Roman de la Rose, circa 1490.(Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Gambling Den
A group of ladies and gentlemen surround the table at a casino, while below, a poor man is escorted from the premises by two stewards. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Battle of Zenta
An illustration commemorating the victory of the Austrian and Imperial forces, led by Prince Eugen of Savoy, over the Turks at the Battle of Zenta, 11th September 1697

Palace Skeleton
October 1852: The first rib of the nave of the new Crystal Palace, which is being reconstructed from the original materials in Sydenham, south London

Child Labour
circa 1800: A young chimney sweep dressed in rags and covered in soot. Original Publication: From Lower Orders of the Metropolis (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Men At Work
14th December 1850: Builders at work on the upper part of a column at Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, in preparation for the Great Exhibition

Electric Light
18th March 1882: A collection of lamps for the electric light. Original Publication: From Queen (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Fashions For Children
circa 1820: An advertisement for a French childrens couturier. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

In The Suds
circa 1820: A thin pale child submits reluctantly to a bathing. Original Artwork: Engraving by F C Hunt. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Winter Coat
1902: A gentlemans winter coat. Tailor & Cutter - pub. 1902 (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Military Doctor
circa 1880: A military doctor, with an ambulance cart in the background. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Carbiners Advance
circa 1844: An officer of the Carbiners, the 6th Dragoon Guards leading a charge of men. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Lancashire Regiment
circa 1850: Soldiers of the 30th East Lancashire foot regiment in bright red jackets. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Going To The Well
circa 1850: A young woman going to collect water from the well. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Street Dress
A proud lady in Edwardian street dress, looks lively for this studio portrait. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Tom And Maggie
Tom and Maggie overwhelmed by the flood in scene from George Eliots book, Mill-on the Floss. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Peace With France
Crowds gather outside the house of the French ambassador in Portman Square, London to celebrate the new peace between France and Britain following the Treaty of Amiens

Factory Boys
An illustration from the novel The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy by the English novelist Frances Trollope (1780 - 1863), the mother of Anthony Trollope

Haydn Monument
circa 1900: The monument in Berlin to the German composer Franz Joseph Haydn. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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