Traditional Culture Collection (page 8)

Woman asking a mans opinion of silk stockings
A bemused-looking middle-aged man being asked his opinion of a pair of silk stockings being held out to him by a young woman

Fashion clothes and hairstyle models from the 1800s

Holborn Valley Viaduct, London (1871 engraving)
The Holborn Valley Viaduct in the City of London - an engraving from " Collins Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood", price one shilling; published by William Collins

Osaka castle, Osaka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Osaka, Japan

Traditional colorful hand stitched Kuna Indian mola
The mola forms part of the traditional costume of a Kuna woman, two mola panels being incorporated as front and back panels in a blouse

Wine Grapes
Vintage engraving of Wine Grapes, France, 1875

Edgar Allan Poe January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement

Antique map of Dublin

Fleet Street with Temple Bar (Crystal Palace in distance) 1871
Fleet Street in the City of London, from Mitre Court to Temple Bar, with The Temple and River Thames. The narrow and traffic-limiting Temple Bar (one of the historic entrances to the City of London)

Spanish Pictures - The Great Mosque of Cordoba
Vintage engraving of scene from 19th Century Spain. The Great Mosque of Cordoba

Antique illustration of Shah Mosque known as Imam mosque, Isfahan

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). From " The Great Composers or Stories of the Lives of Eminent Musicians" by C.E

Her Majesty, Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India. She was widowed in 1861 and wore mourning clothes thereafter

Antique illustration of Johann Sebastian Bach

Antique Map of the Persian Empire
Antique Map from 1862 of the Persian Empire, the time of Alexander the Great. Maps text is written in Latin

The Norman Staircase, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent. Illustration from " Picturesque Europe - The British Isles" published by Cassell Petter & Galpin in 1875 (price 2/6d)

Antique illustration of Crypt, Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Tales - The Miller
The Miller, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Canterbury Tales - The Canons Yeoman
The Canons Yeoman, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written at the end of the 14th century

Canterbury Tales - The Cook
The Cook, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

French soldiers of the 19th century
Vintage colour engraving of French soldiers of the Second French Empire in the mid 19th century. An artillery officer on horseback

HMS Warspite at Woolwich
HMS Warspite, the Marine Societys Training Ship in the River Thames at Woolwich, London. The Marine Society was founded in 1756 because of a shortage of volunteers for the British navy

Vanity Fair Print - George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
Victorian caricature of George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, a British Liberal politician and colonial governor of Nova Scotia, Queensland, New Zealand and Victoria. By Ape. Vanity Fair 1871

Antique illustration of horse in motion

Antique map of Gulf of Naples

Outraged
It is difficult to know who is the more outraged here - the gentleman with the beard, the servant, or the group of people at this social gathering

Regency period gentleman making a speech
A Regency period gentleman up on his hind legs making a speech during a meal. From the prominence of the tankard, glass and decanter, it would appear that he is in high spirits

Little girl reading in a harvest field (Victorian illustration)
A little girl wearing Regency style clothing reading a book in a harvest field. From " The Horkey - A Ballad" by Robert Bloomfield

Group of Regency period people
A group of people wearing Regency period clothing - the lady at the back looks alarmed for some reason! From " The Horkey - A Ballad" by Robert Bloomfield

Nelson Conflict with a spanish launch
A scene from the life of Lord Nelson - Nelson Conflict with a spanish launch

Nelson volunteers to board a prize
A scene from the life of Lord Nelson - Nelson volunteers to board a prize

Burning of Old St Paul s
Burning of Old St Pauls during the Great Fire of London. 1666

Michelangelos Sacred Family

Michelangelos Prophet Gioele

Thutmose III and Ramesses II
Vintage engraving from 1864 of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs Thutmose III and Ramesses II

King Edward VI of England (1537-1553), only legitimate son of Henry VIII, who became King of England and Ireland at the age of nine in 1547. He died aged 15

The Three Jovial Huntsmen; nought to bring away at last
Vintage engraving from story of the Three Jovial Huntsmen a traditional childrens tale. So they hunted and they hollo d, till the setting of the sun; An they d nought to bring away at last

The Three Jovial Huntsmen; a fat pig smiling in a ditch
Vintage engraving from story of the Three Jovial Huntsmen a traditional childrens tale. They hunted, an they hollo d, an the next thing they did find, Was a fat pig smiling in a ditch

The Three Jovial Huntsmen; a bull calf in a pin fold
Vintage engraving from story of the Three Jovial Huntsmen a traditional childrens tale. They hunted, an they hollo d, an the next thing they did find, Was a a bull calf in a pin fold, an that, too

The Three Jovial Huntsmen; a tatter t boggart
Vintage engraving from story of the Three Jovial Huntsmen a traditional childrens tale. They hunted, an they hollo d, an the first thing they did find, Was a tatter t boggart, in a field

The Three Jovial Huntsmen; a hunting they did go
Vintage engraving from story of the Three Jovial Huntsmen a traditional childrens tale. Its of three jovial huntsmen, an a hunting they did go

The Three Jovial Huntsmen; gruntin, grindin grindlestone
Vintage engraving from story of the Three Jovial Huntsmen a traditional childrens tale. They hunted, an they hollo d, an the next thing they did find, Was a gruntin, grindin grindlestone

The wondering neighbours ran
Vintage engraving from the nursery rhyme An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith. Around from all the neighbouring streets, The wondering neighbours ran

The Three Jovial Huntsmen
Vintage engraving from story of the Three Jovial Huntsmen a traditional childrens tale. They hunted, an they hollo d, an the next thing they did find, Was to young lovers in a lane

Coat of arms 17th century Clayton and Reeve
This image is from a copperplate engraving, and shows part of a roll of arms from Richard Blome s

Coat of arms 17th century Petit and Courtney
This image is from a copperplate engraving, and shows part of a roll of arms from Richard Blome s

Coat of arms 17th century Barnardiston and Cullum
This image is from a copperplate engraving, and shows part of a roll of arms from Richard Blome s

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