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Ballooning CVS01_01_045Tales of balloon flight. A hand-coloured engraving of a balloon flying through clouds at sunrise. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892
Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_009Amazing flying machines.A hand-coloured engraving of Lanas Aeronautic Machine, a small flying boat held aloft by four small gas balloons, designed by Francesco Lana de Terzi in 1670
Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_006Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured illustration from Cyrano de Bergeracas aComical History of the States and Empires of the Moona, dating from 1657
Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_005Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured illustration from Francis Godwinas aThe Man in the Moonea, first published (posthumously) in 1638, in which a Spanish nobleman, Domingo Gonsales
Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_004Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of The Flying Man ; a figure wearing a large pair of wings with an umbrella above his head, stepping from a cliff
Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_018Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of a number of early designs for a flying machines, in flight above the coast
Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_017Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of a flying machine designed by Gabrielle de la Londelle, which appeared in his book aAviation, ou Navigation Aeriennea in 1863
Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_013Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of an early frameless parachute, designed by Andre-Jacques Garnerin in 1797
Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_016Amazing flying machines. A hand-coloured engraving of four early designs for flying machines, including one parachute-type machine and others with paddles, in flight above a coastal scene
Executing Jacobite lords 9M_HIL_1745Tower Hill, London. " Execution of the rebel lords in 1745". However, it may show the executions of the Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmerino which took place in 1746
House of Lords, 1807 6L_LOR__1807House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London. Workmen in a courtyard to the rear of the Princes Chamber. An early state of a plate from aThe Antiquities of Westminstera by John Thomas Smith
House of Lords, 1755 6L_LOR_1755House of Lords, Westminster, London. aA view of the House of Peers. King sitting on the throne, the Commons attending him at the end of the session, 1755a Engraving by B. Cole
House of Lords, 1650 6L_LOR_1650House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London. Interior of the House of Lords in session. Etching by W. Hollar dated c.1650. Mayson Beeton Collection
The Admiralty, Whitehall 1750s 6C_WHI_1750_BThe Admiralty building near Whitehall, Westminster, London. Admiralty was built by Thomas Ripley 1723-26. Engraving of 1750 by B. Cole. Mayson Beeton Collection
Burying plague victims 65J_HOL_1665_BHolywell Lane, Shoreditch, London. The manner of burying the dead bodies at Holywell Mount during the dreadful plague in 1665. Engraved by Grignion after Wale for Montagueas History of England
Procession on the Strand 8E_STR_1863_aTemple Bar, Strand, London. An engraving showing crowds gathered to see the Princess Alexandra in a procession along the Strand upon returning from the City beneath Temple Bar
Pall Mall 6B_PAL_1822Pall Mall, London. An engraving showing the view along Pall Mall with the ionic screen fronting Carlton House in the right hand foreground and the spire of St Martin in the Fields in the distance
Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_008Amazing flying machines. Hand-coloured engraving of Laurent de Guzmans Flying Balloon from 1709. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892
Ballooning CVS01_01_034Tales of balloon flight. Hand-coloured engraving showing the bodies of Joseph Croce-Spinelli and Theodore Sivel being carried from the wreckage of their balloon
Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_003Amazing flying machines. Hand-coloured engraving of a man in a top hat and waistcoat holding a large pair of wings and flying above two alarmed figures, one of whom is holding a pitchfork
Kenilworth Priory J060011KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. " The East View of Kenilworth Priory in the County of Warwick". Engraving by Samuel & Nathaniel BUCK, 1729. St Marys Abbey
Kenilworth Castle J060010KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. " The East View of Kenilworth Castle in the County of Warwick". Engraving by Samuel & Nathaniel BUCK, 1729
St Pauls Cathedral N110253ST PAULs CATHEDRAL, St Pauls Churchyard, City of London. View from Southwark Bridge 1825. Coloured Lithograph. Engraving from the Mayson Beeton Collection
Old St Pauls N110250ST PAULs CATHEDRAL, St Pauls Churchyard, City of London. View of the interior of the Nave of the old cathedral before the fire of 1666
Old St Pauls N110249ST PAULs CATHEDRAL, St Pauls Churchyard, City of London. View of the interior of the Choir of the old cathedral before the fire of 1666
Old St Pauls N110248ST PAULs CATHEDRAL, St Pauls Churchyard, City of London. View of the West End of the old cathedral before the fire of 1666
Old St Pauls N110247ST PAULs CATHEDRAL, St Pauls Churchyard, City of London. View of the West End of the old cathedral in 1660 before the fire of 1666. From the Mayson Beeton Collection
St Pauls Cathedral. First bible reading in the Crypt N110246ST PAULs CATHEDRAL, St Pauls Churchyard, City of London. First bible reading in the Crypt 1541. Engraving from the Mayson Beeton Collection
Apsley House N110234APSLEY HOUSE, Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, Westminster, London. Coloured engraving dated 1810 shows the original red-brick house by Robert Adam and the Hyde Park Corner tollgate
Hyde Park Corner N110233Statue of the Duke of Wellington, Hyde Park Corner, Westminster, London. Cartoon dated 1825 by H Moiner. Shows a statue of the Duke with a shield in a heroic classical pose
International Exhibition of 1862 N110266INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862, Kensington, London. The exhibition building. Aston Bragg delin. Lithograph in black and tints from the Mayson Beeton Collection
Great Exhibition in Hyde Park 1851 N110265GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, Hyde Park, Westminster, London. The Crystal Palace of Industry from the North West. Le Bihan delin. Lithograph in black and tints, coloured. From the Mayson Beeton Collection
Great Exhibition in Hyde Park 1851 N110262GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, Hyde Park, Westminster, London. Crystal Palace. Interior of the Great Exhibition. Woodcut in black and coloured. Engraving from the Mayson Beeton Collection
Buckingham Palace N110237BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Buckingham Palace Road, City of Westminster, London. " View of Buckingham House" dated 1799. W Knight sculp. Line engraving from the Mayson Beeton Collection
Waltham Abbey Gatehouse engraving N110145WALTHAM ABBEY GATEHOUSE, Essex. Engraving dating from 1825 of the gatehouse and bridge. Showing the church tower and other buildings in the background. MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION
Waltham Abbey Gatehouse engraving N110144WALTHAM ABBEY GATEHOUSE, Essex. Engraving dating from 1800 of the gatehouse and bridge. Showing the church tower and other buildings in the background. MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION
Walls of Southampton N110166MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. Southampton, Hampshire. " The Walls of Southampton" by J C Armytage. Shows the medieval walls before the construction of the Western Shore Road in 1850
Temple Bar demolition N110163MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. Temple Bar, City of London. " The last of Temple Bar - sketched on Saturday January 12, 1878"
Temple Bar in 1877 N110162MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. Temple Bar, City of London. " Forlorn condition of Temple Bar" showing ruinous and collapsed adjoining buildings
Engraving of Kenwood House N110150KENWOOD HOUSE, Hampstead Lane, Highgate, London. " The Earl of Mansfields, at Caen Wood, near Hampstead, Middlesex". This view shows outbuildings on the north side of the house
Engraving of Kenwood House N110149KENWOOD HOUSE, Hampstead Lane, Highgate, London. " Cane Wood the seat of the Earl of Mansfield". Showing the central range and main entrance portico from the north. Engraving dated 1780
Engraving of Kenwood House N110148KENWOOD HOUSE, Hampstead Lane, Highgate, London. " View of Cane Wood, the superb villa of the Earl of Mansfield near Highgate in Middlesex". Exterior view of the south or garden front
Chiswick House engraving N110155CHISWICK HOUSE, Burlington Lane, Hounslow, London. " Principal front". Aquatint colour engraving dated 1823. MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION
Chiswick House engraving N110154CHISWICK HOUSE, Burlington Lane, Hounslow, London. " A View of the Cascade and West Front of the Earl of Burlingtons House at Chiswick"
Chiswick House engraving N110152CHISWICK HOUSE, Burlington Lane, Hounslow, London. " A View of the Rt Hon the Earl of Bulingtons House at Chiswick and part of the Town". Caption also in French. Engraving dated 1750
Apsley House engraving N110158APSLEY HOUSE, Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London. " Apsley House and the Entrance to Hyde Park" by T H Shepherd. engraving dated 1850
Mrs Fitzherbert J920267MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Richmond-Upon-Thames. " Mrs Fitzherbert" after Richard COSWAY (1742-1821). Coloured engraving
Lanercost Priory N070816LANERCOST PRIORY, Cumbria. North west view of Lanercost Priory in the county of Cumberland by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1739