Browse Items (162 total)

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  Drury Lane Theatre

  Illustration from Microcosm of London depicting a Roman play performed in the early nineteenth-century at the Drury Lane Theatre in London.
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  Covent Garden Theatre

  Illustration depicting a performance onstage at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.
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  Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

  This 1828 drawing portrays a crowd of people as they enter the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in London.
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  New Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

  This newspaper announcement, made on December 9th, 1823, highlights a performance of "Guy Mannering" by His Majesty's Servants at the New Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. A.S. Lyon attends this same performance, noted in his personal diaries.
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  Fournier Street, Spitalfields

  This photograph shows Fournier Street in the Spitalfields district of London, England.
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  John Braham as "Lord Aimworth"

  This 1818 portrait portays John Braham in character as "Lord Aimworth"
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  Kitty Stephens, later Countess of Essex, playing a harp lute

  This is an early nineteenth-century portrait of Catherine "Kitty" Stephens playing a harp lute by George Henry Harlow.
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  South East View of St. Paul's Cathedral

  This 1818 painting illustrates the grand scale of St. Paul's Cathedral in London's East End.
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  The First Quadrille at Almack's

  This illustration depicts two couples dancing the quadrille at Almack's Assembly Rooms in London, England.
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  Old Covent Garden Market

  This 1825 print portrays vendors selling food at the Old Covent Garden Market in London, England.
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  A Barbers Shop in Assize Time

  This illustration comically depicts the chaos of a London barber shop.
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  L’été

  This 1818 print depicts four couples as they dance a quadrille.
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  The History of England

  The title page for David Hume's six volume work, entitled The History of England.
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  Lottery Drawing, Cooper's Hall

  This print depicts a lottery drawing by the English State Lottery at Cooper's Hall in 1809 London. The English State Lottery, established in 1694, was eventually shut down by Parliament in 1826.
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  A View of the Palace at Kew from the Lawn

  This 1763 engraving portrays Kew Palace and the gardens stretching beyond it.
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  The Anniversary Meeting of the Charity Children in the Cathedral of St. Paul

  This 1826 painting illustrates the large annual meeting of the Charity Children in London, congregated within the vastness of the Cathedral of St. Paul.
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  The Serpentine, Hyde Park

  This painting depicts visitors walking and riding horses through the trails of Hyde Park.
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  The Blue Devils

  This illustration depicts a man consulting his doctor on his ailment, caused by the "blue devils," a term commonly used during the nineteenth century to describe feelings of depression.
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  Untitled

  This oil painting portrays the moon as it rises over a harbor and boats sitting in the wharf.
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  Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette

  Columns in Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette announcing bankruptcies in London, England.
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  The Royal Exchange and Cornhill in London

  This illustration portrays the bustling streets at the Royal Exchange in London, England.
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  The Great Hall of the Bank of England

  This illustration depicts transactions taking place within the Great Hall of the Bank of England in London.
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  English School, 19th Century

  This illustration depicts the streets of nineteenth-century Snow Hill, Holburn, a borough of the city of London.
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  The Barbadoes Mulatto Girl

  This 18th-century illustration depicts a biracial "mulatto" woman conversing with two women in Barbados.
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  This pleasantry was received with a general laugh

  This illustration depicts the scene at the London Stock Exchange from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, as men share a laugh together.