Browse Items (162 total)

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  The Praying Jew

  This oil painting shows a devout Jewish man in the process of praying.
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  View on the River Thames at Richmond

  This painting depicts a boy playing near the bank of the River Thames in Richmond.
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  Breathing a vein

  This etching depicts the practice of bloodletting, as a doctor bleeds his ill patient in order to cure him of an ailment.
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  Barbadoes

  This map, published in Thomas's New General Atlas (1817), outlines the island of Barbados.
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  Monument, near the Military Hospital, Barbados

  This etching depicts a monument erected near the military hospital in Barbados.
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  The Blue Devils _!!

  This illustration depicts a man experiencing the "blue devils," a term commonly used to signify depression or melancholy. This man's blue devils are personified, tormenting him with imagery of death and suicide.
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  A Ball at Almack's Assembly Rooms in London

  This illustration depicts a ball taking place within Almack's Assembly Rooms in London, as couples dance quadrilles.
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  Illustration of a ball at Almack's Assembly Rooms, King Street, London

  This illustration depicts couples dancing within Almack's in London.
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  Man Writing a Letter

  This painting by Gabriel Metsu depicts a seventeenth-century man as he writes a letter at home.
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  Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room

  This illustration by George Cruikshank portrays the colorful and chaotic scene of a drawing room overcrowded by guests.
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  A Splendid Spread

  This illustration by George Cruikshank parodies the inflatable crinoline dresses worn by women in the nineteenth-century in London. The woman portrayed here wears crinoline so immense that her server must transfer food to her on a long spoon.
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  Men Dancing in a Coffee House, an illustration from Tobias Smollett's "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" (London, 1793), Vol. 1

  This illustration depicts men dancing, laughing, and generally taking pleasure in their visit to a coffee house.
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  Pantheon Masquerade

  This illustration portrays men and women dancing during a masquerade ball at The Pantheon in London, England.
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  Their First Smoke

  This painting depicts two young boys smoking cigarettes for the first time.
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  Knucks Down

  This painting shows three boys as they play a game called "Knucks Down" with marbles.
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  Victoria Station London - Clock

  Photograph of the clock at Victoria Railway Station in London, England.
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  Map image of Goodman's field in 1746

  This map depicts Goodman's Fields in London, England.
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  Knight Chess

  This photograph highlights the knight in a game of chess.
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  The Great Eastern Steam Ship

  This illustration depicts the exterior view of the Great Eastern Steam Ship, as well as a cross-section revealing its interior layout, drawn by I.K. Brunel Esqr. F.R.S.
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  The Pied Piper of Hamelin

  This illustration depicts the Pied Piper from Robert Browning's The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Here, he plays his pipe while being followed by a mob of children.
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  A Couple and Two Children Sleeping on a London Bridge

  This dark illustration by Gustave Dore depicts a family sleeping on a bridge in London, with the masts of ships and the stars in view beyond.
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  Abandoned

  This painting by Fritz von Uhde portrays a mourning woman with her head in her hands.
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  One of the wards in the hospital at Scutari (Turkey)

  This lithograph portrays patients being treated in a Turkish hospital during the Crimean War.
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  The Agony in the Garden

  This painting by William Blake portrays a story from the Bible, as an angel comes down to assist Jesus during a moment of "agony."
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  Nocturne in Blue and Silver: The Lagoon, Venice

  This painting depicts the dark scene of a lagoon near Venice at nightfall. Boats and gondolas float in the waters beyond the cityscape.