EditorialScolytus, Print, Scolytus is a genus of bark beetles (subfamily Scolytinae). It includes several species notorious for destroying trees in the forests. The Dutch elm disease is spread in North America by two species : the native elm bark beetle, Hylurg...
EditorialFrancisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Manly courage of the notorious Pajuelera [in the bullring] at Zaragoza'. 1814 - 1816. Red chalk on ivory laid paper.
EditorialFrancisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Manly courage of the notorious Pajuelera [in the bullring] at Zaragoza'. 1814 - 1816. Red chalk on ivory laid paper.
EditorialRegency gentlemen finishing the night with a fight at a notorious bar at 4AM. The Hall of Infamy, alias the Oyster Saloon in Bridges St. or New Covent Garden. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London...
EditorialJames Gordon, a notorious Cambridge drunk, leaving a baby as a prank in front of the house of a college dean. Jemmy Gordon's Frolic, or Cambridge Gambols at Peter House. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English ...
EditorialThe Cyprian's Ball. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. The Cyprian's Ball, at the Argyle Rooms'. A Ball given by Harriette Wilson, and her three sisters. Harriette Wilson is shown fourth from ri...
EditorialSmuggling a woman into an Oxford college. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. Comprising scenes and sketches in every rank of society, being portraits of the illustrious, eminent, eccentric, and notorious. Drawn ...
EditorialLife drawing. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. R.A.'s of Genius reflecting on the true line of Beauty, at the Life Academy Somerset House. Image taken from The English Spy: an original work, ...
EditorialA house with a moat, drawbridge, and garden; a verse below. Title at the top of the page reads: Noeles at que dies patet atri Ianua Ditis. Hollands leaguer: or, an historical discourse of the life and Actions of Dona Britanica Hollandia the Arch-Mistri...
EditorialDuelling. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. The Point of Honor decided, or the Leaden argument of a Love affair'.Two men fighting a duel, with pistols. Image taken from The English Spy: an ori...
EditorialThe King's bath. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. Public bathing at Bath, or stewing alive'. Image taken from The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. Compr...
EditorialHigh Street, Cheltenham. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. Eccentrics in the High Street, Cheltenham'. A popular spa town during the Regency period. Image taken from The English Spy: an origin...
EditorialBrighton seafront. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. Characters on the Steyne, Brighton'. Image taken from The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. Comprisin...
Editorial'The Oakland cottages, Cheltenham, or fox hunters and their favourites'. Gentleman visiting possibly a brothel. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. Comprising scenes and sketches in every rank of society, being p...
EditorialYellow Room, Brighton Pavilion. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. The evening party in the yellow room, at the Pavilion, Brighton'. A royal party. Image taken from The English Spy: an original...
EditorialA design in compartments showing the malpractices at the Shaftesbury election of 1774 which became notorious owing to the petition of the defeated candidate, the subsequent proceedings in the House of Commons, and actions at law 1775-6. The SHAFTESBURY...
Editorial'Well known characters in the pump room, Bath, taking a sip with King Bladud'. A large crowd of people drinking and talking. Bladud was the legendary founder of Bath. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. Comprisin...
EditorialA dance at the Carlton club. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. The circular room, or a squeeze at Carlton Palace'. A dance at the Carlton House, a Royal residence in London. Image taken from T...
EditorialThe great actor, or Mr. Punch in all his glory. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. Comprising scenes and sketches in every rank of society, being portraits of the illustrious, eminent, eccentric, and notorious. ...
EditorialWilliam Burke. Wretch's Illustrations of Shakespeare. (Dedicated. Edinburgh, [1829.]. Execution of the notorious William Burke the murderer, who supplied Dr. Knox with subjects. Image taken from Wretch's Illustrations of Shakespeare. (Dedicated to a n...
EditorialGambling. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. The Interior of Modern Hell. Vide the Cogged Dice'. Image taken from The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. Com...
Editorial'Ann Bonny and Mary Read convicted of piracy Nov. 28th 1720 at a court of vice admiralty held at St. Jago de la Vega in ye island of Jamaica'. A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, and also their policies, discip...
EditorialGreat St.Leger horse race. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. Doncaster, Great St.Leger Race, & characters on the Turf'. Image taken from The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, sati...
EditorialYMCA rooms for soldiers of the Allied Armies - formerly a notorious dive - on the busiest street of Peking, China, 1900. China, 1900. Gelatin silver print. Source: Photo 1188/(77).
EditorialBoating at Cowes. The English Spy: an original work, characteristic,. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825, 26. The Promenade at Cowes, with Portraits of Noble Commanders & members of the Royal Yacht Club'. Image taken from The English Spy: an original...
EditorialFrancisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Manly courage of the notorious Pajuelera [in the bullring] at Zaragoza'. 1814 - 1816. Red chalk on ivory laid paper.
EditorialPommel Plate for a Saddle in the Style of the Late Middles Ages, late 19th?early 20th century, French, Copper alloy, gold, enamel, H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); W. 16 1/8 in. (41 cm), Equestrian Equipment-Saddles, Workshop of Louis Marcy (Luigi Parmeggiani)...
EditorialRegency gentlemen finishing the night with a fight at a notorious bar at 4AM. The Hall of Infamy, alias the Oyster Saloon in Bridges St. or New Covent Garden. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London...
EditorialJames Gordon, a notorious Cambridge drunk, leaving a baby as a prank in front of the house of a college dean. Jemmy Gordon's Frolic, or Cambridge Gambols at Peter House. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English ...
EditorialThe able doctor, or, America swallowing the bitter draught, en sanguine engraving shows Lord North, with the Boston Port Bill extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Native female figure represe...
EditorialThe able doctor, or, America swallowing the bitter draught, en sanguine engraving shows Lord North, with the Boston Port Bill extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Native female figure represe...
EditorialUSA. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Exterior of Eastern State Penitenciary. Building designed by John Haviland (1792-1852). Opened 1829. Notorious criminals: Al Capone and Willie Sutton.
EditorialThe Orgy aka The Rake at the Rose-Tavern (A Rake's Progress) 1735 The Tavern Scene shows the Rake amusing himself in a notorious brothel, the Rose Tavern in Covent Garden, after an evening of drinking and hooliganism. Next to the Rake on the flo...