Costume, Dress and Fashion

Victorian illustration to download showing two soldiers of the Royal Engineers in an observatory high above the ground making observations for mapping purposes using a theodolite.

Victorian illustration to download showing workers in the milling room of a pottery factory, 1843. Ingredients for the clay used for pottery move down troughs to be mixed in large…

Victorian illustration to download showing workers in a hat factory making beaver hats, 1841. They stand round a boiler felting hat shapes and forming them on a block.

Victorian illustration to download showing a young man in sailor’s uniform in a prison cell. He

Victorian illustration showing policemen of the Metropolitan Police learning cutlass drill at Wellington Barracks. Formed in two long lines, they attack and defend.

Victorian illustration showing a young woman and a village postman. She is watching him going through his bundle, hoping for a love letter.

Victorian illustration to download showing two men in a Chinese opium den; one drowses while the other lights his pipe.

Victorian illustration showing morris dancers performing in front of a village inn. The landlady brings out a jug of ale for the dancers.

Victorian illustration of harvest time. Men using pitchforks load the sheaves on a horse-drawn wagon.