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Victorian illustration to download showing young men and women playing croquet on the beach in windy weather.
Victorian illustration to download showing a young couple flirting in a conservatory.
Victorian illustration to download showing two country children at a pond. A girl collects water in a jug, watched by…
Victorian illustration to download showing a young boy making a shadow picture on a wall to entertain a younger boy.
Victorian illustration to download showing a large crowd watching a zoo keeper feeding a lion – all that can be…
Victorian illustration to download showing an orchestra playing in a large, ornate bandstand. A crowd of men, women and children…
Victorian illustration to download showing a large greenhouse full of camellias; large bushes are planted at the back and smaller…
Victorian illustration to download showing a gathering of men and women sitting round a table enjoying a tea party.
Victorian illustration to download showing a woman sitting at the keyboard of the Aerephon, a steam organ.
Victorian illustration to download showing a workman borrowing a book from a horse-drawn mobile library.
Victorian illustration to download showing the interior of the Sculpture Gallery, Holdernesse House, during a ball held in 1850 by…
Victorian illustration to download showing men, women and families visiting a museum. They look at exhibits in glass cases in…
Victorian illustration to download showing two men smiling and chatting in a pub. The landlord draws some beer.
Victorian illustration to download showing a boy building a house of cards on a table. One sister hands him the…
Victorian illustration to download showing fashionable men and women riding in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, watched by passers-by.
Victorian illustration to download showing nuns hosting an outing for old people and children in a park.
Victorian illustration to download showing sailors relaxing in their assembly room and being entertained by a man in fancy dress.
Victorian illustration to download showing people relaxing, eating and drinking outside an inn, the Belle Vue, Gravesend.
Victorian illustration to download showing two gardeners mowing a croquet lawn with scythes. A family waits to play holding mallets…
Victorian illustration to download showing a charity fete at Charlton House, a grand Jacobean house. A historical pageant processes through…
Victorian illustration to download showing a family fishing from a punt on a river. The grandfather tweaks his grandson’s ear…
Victorian illustration to download showing a village choir singing Christmas carols in the squire’s house. The squire and his wife…
Victorian illustration to download showing a man putting the shot at a sporting contest. A large, well-dressed crowd watches.
Victorian illustration to download showing an 18th-century scene: dancers at a Christmas ball pause under the mistletoe.
Victorian illustration to download showing children at the zoo enjoying rides on two elephants.