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FLO4999376: Ensign Johnny Newcome arriving at his Subalternter's ticket in Portugal, a hovel with filthy beggars. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson from Colonel David Roberts' The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, Martin, London, 1815., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4999445: Ensign Johnny Newcome and his Subaltern on half rations after the Battle of Salamanca. Soldiers burying the dead, while others rest near their encampment. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson from Colonel David Roberts' The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, Martin, London, 1815., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4999543: Ensign Johnny Newcome learning to smoke cigars and drink grog with other officers. Smoking too much and vomiting at the table. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson from Colonel David Roberts' The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, Martin, London, 1815., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4999657: Johnny playing his flute at a sheep-shearing festival, surrounded by dancing country girls. Shepherds shear sheep in a barn and wash them in a pond. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combe's The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000209: Near Eastern fire salamander a, Salamandra infraimmaculata, southern crested newt b, Triturus karelinii, olm or proteus c, Proteus anguinus, and greater siren d, Siren lacertina. Chromolithograph from Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert's Natural History (Naturgeschichte), Schreiber, Munich, 1886. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000591: Inside view of the Poultry Count, 1811, a London prison in Cheapside operated from medieval times to 1815. This particular building was built soon after the great Fire of London, 1666. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1813. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000619: Upper apartment in a magnificent Tudor mansion standing on Hart Street, Crutched Friars, 1792. Internal specimen of the Decorated Style with oak panels and plaster ceiling and cornices, 16th century, reign of Henry VIII. Demolished 1801. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1812. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000723: Gabled houses from the Interregnum (1650s) on Winchester Street, London Wall, 1804. Characters on the right pavement include Professor of Languages Count John Theodora de Verdion with umbrella (a German woman who lived disguised as a man for 30 years), dwarf corn cutter Mr. Corderoy, and the Bishop of Saint Paul. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000762: George Dyball, a blind beggar who dressed in a sailor's uniform, and his dog Nelson with begging bowl. Another blind begging couple behind him. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000814: Tall blind beggar with stick and cap, seller of penny religious tracts, in front of Mr. Whitbread's brewery, London. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000840: Taylor, a blind cobbler or industrious beggar. Lived at 6 Saffron Hill and worked stands at Whitehall and Tottenham Court Road. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000873: John MacNally, a go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar. He lost both legs in an accident when an apprentice in Cork. Rides a dog-drawn cart drawn by Boxer and Rover. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817. / Bridgeman Images