FLO4669308: Dessert course in the Grand Banquet on November 9th at the Lord Mayor's Table, Guildhall. A wood panelled room with statues of King Edward VI, Queen Elizabeth and King Charles I. Steel engraving by J. Shury after an illustration by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669004: Wild purslane, Portulaca oleracea, and orpin or livelong, Hylotelephium telephium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669239: The Society of Barber Surgeons admitting a new member at Barber Surgeon's Hall. The society disbanded in 1745, and the surgeons formed the Royal College of Surgeons. Steel engraving by T.H. Ellis after an illustration by Henry Melville from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669566: Fancy dress ball in the Picture Gallery, Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Cambridge as Anne of Bretagne with her court at Queen Victoria's Bal Costume of Queen Philippa, May 12, 1842. Steel engraving by Henry Melville from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669722: Victorian tourists in the Egyptian Room at the British Museum. The Harpy tomb from the Zanthian Marbles, sarcophagi, coffins and relics. Steel engraving by Radclyffe after an illustration by B. Sly from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669918: Purple sidesaddle plant, Sarracenia purpurea, yellow sidesaddle plant, Sarracenia flava, and tap-leaved caper, Capparis acuminata. Handfinished chromolithograph by Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669928: Chinese St. John's wort, Hypericum monogynum, Nepal St. John's wort, Hypericum uralum, Majorca St. John's wort, Hypericum baleericum, and Hypericum-like reaumuria, Reaumuria alternifolia Reaumuria hypericoides. Handfinished chromolithograph by Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670025: Heart-shaped cuphea, Cuphea cordata, broad-centred cuphea, Cuphea platycentra, General Melville's cuphea, Cuphea melvilla, and Indian lagerstroemia indica. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670003: Long-flowered fuchsia, Fuchsia macrantha, serrated-leaved, Fuchsia serratifolia, splendid, Fuchsia splendens, and rooting fuchsia, Fuchsia radicans. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670043: Common passionflower, Passiflora caerulea, Master's hybrid, Passiflora alato-caerulea, and feather-stipuled tacsonia or poro poro, Tacsonia pinnatistipula. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669571: Vintner Sherriff and liverymen in the Council Chamber, Vintner's Hall. Liverymen of various ranks in furlined gowns. Steel engraving by E. Radclyffe after an illustration by Henry Melville from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669945: Nasturtium varieties: blue, Tropaeolum azureum, many-leaved, Tropaeolum polyphyllum, Mr. Lobb's, Tropaeolum lobbianum, and notched-flowered, Tropaeolum crenatiflorum. Handfinished chromolithograph by Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669993: Netted-leaved oxylobium, Oxylobium retusum, broad-leaved brachysema, Brachysema latifolium, heart-leaved euchilus, Euchilus obcordatus, small-leaved dillwynia, Dillwynia parvifolia, sharp-leaved eutaxia, Eutaxia pungens, and prickly hovea, Hovea pungens. Handfinished chromolithograph by Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669998: Toothed acacia, Acacia dentifera, twin-flowered, Acacia biflora, long-leaved, Acacia longifolia, and Mr. Lambert's acacia, Acacia lambertiana. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670057: Small-spiked callistemon, Callistemon microstachyum, heart-leaved angophora, Angophora cordifolia, and showy metrosideros, Metrosideros speciosa. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670121: Umbellate globe-mallow, Malva umbellata, showy red-flowered mallow, Malva creeana, tree flax, Linum arboreum, and Indian flax, Linum trigynum. Handfinished chromolithograph by Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670245: Brompton stock, Matthiola incana, great sea stock, Matthiola sinuata, and double garden varieties, Cheiranthus cheiri. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670250: Fan-leaved violet, Viola flabellifolia, tree violet, Viola palmaensis, hooded violet, Viola cucullata, palm-leaved violet, Viola palmata, downy violet, Viola pubescens, altaian violet, Viola altaica, and Rouen violet, Viola rothomagensis. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670452: Varieties of Dahlia superflua, the variable dahlia, the Sir Robert Peel, Harris' Inimitable, and Levic's Incomparable. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670606: Common tupa, Lobelia tupa, Mr. Bridges' tupa, Lobelia bridgesii, many-leaved tupa, Lobelia polyphylla, and blue American lobelia, Lobelia syphilatica. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670643: Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, livid hellebore, Helleborus lividus, sweet-scented hellebore, Helleborus odorus, American globe-flower, Trollius americanus, European globe-flower, Trollius europaeus, large-flowered isopyrum grandiflorum, three-leaved coptis, Coptis trifolia, and winter Eranthus hyemalis. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670692: Four-coloured snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus quadricolor, carnation-flowered snapdragon, A. majus caryophylloides, and heart-shaped snapdragon, A. asarina. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4670715: Mrs Skinner's columbine, Aquilegia skinneri, Russian columbine, A. glandulosa, glaucous columbine, A. glauca, fragrant columbine, A. fragrans, Siberian columbine, A. sibirica, Misses Garnier's columbine, A. garneriana, Canadian columbine, A. canadensis, and brown-purple columbine, A. atropurpurea. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images