Spanish Ladies mb-code IOM_MNH_1973_0070 A crossing-sweeper clearing the street

A crossing-sweeper clearing the street for a fashionably dressed woman

some of the crowd broke down railings in Park Lane in order to gain admittance to Hyde Park and a battle ensued between the rougher elements of the working class and the police

'The 6th Regiment of Cavalry (Hussars

George Peacock was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1818

The engine is mounted under the floor in the middle of the chassis

Spanish Ladies mb-code IOM_MNH_1973_0070 A crossing-sweeper clearing the street'Spanish Ladies', 19th century, (1930). Illustration from The Painter of Victorian Life, a study of Constantin Guys with an introduction and a translation of Baudelaire's Peintre de la Vie Moderne, by P G Konody, (The Studio Ltd, London, 1930). From the collection of the British Museum.