Implements Animated
1811
Print. Implements Animated. Pl. 2. Dedicated to the Housemaids and Cooks of the United Kingdoms. / Williams fecit ; [published] by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside [London], n.d. [1811]. Price one Shilling Colourd. Numbered tr in plate: 83. Etching, handcol; image 20x31cm, platemark 24.7x35.1cm, on sheet 30x47.5cm. Personifications, two figures composited from their implements: mops, brooms, brushes, dustpan, pail, spoon, fork, colander, skewers, cooking pot, flour barrel. Each figure with two poetry lines below image
Spyglass telescope in leather case.
1816-1830
Hand held spyglass refracting telescope with decorative plastic covering (later addition), in leather case (one end missing), by Alexander Mackenzie, 15 Cheapside, City of London, England, 1816-1830,
Objective Cover Glasses
1870-1900
Three microscope cover glasses, made by London Stereoscopic and photographic Company, 54 Cheapside, London, in case, 1870-1900.
Looking at the Comet till you get a criek in the neck
1811-1812
Print, hand-coloured etching, 'Looking at the Comet till you get a criek in the neck' / Thomas Rowlandson. Published by Thos. Tegg, in Cheapside [London], Price one shilling coloured. A satirical print of an older man, dressed in night gown and and cap using a spyglass to view the Great Comet of 1811 (Napoleon’s comet) in the top right of the illustration. The man is oblivious to the attention being paid by a young man to a young woman. The comet was visible 25 March 1811 to 17 August 1812.
Cheapside, London
1898-09-27
A glass photographic negative entitled 'Cheapside, London', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in September 1898. Cheapside is a street in the City of London. The photograph shows the pavements busy with business men in bowler hats, and the street packed with carriages. In the foreground a man pulls a barrow painted with the sign 'J. Gardner, 371 Central Meat Market'.
London: Cheapside, Looking E.
circa 1914
A photochrom postcard entitled 'London: Cheapside, Looking E.', published in 'London In Colour Photography' by The Photochrom Company Limited, London in about 1914. The postcard shows Cheapside, with the church of St Mary-le-Bow on the right of the street.
Colne Valley Railway button
Button, Colne Valley Railway, brass. CVR in scroll script, Dimensions: 1" dia.
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co Quarter Plate Stand Camera
1889
Stand camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens F: 5 1/2 inches with three Waterhouse stops (US 4, 8, 64) by Optimus. Sliding rising front. Reversible back with ground glass focusing screen. Rack and pinion focusing with double extension. Swing back, vertical only. No. 3855. London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co, 1889.
Handbill: Hobb's 17th annual excursion
1897
Handbill advertising Hobb's 17th annual excursion, from Cambridge to Llandudno, dated Tuesday 6th July, 1897.
Benetfink Magic Lantern
1900
Benetfink Magic Lantern. Single lantern made from mahogany and brass. Capping lens with tinter slots and two sets of tinters. Incandescent gas fitting with semi-cylindrical silvered reflector. With iron chimney and roof. With two slide carrier, eclipse and rollerblind sliding carrier. With glass and wood liquid cell. All in wooden box.
Cased Set of Two Close-up Lenses
Two close up lenses marled 3 ft and 6 ft in 32mm mounts. London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co. Ltd