Words and Pictures From Old Books

Words and Pictures From Old Books http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ Recently added pictures scanned from old books Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:08:00 GMT Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:08:00 GMT 180 http://www.holoweb.net/~liam/presspics/Liam10-70x100-amazon.jpg Words and Pictures From Old Books http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ Old Advert: Illinois Central Railroad, from Scribner's Magazine 1903 No. 11 (1903), added on 5th Jan 2009 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ScribnersMagazine-1903-11/pages/110b-Illinois-Central-Railroad/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ScribnersMagazine-1903-11/pages/110b-Illinois-Central-Railroad/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ScribnersMagazine-1903-11/tn/110b-Illinois-Central-Railroad-q75-500x430.jpg" width="120" height="103" alt="Old Advert: Illinois Central Railroad" title="Old Advert: Illinois Central Railroad, from Scribner’s Magazine 1903 No. 11 (1903), added on 5th Jan 2009" /></a></p> <p><div class="extract"><p>New Line * Fine Service<br /> Illinois Central Railroad<br /> <b>Minneapolis and St. Paul</b><br /> Through from Chicago via Dubuque, Waterloo and Albert Lea. Fast vestibule Night train with through Stateroom and Open-section Sleeping Car, Buffet-Library Car and Free Reclining Chair Car. Dining Car Service en route. Tickets of agents I. C. R. R. and connecting lines.<br /> A. H. Hanson, G. P. A., chicago</p></div> <p>This advert for a railway (US: railroad) shows two First nations people (native indians) sitting holding pipes.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ScribnersMagazine-1903-11/pages/110b-Illinois-Central-Railroad/">(read more...)</a></p> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:04:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ScribnersMagazine-1903-11/pages/110b-Illinois-Central-Railroad/ 61.---Wheel and axle comined with a screw., from Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882), added on 4th Jan 2009 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/61-Wheel-axle-and-screw/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/61-Wheel-axle-and-screw/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/tn/61-Wheel-axle-and-screw-q75-482x500.jpg" width="120" height="124" alt="61.—Wheel and axle comined with a screw." title="61.—Wheel and axle comined with a screw., from Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882), added on 4th Jan 2009" /></a></p> <p><div class="extract"><p>A wheel and axle may be combined with a screw, as shewn in the contrivance of fig. 61. When the handle is turned, the screw-thread on its axle sends the cog-wheel forward one tooth for every revolution. Such a screw, which itself does not advance in a nute, but which merely rotates in ordinary bearings, is called an ‘endless’ screw. (pp. 139, 140)</p></div></p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/61-Wheel-axle-and-screw/">(read more...)</a></p> Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:30:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/61-Wheel-axle-and-screw/ The Old year and the New, from A Record of Fifty Years' Work (1901), added on 22nd Dec 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/273-The-Old-Year-and-the-New/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/273-The-Old-Year-and-the-New/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/tn/273-The-Old-Year-and-the-New-q75-402x500.jpg" width="120" height="149" alt="The Old year and the New" title="The Old year and the New, from A Record of Fifty Years’ Work (1901), added on 22nd Dec 2008" /></a></p> <p>A jester crowns the new year as a young woman, and ushers out the old year, an old woman. This picture was obviously made for the end of 1866 and the start of 1867; it is dated 1867 in the text. It was commissioned from the artist Paul Gray by the Dalziel brothers for their publication, the comic periodical <i>FUN</i>.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/273-The-Old-Year-and-the-New/">(read more...)</a></p> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:03:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/273-The-Old-Year-and-the-New/ Snowshill, from Cotswold Country (1939), added on 16th Dec 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Colyer-CotswoldCountry/pages/06-Snowshill/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Colyer-CotswoldCountry/pages/06-Snowshill/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Colyer-CotswoldCountry/tn/06-Snowshill-q75-492x500.jpg" width="119" height="121" alt="Snowshill" title="Snowshill, from Cotswold Country (1939), added on 16th Dec 2008" /></a></p> <p>The caption mentions that there was not enough money to finish the church tower, and so it was capped with grey slate.</p> <p>Today Snowshill is known for the manor-house, which is now run by the National Trust.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-snowshillmanor/">National Trust Web page for Snowshill Manor</a></p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Colyer-CotswoldCountry/pages/06-Snowshill/">(read more...)</a></p> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:50:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Colyer-CotswoldCountry/pages/06-Snowshill/ Going Home to Love in a Cottage, from A Record of Fifty Years' Work (1901), added on 10th Dec 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/309-Going-home-to-Love-in-a-cottage/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/309-Going-home-to-Love-in-a-cottage/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/tn/309-Going-home-to-Love-in-a-cottage-q75-500x313.jpg" width="120" height="75" alt="Going Home to Love in a Cottage" title="Going Home to Love in a Cottage, from A Record of Fifty Years’ Work (1901), added on 10th Dec 2008" /></a></p> <p>A man leads a horse through the snow, at night. He holds on to his hat with one hand.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/309-Going-home-to-Love-in-a-cottage/">(read more...)</a></p> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:51:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/309-Going-home-to-Love-in-a-cottage/ The Adoration of the Maji. By F. R. Pickersgill, R.A., from A Record of Fifty Years' Work (1901), added on 10th Dec 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/053-The-Adoration-of-the-Maji/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/053-The-Adoration-of-the-Maji/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/tn/053-The-Adoration-of-the-Maji-q75-500x352.jpg" width="119" height="84" alt="The Adoration of the Maji. By F. R. Pickersgill, R.A." title="The Adoration of the Maji. By F. R. Pickersgill, R.A., from A Record of Fifty Years’ Work (1901), added on 10th Dec 2008" /></a></p> <p>The Adoration of the Magi, or Maji, or Wise Men, or th eThree Kings (the Gospels do not say that they were kings, nor that there were three of them) is a popular subject; here two of them are prostrate on the ground, barefoot, while a third waits. Mary might havea Jewish nose, but none of the people look Palestinian to me.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/053-The-Adoration-of-the-Maji/">(read more...)</a></p> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:09:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Dalziel-RecordOfWork/pages/053-The-Adoration-of-the-Maji/ 584.---Bracket, Lincoln., from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845), added on 9th Dec 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0584-Bracket%2c-Lincoln/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0584-Bracket,-Lincoln/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/tn/0584-Bracket,-Lincoln-q75-429x500.jpg" width="119" height="139" alt="584.—Bracket, Lincoln." title="584.—Bracket, Lincoln., from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845), added on 9th Dec 2008" /></a></p> <p>A bracket, possibly a corbel supporting the end of an arch, in th form of a winged angel holding a shield with a cross on it.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0584-Bracket%2c-Lincoln/">(read more...)</a></p> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:15:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0584-Bracket%2c-Lincoln/ clipart: initial letter S from late 15th century printed book, from Alphabets & Numbers of the Middle Ages (1845), added on 30th Nov 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Shaw-Alphabets/pages/065-alphabet-end-of-15th-century-letter-S/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Shaw-Alphabets/pages/065-alphabet-end-of-15th-century-letter-S/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Shaw-Alphabets/tn/065-alphabet-end-of-15th-century-letter-S-q85-462x500.jpg" width="119" height="129" alt="clipart: initial letter S from late 15th century printed book" title="clipart: initial letter S from late 15th century printed book, from Alphabets & Numbers of the Middle Ages (1845), added on 30th Nov 2008" /></a></p> <p>A decorative initial “S” taken from a <a href="065-alphabet-end-of-15th-century-full-page">late 15th century alphabet</a>. You could use it as a drop capital, an avatar, or something to colour in. If you use it, let me know what you did!</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Shaw-Alphabets/pages/065-alphabet-end-of-15th-century-letter-S/">(read more...)</a></p> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:36:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Shaw-Alphabets/pages/065-alphabet-end-of-15th-century-letter-S/ First Nations Chocolatiers, from The New World (1671), added on 14th Nov 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Montanus-America/pages/00300012-making-chocolate/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Montanus-America/pages/00300012-making-chocolate/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Montanus-America/tn/00300012-making-chocolate-q75-500x375.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="First Nations Chocolatiers" title="First Nations Chocolatiers, from The New World (1671), added on 14th Nov 2008" /></a></p> <p>Some naked and almost-naked people making chocolate. There are llamas in the background, and cocoa-trees e.g. on the right.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Montanus-America/pages/00300012-making-chocolate/">(read more...)</a></p> Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:31:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Montanus-America/pages/00300012-making-chocolate/ Vessles of Wrath: Asmodeus, from The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer (1801), added on 12th Nov 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/044b-Vessels-of-Wrath-Asmodeus/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/044b-Vessels-of-Wrath-Asmodeus/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/tn/044b-Vessels-of-Wrath-Asmodeus-q96-431x500.jpg" width="120" height="139" alt="Vessles of Wrath: Asmodeus" title="Vessles of Wrath: Asmodeus, from The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer (1801), added on 12th Nov 2008" /></a></p> <p>Wood-engravings (or woodcuts perhaps) of the heads of various evil spirits and demons/dæmons/daemons. This one is Asmodeus.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/044b-Vessels-of-Wrath-Asmodeus/">(read more...)</a></p> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:17:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/044b-Vessels-of-Wrath-Asmodeus/ 18. Five Skulls, from Fabrica... (1543), added on 3rd Nov 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/018-five-skulls/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/018-five-skulls/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/tn/018-five-skulls-q85-500x326.jpg" width="120" height="78" alt="18. Five Skulls" title="18. Five Skulls, from Fabrica... (1543), added on 3rd Nov 2008" /></a></p> <p>The top-left skull here is normal, and the others are abnormal.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/018-five-skulls/">(read more...)</a></p> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:05:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/018-five-skulls/ 606. The quivering brain., from Fabrica... (1543), added on 3rd Nov 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/606-quivering-brain/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/606-quivering-brain/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/tn/606-quivering-brain-q80-500x456.jpg" width="120" height="109" alt="606. The quivering brain." title="606. The quivering brain., from Fabrica... (1543), added on 3rd Nov 2008" /></a></p> <p>Showing the anatomy of the brain.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/606-quivering-brain/">(read more...)</a></p> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:05:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/606-quivering-brain/ 372. Male thorax and abdomen, from Fabrica... (1543), added on 3rd Nov 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/372-internal-organs/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/372-internal-organs/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/tn/372-internal-organs-q85-428x500.jpg" width="120" height="140" alt="372. Male thorax and abdomen" title="372. Male thorax and abdomen, from Fabrica... (1543), added on 3rd Nov 2008" /></a></p> <p>A torso inspired by classical statues here reveals its internal organs.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/372-internal-organs/">(read more...)</a></p> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:04:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/pages/372-internal-organs/ Mermaid Street, Rye, from Chatterbox Annual (1916), added on 30th Oct 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Chatterbox-1916/pages/124-Mermaid-Street%2c-Rye/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Chatterbox-1916/pages/124-Mermaid-Street,-Rye/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Chatterbox-1916/tn/124-Mermaid-Street,-Rye-q75-371x500.jpg" width="119" height="161" alt="Mermaid Street, Rye" title="Mermaid Street, Rye, from Chatterbox Annual (1916), added on 30th Oct 2008" /></a></p> <p><div class="extract"><p>Another old street is Mermaid Street, with its famous inn of that name and its beautiful timbered hospital</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Chatterbox-1916/pages/124-Mermaid-Street%2c-Rye/">(read more...)</a></p> Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:48:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Chatterbox-1916/pages/124-Mermaid-Street%2c-Rye/ Book of Spirits., from The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer (1801), added on 29th Oct 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/105b-Book-of-Spirits/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/105b-Book-of-Spirits/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/tn/105b-Book-of-Spirits-q75-500x427.jpg" width="119" height="102" alt="Book of Spirits." title="Book of Spirits., from The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer (1801), added on 29th Oct 2008" /></a></p> <p>An engraving showing an occult Book of Spirits:</p> <div class="extract"><p>A specimen of the book of Spirits to be made of virgin Vellum.</p></div> <div class="extract"><p>P. Barrett Del.</p> <p>Pub. by Lackington & Allen</p></div> <p>I also made an image with just the <a href="105b-Book-of-Spirits-detail-book">Book of Spirits</a> without the writing, and another of the <a href="105b-Book-of-Spirits-detail-dragon-rider">dragon rider</a>, presumably an evil spirit.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/105b-Book-of-Spirits/">(read more...)</a></p> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:58:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/105b-Book-of-Spirits/ Dragon Rider, from The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer (1801), added on 29th Oct 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/105b-Book-of-Spirits-detail-dragon-rider/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/105b-Book-of-Spirits-detail-dragon-rider/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/tn/105b-Book-of-Spirits-detail-dragon-rider-q85-384x500.jpg" width="120" height="156" alt="Dragon Rider" title="Dragon Rider, from The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer (1801), added on 29th Oct 2008" /></a></p> <p>A demon rides a dragon, spearing it with an arrow. This is a detail from the <a href="105b-Book-of-Spirits">Book of Spirits</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/105b-Book-of-Spirits-detail-dragon-rider/">(read more...)</a></p> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:57:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Barrett-Magus-BookII/pages/105b-Book-of-Spirits-detail-dragon-rider/ 59.---Screw Press., from Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882), added on 29th Oct 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/59-Screw-Press/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/59-Screw-Press/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/tn/59-Screw-Press-q75-500x422.jpg" width="120" height="101" alt="59.—Screw Press." title="59.—Screw Press., from Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882), added on 29th Oct 2008" /></a></p> <p><div class="extract"><p>A lever and an inclined plane may be combined together into a screw-press, the incluned plane being coiled up into a spiral or screw-thread (fig. 59). For every complete revolution of the lever, the weight is raised a distance equal to that between the spires of the screw-threads; hence the mechanical advantage of such a press is the circumference of the circle traversed by the force applie dat right angles to the lever, divided by the distance between successive spires of the screw. Wheels and axles are usually combined by means of cogs, as is well seen in the wheel-work of a clock. (p. 138)</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/59-Screw-Press/">(read more...)</a></p> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:17:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/59-Screw-Press/ 58.---Screw Lever Pointer., from Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882), added on 29th Oct 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/58-screw-lever-pointer/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/58-screw-lever-pointer/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/tn/58-screw-lever-pointer-q75-500x496.jpg" width="120" height="119" alt="58.—Screw Lever Pointer." title="58.—Screw Lever Pointer., from Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882), added on 29th Oct 2008" /></a></p> <p><div class="extract"><p>139. A combination of levers is sometimes used, but more often for the purpose of magnifying small motions than for exerting great force; that is, for increasing the factor <i>s</i> in the product work at the expense of the factor F. In fig. 58 the motion of the screw is magnified, the pointer describing a considerable arc for one turn of the screw. (p. 138)</p></div></p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/58-screw-lever-pointer/">(read more...)</a></p> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:17:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/58-screw-lever-pointer/ Plate 73. Ragland Castle, from History of Wales (1853), added on 27th Oct 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/HistoryOfWales/pages/73-Gateway-and-bridge-Ragland/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/HistoryOfWales/pages/73-Gateway-and-bridge-Ragland/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/HistoryOfWales/tn/73-Gateway-and-bridge-Ragland-285x473.jpg" width="120" height="199" alt="Plate 73. Ragland Castle" title="Plate 73. Ragland Castle, from History of Wales (1853), added on 27th Oct 2008" /></a></p> <p>Ragland Castle: gateway and bridge<br /> (Ragland is also also called Raglan Castle)</p> <div class="extract"><p>The siege and capture of Ragland castle, by Fairfax, in August, 1646, <span class="sc">A.D.</span>, when the library, containing a great treasure of MSS., wsa destroed, has been the subject of much lamentation; and the opprobrium of the deed has been laid (as is usual) upon Oliver Cromwell, who was not in the least concerned in it. (p. 577)</p></div></p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/HistoryOfWales/pages/73-Gateway-and-bridge-Ragland/">(read more...)</a></p> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:48:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/HistoryOfWales/pages/73-Gateway-and-bridge-Ragland/ The Butcher, Newport Market Alley, from London (1872), added on 27th Oct 2008 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Doree-London/pages/237-The-Butcher-Newport-Market-Alley/ <p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Doree-London/pages/237-The-Butcher-Newport-Market-Alley/"><img src="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Doree-London/tn/237-The-Butcher-Newport-Market-Alley-q75-500x452.jpg" width="119" height="108" alt="The Butcher, Newport Market Alley" title="The Butcher, Newport Market Alley, from London (1872), added on 27th Oct 2008" /></a></p> <p>A bearded butcher chops meat, seemingly on a tree-stump, surrounded by his customers.</p><p><a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Doree-London/pages/237-The-Butcher-Newport-Market-Alley/">(read more...)</a></p> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:15:00 GMT liam@holoweb.net (Liam Quin) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Doree-London/pages/237-The-Butcher-Newport-Market-Alley/