Lost Streets - Bozier's Court (2)

LOST STREETS - BOZIER'S COURT (2)

A conversation with a reader takes me back to the picture libraries and I find this great shot from English Heritage of the buildings that delimited the court on the eastern side. (3rd picture, Ref no: CC97/01522) ...

http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/results.aspx?index=0&mainQuery=tottenham%20court%20road&searchType=all&form=home

... shame there's no way to link to it directly. The other pics of the corner are obviously post 1900, and I've emailed them about the dates.

Yet More Databases

YET MORE DATABASES

One obvious picture library that I seemed to have missed from my Links page is the Museum of London Images collection. Particularly useful whilst the Museum's Victorian section is closed for refurbishment. Left, for your delectation, Varney the Vampire!

More Databases, Again

MORE DATABASES, AGAIN

I recently stumbled across Wellcome-images, the image library of the Wellcome Collection (concerning, as you might guess, all things medical). It's not just Victorian material, of course (far from it) but contains some fascinating pics ... I particularly liked the image of ear trumpets, a feature of Victorian life I had forgotten. Note the 'trumpet' swathed in crepe for mourning!

Picture Libraries

PICTURE LIBRARIES

There are some great commercial picture libraries on the web, which the casual browser can enjoy, even if they don't want to buy the pictures. I've listed some on my Links page but a new one (for my list, at least) is the British Library Picture Library. To take a very random example, a search for 'Maskelyne' (the famous magician of 'Maskelyne and Cooke' fame) found four striking advertisements for his shows (see example, right). I hope no-one at the BL minds me linking to the small-scale image for demonstration purposes (if so, let me know!) ... all such digitised material is, of course, copyright of the library.