EditorialLeaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and a drawing (a): Portrait of Grinling Gibbons; (b) Chimney to the Parlour, Houghton Hall, Norfolk.
EditorialRegency actor in front of the magistrates in a parlour. A man holds a horn to his ear, another rests his gouty legs on a footrest. A Scene from Turnpike Gate. Proteus defending himself before the Magistrates for using too powerfully the Action for the ...
EditorialCourt of the Governor and Company, in the Parlour, Bank of England. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by F. Mackenzie from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841.
EditorialVictorian family in front of the fire in the parlour of a Rouen hotel. Colour woodblock after an illustration by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton from Abroad, Marcus Ward, London, 1882.
EditorialHotel guest beset by salespeople in the parlour of the Hotel des Quatre Nations, Paris, 18th century. The room is full of furriers, lace sellers, hatters, mercers, hairdressers, tailors, sword cutlers, pimps, horse-dealers, etc. Arrival at Paris. Handc...