William S. Brunton (fl. 1859-71) created most of these scenes. According to Simon Houfe’s Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators, he signed his work with arrow-pierced hearts or “WB,” and a few of these scenes have “Brunton.” Not all these half-page plates are accompanied by explanatory texts, and those that are vary widely in quality and approach, with narrators as different as a monkey in the zoo and an eight-year-old at the beach. One, “Evans’ Supper Rooms,’ takes the form of a conversation in which Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, and Wilkie Collins take part. — George P. Landow
[*** = part of the series “A Day’s Work in the City by One of the Underpaid”]
London Amusements
- An Afternoon in the Park: Rotten Row [Hyde Park]
- An Artistic Conversazione
- A Christmas Party
- The Crystal Palace Concert
- Evans’ Supper Rooms
- The Horse Show at the Agricultural Hall
- A Visit to the Alhambra
- The Zoological Gardens
- The Louther Arcade
- The British Museum (I)
- The British Museum (II)
- A Visit to Cremone
- The National Gallery
- The Society of British Artists
- The Tower of London
- Easter Monday on Hampstead Heath
- Reflections at a Picture-Auction
- Muscular Christianity
London life and business
- An Old-fashioned Winter
- A Block in Fetter Lane
- Industry at the West End
- Fleet Street
- A Block in Fetter Lane
- The Royal Exchange
- St. George’s, Hanover Square
- The Separation of Emily and brown Jones (Divorce court)
- Six O’Clock at the General Post Office
- The Hospital for Sick Children
- The Burlington Arcade
- 11 o’clock. Capel Court and the Stock Exchange***
- 12 o’clock — Lunch at Crosby Hall***
- A Day’s Work in th City. Two O’clock.—the Lord Mayor’s Court***
- A Refreshment Bar
Getting There
- The London-Bridge Railway.
- The Guide to the Metropolitan Railway
- [A busy London street with pedestrians and an omnibus]
- 11 o’clock A.M. “On the Broad and Bounding River”.***
- The Platform at Ludgate. The British public waiting for the 8.37 train. By Sylvanus Suburban
Scenes from Elsewhere
- The People’s Pleasures. No 1. A Steamboat Up the River.
- The People’s Pleasures. No 2. Ramsgate Sands
- The People’s Pleasures. No 5. — Temple Mills
- A Day at Margate
Last modified 6 June 2018