AC Syndicate collectibles

Illustration 37

Illustration 37 shows the Highland Society's festival, where diners toast the Duke of Rothesay with Highland honours.

Illustration 38

Illustration 38 shows people talking over the national Budget.

Illustration 39

Illustration 39 is a picture of Arch's Cottage in the village of Barford.

Illustration 4

Illustration 4 leaves London behind for a street view in Rouen, in northern France.

Illustration 4 (1888)

Illustration 4 of the 1888 set shows coastal fortifications.

Illustration 40

Illustration 40 shows a farm labourer's home at Whitnash.

Illustration 41

Illustration 41 shows an art auction in London, and pairs with Illustration 42's sale in Paris.

Illustration 42

Illustration 42 is the Paris counterpart to Illustration 41: a picture sale across the Channel.

Illustration 43

Illustration 43 shows poor children being taught at the South Metropolitan District School in Sutton.

Illustration 44

Illustration 44 is a portrait of a water-carrier at the Alhambra.

Illustration 45

Illustration 45 shows Queen Victoria with the German Empress and a royal party.

Illustration 46

Illustration 46 depicts a Royal Literary Fund dinner presided over by the King of the Belgians.

Illustration 47

Illustration 47 shows holiday crowds buying tickets for an excursion train.

Illustration 48

Illustration 48 is a springtime view of Covent Garden.

Illustration 49

Illustration 49 shows French communists living in London, linking back to the Paris scenes earlier in the set.

Illustration 5

Illustration 5 captures a crowd heading to a morning pantomime show.

Illustration 5 (1888)

Illustration 5 of the 1888 set shows cargo being loaded onto a river steamer.

Illustration 50

Illustration 50 is titled The Tower and dated 7 June 1915, decades after the twins could have picked it up in 1868.

Illustration 6

Illustration 6 shows a group of astronomers set up and waiting for an eclipse.

Illustration 6 (1888)

Illustration 6 of the 1888 set covers a railway strike in Whitechapel, the borough at the centre of the Jack the Ripper story.

Illustration 7

Illustration 7 is a view of the ancient Wall of Romulus at the Porta Mugonia on Rome's Palatine Hill.

Illustration 7 (1888)

Illustration 7 of the 1888 set takes you backstage, where a dragon prop gets a touch-up.

Illustration 8

Illustration 8 shows the royal bodyguard searching the vaults under the Houses of Parliament before a new session opens.

Illustration 8 (1888)

Illustration 8 of the 1888 set shows people queuing to be let in.