AC Syndicate collectibles

Illustration 17

Illustration 17 shows French communists who have been set free, gathered at Montmartre in Paris.

Illustration 18

Illustration 18 shows St. Paul's Cathedral being made ready for a thanksgiving service, the first of several prints in the set about that celebration.

Illustration 19

Illustration 19 is titled The Mouse-Trap; the database gives only the title.

Illustration 2

Illustration 2 is an engineering scene: workers casting one of the cylinders for the new Albert Bridge at Chelsea.

Illustration 2 (1888)

Illustration 2 of the 1888 set is a dinner scene in Whitechapel, the East End companion to the City dinner in Illustration 1.

Illustration 20

Illustration 20 is a view of the back of Ross Island at Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands.

Illustration 21

Illustration 21 is a portrait of Queen Victoria.

Illustration 22

Illustration 22 is a gentle country scene of people picking wood violets.

Illustration 23

Illustration 23 takes its subject from the Monday Popular Concerts.

Illustration 24

Illustration 24 reaches back to the 1500s, showing Queen Elizabeth I dressed for the royal thanksgiving after the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

Illustration 25

Illustration 25 shows the lights put up across the city for a Thanksgiving Day celebration.

Illustration 26

Illustration 26 records the ceremony at Temple Bar where the Lord Mayor of London offers the City sword to the Queen on Thanksgiving Day.

Illustration 27

Illustration 27 shows Members of Parliament stepping ashore at Paul's Wharf on the Thames.

Illustration 28

Illustration 28 shows schoolchildren singing the national anthem in Green Park.

Illustration 29

Illustration 29 is called Patience and Determination; its card offers no more than that title.

Illustration 3

Illustration 3 depicts a charity New Year's dinner served at the refuge on Great Queen Street.

Illustration 3 (1888)

Illustration 3 of the 1888 set depicts a children's hospital.

Illustration 30

Illustration 30 shows St. Paul's Cathedral lit up for Thanksgiving Day.

Illustration 31

Illustration 31 looks at the royal pew inside St. Paul's during the Thanksgiving Day service.

Illustration 32

Illustration 32 shows fire-escapes being tested at Lambeth Hill off Upper Thames Street.

Illustration 33

Illustration 33 marks the end of the Tichborne case, with the man known as the Claimant being brought to Newgate prison.

Illustration 34

Illustration 34 comes from the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race and is subtitled An Old Varsity Oar.

Illustration 35

Illustration 35 is a Good Friday scene.

Illustration 36

Illustration 36 shows skirmishers taking part in the Easter Monday volunteer review at Brighton.