AC Syndicate collectibles

Illustration 1

Illustration 1 shows a meeting room used by communists near Leicester Square, one of the Illustrated London News prints the Frye twins collect in 1868.

Illustration 10

Illustration 10 is captioned A Million of Money, and the database adds nothing beyond that title.

Illustration 11

Illustration 11 shows the parlour of a bank.

Illustration 12

Illustration 12 is a street scene in Leicester Square, the second print in the set tied to that part of the West End.

Illustration 13

Illustration 13 follows fruit-sellers on the road to Jerusalem.

Illustration 14

Illustration 14 depicts the Basilica of St. Clement, the old church of San Clemente in Rome.

Illustration 15

Illustration 15 shows people in Paris crowding round posted notices announcing new taxes.

Illustration 16

Illustration 16 is an interior view of the entrance hall of the French National Assembly at Versailles.

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 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 30

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