Gas Lamp Collection

Traditional Chinese cormorant fisherman, Li River, near Xingping, China

Lighting the gas lamps for a dinner party, 1800s
Guests awaiting the return of gas-light during a Christmas dinner-party, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Milk man with his horse and float stands in a street where an unexploded bomb has been found in Sidcup, Kent

Soldiers lighting Gas Lamp, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
731056 Soldiers lighting Gas Lamp, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soldiers lighting Gas Lamp)

A London street scene with revellers returning home as the labouring classes start on their day's work, 1850
3480189 A London street scene with revellers returning home as the labouring classes start on their day's work, 1850; (add.info)

View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak
FLO5000669 View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak, chestnut and plaster. Man on a ladder lighting a gas lantern

Homeless mother and child sit under the light of a gas lamp in a deserted street, 1850
3330699 Homeless mother and child sit under the light of a gas lamp in a deserted street, 1850; (add.info.: Homeless mother and child sit under the light of a gas lamp in a deserted street)

Engraving depicting a gas lamp on a bracket, 19th century
5308857 Engraving depicting a gas lamp on a bracket, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a gas lamp on a bracket. Dated 19th century 01/02/1886); Universal History Archive/UIG.

London street scenes
863261 London street scenes; (add.info.: London street scenes. Boy Chimney Sweep: Cab driver: Orange Seller: Water Board Man turning a stopcock: Digging up the road)

A Carbide lamp
5308083 A Carbide lamp.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Carbide lamp, or acetylene gas lamps, are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene (C2H2)

A Bruncor acetylene gas plant
5307919 A Bruncor acetylene gas plant.; (add.info.: Detail of a Bruncor acetylene gas plant for supplying light in large country houses or remote location where town gas was not available)

A young woman using a gas reading lamp
5310300 A young woman using a gas reading lamp; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a young woman using a gas reading lamp. The shade was supported on a tubular frame which carried the gas to the burner)

Sunlight in the Dining-room, 1889. Creator: Viggo Johansen
Sunlight in the Dining-room, 1889

House Office Building - Interior, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. House Office Building - Interior, 1913
House Office Building - Interior, 1913. Portrait of President Woodrow Wilson on far wall. Board at right reads: Bill No. 1472: Clark, Champ; J.G. Cannon; Ben. Johnson; Kitchin, G.; J.T. Lloyd; J.R

Ball at Hawkstone, to Commemorate the Majority of Hon. Rowland Clegg Hill, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ball at Hawkstone, to Commemorate the Majority of Hon. Rowland Clegg Hill, 1854. Party for Rowland Clegg-Hill's 21st birthday at the family seat of Hawkstone Hall in Shropshire

Poster advertising the film L'Enfant de Paris, produced by Gaumont Cinema Films (colour litho)
PWI82861 Poster advertising the film L'Enfant de Paris, produced by Gaumont Cinema Films (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Musee du Cinema, Paris

Scene in the Strand at Night, c1860, (1942). Creator: Willem de Famars Testas
Scene in the Strand at Night, c1860, (1942). Nightlife in one of Londons main streets: carriages and crowds of people outside brightly-lit establishments

Albert Row OFH01_01_01_f08_09
Albert Row, Putney, Wandsworth, Greater London. The seventeenth century cottages of Albert Row, with Albert Place in the background. These buildings stood approximately where Weimer Street now stands

Bolting Cloth Factory OFH01_01_02_022
Blackmore's Bolting Cloth Factory, Frogmore, Wandsworth, Wandsworth, Greater London. The front elevation of Blackmore's bolting cloth factory and adjacent houses at the corner of Frogmore

Cook Street Coventry, 1941 a42_00376
11 - 12 Cook Street, Coventry. Exterior view of the front elevation of 11-12 Cook Street, showing bomb damage. Coventry City centre was devastated by air raids in 1940

Boy Studying
CBR35908 Boy Studying by Ilsted, Peter Vilhelm (1861-1933); Private Collection; Photo © Connaught Brown, London

The corner of Karl Johan and Dronningens (Queens) Street (oil on canvas)
OVR390532 The corner of Karl Johan and Dronningens (Queens) Street (oil on canvas) by Krohg, Christian (1852-1925); 25x32 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Oda with lamp (oil on canvas)
OVR390537 Oda with lamp (oil on canvas) by Krohg, Christian (1852-1925); 63x47 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Oda Krohg (1860-1935) Norwegian painter and wife of the artist; ); Photo © O

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Creator: Gustave Caillebotte
Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Donegall Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland, c. 1890
Donegall Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland, c.1890

Promenade on the banks of the Seine in Paris
GG80870 Promenade on the banks of the Seine in Paris by Renoux, Jules Ernest (1863-1932); Private Collection; Photo eGavin Graham Gallery, London, UK; French, out of copyright

Poster advertising Incandescent Gas-Lamps, 1895 (colour litho)
CHT138051 Poster advertising Incandescent Gas-Lamps, 1895 (colour litho) by Mataloni, Giovanni Maria (1869-1944); Private Collection; eArchives Charmet; Italian, out of copyright

The Role of Gas in modern houses, from a French Gas Company calendar
XIR163365 The Role of Gas in modern houses, from a French Gas Company calendar, 1892 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Interior of a Panelled Hall (w / c)
MAL67059 Interior of a Panelled Hall (w/c) by Warne Brown, Alfred J. (d.1915); 31.7x48.9 cm; Private Collection; eMallett Gallery, London, UK; British, out of copyright

View of the Royal Exchange, City of London, pub. by G. Rowney, 1897 (chromolithograph)
GHL82690 View of the Royal Exchange, City of London, pub. by G. Rowney, 1897 (chromolithograph) by Lander, C. J. (fl. 1895-96); London Metropolitan Archives

Rudolph Ackermann, 1810-14 (oil on canvas)
OJ444830 Rudolph Ackermann, 1810-14 (oil on canvas) by Mouchet, Francois Nicolas (1749/50-1814) (attr.); 127.6x100.3 cm; National Portrait Gallery, London

First gas lamp, 1814 - Last oil lamp, 1842 (colour litho)
3621862 First gas lamp, 1814 - Last oil lamp, 1842 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First gas lamp, 1814 - Last oil lamp, 1842)

Interior scene with a lady in a white evening dress
GG80781 Interior scene with a lady in a white evening dress by Fischer, Paul (1860-1934); 25.4x17.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eGavin Graham Gallery, London, UK; Danish, out of copyright

Children at Table (mezzotint)
CBR76470 Children at Table (mezzotint) by Ilsted, Peter Vilhelm (1861-1933); 58.4x68.6 cm; Private Collection; Photo eConnaught Brown, London; Danish, out of copyright

Frederick Accum, Esq (engraving)
2775133 Frederick Accum, Esq (engraving) by Thomson, James (fl.1840); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frederick Accum (1769-1838), German chemist

Old Cronies (oil on canvas)
BOW106529 Old Cronies (oil on canvas) by Forbes, Stanhope Alexander (1857-1947); 46.3x36.8 cm; Private Collection; Courtesy of Simon Gillespie Studio, London; English, out of copyright

Cafe Terrace at Night, September 1888 (reed pen and ink with graphite on laid paper)
1069554 Cafe Terrace at Night, September 1888 (reed pen and ink with graphite on laid paper) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); 87.6x74.9 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Passepartout putting out the gas-light, from Around the World in Eighty Days
3501832 Passepartout putting out the gas-light, from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905), 1873 (engraving) by French School

Reproduction of a poster advertising Saxoleine, safe parrafin oil
STC138578 Reproduction of a poster advertising Saxoleine, safe parrafin oil, 1896 (colour litho) by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); 124x88 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Life in the Brig, illustration from The second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir
931451 Life in the Brig, illustration from The second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin... 1856 (engraving) by Kane

The lamplighter, Mr G Allwn who is employed by the Gas, Light and Coke company and has put on the lights in the Temple for the past 28 years Circa 1950

The lamplighter, Mr G Allwn who is employed by the Gas, Light and Coke company and has put on the lights in the Temple for the past 28 years Circa 1950

The lamplighter, Mr G Allwn who is employed by the Gas, Light and Coke company and has put on the lights in the Temple for the past 28 years Circa 1950

London Gas Strike. November 1944

A scene near Temple Bar, during the fog, 1844. Creator: Unknown
A scene near Temple Bar, during the fog, 1844. Thick fog in the City of London. To say that darkness was visible would be to give but a faint idea of the aspect of things about seven o clock

The Wife, 1829. Creator: Asher Brown Durand
The Wife, 1829

Design for a Gas Lamp with Gilt Base and Glass Globe, 19th century. Creator: Guerard
Design for a Gas Lamp with Gilt Base and Glass Globe, 19th century

Rue Traversine (from the Rue d Arras), ca. 1868. Creator: Charles Marville
Rue Traversine (from the Rue d Arras), ca. 1868

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"Embracing the Warm Glow: Gas Lamps Through Time and Cultures" In a picturesque scene on the Li River near Xingping, China, a traditional Chinese cormorant fisherman skillfully navigates his boat under the soft illumination of a gas lamp. Transporting us back to the 1800s, we find ourselves in an elegant dining room where guests eagerly await their meal as gas lamps flicker warmly overhead, setting the perfect ambiance for a memorable dinner party. Amidst the chaos of war-torn streets, a milkman with his horse and float stands undeterred by danger as he illuminates his path using a trusty gas lamp while an unexploded bomb looms nearby—a testament to resilience amidst adversity. Albert Row OFH01_01_01_f08_09 captures an enchanting glimpse of history as gas lamps line up along this charming street, casting their gentle glow upon passersby who navigate through cobblestones under its comforting radiance. The Strand at Night in 1860 comes alive with bustling activity illuminated by numerous gas lamps that guide pedestrians through London's iconic thoroughfare—each light telling stories of late-night strolls and vibrant city life. Within Bolting Cloth Factory OFH01_01_02_022 lies an industrial world powered by innovation; yet amidst machinery and hard work, humble gas lamps provide workers with much-needed light during long hours spent laboring away. Cook Street Coventry in 1941 reveals both destruction and hope as residents continue their daily routines despite wartime challenges—an enduring symbol being the ever-reliable gas lamp that perseveres even amid darkness. A young boy diligently studies beneath the warm glow of a nearby gas lamp—a beacon of knowledge guiding him forward on his educational journey towards brighter horizons and endless possibilities.