Salon of Maria de Padilla, Alcazar, Seville, Spain ladybird and tea gardens

and tea gardens

'Chimney Sweep'

The interior of Billingsgate Market showing fishmongers and their stalls

Anatomical study of the head of the common or harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena

the Orange spotted emperor] 'taken at the same place with the preceding species'

Salon of Maria de Padilla, Alcazar, Seville, Spain ladybird and tea gardensSalon of Maria de Padilla, Alcazar, Seville, Spain, late 19th century. The Alcazar was built over Moorish ruins during the 14th century for King Pedro of Castile. Moorish workers gave it a distinctly Islamic design. Maria de Padilla was Pedro's mistress and later his wife. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899).