Gerard de Nerval, French poet Product:Postcard Lord Beaconsfield is shown leading

Lord Beaconsfield is shown leading the procession

The 'Hobby Horse' or 'Dandy Horse' was the forerunner of the bicycle and was invented by Baron von Drais in France in 1817

North-east view of the old General Post Office with the Royal Mail carriages preparing to depart

illustrated by microscopical drawings

Gerard de Nerval, French poet Product:Postcard Lord Beaconsfield is shown leadingGerard de Nerval, French poet, 1855. Nerval's (1808 1855) use of dreams and fantasies in his work influenced surrealism. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860 1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris.