1825 Collection (page 9)

Egan / Pawning Costumes
Pawning theatre costumes in a pawn shop

Egan / Theatrical Manager
The theatrical manager at home

Egan / Rise of the Curtain
The premature rise of the curtain - a scene not contemplated by the author of the play

Egan / Allegory / Actor / Life
The life of an actor allegorised

Egan / Author Reads Play
An author reads his play to a theatre company

Egan / Actors / Country Inn
Touring actors at a country inn

Egan / Actors on Tour
Actors travel in search of fame, their stagecoach laden

Egan / Actors Seek Lodging
An actor on tour seeks lodgings

Egan / Actors / Country Pub
Touring actors at a country pub

Egan / Before Magistrate
Actor before the magistrate for assaulting the turnpike keeper

Country Christening
A COUNTRY CHRISTENING - countryfolk in their best clothes gather round the font as an infant is initiated into the Christian community, with godparents at hand

W H Smith at his Desk
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH Statesman and newsagent reading at his desk

Trafalgar Sq / Royal Mews
The Kings Royal Mews

Whitecross Prison / Egan
The Whitecross Debtors prison was run by the justices of London and Middlesex

Female Type / White Gown
Young woman with plaited hair, wearing a simple white gown with a pink ribbon under the bust

Leadenhall Market 1825
The skin market at Leadenhall, in the parish of St Peter upon Cornhill in the City of London

Plumber at Work, 1820S
The Plumber was, originally, the man who provided the lead for use in gutters &c

th Huxley / Sambourne 1881
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY A satire on the English scientists role as Inspector of Fisheries

Paris / Hotel Liancourt
Originally the Hotel Dauphin, rebuilt by Roger Du Plessis, sieur de Liancourt, circa 1620s; demolished 1825 and the rue des Beaux Arts (6e) now runs on the site

J Strauss (Klingsbogl)
JOHANN STRAUSS (younger) Austrian musician

Julius Schulhoff / Postcd
JULIUS SCHULHOFF Czech-Austrian pianist and composer

William Henry Smith
William Henry SMITH bookseller and statesman

Jp Richter / Miniature
JEAN PAUL FRIEDRICH RICHTER (nom-de-plume Jean Paul ) German writer

Lord Robert Montagu / Vf70
LORD ROBERT MONTAGU Politician and controversialist

Augustus Manns
AUGUSTUS MANNS Conductor and musician

St George / Gajassi 1825
SAINT GEORGE On horseback, slaying the dragon

Jlc Garnier / Postcard
CHARLES GARNIER French architect, designer of the Paris Opera

J-M Charcot / Renouard
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist, with some of his patients depicted in the background

J-M Charcot / Desmoulin
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist

Nicolas I / Tsar / Fursten
TSAR NICOLAS I of RUSSIA reigned 1825-55

Ludwig I / Bavaria / Fursten
LUDWIG I OF BAVARIA King of Bavaria (reigned 1825-48)

Sher (Shere) Ali & Heir
SHER (SHERE) ALI, AND HIS LATE HEIR, ABDULLAH JAN Emir of Kabul from 1863-79, son of Dost Mohammed. Friendly relations with Russia led to conflict with the British

DAME BLANCHE - 3
Scenes from his masterpiece, which marks a turning-point in French opera

DAME BLANCHE - 2
Scene from Act 2, Scene 12 : the opera is based on novels by Sir Walter Scott, which explains the kilted gent

DAME BLANCHE - 1
The celebrated duet, highlight of Boieldieus masterpiece which marks a turning-point in French opera

Ladies in a Library
Ladies in a library

French Passengers 1825
LA DILIGENCE Passengers of a French stage coach walk up a hill to spare the horses

Holyhead-Howth Crossing
Passengers on the deck of the steam packet plying between Holyhead (Wales) and Howth (Ireland) : note that two private carriages are also being carried

Steamer on Loch Lomond
The Marion paddle-steamer carries excursionists cruising among the bonny bonny banks of Loch Lomond

Marie / Sachsen-Weimar-Eis
PRINCESS MARIE von SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH Wife of Prince Carl of Prussia in 1825

Redingote 1825
Blue-grey redingote with gigot sleeves & cape collar trimmed with a rouleux attached in a wavy line; also a black velvet toque turban & reticule in imitation of an iced dessert

Misses Price 1825
The Misses Price: half, full, high & low! Costume includes: spencers, a fur-trimmed pelisse, feather trimmed bonnets, reticule & a fur muff

COSTUME 1820-1825
Ladies: walking dress of white gown & black spencer; or black gown (possibly dinner dress); the gentleman wears a top hat, 3/4 coat and trousers with straps under the feet

Meeting Friends / Fair
A couple meet up with a friend for a chat at a country fair

English Ballad Singer
London ballad singer and seller

Johann Strauss (Younger)
JOHANN STRAUSS (the younger) Austrian musician

R D Blackmore
RICHARD DODDRIDGE English novelist, author of Lorna Doone (1869)

Egan / Workhouse
An actor visits an old colleague, fallen on hard times, in the workhouse

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