1840 Collection (#30)

Woolwich / Academy / Anon
The ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY - soldiers exercising on the parade ground

Marine Life / Whaling
Whaling in the Arctic

House and Head
A HOUSE AND ITS HEAD

Fred Walker / Furniss
FREDERICK WALKER English artist and illustrator

Social / China Junks C1840
Junks passing an inclined plane on the Imperial canal in China; citizens mill around, one man smokes a pipe on his boat, others buy and eat rice from a stall

Giants Causeway C1840
Looking towards the mainland : a local explains the formation of the Giants Causeway to a group of visitors

Funeral Cortege, Paris
The funeral cortege, with his ashes brought from Saint Helena, in the place de la Concorde, Paris

Southwark / Harvard Chapel
Southwark with Harvard Chapel in the distance

Rail Travel, 1820S
One of the earliest trains - with the carriages adapted from road coaches and the outside passengers liable to be blackened by smoke

Shops / Jeweller C1840
Young couple buy ring from attentive jeweler

Auguste Rodin, French sculptor
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), French sculptor, as depicted by his friend, John Singer Sargent

High Street from West Bow, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
View of the High Street from the Head of West Bow, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland

Cultivation Rice in China
Cultivation in China

Food and Drink / Breakfast
Maid serves the family breakfast

Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey
The Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey

John Philip Holland
JOHN PHILIP HOLLAND Irish-American inventor of submarines

Thomas Hardy / Russell
THOMAS HARDY English novelist and poet. Works noted for the philosophy of stoical pessimism, echoes of Greek tragedies with central folk theme

Edward Whymper
EDWARD WHYMPER Prolific alpinist and talented wood engraver. Illustrated his books on alpine exploration with wood engravings

Zola / Dornac Photo
EMILE ZOLA in his work-room

Dame School (Webster)
Village children struggle with their lessons while their teacher struggles with her pupils

House at Windermere
Mr Schneiders elegant home at Belsfield, Bowness-on- Windermere, in the English Lake District : notice too the elaborately laid-out garden and the huge greenhouse

Stainer (Photo)
SIR JOHN STAINER composer, notably of The Crucifixion

Sir Chas. Warren (Photo)
SIR CHARLES WARREN Soldier and archaeologist

Odilon Redon / Hommes 1890
ODILON REDON French painter, lithographer and engraver

Claude Monet / Giverny / Ils
CLAUDE MONET French artist in his garden at Giverny

Hilarion Daza / Iea 1878
HILARION DAZA Bolivian general and provisional President

Sweden / Stockholm / C 1840
A view of the city with sail and steam ships

John Campbell / Snow 1841
JOHN CAMPBELL Philanthropist and missionary in Africa

5th Earl Cadogan / V Fair
GEORGE HENRY CADOGAN 5th EARL CADOGAN Statesman, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1895-1902

LA Bourgault-Ducoudray
LOUIS-ALBERT BOURGAULT-DUCOUDRAY French composer and musicologist

Andre Gill / Figaro Album
ANDRE GILL (real name : Gosset de Guines) French caricaturist

Andre Gill (Moloch)
ANDRE GILL (real name : Gosset de Guines) French caricaturist

London-Brum Loco 1837
Locomotive of the London and and Birmingham Railway

Bristol / Rownham Ferry
Bristol from Rownham Ferry

Friedrich Wilhelm Iii / Mi
FRIEDRICH WILHELM III King of Prussia (1797-1840)

Pirbright / Henry De Worms
HENRY de WORMS 1st BARON PIRBRIGHT Politician

Zola / Postcard Photo
EMILE ZOLA French novelist

Zola / Pelerin 1923
EMILE ZOLA Satirical comment on his novel, Lourdes (1894) - the Devil teaches him to be sceptical about miracles

Zola / Trombinoscope 1882
EMILE ZOLA French novelist: a satirical comment on his portrayal of the seedier side of life in his novels

Johan Svendsen / Postcard
JOHAN SEVERIN SVENDSEN Norwegian composer, violinist and conductor

Hernes Oak / Merry Wives
A scene from The Merry Wives of Windsor, in which Falstaff falls beside Hernes Oak whilst impersonating Herne the Hunter, the phantom who haunts Windsor Great Park

William Sidney Smith / Col
SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY SMITH English naval commander

Feeding Silkworms / China
Feeding silk worms with mulberry leaves & sorting the cocoons. The whole family seems to be involved

Chinese Silk Industry
Women destroying the Chrysalides & reeling the cocoons while their children play nearby

Silk Industry in China
Dyeing & winding silk

Women in Coal Mine / 1840
Women working down a Northumbrian mine

Cap Vendors Shop, China
CHINA A cap vendors shop in Canton; a customer smokes a long pipe while another is helped with his choice of caps; an assistant makes tea

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