1840 Collection (#31)

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

Celestine Galli-Marie
CELESTINE GALLI-MARIE (Marie de l Isle) French mezzo-soprano, best known for her portrayals of Mignon and Carmen

Brighton / Old Steine 1840
The Old Steine, Brighton, Sussex

Sidney Smith (Eckstein)
SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY SMITH naval commander, depicted at the siege of Acre in Palestine

Oysters in a Village
The first day of oysters in an English country village

Bradford / Yorkshire / 1840
Bradford, Yorkshire: an industrial landscape

Madras, Fort St. George
Fort St. George, Madras

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 6
Saffo, to expiate the sacri- lege of destroying Apollos altar, even though it was the result of misunderstandings for which she can hardly be blamed, jumps off a cliff

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 4
Saffo, after the sacrilege of destroying Apollos altar, is expelled from the temple

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 3
Saffo, maddened with grief when her lover Faone marries Climene, destroys Apollos altar, an act she will soon regret

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 2
Climene prepares for her wedding with Faone, though Faone still loves Saffo

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 1
Faone repulses Saffo, believing that she has betrayed him, and decides to marry Climene instead

Polka (Bohemian)
Polka means half-step in Czech, and this step which took first the dance halls and then the ballrooms of Europe by storm, scandalising many, is of Bohemian origin

A Girls Education
A handsome girl is taught to dance, watched by her mother who knows how valuable this accomplishment is in making an advantageous marriage... the facial expressions are superb!

Invitation to the Dance
A gentleman of the romantic era invites a lady to dance : she accepts his invitation with a graceful bow

Library at Istanbul
The library of Raghib Pasha at Istanbul : scholars study the ancient arab manuscripts

Grandmother Reads Aloud
An elderly lady lays aside her knitting to help her grandson to read from the family Bible

Dublin Castle / Courtyard
Dublin Castle: the Great Courtyard

Custom House / Dublin 1840
Dublin: the Custom House and river

Elephants Bathing C1840
Regents Park, London : an elephant in his bath

Flax Heckling
Flax heckling - a process in the production of Linen

Royal Academy, 1840
A Private View of the Royal Academy annual exhibition : the walls are more crowded, the rooms less so, than today

Men Dine on Capons 1840
Men eat tasty capons in a dining-room

IRAN / KURDS C. 1840
Two Kurds in traditional dress

Britannia Cunarder
Passenger liner of the Cunard Line which starts the first regular transatlantic mail service; in 1849 she is sold to Germany and ends her career sunk as a target ship

FRENCH BARREL GAME
Le Tonneau (barrel) players aim to get their pieces through the hole(s)

Racial / Iran / Persian 1840
A Persian man in traditional dress

Racial / Iran / Mullah C1840
A mullah (scholar)

Racial / India / Rajah C1840
Indian Rajah sitting cross- legged, smoking a hookah

Racial / Arabs / Girl C1840
Arab girl

Racial / Arabs / Merchant
Arab merchant

Racial / Arabs / Bedouin 19C
Bedouin arab

Racial / Arabs / Druse C1840
Druse woman of Lebanon

Fashions for Nov 1840
Dress with vertical detailing on the bodice & skirt, various capes & mantles: sleeveless opera mantle with armholes & a hood; tartan edged pelisse mantel

Reading LA Mode 1840
A young woman reading a copy of " La Mode" wears a pink bonnet & possibly a pelerine- mantelet over a white dress whose hem is decorated with a flounce bordered in lace. Date: 1840

Racial / Gipsies C1840
Russian gipsies in their camp

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