1840 Collection (#34)

Memnon Statues 1
The so-called Memnon statues of Amenophis III, which emit a sound like the snapping of a cord at daybreak, attributed to Memnons mother Eos, goddess of the Dawn, weeping

Terrier and Badger
A Scottish Terrier corners a badger in his set

Gravesend from River
River steamers arriving and departing back to London from Gravesend, Kent, at the mouth of the Thames

Off the North Foreland
Sailing vessels off the North Foreland, Kent; a small fishing boat is busy in the foreground

Napoleon Exhumed
He is exhumed from his grave on Saint Helena in order that his remains may be taken to Paris, there to be enshrined in Les Invalides

Cattleya Loddigesii
a species of orchid

Islamic Paradise
Paradise, as promised to faithful Moslems, is chiefly noted for its HOURIS - a species of affable nymphs

Breakfast / Village Home
A three generation family have breakfast in their village home

Preparing for Suttee
Preparing for the immolation of a Hindu widow

Marseille / Harbour C1840
General view of the harbour

Samaritans, Book of Law
Samaritans of Nablouse reading the Book of the Law

Housewife Spinning
A young mother sits spinning by her door

Lady and Etagere
A lady admires her appearance in the mirror which stands on the top shelf of her etagere, which is otherwise filled with ornaments of dubious chic

MANDARINs HOUSE 1840
An apartment in a mandarins house, near Nanking

Gib r / Bartlett / St George
The defences - St Georges Hall - caves filled with canons

Amaryllis Marmorata

Racial Types / New Zealand
A group of indigenous New Zealanders cooking and consuming their enemies

Exploration / D urville
Dumont D Urville in Astrolabe and Zelee

Round Tower, Clonmacnoise
CLONMACNOISE The churchyard, showing the two Round Towers, and a celtic cross

Istanbul Walls
Part of the triple lines of walls which were intended to protect Byzantium against all comers - but they failed to keep out the Turks in 1453

Royal Society / Fairholt
A meeting at Somerset House, London

Fairholt / Royal Antiq. Soc
A meeting at Somerset House, London

Locust (Colour Print)
locusta sexpunctata (grasshopper of six points)

Niagara Falls (Cole)
Two Native Americans stand on a rock enjoying a Distant View of the Falls of Niagara

Dance at Viti Levu
Tribal dance of the people of Viti Levu, the largest island in the Fiji group

African Elephant Herd
Delelorgue and his companions, travelling in southern Africa, encounter a herd of elephants. Needless to say, they reach for their guns

Dance of Zulus, 1840
The sina dance of the Amazoulous, watched by Delelorgue (lower right)

Durban in the 1840S
View of the Bay or Port Natal (as Durban is known at this time) seen from Conguela

The Black Mousquetaire
THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE The Mousquetaire is startled by the apparent appearence of the deceased Therese

Queen Victoria 1840
QUEEN VICTORIA Victoria circa 1840

Fable / King Stork & Frogs
FROGS PETITION JUPITER FOR A KING: King Stork, sent to the frogs who complained they had no proper ruler, eats them all up

RACEHORSE HARKAWAY
A portrait of the racehorse Harkaway, who won the 1838 Goodwood Cup, in his stable

Birmingham Railway 1837
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY: classes of train - each would have had its own engine. First: has a gentlemens barouche! Second: Royal Mail & passengers. Third: Goods & livestock

Chalk Farm Bridge / Rail
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY An engine & carriages pass under the Chalk Farm Bridge watched intently by onlookers intrigued by the new fangled mode of transport

German Peasant Girls
Two German milkmaids, one barefoot, carry pails of milk which they have collected from the horse and cart

Children Swing on Gate
Happy as a King. Country children find pleasure in the simple things in life - swinging gleefully on a 5-bar gate. The littlest sibling falls off!

Rescued by Newfoundland
In 19th century prints, Newfoundland dogs spend most of their waking hours pulling small children from ponds into which they have injudiciously fallen

Jesuit Church, Paris
The grandiose Jesuit church in rue saint-Antoine, Paris

Vilna Cathedral, Lithuania

Malbork, Poland
Formerly Marienburg, in East Prussia

Kalisz, Poland - Castle
The castle from the Dniester river, Kalisz, Poland

Kalisz, Poland
The market-place

Hancock Hse, Boston
HANCOCK HOUSE

Camel (Bartlett)
Like ships or trains, the camel can be used to carry passengers or baggage

THE ROYAL GEORGE
Raising the the wreck of the Royal George, which sunk in 1782

Claude Monet
CLAUDE MONET Claude Monet French artist

Sepulchral Chapel
The Sepulchral Chapel of Sultana Valide

Fallow Deer
FALLOW DEER

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