1840 Collection (#35)

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

Fontainebleau Interior
The throne-room of the palace with courtiers and officials standing around while the king graciously receives a document from an obsequious petitioner

Moscow Early C19
A wintry view of the Kremlin, seen across the Moskva river

Foot Shuttlecock
In China, the game of shuttlecock is played with the feet rather than with a handheld battledore

Glazing Porcelain
The glazing process in porcelain manufacture

Napoleon at Ham
After his failed coup d etat at Boulogne, Napoleon is imprisoned in this house at Ham

Napoleon at Boulogne 4
Irreverent English comment on Napoleons failed coup d etat at Boulogne

Napoleon at Boulogne 3
Napoleon makes a second attempt at a coup d etat, at Boulogne this time : again he fails to attract support : he is arrested and imprisoned at Ham

Napoleon at Boulogne 2
Napoleon makes a second attempt at a coup d etat, at Boulogne this time : again he fails to attract support : he is arrested and imprisoned at Ham

July Fetes, Paris
Parisians celebrate the Fall of the Bastille with fun and games, including a tourney on the Seine

Loading Tea Junks
Loading tea junks at Tseen-Tang, China

Ganges Near Hardwar
The Ganges near Hardwar, where it leaves the mountains and enters the plains

Ganges at Kahalgaon
The Ganges at Kahalgaon (Colgong)

Alphonse Daudet
ALPHONSE DAUDET with scenes from two of his books

Paganini (Eichhorn)
NICCOLO PAGANINI Italian musician

Paganini (Cig. Card)
NICCOLO PAGANINI Italian musician

Girl & Flower (Bouvier)
Dreamy girl on rose-laden balcony ( The Dewdrop )

Reform Club Kitchen 1840
The kitchen staff at the Reform Club, London, where the kitchens were designed by Alexis Soyer

Nathan Meyer Rothschild
NATHAN MEYER ROTHSCHILD Head of the English branch of the international banking house

George Smith
GEORGE SMITH Assyriologist

Coming down Vesuvius
TOURISTS ON VESUVIUS - coming down somewhat more rapidly than they climbed up !

Tourists on Vesuvius - 2
TOURISTS ON VESUVIUS - they are pulled up the side of the mountain

Tourists on Vesuvius - 1
TOURISTS ON VESUVIUS - they are pushed up the side of the mountain

Poe and Friends
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer (on the right) with friends from the University of Virginia, Miles George and Thomas Goode Tucker, probably taken about 1840

Opium Wars / Whampoa 1840
The British Fleet forces a passage to Whampoa

Washing Day at the River
French housewives take their laundry to the river, where stone slabs are placed for their use

Kremlin River Moskva
A view of the Kremlin from the River Moskva with a stone bridge in the foreground

Elephant in Armour
An elephant equipped for battle with armour, howdah &c

Dickens / Old Curiosity
An interior view of the shop

Beau Brummell / Jesse s
GEORGE BRYAN (BEAU) BRUMMELL English dandy and friend of the Prince of Wales

Beau Brummell / Engraving
GEORGE BRYAN (BEAU) BRUMMELL English dandy and friend of the Prince of Wales

European Otter C1840
European otter

Charles Booth / Scribner s
CHARLES BOOTH English shipowner and sociological writer

A Weary Seamstress / 1840
A weary seamstress

Cora Richmond
Cora (nee Scott), later Cora Richmond, later Cora Hatch, later Cora Tappan American spirit medium

Marine Life / Whales
Four different whales, including the Porpoise, Ca ing whale, White whale, and the Narwhal

Newcastle Bookshop
A grand Victorian bookshop - W & T Fordyces Publishing Establishment, Newcastle upon Tyne

Zola / Chartran / Vf 1880
EMILE ZOLA French novelist

Spanish Gipsy Musicians
Two Spanish gipsy girls play guitar and tambourine

Levitation / Vintras
The alleged levitation of EUGENE VINTRAS, noted French occultist

Wilfred & Anne Blunt
WILFRED SCAWEN BLUNT English poet and traveller LADY ANNE BLUNT his wife (1858) who travelled with him on many expeditions in search of horses for their stud farm

Johann Blumenbach
JOHANN FRIEDRICH BLUMENBACH German zoologist and anthropologist and professor of medicine

Dead Sea & Jericho C1840
View of the Dead Sea, Jericho and the mouth of the River Jordan

Bell Ringer
The bell-ringer

The Poacher Detected
THE POACHER DETECTED. He will probably be hanged, but if the magistrate is merciful he may simply be transported to Australia for the rest of his life

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping