1850 Collection (page 2)

North Surrey District School, Anerley, Upper Norwood, Surrey
The North Surrey District School at Anerley, Upper Norwood, with the Crystal Palace visible behind. The school was opened in 1850 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Jewish High Priest
A Jewish High Priest in his ceremonial garb

Farewell to Donegall
Emigrants Farewell to Donegall - A songsheet

Wordsworth / Old Rectory
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH English poets home from 1811 to 1813, The Old Rectory, which was demolished in the 1890s Date: 1770 - 1850

Bylaugh Hall
The ruins of Bylaugh (pronouced beela ) Hall, Norfolk, England. This was the new Bylaugh Hall, built in 1850 by Charles Barry. Here in ruins in the early 1960s. Date: 19th century

Union Workhouse, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
The Union workhouse erected in 1849-50 at Chamber Hills, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, on what is now Fountain Street. The site is now Tameside Hospital

Goddess Minerva
The Roman Goddess of crafts, poetry and wisdom and the daughter of Jupiter

Captain Smith / Titanic
Captain Edward John Smith, captain of the ill-fated passenger liner RMS Titanic which sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg

William Keogh, Mp
WILLIAM NICHOLAS KEOGH MP for Athlone and Attorney-General

The Re-cut Koh-i-noor Diamond, 1852
Engraving of the re-cut Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, 1852. Previously owned by the Mogul emperors, the Persian Shahs and Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab

William Kirby (Howard)
WILLIAM KIRBY entomologist, rector of Barham, Suffolk Date: 1759 - 1850

County Lunatic Asylum, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Aerial view of the Buckinghamshire County Lunatic Asylum at Stone, near Aylesbury. The asylum, designed by Thomas Henry Wyatt and David Brandon, was opened in 1853

Jeremiah or George Wombwell (1777 - 1850), English zoo owner, who achieved fame and fortune with Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie, pictured shortly before his death. Date: 1850

Carlisle Cathedral / Choir
Carlisle Cathedral: a view of the Choir Date: circa 1850

Brazilian Rainforest
The Brazilian rainforest 150 years ago. Date: 1850

Queen Victoria and family entrain for Scotland
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and the Royal children entrain for Scotland at the temporary station in Maiden Lane before the opening of Kings Cross in 1852

Bristol Clifton
The Avon at Clifton during the construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, viewed from the ferry

Between Decks on an Emigrant Ship, 1850
Engraving showing distressed needlewomen below decks on an emigrant ship, with their belongings, making themselves confortable before the voyage begins

Cider Apple Picking
Cider making : collecting the grass-fruit

The Great Central Railway Station at Newcastle
The Great Railway Station at Newcastle-Upon Tyne, forming part of the northern route connecting railway travel from Scotland to London

Lord Kitchener (Photo)
HORATIO, LORD KITCHENER 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum Soldier

Native American Sioux village near Fort Laramie, USA
A Native American Sioux village near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, USA -- men, women and children go about their daily chores

Jenny Lind / Punch 1850
JENNY LIND Swedish singer she bowls over the audiences of America

St Pauls Circa 1850
The front of the cathedral is largely hidden by the shops of Ludgate Hill, preventing Wrens magnificent design from achieving its full effect

Stevenson / Family / Vailima
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer with his mother, family and household at Vailima

Lady Elizabeth Butler
LADY ELIZABETH BUTLER nee THOMPSON English painter of military and battle scenes

Jean Pierre Boyer / 1843
JEAN PIERRE BOYER President of Haiti, 1818-1843

Lightning Strikes Ship
Sailing ship in stormy seas struck by lightning

Map / North Africa 19C
Tunisia and Tripoli (now largely Libya)

Lifeboat to Sail Ship
Lifeboat going to the aid of a sailing ship in trouble

Clock Mechanisms
A variety of clocks: an electric clock, a water clock, a sun dial, clock movements and pendulums

Nigerian Jujuh House
A Jujuh house, or house of worship, in Biafra (present-day Nigeria). To European visitors this was magic rather than religion - and black magic at that !

Punch / Free Trade / Uk Lion
FREE TRADE The British lion in 1850 or The Effects of Free Trade

THE TWO MENAI BRIDGES
The two Menai bridges - the suspension road bridge built by Telford, opened January 1826; and the tubular railway bridge by Stephenson and Fairbairn, opened 1850. Date: 1850

McNabs tree transplanter, as used in Edinburgh
McNabs tree transplanter, as used by him in the Royal Scottish Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1850

Road at Barnhill, Comber (1850). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1850

Blisworth Hotel, Blisworth, Northamptonshire
Built in 1850 as a result of railway traffic, the Blisworth Hotel is seen here in 1906. While the station it served closed in 1960, the Hotel continues to thrive

Strasbourg Astron. Clock
The Astronomical Clock in the Cathedral at Strasbourg built in 1842 by J B Schwilgue in the form of earlier medieval astronomical clocks. The phases of the moon are shown

Village Politicians C19
The village politicians sit drinking around a table at a rural inn, discussing the affairs of the day

New orchestra, Exeter Hall
A concert at Exeter Hall, London, show casing the new orchestra. Date: C.1850

French Fireman 1850
French firemen - (sapeurs-pomiers) Date: 1850

Edgar Allan Poe / Eleonora
ELEONORA Eleonora & her cousin in the Valley of the Many Coloured Grass. Date: First published: 1850

London Rat Catcher
A rat-catcher at work in the London sewers

Sarah Margaret Fuller
SARAH MARGARET FULLER American critic and social reformer, associated with many leading writers and cultural figures of her day

Baking a Pie
The baker places a pie in his oven, using a long-handled appliance which doubtless has its own name, but I don t know it

Honduras Gracias
Church of the Merced

Micawber & Copperfield
Young David Copperfield with swaggering Mr. Micawber, twirling his walking stick!

Carraways Grocery store, London - especially popular at Christmas time

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