1858 Collection

Notre Dame De Lourdes
The Virgin Mary as supposedly seen by Bernadette - a highly romanticised Italian depiction

Bernadettes 1st Vision
Bernadette Soubirous has her first vision of Mary at the Grotto

Indian Smoothbore. 656 in musket, Pattern 1858
Indian Smoothbore.656 in musket, Pattern 1858, lock dated 1856.Converted from a Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle-musket in India 1858 (c), this exceptionally rare item was part of an original issue of 10

Silent Highwayman
Death - The Silent Highway-Man of the polluted River Thames

Inner Temple Gardens
The Inner Temple Gardens during the chrysanthemum season

Bermondsey Glue Factory
Glue makers field at Bermondsey

Station In London - Euston
Euston- Station, London serving the London and North-Western Railway. The Euston Arch, built in 1837, was the original entrance to the station, facing onto Drummond Street. It was demolished in 1961

Leeds / Town Hall 1858
Leeds, Yorkshire: the Town Hall (architect Cuthbert Brodrick)

9 O clock in London Pub
The busy interior of a London pub near the Old Vic Theatre, at nine o clock in the evening

Beatrice Webb
BEATRICE WEBB economist and social theorist

Puccini Leans on Piano
GIACOMO PUCCINI leans on the piano, a cigarette dangling from the side of his mouth

Ysaye with Violin Photo
EUGENE-AUGUSTE YSAYE Belgian violinist, conductor, and composer

Glasgow Docks
The new (in 1858) graving dock at Meadowside, Glasgow. The open country beyond is, alas, only a memory

CAGLIARI AFFAIR
A diplomatic row between Britain & Piedmont, and the Naples government, is occasioned by the steamship Cagliari, anchored at Naples

Racial / Japan / Women / Snow
Japanese women in the snow, children snowballing in the background

Bernadette / 1858
BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS in the year of her visions

Giacomo Puccini
GIACOMO PUCCINI Italian opera composer in middle age

Order of the Garter
The Order of the GARTER, and its insignia

Sunday School teacher and pupils
A Sunday School teacher and his pupils

Puccini Mascagni Franche
GIACOMO PUCCINI with Mascagni (left) and Franchetti (centre) at Milan in 1893

Rudolf / Archduke Austria
RUDOLF, ARCHDUKE and CROWN PRINCE of AUSTRIA Seen here with his fiancee, Stephanie Clothilde of Belgium

Interior of Golden Temple at Amritsar, 1858
Interior of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, India (spelt here as Umritzir), 1858. Gurus reading the Grunt h (or Granth). The Guru is sitting before the Grunt h (sacred text)

BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS in the year of her visions

Leeds Workhouse and Burmantofts Cemetery
A very early photograph of Leeds Workhouse from Burmantofts Cemetery, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The workhouse, designed by William Perkin and Elisha Backhouse

Lourdes / Map in 1858
The town in 1858 of Lourdes of Bernadettes vision, showing the grotto of Massabielle at some distance from the town

The Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Isles, 1858
Engraving of the Bishop Rock lighthouse, off the Scilly Isles, October 1858. The lighthouse was built between 1851 and 1858, to a design by Mr

Lourdes Vision (Big)
The Virgin Mary appears to Bernadette Soubirous, but not to her two companions, as they are gathering firewood by the river at the grotto of Massabielle

Bernadette and Sheep
How myths arise : Bernadette is depicted with sheep, though she is actually gathering firewood : but the little shepherdess image is more picturesque

Manchester Workhouse, Crumpsall
A view of the Manchester Union Workhouse opened at Crumpsall, North Manchester, in 1858. Date: circa 1916

Alexis Soyer
ALEXIS SOYER noted chef and authority on gastronomy Date: 1800 - 1858

Alarm Buoy, 1858
Engraving showing an alarm, or marker, buoy designed by Brown, Lenox and Company of Millwall, 1858. This buoy featured a water-wheel in its centre which, through the motion of the water

Warrior of the native American Indian Tribe, the Lipan, c. 18
Illustration showing a Lipan native American Indian brave on horseback, with head band and buckskin suit, carrying a rifle

Brays Traction Engine
Brays traction engine impresses passers-by as it draws a heavy load through the streets

Victorian family saying grace before dinner
A Victorian family saying grace at the dinner table

Gustav V / Sweden / Beagles
GUSTAV V King of Sweden (1907-50) with his wife Victoria, Princess of Baden

E-A Ysaye / Postcard
EUGENE-AUGUSTE YSAYE Belgian violinist, conductor and composer

Valentia, Cable Terminal
Valentia, western Ireland, at the time of the laying of the first cable

Alexandre-Henri Mouhot
HENRI MOUHOT French naturalist and explorer; discovered the ruins of Angkor in Cambodia in 1858

Sidney & Beatrice Webb
SIDNEY and BEATRICE WEBB economists and social theorists, working together

Father Thames Diseases
Father Thames introducing his offspring to the fair city of London; diphtheria, scrofula and cholera

Lourdes / Miracle / Spanish
Berndatte Soubirous vision, and some of the miracles performed by the Virgin Mary at Lourdes

The Cherbourg Fetes, the Pera leaving Southampton
The " Pera" with members of the House of Commons on board, leaving Southampton to take part in the Cherbourg Fetes

Section of Great Eastern
Longitudinal sections of Brunels Leviathan steamship, otherwise known as the Great Eastern

Frederick Baron Lugard
FREDERICK DEALTY, baron LUGARD soldier and administrator Date: 1858 - 1945

View of Philadelphia looking down the Skuylkill Riv from Fai

Street music: organ grinder rejected, 1858
Repelling foreign invasion: paterfamilias tries the cold water cure in a case of organ grinding. Date: 1858

Orleans House, Richmond, 1858
Engraving showing the exterior of the home of the Duchess of Orleans, Richmond, Surrey, 1858

Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, London, 1858
Engraving showing Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, decorated with wreaths and banners for the Royal Wedding, 1858

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