1821 Gallery

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)

Photograph of Sir Richard Francis Burton, the English explorer, linguist and diplomat. A master of up to 30 languages, Burton made a pilgrimage to Mecca disguised as a Pathan in 1853 and later explored Africa, settting out with John Hanning Speke, to search for the source of the Nile River. In later life he served as a British diplomat in Brazil, Syria and Italy

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Embassy at Tehran

Reception of the Embassy, near Tehran : following preliminary negotiations depicted here, a British mission (and subsequently an embassy) was set up in Tehran

© Mary Evans Picture Library/GROSVENOR PRINTS

1821, British, Depicted, Embassy, Events, Historical, History, Iran, Mission, Negotiations, Preliminary, Set, Subsequently, Tehran

Irish gentleman in a whisky bar in Dublin prison, 1821

Irish gentleman in Crofton's whisky and beer bar in Dublin prison, 1821. Bankrupt Brian Boru with his friends in the taproom drinking with criminals and debtors. The Tap in Sheriff's Prison. Handcoloured engraving from Pierce Egan's Real Life in Ireland, or the Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles, and Sprees, Bulls, Blunders, Bodderation and Blarney, of Brian Boru Esq. and his Elegant Friend Sir Shawn O'Dogherty, published by William Evans, London, 1829

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