1821 Collection (page 10)

Buckingham House 1750S
Buckingham House, built by the duke of Buckingham in 1703 : George III will buy it in 1762, Nash will improve it 1821-1836, and a new front will be added in 1913 Date: circa 1760

MARY BAKER EDDY / 1882-3
MARY BAKER EDDY Founder of Christian Science. Date: 1821 - 1910

The Result of Purchasing a Blind Horse : Dr Syntax causes chaos riding a blind horse in the street, knocking over a woman whose donkey bucks and kicks

A noble hunting party
Dr Syntax sets out from a country manor on a hunt with several gentlemen and a lady riding side-saddle. Fox hounds accompany them

The funeral of Syntax. Many weeping mourners wearing black follow Dr Syntaxs coffin in his funeral procession, while crowds watch and pay their respects

The Advertisement for a Wife. Dr Syntax has had lots of respondents to his advertisement and the room is filled with ladies. He fends them off with an armchair

Dr Syntax with musicians
Dr Syntax with a group of musicians. He plays the violin; there is a lady violinst, a cellist, and an Indian bugler with turban

Auguste Vaucorbeil / Gill
Auguste Vaucorbeil (1821-1884) French composer, conductor and director of the Opra de Paris

Jugglers stall at a fair
Coloured print of etching, " Caroline Fair, or Mat Pudding and his Mountebank", showing a jugglers stall at a fair

Anatole de la Forge / Gill
Anatole de la Forge (1821-1892) French politician, Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies. Most noted for his action during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 from whence came the nickname defender

Jules Cazot / Gill
Theodore Joseph Jules Cazot (1821-1912) French politician, Minister of Justice (1879-1882)

Kenilworth - Wayland
Wayland, touch him not, or you will come by the worse! So thou hast betrayed me, Flibbertigibbet? A boy comes between the smith Wayland and Tressilian

Kenilworth - Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh lays down his cloak at the feet of Queen Elizabeth I to prevent the monarchs feet getting muddied

Kenilworth - Elizabeth I
Have done with these busy fingers, Janet - Queen Elizabeth I, seated on the edge of her bed, instructs her handmaiden who appears to be adjusting her Queens ruff

Kenilworth - Alasco
It is false, thou foul- mouthed railer!. The Astrologer and alchemist Alasco hits back at accusations made at him by Varney

Kenilworth / Amy & Earl L
What... does that emblem signify? Countess Amy examines the various noble devices and jewels worn by her husband the Earl of Leicester

Kenilworth - Varney
May not my poor poniard serve, honoured madam? - Robert Varney, steward to the Earl of Leicester, presents his wrapped knife to Queen Elizabeth I

Sir Richard Francis Burton disguised as a Pathan, c. 1853
Engraving of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), the English explorer, linguist and diplomat, disguised as a Pathan, c.1853

Sir Samuel Baker (1821-1893)
Engraving of Sir Samuel White Baker, the English explorer, pictured in 1873. Baker undertook extensive exploration of Central Africa, in search of the source of the Nile River, in the early 1860 s

H Von Helmholtz / Harpers
HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ German physicist, anatomist and physiologist

The Artists Room
Four people sit at a table in an artists studio - but where is the artist?

Dr Syntax Soliloquising
Doctor Syntax gazes out at the countryside and soliloquises, while two dogs sit listening to him and an old woman spins

H Von Helmholtz / Johnson
HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ German physicist, anatomist and physiologist in 1893

Doctor Syntax turned nurse, holding two infants

The Banns Forbidden
Doctor Syntax forbids the banns

General James Longstreet (1821-1904)
Portrait of General James Longstreet, of the Confederate Army, pictured c.1864

Jean Nic. Corvisart - 2
JEAN NICOLAS CORVISART des Marets French medical

Dale Abbey Church & Inn
This curious little church at Dale Abbey, Derbyshire, England, was once also a pub, sharing a door with the vestry, until a scandal caused it to lose its license in 1821

Ford Madox Brown
FORD MADOX BROWN Artist, in 1876

Ford Madox Brown 1893
FORD MADOX BROWN Artist, at the end of his life

Tom & Jerrys Whist Game
A Game of Whist: Tom and Jerry among the Swell Broad Coves - indulging in a hand or two of cards at a plush gentlemans club

George Ferguson Bowen
GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN Colonial governor

Sir John J C Abbott
SIR JOHN J C ABBOTT Canadian statesman, premier

Vittorio Emanuele I, of Piedmont, refuses to abolish the Salic Law

Revolt in Torino
Students at the university of Torino (Turin) take part in riots against Austrian rule, but which are crushed by the Austrian army

The Billiard Table
Dr Syntax and the ladies playing billiards

John Rennie / Skirving
JOHN RENNIE Scottish civil engineer

Irish Whiskey Parlour
Dogs, geese and a pig contribute to the excitement in an Irish whiskey parlour

Rachel as Roxane
RACHEL (Elisa Rachel-Felix) actress as Roxane in Racines Bajazet

Satire on Religious Art
A satire on the literal nature of religious art, with St Anthony preaching to the fishes lampooned

Queen Caroline / Carriage
CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK George IVs Queen depicted in the Royal open carriage returning from the House of Lords past cheering crowds

Griffith Steam Carriage
The patent steam carriage of Julius Griffith, a road locomotive which was effective in practise, but had little success due to a backlash from the horse-powered lobby

The Harvest Home
Doctor Syntax leads a harvest home procession

Keats / Silhouette
Silhouette of John Keats, poet

Gas-Making in London
Drawing the Retorts at the Great Gas Light Establishment, Brick Lane, London : at this time the streets of London are lit by gas, so the demand is huge

Caroline Brunswick / Eng
CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Amelia Elizabeth Caroline Queen of George IV Oval portrait in a frame surmounted by the Prince of Wales feathers

Social / Ra Show 1820
Fashionable art lovers attend an exhibition at the Royal Academy

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