1825 Collection

Kruger & Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain in dire straits during talks with Paul Kruger of South Africa - Checkmate

Brighton Pavilion 1825
General view of Brighton Pavilion

Pynes House, Exeter, Devon, 1825
Pynes House, Exeter, Devon, the seat of Sir Stafford Henry Northcote 1792-1850. Queen Anne style red brick house with slate roof and four brick chimney stacks built by architect Inigo Jones

The cacique of Tabasco presents to Hernan Cortes twenty Indian and between they Dona Marina. Engraving, 1825. Colored

Balloon ascent from Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent
Preparing a balloon for ascent from the Village of Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent, during which Mr P Cornillot achieved horizontal steering at different heights. 23 August 1825

Open / Stockton-Darlington
The opening of the Stockton - Darlington railway

Thames Paddle Steamer
A Thames paddle-steamer at Gravesend, Kent

Scene in a London Pub
Scene in the Cravens Arms

SMUGGLER
Though technically criminals, smugglers are often popular heroes, as is this fellow, Will Watch the Smuggler Bold who will die bravely in a fight with the revenue men

J-M Charcot / Maitres
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist

Gravesend, Kent
A variety of shipping on the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Date: 1825

Eton College courtyard
Scene with teachers and pupils in the courtyard of Eton College

Princess Nahienaena of Hawaii (1815-1836). 1825

Human vegetable figure. circa 1825

Martin Boos, Churchman
MARTIN BOOS German Catholic churchman. Date: 1762 - 1825

th Huxley / Sambourne 1888
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY A satire on the English scientists discovery of a gelatinous substance on the seabed: he is discussing his findings with a mermaid

Mr Grahams balloon ascent, Kew Bridge
Poster advertising Aerostation. Mr Grahams Sixteenth Ascent from the gardens of the Star & Garter Tavern, Kew Bridge, London. Date: 4 April 1825

Archaeological Museum with sculpture, Odessa, Ukraine
View of the Archaeological Museum in Odessa, Ukraine, with a Laocoon sculpture in front (a copy -- the original is in the Vatican Museum, Rome). The museum was founded in 1825

J R POINSETT 1779-1851
JOEL ROBERTS POINSETT American politician and diplomat, first U.S. Minister to Mexico (1825-29), bringing back the flower named for him

Chinese Puppet Theatre
A street puppet show. The automaton figures are operated by a set of strings

First Railway 1825
A man on horseback bearing a Union Jack flag heads the very first railway journey in England aboard George Stephensons " Locomotion"

Mackonochie / Vfair 1870
ALEXANDER HERIOT MACKONOCHIE Ritualist clergyman

Community / Town Planning /
Robert Owen seeks to create an ideal working community at New Lanark, near Glasgow, Scotland - schoolgirls dancing a quadrille

Henry Walter Bates
HENRY WALTER BATES Naturalist

Social Scenes / Britain / 19
Costumes of North Wales

King Charles Crib
Scene in King Charless Crib, Scotland Yard, London

Cortes destroying his fleet. Colored engraving
Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Cortes destroying his fleet, moored in the Villa Rica of the Vera Cruz, to prevent defections among his crew. Volume I. Engraving by J

T H Huxley (Anon Col)
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY scientist Date: 1825-1895

Doctor Frebault / Gill
Doctor Frebault (1825 -?) Doctor, philanthropist and thats about all we can find out about this man with the syringe

Cruikshank / Bowling Alley
The bowling alley at Worcester

th Huxley / Downey Photo
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY English scientist and champion of Darwins Theory of Evolution

St Nicholas Church on The Old Town Square in Prague. This famous baroque Church decorated with sculptures by Antonin Braun was completed in 1735

A Smoking Party C. 1825
A gentlemens smoking party

West India Dock 1825
The West India Import Dock

Conway Castle / 1825
Conway Castle, Caernarvon

Jacques-Louis David
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID French artist

Saturday Night at Sea
Saturday night at sea - the seamen, off duty, listen as one of their number sings a stirring sea-shanty

T H Huxley (Waddy)
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY scientist

The triumphal entry of the Duke of Wellington into Madrid in 1812. Engraving based on the painting by W.Hilton from 1825. Engraving

A pagan belief, that holly was a symbol of fertility and eternal life, this took place on the Twelfth Night, burning holly tree branch was carried through the village, followed by a brass band

Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), circa 1820-1825
Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852). 1st Duke of Wellington. British military and Prime Minister. Portrait attributed to John Jackson (1778-1831), circa 1820-1825. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Public Reading at the Cafe de Levante in Madrid
Leonardo Alenza y Nieto (1807-1845). Spanish painter. Public Reading at the Cafe de Levante in Madrid, circa 1825-1845. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

George Stephenson's Locomotion aka Puffing Billy Locomotive Railway Train Date: 1825

Rising at four o'clock in the morning everyday, the lone worker goes to the newspaper office to procure a few of the first morning papers allotted to him, at extra charges

FUNERAL OF GENERAL FOY
Napoleonic general Maximilien Sebastien Foy is acknowledged leader of the opposition to Charles X : his death is the occasion for widespread popular mourning. Date: November 1825

DANIEL SHAYS (1747 - 1825), American soldier who led Shays Rebellion against the Massachusetts legislature, caught, condemned to death but pardoned

TILBURY (ALKEN)
This light open two-wheel vehicle is fashionable in the early 19th century. Date: circa 1825

Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet, British soldier
Vintage 19th century photograph: Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet (1803 - 9 May 1874) was a distinguished soldier in the British Indian Army, who fought at the siege of Bharatpur in 1825-6

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