1826 Collection (page 8)

Mattocks as Catherine
ISABELLA MATTOCKS actress as Catherine in Shakespeares Henry V wearing a splendid 18th century dress

Chinese Stop for Food
Chinese porters stop for their mid-day meal

Mattocks as Elvira
ISABELLA MATTOCKS actress as Elvira in John Drydens The Spanish Friar

Chinese Children Eat
Chinese children at their mid-day meal

Eating in China
Chinese workmen (hauliers on canal) stop for their mid-day meal

Menai Bridges / Hawkins
The Britannia Tubular Bridge (foreground) designed by Robert Stephenson and opened in 1850 and the Menai Suspension Bridge designed by Thomas Telford, opened in 1826

Penitent / Sedan Chair
A shaven-headed religious man (possibly a monk) spends reflective time in a spike - lined sedan chair in China in penitent repose

Conway Bridge / Wales
The Conway ( Conwy ) Castle Bridge a steel suspension bridge built by Thomas Telford (1757- 1834) between 1822 and 1826

Chinese Cart
A Chinese covered cart with an innovative tarpaulin fron to give shade to the horse from the sun

Menai Bridge - Telford
The suspension bridge over the Menai Straits, built by Thomas Telford and opened on 30 January 1826

Horse Van on the Ice
For a bet of 100 gunieas Mr Henry Hunt Jnr. drove his Fathers Matchless Blacking horse-drawn van across and back upon the ice of a frozen Serpentine in Hyde Park

Recess Dress 1826
Pink & white striped gown with long, full sleeves and 4 flounces at the hem invented by Miss Pierpoint; hat with a tall crown & broad brim, striped scarf & parasol

Chinese Blacksmith
A travelling blacksmith in China

Pots and Pans Maker
A Chinese maker of pots and pans

Chinese Blacksmith 2
A Chinese blacksmith at work

Killingworth Engine
George Stephensons locomotive designed to carry coal at Killingworth Colliery, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. It was the precursor of the Rocket and other engines

Thomas Jefferson / Memin
THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809)

Interrogating Witness
A Chinese official questions a witness, held on her knees by an assistant, while a scribe records her testimony

Dressing Table 1826
Cabinet Dressing Case an ornate dressing table housing a wash basin, mirrors, and a number of convenient shelves and niches for storing toilet articles

William Fraser
SIR WILLIAM FRASER - Writer, statesman and collector

Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
ANTHELME BRILLAT-SAVARIN French gastronomist

HOCKERT (1826 - 1866)
JOHAN FREDRIK HOCKERT Swedish artist

Sympathy for French priest with toothache
An elderly woman in a frilly pink crinoline shows sympathy for a young French priest who is suffering from the toothache

Carl (Charles) XV, King of Sweden (ruled 1859-1872), seen here in uniform riding a white horse. He was also King Charles IV of Norway

John Adams, President of the United States
John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801)

Thomas Jefferson / Ridley
THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809)

Thomas Jefferson / Peale
THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809)

EUGENIE
EUGENIA MARIA DE MONTIJO DE GUZMAN Wife of Napoleon III and Empress of France from 1853 to 1871

Customs / 1st April / Fool
A smart gentlemen is NOT amused by the prank played on him on April Fools Day

Jn Niepce / Figuier
JOSEPH-NICEPHORE NIEPCE French physicist, credited with making the worlds first photograph (1826)

Menai / Home / Lithograph
Ships passing under the Menai Suspension and Tubular Bridge built by Thomas Telford, opened in January 1826

Derby / 15Th / Sepia E&f Pho
Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby Statesman

Carl Xv / Sweden / Mayer Cdv
CARL XV King of Sweden and Norway (1859-72)

Eugenie / French Empress
EUGENIA MARIA DE MONTIJO DE GUZMAN Wife of Napoleon III and Empress of France from 1853 to 1871. Pictured in her bridal dress

Cm Weber / Oldenburg
CARL MARIA VON WEBER German composer, with his birthplace at Oldenburg

Cm Weber / Eichhorn Postcd
CARL MARIA VON WEBER German composer

Cm Weber / Zuber Postcard
CARL MARIA VON WEBER German composer

Cm Weber / Cig Card
CARL MARIA VON WEBER German composer

Marie Laurent / Moloch
MARIE (Mery) LAURENT French actress, model for Manets painting Autumn (1881)

Weber / Oberon / Liebig 6
The finale : at the court of Charlemagne, Huon is pardoned for whatever it was he did, he and Reiza are betrothed, and all is for the best in this best of all worlds

Weber / Oberon / Liebig 5
Act three, scene fourteen : Reiza and Huon are prisoners of the Emir of Tunis, whose intentions are neither kindly nor pure

Weber / Oberon / Liebig 4
Act two, scene nine : Reiza, shipwrecked by Puck but safe on shore, sings Ocean, thou mighty monster !

Weber / Oberon / Liebig 3
Act two, scene two : at the court of Haroun el Rashid, Huon rescues Reiza from an unwanted marriage and, helped by a magic horn, carries her off

Weber / Oberon / Liebig 2
Act one, scene twelve : in the garden of the Caliphs palace, his daughter Reiza and Fatima her attendant contemplate their coming bliss

Weber / Oberon / Liebig 1
Act one, scene six : Huon and his squire Sherasmin asleep in Oberons bower - Huon has a vision of Reiza, daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad

French Interior 1826
A salon in the faubourg Saint- Germain, Paris, decorated in the latest fashion : a gentleman sits upright on a settee while his companion plays the grand piano

Attacking Rabid Dog
Citizens take up arms against a dog afflicted with rabies, or hydrophobia, or canine madness : a street pedlar falls, trying to escape, while women run into hiding

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