1831 Collection

Paganini Kings Theatre
NICCOLO PAGANINI The virtuoso violinist performing at the Kings Theatre, London, in June 1831

Jem Mace, Boxer
Gypsy Jem Mace (1831 - 1910), English champion and known as the " Father of Modern Boxing"

Karl Von Clausewitz
KARL VON CLAUSEWITZ Prussian military, noted for his writings on the science of warfare

History of England. Peasants revolt led by Wat Tyler in 1381. Meeting between Wat Tyler and the revolutionary priest John Ball. Detail. Miniature of the 15th century by Froissart

Rail / Chat Moss / 1831
LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY The railway crosses the Chat Moss peat bog, a major feat of civil engineering on the part of George Stephenson

Indian Nautch Girl
A nautch girl of Hindostan. (Nautch means simply dance) with accompanying musicians

Lewes Castle 1831
LEWES CASTLE

Hunchback of Notredame
Quasimodo swings from the bell

James Clerk Maxwell
JAMES CLERK MAXWELL physicist

Italy Pompeii
The court of the piscina (bath)

Blavatsky 1889
HELENA PETROVNA BLAVATSKY Russian mystic, writer &c at age 58

The Fall of Babylon by John Martin (1789-1854). 1831. National Library. Paris. France. Exposition Babylon. Louvre

Polish revolt against Russian domination
During the November Uprising, also known as the Cadet Revolution (1830-1831), Polish patriots attempt (unsuccessfully) to throw off Russian domination

Opening of New London Bridge
Opening of the New London Bridge by King William IV and Queen Adelaide. The River Thames is full of royal barges, and a balloon can be seen in the top right. 1 August 1831

Oxford, Oxfordshire
A heavy wagon and a stage coach leave Oxford by the London Road. Magdalen Tower is on the right. Date: 1831

Samuel Orchart Beeton (1831-1877)
Photographic portrait of Samuel Orchart Beeton, the English publisher and husband of Isabella Mary Beeton, pictured in 1862. Samuel Beeton was the founder of The Queen and the Boys Own Journal

Reform / Authorities / 1831
Four Weighty Authorities on Reform Attitudes to the reform issue from the political spectrum. Date: 1831

Lady Nelson
LADY FRANCES NELSON Originally Frances Woolward, she met Horatio Nelson in 1785 and married him in 1787

Sir James Clark Ross
SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS Scottish explorer. Made a number of arctic expeditions, determining the position of magnetic north in 1831

Albert De Rutzen / Wag
SIR ALBERT DE RUTZEN " A model magistrate" Date: 1831 - 1913

Peter Wysocki
PETER WYSOCKI Polish patriot, fought the Russians, captured and exiled to Sibera in 1831 until he was pardoned by the Tsar. Date: 1799 - 1875

Edward Cadol / Gill
Edward Cadol (1831-1898) French novelist and playwright

PAGANINI (1831)
NICCOLO PAGANINI Italian musician, at the Royal Opera House, London, 3 June 1831

General Skrzynecki
Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki, leader of the November rising, at the head of his troops, acclaimed by the Polish populace

John Bull / 2 Humbugs / 1830
John Bull between two humbugs John Bull with the Reform Bill on one side, and Indian cholera on the other

The School of Reform

New London Bridge Open
The opening of new London Bridge - barges on the Thames, crowds on the shore, flags flying and a balloon over Southwark cathedral

Irvingites; Wrestling
IRVINGITES Followers of Edward Irving wrestle with a sinner, hoping to persuade him to forsake his evil ways

Sir George Nares / M Smith
SIR GEORGE STRONG NARES British naval officer and explorer

Leopold I of Belgium (1790-1865). First king of the Belgians (1831-1865). Portrait. Drawing by C. Legrand. Lithography by J. Donon. Detail. Reyes Contemporaneos (Contemporary Kings). Volume III

Leopold I of Belgium (1790-1865). First king of the Belgians (1831-1865). Portrait. Drawing by C. Legrand. Lithography by J. Donon. Reyes Contemporaneos (Contemporary Kings). Volume III

McDonnell Douglas MD-83 HB-IUH (msn 53150 / 1831), of Crossair Date: circa 1998

Skeleton of Death in a quack doctor's apothecary shop, wearing an apron mixing poison in a mortar and pestle. The workshop decorated with jars, phials, sieve, surgical saw and syringe

A rich widow besieged by suitors
A rich beauty besieged by suitors after the death of her husband, Sir John Denyers of Beechwood Hall. The bachelors include soldiers, lawyers, fops and antiquarians. A Siege

King William IV proroguing Parliament, House of Lords, April 1831, during the Great Reform crisis - My lords and gentlemen, I have come to meet you for the purpose of proroguing this Parliament'

The family of Gaspar Soliveres by Jose Aparicio Inglada
Jose Aparicio Inglada (1773-1838). Spanish painter. The family of Gaspar Soliveres. Oil on canvas, 1831. Detail. Museum of Romanticism. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Antilochus takes news to Achilles - Rafael Tegeo
Rafael Tegeo (1798-1856). Spanish painter. Antilochus takes to Achilles the news of the fight on the body of Patroclus. Oil on canvas, 1831. Detail. Private collection. Date: 2019

Diomedes, assisted by Minerva, wounds Mars by Tegeo
Rafael Tegeo (1798-1856). Spanish painter. Diomedes, assisted by Minerva, wounds Mars, 1831. Museum of Fine Arts. Murcia. Murcia Region. Spain. Date: 2019

Maria Teresa Orsini, Princess Doria, 1822-1831
Valentin Carderera y Solano (1796-1880). Spanish painter. Portrait of Maria Teresa Orsini, Princess Doria, 1822-1831. Museum of Romanticism. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Birthplace of Peter Paul Rubens, Cologne, Germany (though he was actually born in Siegen, Westphalia) Date: 1831

Birthplace of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Geneva, Switzerland Date: 1831

Sydney Morning Herald Offices
An etching of the offices of the Sydney Morning Herald, a daily newspaper founded in 1831 in New South Wales, Australia. Date: circa 1925

Short Skyvan 3-100 G-ASZJ (msn 1831). Date: 1974

Exterior of Olympic Theatre, located junction of Drury Lane, Wych Street, London, specialised in comedies. Date: 1831

INSURRECTION AT LYON
Insurrection at Lyon : Live working or die fighting is the workers battle-cry. Date: November 1831

DEATH OF GENL. KICKI
Polish general Louis Kicki (born 1770) dies on the battlefield of Ostrolenka where the Poles defeat the Russians Date: 1831

Carrying of the second reading of the first reform bill in the House of Commons. Date: 21 March 1831

Entrance to London Zoo
View of the entrance to the zoological gardans 1840. London Zoo is the worlds oldest scientific zoo

Sunday at the Tuileries, 1831
Woman promenading in Sunday Best in the park. She wears a wide-brim hat, dress with full sleeves, ankle boots and carries a parasol. Sunday at the Tuileries Garden, 1831

A winter stroll in the Luxembourg Gardens, 1830. Woman in large bonnet with plumes, dress with sleeves en beret trimmed with velvet, high lace collar, and fur scarf. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Cartoon, The Handwriting on the Wall. King William IV wonders if the Reform Bill has anything to do with him

Comic design, Disturbed by the Night Mare. 1831

Members of the National Rifle Club at Chelsea Stadium, London. 1831

The Congress Column - Brussels, Belgium
The Congress Column (Colonne du Congres), Dutch: Congreskolom) - a monumental column situated on the Place du Congres (Congresplein) in Brussels, Belgium

Lena (1899). Sardanas dancing with the cobla in a village s
Carles Bosch de la Trinxeria (1831-1897). Spanish writer and naturalist. Lena (1899). Sardanas dancing with the cobla in a village square. Engraving of the Chapter VI

JOSEPH COWEN PHOTO
JOSEPH COWEN Journalist and statesman Date: 1831 - 1900

STOCK EXCHANGE IN 1831
The narrow entrance to the exchange Date: 1831

WILLIAM IV CROWNED
CORONATION OF WILLIAM IV Though he succeeds George IV in June 1830, he is not crowned at Westminster Abbey until 15 months later Date: 8 September 1831

SIDDONS / LADY MACBETH
SARAH SIDDONS as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeares Macbeth Act II Scene I Date: 1755 - 1831

United Services Museum
In its day the Royal United Services Museum was regarded as the biggest and most important in the country, apart from the British Museum

Cupid Rekindling the torch of Hymen, 1831. By George Rennie
Cupid Rekindling the torch of Hymen. C. 1831. By Scottish sculptor George Rennie (1802-1860). Victoria and Albert Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Baron Moritz Hirsch
MORITZ, baron von HIRSCH German businessman and philanthropist Date: 1831 - 1896

PELLEGRINI, Carlos Enrique (1800-1875). Tertulia porte񡠨 Buenos Aires). 1831. Costumbrism. Watercolour

LEOPOLD I of Belgium (1790-1865). King of Belgium (1831-1865). WINTERHALTER, Franz Xavier (1805-1873). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. Palace of Versailles

Pedro II (1825-1891). Emperor of Brazil (1831 1889). Allegory of the Departure of Dom Pedro II for Europe after the Declaration of the Republic (1890). Painting. BRAZIL. Sao Paulo

Fair Lawn, Kent
Sheep grazing on the lawn at Fair Lawn, Kent, the seat of Mr Yates. Date: 1831

Johann Fried. Schleusner
JOHANN FRIEDRICH SCHLEUSNER German theologian Date: 1759 - 1831

Victorien Sardou Photo
VICTORIEN SARDOU The veteran French playwright towards the end of his life. Date: 1831 - 1908

Friedrich Von Klinger
FRIEDRICH MAXIMILIAN von KLINGER German writer Date: 1751 - 1831

Anne Charles Herisson / Gill
Anne Charles Herisson (1831-1893) French politician, Minister of Commerce and Industry

Elections / 3 Rottenboro s
Three rotten boroughs - 1. Dunwich 2. Old Sarum 3. Bramber

Revolt at Ferrara
When rebellion spreads to Ferrara the Austrian cavalry seek to suppress the rebels but they are themselves defeated

Nottingham / Castle Burns
Nottingham Castle is burned down during a riot by crowds supporting reform

Henri Gregoire / Profile
HENRI GREGOIRE (Abbe) French prelate and revolutionary, member of the Estates-General and Constituent Assembly

Pompeii Bath / Tepidarium
A view of the excavated Tepidarium (warm room) from the Forum baths at Pompeii, which boasts elaborate wall paintings and relief work at the top of the walls

BLAVATSKY
HELENA PETROVNA BLAVATSKY Russian mystic, writer &c (wearing shawl, holding rolled magazine)

Joseph Joachim / Eichhorn
JOSEPH JOACHIM Hungarian musician

The Stingy Traveller - leaving an inn without giving anyone a tip. 1831

The Globe and Hope Theatres, Bankside, London. 1831

Coronation of King William IV and Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, 8 September 1831, in Westminster Abbey, London. 1831

Lena (1899). Engraving of the Chapter V. By Carles Bosch de
Carles Bosch de la Trinxeria (1831-1897). Spanish writer and naturalist. Lena (1899). Engraving of the Chapter V. Printed and published in Barcelona, 1935. Spain. Colored

The Battle of Bautersem during the Ten Days Campaign, 1833
Nicols Pieneman (1809-1860). Netherlandish painter. The Battle of Bautersem during the Ten Days Campaign, 1833. Detail. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Fluted column of the tympanum of the Hawara Labyrinth. Fayyu
Fluted column of the tympanum of the enclosure of Hawara Labyrinth. Fayyum, Egypt. Limestone. Middle Kingdom. 12th Dynasty. Reign of Amenemhet III. 1831-1786 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum

Canopic jar. Tomb 57 of Iunefer. Hawara Cemetery. Egypt. C
Canopic jar to contain the entrails of a deceased. Tomb of Iunefer, number 57. Hawara Cemetery. Egypt. Limestone. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. Reign of Amenemhat III. C. 1831-1786 BC

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