1831 Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828

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. The Reform Act, extending the franchise by just over 50 per cent

Comic design, Disturbed by the Night Mare. 1831

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

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