1834 Collection

Spurgeon (Photo)
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON English Baptist minister and noted preacher at age 55 Date: 1834 - 1892

Tolpuddle Martyrs / 1834
Four of the six Tolpuddle Martyrs, transported to Australia for forming a Trade Union

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Writer

Coleridge Nether Stowey
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE English poet and critics cottage at Nether Stowey, Somerset Date: 1772 - 1834

Morris / Kelmscott Manor
WILLIAM MORRIS English writers home, Kelmscott Manor, near Lechlade, Oxfordshire

Dmitri Mendeleyev
DMITRI IVANOVICH MENDELEEV Russian chemist, noted for production of the periodic law, enabling him to predict hitherto undiscovered elements

Fox Hunting / Accident
A hunting accident - " A squire-trap, by jove", cries Mytton, " a little more and I should have done it" ! English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) takes a tumble

Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre
Caricature portrait of Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre KCB (1797-1879). Shaw-Lefevre was a British barrister, Whig politician, and civil servant

Mytton / Short Cut Home
The seat of John Mytton (1796- 1834), the eccentric English squire of Halston, Shropshire. The view is from the back showing a circular garden and extensive parkland. Date: 1820s

Charles Haddon Spurgeon
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON Non-conformist preacher

Shavington Day / Hunting
SHAVINGTON DAY A trial between rival packs and horsemen. Participating is the eccentric Shropshire Squire of Halston John Mytton (1796-1834)

Thomas Telford / Holl / Lane
THOMAS TELFORD, engineer, bust portrait

Mytton Rides Bear
JOHN MYTTON English eccentric decides to enliven a dinner party by riding a bear into the dining -room. The bear bit him on the calf & the doctor was called

Lubbock / John / Graphic 84
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK 1st BARON AVEBURY Liberal MP and writer of popular science books

MALTHUS (1766 - 1834)
THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS philosopher, known for study of population

Julius Wolff
JULIUS WOLFF German writer Date: 1834 - 1910

MYTTON LOSES WINNINGS
English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) homeward bound one evening from Doncaster falls asleep while counting his winnings - thus many bank- notes were blown away & lost. Date: 1820s

Riding Habits 1834
Riding habits. Woman: imbecile sleeves, embroidered canezou, cravat & top hat. Boy: pantaloons, waistcoat with a roll collar, short jacket with gigot sleeves, ruff

William Morris / Meeting
WILLIAM MORRIS Socialist meeting at Kelmscott House, home of the English writer, artist and socialist Date: 1834 - 1896

Balloch Ferry, Loch Lomond, Scotland
Balloch Ferry on Loch Lomond by the Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1834

Morris / Merton Abbey
WILLIAM MORRIS English writer/artists workshop at Merton Abbey, Surrey Date: 1834 - 1896

Saudi Arabia Al Wajh
Distant view of the port on the Red Sea

William John Wills
WILLIAM JOHN WILLS English explorer in Australia, associated with the fatal expedition with Burke

Coleridge Grove Highgate
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE English poet and critics house at The Grove, Highgate, North London

William Morris / Day With
WILLIAM MORRIS English poet and artist

MENDELEYEV
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev Russian Chemist

Sir Richard Keats - 2
Rear admiral SIR RICHARD GOODWIN KEATS British naval commander Date: 1757 - 1834

Sir Richard Keats - 1
SIR RICHARD GOODWIN KEATS British naval commander with his autograph Date: 1757 - 1834

The Old Mill, Holywood (1834). Nicholl, Andrew 1804 - 1886. Date: 1834

Charles Lamb / Mackery End
CHARLES LAMB English writers farmhouse at Mackery End, Hertfordshire

MYTTON / SHORT CUT HOME
JOHN MYTTON To win a bet that he could outride a friend this eccentric squire took a short cut through a lake despite the fact he couldnt swim. Date: 1796 - 1834

Sixth Duke Newscastle
HENRY PELHAM ALEXANDER, sixth duke of NEWCASTLE statesman Date: 1834 - 1879

Mardale Head, Lake District
Mardale Head, Cumbria Date: 1834

Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-1890)
Photographic portrait of Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, the British sculptor, pictured c.1880

S T Coleridge / G Dawe
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE English poet and critic

Morris / Kelmscott House
WILLIAM MORRIS English writers home, Kelmscott House in Hammersmith

Morris / Kelmscott Study
WILLIAM MORRIS English writers study at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, in 1901 Date: 1834 - 1896

Sir Wh Preece / Russell 06
SIR WILLIAM HENRY PREECE British electrical engineer

Charles Lamb / Enfield
CHARLES LAMB English writers home at Enfield

Tolpuddle Demonstration
A demonstration in support of the Tolpuddle Martyrs held at Copenhagen Fields, London on April 21, 1834

Male Type / Dandies / Park
Celebrities in the park: Duke of Wellington, Mrs Arbuthnot, Prince Talleyrand, and Count d Orsay

Spurgeon at Crystal Pal
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON delivers his Humiliation-Day sermon at the Crystal Palace

Sir John Lubbock - 3
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK Statesman, educator and writer

William Morris / Photo
WILLIAM MORRIS English poet and artist

S T Coleridge / Northcote
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE English poet and critic

MORRIS (1834 - 1896)
WILLIAM MORRIS writer, artist, designer

Splendid epiphyllum, Epiphyllum x splendidum. Hybrid climbing cactus raised by nurseryman Mr. Hitchen of Norwich. Native to Central and South America

Small butterfly flower, Schizanthus pinnatus
Small butterfly flower or poor man's orchid, Schizanthus pinnatus. Raised by Myles Priest, nurseryman of Reading. Priest's white-flowering schizanthus, Scizanthus priestii

Scarlet trumpet or scarlet gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata. Native to northwest America, introduced to the Horticultural Society garden by Scottish botanist David Douglas in 1827

Lewis monkeyflower, Erythranthe lewisii
Lewis monkeyflower or great purple monkeyflower, Erythranthe lewisii. Native to America, Scottish botanist David Douglas sent seeds from North California to the Horticultural Society in 1831

Crimson passion flower, Passiflora kermesina. Native to Brazil, introduced to the Horticultural Society garden in 1831 from Berlin

Lady's purse or slipper flower, Calceolaria viscosissima. Raised from seeds by David Cameron of Birmingham Botanic Garden. Very clammy-stemmed slipperwort, Calceolaria integrifolia var

Phlox paniculata hybrid, raised by nurseryman and florist Thomas Clark of East Retford, Nottinghamshire. Great flowered cordate lichnidea, Phlox cordata grandiflora

Mexican pink, Silene laciniata
Mexican pink, fringed Indian pink, cardinal catchfly, Mexican campion, or cut-petalled catchfly, Silene laciniata. Native to Mexico and introduced by George Canning in 1823

Sparaxis elegans. Introduced by Irish plant hunter Captain Walter Synnot from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Copper-coloured streptanthera, Streptanthera cuprea

Poro poro or gulupa, Passiflora pinnatistipula. Endangered fruit species of the Andes. Seeds sent from Peru in 1829 and flowered in Mrs Charlotte Marryat's Parkside garden in Wimbledon

Two-coloured slipperwort, Calceolaria bicolor. Native of Canta in Peru, discovered by Scottish plant hunter Alexander Cruckshanks (or Cruickshank) and introduced in 1829

Texas plume, Ipomopsis rubra. Native to southeastern America, first introduced from Carolina in 1726. Painted-flowered ipomopsis, Ipomopsis picta

Sinningia cooperi. Native to Brazil, and sent to Mrs Arnold Harrison by her brother around 1829. Named for the wife of Joseph Cooper, botanic gardener at Wentworth

Elegant zinnia, Zinnia elegans. Native of Mexico, raised from seeds brought from Palermo by William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire. Violet-coloured zinnia, scarlet variety, Zinnia violacea coccinea

Purslane, Cistanthe grandiflora. Seeds brought to the Horticultural Society from Chile by Scottish botanist James Macrae in 1826. Great flowered calandrinia, Calandrinia grandiflora

Yellow mariposa lily, Calochortus luteus. Introduced from California by Scottish botanist David Douglas. Yellow flowered calochortus

Peruvian lily, Alstroemeria pelegrina. Native of Peru, introduced into Spain by Baron C. Alstroemer, and to the Royal Gardens at Kew in 1753. Spotted-flowered alstroemeria, white variety

Flowering hawthorn, Oxycantha rosea superba (ambiguous). Raised by Mr. Malcolm of Kensington Nursery. Deep rose-coloured flowering hawthorn, Crataegus oxyacantha var. rosea

Chinese peony, Paeonia lactiflora. Native of China, introduced by English botanist John Reeves of the East India Company. Mr. Reeve's paeony, Paeonia edulis reevesiana

Shanin, Petunia integrifolia, used as a hallucinogen. Native of Argentina, John Tweedie sent seeds from Buenos Ayres to Glasgow Botanic Garden in 1830. Purple petunia, Petunia violacea

Mallow-wort, Malope trifida
Mallow-wort or maloppi, Malope trifida. Native of Spain and Portugal, introduced in 1808. Great-flowered trifid-leaved malope, Malope trifida grandiflora. Malopa grandiflora

Garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus. Native of Peru introduced to Europe in 1684. Dark red Indian cress, Tropaeolum majus atrosanguineum

Butterfly mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus
Butterfly mariposa lily or beautiful calochortus, Calochortus venustus. Sent by Scottish botanist David Douglas from California

Native rose and Peruvian mock vervain
Native rose, rose boronia, Boronia serrulata, and Peruvian mock vervain, Verbena peruviana. Saw-leaved boronia and scarlet vervain, Verbena melindres

Intermediate cattleya orchid, Cattleya intermedia. Native to Brazil, brought from Mr. Harris of Rio de Janeiro by Captain Graham in 1824

Chinese azalea, Rhododendron indicum. Mrs. Captain Daniels Chinese azalea, Azalea danielsiana, Azalea indica danielsii. Introduced by Captain Daniels of the East India Company from China in 1830

Aztec lily, Sprekelia formosissima. Native to Mexico, named for Johann Heinrich von Spreckelsen. Crimson jacobea lily, Amaryllis formosissima

Walking iris, Trimezia coerulea. Native of Brazil, introduced in 1818. Blue marica, Marica caerulea

Pretty azalea, Azalea pulchra. Hybrid of Azalea ledifolia and Azalea indica raised by gardener William Smith of Coombe Wood, Kingston. Rhododendron ripense

Butterfly flower, Schizanthus grahamii. Found in the Chilean Andes by Scottish botanist Dr. John Gillies and sent to Barclay at Bury Hill. Blunt-petalled schizanthus, Schizanthus retusus

Flowering grass, Freesia laxa. Native to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Blood-spotted anomatheca, Anomatheca cruenta

Cardinals guard, Pachystachys coccinea. Scarlet justitia, Justicia coccinea. Named for 18th century Scottish botanist J. Justice

Tree rhododendron, Rhododendron arboreum
Tree rhododendron, tree-like rhododendron, Rhododendron arboreum. Introduced from Nepal by botanist Nathaniel Wallich

North's false flag, Trimezia northiana
North's false flag or walking iris, Trimezia northiana. Native to Brazil, introduced to the Horticultural Society in 1822. Captain Sabine's marica, Marica sabini

Manac, Brunfelsia uniflora. Poisonous shrub native to the Caribbean and South America, used in ayahuasca and other potions. Introduced from Brazil by Marshal Beresford to his sister Mrs Thomas Hope

Variegated monkey flower, Erythranthe luteus var. variegatus. Native to Chile, introduced by nurseryman George Loddiges. Mimulus variegatus, Mimulus luteus var. variegatus

Mr. Lindley's hibiscus, Hibiscus lindlei. Native to Burma, introduced by botanist Dr Nathaniel Wallich to the Horticultural Society in 1828

Mr. Smith's monkey flower, Erythranthe -- smithii
Mr. Smith's monkey flower, Erythranthe --smithii. Mimulus smithii. Possibly a hybrid of Mimulus rivularis and Mimulus variegatus (Mimulus luteus)

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