1835 Collection

Darwin / Finch / Galapagos
Finches from the Galapagos Islands observed by Darwin

Hare Coursing 1835
Hare Coursing

Dolphin airship by Jean Samuel Pauly and Durs Egg
A fish-shaped airshipdesign Dolphin by Jean Samuel Pauly and Durs Egg, c.1835. Date: circa 1835

Mark Twain / Holding Cat
Mark Twain is very fond of pets, especially kittens

The Melton Breakfast by Sir Francis Grant
A rare mezzotint of High Leicestershire Lights of the past enjoying breakfast before a hunt. From left to right are Massey Stanley, the Earl of Wilton, Count Matuszevic, Lord Gardner

Gin Juggarnath, 1835
The Gin Juggarnath, or the Worship of the Great Spirit of the age : a satire on gins apparent grip on British life in the early nineteenth century

Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- The building of Saltash Bridge. Date: 1935

Winter Landscape, 1835-1838, by Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (18
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862). Dutch painter. Winter Landscape, 1835-1838. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Handbill for balloon race, Green brothers
Handbill advertising a balloon race between Charles Green and his brother in two balloons, taking place from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, to celebrate the Queens birthday. 13 August 1835

Cora Pearl, Courtesan
CORA PEARL (1835 - 1886) born ELIZA EMMA CROUCH Victorian courtesan operating mostly in France; mistress of Prince Napoleon; seen here seated sidesaddle on toy horse Date: circa 1870

Map of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, with soundings in fathoms. Date: 1835

Aspidium filix mas or Male Shield fern. Handcoloured engraving from William Curtis, Flora Londiniensis; containing a history of the plants indigenous to Great Britain

Sudan / Khartoum C1835
Khartoum, Sudan, East Africa: general view

MARK TWAIN 1835-1910
MARK TWAIN American writer Born : Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Gaziantep, Syria
Distant view of the town, formerly known as Ain Tab, near Halab (Aleppo)

Chess (Cruikshank)
A GAME OF CHESS - two wigged gentlemen play, two friends watch them with mixed emotions : each of the four displays a different facial expression

Morden College
Built by sir John Morden, a Turkey merchant, circa 1700, to house decayed merchants and still providing a home for people in unfortunate circumstances

Brighton / Chain Pier 1835
The Chain Pier, Brighton, Sussex

Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - even more spectacular with only a rough country road passing through it

Prison Hulks
Captured French sailors were housed here during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars

Power Loom Weaving
Interior of cotton mill in Lancashire: power loom weaving- man and woman tend machine

MARK TWAIN American writer, creator of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Newstead Abbey / Webster
The Seat of the late Lord Byron

MAIL COACH IN FLOOD
A mail coach in a flood. Date: circa 1835

Thumbelina flies off with her Fairy Prince
Thumbelina meets the Fairy Prince and flies off with him, and they live Happily Ever After. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Thumbelina flies away on the Swallows back
Thumbelina escapes from the Field Mouse and the Mole on the back of the Swallow. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Thumbelina kisses the Swallow goodbye
Thumbelina stands on tiptoe and kisses the Swallow goodbye. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Semer Workhouse, Suffolk
The workhouse at Semer in Suffolk, erected in 1780 for the Cosford Hundred Incorporation. In 1835, it became the workhouse for the Cosford Poor Law Union. The building no longer exists

Union Workhouse, Hailsham, Sussex
Hailsham Union workhouse was built in 1835-6 on what became Union Road (now Hawks Road) at Upper Horsebridge, Sussex. A horse and cart drive past the entrance

Yemen, Al Mukalla
The port seen from inland

Stonehenge, Wiltshire - John Constable
Stonehenge, Wiltshire - painted by John Constable (1776-1837) - bequeathed to the V&A by Miss Isabel Constable. Date: 1835

Tzu-Hsi Dowager Empress
TZU-HSI, aka HSIAO-CH IN &c, generally known as the dowager empress : Manchu ruler who resisted reform, European influences etc, supported the Boxer rising. 1835 - 1908

HANSENs TYPEWRITER / 1880
The remarkable typewriter invented by Rasmus Hans Malling Johan Hansen (1835 - 1890) in 1865, using a completely novel writing ball system

Cotton Carding Machinery
Interior of cotton mill: girls and women tend carding, drawing and roving machinery

China / Beijing Gardens
The gardens of the SUMMER PALACE, with the Marble Bridge on the right

Stagecoach through Toll
A stagecoach passing through a toll gate at night entitled " Good night"

James Fitzgerald
JAMES FITZGERALD Irish statesman, Prime Serjeant of Ireland, no less. Date: 1742 - 1835

Churches / Beverly Minster
Beverly Minster. Date: 1835

Vignette illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- An early and interesting type of signal. Date: 1935

France Cahors
The spectacular Pont Valentre over the Lot : Cahors is 95 km north of Toulouse. Date: 1835

Zumalacarregui - 1
TOMAS ZUMALACARREGUI Spanish Carlist general with his autograph Date: 1788 - 1835

France / Auch
General view of the town in south-west France, from across the Gers river. Date: circa 1835

Saint-Saens Photo
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS French composer, photographed as solo pianist in 1910. Date: 1835-1921

Sir Nowell Salmon
SIR NOWELL SALMON VC British naval commander Date: 1835 - 1912

City of London School
The City of London School, Milk Street, on the Victoria Embankment at Blackfriars. Date: built 1835 - 1883

Fuller Pilch batting for Kent, 1837
Illustration of Fuller Pilch (1804-1870) batting for Kent against Sussex, 1837. Pilch was one of the best players of his day

Sankey Viaduct
LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY : The Sankey Viaduct

Lucia - the Sextet
The sextet in Act Two, considered by some (including me) to be one of the finest moments in opera

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