1837 Collection (page 19)

Daubray (Gill)
(real name Michel Rene Thibault) French comic actor

Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage at St Petersburg, Russia, was built in the 1760s to house Catherine IIs art collection. It will burn down in 1837 but will be rebuilt by Nicolas I

JOE, THE FAT BOY
Mr. Tupman and the Spinster Aunt are startled by the appearance of Joe, the Fat Boy at the side of the garden seat

Baron Redesdale
ALGERNON BERTRAM FREEMAN MITFORD, first baron REDESDALE statesman, photo 1876

Tuna Fish / Fries / 1838
A tuna fish

Polar Bear / Fries / 1837
A polar bear at the waters edge

Elizabeth, Empress of Austria
ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA Married her cousin, Franz Josef I of Austria and reigned with him from 1854 - 1898. Riding with Meath Hounds, Ireland

Male Type / H Neville 19C
A typical late Victorian: Henrys Neville, actor (1837-1910)

Emil Waldteufel
EMIL WALDTEUFEL French composer

Fmc Fourier / Anon Eng
FRANCOIS-MARIE-CHARLES FOURIER French social theorist

Disraeli / First Speech
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Conservative MP, making his first speech in Parliament in 1837

Servants Hall / Phiz
A Servants Hall at the beginning of the Victorian era

Soane / Maclise / Frasers
SIR JOHN SOANE English architect

Ra Proctor / Vfair 1883
RICHARD ANTHONY PROCTOR English astronomer and writer

JP MORGAN / MUNSEYs 1906
JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN American banker and financier who played the foremost part in organising the United States Steel Corporation

Lyne / Joseph / Vfair 1887
JOSEPH LEYCESTER LYNE Father Ignatius Controversial clergyman

J B HICKOK
WILD BILL HICKOK

Victoria / Council / Parl / 96
Three scenes from Queen Victorias reign: 1. her first council, 1837 2. her first parliament, 1837 3. procession to Parliament, 1896

Victoria / First Council
Victorias first council as Queen of Britain

Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
FELIX-ALEXANDRE GUILMANT French organist and composer

Gejm Boulanger / Penpencil
GEORGES-ERNEST-JEAN-MARIE BOULANGER French general and politician in 1889

Elizabeth / Austria / Cdv
ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA Married her cousin, Franz Josef I of Austria - they reigned together 1854-98

London-Brum Loco 1837
Locomotive of the London and and Birmingham Railway

Elizabeth / Austria / Album
ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA Wife of her own cousin, Franz Josef I of Austria

Cosima Wagner / Postcard
COSIMA WAGNER Daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of (1) Hans von Bulow, (2) Richard Wagner

Van Buren / Scrap 1837
MARTIN VAN BUREN 8th US President (1837-41)

Fighting in Algeria
Street fighting in Constantine, the French soldiers fighting their way from house to house while the natives shoot at them from the rooftops

General J C R a Duchesne
Jacques-Charles-Rene-Achille DUCHESNE French general in Algeria and Madagascar, which he conquered and pacified, extending our knowledge of the island

Fashion Plate / 1837 / Men
Pinched waists, heeled boots, strapped pantaloons, waisted jacket with roll collar, waistcoats cut to reveal the shirt front, cravats, cut-away coat with long tails & top hats

Burley House / Rutland
Burley House, at Burleigh on the Hill, Rutland

Theresa / French Actress
THERESA Popular French actress and singer

Robert F Stockton Ship
John Ericsson successfully tests his screw propeller on this steamship which crosses the Atlantic, leading to his emigration to the U.S. and many other innovations

COSTUME 1837-8 / LEECH
A working girl imitates the genteel accomplishments of young ladies. Her dress is low cut with puffed sleeves & is worn with a coarse apron. Both women wear pattens

Blue Gowns 1837
Hair: plaited & coiled over the ears. Dresses: off-the shoulder, long ribbons descending from the waist, single flounce at hem, sleeves consisting of 3 lace flounces

Insects / Lice
various kinds of louse

Paris-Saint Germain Line
Scene on the Rothschild line linking Paris and Saint- Germain

Paris Train of 1837
Locomotive Dragon and wagon of the Rothschild line from Paris to Saint-Germain

Fashionable Couple 1837
Man: frock coat with roll collar & pointed lapel. Woman: pink & white open-robe, bodice with lace tucker & quilling, tunic fastened at intervals with a shell shaped trim

Lady in Shawl 1837
Pale grey robe: scallop shaped trim down one side of the skirt composed of black velvet & blonde lace, large Kashmir shawl & lace edged collar with brooch. Footman in livery

Man Traps and Guns
A gentleman seeking refuge from a bull finds that the woods into which he had thought to escape are beset with man-traps and spring- guns

Social / Gaslit Street 19C
A gas-lit London street at the commencement of Victorias reign

NARWHAL

Regents Pk Zoo 1837
Regents Park, London : the gardens of the Zoological Society were opened to Fellows of the Society in 1828, and soon became a popular attraction

Regents Pk Zoo Aerial
Regents Park, London : a birds eye view of the gardens of the Zoological Society, which were opened to Fellows of the Society in 1828, and became a popular attraction

Drugs / Tobacco Plant
THE TOBACCO PLANT named after Jacques Nicot, French ambassador at Lisbon who introduced the plant to France in 1860

Desgenettes in Egypt
Desgenettes, chief medical officer with Napoleons Egyptian expedition, inoculates himself with bubonic plague to prove it can be successfully treated

Fitzherbert / Jesse Life
MARIA ANNA FITZHERBERT First wife of King George IV

London-Birmingham / 1837
LONDON-BIRMINGHAM LINE Three classes of passenger coach, and a variety of wagons for freight and livestock

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