1838 Gallery

Grace Darling, rowing with her father

Grace Horsley Darling, daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, seen here rowing with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838 -- together with her father she saved 13 people from the wreck

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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Queen's Bargemaster and Watermen in Queen Victoria's

The Queen's Bargemaster of the Royal Household and 48 Watermen in Queen Victoria's coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August Ceremony of Her Majesty's Coronation, June 28th 1838, published by Fores, Sporting and Fine Print Repository, Piccadilly, London, 1838

© Florilegius

English Dresses Oct 1838

3 gowns all with bishop sleeves, 2 with reverse cuffs, V necklines and pointed waists. Hemlines are trimmed with flounces, embroidery, rouleaux and puffing

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