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Skinner?s Horse at Exercise, 1840 (c).Oil on canvas by John Reynolds Gwatkin (1807-1877), 1840 (c). Men of the 1st Bengal Irregular Cavalry (Skinner?s Horse) or 4th Bengal Irregular Cavalry (Baddley)
Chinese MarriageA Chinese marriage procession - the bride is conveyed in a palanquin to the home of the groom. Date: circa 1840
Lepidoptera DanceCountry dancing of anthropomorphised lepidoptera Date: circa 1840
Soprano SaxophoneSOPRANO SAXOPHONE : one of a family of instruments invented about 1840 by a Frenchman, Adolphe Sax. Date: 1897
Honore de Balzac engraving by Ch ChardonHONORE DE BALZAC (1799 - 1850) French novelist and playwrite. Considered one of the founders of European Realism for his short stories
Sacrifice, MadagascarMADAGASCAR A wife grieves as her captive husband awaits the moment when the fire is good and ready and he will be sacrificed. Date: circa 1840
Hair styles 1840A selection of womens hairstyles showing ringlets and designs with flowers and ribbons. 1840
Cafe D Orsay or Les Trois Freres Provencaux, Paris 1840Interior of Les Trois Freres Provencaux Restaurant circa 1840
Rideau Canal at Bytown (Ottawa), Ontario, CanadaRideau Canal at Bytown (now Ottawa), Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1840
RODIN, Auguste (1840-1917). The Thinker. 1902. Based on The Divine Comedy of Dante and entitled the portal The Gates of Hell. Contemporary Art. Sculpture on bronze. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE
India KasauliKasauli (or Kussowlie) near Sanawar, not far from Simla. Hilary Evans has been to tea- parties in this village... Date: circa 1840
France / AmienslGeneral view of the town with the Somme in the foreground, the cathedral in the distance. Date: circa 1840
Mrs Tyler, First LadyMRS TYLER wife of the President of the United States Date: CIRCA 1840
Charles RobinsonCHARLES ROBINSON artist, known for his illustrations to Salas America revisited. (do not confuse with Charles H Robinson, also an illustrator) Date: 1840 - 1881
Jean-Joseph Jacotot - 1JEAN-JOSEPH JACOTOT French educator, Inventeur de l Enseignement universel. Date: 1770 - 1840
Countess Louisa KintoreLOUISA MADELEINE, countess of KINTORE (nee Hawkins) wife of Francis, fifth earl Date: circa 1820
Thomas Hill, BookmanTHOMAS HILL Bibliophile, book collector and author of The mirror of fashion, Date: 1760 - 1840
Map / Europe C1840Map of Europe Date: circa 1840
Field Lane Holborn / SlumA London slum street - Field Lane, Holborn : note the business premises of Scrooge and Fagan... Date: circa 1840
Yakub Khan / AfghanistanYAKUB KHAN Amir of Afghanistan (Kingdom of Kabul). Ruled from February to December 1879. Date: 1840 - ?
Victoria / Albert / TophamQUEEN VICTORIA BRITISH ROYALTY Victoria and Albert at the time of their wedding. Date: 1840
Union Workhouse, Vanbrugh Hill, Greenwich, LondonAn architects aerial view of the Greenwich Union workhouse, erected in 1840 at Vanbrugh Hill, Greenwich, south east London, to a design by R.P. Browne
Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary, LondonA ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The room is decorated with potted plants and pictures. The floor is bare apart from a strip of matting
Vicky and FritzVicky, Crown Princess of Prussia (1840-1901), eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, together with her husband, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia ( Fritz ) in the early 1860s
Athur Baron ArdilaunARTHUR EDWARD GUINNESS, 2nd Baronet and 1st Baron ARDILAUN, brewery proprietor and generous benefactor to Dublin and to Irish culture
Wareham Church 1950SSt. Marys Church at Wareham, Dorset, overlooking the River Frome. The chancel is 14th century. Sadly, the large late Saxon nave was demolished in 1840 to make way for a new one
Andre Gill (Meyer)ANDRE GILL (real name : Gosset de Guines) French caricaturist
Iron & Brass FoundryTwo interior views of Palmer, Green & cos premises in North Street, Brighton. where they do ironfounding and brassfounding
Racial /s Africa / HottentoFemale Hottentot of South Africa
Koala Bear and YoungKoala bear carrying its young (phascolaretos fuscus)
Opossum Mouse 19COpossum Mouse with its babies on its back, hanging on by their tails
Dumb Cake CustomBAKING THE DUMB-CAKE At Hallowe en, St Johns Eve or other feasts, young women bake a cake in expectation of seeing their beloved : it must be done in total silence
Saint Helena 3The entrance to the harbour at Jamestown
Moscow ViewTowers and spires of the Moscow Kremlin, seen across the river
ANDRE GILL French caricaturist, credited with inventing the enlarged head teachnique used here
Schmidt / Pyramids / MeroeThe pyramids at Meroe
Jean-Etienne Esquirol, French psychiatristJean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol, French psychiatrist, known for his reforms in the treatment of mental patients. He worked at the Salptrire Hospital in Paris
Large Vine House, Hampton Court Palace, LondonInterior of the Large Vine House at Hampton Court Palace, London. 1840
London Orphan Asylum, Hackney Road, ClaptonA view of the London Orphan Asylum, opened in 1825 at Hackney Road, Clapton. Date: circa 1840
Royal Cradle, Swiss Cottage, Osborne House, Isle of WightThe Royal Cradle, Swiss Cottage, Osborne House, Isle of Wight - made for Queen Victorias daughter Victoria, the Princess Royal and eldest of her nine children, in 1840. Date: circa 1930s