1840 Collection (page 7)

WATER MILL / RUSTIC FRANCE
The water mill at Eu, France in an ideal rustic setting Date: circa 1840

ELECTRICITY IN STEAM
A Newcastle workman discovers the hard way that steam conducts electricity. Date: 1840

VILLEFRANCHE / OVAL VIEW
Villefranche: distant view Date: circa 1840

WASP AT A PICNIC
Awful appearance of a wopps at a picnic: picnic guests are severely bothered when a rather large wasp takes an interest in their food, one of the hazards of outdoor eating Date: circa 1840

GERMAN FLOWER SELLER
A German flower seller Date: circa 1840

PEKING LANTERN MERCHANT
A lantern merchant in Peking shows a decorative lantern to a customer; other fine lanterns hang in the shop, some in the shape of fish Date: circa 1840

EMBROIDERING LADY
A lady is seated at her embroidery frame, while sharing the gossip of her two visitors Date: circa 1840

ARCHETYPAL MONEY LENDER
An archetypal money lender studies a bill Date: 1840

A KINGS CLOTHES
How to make a king look like a king - dress him in a kings clothes ! (Thackeray chooses Louis XIV, but any king would do as well...) Date: circa 1840

HWM OLBERS / MACKENZIE
HEINRICH WILHELM MATTHAUS OLBERS German physician and astronomer Date: 1758 - 1840

CHASSEUR BELLANGE
Chasseur of the 8th regiment of the line shown with his horse. Date: circa 1840

A PARTING KISS C1840
When your friend bids an over- affectionate farewell to your wife, you begin to wonder - and suddenly hes not so much of a friend as before... Date: circa 1840

THEATRE / EXOTIC / TIEN-LIN
The Theatre at Tien-Lin attracts a large audience for the traditional play being performed on the raised staging. Date: circa 1840

NEW ZEALAND MISSIONARYA
Horomona (Solomon), a Maori chief, is converted by Henry Williams at Otawhao and proceeds to preach to his fellow countrymen even after he goes blind, led by his wife Date: circa 1840

LE VERRIER & L PHILIPPE LE VERRIER & L PHILIPPE
Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier explains the discovery of Neptune to the French King Loius Philippe at the Tuileries Date: circa late 1840s

FRENCH APPLE SELLER
French apple seller Date: circa 1840

FRENCH FEMALE PORTER
A Parisian porteuse de modes - a delivery girl carrying fashionable clothes to a customers house Date: circa 1840

FRENCH EQUATOR BAPTISM
Bapteme sous la ligne - Neptune presides over a baptism ceremony as a French naval vessel crosses the line Date: circa 1840

FRANCE / DIEPPE
Place Duquesne, and eglise Saint-Jacques (note, too, the sign for the Hotel du Commerce) Date: circa 1840

LAPPS AND REINDEER
With reindeer and dogs, outside their tents Date: circa 1840

GREEK ORTHODOX EXORCISM
A maniac, supposed possessed by a demon, is exorcised by the priests of the church of Saint Theodore, at Pergamos (in present-day Turkey) Date: circa 1840

DEATH / MOURNING HUSBAND
THE COMMON LOSS She has lost a husband, he has lost a son, the dog has lost a master Date: 1840

THEATRE / REGIONAL / DENMARK
A comedy Kalkeballen, being performed at a popular theatre in Copenhagen Date: circa 1840

Beau Brummell Satire
BEAU BRUMMELL An impertinent young man notes the demise of the formerly famously handsome (but now fat) dandy, George Beau Brummell. Date: 1778 - 1840

LITHOGRAPH TOUR DE FORCE
A tour-de-force of lithography, no doubt done to show the range and versatility of which the lithograph is capable Date: circa 1840

CHATEAU DE JOINVILLE
Le chateau de Joinville (Haute Marne), home of the Sires de Joinville and later of the ducs de Guise Date: circa 1840

FRENCH PUPPET SHOW
A French boy puts on a puppet show to amuse the children of the street Date: circa 1840

PARIS / ST ETIENNE DU MONT
Interior of the church, with a procession of priests Date: circa 1840

Franciscea Etcive Floral
Franciscea and tropaeolum tastefully juxtaposed Date: circa 1840

MANDARINS HOUSE 1840
An apartment in a mandarins house, near Nanking Date: 1840

BREAKFAST / VILLAGE HOME
A three generation family have breakfast in their village home Date: circa 1840

STREET TRADES / POTS
An itinerant pedlar seeks to persuade a French countrywoman to purchase one of his pots Date: circa 1840

GYMNASTICS / CHILDREN
French children climbing on a playground frame Date: circa 1840

RACIAL TYPES / NEW ZEALAND
A group of indigenous New Zealanders cooking and consuming their enemies Date: circa 1840

ENGLAND / CHELTENHAM / 1840
The Montpelier Spa, Cheltenham. Date: 1840

ENGLAND / BURTON ON TRENT
General view of industry in Burton on Trent. Date: Circa 1840

BALLAD SELLER
A girl sells ballads and religious prints while the snowflakes fall around her Date: circa 1840

PICNIC BY RIVER / ALLOM
A party of pleasure - a grand picnic by a river Date: circa 1840

TRADITIONAL ROLES
The man goes off to work while the woman does the laundry Date: 1840

FRANCE / PARIS / INVALIDES
The tomb of Napoleon I, where his remains were placed following their return from Saint Helena in 1840 Date: circa 1860

VAUXHALL GARDENS / 1840
Vauxhall Gardens. Date: 1840

REFORM CLUB KITCHEN
The kitchen staff at the Reform Club, London, where the kitchens were designed by Alexis Soyer Date: 1840

MONGOOSE
A mongoose Date: circa 1840

DICKENSIAN HOUSEMAID
A London housemaid of Dickens time - the Little Marchioness from his novel The Old Curiosity Shop Date: 1840

TOURISTS ON VESUVIUS - 2
Tourists pushed up the side of the mountain Date: circa 1840

Tourists on Vesuvius
TOURISTS ON VESUVIUS - coming down somewhat more rapidly than they climbed up ! Date: circa 1840

TOURISTS ON VESUVIUS - 1
Tourists pulled up the side of the mountain Date: circa 1840

VILLAGE INN SCENE C1840
A scene in a village inn Date: circa 1840

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