1840s Collection (page 12)

Machine in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Cloth embossing machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Board cutting in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Board cutting machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Scene in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Scene in a bookbinding workshop (roan binding shop), Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Grey Mullet, of the Mugilidae family. Date: 1842

Mystery play, Coventry, Warwickshire
Mystery play performed on a raised stage in the street, Coventry, Warwickshire, with the old cathedral in the background. Date: 1842

View of Jamrud Fort, near Peshawar, Afghanistan. Date: 1842

Chinese chop boat. 1842

Chinese accommodation barge. 1842

Chinese boat (sampan). Date: 1842

Chinese flower boat. Date: 1842

Swiss Cottage, Cassiobury Park, near Watford, Hertfordshire
Swiss Cottage at Cassiobury Park, near Watford, Hertfordshire. By the time of this illustration, it was possible to travel by train to Watford, and enjoy a railway ramble to view the building

Craftsmen at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London
Craftsmen at work in the printing room of the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. They are spreading paint on printing blocks

Printing blocks used at floor cloth factory, SW London
Six printing blocks used to create one pattern at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842

Printing block used at floor cloth factory, SW London
Original printing block used at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842

Craftsman at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London
Craftsman at work at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London, spreading thick paint onto a canvas cloth with a long trowel. Date: 1842

View inside a floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London
View inside the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London, showing the drying room. Date: 1842

Cassiobury House, near Watford, Hertfordshire, ancestral seat of the Earls of Essex, dating back to the 16th century. By the time of this illustration

View of Jellalabad (Jalalabad), Afghanistan
View of the city of Jellalabad (Jalalabad), in eastern Afghanistan. Date: 1842

Perch. 1842

Megapodius Tumulus, orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt), a mound-raising Megapole, with its nest in the background. Date: 1842

Man checking pipes at a distillery, south-west London
Man checking pipes (the specific gravity of the contents to ascertain the strength or proof) at the worm end, at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

Wash still at a distillery, south-west London
Wash still at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

Mash tun at a distillery, south-west London
Men stirring the contents of the mash tun (mashing machine) at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

Cooling floor at a distillery, south-west London
Cooling floor for ground meal at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

Grain mill and meal sacks at a distillery, south-west London
Grain mill and meal sacks being filled at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

View outside a distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London
View outside the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. 1842

Leipoa Ocellata or Malleefowl, Australian bird
Leipoa Ocellata or Malleefowl, Australian ground-dwelling bird of the megapode family. Date: 1842

Talegalla Lathami or Brush Turkey, Australian bird of the megapode family. Date: 1842

View of the harbour at St John s, Newfoundland, Canada. Date: 1842

Method of moving a house in America, by elevating it on blocks of wood, before moving it to its new location. Date: 1842

St Marys Church tower and beacon, Monken Hadley, London
St Marys Church tower and beacon, Monken Hadley, Barnet, north London. Known as the Beacon Church, since the tower and fire beacon were added in the early 16th century. Date: 1842

Oak tree (Quercus sessiliflora). Date: 1842

View inside a copper and lead factory, London
View inside the Pontifex and Wood copper and lead factory, Shoe Lane, London. Date: 1842

View of Hamburg and the Alster, Germany
View of Hamburg and the Alster (a tributary of the River Elbe), Germany. Date: 1842

Oil leather fulling stocks at leather factory, south London
Oil leather fulling stocks (with heavy wooden hammers, used for producing wash leather or chamois leather) at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842

The Illustrated London News - publishing office 1843
Saturday scene at The Illustrated London News publishing office. 1843

Sumach tan tub at a leather factory, south London
Sumach tan tub (part of the goatskin tanning process) at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842

Leaves and blossom of edible chestnut, Fagus castanea
Leaves and blossom of the edible chestnut, Fagus castanea. Date: 1842

Edible chestnut tree, Fagus castanea, in Greenwich Park, south-east London. Date: 1842

Common White Willow tree, Salix Alba, in Vanbrugh Fields, near Greenwich Park, Blackheath, Kent (now south-east London). Date: 1842

Inside a cabinet piano, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
The action or internal mechanism of a cabinet pianoforte, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

Fret cutter at work, Broadwood piano factory, London
Fret cutter at work, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. Date: 1842

Piano keys and action, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
Square pianoforte keys and treble action, at the Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

Man at work, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
Man at work cutting keys, at the Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

People at work, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
People at work, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

Acacia tree, Common Robinia or Locust Tree. Date: 1842

Three Maori people of New Zealand, based on an illustration from the HMS Beagle expedition. Date: 1842

Wheel cutting at a clock factory, Moore and Co, London 1842
Wheel cutting at a clock factory, Moore and Co, Clerkenwell Close, London. 1842

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