1840s Collection (#21)

John Bull showing how to make constitutional plum pudding
John Bull showing the foreign powers how to make a constitutional plum pudding. The plum pudding of the British constitution rests on the table cloth of the Magna Charta / Carta

Ball at Harewood House, 1845
The Nobilitys Ball in the Banqueting Room at Harewood House, near Leeds, West Yorkshire. Date: 1845

Exodus: The Epsom Derby by Gilbert, 1845
Epson races: scenes on the road, as drawn by Gilbert. The Elephant and Castle pub, as well as the Swan Tavern, Morden Hall boarding school

Book of Trades, The Quarry Man. 1841

Russian mail troika. Postal courier in Russia. Date: 1847

Celebrating the crossing of the Equator
Scene on a Royal Navy ship. It is the custom on board ship to indulge in merrymaking when crossing the Equator -- in fancy dress if its your first time. Date: circa 1845

Cafe D Orsay or Les Trois Freres Provencaux, Paris 1840
Interior of Les Trois Freres Provencaux Restaurant circa 1840

Unicorn Date: C.1840s

Rideau Canal at Bytown (Ottawa), Ontario, Canada
Rideau Canal at Bytown (now Ottawa), Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1840

David Livingstone attacked by a lion in Africa
David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer, attacked by a lion in the Mabotsa Valley, Africa. Date: 1843

Pentonville prison cell interior
Pentonville prison in London: interior of cell with a hammock for sleeping. Date: 1843

The muffin man, 1841
The muffin man, with a basket of muffins on one arm, rings his handbell and calls out to attract the attention of passers-by. Date: 1841

The Disruption of 1843
The interior of St Andrews Church, Edinburgh, at the first meeting of the General Assembly, where the Free Church of Scotland was formed, after members withdrew from the Church of Scotland

Mr Monck Masons Aerial Machine
The Model of Mr Monck Masons Aerial Machine now exhibiting at the Royal Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Arcade, Strand Date: 1843

Illustration of a white hawk, by Mattias Wolf
Illustration of a white hawk or falcon, by Mattias (later Joseph) Wolf (1820-1899), in a book entitled Traite de Fauconnerie (Treatise of Falconry)

Villa Borghese, by Gustaf-Wilhelm Palm
Villa Borghese, Entrance to Jardino del Lago, by Gustaf-Wilhelm Palm (1810-1890). Date: 1844

View of Hong Kong Harbour, by John Willes Johnson
View of Hong Kong Harbour, by Captain John Samuel Willes (or Willis) Johnson (1793-1863). Date: circa 1845

London Fire Engine Establishment fireman in uniform
Formed in 1833, the LFEE was Londons first properly organised fire brigade, having taken over from the various Insurance Company fire brigades around the capital

Interior at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London
Watercolour painting of an interior at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. From left to right are Carry, Count (the dog) and Josephine

Kitchen interior, St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales
Sketch of the kitchen interior at St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1842

Entrance to St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1842

Faces of racial types, Bengali and Ojibwe
Faces of racial types. At the top is a 20 year old man from Bengal, India. Below is a 10 year old boy, son of an Ojibwe chief, North America. Date: 1849

Henrietta Grace Smyth (Powell) - self portrait Date: circa 1840s

Hullah and his pupils, 1842
John Pyke Hullah (1812 -1884), English composer and teacher of music, with his pupils at the second great choral meeting at Exeter Hall in 1842

Interior of cell block at Portland Prison, Dorset
Interior of a new wing at Portland, Dorset showing cell doors, iron stairways and corridors. Wire netting was placed between balconies to prevent inmates falling to the ground

Mr Drouets pauper school, Tooting, Surrey
A view of the school for pauper children, privately run by Bartholomew Peter Drouet at Tooting in Surrey (now south west London). In 1849, a cholera epidemic broke out at the school

Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales
View of the winding engine house, built in 1845, which worked the pumps at the Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales

Sultan locomotive, Iron Duke class, Great Western Railway
The newly built Sultan locomotive, belonging to the Iron Duke class of the Great Western Railway, a sister engine to the Great Britain. Both were built in 1847

Convicts being searched, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows prison officers searching convicts on their return from work

Quarries, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows small groups of men cutting stone by hand while prison

Armley Gaol, Leeds, West Yorkshire
A general view of Armley Gaol, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The prison was opened in 1847

Union Workhouse, Vanbrugh Hill, Greenwich, London
An 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, London
A 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

Whiston Hospital, Lancashire
An aerial view of Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Whiston, Lancashire. The site began life in 1843 as the Prescot Union workhouse

Fylde Union Workhouse, Kirkham, Lancashire
The Fylde Union Workhouse on Moor Lane, Kirkham, Lancashire. The building was opened in 1844 but in 1907 was replaced by a larger building at Wesham

Training Ship Arethusa, Greenhithe, Kent
The training ship Arethusa and Chichester operated by the National Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children, a charity founded in 1843 by William Williams

Sculcoates Union Workhouse, Hull
A gaggle of children and several mothers with prams outside the Sculcoates Union workhouse on Beverley Road, Hull. The building was erected in 1843-5 to designs by Henry F Lockwood

A Brewers Dray
A brewers dray, England

Wheeled tents of the Tartars or Tatars, Russia
Wheeled tents of the Tartars or Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group in Russia

Floating swimming bath in the Seine, Paris, France
View inside Les Bains Deligny, a floating swimming bath in the River Seine at Paris, France

View of Quito, Ecuador, South America
A view of Quito, capital city of Ecuador, South America, with a bridge over a river in the foreground

View of Mekele (Mekelle), Ethiopia
A view of Mekele (Mekelle), Tigray, northern Ethiopia

View of Vera Cruz, Mexico, Central America
A view of the city of Vera Cruz (Veracruz), Mexico, Central America

Colonel Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp, MP
Colonel Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (1783 - 1855), an eccentric and reactionary Conservative Member of Parliament. He opposed many things, including Catholic Emancipation, Jewish Emancipation

Four characters from Shakespeares Richard III -- Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (1818-1866, top and bottom left), Irish actor, as the Duke of Gloucester and Richard III (the same role)

Thomas Wilson, English philanthropist
Thomas Wilson (1764-1843), English philanthropist, Congregationalist, involved in educational and theological causes, Director of the London Missionary Society. circa 1830s

Prince Albert dressed as King Edward III
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861), husband and consort of Queen Victoria. Seen here in fancy dress as King Edward III, which he wore for a costume ball on 12 May 1842. circa 1842

Map of Egypt. 1841

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