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The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1849 - various scenesVarious scenes from the royal visit to Ireland by Queen Victoria and family in August 1849.On the right: the visit to the National Infant School
Gentleman arrested for being in debtTwo men arrest a gentleman for being in debt, his son and wife watching helplessly. Date: 1843
Barking 1840SBarking, now part of London, when it was a pretty Essex village... Date: circa 1840
Middle Temple HallInterior of Middle Temple Hall. Date: 1840s
Jack in the GreenVillagers enjoy a May Day celebration as a Jack in the Green, a Lord of the May, and other foliage-clad figures cavort and dance. Date: 1843
Germany KielKiel, Germany: Distant view of the Baltic seaport, which won t be linked to the North Sea until the construction of the Kiel canal in the 1880s/90s. circa 1840
English ViewAn English view of the goings- on across the Channel : The interrupted dinner-party. Date: 1848
Roofing in FranceFrench couvreurs (slaters, tilers, helliers) at work on the roof of a house. Date: circa 1845
French WhitewashingA French badigeonneur (whitewasher) at work on the side of a house. Date: circa 1845
Masons at WorkFrench masons at work Date: circa 1845
India HimalayasThe valley of the Dhoon. Date: circa 1840s
Laurent De Saint-CricqLAURENT DE SAINT-CRICQ (nom-de-plume PAUL MARCOY) French traveler in South America and the Pacific, depicted in his picturesque traveling outfit. Date: 1840S-1860S
Rosse home - 2Birr Castle, Parsonstown, Ireland, seat of the earl of Rosse and location of his observatory. Date: 1840S
Rosse home - 3The workshop at Birr Castle, Parsonstown, Ireland, seat of the earl of Rosse and location of his observatory. Date: 1840S
Rosse home - 1Birr Castle, Parsonstown, Ireland, seat of the earl of Rosse and location of his observatory. Date: 1840S
LANDORs VILLA - 1The villa of Walter Savage Landor, writer, at Fiesole, near Firenze, Italy. Date: 1840s
LANDORs VILLA - 2The villa of Walter Savage Landor, writer, at Fiesole, near Firenze, Italy. Date: 1840s
Camellia Rawsiana, or Roscii, drawn by J J Jung, engraved by Oudet, in a book entitled Iconographie du Genre Camellia ou Description et Figures des Camellia les plus beaux et les plus rares peints d
A Mediterranean Landscape, by Louis Auguste Lapito (1803-1874). Date: 1849
London Season / CruikshankA girls vision of the London Season. Included in the montage: balls; presentation at court; riding in rotten row, clothes; a wedding, gentlemen callers........ Date: 1840s
Houdin and BottleThe inexhaustible bottle which just goes on pouring and pouring... Date: 1840s
Alberts Greyhound EosPRINCE ALBERT, CONSORT OF QUEEN VICTORIA With Eos, his beloved greyhound, who died on 31 July 1844. Date: 1819-1861
Caricature of Franz Liszt at the keyboardA caricature of Franz Liszt (1811-1886) in 1842, playing at the keyboard in his usual flamboyant way. Date: 1842
Balloon event, Charles Green, LeicesterCharles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 411th ascent in his Royal Victoria Balloon, from the Cricket Ground, Leicester. With special trains laid on from nearby cities. 27 June 1849
Balloon event, Charles Green, AylesburyGrand Aerostatic Fete at Aylesbury, 416th Balloon Ascent by Mr Charles Green in his Royal Victoria Balloon. From a spacious meadow belonging to Mr T J Hinds of the Black Swan Inn, Cambridge Street
Man-powered flying machineA man-powered flying machine in a countryside setting. The Aerostat - Worked by Manual Power - Invented by W. Miller, M.R.C.S. 1843
Balloon flight over Dieppe, FranceDetailed landscape and cityscape of Dieppe providing an aerial view of the city with a balloon flying overhead. circa 1846
Balloon flight over Rouen, FranceDetailed landscape and cityscape of Rouen taken from a hilltop overlooking city with a balloon in flight overhead. 1846
The Great Aerial Navigator, or Atmospheric Machine! An article with a detailed diagram showing an aerial machine claimed to be capable of transportation to India and China in the space of five days
Food riot in DungarvonDuring the famine in Ireland a food riot breaks out in Dungarvon Date: 1846
Country lane in Croydon, SurreyA country lane in early Victorian Croydon, Surrey, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s
Interior at Greville Place, Kilburn, north west LondonColour drawing of a rich interior at Greville Place, Kilburn, north west London, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s
School room and drawing room, BedfordColour sketch entitled Our former school room, with the drawing room visible through double doors, in a house in Bedford. Present are Captain Ruddick and children
Library in Llandaff House, Glamorgan, WalesColour sketch of the Library in Llandaff House, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s
Sketch of Tenby, Wales, including Lundy IslandSketch of Tenby, Wales, including the Castle, Caldy Island, Lundy Island, St Margarets Island, Giltar Point and the sand hills, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell
Foundry with statue of Duke of WellingtonThe bronze-casting foundry of Matthew Cotes Wyatt, the sculptor who created the huge equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington riding his horse Copenhagen
Room in Llandaff House, Glamorgan, WalesColour sketch of a room in Llandaff House, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s
Lighthouse with boats, Trieste, ItalyLighthouse with boats at Trieste, Italy, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. November 1840
The Old Curiosity Shop, Quilp and the ladiesThe Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841
Sketch of Tenby, Wales, including Worms Head, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1840
Trees at St Donats, Glamorgan, WalesColour sketch of trees, possibly at St Donat s, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1842
Watercolour sketch of Pegwell Bay, KentA delightful watercolour sketch of Pegwell Bay, Kent, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s
Portrait of Reverend Baden PowellHead and shoulders portrait of Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell, drawn by his wife, Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914)
Sketch of Tenby, including St Catherines IslandSketch of Tenby, Wales, with St Catherines Island and the Castle on the right, and a distant view of the Devonshire Coast and Ilfracombe on the left, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860)
Great Wellington Statue at Hyde Park CornerThe great equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington by Matthew Cotes Wyatt atop the Wellington Arch or Constitution Arch at Hyde Park Corner, as it would appear from Constitution Hill, London
Warington and George Smyth PowellHenry Warington Smyth Powell (1847-1921) and George Smyth Powell (1847-1898), two of the children of the Reverend Baden Powell and his third wife Henrietta
Dining Room, New College Lane, OxfordAn unfinished watercolour sketch of Reverend Baden Powells dining room at New College Lane, Oxford, with mother and children sitting round a table
Sketch of Tenby, Wales, including the CastleSketch of Tenby, Wales, showing the Castle, Worms Head, St Catherines Island and Caldey Island, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1840