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Thames TunnelView of the newly opened Thames Tunnel, linking Wapping and Rotherhithe in London. circa 1840s
Cartoon, January, Twelfth Night, Drawing Characters -- part of a series of Christmas and New Year cartoons. circa 1840s
Riding habitWoman wearing a traditional Victorian riding habit. circa 1840s
Giant ophicleide played, 1843Jean Prospero Guivier(1814-) playing a giant ophicleide, manufactured expressly for the Birmingham Music Hall. Date: 1843
Sketch of St Marys Church, Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell
Croydon. Date: circa 1840s
Music sheet cover for Queen of the May QuadrilleMusic sheet cover for the Queen of the May Quadrille, composed by the French conductor Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860), and dedicated to Mrs Robert Arkwright (the actress Frances Crawford Kemble)
Interior at New College Lane, OxfordWatercolour sketch of an interior at New College Lane, Oxford, showing Reverend Baden Powell and his wife (they married in 1846), with five children
Garden with mountain in distance, Cardiff, WalesWatercolour painting showing a garden and a mountain in the distance, in Cardiff, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s
Music cover with Scottish harpistAn unidentified music cover depicting a female Scottish harpist wearing a tartan shawl and medieval costume. The emblem at the top contains the Latin words, Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
Victoria-Albert / CarriageQueen Victoria and Prince Albert taking an airing in Hyde Park, London in a fine open carriage led by four blinkered greys
Paddington ExteriorThe exterior of the station, passengers and sheep arriving or departing
Rail / Break of GaugeThe break of gauge at Gloucester: the trans-shipment of goods from the broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages
Distant view of JerusalemA distant view of the city of Jerusalem
City of London Workhouse, Bow Road, East LondonSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road in East London, the City of London Union Workhouse opened in 1849. The palatial building, designed by Richard Tress
City of London Union Infirmary, Mile End RoadSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary (now St Clement's Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse
City of London Infirmary, Bow Road, East LondonSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary (now St Clement's Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse
Three adder stones, also known as hag stones, witch stones, serpents eggs and snakes eggs. They are believed by some to have been formed by the secretions of snakes or adders
The Emigrant Ship Artemisia en route for Australia(Top) The Emigrant Ship Artemisia en route for Moreton Bay, New South Wales, Australia. (Bottom) Emigrants on the deck of the ship. Date: 1848
Nicholas Nickleby as an assistant to Wackford SqueersNicholas Nickelby (left) gets a low-paying job as an assistant to Wackford Squeers, who runs the school Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire
Anti-Corn Law campaignBuckingham Badger, the Monopolist, compared to Cheap John, the Free Trader, Anti-Corn Law campaign Date: 1842
Battle of Gujrat, during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-1849), 21 February 1849. Date: 1849
Cartoon, John Bulls Alien Act -- a satirical comment on an incident which took place on 10 April 1848, when a Frenchman was heard shouting out that all the English were cowards
Barricade in the Rue St Martin 1848Barricade in the Rue St Martin, Paris, France, 1848. One of the barricades constructed by the revolutionaries. 1848
Fighting Cocks railway station, Stockton-Darlington lineFighting Cocks railway station, on the Stockton to Darlington line. It opened in 1825, named after the local pub where train tickets were sold
The Old Wicker Railway Station, Sheffield, South YorkshireThe Old Wicker Railway Station building in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, which opened in 1838. In 1870 it was closed to passengers, being used for freight and renamed Wicker Goods. Date: circa 1840s
Queen Victoria at Weedon railway station, NorthamptonshireQueen Victoria and Prince Albert arriving at Weedon railway station, Northamptonshire, in November 1844, on their way to a three-day visit to Burghley House. The station opened in 1838. Date: 1844
Rebecca Riots in South Wales against toll gate chargesRebecca Riots in South Wales against excessive toll gate charges - many of the rioters were men dressed as women. Date: 1843
Chandalas, lower-caste Hindus, IndiaChandalas, lower-caste Hindus in India, deemed to be untouchable because they dispose of dead bodies. Date: 1843
People inspecting an early gasometer, LondonPeople inspecting an early gasometer (gas container), London. At this time the streets were lit by gas. Date: 1842
Polygars of Tinnevelly (Tirunelveli), Southern IndiaPolygars (Palaiyakkarars, military chiefs) of Tinnevelly (Tirunelveli), Tamil Nadu (Madras State), Southern India. Date: 1842
Covent Garden Market, London, Christmas Eve 1846Covent Garden Market, usually the sight of gleaming floods of colourful fruits and fine odours, but over the build up of Christmas the garment of green in which complete transformation of sprigs
Book of Trades, Names of the parts of a shipBook of Trades, A Frigate, names of the parts of a ship. 1841
19th century brass and wood ship's wheel, made in BelfastMARITIME: A good 19th century brass and hard wood ship's wheel with the legend NORTHUMBRIAN MAID. BELFAST. 1843 in the brass central boss, on display stand
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and children feeding poultryQueen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children feeding the foreign poultry at the Chinese Summer House, Buckingham Palace Gardens Date: circa 1840s
The Arial Steam Carriage - proposed flying machineThe Arial Steam Carriage An illustration of proposed flying machine probably 1840s
1840s Victorian Map of West Riding of Yorkshire
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1840s Victorian Map of Worcestershire
1840s Victorian Map of East Riding of Yorkshire
1840s Victorian Map of Wiltshire
1840s Victorian Map of Westmorland
1840s Victorian Map of Surrey
1840s Victorian Map of Suffolk
1840s Victorian Map of Staffordshire
1840s Victorian Map of Somerset
1840s Victorian Map of Shropshire
1840s Victorian Map of Rutland