1840s Collection (page 32)

Death / Mourning / Dress
Costumes de Deuil Two ladies in French mourning fashions show that one can be grief-stricken without losing ones elegance

Loseley House, Surrey, a fine Tudor manor-house

The Holly Cart
The Holly cart - a street vendor sells holly from door to door

High Street from West Bow, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
View of the High Street from the Head of West Bow, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland

Exhibition of models at Madame Tussauds, London
An exhibition of models at Madame Tussauds Waxworks, London

Erebus and Terror in search of the Northwest Passage
Scene from Sir John Franklins Canadian Arctic exploration, showing the Erebus and Terror in their attempt to navigate the Northwest Passage. Sadly, both ships and crew were lost

Madame Tussauds Waxworks, London
An exhibition of waxwork models at Madame Tussauds in Baker Street, London

Weapons / Mines at Sea
Testing a mine constructed by the Nobel company, Sweden : blowing up a ship

An English workman and his family -- Cruikshank
A workmans home, with father and mother at the table, a little maid serving them, and their two young children at a tiny table in front of the hearth. Ominously, the father is holding a bottle

Jardin des Plantes, Paris
Inside a large greenhouse at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris

Robin Hood and his men on a music sheet
Robin Hood and his Merry Men depicted on a music sheet entitled The Musical Bouquet. The music itself is for a new song, The Merry Sherwood Ranger, composed by Alexander Lee to words by J Halford

Houdin and Cornet
A small cornet - but when Houdin upturns it, a cascade of objects come tumbling out

Houdin and Scarf
The scarf - just an ordinary scarf - but when Houdin gives it a shake, it turns out to have been full of feathers !

Scarborough / South Cliff
Scarborough, Yorkshire: the South Cliff

Brighton / Old Steine 1840
The Old Steine, Brighton, Sussex

Young Lady Sewing 1840S
A woman sits on an upholstered chair by some french windows which open onto a garden. Contents of the room include a pedestal table, harp, framed landscape, birdcage & rug

Grey Dress 1850S
1882 depiction of 1840s fashions: dress en redingote in grey with white under sleeves (engageantes). A white bonnet adorned with golden ears of wheat is also worn

Victoria / Albert / Riding
The Royal Pair go riding

Competing with Peacock
Pelisse-robe of pink & grey vertical stripes open to reveal a white petticoat. Girl: short dress with open corsage & chemisette, flat, straw hat & fingerless gloves

Pineapples Sold by Slice
A trader selling Pineapples - a penny a slice from a barrow when this fruit was still a rarity in Britain

Plump Passenger Carried
A plump holiday-maker is carried ashore after a trip in a Brighton pleasure boat

Advert / Hats / Simeon 1920
A hat selection from Verlaine of Paris: a large beret reminiscent of those from 1820s - 1840s; a soft brimless hat & a hat with an angled crown & double brim

Locomotive 1840S
This fine locomotive is not an exact match of any other in our files, but it is very similar to the goods locomotives Mr Allan is building at Crewe, 1843+

Durban in the 1840S
View of the Bay or Port Natal (as Durban is known at this time) seen from Conguela

Adulphe Delegorgue
ADULPHE DELEGORGUE of Douai, French traveller in southern Africa, posing with pipe and gun in his travelling costume

Surrey Theatre 1840S
Idlers, promenading couples, a lady & lap dog, a dog chasing a boy, & a porter with a heavy load loiter on the street - 3 drunks with pint pots stumble out of the Coal Hole pub

Furniture Disturbed
A family return home to find the parlour furniture moved - pictures on the floor, coal scuttle & fire tongs in the alcove, chairs balanced on tables - all topsy-turvy

St Martins Priory C19
PRIORY OF SAINT MARTIN of Tours, Dover, Kent in use as a farm since the 18th century. The Gate house was to become the library of Dover College Prep School in the 1870s

Aerial Steam Carriage
THE AERIAL STEAM CARRIAGE Flying above an excited crowd who have flocked to one of Londons bridges to see the spectacle

Dining on Oysters
An insolent young man smoking a cigar, puts on his gloves as he makes a parting comment to an affronted older gentleman who is stopped in the act of smashing open an oyster

Napoleon I / Tomb
NAPOLEON I/SCENES Visitors are suitably impressed by his catafalque at Les Invalides, Paris

A Settler Kneels
A settler takes off his hat and kneels in gratitude for his new country

Victoria / Albert / Durrand
QUEEN VICTORIA BRITISH ROYALTY Victoria and Albert etching together

The Poacher Detected
THE POACHER DETECTED. He will probably be hanged, but if the magistrate is merciful he may simply be transported to Australia for the rest of his life

Hindu school with teacher and pupils, India
Scene at a Hindu school, with teacher and pupils under a shady roof

Collegio della Propaganda, Rome, Italy
The Collegio della Propaganda (or Collegio di Propaganda Fide) in Rome, Italy, headquarters of the department of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for foreign missions

View of Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands
A view from the sea of Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean

View of Ceuta, Morocco, North Africa
A view from the sea of Ceuta, an autonomous city of Spain, on the coast of Morocco, North Africa

English milking parlour, with milkmaids at work
An English milking parlour, with milkmaids at work

A stormy Lake Ontario, Canada
View of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes of North America, with Canada to the north and the USA to the south. Vessels are struggling to stay afloat in stormy weather

View of the Great Wall of China
A view of part of the Great Wall of China, built and rebuilt between the 5th century BC and the 16th century AD in northern China

Wedding ceremony at Malabar, India
A wedding ceremony at Malabar, in south western India

Wedding procession at Malabar, India
A wedding procession at Malabar, in south-western India

View from the sea, Hormuz, Iran
A view from the sea of Hormuz, Iran -- an island in the Persian Gulf

King of Benin and his cortege, West Africa
The King of Benin (now part of Nigeria) and his cortege, West Africa

General view of Lima, Peru, South America
A general view of Lima, capital city of Peru, South America

Russian Tartars or Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group

Private dance party, India
A private dance party in India -- musicians and a dancer entertain a party of gentlemen

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