1840s Collection (page 7)

Cartoon, Manager Peel Taking His Farewell Benefit -- a satirical comment on the departure of Sir Robert Peel as Prime Minister

Cartoon, A Chip of the Old Block -- Sir Robert Peel introduces his eldest son (Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet, 1822-1895, who became an MP the following year) to Mr Punch. Date: 1849

Cartoon, Hercules Tearing Theseus from the Rock to which he had grown -- a satirical comment on Sir Robert Peels intention to oust the Whig government under Lord Melbourne

Cartoon, A Great Demonstration -- satirical comment on the Chartist movement, depicting a Chartist leader backing down immediately when a magistrate tells him that his proposed demonstration will not

Cartoon, A Silly Trick -- Farmer John Bull can t be fooled by a trickster with a turnip head, pretending to be an invading French soldier. Date: 1848

Cartoon, Wellington Stirring Up the British Lion -- with the threat of a French invasion, the lion dozes unconcerned, telling the Duke that he will be ready when hes wanted. Date: 1848

Cartoon, Noble Poulterers; or, Licensed to Sell Game -- a Peer of the Realm, making money out of the game caught on his estate, mostly fed at the expense of his tenant farmers. Date: 1845

Royal Group 1848
Queen Victoria and Prince Alberts young family. Date: 1848

Cartoon, Cock-a-Doodle-Doo; or, The Great Protectionist -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraeli setting himself up as the champion of the Agricultural Interest

Cartoon, The Farmers Will-O-The-Wisp -- satirical comment on Benjamin Disraeli and his Local Taxation resolution, in which the Agricultural Interest was subordinated to that of Real Property

Cartoon, John Bull among the Lilliputians -- a satirical political comment on relationships between Great Britain and other countries, with suggestions of exploitation. Date: 1847

Cartoon, The Parliamentary Toots -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis criticism of Lord John Russells government. Mrs Blimber (co-owner of a school)

Cartoon, Court of Young England -- The New Generation. A comment on Benjamin Disraelis Young England movement, a political splinter group consisting mostly of Conservative aristocrats who were at

Cartoon, A Political Application of an Old Fable - a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis attacks upon the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel. Date: 1846

Cartoon, The Queen, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert Peel
Cartoon, The Queen, Prince Consort, Lord John Russell, and Sir Robert Peel. A comment on the resignation of Peel as Prime Minister (27 June), and his replacement by Russell (three days later). 1846

Cartoon, The Man Wot Plays Several Instruments At Once -- a satirical comment on Sir Robert Peels attempt to improve Protestant-Catholic relationships by increasing a grant to Maynooth College

Cartoon, Young Gulliver and the Brobdingnag Minister -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis constant attacks on Sir Robert Peel during the latters time as Prime Minister

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Sir Robert Peel
Cartoon, The Letter of Introduction, 1841 -- Queen Victoria and her newly elected Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel (Conservative). Date: 1841

Cartoon, Rebecca and Her Daughters. A parody of an illustration which appeared in the Illustrated London News in February of the same year

Cartoon, The Rising Generation -- In Parliament. A satirical comment on conflicts within the Conservative Party over Sir Robert Peels repeal of the Corn Laws

Cartoon, The Political Cheap-Jack -- Benjamin Disraeli, portrayed as a conman at a country fair, wooing his Buckinghamshire constituents during the General Election campaign, summer 1847. 1847

Union, Strength and Security - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland before Britannia seated on a throne. circa 1840

Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. circa 1840

St Georges Street, Cape Town, South Africa. circa 1840

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children. 1849

Two women receiving bad news from India, December 1841. 1841

Menu, Lord Mayor of London Dinner, Mansion House, 27 June 1849 -- Sir James Duke MP. 1849

Ruins of the Roman amphitheatre (built in the first century AD) at Lillebonne, Normandy, northern France. Date: 1840

Arab dance and costume, Syria. Date: 1840

Arab family, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1840

The At-Meidan racecourse and pillars, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, with the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed in the background. Date: 1840

Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish politician and philosopher
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), Anglo-Irish politician and philosopher, Whig MP from 1766 to 1794. Portrait with associated locations -- Westminster Hall set up for the trial of Warren Hastings (top)

Dinner to celebrate opening of Lancaster-Carlisle Railway
The railway contractors dinner at the Crown and Mitre Inn, Carlisle, to celebrate the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in autumn/winter 1846

Summerhouse, Cote de Grace, Honfleur, France
Summerhouse at Cote de Grace, Honfleur, in which King Louis Philippe and Queen Marie-Amelie were concealed in March 1848. 1840s

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Balmoral, Scotland
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert riding horses at Balmoral, Scotland. circa 1840s

Bazaar at Kabul, Afghanistan, in the fruit season. 1842

Locomotive engine factory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
George Stephensons locomotive engine factory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with men at work. Date: 1845

Railway cutting works in progress in the early days of rail expansion. Date: 1840s

Railway cutting works at Wormwood Scrubs, West London. Date: circa 1840s

Railway construction accident, Camden Town, London 1849
Railway construction accident at Camden Town, NW London, when some newly constructed arches collapsed on the western side of Kentish Town Road

Construction, Rose Hill cutting, Brighton & Lewes Railway
Construction work taking place on the Rose Hill cutting, Brighton & Lewes Railway. Date: 1846

Spalding railway station, Spalding, Lincolnshire. It opened in 1848 and was renamed Spalding Town railway station later the same year. Date: 1848

Great Northern Railway at Spalding, Lincolnshire
The Great Northern Railway at Spalding, Lincolnshire. Spalding station opened in 1848, and was renamed Spalding Town later the same year. Date: 1848

Wendon (Audley End) railway station, Wendon, Essex
Wendon railway station, Wendon (Wenden, or Wendens Ambo), Essex. It was opened in 1845 and three years later was renamed Audley End. Date: 1845

Swindon railway station, Swindon, Wiltshire, on the Great Western Railway. It opened in 1842 as Swindon Junction. Date: 1845

Thetford railway station, Thetford, Norfolk, seen here in the year it opened. Date: 1845

Rugeley railway station, Rugeley, Staffordshire
Scene outside Rugeley Trent Valley railway station, Rugeley, Staffordshire, on the Trent Valley line, seen here in the year it opened. Date: 1847

Stoke-on-Trent railway station, Staffordshire 1849
Stoke-on-Trent railway station, Winton Square, Staffordshire, on the North Staffordshire Railway route. Built in Jacobean style, it opened in 1848. Date: 1849

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