1840s Collection (page 9)

General view of Abingdon, Oxfordshire
General view of Abingdon, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire. Date: circa 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Autumn, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Keats, Shelley, Shakespeare and others. Date: 1845

General view of Zaragoza (Saragossa), Spain. Date: circa 1840s

Ancient items from the Treasury of Great Britain
Ancient items from the Treasury of the Exchequer of Great Britain, following an inventory conducted by Sir Francis Palgrave, archivist and historian - a medieval leather pouch. Date: 1840s

View inside the Chapel, Foundling Hospital, London
View inside the Chapel, Foundling Hospital, Bloomsbury, London, founded by Thomas Coram and opened in the 1740s. Date: 1845

St Marys Church, Iffley, Oxfordshire - the Font
St Marys Church, Iffley, Oxfordshire, dating back to the 12th century - the Font, made of Tournai marble from Flanders. Date: circa 1845

View inside St Marys Church, Iffley, Oxfordshire, dating back to the 12th century. Date: circa 1845

View of St Asaph Cathedral, Denbighshire, North Wales, dating back to the 13th century. Date: circa 1845

View of Llandaff Cathedral, near Cardiff, South Wales. Date: circa 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Jolly Summer, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Edmund Spenser and others. Date: 1845

St. Pancras Baths and Washhouses
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the St. Pancras Baths and Washhouses, with illustrations of both the inferior and superior bathing facilities and the washing

The Year of the Poets -- Maypole, St Andrew Undershaft
The Year of the Poets -- Maypole outside St Andrew Undershaft in the City of London, with people dancing round it, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Queen of the May, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject of May Day, including Edmund Spenser. Date: 1845

Shrine of St Frideswide, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Shrine of St Frideswide (Frithuswith, Frideswith, Fritheswithe, Frevisse, or Fris, c650 - 727) in the Latin Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

View inside Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Date: circa 1845

The Year of the Poets -- May, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject, including Edmund Spenser. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Spring Holidays, to illustrate a range of spring poems, showing people dancing round a maypole, and other seasonal activities. Date: 1845

View of St Katharines Hospital, Regents Park, London
View of the Royal Hospital of St Katharine, Regents Park, London. It was founded in the 12th century by Queen Matilda, wife of King Stephen

Interior, St Marys Church, Stone, near Dartford, Kent
Interior view of St Marys Church, Stone, near Dartford, Kent, nicknamed the Lantern of Kent, dating back to the 13th century. Date: circa 1845

Doorway, St Marys Church, Stone, near Dartford, Kent
Doorway at St Marys Church, Stone, near Dartford, Kent, nicknamed the Lantern of Kent, dating back to the 13th century. Date: circa 1845

Sloth in the Zoological Society Gardens. Date: 1845

View of Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire. Date: circa 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Cuckoo in sparrows nest
The Year of the Poets -- a cuckoo in a nest of hedge sparrows, to illustrate a range of poems about cuckoos and other birds. Date: 1845

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Man of Laws Tale, about the life of Constance, or Custance, Christian daughter of the emperor of Rome

Moses breaking the Tablets, by Parmigianino
Moses breaking the Tablets, detail from a fresco in the Shrine of Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma, Italy, by Parmigianino, or Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (1503-1540)

Parmigianino, or Mazzola, Italian mannerist painter
Parmigianino, or Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (1503 - 1540), Italian mannerist painter and printmaker based in Florence. Date: 16th century

The British Valhalla -- King Alfred, coming to the Danish camp as a minstrel, and (right) hailed as the saviour of his people (meeting with the Welsh monk, Asser, who wrote a biography of the King)

View of St Nicholas Church, Barfreston, Kent
View from the south-east of St Nicholas Church, Barfreston (Barfrestone), near Eythorne, Kent, a Norman church dating back to the 12th century. Date: circa 1845

Correggio, Italian artist, detail of Madonna and Child
Antonio Allegri da Correggio (1489 - 1534), Italian artist, detail of a painting of the Madonna and Child. Date: early 16th century

The Year of the Poets -- The Young Spring, to illustrate Lusty Spring (Edmund Spenser). Date: 1845

Gatehouse to a monastery, Bristol
Gatehouse which at one time led to a monastery, Bristol. Date: circa 1845

General view of Bristol Cathedral, Bristol
General view of Bristol Cathedral (Cathedral Church of St Augustine). Date: circa 1845

The British Valhalla -- conversion to Christianity
The British Valhalla -- the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon people (Paulinus before Edwin), a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes

The Year of the Poets -- Miltons Spring Flowers. Date: 1845

General view of Carlisle Cathedral, Cumbria, from the north. Date: circa 1845

The British Valhalla -- Spensers Faerie Queene, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. Date: 1845

Giulio Romano, Italian artist, with three cupids
Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi, c1499-1546), Italian artist and architect, with three cupids from his painting of Venus persuading Vulcan to forge Cupids arrows (original in the Louvre, Paris)

The Year of the Poets -- Father Time falling through the sky (time passes). Date: 1845

Thomas Coryate (Coryat), English traveller and author
Thomas Coryate (Coryat, c1577-1617), English traveller and author. Date: early 17th century

Portable shrine of Ethelbert, King of the East Angles
Portable shrine or pyx of Ethelbert, King of the East Angles (Kent). Date: circa 1845

General view of Hereford Cathedral, Herefordshire. Date: circa 1845

Tow carding in a Yorkshire flax mill. Date: 1843

Doubling the drawings in a Yorkshire flax mill. Date: 1843

Corn Exchange, Glasgow, Scotland
The recently built Corn Exchange in Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1843

Proprietary College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The newly built Proprietary College in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Date: 1843

New Buildings, Lincolns Inn, London, built in 16th century style, containing a large dining hall, a library and a drawing room. Date: 1843

Bronze figure found at Roman fort at Richborough, Kent
Bronze figure of a Roman soldier playing the bagpipes, found at the Roman fort at Richborough, Kent, site of the Claudian invasion of Britain in 43 AD. Date: 1843

Aerial plan of the Roman fort at Richborough, Kent, site of the Claudian invasion of Britain in 43 AD. Date: 1843

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