1842 Collection

Grasses. Chromolithograph from Sir William Jackson Hooker, The British Flora, Vol.1. Tab IX. Date: 1842

The Remnants of an Army. Photomechanical print after Elizabeth Thompson (later Lady Butler). Associated with the Retreat from Kabul, 1st Afghan War (1838-1842). Date: 1856

Sullivan / Vanity Fair
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN Musician, noted for his collaboration with Gilbert on a series of operettas

Grace Darling, rowing with her father
Grace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, seen here rowing with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838

Pentonville Prison, Islington, North London
An aerial view of Pentonville Prison in Islington, North London. The prison was opened in 1842 as the new Model Prison, on the separate system

Lixnaw Castle, Co. Kerry (1842). Varley, Cornelius 1781 - 1873. Date: 1842

Abdul Hamid Ii / Lith
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed

Pentonville Prison 1844
A view of Pentonville Prison, opened in 1842, from a report to Joshua Jebb in 1844

Neptune Steamship
Since this paddle steamer is depicted on the Elbe, it is doubtless employed on the England to Hamburg run. The other ship is the Caledonia

Josef Breuer 1923
JOSEF BREUER German medical, associate of Freud : in 1923

Pentonville Prison 1842
An exterior view of the prison. It was considered to be a model for all new prisons at the time

William James
WILLIAM JAMES American psychologist

Lieutenant-General Rowland, Lord Hill, 1819.Oil on canvas by George Dawe (1781-1829), 1819.Full-length portrait in general officers uniform, wearing Bath Star and Waterloo Medal

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- underside view with covering fabric in place. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843

Grace Darling, lighthouse keeper's daughter
Grace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, who rowed with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- sectional views of the boiler. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- enlarged view of the steam engine. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- enlarged view of the car or carriage. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- side view of the main frame, and plan of the controlling tail. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883)

Sullivan / Sambourne
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN Musician, noted for his collaboration with Gilbert on a series of operettas

Oak Lodge, Dropmore, Buckinghamshire
Oak Lodge, Dropmore, near the village of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, on Lord Grenvilles estate, built in the 19th century and clad with Renaissance wooden panels

Banquet Hall of King Sahla Sellasie, Ethiopia
After Lent the King provided an open table to every free man in a banquet that lasted a week. Watercolour, 1842. Johann Martin Bernatz. 1842

View outside a leather factory, Bermondsey, south London
View outside Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842

ROBERT i YARZABAL, Bartomeu (1842-1902). Catalan physician and politician. MESTRES I BORRELL, F鬩 x (1872-1933). Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Gallery of Famous Catalans

Prince Albert and Queen Victoria in 1842
Love Life at Windsor Castle. Albert and Victoria in 1842 with their pet dogs Date: 1842

Poe / Tales / Telltale Heart
THE TELL-TALE HEART (Page footer: heart & head). Date: First published: 1842

Boy dragging coal wagon with harness and chain in mine
A boy with a harness and chain between his legs drags a heavy coal truck along a low underground passage in a mine at Halifax, Yorkshire

Buckingham Palace, London, 1842
Engraving showing the exterior of Buckingham Palace, London, viewed from St. Jamess Park, 1842. This side of Buckingham Palace was re-modelled in the late 1840s to provide more accomodation

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Chopper for Light Sovereign
Engraving of a mechanical chopper used to deface gold coins, which were under weight. In June 1842 the Bank of England recalled millions of gold sovereigns which through wear had lost weight

Sir James Dewar / Cig Card
SIR JAMES DEWAR Scottish chemist and physicist

MAP / AFRICA 1842
Map of Africa

At the Coal Face / 1842
By the light of a Davy safety lamp, two miners work at the coal face

Hyde Park Corner (Boys)
A lively depiction of Hyde Park Corner in early Victorian days - when Wellington was living at Apsley House, left, when traffic was lighter but road works prevalent as ever

Herne Bay, the Pier
Steam and sailing vessels pass the remarkably long pier at Herne Bay, Kent, providing plenty of healthy exercise for visitors

Sir Bindon Blood
SIR BINDON BLOOD British general

Alfred Rothschild
ALFRED ROTHSCHILD Member of the English branch of the international banking family, son of Lionel

Alfred Fernandez Yarrow
Sir ALFRED FERNANDEZ YARROW Inventor and manufacturer, noted for torpedo boats

Durham Univ Exam 1842
Examination of the students of the University of Durham

Elm tree, Ulmus campestris, in winter, with animals gathered round it. Date: 1842

Duchess of Cleveland, from a painting by Sir Peter Lely.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin

A LAWYERS OFFICE / 1842
A weeping woman sits in a solicitors office. The solicitor doesnt really know what to do or how to console her. Date: 1842

Duddingston Loch (1842). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1842

The Bishops Palace, Dromore, 1781 to 1842 - a front view of a large detached house with motor car to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Dromore). Date: circa early 1900s

Ernest Lavisse
ERNEST LAVISSE French historian Date: 1842 - 1922

Royal Exchange 1940S
The third building of its kind erected on the same site, the Royal Exchange (1842-44), was built by Sir William Tite at the junction of Cornhill and Threadneedle Street. Date: late 1940s

Modern Athenians plate 2 - Edinburgh
Rev. David Dickinson (1780-1842) of St, Cuthberts church, approaching and shaking hands with Rev. Robert Candlish (died 1873) of St Georges Church

Strasbourg Astron. Clock
The Astronomical Clock in the Cathedral at Strasbourg built in 1842 by J B Schwilgue in the form of earlier medieval astronomical clocks. The phases of the moon are shown

Massenet / Sem / Celebrites
JULES MASSENET French composer Date: 1842 - 1912

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