1842 Collection (page 13)

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Bates Scales fo
In June 1842 a proclamation was issued announcing that a large prportion of the gold coinage in Britain had become worn and devalued and was below its prescribed weight of five penny weights

The Racehorse Beeswing, 1842
Engraving of the racehorse, Beeswing, winner of 54 races and 24 Gold Cups between 1835 and 1842, owned William Ord MP

Leicester / Coke / Cook / Davi
Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester Agriculturist

Cambronne / Delpech
Pierre Jacques Etienne Baron De Cambronne French Military

Mallarme / Harpers 1893
STEPHANE MALLARME French poet

HORSE BEESWING
The champion racehorse Beeswing (1833 - 1854) whose most notable victory was the Ascot Gold Cup in 1842

Joss-House at Ning-Bo
Chinese joss-house, a place of worship where joss-sticks (incense) are burnt, at Ning- bo (previously Ning-po, aka Ning-hsien), Treaty Port opened to European trade 1842

China / Ning-Bo
(previously Ning-po, also known as Ning-hsien) One of the first Treaty Ports, opened to European trade in 1842

Jules Massenet in 1892
JULES MASSENET French composer of Thais and other operas : with autograph dedication to Madame Melba

Whaling Log Book
A hand-written entry into a whaling log book, including ink drawings of whales

Cricketer, C. W. Alcock
C.W. Alcock Cricketer - Surrey

Cricketer, Shaw
Alfred Shaw Cricketer - Nottinghamshire and Sussex

Napoleon Steamship
There must be many vessels with this name but this is surely one of the most elegant. She also has the distinction of being Frances first propeller-driven ship

Glass Making, London
Workers round the furnace in Mr Apsley Pellatts glass house in Holland Street, Blackfriars, London

Grace Darling
An idealised late Victorian portrait of Grace Darling, who rowed out with her lightkeeper father to save nine from the wrecked Forfarshire steamer

Watsons Telegraph
View from Borough in London, of Watsons Telegraph, one of a series of stations connecting London with Deal on Britains south coast

DONIZETTI / Linda di Chamounix
The malediction scene from Act 2, from the English production, with Catherine Hayes, Tamburini and Mlle. Meric at the Royal Italian Opera, London

Sir Charles Bell (Medic)
SIR CHARLES BELL Scottish medical, surgeon in Edinburgh and London, who saw the hand of god in the anatomy of the hand

Royal Exchange 1950S
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

Royal Children / Windsor
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII, 1841- 1910) and his elder sister Victoria, Princess Royal ( 1840-1901) are wheeled through Windsor Forest in a carriage

Cartoon / Grumpy Albert
A cartoon entitled Domestic Felicity from circa 1842, showing a less than impressed Prince Albert wheeling his first two children through Windsor as Victoria follows

Newspaper Stamp Duty
Delivering the ILN to Somerset House to receive the official stamp : though not direct censorship, this is seen as a tax on knowledge, an infringe- ment of freedom of the press

Fighting in Barcelona
Fighting at the gate, Barcelona : the Catalonians are caught up in the Carlist Wars in addition to their own wishes for independence

Isabela & Espartero
Baldomero Espartero, statesman and general who brought the Carlist wars to a successful finale, presents the 12-year old Isabela to the Cortes

Rienzi and Followers
Rienzi at the head of his followers

Fremont Surprised
Fremont and his party, camped for the night during their exploration of the Oregon Trail, have a surprise visit from a native American woman of ghost-like appearance

Gladova - Bulgaria
The village and villagers of Gladova

P J E De Cambronne
Pierre Jacques Etienne, baron de CAMBRONNE French military

Village, St Petersburg
A village on the outskirts of St Petersburg, on the route to Moscow : note the well and the storehouse, both of wood

Kronstadt Harbour
A sailing vessel enters the harbour, passing the defensive forts

First Christmas Tree
Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, and the young Princess Royal and Prince of Wales admire the first Christmas tree at Windsor Castle

Greenwich Park / Telescope
Sightseers use a telescope to get the best view of Greenwich from Greenwich Park

Oxford Uni Exam 1842
Exercise at Oxford for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, with the Revd Professor Hampden DD in the Chair

Cassagnac (Gill)
PAUL DE CASSAGNAC Aggressive French journalist and politician, noted for his fondness for fighting duels

Queen Caroline Popular
The immense popular support for Queen Caroline is vividly demonstrated when the Thames watermen gather to address her at Brandebnurgh House, backed by boat-loads of well-wishers

Hyde Park in 1842
Fashionable strollers, riders and carriage folk in Hyde Park, looking toward Hyde Park Corner, close to where the Crystal Palace will arise in nine years time

Tennyson / Locksley Hall
Scene from the poem: the lovers part

Oratorio at Cambridge
Oratorio performed in St Marys Church, Cambridge

England / Gravesend
The Thames at Gravesend, with river steamers and other vessels

Victoria / Albert / Trident
Victoria and Albert return from Scotland in the Trident

Victoria / Albert / Mendelss
FELIX MENDELSSOHN the German composer listens appreciatively to Prince Albert playing the organ at Buckingham Palace in 1842, while Queen Victoria sits by

FLAMMARION (1842 - 1925)
CAMILLE FLAMMARION - French scientist caricatured as catching stars

AICARD (1842-1921)
Jean Aicard French writer

Nordenfelts Submarine
Torsten Vilhelm Nordenfelts (1842-1920) submarine in the dock

Cambridge Uni Wrangler
The Senior Wrangler - he who has obtained the highest place in the mathematical tripos - is presented to the Vice Chancellor

Cambridge Uni Exams Trin
Annual examination at Trinity College, Cambridge - evidently in the College Hall

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

MASSENET
JULES MASSENET French composer

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