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First Christmas Card by Sir Henry Cole and John HorsleyReputedly the first Christmas card, this was designed by Horsley in 1843, and a coloured version sent out by Sir Henry Cole in 1846
Scrooge Sees Marley FaceScrooge is startled to see Marleys face on his door, instead of the knocker
Scrooge and Marley GhostScrooge receives a visit from the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former business partner
Dickensian PartyMrs Fezziwigs Ball - shown to Scrooge by the Ghost of Christmas Past
Bob Cratchit & Tiny TimHappy at the prospect of a hearty Christmas dinner, due to the generosity of the reformed Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit carries his son Tiny Tim on his shoulder!
Dickens / Christmas CarolScrooge receives a visit from the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former business partner
Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, ScotlandView of Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, Scotland. Bell Rock is also known as the Inchcape Rock (made famous by a poem by Robert Southey)
Wagner / Dutchmans ShipThe red-sailed ship of the Flying Dutchman
Firth of Forth from Corstorphine Hill (1843). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1843
Princess Alice with Grand Duke Louis of HessePrincess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hess with her husband, Grand Duke Louis (Ludwig IV) of Hesse (1843-1878). Alice was Queen Victorias third child and second daughter
Scrooge at his DeskOld Scrooge sat busy in his counting house
Scrooge Sees GraveThe Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come shows Scrooge his gravestone
Jorrocks and the BullHANDLEY CROSS; OR MR JORROCKSs HUNT Jorrocks on the wrong side of a bull
Thames Tunnel entranceA view of the entrance to the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel under the Thames, the worlds first underwater tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843
Rebecca Riots / 1843REBECCA RIOTS during which toll gates were attacked in South Wales. Many of the male rioters dressed as women & called themselves Rebecca & her daughters
Hensons Aerial Steam CarriageThe 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
Dickens / Christmas CarolMr Fezziwig invites Mrs Fezziwig to dance Date: First published: 1843-44
ADELINA PATTI 1843-1919ADELINA PATTI American operatic soprano born in Madrid of Italian parentage. Sang roles in operas of Bellini, Rossini and Gounod
Grave of HahnemannSAMUEL HAHNEMANN Founder of homeopathy Close up of the bust which sits upon his grave in the Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise, Paris
Noah WebsterNOAH WEBSTER American lexicographer and author
Dickens / Christmas CarolBob Cratchit with Tiny Tim, his crippled youngest son
Conquer Hill, ClontarfA view of Conquer Hill at Clontarf in Ireland
Hensons Aerial Steam CarriageThe 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 CarriageThe 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 CarriageThe 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 CarriageThe 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)
Dickens / Christmas CarolBob Cratchit sliding on the ice at Cornhill on Christmas Eve Date: First published: 1843-44
Dickens / M. ChuzzlewitThe Life & Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Sarah (Sairey) Gamp, midwife, nurse and layer out of the dead, wearing an apron and a bonnet
Sarah MartinSARAH MARTIN reformer, depicted caring for homeless children
Plan Pentonville PrisonA plan of the floor layout of Pentonville, a model prison built in London in 1843, with corridors of cells radiating out from a central point & exercise yards
Three Sikh men, India. Date: 1843
Grieg and his WifeEDVARD HAGERUP GRIEG with his wife, in 1886. Date: 1843 - 1907
Shaftesbury and Arethusa Boys Homes, Royston, HertfordshireThe Shaftesbury & Arethusa Boys Homes at Royston, Hertfordshire, were set up by the National Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children, founded in 1843 by William Williams
Jessica by Luke FildesA portrait of the Shakespeare character, Jessica from The Merchant of Venice by Sir Luke Fildes (1843-1918), part of a series of Shakespearean heroines painted by great Victorian artists for The
Wycombe Union Workhouse, Saunderton, OxfordshireThe Wycombe Union workhouse at Saunderton, Oxfordshire. The building, designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt, was erected in 1843
Manchester Union Schools, SwintonThe Manchester Union Industrial School at Swinton. The school, where 800 pauper children were housed and educated away from the workhouse, was established in 1843, one of the earliest of its type
Union Workhouse, Cuckfield, SussexThe Cuckfield Union workhouse, erected in 1843 on Ardingley Road in Cuckfield, Sussex. The architects, Foden and Parker, produced a less severe design than used in earlier workhouses
Princess Alice and Victoria of HessePrincess Alice (1843-1878), second daughter and third child of Queen Victoria, pictured in Scotland with her eldest child, Princess Victoria of Hesse
Princesses Alice and VickyQueen Victorias two eldest daughters: on the right, Vicky, Princess Royal, Crown Princess, later Empress of Prussia (1840-1901) and Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878)
Thuggee Chief 1843Chief of the Thugs, captured by Captain Vallancey in Arcot disguised as a travellers escort
Modern Athenians plate 17 - EdinburghMr Robert Burt (d. 1839) a merry hearted physician, approaching Mr Roger Aytoun (d. 1843). Both men expecting rain and carrying each an umbrella
Interior of the Temple Church, London, viewed from the entrance doorway. Date: 1843
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, around the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I (1559). As Princess Elizabeth she lived there in a form of semi-confinement, during the reign of Queen Mary
Richard K. Causton MP, Vanity Fair, SpyRICHARD KNIGHT CAUSTON, 1st Baron Southwark (1843-1929) British businessman and Liberal politician. MP for Colchester and later for Southwark West, a seat he held for 26 years
The Bentinck steamerThe steamship Bentinck, moored in the Thames, off Blackwall. The ship was owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P & O)
Nelson StatueLondoners get a chance to admire the Nelson effigy at close quarters, before he is hoisted to the top of his column where only pigeons get close
Modern Athenians plate 21 - EdinburghJohn Menzies (d. 1843) of Pitfodels, being approached by Rev. Thomas Guthrie (1803-1873) of Old Greyfriars Church, Scottish churchman and philanthropist, promoter of the ragged schools