1845 Collection (page 3)

Battle of Ferozeshah, India, during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846), 21-22 December 1845. Date: 1845

Page from the Illustrated London News, 14th June 1845, featuring Ascot prizes the Royal Hunt Cup, the Emperors Cup, and the Queens Vase

Ascot prize - The Emperors Cup
Amongst the Ascot prizes for 1845 is the Emperors Cup, a gift of the Emperor of Russia on his 1844 visit to Queen Victoria

Reopening of Sadlers Wells Theatre, Sermon
Reopening of Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, 26 July 1845, Sermon by Rev William Owen of Chadwell Street Chapel Date: 1845

Railway Mania - illustration by Alfred Crowquill - a steam train running out of track as it heads to the edge of the precipice... Date: 1845

Railway Mania - written and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. Date: 1845

Railway Mania - text written by Alfred Crowquill. Date: 1845

Fisher House, Islington, London. Date: 1845

Crockfords Club
Crockfords, the popular name for William Crockfords St Jamess Club was a London gentlemens club in St James, London. Now dissolved, it was established in 1823, closed in 1845

The booths on the Pont Neuf, Paris, 1844. Woman in fur-trim cape and fur muff over a green dress with boy in cap, shirt and trousers. Equestrian statue of King Henry IV

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

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, 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

Opening of the Northampton & Peterborough Railway
Thrapston and Oundle stations, along the route of the newly opened Northampton and Peterborough Railway. Date: 1845

The African Prince (antique print)
The African Prince Date: 1845

Sailing of the Hudsons Bay Company ships from Gravesend
Article and engraving from The Illustrated London News reporting on the Hudsons Bay Company. Date: 1845

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

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

Thrapston Bridge Street railway station, Northamptonshire
Thrapston Bridge Street railway station, Thrapston, Northamptonshire. It opened (as Thrapston Station) in 1845. Date: 1845

Peterborough East railway station, Peterborough 1845
A lively scene outside Peterborough East railway station, Station Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, seen here in the year it opened. Date: 1845

Oundle railway station, Northamptonshire, seen here in the year it opened. Date: 1845

Norwich Thorpe railway station, Norwich, Norfolk
A busy scene in front of Norwich Thorpe railway station, Norwich, Norfolk, which opened in 1844. Date: 1845

Railway station at Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, in the year of its opening. Date: 1845

Elsenham railway station
Exterior of Elsenham station. Date: 1845

Great Chesterford Station 1845
Exterior of the Great Chesterford Station, Essex. Date: 1845

Blackwall Railway Station, London 1845
Exterior of the Blackwall Railway Station, London. Date: 1845

The newly built Theatre Royal, Manchester
Facade of the newly built Theatre Royal, Manchester. Date: 1845

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- Canons Yeomans Tale
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Canons Yeomans Tale, a two-part story about alchemists. Showing the Canon announcing his secret to the Priest, the Canon stirring the crucible

New Villa built in Kensington, London, near Buckingham Palace, one of several public improvements made during 1845. Date: 1845

New Coventry Street, Leicester Square, London
New building in New Coventry Street, Leicester Square, London, one of several public improvements made during 1845. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Christmas Mummers outside a large house, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Coleridge, Shakespeare and others. Date: 1845

Freemans Place, near Royal Exchange, City of London
The newly designed and built Freemans Place (or Court), near the Royal Exchange, City of London. Date: 1845

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Nuns Priests Tale, a mock heroic story about a cockerel named Chanticleer (Chauntecleer), his wife Pertelote, and a wily fox. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Let Winter Come, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Spenser, Burns and others. Date: 1845

Nuneham Courtenay, near Oxford, Oxfordshire, on the left bank of the River Thames. Date: circa 1845

St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, dating back to the 12th century. Date: circa 1845

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

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

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