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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
Warwick County Mental Hospital, Hatton, WarwickshireAn aerial view of the Warwick County Mental Hospital at Hatton, Warwickshire, originally opened in 1846 as the Warwick County Lunatic Asylum. The site later became known as the Central Hospital
Battle of Sobraon 1846BATTLE OF SOBRAON Sir Hugh Gough defeats a much larger army of Sikhs by skilful strategy and hard fighting - the last battle of the first Sikh war
Bridges on the TyneThe handsome bridges connecting Gateshead and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Great Tyne Bridge arches over Stephensons High Level Bridge, a double-decker built in 1846
Joseph Grimaldi ClownJOSEPH GRIMALDI 1778 - 1837 As a clown in the pantomime of Mother Goose. " Sir, I ll just trouble you with a line"
Horn-bearing datura, Datura cornigera Angel sHorn-bearing datura, Datura cornigera. Angels trumpet, Brugmansia arborea.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss
Lancaster Castle Station, Lancashire, pictured on the morning of the official opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, for which it was the southern terminus Date: December 1846
Earl of Clarendon, Vanity Fair, SpyEDWARD HYDE VILLIERS, 5th Earl of Clarendon (1846 -1914) Lord Hyde between 1846 and 1870. British Liberal Unionist politician and sportsman. Caption: The Lord Chamberlain Date: 1846 - 1914
Shrove Tuesday Football Match, Kingston-Upon-Thames, 1846Engraving showing the traditional game of football, played on Shrove Tuesday, in the marketplace of Kingston-Upon-Thames. This match was played between the Thames-Street Club and the Townsend team
Church at ArdingtonHoly Trinity Church, Ardington, Berkshire after restoration work carried out by Joseph Clarke in 1846. Included in the drawing is the churchyard & graves
View of Tbilisi (Tiflis), GeorgiaView of Tbilisi (known as Tiflis until 1936), capital of Georgia, formerly part of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union, until independence in 1991
Chirk ViaductThe Chirk Viaduct on the Shrewsbury & Chester Railway erected between 1846-1848 by Henry Robertson. Running alongside is the lower Chirk Aqueduct built 1801 by Telford
West Indies Grenada(Windward Islands) Native porters coaling a paddle-steamer in St Georges Harbour
Bearded ladies slipper orchid, Cypripedium barbatum.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine
Jenny Lind and John Grays engineJenny Lind and John Grays London and Brighton engine, plans Date: 1846
Lear / Nonsense / TringThere was an Old Person of Tring, who embellished his nose with a ring; He gazed at the moon, every evening in June, that ecstatic Old Person in Tring
View of Mount Zion, JerusalemA view of Mount Zion, Jerusalem
Victoria at GuernseyVictoria arrives in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
Prince Albert Edward, later Prince of Wales, King Edward VII (1841 - 1910) dressed in a sailor suit, at the age of six. 1846
Cocked hat, Army Staff, worn by Duke of WellingtonCocked hat, Army Staff, worn by FM Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1846 (c). Black beaver. Date: circa 1846
Buffalo Bill Cody racing in Munich, GermanyWilliam Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917), American soldier, bison hunter and Wild West showman, seen here at Munich, Germany, racing on horseback against the cyclist Fischer
Wrapper design, Oliver Twist by Charles DickensWrapper design, first monthly instalment of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, dated January 1846. 1846
Princess Helenas wedding dayPrincess Helena (1846-1923), third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert pictured on her wedding day
Princess Helena with Prince Christian VictorPrincess Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1846-1923) with her eldest child, Prince Christian Victor, born at Windsor on 14 April 1867
View of Dessie (Dese, Dessye, Dixan), EthiopiaA view of Dessie (Dese, Dessye, Dixan), in Amhara region, north central Ethiopia
Grotto of the Annunciation, NazarethView inside the Grotto of the Annunciation in Nazareth, where by tradition Mary is said to have received a visit from the Angel Gabriel
Foundation letter (1846) - Institution of mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Date: 1846
Fish shopThe old fish shop owned by Short & Son by Temple Bar. 1846. Date: 1846
Raoul RigaultRAOUL RIGAULT French radical, prominent in the Paris Commune until he was shot by soldiers in the street, crying Vive la Commune ! Date: 1846 - 1871
Loco Old CoppernobThe Furness Railways locomotive no 3, known as Old Coppernob - no prizes for guessing why, though the prominent boiler must have impeded the drivers vision. Date: 1846
Railway Buffet, PragueDas CAFEHAUS in Prague railway station Date: 1846
Swindon & Highworth Union Workhouse, Swindon, WiltshireThe Swindon and Highworth Union workhouse on Highworth Road, at Stratton St Margaret near Swindon, Wiltshire. The building, opened in 1846, later became St Margarets Hospital
Moral and Industrial Training Schools, LeedsA very early photograph of the Moral and Industrial Training Schools, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The Schools were erected in 1846-48 by the Leeds Board of Guardians to house
Interior of a Dorsetshire Labourers CottageInterior view of a peasants cottage in Dorset in 1846, accompanying an article reporting on the poverty and squalor of some villages in the county
Lear / Nonsense / BangorThere was an Old Person of Bangor, whose face was distorted with anger! He tore off his boots, and subsisted on roots, that irascible Person of Bangor
Convict Hulk GalleryView of the convict hulk, " The Warrior", docked at Woolwich in London and capable of holding 600 men
Berlioz Faust Liebig 5The damnation of Faust : he falls into Hell, while Mephistopheles and his demons celebrate another victory
Nunhead CemeteryA suburban burial place - Nunhead Cemetery in south London
The Road to Ascot / 1846A sketch on the road to Ascot. The summer of 1846 was a particularly hot one bringing that awful accompaniment - dust !
Shrove Tuesday FootballA traditional game of football played on Shrove Tuesday in the streets of Kingston-upon- Thames, between teams named Townsend and the Thames- Street Club
Punch / Free Trade / Uk LionFREE TRADE The British lion in 1850 or The Effects of Free Trade
Charles W BeresfordCHARLES WILLIAM BERESFORD 1st Baron de la Poer British naval officer
General view of Cuzco, Peru, South AmericaA general view of Cuzco (or Cusco), historic capital of the Inca Empire, Peru, South America
Scene inside the Church of the Nativity, BethlehemA scene inside the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, which marks the traditional birthplace of Jesus
Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, JerusalemView inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, with the Stone of Unction on the left -- according to tradition, the body of Jesus was prepared for burial on this stone by Joseph of Arimathea
View of Izmir (Smyrna), TurkeyA view of the city of Izmir (Smyrna) on the western coast of Turkey
Mexico / Xochicalcoinscribed ruins
Iran / Esfahan 1846Esfahan, also known as Isfahan or Ispahan
Scrap, 10th Hussars, Cavalry RegimentVictorian scrap, 10th Hussars, Cavalry Regiment serving in India. 1846
Thames Regatta, Putney Bridge 1846A number of spectators lining the banks of the River Thames for the Regatta. Date: 1846
Rouen (1846). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1846
Sketch of St Marys Church, Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell
Passenger engine, side elevation Date: 1846
Daventry (1846). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1846
Sale of Indian cornThe government sale of Indian corn at Cork, Ireland. Date: 1846
Locomotive engine Jenny Lind
Lear / Nonsense / EwellThere was an Old Person of Ewell, who chiefly subsisted on gruel; But to make it more nice, he inserted some mice, which refreshed that Old Person of Ewell
Lear / Nonsense / ColumbiaThere was an Old Man of Columbia, who was thirsty, and called out for some beer; But they brought it quite hot, in a small copper pot, which disgusted that man of Columbia
Lear / Nonsense / Man EastThere was an Old Man of the East, who gave all his children a feast; But they all ate so much, and their conduct was such, that it killed that Old Man of the East
Lear / Nonsense / IslesThere was on Old Man of the Isles, whose face was pervaded with smiles; He sung high dum diddle, and played on the fiddle, that amiable Man of the Isles
Lear / Nonsense / DundeeThere was an Old Man of Dundee, who frequented the top of a tree; When disturbed by the crows, he abruptly arose, and exclaimed, I ll return to Dundee
Dombey & Son / WrapperThe wrapper of the original edition
Pet GazelleGazelle brought to England from Africa by Captain Denham of the Avon steamship : though a popular pet, it is sufficiently unusual to be mentioned by the ILN
John Liston / Paul PryJOHN LISTON English comedian in the role of Mortons Paul Pry
Portugal / Lisbon 1846Lisbon: general view
Berlioz Faust Liebig 4Mephistopheles and Faust ride towards the abyss - demons line the route
Syria / Damascus 1846Damascus: distant view
Lebanon / Tripoli 1846Tripoli: general view
Israel / Mount Carmel 1846Mount Carmel
Music Scores / Berliozpart of the score of Berliozs La Damnation de Faust, first performed in December 1846, and later turned into an opera
Rail / Break of GaugeThe break of gauge at Gloucester: the trans-shipment of goods from the broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages
Distant view of JerusalemA distant view of the city of Jerusalem
Covent Garden Market, London, Christmas Eve 1846Covent Garden Market, usually the sight of gleaming floods of colourful fruits and fine odours, but over the build up of Christmas the garment of green in which complete transformation of sprigs
Angelique CottinANGELIQUE COTTIN, electric girl of Bouvigny, is tested by Arago at the Observatoire de Paris; though her powers are failing, he is impressed Date: 1846
LNWR Goods engines 1846 to 1903
Senko, ca. 1846-1848, by Piotr Michalowski (1800-1855)Piotr Michalowski (1800-1855). Polish painter. Senko, ca. 1846-1848. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018
Cartoon, Railway Mania, writing for sharesCartoon by John Leech, The Railway Mania, What you're at it again. Writing for shares Date: 1846
The Omnibus All Night by John Leech - overcrowded public transport Date: 1846
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with Mr Punch Date: 1846
Title page, Punch's Pocket Book, 1846 Date: 1846
Old Person of Tartary, Edward LearThere was an Old Person of Tartary, who divided his jugular artery; But he screeched to his wife, and she said, Oh, my life! your death will be felt by all Tartary! First published: 1846
Christmas-Eve dinner time in the East End club-house, where everyone brought their own dinner to cook themselves, over the community oven with one frying-pan
Exterior of the Haymarket Theatre, London. Date: 1846
Old Floating Church for Seamen, LondonSailors Floating Church was moored near Tower Hill in London, the ship was a well attended place of worship, with religious teachings for the seafarers that docked there. Date: 1846
