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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
View of Mount Zion, JerusalemA view of Mount Zion, Jerusalem
Victoria at GuernseyVictoria arrives in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
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
Joseph Grimaldi ClownJOSEPH GRIMALDI 1778 - 1837 As a clown in the pantomime of Mother Goose. " Sir, I ll just trouble you with a line"
View of Dessie (Dese, Dessye, Dixan), EthiopiaA view of Dessie (Dese, Dessye, Dixan), in Amhara region, north central Ethiopia
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
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
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
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
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
Punch / Free Trade / Uk LionFREE TRADE The British lion in 1850 or The Effects of Free Trade
General view of Cuzco, Peru, South AmericaA general view of Cuzco (or Cusco), historic capital of the Inca Empire, Peru, South America
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
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
Daventry (1846). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1846
