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HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, 1845Engraving showing HMS Erebus (left) and HMS Terror, pictured on the River Thames, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror
Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror, 1845Engraving of Captain Francis Crozier (1796-1848) of HMS Terror, pictured shortly before departing on the ill-fated Franklin Arctic expedition of 1845
Queen VictoriaQUEEN VICTORIA With Albert, Edward, Princess Royal, Alice, Alfred and Helena at Osborne. Date: Circa 1848
Court room scene, Mr M Naughten trialA sketch taken of the courtroom at Old Bailey where the trial of Mr M Naughten took place, for the assassination Mr Edward Drummond, secretary to Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel
North Wales Lunatic Asylum, Denbigh, North WalesAdministration block of the North Wales Lunatic Asylum at Denbigh, opened in 1848 and designed by Thomas Fulljames
A postman in the Scottish HighlandsA postman delivers a letter on foot in the Scottish Highlands
Charge of the Light Dragoons at the Battle of RamnuggurCHARGE OF H. M. 14TH LIGHT DRAGOONS AT THE BATTLE OF RAMNUGGUR, Novr. 22nd. 1848. Colour photolithograph by J Harris after Henry Martens, 1851 (c). Published by Rudolf Ackermann, 26 Jan 1851
LEJEUNE, Louis-Fran篩s, baron (1775-1848). VisitingLEJEUNE, Louis-Fran篩 s, baron (1775-1848). Visiting a Bivouac on the Eve of the Battle of Austerlitz, 1st December 1805, 1808. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) shown in the late 1860s with a pet dog. Louise was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Captain Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)Engraving of Captain Sir John Franklin in his Royal Navy uniform, pictured shortly before departing on his ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845
W. G. Grace batting at Gravesend, 1913Photograph of Dr. William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915) batting in the Gravesend vs. Eltham cricket match, held at Gravesend cricket ground, 1913
The Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by ice, BarroEngraving showing the Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by pack ice in Barrows Straits, September 1849. These two ships were used by Sir James Clark Rosss Expedition of 1848-1849 to search
The End of Sir John Franklins Arctic Expedition, 1845Engraving showing the end of Sir John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845, entitled They Forged the last link with their lives. This engraving was taken from a painting by W
Chartism CartoonNOT SO VERY UNREASONABLE... The Working Man presents his charter to Lord John Russell
St Michaels Hospital, Aylsham, Norfolk. The building, designed by William J Donthorn, was erected in 1848-9 as the Aylsham Union Workhouse
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
Thomas Hardy / LibraryTHOMAS HARDY Thomas Hardys home at Max Gate - the Library
Drawing Room at Thomas Hardys home, Max GateView of the Drawing Room at Max Gate in Dorchester, Dorset, the home of Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet. Hardy designed the house
Union Workhouse, Aylsham, NorfolkThe entrance driveway to Aylsham Union workhouse, Norfolk. The workhouse, designed by William J Donthorn, was erected in 1848-9 at Aylsham. It later became St Michaels Hospital
Major General Lord Cheylesmore / StampMajor General HERBERT FRANCIS EATON, 3rd Baron CHEYLESMORE (1848 - 1925) British Army officer and peer
Railway Arch NewcastleThe railway arch over Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, connecting the York and Berwick railway. It was opened by George Hudson, M.P. on 29 August 1848
Lytham Lighthouse, Lancashire, 1863Engraving of the Lytham lighthouse, Lancashire, which was built circa. 1848 and was destroyed by heavy gales in 1863
Various Whaling ItemsVarious implements used in whaling
England / Meadfoot / TorquayA fine view of Meadfoot, a wooded bay, with the lovely Hesketh Crescent (1848), which incorporates the Osborne Hotel, at Torquay, Devonshire
First locomotive, passing Great Grimsby ChurchThe first locomotive passing Great Grimsby Church, on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Afghan People / 1848Some of the various indigenous peoples of Afghanistan
Chloroform / ExperimentHannah Greener, who became the first fatality under chloroform anasethesia during a minor operation to have a toe nail removed
Female Chartists CartoonHow to treat the female Chartists Cockroaches, rats and mice should see off the most ferocious crowd of females
Uk / Chartism / Punch, 1848Cartoon of a hoax petition which included the signatures of Queen Victoria, seventeen (!) Dukes of Wellington and others!
Daedalus Sea SerpentMarine creature sighted from HMS Daedalus in the south Atlantic between the Cape and St Helena : the creature passes under the stern of the ship (picture 2 of 3)
Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, at Max GateThomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, outside his home at Max Gate in Dorchester, Dorset. Hardy designed the house, and his brother built it -- Hardy and his first wife Emma moved there in 1885
Dickens / Haunted / FpTHE HAUNTED MAN the unhappy haunted man of the title gazes into the fire, while his own ghost lurks behind him
Chartist ConventionChartist convention at John Street, Fitzroy Square, London
Donizetti / IndunoGAETANO DONIZETTI Italian opera composer
Webb / Channel / Medals CdvMATTHEW WEBB Swimmer of the Channel in 1875, seen here wearing two medals
A Highland ShepherdA shepherd of the Scottish highlands
India / Sikh War / MultanGeneral Courtlands men in the trenches at Mooltan (Multan)
Cartoons, The Great Chartist Demonstration -- No. IX, The Beginning and the End. 1848
Illustrated London News Christmas supplement 1848The Illustrated London News Christmas supplement 1848 - Front Cover Date: 1848
Princess Louise on her wedding dayPrincess Louise, Duchess of Argyl (1848-1939) on her wedding day on 21st March 1871. Louise married John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, heir to the 8th Duke of Argyl
St Mary Abbots Workhouse, Marloes Road, Kensington, LondonIn 1847-8 the parish of St Mary Abbots, Kensington, south west London, erected a workhouse at the east of Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road)
Fox SistersThe Fox family respond to mysterious rappings in their home at Hydesville, New York, which they attribute to spirits; this leads to the creation of spiritualism
Dumbarton (1848). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1848
Ch Parry / Hodgson / CassellCHARLES HUBERT PARRY English composer and director of the Royal College of Music Date: 1848 - 1918
Visit to Madeira - Road to the HotelBlack and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection
6th Earl of Donoughmore, Vanity Fair, SpyRICHARD WALTER HELY-HUTCHINSON, 6th Earl of Donoughmore (1875-1948) Irish peer and politician. Caption: A most discreet under secretary, drawn for the first time Date: 1848 - 1900
Dr. W. G. Grace at the Wicket, 1898Photograph of Dr. William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915), arguably the finest cricketer of his era, who scored 126 first-class centuries while playing for England and Gloucestershire
ABU SIMBEL / EGYPTThe Temples of Abu Simbel viewed from the Nile. Date: 1848