1848 Collection (page 12)

South Wales training college opened, 1848
The opening of South Wales training college at Carmarthen, 1848. Date: 1848

Les Caf頤es Ambassadeurs, Paris
Les CafÚáñes Ambassadeurs, Paris in 1848 Date: 1848

Karl Marx / Manifesto / C19
MANIFEST DER KOMMUNISTISCHEN PARTEI (the Communist Manifesto) Proletarier aller Lander vereinigt euch (Workers of the World, unite !) Date: First published: 1848

Ch Parry / Downey Photo
CHARLES HUBERT PARRY English composer, photographed in 1893. Date: 1848 - 1918

Priest of Oratory
Priest of the ORATORY - in France Date: 1848

Aj Balfour / Graphic 1907
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 1st Earl of Balfour, British politician and Conservative MP, giving an energetic speech in Parliament Date: 1848 - 1930

Ibrahim Pasha
IBRAHIM PASHA Ottoman general and ruler of Egypt, son of Muhammad Ali Date: 1789 - 1848

Order of St Ambroise
Monk of the ORDER OF SAINT AMBROISE AUX BOIS Date: 1848

Nellie Farren / Alphabet
NELLIE (Ellen) FARREN Burlesque entertainer, specialising in the playing of boys roles, seen here performing with Messrs Terry and Royce. Date: 1848 - 1904

George Stephenson / Weds
GEORGE STEPHENSON Engineer and his wife riding home on their wedding day Date: 1781 - 1848

Detail of a steam turbine locomotive, with side elevation and vertical and longitudinal sections Date: 1848

Boiler, 500hp boiler, side and front elevations with sections, 4 December 1848 Date: 1848

Boring mill as adapted for a corner of a shop, plan, side elevation and detail Date: 1848

Rivet making machine, plan, front and side elevations and section Date: 1848

Improved radial drilling machine, plans, front, back and side elevations Date: 1848

Bar cutting machine, plan, front and side elevations and detail Date: 1848

Locomotive passenger engine, side elevation and section Date: 1848

Ira Aldridge as Zanga, in The Revenge
The great American actor Ira Aldridge, in the role of Zanga, appearing in The Revenge, by Edward Young at the Surrey Theatre, London. In this climactic scene, Zanga tramples on the body of Don Alonso

Temple of Ancient Virtue at Stowe
The Temple of Ancient Virtue at Stowe, in Buckinghamshire

Kitchen and inmates, Portland Prison, Dorset
A kitchen or cook-house at Portland Prison, Dorset. Inmates in arrow-patterned uniforms stand in front of a row of large steam-heated cooking coppers

Women on the barricade, Paris 1848
Women on the barricade near the Porte St Denis, during the Paris unrest of June 1848. A banner reads " Du pain ou la mort" - " Bread or Death"

Stanfield Hall murder trial
The interior of the court house at Norwich during the trial of James Blomfield Rush (which started on 29th March 1849 and lasted for 6 days)

Fitters Shop, Portland Prison, Dorset
The fitters workshop at Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Cell Interior, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Portland Prison, Dorset. The inmates bedding is rolled up on the left. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed

Prison Gates, Portland Prison, Dorset
Uniformed officers stand at the entrance to Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Interior of RC Church, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior of the Roman Catholic church at Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Machine stone cutting, Portland Prison, Dorset
A machine with toothed blades and a rotating saw cutting up stone. Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Borstal Institution, Portland, Dorset
A view of the Borstal Institution at Portland, Dorset. Originally established in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts, the site was converted for borstal use in 1921

Fulham Workhouse, south west London
A view of the Fulham workhouse on Fulham Palace Road, south west London. Designed by Alfred Gilbert, the main building (left) was erected in 1848-9

National Workshop (Tailors) in the Prison of Clichy, Paris
Tailors at work in the debtors prison of Clichy in Paris, working away while one inmate reads aloud from the newspapers of the day

Music cover for Two Circassian Polkas, piano pieces composed by Khue Lindoff. Two women of the northern Caucasus are depicted in traditional costume, one in red and white

Gustave Rivet / Gill
Gustave Rivet (1848-1936) French poet, playwright, journalist and politician

Magicians trick being revealed
Copy of colour illustration, " Le Roi. Le Peuple" showing a magicians trick being revealed" (Chez Lordereau), 1848. HPG/8/2/1 (i)"

Martin Nadaud / Gill
Martin Nadaud (1815-1898) rose from humble beginnings, becoming a revolutionary and Member of Parliament. An advocate of public transport and public services

Sinking an Artesian Well, Union Workhouse, Aylsham, Norfolk
The firm of F.H. Buckingham sinking an artesian well at Aylsham Union workhouse in 1923. The workhouse, designed by William J Donthorn, was erected in 1848-9 at Aylsham

Arthur James Balfour / Stamp
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR (1848 - 1930) 1st Earl of Balfour British politician, Conservative MP

General Pau / Stamp
General PAUL MARIE CESAR GERALD PAU, (1848 - 1932) French General, commander of the army of Alsace during the first world war

Sophie Croizette / Gill
Sophie Croizette (1848-1901) Russian born French actress, member of the Comdie-Franaise and a friend of Sarah Bernhardt. She played in The Sphinx of Octave Feuillet

Francis Charmes / Demare
Francis Charmes (1848-1916) French journalist, diplomat, civil servant, politician and academician

Charlton House
Across the Heath from our Library, Charlton House is frequently the scene of such events as this fete in aid of the Royal Kent Dispensary, featuring a tournament

Modern Athenians plate 41 - Edinburgh
Sir James Wellwood, Lord Moncreiff (1776-1851) walking the same street as fellow member of the Bar, Mr Robert Bell (1781-1861) Sheriff of Berwickshire

Modern Athenians plate 38 - Edinburgh
William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813-1865) Scottish poet, humorist and writer, looking quizzically through his monocle at a sheepish Alexander Smellie (1770-1850)

Modern Athenians plate 47 - Edinburgh
Walter Duthie (c. 1795-1868) Scottish lawyer, walking the same Edinburgh Street as Alexander Cleghorn (d. 1850) Inspector General of Exports and Imports for Scotland

Modern Athenians plate 39 - Edinburgh
Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay (1793-1874) Scottish judge, passing John Learmonth (1789-1858) politician, coachbuilder and builder of the Dean Bridge at at personal cost of 30, 00"

Modern Athenians plate 48 - Edinburgh
Charles Cuningham, City Clerk, meeting with Adam Black (1784-1874) twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh, publisher and founder of the A & C Black publishing company, publishing the 7th

Modern Athenians plate 45 - Edinburgh
Mr Robert Mercer (1797-1875) meeting Alexander Youngson; his second drawing by the artist, after apparently being hurt pairing him with the Dr Syntax charater

Modern Athenians plate 40 - Edinburgh
Captain John Robertson (1771-1868) approaching fellow resident of 19th century Edinburgh, John A. Bertram, wine merchant

Modern Athenians plate 35 - Edinburgh
Captain Thomas Fraser (1796-1870) passing fellow military man Major James Pearson (1787-1848) on the streets of Edinburgh. LIttle is known of either

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