1848 Collection (page 13)

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

Modern Athenians plate 44 - Edinburgh
Mr Robert Scott Moncrieff, approaching his great friend William Henry Murray (1790-1852) who along with his sister Mrs. Henry Siddons, managed the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 15 - Edinburgh
Sir James Gibson-Craig (d. 1850) being greeted by Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder (d. 1848). Two Baronets familiar to Edinburgh, often seen in conversation

Queen Victorias Christmas tree
Engraving of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their children at Windsor Castle. The royal family can be see admiring their Christmas tree

Princess Louise and Ernest of Hesse
Hereditary Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt (1868-1937) with his aunt, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) in 1881

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
Engraved portrait of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), the American politician and statesman, pictured c.1845

Ordnance Survey Observatory on St. Pauls Cathedral, London
Engraving showing the observatory built on the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral by the Ordnance Survey, for their charting of London and the environs in 1848

Ordnance Survey Observatory, London, 1848
Engraving showing the interior of the observatory built on the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral by the Ordnance Survey, for their charting of London and the environs in 1848

Interior of New Church
The interior of the church of St. John of Jerusalem at South Hackney, consecrated in July 1848

Villa at East Sheen, London, 1848
Engraving showing the exterior of the Villa at East Sheen, London, 1848. Date: 18 March 1848

19 York Street, Westminster, 1848
Engraving showing the rear of Number 19, York Street, Westminster, London, in 1848. This pretty garden house in Petty France was the home of John Milton

The Tower of London, 1848
Engraved decorative title, published in the Illustrated London News, for an article on the Tower of London, 1848. This image shows the view of the Tower of the south bank of the River Thames

Boston, Lincs
The Great Northern Railway comes to Boston, Lincolnshire

The Organ Screen, Westminster Abbey, 1848
Engraving showing the Organ Screen of Westminster Abbey, with seats for the Dean and Sub-Dean and stalls, 1848

Princess Louise launching screw-corvette, Druid at Deptfor
Princess Louise (1848-1939) releasing the dog-shore for the launch of the screw-corvette ship, Druid at Deptford Dockyard, London in 1869

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyle
Princess Louise (1848-1939), Duchess of Argyle. Louise was Queen Victorias fourth daughter and sixth child. She married the Duke of Argyll in 1871 and was the only one of Victoria

Edward the Confessors Chapel, Westminster Abbey, 1848
Engraving showing the interior of King Edward the Confessors Chapel at Westminster Abbey, London, 1848

The Choir of Westminster Abbey, London, 1848
Engraving showing the choir of Westminster Abbey, with a lecturn in the foreground and the screen on the right, 1848

Twelfth Night Entertainment at the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
Inmates of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, a pioneering institution for the Victorian age which operated a non-restraint policy

Regents Quadrant, London, 1848
Engraving showing the Regents Quadrant, by Nash, viewed from Vigo Street, London, 1848

Lord George Bentinck, c. 1848
Engraved portrait of Lord George Bentinck (1802-1848), the English politician, pictured c.1848

Fleet Street, London, c. 1848
Engraving showing the view east along Fleet Street, looking towards Ludgate and the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, c.1848

Edward Baines (1774-1848)
Engraved portrait of Edward Baines (1774-1848), the English newspaper proprietor and politician

Andrew Carrick Gow, 1881
Engraved portrait of Andrew Carrick Gow (1848-1920), the British painter, pictured in 1881, shortly after he had been made Associate of the Royal Academy

Isaac Van Amburgh and his lions, London, 1848
Engraving showing Isaac Van Amburgh (c.1800-1868), the Dutch-American animal trainer, performing with his lions and other big cats at a show in Vauxhall Gardens, London, 1848

Manning Barricades 3
A quiet moment at one of the barricades constructed by the insurgents in the streets of Paris

Volunteers at Tuileries
Departure of the volunteers who have been occupying the palais des Tuileries since the abdication of Louis-Philippe

Lamartine and the Flags2
Alphonse de Lamartine, poet and statesman, urges his countrymen to reject the red flag of revolution and adopt the tricolore, symbol of liberty

Manning Barricades 4
Storming a barricade : the government troops of general Lamoriciere charge the barricade at the Petit Pont, leading to La Cite

Fighting at Paris
Street fighting at the Clos Saint-Lazare, Paris

Norway North Cape
Fishing vessels off the Cape

Funeral of Victims
The funeral of the victims of the revolution : the procession passes through the place de la Concorde

Political Meeting
Meeting to discuss possible political candidates in a democratic club

Provisional Government
Le gouvernement provisoire (provisional government) on the eve of the July revolution

February Fighting Parisl
Soldiers fire into the crowd to quell the demonstration : this provokes widespread street fighting, which will lead to the creation of the Second Republic

New Archbishop of Paris
After a service at Notre Dame, the new archbishop of Paris makes a formal procession through the streets of Paris

Cavaignac at Assembly
Cavaignac addresses the Assemblee Nationale. Date: 24 November 1848

Insurgents on Trial
Insurgents on trial after the collapse of the June revolution

Danish Prison Ships
The prison ships Dronning Maria and Waldemar at Kjobenhavn

Flags for Civil Guard
Flags are distributed by king Leopold I to the Gardes Civiques (Civil Guard)

Fete De LA Fraternite
The people of Paris celebrate the new regime with a Fete de la Fraternite : but soon very unfraternal fighting will break out again between the various factions

Armand Carrel Honoured
At the cimetiere de Saint- Mande, a crowd pay homage to Armand Carrel, a fervent republican who died of his wounds after a duel with Girardin

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