1848 Collection (page 15)

The Emigrant Ship Artemisia, 1848
Engraving showing the three-masted emigrant ship, Artemisia leaving Britain for Moreton Bay, New South Wales, 1848. Date: 1848

Captain James Fitzjamess Cabin aboard HMS Erebus, 1845
Engraving showing Captain James Fitzjamess cabin aboard HMS Erebus, pictured shortly before departure, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, in the House of C
Illustration of A.J. Balfour (1848-1930), speaking in the House of Commons about Britains relationship with China. Balfour was a Conservative Politician, Prime Minister and Philosopher

Embarkation of an Emigrant Ship, Liverpool, 1850
Engraving showing a bustling dock yard scene as emigrants, with trunks and boxes, line up to board their ship at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, 1850

The Great Dee viaduct in the Vale of Llangollen
The Great Dee Viaduct on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. The viaduct crosses the river Dee in the Vale of Llangollen. The impressive viaduct consists of 19 semicircular arches of 60 feet span

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, (1848-1930)
Engraving of A.J. Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Conservative Politician and Philosopher

Louis-Philippe Put Out
PUT OUT! Louis-Philippe is extinguished by Liberty (he was overthrown by the February 1848 revolution)

Kossuth / Hungary / 1848
Kossuth addresses his supporters

Anti-Revolution Cartoon
REPUBLIC WHICH GOOD CITIZENS DON T WANT - cartoon opposing revolutionary extremism : Marianne holds the torch of civil war and the shrouds of three prominent victims

Street Fight Prague / 1848
(then Bohemia, with Austria) Street fighting in Prague

Street Fighting / Wien / Liz
Street fighting in the Jaegerzeile in Vienna

W. G. Grace Bowling at the Crystal Palace cricket ground, 190
Photograph of Dr. William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915) bowling at the Crystal Palace cricket ground, London. Grace was arguably the finest cricketer of his era

G. H. S. Trott and W. G. Grace tossing a coin, Oval Cricket Gro
Illustration of the Australian captain, G.H.S. Trott (1866-1917), and the England captain, Dr. W.G. Grace (1848-1915), looking at the coin they have just tossed at the beginning of the match at

W. G. Grace batting in the Nets at Lords, 1895
Engraving of Dr. William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915), practising his batting in the nets at Lords Cricket Ground, 1895. As can be seen, a large crowd has gathered to watch the Doctors technique

Turkey Mount Ararat
The two peaks of Mount Ararat, viewed from the fortress of Erivan

Russia Gatchina
The imperial palace

Switzerland Leuterbad
(or Bad Leut) - Interior of the medicinal baths at this noted spa

Johann Gottfried Hermann
JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERMANN German scholar

The Spitalfields Ball, 1848
Costumes on show at the ball for the Spitalfields School of Design. From left: Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard as Queen Adeliza of Louvaine, The Hon, Miss Campbell, Queen Elizabeth and Mr Graham Vivian

Mecca Pilgrims Cairo
Pilgrims leave Cairo for Mecca

Costume Men & Boys 1848
Evening dress; a sac overcoat or wrapper & window-pane check trousers; bowler style hat, short trousers, red velvet coat, forage cap, wrapper with hood & soutache trim

A Veteran Insurgent
A veteran of the revolution of 1848

Cricketer, Grace
W.G. Grace Cricketer - Gloucestershire

Cricketer, Mycroft
Tom Mycroft Cricketer - Derbyshire

W G Grace (Men & Women)
English cricketer. Played for England in Test matches against Australia in 1880 and 1882 and amassed a mighty 54, 896 runs in first class cricket over a 43 year career

Electing a President
General Cavaignac looks on with dismay, Louis Napoleon waits complacently, as France rejects monarchy in favour of a Republic. Napoleon has his own ideas about that

Napoleon Reviews Troops
Napoleon Bonaparte, freshly elected president, reviews his troops in the place de la Concorde, Paris

Napoleon Swears Oath
A clear winner in the Presidential elections, Louis Napoleon swears to uphold the constitution : he will keep his word for two or three years

Workers Commission
Session of the Commission des travailleurs, at the palais de Luxembourg, Paris. Workers rights and working conditions are two of the principal issues of the Revolution

Duc D orleans as Deputy
The duc d Orleans, nominal heir to the throne, speaks in the Chambre des Deputes : but France has had enough of kings for the time being

Napoleon Opposed
Not everyone is thrilled by the popularity of Napoleon : a gardien de la paix tears down his manifesto when it is posted on a Paris wall

Presidential Elections
Electioneering for the president : a lady favours Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon III Drives
Napoleon Bonaparte, elected president by a landslide, drives to the Elysee palace where he will mature his plans to restore the Empire

Representatives Named
With Napoleon Bonaparte elected as president, the names of other representatives are announced

Presidential Election
The Judgment of Paris : the people of France make their choice among the presidential candidates. Louis Napoleon is a clear winner

Republicans Campaign
Republicans demonstrate against Cavaignac during the electioneering for president

Chateau De Neuilly
Among the victims of the Revolution is the chateau de Neuilly, Paris, sacked by the mob

Napoleon Elected
Presidential elections - the ballot-boxes are taken to the Hotel de Ville, Paris, to be counted. Louis Napoleon will be the outright winner

Duc D aumale Attacked
Le duc d Aumale, perceived as a representative of the royalist faction, is attacked in the streets of Paris by a Republican mob. Monarchy is distinctly out of fashion !

Napoleon at Assemblee
Napoleon Bonaparte, freshly elected president, makes his formal entry into the Assemblee Nationale

Edward Baines (Elder)
EDWARD BAINES Journalist and author, politician active in civic affairs. with his autograph

Austrians in Milano
After defeating the Piedmontese, the Austrian army once again occupies Milano

Uprising in Naples - 2
In the course of the uprising in Naples, liberals set fire to the palazzo Gravina

Carlo Alberto, king of Piedmont, joins in the war for independence from Austria

Papal Palace Attacked
The Papal Palace at Rome is attacked by Republicans

Siege of Peschiera
The Piedmontese successfully besiege Peschiera, and occupy the city

Uprising in Naples - 3
At Castelnuovo, Naples, liberals are massacred by royalist forces

Vicenza Evacuated
Vicenza is evacuated by the papal forces

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