1850 Collection

ALCAZAR TEJEDOR, Jose (1850-1911). The First Mass. Oil on canvas

Connaught / Arthur / Vfair
ARTHUR DUKE OF CONNAUGHT 3rd son of Victoria Date: 1850 - 1942

Farewell to Donegall
Emigrants Farewell to Donegall - A songsheet

Stockport Viaduct circa 1850. Coloured lithograph issued by Bradshaw and Blacklock, the original publishers of Bradshaws railway guides Date: circa 1850

Sir Robert Peel, c. 1846
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister. Peel was a Conservative MP who held strong views on Irish Catholicism and Free Trade vs Protectionism

Isle of Wight / Needles
Isle of Wight: The Needles

Map / Asia / India C1850
India under British rule, about the time of the Mutiny

Lohengrin Arrives
Lohengrin arrives in a boat drawn by Elsas brother Godfrey, who has been transformed by Ortruds witchcraft into a swan

Catford Police Station with officers posing outside
Catford Police Station in south east London with officers posing outside. Date: 1850

Bratislava, Slovakia
aka Presburg, about 50 km from Vienna : on the Danube

Garcon De Cafe 1850
A French garcon de cafe, or cafe waiter. Date: 1850

Union Workhouse, Wokingham, Berkshire
The Wokingham Union workhouse, Berkshire. The workhouse, opened in 1850 on Barkham Road, Wokingham, later became Wokingham Hospital

Three Swans
Three swans among the rushes on the banks of a river

African Scorpion C1850
An African scorpion and various details

Guy de Maupassant, French writer
Guy de Maupassant ( Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant ), French writer of novels, short stories and poems

Poster advertising a Cooks Tours railway excursion
A poster advertising a Cooks Tours railway excursion, described as a charming excursion to the West of England, calling at Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth

Balloon event, Charles Green

The United States Senate, A. D. 1850
The United States Senate, A.D. 1850. Print shows Senator Henry Clay speaking about the Compromise of 1850 in the Old Senate Chamber. Daniel Webster is seated to the left of Clay and John C

The Death of Ellen Bright at Wombwells Menagerie, 1850
Engraving showing Ellen Bright (1832-1850), a Lion Queen animal trainer, being attacked by a tiger during the course of a performance at Wombwells Menagerie, Chatham, January 1850

Italy Map Pre-Unity
A map of Italy prior to unification

Jenny Lind / 1850 Print
JENNY LIND Swedish soprano, known as The Swedish Nightingale and The Queen of Song, depicted exchanging her notes for gold

Pressing Cider Apples
The Pound-House of a Devon cider farm : on the right is the mill, and on the left is the press where the mock of crushed apples is built into a square heap for pressing

THE SCARLET LETTER
Hawthornes classic story of morality and hypocrisy in puritan New England

Pevensey Bay, Sussex
Distant view of Pevensey Bay, Sussex, viewed from Crowhurst Park Date: circa 1850

Loseley House / 1850
Loseley House, Surrey, a fine Tudor manor house

Market Day, Nuneaton
GEORGE ELIOT Market Day at Milby, the setting for Janets Repentance in Scenes of Clerical Life

Elephant & Castle
The Elephant & Castle public house, seen from Walworth Road with a horse bus, a hansom cab, a horse-drawn wagon and a dog cart as well as various pedestrians

Matlock, Derbyshire (1850). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1850

Balloon event, Charles Green
Charles Green ballooning poster, Vauxhall Gardens, Grand Night Ascent amidst the most magnificent fireworks. 16 August 1850

Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, Highgate, London
The Highgate Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, designed by Samuel Daukes, opened in 1850. In around 1896, after a new smallpox hospital opened at South Mimms

Map / Europe / Balkans C1850
The Turkish-occupied territories in Europe, comprising all the Balkans apart from Greece

Kitchener / Vanity Fair
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum Soldier

Louisville, Kentucky
Downtown Louisville, on the Ohio river, is busy with carriages and wagons : it houses a university and is famous for its racetrack

Horticultural Society conservatory, Chiswick, London
People inside the large conservatory (or greenhouse) of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, west London

Stevenson / Yacht Casco
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer sailing to the South Seas on the schooner yacht Casco

Stevenson Last Photo
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON the Scottish novelist at Vailima - this is said to be the last portrait taken of him

Hatter Circa 1850
A London hatmaker blocks a gentlemans top hat : the body of the hat is made from rabbit fur, covered with beaver fur, and shaped according to the fashion of the day

Natural Bridge Virginia
A river flows beneath a massive natural bridge in Virginia, USA

Kitchener / Army Celebs
Horatio, Lord Kitchener 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum Soldier

Punch, Toby, Clown
Mr Punch with Toby the dog and a clown

Punch Throws Baby (Anon)
Mr Punch throws the baby in the air

Charles Richet
CHARLES RICHET French scientist and psychical researcher, Nobel Prize 1913

Fox Sisters & Table
THE FOX SISTERS They demonstrate their ability to levitate a table, to the reverend Hammond, who is suitably impressed

Smugglers landing their cargo
The sun dispelling a mist, with smugglers landing their cargo

Brighton Pavilion
The East Front of the Pavilion

Medical / Anatomy / Eyes
Medical/Anatomy/Eyes

France / Amiens
View across the Somme to the cathedral

Theatre / Extravaganza
FRANKENSTEIN a spoof version of Mary Shelleys novel: the extravaganza Frankenstein; or, The Model Man, at the Adelphi Theatre

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